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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education,
and Training Stimulus Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that there is a serious and growing need for
employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth
(including young adults), as demonstrated by statistics from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics stating that, in December 2008--
            (1) the unemployment rate increased to 7.2 percent, as
        compared to 4.9 percent in December 2007;
            (2) the unemployment rate for 16- to 19-year-olds rose to
        20.8 percent, as compared to 16.9 percent in December 2007; and
            (3) the unemployment rate for African-American 16- to 19-
        year-olds increased to 33.7 percent, as compared to 28 percent
        in December 2007.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to increase knowledge of the importance of building a
        green economy;
            (2) to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy
        usage;
            (3) to strengthen the protection of the environment;
            (4) to decrease carbon emissions; and
            (5) to increase the number of well-trained youth workers
        who can obtain well-paying jobs in a range of green-collar
        industries and other viable industries.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Green-collar industries.--In this section, the term
        ``green-collar industries'' means industries throughout the
        economy of the United States--
                    (A) that promote energy efficiency, energy
                conservation, and environmental protection, including
                promoting renewable energy and clean technology;
                    (B) that offer jobs with substantial pay and
                benefits; and
                    (C) that are industries in which there is likely to
                be continued demand for workers.
            (2) Local board, low-income individual, secretary.--The
        terms ``local board'', ``low-income individual'', and
        ``Secretary'' have the meanings given the terms in section 101
        of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801).
            (3) Registered apprenticeship program.--The term
        ``registered apprenticeship program'' means an industry skills
        training program at the postsecondary level that combines
        technical and theoretical training through structured on-the-
        job learning with related instruction (in a classroom or
        through distance learning) while an individual is employed,
        working under the direction of qualified personnel or a mentor,
        and earning incremental wage increases aligned to enhanced job
        proficiency, resulting in the acquisition of a nationally
        recognized and portable certificate, under a plan approved by
        the Office of Apprenticeship or a State agency recognized by
        the Department of Labor.

SEC. 5. GREEN JOB CORPS PROGRAM.

    (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
            (1) to encourage youth participating in the Job Corps to
        become informed energy- and environmentally-conscious
        consumers;
            (2) to enable the youth to acquire and expand skills
        related to green-collar industries; and
            (3) to address Job Corps construction needs and energy
        costs and to make Job Corps centers more energy efficient,
        including retrofitting facilities and restoring campuses.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``enrollee'',
``graduate'', and ``Job Corps Center'' have the meanings given the
terms in section 142 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2882).
    (c) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve not
more than $500,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this Act to
provide work experiences and training described in subsection (d) in
green-collar industries. The Secretary shall provide the work
experiences and training, in conjunction with activities described in
section 148 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2888),
under subtitle C of title I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.)
(except that subsections (c) and (d) of section 159 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 2899) shall not apply to such experiences and training).
    (d) Use of Funds.--
            (1) Skill development program activities.--The Secretary
        shall expand Job Corps skill development program activities by
        updating occupational training programs (including making
        changes in curriculum and equipment), including development of
        necessary academic skills in green-collar industries (including
        construction, facilities maintenance, and advanced
        manufacturing).
            (2) Paid work opportunities.--As part of Job Corps career
        training, the Secretary shall provide paid work opportunities,
        in green-collar industries, primarily located at Job Corps
        centers, in order to address Job Corps construction needs and
        make those centers more energy efficient, including
        retrofitting facilities and restoring campuses. In carrying out
        this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to projects
        that help conserve, develop, or manage public natural resources
        or public recreational areas, or support the public interest.
            (3) Consumer and leadership activities.--As part of the Job
        Corps life skills program, the Secretary shall offer consumer
        and leadership activities, to create a corps of intelligent and
        informed energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers,
        including activities that educate Job Corps members about how
        they can contribute to minimize the effects of climate change
        and become future leaders in their local communities who
        preserve and strengthen energy- and environmentally-conscious
        practices.
    (e) Report to Congress.--
            (1) Indicator.--For purposes of the Green Job Corps program
        carried out under this section, the indicators of performance
        shall be--
                    (A) entry of graduates who participated in work
                experiences described in subsection (d)(2) into
                unsubsidized employment in a green-collar industry;
                    (B) average wages received by such graduates upon
                entry into such employment; and
                    (C) number of such graduates who obtain an
                occupational or education-related credential.
            (2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall prepare an assessment
        of the Green Job Corps program that--
                    (A) describes the use of funds made available under
                this section to carry out the program and the progress
                achieved through that program; and
                    (B) provides information on the performance of the
                program on the indicators of performance.
            (3) Report.--The Secretary shall include the assessment
        described in paragraph (2) in the corresponding annual report
        described in subsection (c) of section 159 of such Act (29
        U.S.C. 2899), in lieu of submitting any of the information
        described in subsection (c) or (d) of that section 159 with
        respect to the Green Job Corps program.

SEC. 6. YOUTHBUILD BUILD GREEN GRANTS.

    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this Act to provide to
eligible youth education, work experiences (including service), and
training, in green-collar industries, especially concerning the
weatherization and energy retrofitting of homes of low-income
individuals. The Secretary shall provide the services described in this
subsection in conjunction with activities described in section 173A(c)
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a(c)), under the
YouthBuild program set forth in section 173A of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2918a) (except that paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (c), and
subsection (d), of such section shall not apply to such services).
    (b) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to award from the reserved
funds, on a competitive basis, YouthBuild Build Green grants to
entities that are recipients of YouthBuild grants under section 173A of
such Act.
    (c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.
    (d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to entities who--
            (1) demonstrate the ability to leverage additional
        resources, which may include materials, personnel, and
        supplies, from other public and private sources; and
            (2) demonstrate the ability to build a foundation of
        public-private partnerships in a green-collar industry, related
        to construction, for future projects carried out by the
        entities.
    (e) Eligible Youth.--To be eligible to participate in the program
carried out under this section, a youth shall meet the requirements of
section 173A(e)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2918a(e)(1)).
    (f) Use of Funds.--
            (1) Skills development and training.--An entity that
        receives a grant under this section shall use not less than 90
        percent of the funds made available through the grant to
        provide to participants in the program carried out under this
        section a combination of classroom education and job skills
        development, through onsite training and work experiences
        (including construction or rehabilitation of facilities) in a
        construction trade that makes efficient use of green
        technologies. Such education and skills development shall be
        designed to prepare the participants for jobs in green-collar
        industries in their communities and States.
            (2) Supervision and training.--The entity may use not more
        than 10 percent of the grant funds for supervision and training
        costs related to the activities described in paragraph (1).
    (g) Report to Congress.--
            (1) Indicators.--For purposes of the program carried out
        under this section, the indicators of performance shall be--
                    (A) entry of individuals who completed their
                participation in the program and who participated in
                activities described in subsection (f)(1) into
                registered apprenticeship programs in a construction
                trade in a green-collar industry or a related trade;
                and
                    (B) entry of such individuals, who participated in
                such activities, into unsubsidized employment in a
                green-collar industry.
            (2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall prepare an assessment
        of the program that--
                    (A) describes the use of funds made available under
                this section to carry out the program and the progress
                achieved through that program; and
                    (B) provides information on the performance of the
                program on the indicators of performance.
            (3) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to
        Congress a report containing the assessment described in
        paragraph (2).

SEC. 7. GREEN-COLLAR YOUTH OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.

    (a) Definition.--The term ``community college'' means a 2-year
institution of higher education, as defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
    (b) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve
$200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this Act for work
experiences and training in green-collar industries for eligible youth.
The Secretary shall provide the work experiences and training in
conjunction with activities described in section 169(b) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2914(b)), under the Youth
Opportunity Grants program described in section 169 of that Act (29
U.S.C. 2914) (except that subsections (a)(3), (b)(2), (d), (e)(2), (f),
and (g) of such section shall not apply to such work experiences and
training).
    (c) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to award from the reserved
funds, on a competitive basis, Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to
eligible organizations.
    (d) Eligible Organizations.--
            (1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
        this section, an organization shall be a local board described
        in section 169(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
        U.S.C. 2914(c)) an entity described in section 169(d) of such
        Act (29 U.S.C. 2914(d)), or an entity acting of behalf of an
        eligible strategic partnership.
            (2) Eligible strategic partnership.--
                    (A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
                an eligible strategic partnership shall be composed of
                at least 1 representative of a local board serving a
                community, and of each of the 8 types of organizations
                described in subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Types of organizations.--The types of
                organizations referred to in subparagraph (A) are
                businesses, unions, labor-management partnerships,
                schools (including community colleges), public agencies
                including law enforcement, nonprofit community
                organizations, economic development entities, and
                philanthropic organizations, that are actively engaged
                in providing learning, mentoring, and work
                opportunities to eligible youth.
            (3) Fiscal and administrative agent.--The strategic
        partnership shall designate an entity, which shall be a member
        of the partnership, as the strategic partnership's fiscal and
        administrative entity for the implementation of activities
        under the grant.
    (e) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, an organization shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require.
    (f) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to organizations located in communities described
in subsection (c) or (d)(2) of section 169 of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2914).
    (g) Eligible Youth.--To be eligible to participate in a program
carried out under this section, a youth shall--
            (1) be not less than age 14 and not more than age 24;
            (2) reside in a community described in subsection (c) or
        (d)(2) of section 169 of such Act; and
            (3) have multiple barriers to education and career success,
        as specified by the Secretary.
    (h) Use of Funds.--An organization that receives a grant under this
section may use the funds made available through the grant to provide
programs of work experiences and training in green-collar industries
that include education and paid work experiences. The work experiences
shall involve retrofitting buildings (including facilities of small
businesses) to achieve energy savings, or enhancing, creating, or
preserving public space, within the communities served. In providing
the programs, the organization may provide any of the activities
described in subsection (b)(1) of that section 169.
    (i) Report to Congress.--
            (1) Indicators.--For purposes of the program carried out
        under this section, the indicators of performance shall be--
                    (A) acquisition of a high school diploma or its
                generally recognized equivalent by individuals who
                completed their participation in the program and who
                participated in training described in subsection (b);
                    (B) entry of such individuals, who participated in
                work experiences described in subsection (b), into
                postsecondary education linked to the green economy,
                including registered apprenticeship programs in a
                green-collar industry; and
                    (C) entry of such individuals, who participated in
                work experiences described in subsection (b), into
                unsubsidized employment in a green-collar industry.
            (2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall prepare an assessment
        of the program that--
                    (A) describes the use of funds made available under
                this section to carry out the program and the progress
                achieved through that program; and
                    (B) provides information on the performance of the
                program, including on the indicators of performance.
            (3) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to
        Congress a report containing the assessment described in
        paragraph (2).

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for
activities described in this Act $1,000,000,000, which shall be
available for the period of January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010.

Output: Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Travel Tax Credit Holiday
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Consumer confidence and spending is critical to a
        healthy United States economy.
            (2) In order to prevent a further decline in consumer
        spending, which fell 1.8 percent in September 2001, and
        consumer confidence, which is at its lowest level since
        February 1994, the Federal Government needs to provide an
        immediate and targeted tax incentive to encourage consumer
        spending.
            (3) The most immediate and targeted incentive for
        consumption would be to reduce the price of goods to consumers,
        which can be done most effectively by providing a tax incentive
        to individuals to make retail purchases.
            (4) A 10-day consumer travel tax credit holiday, prior to
        the 2001 holiday season, would encourage Americans to make
        immediate purchases and help to counteract the decline in
        consumer confidence Americans have experienced since September
        11, 2001. The direct boost to consumption resulting from such
        tax incentive would enhance the benefits of individual tax cuts
        provided by any Federal tax stimulus legislation.
            (5) Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon
        currently do not impose a State sales tax. These States have
        worked hard to establish a State tax structure that does not
        include a sales tax. Any economic stimulus proposals relating
        to sales tax must include proportional relief to these five
        States, which have chosen not to impose a sales tax. These five
        sales-tax-free States should not be penalized for choosing the
        tax structure best for their State by being excluded from sales
        tax holiday relief. A tax credit for travel for the purpose of
        making retail purchases in those States would provide a benefit
        to consumers similar to a sales tax holiday in other States.

SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR TRAVEL FOR PURPOSES OF RETAIL PURCHASES IN STATES
              NOT IMPOSING SALES TAX.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 25B the
following new section:

``SEC. 25C. TRAVEL CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an individual, there
shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter
for the taxable year an amount equal to the qualified travel expenses
which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the consumer travel
tax credit period.
    ``(b) Qualified Travel Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified travel expenses'
        means reasonable expenses in connection with a qualifying
        personal trip for--
                    ``(A) travel by aircraft, rail, watercraft, or
                motor vehicle, and
                    ``(B) lodging while away from home at any
                commercial lodging facility.
        Such term does not include expenses for meals, entertainment,
        amusement, or recreation.
            ``(2) Qualifying personal trip.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualifying personal
                trip' means travel within the United States--
                            ``(i) the destination of which is Alaska,
                        Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, or Oregon,
                        and
                            ``(ii) the purpose of which is to purchase
                        at retail tangible property of a type that
                        would be subject to sales tax in any State not
                        listed in clause (i).
                    ``(B) Only personal travel included.--Such term
                shall not include travel if, without regard to this
                section, any expenses in connection with such travel
                are deductible in connection with a trade or business
                or activity for the production of income.
            ``(3) Commercial lodging facility.--The term `commercial
        lodging facility' includes any hotel, motel, resort, rooming
        house, or campground.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Consumer travel tax credit period.--For purposes of
        this section, the term `consumer travel tax credit period'
        means the period beginning on December 7, 2001, and ending
        before December 17, 2001.
            ``(2) Sales tax.--The term `sales tax' means--
                    ``(A) a tax imposed on or measured by general
                retail sales of taxable tangible property, or services
                performed incidental to the sale of taxable tangible
                property, that is--
                            ``(i) calculated as a percentage of the
                        price, gross receipts, or gross proceeds, and
                            ``(ii) can or is required to be directly
                        collected by retail sellers from purchasers of
                        such property,
                    ``(B) a use tax, or
                    ``(C) the Illinois Retailers' Occupation Tax, as
                defined under the law of the State of Illinois,
        but excludes any tax payable with respect to food and beverages
        sold for immediate consumption on the premises, beverages
        containing alcohol, and tobacco products.
            ``(3) Use tax.--The term `use tax' means a tax imposed on
        the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible property
        that is not subject to sales tax.
    ``(d) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Denial of credit to dependents.--No credit shall be
        allowed under this section to any individual with respect to
        whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another
        taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in
        which such individual's taxable year begins.
            ``(2) Expenses must be substantiated.--No credit shall be
        allowed by subsection (a) unless the taxpayer substantiates by
        adequate records or by sufficient evidence corroborating the
        taxpayer's own statement the amount of the expenses described
        in subsection (b)(1).
    ``(e) Denial of Double Benefit.--No deduction shall be allowed
under this chapter for any expense for which credit is allowed under
this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart A of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 26 the
following new item:

                              ``Sec. 25C. Travel credit.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

Output: Consumer Travel Tax Credit Holiday Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a credit for qualified travel expenses incurred from December 7, 2001 through December 16, 2001. Restricts such expenses to travel and lodging costs in connection with trips to Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, or Oregon (non-sales tax States).


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Institutes for Mental
Disease Are Decisive in Delivering Inpatient Treatment for Individuals
but Opportunities for Needed Access are Limited without Information
Needed about Facility Obligations Act'' or the ``Medicaid IMD
ADDITIONAL INFO Act''.

SEC. 2. MACPAC EXPLORATORY STUDY AND REPORT ON INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL
              DISEASES REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES UNDER MEDICAID.

    (a) In General.--Not later than January 1, 2020, the Medicaid and
CHIP Payment and Access Commission established under section 1900 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396) shall conduct an exploratory
study, using data from a representative sample of States, and submit to
Congress a report on at least the following information, with respect
to services furnished to individuals enrolled under State plans under
the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et
seq.) (or waivers of such plans) who are patients in institutions for
mental diseases and for which payment is made through fee-for-service
or managed care arrangements under such State plans (or waivers):
            (1) A description of such institutions for mental diseases
        in each such State, including at a minimum--
                    (A) the number of such institutions in the State;
                    (B) the facility type of such institutions in the
                State; and
                    (C) any coverage limitations under each such State
                plan (or waiver) on scope, duration, or frequency of
                such services.
            (2) With respect to each such institution for mental
        diseases in each such State, a description of--
                    (A) such services provided at such institution;
                    (B) the process, including any timeframe, used by
                such institution to clinically assess and reassess such
                individuals; and
                    (C) the discharge process used by such institution,
                including any care continuum of relevant services or
                facilities provided or used in such process.
            (3) A description of--
                    (A) any Federal waiver that each such State has for
                such institutions and the Federal statutory authority
                for such waiver; and
                    (B) any other Medicaid funding sources used by each
                such State for funding such institutions, such as
                supplemental payments.
            (4) A summary of State requirements (such as certification,
        licensure, and accreditation) applied by each such State to
        such institutions in order for such institutions to receive
        payment under the State plan (or waiver) and how each such
        State determines if such requirements have been met.
            (5) A summary of State standards (such as quality
        standards, clinical standards, and facility standards) that
        such institutions must meet to receive payment under such State
        plans (or waivers) and how each such State determines if such
        standards have been met.
            (6) Recommendations for actions by Congress and the Centers
        for Medicare & Medicaid Services. such as how State Medicaid
        programs may improve care and improve standards and including a
        recommendation for how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
        Services can improve data collection from such programs to
        address any gaps in information.
    (b) Stakeholder Input.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission shall seek input from
State Medicaid directors and stakeholders, including at a minimum the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, State Medicaid officials, State mental
health authorities, Medicaid beneficiary advocates, health care
providers, and Medicaid managed care organizations.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Representative sample of states.--The term
        ``representative sample of States'' means a non-probability
        sample in which at least two States are selected based on the
        knowledge and professional judgment of the selector.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States,
        the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth or territory of
        the United States.
            (3) Institution for mental diseases.--The term
        ``institution for mental diseases'' has the meaning given such
        term in section 435.1009 of title 42,

         Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Medicaid Institutes for Mental Disease Are Decisive in Delivering Inpatient Treatment for Individuals but Opportunities for Needed Access are Limited without Information Needed about Facility Obligations Act or the Medicaid IMD ADDITIONAL INFO Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission to report on information relating to services for Medicaid enrollees who are patients in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs), including: (1) the number and type of IMDs in each sampled state and associated coverage limitations, (2) services and processes provided at such IMDs, (3) applicable federal waivers and other Medicaid funding sources for such IMDs, (4) state requirements for such IMDs to receive funding, and (5) recommendations to improve standards and data collection for IMDs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Black Canyon Conservation Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    The Congress finds and declares that:
            (1) The resources within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
        National Monument and on the adjacent Federal lands are
        nationally and internationally significant.
            (2) These resources offer exceptional opportunities to
        expand and interpret ecological components and geologic
        features.
            (3) These resources offer a superlative opportunity for
        recreation.
            (4) These resources coincide with, compliment, and expand
        the purposes for which the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
        National Monument was established.
            (5) Therefore, given that the historic boundary of the
        Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument was statutorily
        established and enlarged by Public Law 98-357.
            (6) The lands in the lower Gunnison Gorge have been studied
        and recommended for wilderness designation by the Bureau of
        Land Management in 1987.
            (7) The Gunnison River was studied by the Bureau of Land
        Management in 1979 and was found to be eligible for wild and
        scenic designation.
            (8) The fishery in the Gunnison River that flows through
        the Gunnison Gorge has been recognized by the State of Colorado
        as a ``Gold Medal Stream'' and ``Wild Trout Water''.
            (9) The creation of a national park, national conservation
        area and the designation of the Gunnison River as a wild and
        scenic river is appropriate and necessary to protect and
        enhance the Black Canyon, the Gunnison Gorge, and the
        surrounding natural resources for future generations.

SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF THE NATIONAL MONUMENT AS A NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Redesignation.--In order to protect, interpret, and promote the
spectacular gorges formed by the erosive work of the Gunnison River,
the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument is hereby
redesignated as the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
    (b) Area Included.--The national park shall consist of the existing
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Any funds available for
the purposes of the monument shall be made available for the purposes
of the park. All valid existing rights within the monument shall be
included in the national park.
    (c) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter
referred to as the Secretary) shall administer the Black Canyon of the
Gunnison National Park in accordance with this Act and with the
provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System, including, but not limited to, the Act entitled ``An Act to
establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4), and the Act of August
21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467).
    (d) Water Right.--Designation of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Park shall not constitute a reservation of water, water
rights, or instream flows beyond the water right described in section
6(c) of this Act.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL
              CONSERVATION AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--In order to protect that area in Colorado
containing the Gunnison Gorge and other unique and nationally important
recreational, geological, ecological, scenic, educational, scientific,
and wilderness resources of the public lands in and around the lower
Gunnison Gorge for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations,
there is hereby established the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation
Area (hereinafter referred to as the ``conservation area'').
    (b) Area Included.--The conservation area shall consist of
approximately sixty-four thousand one hundred and thirty-nine acres as
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Gunnison Gorge National
Conservation Area'' numbered          and dated        . The map shall
be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the Director
of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior.
    (c) Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a legal description of
the conservation area designated under this section with the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of
Representatives. Such legal description shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may
correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description.
The legal description shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior.
    (d) Administration.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the conservation area to
protect its resources in accordance with this Act, the Federal Land
Management and Policy Act of 1976 and other applicable provisions of
law.
    (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal
lands within the conservation area and all lands and interests therein
which are hereafter acquired by the United States are hereby withdrawn
from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public
land laws and from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws,
and from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws
and all amendments thereto.
    (f) Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing.--The Secretary shall permit
hunting, trapping, and fishing within the conservation area in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations of the United States
and the State of Colorado; except that the Secretary, after
consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, may issue
regulations designating zones where and establishing periods when no
hunting or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of public safety,
administration, or public use and enjoyment.
    (g) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in the conservation area
designated by this Act, where established prior to the date of the
enactment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with section
4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and section 108 of
the Act entitled ``An Act to designate certain National Forest System
lands in the State of Colorado, South Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina,
and Louisiana for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation
System, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 96-560).
    (h) Water Rights.--Designation of the conservation area shall not
constitute a reservation of water, water rights or instream flows
beyond the water right described in section 6(c) of this Act.
    (i) Motorized Vehicles.--The use of motorized vehicles in the
conservation area shall be allowed on routes specifically designated
for such use as part of the management plan prepared pursuant to
section 7 of this Act, except where needed for administrative or
emergency purposes. The Secretary shall have the power to implement
such reasonable limits to visitation and use of the conservation area
as he finds appropriate for the protection of the resources of the
conservation area, including requiring permits for public use, or
closing portions of the conservation area to public use.
    (j) Enforcement.--Any person who violates the provisions of this
Act or any regulation promulgated by the Secretary to implement this
Act shall be subject to a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment of up
to one year, or both.

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS WITHIN THE CONSERVATION AREA.

    (a) Designation.--Within the conservation area there are hereby
designated as wilderness, and as a component of the National Wilderness
Preservation System, the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness of approximately
twenty-one thousand thirty-eight acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area numbered            and
dated         . The map shall be on file and available for inspection
in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
    (b) Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a legal description
of the wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States
Senate. Such legal description shall have the same force and effect as
if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical
and typographical errors in such legal description. The legal
description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of
the Interior.
    (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
wilderness area designated by this Act shall be administered by the
Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act (78
Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 131), governing areas designated by that Act as
wilderness.
    (d) No Buffer Zones.--The Congress does not intend for the
designation of this wilderness area to lead to the creation of
protective perimeters or buffer zones around any such wilderness area.
The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard
from areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness areas.
    (e) Fish and Wildlife.--As provided in paragraph (7) of section
4(d) of the Wilderness Act, nothing in this Act or in the Wilderness
Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or
responsibilities of the State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and
fish on the public lands located in that State.
    (f) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in the conservation area
designated by this Act, where established prior to the date of the
enactment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with section
4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and section 108 of
the Act entitled ``An Act to designate certain National Forest System
lands in the State of Colorado, South Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina,
and Louisiana for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation
System, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 96-560).
    (g) Water Rights.--Designation of the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness
shall not constitute a reservation of water, water rights or instream
flows beyond the water right described in section 6(c) of this Act.

SEC. 6. DESIGNATING THE GUNNISON RIVER AS A WILD AND SCENIC RIVER.

    (a) Designation.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at
the end:
    ``( ) Gunnison, Colorado--the Gunnison River from the upstream
boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument down
stream to the confluence of the North Fork of the Gunnison River to be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior.''.
    (b) Water Development.--For the purposes of this Act, the storage
and diversion of water outside of the designated reach shall not be
considered to have an adverse effect on the values for which the reach
was established.
    (c) Water Rights.--No water rights or the reservation of water
which would expand on the existing reserved water right for the Black
Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, shall be created by this
designation.

SEC. 7. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Within three full fiscal years following the
fiscal year of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and
transmit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the United States Senate, a comprehensive plan for the
long-range protection and management of the conservation area which
shall describe the appropriate uses and development of the conservation
area consistent with the purposes of this Act. This plan shall
incorporate appropriate decisions contained in the Uncompahgre Basin
Resource Management Plan (completed in September, 1988), the Gunnison
Gorge Recreation Area Management Plan (completed on July 24, 1985 and
supplemented on July 21, 1988). The conservation area plan shall also
incorporate wildlife habitat management plans that have been prepared
for the area, and will be prepared in close consultation with
appropriate agencies of the State of Colorado and consider previous
studies of the area.
    (b) Public Lands.--For the purpose of this Act, the term ``public
lands'' shall have the same meaning as such term has when used in the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
    (c) Management of Acquired Lands.--Any non-Federal lands or
interests within or adjacent to the boundaries of the conservation area
which after the date of enactment of this Act may be acquired by the
United States shall be incorporated into the conservation area, and
shall be managed in accordance with all the provisions of this Act and
other laws applicable to the conservation area.
    (d) Limitations.--No federally owned lands located within the
boundaries of the conservation area shall be transferred out of Federal
ownership, or be placed in trust, by exchange or otherwise.

SEC. 8. APPROPRIATIONS.

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

Output:
Black Canyon Conservation Act of 1993 - Redesignates the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument in Colorado as the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
Establishes the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (conservation area).
Designates the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness (located within the conservation area) as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Gunnison River, Colorado, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transmit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of the conservation area.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``September 11 Family Humanitarian
Relief and Patriotism Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF
              TERRORISM.

    (a) Adjustment of Status.--
            (1) In general.--The status of any alien described in
        subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Homeland
        Security to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
        residence, if the alien--
                    (A) applies for such adjustment not later than 2
                years after the date on which the Secretary promulgates
                final regulations to implement this section; and
                    (B) is otherwise admissible to the United States
                for permanent residence, except in determining such
                admissibility the grounds for inadmissibility specified
                in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of
                section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
                (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) shall not apply.
            (2) Rules in applying certain provisions.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of an alien described
                in subsection (b) who is applying for adjustment of
                status under this section--
                            (i) the provisions of section 241(a)(5) of
                        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
                        1231(a)(5)) shall not apply; and
                            (ii) the Secretary of Homeland Security may
                        grant the alien a waiver on the grounds of
                        inadmissibility under subparagraphs (A) and (C)
                        of section 212(a)(9) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
                        1182(a)(9)).
                    (B) Standards.--In granting waivers under
                subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall use standards
                used in granting consent under subparagraphs (A)(iii)
                and (C)(ii) of such section 212(a)(9).
            (3) Relationship of application to certain orders.--
                    (A) Application permitted.--An alien present in the
                United States who has been ordered excluded, deported,
                removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily from the
                United States under any provision of the Immigration
                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) may,
                notwithstanding such order, apply for adjustment of
                status under paragraph (1).
                    (B) Motion not required.--An alien described in
                subparagraph (A) may not be required, as a condition of
                submitting or granting such application, to file a
                separate motion to reopen, reconsider, or vacate such
                order.
                    (C) Effect of decision.--If the Secretary of
                Homeland Security grants a request under subparagraph
                (A), the Secretary shall cancel the order. If the
                Secretary renders a final administrative decision to
                deny the request, the order shall be effective and
                enforceable to the same extent as if the application
                had not been made.
    (b) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.--The benefits
provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who--
            (1) was lawfully present in the United States as a
        nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15) of the
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) on
        September 10, 2001;
            (2) was, on such date, the spouse, child, dependent son, or
        dependent daughter of an alien who--
                    (A) was lawfully present in the United States as a
                nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15) of
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
                1101(a)(15)) on such date; and
                    (B) died as a direct result of a specified
                terrorist activity; and
            (3) was deemed to be a beneficiary of, and by, the
        September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C.
        40101 note).
    (c) Stay of Removal; Work Authorization.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
        establish, by regulation, a process by which an alien subject
        to a final order of removal may seek a stay of such order based
        on the filing of an application under subsection (a).
            (2) During certain proceedings.--Notwithstanding any
        provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101
        et seq.), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not order
        any alien to be removed from the United States, if the alien is
        in removal proceedings under any provision of such Act and has
        applied for adjustment of status under subsection (a), except
        where the Secretary has rendered a final administrative
        determination to deny the application.
            (3) Work authorization.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
        shall authorize an alien who has applied for adjustment of
        status under subsection (a) to engage in employment in the
        United States during the pendency of such application.
    (d) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall provide to applicants for adjustment of status
under subsection (a) the same right to, and procedures for,
administrative review as are provided to--
            (1) applicants for adjustment of status under section 245
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255); or
            (2) aliens subject to removal proceedings under section 240
        of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a).

SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF
              TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), other than subsections (b)(1),
(d)(1), and (e) of section 240A of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, under such section 240A, cancel
the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence, an alien described in subsection (b), if the
alien applies for such relief.
    (b) Aliens Eligible for Cancellation of Removal.--The benefits
provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who--
            (1) was, on September 10, 2001, the spouse, child,
        dependent son, or dependent daughter of an alien who died as a
        direct result of a specified terrorist activity; and
            (2) was deemed to be a beneficiary of, and by, the
        September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C.
        40101 note).
    (c) Stay of Removal; Work Authorization.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
        provide by regulation for an alien subject to a final order of
        removal to seek a stay of such order based on the filing of an
        application under subsection (a).
            (2) Work authorization.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
        shall authorize an alien who has applied for cancellation of
        removal under subsection (a) to engage in employment in the
        United States during the pendency of such application.
    (d) Motions to Reopen Removal Proceedings.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by
        law on motions to reopen removal proceedings (except
        limitations premised on an alien's conviction of an aggravated
        felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43))), any alien who has
        become eligible for cancellation of removal as a result of the
        enactment of this section may file 1 motion to reopen removal
        proceedings to apply for such relief.
            (2) Filing period.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
        shall designate a specific time period in which all such
        motions to reopen are required to be filed. The period shall
        begin not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
        this Act and shall extend for a period not to exceed 240 days.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an alien may not
be provided relief under this Act if the alien is--
            (1) inadmissible under paragraph (2) or (3) of section
        212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
        1182(a)), or deportable under paragraph (2) or (4) of section
        237(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)), including any individual
        culpable for a specified terrorist activity; or
            (2) a family member of an alien described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 5. EVIDENCE OF DEATH.

    For purposes of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
use the standards established under section 426 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (115
Stat. 362) in determining whether death occurred as a direct result of
a specified terrorist activity.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions.--
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions
used in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.),
other than the definitions applicable exclusively to title III of such
Act, shall apply in the administration of this Act.
    (b) Specified Terrorist Activity.--For purposes of this Act, the
term ``specified terrorist activity'' means any terrorist activity
conducted against the Government or the people of the United States on
September 11, 2001.

Output:
September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act - Provides permanent resident status adjustment for a requesting alien who was on September 10, 2001, the wife, child, or dependent son or daughter of a lawful nonimmigrant alien who died as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.

Authorizes an alien who has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily from the United States to apply for such status adjustment.

Provides for cancellation of removal and permanent resident status adjustment for a requesting alien who was: (1) on September 10, 2001, the wife, child, or dependent son or daughter of an alien who died as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States; and (2) deemed to be a beneficiary of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Makes the provisions of this Act inapplicable to an alien who is: (1) inadmissible or deportable under criminal or security grounds, including September 11, 2001, terrorist activity; or (2) a family member of such an alien.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Reconciliation Act''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE FOR STATES WITH APPROVED FAMILY RECONCILIATION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Set-aside.--Section 430(d) of the Social Security Act
        (42 U.S.C. 629(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
        following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Family reconciliation.--The Secretary shall reserve
        10 percent of the amounts described in subsection (b) for each
        fiscal year, for allotment to States with family reconciliation
        plans approved under section 432(c)(3) to develop and conduct
        counseling programs described in section 432(c)(2)(B).''.
            (2) Assistance in developing family reconciliation
        counseling programs.--Section 430(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        629(d)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) in assisting States in developing and
                operating counseling programs described in section
                432(c)(2)(B).''.
            (3) Family reconciliation plans.--Section 432 of such Act
        (42 U.S.C. 629(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
        following new subsection:
    ``(c) Family Reconciliation Plans.--
            ``(1) Plan requirements.--A State family reconciliation
        plan meets the requirements of this paragraph if the plan
        demonstrates that the State has in effect the laws referred to
        in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Satisfaction of plan requirements.--In order to
        satisfy paragraph (1), a State must have in effect laws
        requiring that, prior to a final dissolution of marriage of a
        couple who have one or more children under 12 years of age, the
        couple shall be required to--
                    ``(A) undergo a minimum 60-day waiting period
                beginning on the date dissolution documents are filed;
                and
                    ``(B) participate in counseling programs offered by
                a public or private counseling service that includes
                discussion of the psychological and economic impact of
                the divorce on the couple, the children of the couple,
                and society.''.
            ``(3) Approval of plans.--The Secretary shall approve a
        plan that meets the requirements of paragraph (1).''.
            (4) Allotment.--Section 433 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 633) is
        amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Allotments to States With Approved Family Reconciliation
Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amount reserved pursuant to
        section 430(d)(4) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall
        allot to each State (other than an Indian tribe) with a family
        reconciliation plan approved under section 432(c)(3), an amount
        that bears the same ratio to the amount reserved under such
        section as the average annual number of final dissolutions of
        marriage described in paragraph (2) in the State for the 3
        fiscal years referred to in subsection (c)(2)(B) bears to the
        average annual number of such final dissolutions of marriage in
        such 3-year period in all States with family reconciliation
        plans approved under section 432(c)(3).
            ``(2) Final dissolutions of marriage described.--For
        purposes of paragraph (1), a final dissolution of marriage
        described in this paragraph is a final dissolution of marriage
        of a couple who have one or more children under 12 years of
        age.''.
            (5) Entitlement.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 434(a) of such Act (42
                U.S.C. 629d(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
                following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Family Reconciliation Amount.--Each State with a
        family reconciliation plan approved under section 432(c)(3)
        shall be entitled to an amount equal to the allotment of the
        State under section 433(d) for the fiscal year.
                    (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 434(a) of such
                Act (42 U.S.C. 629d(a)) is amended by striking
                ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and
                (3)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 1995.

SEC. 3. USE OF FUNDS UNDER LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ACT.

    Section 1007(b) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
2996f(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period and inserting
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) to provide legal assistance to an eligible client
        with respect to a proceeding or litigation in which the client
        seeks to obtain a dissolution of a marriage or a legal
        separation from a spouse, except that nothing in this paragraph
        shall prohibit a recipient from providing legal assistance to
        the client with respect to the proceeding or litigation if a
        court of appropriate jurisdiction has determined that the
        spouse has physically or mentally abused the client.''.

Output:
Family Reconciliation Act - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to family preservation and support services to create certain set-asides for States with approved family reconciliation plans which require a minimum 60-day waiting period and participation in counseling programs before final dissolution of a marriage involving one or more children under age 12.
Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to prohibit the use of funds under that Act for legal assistance in certain actions relating to divorces or separations except where there is court-determined spousal abuse.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Performance
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.

    (a) Submission of Report.--Not later than March 1, 1995, and not
later than March 1 of each year thereafter, the District of Columbia
shall develop and submit to the Committee on the District of Columbia
of the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of
Columbia, and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of
Columbia, a Performance Accountability Plan covering all departments,
agencies, and programs of the government of the District of Columbia.
    (b) Contents of Plan.--Such plan shall state measurable, objective
performance goals for all significant activities of the government of
the District of Columbia, including activities funded in whole or in
part by the District but performed in whole or in part by some other
public or private entity.
    (c) Performance Measures.--For each activity covered by such plan,
there shall be one or more measures of performance, covering both
quantity and quality. The performance measures may relate to program
outputs and activity levels, but should also include measures of
program outcomes and results.
    (d) Goals.--For each measure of performance there shall be stated
two goals, one shall be designated as an acceptable level of
performance, and the other shall be designated as a superior level of
performance. The plan shall also state the name, position, and
immediate supervisor or superior of the District of Columbia management
employee most directly responsible for the achievement of each
performance measure goal.

SEC. 3. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.

    (a) Submission of Report.--Not later than March 1, 1996, and not
later than March 1 of each year thereafter, the District of Columbia
shall develop and submit to the House Committee on the District of
Columbia, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, and the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, a Performance
Accountability Report covering all departments, agencies, and programs
of the government of the District of Columbia.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Such report shall, for each performance
measure stated in the previous fiscal year's Performance Accountability
Plan, indicate the actual level of performance achieved compared to the
stated goal for an acceptable level of performance and the goal for a
superior level of performance. The report shall also state the name,
position, and the immediate supervisor or superior of the District of
Columbia management employee most directly responsible for the
achievement of each performance measure goal.

SEC. 4. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) Personal Accountability.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any District of Columbia management employee who is designated
in a Performance Accountability Report as being directly responsible
for the achievement of one or more performance measurement goals--
            (1) the majority of whose goals in such report do not
        achieve a designation of at least an acceptable level of
        performance, shall be either removed from employment by the
        District of Columbia or demoted to a nonmanagerial position;
            (2) all of whose goals in such report do not achieve a
        designation of at least an acceptable level of performance,
        shall not receive any increase in pay for the subsequent year,
        including but not limited to merit increases, cost-of-living
        adjustments, and promotions; and
            (3) the majority of whose goals in such report do not
        achieve a designation of at least a superior level of
        performance, shall not receive a promotion or performance bonus
        during the subsequent year.
    (b) Additional Performance Standards.--Notwithstanding the minimum
performance standards specified in subsection (a), additional
limitations and regulations may be applied to such promotions,
performance bonuses, and increases in pay.

SEC. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND REPORTS.

    (a) Consultation With GAO.--The District of Columbia shall develop,
the Performance Accountability Plans that are submitted by March 1,
1995, and March 1, 1996, in consultation with the General Accounting
Office and the Office of Management and Budget.
    (b) Conforming Regulations.--The District of Columbia shall, in
consultation with the Office of Personnel Management and the General
Accounting Office, and subject to the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget, amend its management and personnel laws and
regulations to be in conformance with the provisions of this Act.
    (c) Audit.--The General Accounting Office shall conduct a thorough
audit of the Performance Accountability Reports of the District of
Columbia that are submitted by March 1, 1996, and March 1, 1997,
including an audit of the District's compliance with section 4 of this
Act.

Output:
District of Columbia Performance Accountability Act - Requires the District of Columbia to develop and submit to specified congressional committees and subcommittees a Performance Accountability Plan and a Performance Accountability Report covering all departments, agencies, and programs of the District government.
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) the content of the Plan; (2) performance measures; (3) goals; and (4) the content of the Report.
Requires a District management employee who is designated in such Report as being directly responsible for the achievement of one or more performance measurement goals:  (1) the majority of whose goals in such Report does not achieve a designation of at least an acceptable level of performance to be either removed from employment by the District or demoted to a nonmanagerial position; (2) all of whose goals in such Report do not achieve a designation of at least an acceptable level of performance to not receive any increase in pay for the subsequent year, including but not limited to merit increases, cost-of-living adjustments, and promotions; and (3) the majority of whose goals in such Report do not achieve a designation of at least a superior level of performance to not receive a promotion or performance bonus during the subsequent year. Allows additional limitations and regulations to be applied to such promotions, performance bonuses, and increases in pay.
Requires the District, subject to the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, to amend its management and personnel laws and regulations to be in conformance with this Act.
Directs the General Accounting Office to audit the Performance Accountability Reports of the District, including the District's compliance with the personal accountability provisions in this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Resources to Improve Dual
Language Education Act of 2007'' or the ``PRIDE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Dual language programs have been found to provide the
        greatest academic gains for limited English proficient
        students.
            (2) Few children from low-income communities, particularly
        African American children, have had access to a well-developed
        and well-implemented dual language program.
            (3) Children in dual language programs experience
        substantial gains in language, literacy, and mathematics.

SEC. 3. DUAL LANGUAGE FLAGSHIP GRANTS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to authorize the
Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to enhance the
biliteracy, bilingualism, and multicultural skills for children in
impoverished communities, including limited-English-proficient and
minority children, through the use and longitudinal evaluation of dual
language programs beginning in preschool through the fifth grade.
    (b) Program Authorized.--
            (1) In general.--From funds made available under subsection
        (i), and after reserving funds under subsection (c), the
        Secretary is authorized to award not more than five grants to
        fund partnerships of local education agencies, early childhood
        education programs including, state preschool programs and Head
        Start programs, and technical assistance providers to
        demonstrate effective strategies in ensuring the academic
        success of low-income minority students through the
        implementation and evaluation of a high-quality dual language
        program that--
                    (A) serves cohorts of economically disadvantaged
                minority and limited-English-proficient students from
                preschool through fifth grade;
                    (B) establishes an infrastructure that supports a
                rigorous assessment system, including dedicated staff
                time and professional development in assessment, a data
                collection plan, and the collection of multiple
                measures of academic progress, bilingualism,
                biliteracy, and multiculturalism;
                    (C) implements and aligns a curriculum that
                promotes the development of bilingual, biliterate, and
                multicultural competencies for all students through at
                least grade five;
                    (D) utilizes and aligns student-centered
                instructional methods that enhance the development of
                bilingualism, biliteracy, and academic achievement;
                    (E) aligns professional development and training
                for early childhood education instructors and
                elementary school teachers and staff, with an emphasis
                on dual language instruction, second language
                acquisition, and content knowledge;
                    (F) recruits, trains, and continuously develops
                staff to implement high-quality, dual language
                programs; and
                    (G) establishes a responsive infrastructure for
                positive, active, and ongoing relationships with
                students' families and the community that is reflective
                of the needs of the community and goals of the program.
    (c) Reservation.--The Secretary shall reserve not more than 5
percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) to carry out
this Act, including the technical assistance and evaluation described
is subsection (g) and dissemination of best practices described in
subsection (h).
    (d) Duration.--Each grant under this section shall be awarded for a
period of not more than five years.
    (e) Applications for Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant
        under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary
        at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.
            (2) Required documentation.--Each application submitted by
        programs under this section for a proposed program shall
        include documentation that--
                    (A) the program has partnered with an entity that
                has proven expertise in the implementation of high-
                quality dual language programs to provide on-going
                technical assistance and assist with the evaluation of
                the program;
                    (B) the program has the qualified personnel to
                develop, administer, evaluate, and implement the
                program; and
                    (C) the program is serving economically-
                disadvantaged minority and limited-English-proficient
                students.
            (3) Other application contents.--Each application submitted
        by an entity under this section for a proposed program shall
        include--
                    (A) data showing that the program is serving
                economically disadvantaged and limited English
                proficient students;
                    (B) a description of how the program will align the
                language of assessment with the language of
                instruction;
                    (C) a description of how the program will be
                evaluated to assess the goals of the program;
                    (D) a description of how the evaluation will be
                used to inform broader efforts to improve instruction
                for limited English proficient students, including for
                preschool-aged children;
                    (E) a description of activities that will be
                pursued by the program including a description of--
                            (i) how the activities will further the
                        school readiness and academic progress of
                        children served by this program and support
                        dual language development through grade five;
                            (ii) methods of designing culturally and
                        linguistically appropriate dual language
                        curriculum; and
                            (iii) methods of teacher training and
                        parent outreach that will be used or developed
                        through the programs;
                    (F) an assurance that the program will annually
                provide to the Secretary such information as may be
                required by subsection (f); and
                    (G) any other information that the secretary may
                require.
    (f) Selection of Grantees.--
            (1) Criteria.--The Secretary through a peer review process
        shall select partnerships to receive grants under this section
        based on--
                    (A) the articulation of preschool through fifth-
                grade instructional practices, curriculum, and
                assessments strategies;
                    (B) the extent to which school leadership has been
                involved and has demonstrated a commitment to a high-
                quality dual language programs;
                    (C) the quality of the programs and proposed in the
                applications submitted under subsection (b).
    (g) Technical Assistance and Evaluation.--From funds reserved under
subsection (i) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve $250,000
to contract with an entity with a proven track record in dual language
programs for the purpose of--
            (1) providing technical assistance to local education
        agencies receiving grants under this Act in order to strengthen
        programs conducted by grantees pursuant to this Act; and
            (2) conducting an evaluation of programs funded under this
        act, which shall--
                    (A) be used by the Secretary to determine
                effectiveness of programs funded through this Act and
                improve services to participating children; and
                    (B) include--
                            (i) a comprehensive evaluation of the
                        impact of the programs on students, including
                        an assessment of literacy skills and language
                        development in both English and the minority
                        language;
                            (ii) a comprehensive evaluation of the
                        effectiveness of instructional practices used
                        in the programs; and
                            (iii) a comprehensive evaluation of
                        professional development strategies.
    (h) Dissemination of Best Practices.--The Secretary shall
disseminate information on model programs, materials, and other
information developed under this section that the Secretary determines
to be appropriate for use by early childhood education providers to
improve the school readiness of limited English proficient students.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000
for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
4 succeeding fiscal years.
    (j) Definition.--In this section, the term dual language program is
an instructional strategy in which students are taught literacy and
content in two languages and use the partner language for at least half
of the instructional day and foster bilingualism, biliteracy, enhanced
awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity, and high levels of
academic achievement through instruction in two languages.

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Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2007 or the PRIDE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), early childhood education programs, and technical assistance providers for the implementation of dual language demonstration programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy, bilingualism, and multicultural skills of low-income minority and limited English proficient students from preschool through grade five.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange for an entity that has dual language program experience to provide technical assistance to LEA grantees and evaluate the programs funded by this Act; and (2) disseminate information on model practices implemented under such programs that are appropriate for use by early childhood education providers to improve the school readiness of limited English proficient students.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employees' Pension Security Act of
2008''.

             TITLE I--TRUSTEESHIP OF SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLANS

SEC. 101. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRUSTEESHIP OF SINGLE-EMPLOYER
              PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(a) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1103(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
            (2) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) The assets of a pension plan which is a single-employer
plan shall be held in trust by a joint board of trustees, which shall
consist of two or more trustees representing on an equal basis the
interests of the employer or employers maintaining the plan and the
interests of the participants and their beneficiaries.
    ``(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), in any case in which
the plan is maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining
agreements between one or more employee organizations and one or more
employers, the trustees representing the interests of the participants
and their beneficiaries pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be
designated by such employee organizations.
    ``(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to a plan described
in such clause if the employee organization (or all employee
organizations, if more than one) referred to in such clause file with
the Secretary, in such form and manner as shall be prescribed in
regulations of the Secretary, a written waiver of their rights under
clause (i).
    ``(iii) In any case in which clause (i) does not apply with respect
to a pension plan which is a single-employer plan because the plan is
not described in clause (i) or because of a waiver filed pursuant to
clause (ii), the trustee or trustees representing the interests of the
participants and their beneficiaries shall consist of one or more
participants under the plan elected to serve as such in accordance with
this clause. The Secretary shall provide by regulation for a secret
ballot of the participants under the plan for purposes of such
election, and for certification of the results thereof to the
participants (and any employee organization referred to in clause (ii))
and to the employer.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 403(a)(1) of such Act (as
redesignated under subsection (a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Such trustee or trustees'' and inserting
        ``Except as provided in paragraph (2), such trustee or
        trustees'';
            (2) by striking ``fiduciary, and upon acceptance'' and
        inserting ``fiduciary. Upon acceptance''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking
        ``the plan'' the first place it appears and inserting ``in the
        case of a plan other than a pension plan which is a single-
        employer plan, the plan''.

SEC. 102. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this title shall apply with respect to plan
years beginning after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act. The Secretary of Labor shall prescribe the initial regulations
necessary to carry out the provisions of such amendments not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

                    TITLE II--INVESTMENT INFORMATION

SEC. 201. PROVISION TO PARTICIPANTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF MATERIAL
              INVESTMENT INFORMATION IN ACCURATE FORM.

    (a) In General.--Section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1104(c)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Provision of accurate material investment advice.--
        The plan sponsor and plan administrator of a pension plan
        described in paragraph (1) shall have a fiduciary duty to
        ensure that each participant and beneficiary under the plan, in
        connection with the investment by the participant or
        beneficiary of plan assets in the exercise of his or her
        control over assets in his account, is provided with all
        material investment information regarding investment of such
        assets to the extent that the provision of such information is
        generally required to be disclosed by the plan sponsor to
        investors in connection with such an investment under
        applicable securities laws. The provision by the plan sponsor
        or plan administrator of any misleading investment information
        shall be treated as a violation of this paragraph.''.
    (b) Enforcement.--
            (1) In general.--Section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
        1132(c)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph
                (10); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following
                new paragraph:
    ``(9) The Secretary may assess a civil penalty against any person
of up to $1,000 a day from the date of the person's failure or refusal
to comply with the requirements of section 404(c)(6) until such failure
or refusal is corrected.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 502(a)(6) of such Act
        (29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(6)) is amended by striking ``(7), or (8)''
        and inserting ``(7), (8), or (9)''.

SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TITLE.

    The amendments made by this title shall apply with respect to
investments made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE III--STRENGTHENED PROTECTIONS AGAINST ABUSE OF THE BANKRUPTCY AND
                          TERMINATION PROCESS

SEC. 301. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TERMINATION.

    (a) Additional Requirements for Distress Termination.--Section
4041(c)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1341(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Additional requirements.--Notwithstanding any
                other provision of this section, unless the corporation
                or the court, in the case of a distress termination
                pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii), has determined that
                reasonable efforts to consider available alternatives
                to termination (including, but not limited to,
                alternatives described in section 4042(c)(4)) have been
                undertaken by such person (and, in the case of a plan
                maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining
                agreement, have been undertaken by the bargaining
                parties in good faith bargaining), the plan may not be
                terminated. A participant or beneficiary of the plan or
                an employee organization representing such participants
                or beneficiaries may bring an action in the appropriate
                court to challenge such determination by the
                corporation and seek equitable relief or must be
                afforded an opportunity to be heard by the appropriate
                court if a court is making such determination.''.
    (b) Additional Requirements for Court Decrees.--Section 4042(c)(1)
of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1342(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following new
        sentences: ``The court may not enter such a decree unless that
        court has found that reasonable efforts to consider available
        alternatives to termination (including, but not limited to,
        alternatives described in paragraph (4) have been undertaken by
        the plan sponsor (and, in the case of a plan maintained
        pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, have been
        undertaken by the bargaining parties in good faith bargaining).
        There is a presumption that a plan need not be terminated if
        the plan sponsor can continue in business, outside a case under
        title 11, United States Code (or under any similar law of a
        State or a political subdivision of a State) in which
        reorganization is sought, without terminating the plan.''; and
            (2) in the sentence following the sentences inserted by
        paragraph (1), by striking ``the preceding sentence'' and
        inserting ``the first sentence of this paragraph,''.
    (c) Right To Intervene To Challenge Court Decree.--Section 4042(c)
of such Act (as amended by subsection (b)) is further amended by
inserting after the fourth sentence the following new sentence: ``If
any party consisting of the plan sponsor, a plan participant, or (in
the case of a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement) the employee organization representing plan participants for
purposes of collective bargaining disagrees with any such determination
by the corporation, such party may intervene in the proceeding to
challenge the determinations of the corporation.''.
    (d) Consideration of Alternatives by Corporation and Plan
Sponsor.--Section 4042(c) of such Act (as amended by the preceding
provisions of this section) is further amended by adding after the
seventh sentence the following: ``The corporation and the plan
administrator may proceed with such an agreement only if they have made
reasonable efforts to consider available alternatives to termination
(including, but not limited to, alternatives described in paragraph (4)
of this subsection) and the plan participants and beneficiaries have
been provided with at least 60 days notice before such agreement is
given effect. During such 60-day period, a participant or beneficiary
of the plan or an employee organization representing such participants
or beneficiaries may bring an action in the appropriate court to seek
appropriate equitable relief if such reasonable efforts have not been
made.''.
    (e) Efforts by the Corporation at Consultation With Parties.--
Section 4042(c) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Consultation regarding reasonable available
        alternatives to termination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Prior to making any
                determination referred to in the preceding provisions
                of this subsection, the corporation shall consult with
                the plan participants and (in the case of a plan
                maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining
                agreement) the employee organization representing plan
                participants for purposes of collective bargaining to
                determine whether there are any reasonable available
                alternatives to termination (including, but not limited
                to, alternatives described subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Reasonable alternatives to termination.--The
                reasonable alternatives to termination referred to in
                subparagraph (A) consist of measures which are in the
                best interest of plan participants and which include
                (but are not limited to) the following:
                            ``(i) Financing or loans sought by any
                        member of the plan sponsor's controlled group,
                        with or without assistance from the
                        corporation, in order to obtain plan financing,
                        including back-up guarantees to any such
                        financing which the corporation is hereby
                        authorized to provide for such purpose.
                            ``(ii) New plan structures agreed to by the
                        parties, such as transfer of plan liabilities
                        to multiemployer plans, new benefit formulas
                        for new hires or non-vested participants, or
                        other plan restructuring alternatives agreed to
                        by the parties.
                            ``(iii) Reinsurance which the corporation
                        is hereby authorized to obtain for the plan.
                            ``(iv) An agreement by the parties
                        authorizing alternative funding schedules,
                        approved by the corporation, which would modify
                        plan funding, subject to the minimum funding
                        requirements for the plan under part 3 of
                        subtitle B of title I.
                            ``(v) Purchase by the plan sponsor of an
                        annuity contract to cover liabilities of the
                        plan, which the corporation is hereby
                        authorized to guarantee as necessary to secure
                        such a contract.''.
    (f) Notice of Right To Challenge Determinations Relating to Plan
Termination.--
            (1) Procedure for standard terminations.--Section
        4041(b)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1341(b)(2)(B)) is amended
        in clause (i) by striking ``and'' at the end, in clause (ii)(V)
        by striking ``require.'' and inserting ``require, and'', and by
        inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) the right of participants and
                        beneficiaries to challenge determinations under
                        this section.''.
            (2) Termination proceedings for distress terminations and
        terminations commenced by the pbgc.--Section 4042(a) of such
        Act (29 U.S.C. 1342(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
        following new sentence: ``Prior to commencing proceedings under
        this section with respect to any plan, the corporation shall
        provide notice to plan participants and beneficiaries of the
        right to challenge determinations under this section, written
        in a manner likely to be understood by the participant or
        beneficiary.''.

SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TITLE.

    The amendments made by this title shall apply with respect to any
plans undergoing termination proceedings pursuant to section 4041 or
4042 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 which are
pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   TITLE IV--RECOVERY OF BENEFIT LIABILITIES WHICH ARE NOT GUARANTEED

SEC. 401. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.

    Section 507(a)(1) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Subject to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C),
                allowed unsecured claims for benefit liabilities to
                participants and beneficiaries under a single-employer
                plan (as defined in section 4001(a)(15) of the Employee
                Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) in connection
                with the termination of the plan, in excess of the
                benefits payable to the participants and beneficiaries
                by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under
                section 4022 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
                Act of 1974 in connection with such termination.''.

SEC. 402. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), section
401 and the amendment made by such section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by section 401
shall not apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the
United States Code before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Employees Pension Security Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require assets of single-employer pension plans to be held in trust by joint boards of trustees.

Requires plan sponsors and administrators to provide all material investment information in an accurate form to participants and beneficiaries. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of certain information requirements.

Sets forth additional requirements for plan termination, to prevent abuse of the bankruptcy and termination process, including requirements relating to: (1) distress termination; (2) bankruptcy court decrees, and the right to intervene to challenge them; (3) consideration of alternatives by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the plan sponsor; (4) PBGC efforts at consulting on alternatives with plan participants and their union representatives; and (5) notice of the right to challenge determinations relating to plan termination.

Amends federal bankruptcy law to include, in a priority order for recovery of expenses and claims, allowed unsecured claims for benefit liabilities to participants and beneficiaries under a single-employer plan in connection with the plan termination, in excess of the benefits payable to them by the PBGC in connection with such termination.