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SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM ESTATE TAX FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
              PRESERVATION EASEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 11 of the
Internal Revenue of 1986 (relating to taxable estate) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2057. QUALIFIED HISTORIC PROPERTY.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of the tax imposed by section
2001, the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting
from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any
qualified historic property included in the gross estate.
    ``(b) Qualified Historic Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `qualified historic property' means any historic property if--
                    ``(A) on or before the date on which the return of
                the tax imposed by section 2001 is filed, a qualified
                real property interest described in section
                170(h)(2)(C) in such property is held by a qualified
                organization for the purpose described in section
                170(h)(4)(A)(iv), and
                    ``(B) such property is covered by an agreement
                meeting the requirements of paragraph (4) which is
                entered into on or before such date.
Such term includes personal property included within, or associated
with, qualified historic property (as defined in the preceding
sentence) if such personal property is covered by the agreement
referred to in subparagraph (B) which covers such qualified historic
property.
            ``(2) Historic property.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
        the term `historic property' means--
                    ``(A) a certified historic structure (as defined in
                section 170(h)(4)(B)), and
                    ``(B) any other real property to the extent
                reasonably necessary for public view and visitation of
                such structure.
            ``(3) Qualified organization.--For the purposes of
        paragraph (1), the term `qualified organization' has the
        meaning given to such term by section 170(h)(3).
            ``(4) Requirements for agreement.--For the purposes of
        paragraph (1), an agreement meets the requirements of this
        paragraph if--
                    ``(A) such agreement is a written agreement signed
                by each person in being who has an interest (whether or
                not in possession) in the historic property (other than
                the qualified organization),
                    ``(B) such agreement is entered into with a State
                historic preservation agency (or similar State agency)
                and filed with the Secretary with the return of the tax
                imposed by section 2001,
                    ``(C) such agreement provides that the historic
                property will be open to the public for a period of at
                least 20 years beginning on the date on which the
                return of the tax imposed by section 2001 is filed, and
                    ``(D) such agreement provides that any admission
                fees (if any) shall bear a reasonable relationship to
                admission fees for other comparable tourist sites and
                shall be approved by such State historic preservation
                agency (or similar State agency).
        The 20-year period referred to in subparagraph (C) shall be
        suspended during reasonable periods of renovation.
            ``(5) Open to the public.--For the purposes of paragraph
        (4)(C), a property shall be treated as being open to the public
        for any year if a substantial portion of the property is open
        for public visitation for at least 8 hours per day and 6 days
        per week during at least any 32 weeks of such year.
            ``(6) Treatment of qualified historic property held by a
        corporation.--In the case of a corporation all of the stock in
        which was held on the date of the decedent's death by the
        decedent or members of the decedent's family (as defined in
        section 2032A(e)(2)), stock in such corporation shall be
        treated for purposes of this section as qualified historic
        property to the extent that the value of such stock is
        attributable to qualified historic property held by such
        corporation.
    ``(c) Tax Treatment of Dispositions and Failure to Comply With
Agreement.--
            ``(1) Imposition of additional estate tax.--If, during the
        20-year period referred to in subsection (b)(4)(C)--
                    ``(A) any person signing the written agreement
                referred to in subsection (b)(4) disposes of any
                interest in the qualified historic property, or
                    ``(B) there is a violation of any provision of such
                agreement (as determined under regulations prescribed
                by the Secretary),
        then there is hereby imposed an additional estate tax.
            ``(2) Exception where transferee agrees to be bound by
        agreement.--No tax shall be imposed under paragraph (1) by
        reason of any disposition if the person acquiring the property
        agrees to be bound by the agreement referred to in subsection
        (b)(4) and to be liable for any tax under this subsection in
        the same manner as the person disposing such property.
            ``(3) Amount of additional tax.--The amount of the
        additional tax imposed by paragraph (1) with respect to any
        property shall be an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) the excess of--
                            ``(i) what would (but for subsection (a))
                        have been the tax imposed by section 2001
                        (reduced by the credits allowable), over
                            ``(ii) the tax imposed by section 2001 (as
                        so reduced), multiplied by
                    ``(B) the fraction--
                            ``(i) the numerator of which is the number
                        of months remaining after the month in which
                        the disposition or violation occurs in the 20-
                        year period referred to in subsection
                        (b)(4)(C), and
                            ``(ii) the denominator of which is 240.
            ``(4) Due date.--The additional tax imposed by this
        subsection shall be due and payable on the day which is 6
        months after the date of the disposition or violation referred
        to in paragraph (1).
            ``(5) Liability for tax.--Any person signing the agreement
        referred to in subsection (b)(4) (other than the executor)
        shall be personally liable for the additional tax imposed by
        this subsection. If more than 1 person is liable under this
        subsection, all such persons shall be jointly and severally
        liable.
            ``(6) Certain other rules to apply.--Rules similar to the
        rules of sections 2013(f) and 2032A(f) shall apply for purposes
        of this subsection.
    ``(d) Coordination With Deduction for Transfer of Easement.--
Section 2055(f) shall not apply to any interest referred to therein
with respect to property for which a deduction is allowed under
subsection (a).''
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 2056A(b)(10) of such Code
        is amended by inserting ``2057,'' after ``2056,''.
            (2) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter A of
        chapter 11 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the
        following new item:

                              ``Sec. 2057. Qualified historic
                                        property.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to the estates of decedents dying after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of determining estate tax the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any qualified historic property.  Defines qualified historic property as any certified historic structure and any other real property necessary for public view and visitation that is held by a qualified charitable or governmental organization and is covered by an agreement which, among other things, provides that the historic property will be open to the public for a period of at least 20 years and has a reasonable admission fee.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TAX ON HANDGUN PURCHASES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 31 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:

                  ``Subchapter D--Concealable Firearms

``Sec. 4056. Imposition of tax.

``SEC. 4056. IMPOSITION OF TAX.

    ``(a) In General.--There is hereby imposed on any retail sale of
any concealable firearms a tax equal to 10 percent of the price for
which so sold.
    ``(b) By Whom Paid.--The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be
paid by the seller of the concealable firearm.
    ``(c) Exemption for Law Enforcement Uses, etc.--No tax shall be
imposed by this section on the sale of any concealable firearm to the
Federal Government, or a State or local government.
    ``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Concealable firearm.--The term `concealable firearm'
        has the meaning given the term `any other weapon' by section
        5845.
            ``(2) Retail sale.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `retail sale' means the
                sale, for a purpose other than resale, after
                manufacture, production, or importation.
                    ``(B) Use treated as sale.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If any person uses an
                        article taxable under this section before the
                        first retail sale of such article, then such
                        person shall be liable for tax under this
                        section in the same manner as if such article
                        were sold at retail by him.
                            ``(ii) Exemption for use in further
                        manufacture.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
                        use of an article as material in the
                        manufacture or production of, or as a component
                        part of, another article to be manufactured or
                        produced by him.
                            ``(iii) Computation of tax.--In the case of
                        any person made liable for tax by paragraph
                        (1), the tax shall be computed on the price at
                        which similar articles are sold at retail in
                        the ordinary course of trade, as determined by
                        the Secretary.
                            ``(iv) 1st retail sale; determination of
                        price.--For purposes of this section, rules
                        similar to the rules of section 4052 shall
                        apply.
    ``(e) Coordination.--The tax imposed by subsection (a) is in
addition to any tax imposed by sections 4181 and 5811.''.
    (b) Clarification Relating to Indian Tribal Governments.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 7871(a)(2) of such Code is amended by
striking ``relating to tax on special fuels'' and inserting ``relating
to retail excise taxes''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subchapters for chapter 31 of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                ``subchapter d. concealable firearms.''.

    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to sales on or after the 120th day after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. FIREARMS BUYBACK GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish, in
accordance with the provisions of this section, a grant program under
which the Attorney General may make grants to eligible entities
described in subsection (d)(1) for State, tribal, and local law
enforcement agencies to carry out anti-violence campaigns, gun safety
campaigns, and firearms buyback programs.
    (b) Firearms Buyback Program Defined.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``firearms buyback program'' means, with respect to a
State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency, a program carried out
by such agency--
            (1) under which the agency purchases firearms from, or
        accepts firearm donations made by, individuals;
            (2) the goal of which is to promote anti-violence
        campaigns, gun safety, and proper disposal of firearms, and to
        provide a process under which individuals may anonymously turn
        in firearms to such agency; and
            (3) under which such agency may take measures to identify
        if a firearm obtained through such program is lost or stolen
        and may take measures to return any such firearm so identified
        to the owner of such firearm.
    (c) Applications.--
            (1) In general.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under
        this section shall submit to the Attorney General an
        application for the grant, which shall be in such form and
        contain, in addition to the information described in paragraph
        (2), such information as the Attorney General may require.
            (2) Required information.--An application submitted by an
        eligible entity for a grant under this section, with respect to
        a firearms buyback program, shall contain assurances to the
        satisfaction of the Attorney General that--
                    (A) in the case of an individual from whom a
                firearm is obtained under the program--
                            (i) in the case such firearm is not a
                        donation, such individual shall be provided a
                        reward in an amount that is not less than $50
                        and not more than $350 for such firearm; and
                            (ii) such individual shall remain
                        anonymous, including by the assurance that the
                        law enforcement agency carrying out such
                        program will not collect or maintain any
                        written record identifying or leading to the
                        identity of the individual as the individual
                        who provided such firearm under the program;
                    (B) firearms obtained under the program shall be
                disposed of in a timely and appropriate manner, as
                approved by the Attorney General; and
                    (C) none of the funds provided through the grant
                will be used for the promotion of firearm sales.
    (d) Additional Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Eligible entities.--The term ``eligible entity'' means
        a State, unit of local government, Indian tribal government, or
        State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency.
            (2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given
        such term by section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
        Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
        Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (e) Funding.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2013.--
        There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal
        year 2013, in addition to amounts made available under
        paragraph (2) for such fiscal year, to carry out this section.
            (2) Funds for fiscal year 2013 and subsequent fiscal years
        from tax on concealable firearms.--For fiscal year 2013 and
        each subsequent fiscal year, taxes imposed pursuant to section
        4056 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be available,
        without further appropriation, to the Attorney General to carry
        out this section.

Output: Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon the seller of any concealable firearm an excise tax equal to 10% of its retail sales price. Exempts sales to federal, state, or local governments. Makes any person who uses a concealable firearm prior to its first retail sale liable for such tax as if such person sold such firearm at retail. Directs the Attorney General to award grants to states, Indian tribal governments, and local governments for their law enforcement agencies to carry out anti-violence and gun safety campaigns and firearms buyback programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Student Veteran Academic Counseling
Enhancement Act'' or the ``Student Veteran ACE Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL COUNSELING FOR VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3698. Educational counseling
    ``(a) Provision of Counseling.--(1) The Secretary shall make
available educational counseling under this section to covered students
in accordance with paragraph (4).
    ``(2) An institution offering a program of education may only be
approved for purposes of this chapter if such institution transmits to
the Secretary information necessary for the Secretary to provide
educational counseling under this section, including information
relating to matriculation requirements, degree information, and
enrollment requirements and deadlines.
    ``(3) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
            ``(A) assign one educational counselor per each 100 covered
        students in a geographical area as determined by the Secretary;
        and
            ``(B) provide covered students who are located in remote
        areas that are not within a geographical area determined under
        subparagraph (A) with adequate opportunities to receive
        counseling under this section.
    ``(4)(A) A covered student who is a veteran shall automatically
receive educational counseling under this section unless the student
declines to receive such counseling pursuant to subparagraph (C).
    ``(B) A covered student who is not a veteran may elect to receive
educational counseling under this section.
    ``(C) The Secretary shall ensure that a covered student may decline
or elect to receive educational counseling under this section pursuant
to subparagraph (A) or (B), as the case may be, through a streamlined
process on the Internet Web site of the Department.
    ``(b) Scope of Counseling.--In providing educational counseling
under this section to covered students enrolled in an institution, an
educational counselor shall--
            ``(1) answer inquiries by such students regarding
        educational assistance provided by the Department;
            ``(2) coordinate with the institution to resolve inquiries
        described by paragraph (1), including inquiries regarding the
        payment of such assistance;
            ``(3) assist such students with applications for such
        assistance;
            ``(4) act as a liaison between the Department and the
        institution;
            ``(5) provide academic counseling and transition
        assistance, including--
                    ``(A) discussing course work, academic goals,
                degree progress, workload, and other relevant topics;
                and
                    ``(B) providing guidance on--
                            ``(i) selecting courses;
                            ``(ii) seeking--
                                    ``(I) additional financial
                                resources;
                                    ``(II) student support services;
                                    ``(III) tutoring; and
                                    ``(IV) job placement counseling;
                                and
                            ``(iii) understanding benefits provided by
                        the Department and the requirements for
                        receiving educational assistance provided by
                        the Department; and
            ``(6) carry out relevant outreach activities.
    ``(c) Location of Counselors.--(1) An educational counselor may be
located--
            ``(A) on the campus or facility of an institution that
        elects to allow such counselor to be located at the
        institution; or
            ``(B) at a facility of the Department, including a Vet
        Center established under section 1712A of this title or a
        mobile Vet Center.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall ensure that an educational counselor is
able to provide counseling to covered students through the use of
interactive technology, including video conferencing using common
Internet applications.
    ``(d) Preference.--In hiring educational counselors under this
section, the Secretary shall apply the principles of preference for the
hiring of veterans established in subchapter I of chapter 33 of title
5.
    ``(e) Periodic Counseling Sessions.--(1) Except as provided by
paragraph (3), each covered student assigned an educational counselor
under this section shall attend at least one counseling session per
quarter, semester, or term, as the case may be, with such counselor.
    ``(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), an educational counselor
shall notify the Secretary and the relevant institution of any covered
student who does not attend a counseling session under paragraph (1).
    ``(3)(A) The Secretary may waive the periodic counseling sessions
under paragraph (1) for a covered student if the Secretary determines
that such sessions would place an undue hardship on the student.
    ``(B) Paragraph (1) and (2) shall not apply to a covered student
who declines to receive educational counseling under this section
pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(A).
    ``(f) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committees
on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives an
annual report on the educational counseling provided under this
section, including the following information listed by each
institution:
            ``(1) The number of covered students who received such
        counseling during the year covered by the report.
            ``(2) The number of covered students who declined such
        counseling under subsection (a)(4) during such year.
            ``(3) The number of covered students issued a waiver under
        subsection (e)(3) during such year.
            ``(4) For each quarter, semester, or term of the
        institution covered by the report, the number of failing grades
        earned by covered students receiving such counseling.
            ``(5) The graduation rate of covered students who received
        such counseling as compared to the overall graduation rate of
        students during such year.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered student' means an individual
        pursuing an approved program of education using educational
        assistance under chapter 30, 32, 33, or 35 of this title or
        chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10.
            ``(2) The term `educational counselor' means an employee of
        the Department who provides educational counseling under this
        section.
            ``(3) The term `institution' means an institution that
        offers an approved program of education.
            ``(4) The term `approved program of education' means a
        program of education that may be pursued using educational
        assistance under chapter 30, 32, 33, or 35 of this title or
        chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section
3697A the following new item:

``3698. Educational counseling.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
    (d) Use of Current Programs.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
may--
            (1) use a current program of the Department of Veterans
        Affairs as of the date of the enactment of this Act, including
        the VetSuccess on Campus program, to carry out section 3698 of
        title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), if
        the Secretary determines such program meets the requirements of
        such section; or
            (2) expand such a current program to carry out such section
        3698.
    (e) Cooperation and Consultation.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of Education, and any other appropriate head of a Federal
department or agency in carrying out the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 3. TRAINING AND COUNSELING SO VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
              FORCES CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is
further amended by adding after section 3698, as added by section 2(a),
the following new section:
``Sec. 3699. Required one-on-one educational counseling
    ``(a) Provision of Counseling Required.--(1) The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall provide individualized, one-on-one educational
counseling to an individual considering pursuing a program of education
with assistance furnished under this chapter or any of chapters 30
through 35 of this title unless the individual declines to receive such
counseling. The Secretary shall ensure that an individual may decline
to receive such counseling through a streamlined process on the
Internet Web site of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall provide individualized, one-
on-one educational counseling to an individual considering pursuing a
program of education with assistance furnished under chapter 106A or
1606 of title 10 unless the individual declines to receive such
counseling. The Secretary shall ensure that an individual may decline
to receive such counseling through a streamlined process on the
Internet Web site of the Department of Defense.
    ``(b) Time and Manner of Counseling.--(1) Counseling provided under
subsection (a) to an individual described in such subsection
considering a program of education shall be provided at or before the
individual enrolls in such program as follows:
            ``(A) To such individuals who have received fewer than \1/
        3\ of the credits necessary to complete the program of
        education, a complete version of such counseling.
            ``(B) To such individuals who have received \1/3\ or more
        of the credits necessary to complete the program of education,
        a condensed version of such counseling as the Secretary of
        Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense, as the case may
        be, considers appropriate.
    ``(2) To the extent practicable, counseling provided under
subsection (a) to an individual described in paragraph (1)(A) of this
subsection shall be provided in person.
    ``(3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of
Defense shall each establish, by regulation, procedures by which
individuals may receive counseling provided under subsection (a) when
receipt of such counseling in person is not practicable.
    ``(c) Elements.--A complete version of counseling provided under
subsection (b)(1) for an individual shall include the following:
            ``(1) An overview of educational assistance available to
        the individual under this chapter and chapters 30 through 35 of
        this title or under chapters 106A and 1606 of title 10, as the
        case may be.
            ``(2) Development of a personalized academic and career
        plan.
            ``(3) An overview of the information disclosed and made
        readily available under section 3672(f)(1) of this title
        relevant to the academic and career plan developed under
        paragraph (2).
            ``(4) A discussion of how enrollment in the program of
        education at the educational institution will affect the
        individual's academic and career plan and the financial
        implications for such individual of such enrollment.
            ``(5) An introduction to the College Navigator Internet Web
        site of the Department of Education.
    ``(d) Qualified Counselors.--Counseling provided under subsection
(a) may only be provided by properly trained counselors, as determined
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense.
    ``(e) Use of Information Disclosed by Educational Institutions.--In
providing educational assistance under this section, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall, to the degree
practicable, use the information disclosed and made readily available
under section 3672(f)(1) of this title.
    ``(f) Links to College Navigator Internet Web Site of Department of
Education.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of
Defense shall provide links on the Internet Web sites of the Department
of Veterans Affairs of the Department of Defense, respectively, to the
College Navigator Internet Web site of the Department of Education in
such a manner as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of
Defense consider appropriate to inform veterans and members of the
Armed Forces of the availability of and the benefits of using the
College Navigator Internet Web site.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 36 of
such title, as amended by section 2(b), is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:

``3699. Required one-on-one educational counseling.''.
    (c) Clarification.--
            (1) Heading of section 3697a of title 38.--Section 3697A of
        such title is amended, in the heading, by adding ``by
        election'' at the end.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter
        36 of such title is amended by amending the item relating to
        section 3697A to read as follows:

``3697A. Educational and vocational counseling by election.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--Section 3697B of such title, as added by
paragraph (1), shall take effect on August 1, 2013, and shall apply
with respect to individuals considering pursuing programs of education
as described in subsection (a) of such section after such date.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACT EDUCATIONAL AND
              VOCATIONAL COUNSELING PROVIDED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS
              AFFAIRS.

    Section 3697 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b);
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Subject to
        subsection (b) of this section, educational'' and inserting
        ``Educational''; and
            (3) by striking ``section 3697A'' and inserting ``sections
        3697A, 3698, or 3699''.

SEC. 5. VETERANS' EDUCATION CONSUMER COMPLAINT TRACKING SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is
further amended by inserting after section 3693 the following new
section:
``Sec. 3693A. Complaint tracking system
    ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a system to
collect, process, and track complaints submitted to the Secretary by
individuals who are enrolled in programs of education at educational
institutions to report instances of fraud, waste, and abuse by such
institutions with respect to the benefits and services provided by such
institutions to such individuals.
    ``(b) Requirements.--This system established under subsection (a)
shall meet the following requirements:
            ``(1) The system shall create an individual case number for
        each complaint processed and tracked in the system.
            ``(2) The system shall allow for the reporting of
        complaints, disaggregated by educational institution.
            ``(3) The system shall allow for the reporting of
        complaints, disaggregated by topic or subject matter.
            ``(4) The system shall allow for the submittal of
        complaints by--
                    ``(A) Internet Web site; and
                    ``(B) telephone via a toll-free number that is
                available every day at all hours.
            ``(5) The system shall allow for the sharing of complaints
        with the following:
                    ``(A) The educational institutions that are the
                subjects of the complaints.
                    ``(B) The Secretary of Education.
                    ``(C) The Secretary of Defense.
                    ``(D) State approving agencies.
                    ``(E) Nationally or regionally recognized
                accrediting agencies and associations.
                    ``(F) Such other Federal agencies as the Secretary
                of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate.
    ``(c) Outreach.--The Secretary shall conduct such outreach as may
be necessary to inform individuals described in subsection (a) of the
system and process established under such subsection.
    ``(d) Consideration by State Approving Agencies.--Whenever a State
approving agency considers whether to approve a course of education of
an educational institution under this chapter, the State approving
agency shall review and take into consideration the complaints
processed and tracked by the system established under subsection (a)
regarding the educational institution.
    ``(e) Privacy.--(1) Whenever a complaint is shared under subsection
(b)(5), the complaint shall be anonymized, unless the complainant gives
permission to the Secretary to share the complainant's identity.
    ``(2) The Secretary may not share a complaint under subsection
(b)(5) with an educational institution if the complainant requests that
such complaint not be shared with an educational institution.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 36 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 3693 the following new item:

``3693A. Complaint tracking system.''.

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Student Veteran Academic Counseling Enhancement Act or Student Veteran ACE Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to make educational counseling available to students pursuing an approved program of education while using educational assistance provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign one educational counselor per 100 of such students in a geographical area, and (2) provide adequate opportunities for such counseling to such students in remote areas. Requires a student who is a veteran to receive such counseling, unless the student specifically declines, while allowing non-veteran students to elect to receive such counseling. Outlines counselor responsibilities, including assistance with applications for such educational assistance, as well as academic counseling and transition assistance. Requires each student to attend at least one counseling session per quarter, semester, or term, unless such attendance would place an undue hardship on the student. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans committees on such counseling.

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to provide individualized, one-on-one educational counseling to an individual considering pursuing a program of education with assistance furnished through the VA or the Department of Defense (DOD), unless such individual declines. Outlines counseling elements.

Repeals the fiscal year funding limit ($6 million) for VA contract educational and vocational counseling.

Requires the Secretary to establish a system to collect, process, and track complaints submitted by individuals enrolled in VA programs of education and reporting instances of fraud, waste, and abuse by the educational institutions with respect to benefits and services provided.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Interstate Meat Shipment
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION WITH RESPECT TO MEAT INSPECTION.

    (a) Waiver of Intrastate Distribution Limitation Under the Federal
Meat Inspection Act.--Section 301(a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 661(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
            ``(5)(A) Upon application of an appropriate State agency
        with which the Secretary may cooperate under this Act, the
        Secretary shall verify that the mandatory requirements of the
        State's meat inspection program are at least equal to the
        Federal inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements
        under title I of this Act.
                    ``(B) If the Secretary verifies that the mandatory
                inspection requirements of the State from which a State
                agency submits an application under subparagraph (A)
                are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements--
                            ``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1)
                        that meat and meat food products inspected
                        under such State's meat inspection program be
                        solely for distribution in such State shall not
                        apply; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary may perform random
                        inspections of State-inspected slaughtering,
                        meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or
                        similar establishments in such State to ensure
                        that the State meat inspection program
                        conducted in such State at least meets the
                        Federal inspection requirements under title I.
                    ``(C) If after an inspection performed under
                subparagraph (B) the Secretary determines that a State-
                inspected slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing,
                rendering, or similar establishment is not subject to
                mandatory inspection requirements at least equal to the
                substantive Federal inspection requirements under title
                I of this Act, the requirement under paragraph (1) that
                meat and meat food products inspected under a State
                meat inspection program be solely for distribution in
                such State shall apply to such slaughtering, meat-
                canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar
                establishment until a subsequent inspection verifies
                that the establishment is subject to mandatory
                inspection requirements at least equal to the Federal
                inspection requirements under title I.''.
    (b) Waiver of Intrastate Distribution Limitation Under the Poultry
Products Inspection Act.--Section 5(a) of the Poultry Products
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454(a)) is amended by adding the following
paragraph at the end thereof:
            ``(5)(A) Upon application of an appropriate State agency
        with which the Secretary may cooperate under this Act, the
        Secretary shall verify that the mandatory requirements of the
        State's poultry product inspection program are at least equal
        to the Federal inspection, reinspection, and sanitation
        requirements under this Act.
                    ``(B) If the Secretary verifies that the mandatory
                inspection requirements of the State from which a State
                agency submits an application under subparagraph (A)
                are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements--
                            ``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1)
                        that poultry products inspected under such
                        State's poultry product inspection program be
                        solely for distribution in such State shall not
                        apply; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary may perform random
                        inspections of State-inspected official
                        establishments in such State to ensure that the
                        State poultry product inspection program
                        conducted in such State at least meets the
                        Federal inspection requirements under this Act.
                    ``(C) If after an inspection performed under
                subparagraph (B) the Secretary determines that a State-
                inspected official establishment is not subject to
                mandatory inspection requirements at least equal to the
                substantive Federal inspection requirements under this
                Act, the requirement under paragraph (1) that poultry
                and poultry products inspected under a State poultry
                product inspection program be solely for distribution
                in such State shall apply to such official
                establishment until a subsequent inspection verifies
                that the official establishment is subject to mandatory
                inspection requirements at least equal to the Federal
                inspection requirements under this Act.''.

Output: Safe Interstate Meat Shipment Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit interstate distribution of state-inspected meat and poultry under specified circumstances.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Free Trade in Ideas Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) International Emergency Economic Powers Act.--Section 203(b)(3)
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b))
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3)(A) the importation from or exportation to any
        country, or the communication or telecommunication or other
        form of transmission to any country, of information or
        informational materials which--
                    ``(i) include, but are not limited to--
                            ``(I) publications, films, posters,
                        phonograph records, photographs, microfilms,
                        microfiche, audiotapes and videotapes,
                        artworks, telephone conversations, other voice
                        or data communications or telecommunications,
                        telecasts, and news wire feeds,
                            ``(II) other forms of telecommunications,
                        and
                            ``(III) other materials the creation and
                        circulation of which in the United States would
                        be protected by the First Amendment to the
                        United States Constitution,
                whether those materials are in existence at the time of
                or are to be created subsequent to or pursuant to a
                transaction or activity described in this paragraph;
                and
                    ``(ii) are information and informational materials
                that are not otherwise controlled for export under
                section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 and
                with respect to which no acts are prohibited by chapter
                37 of title 18, United States Code;
            ``(B) travel related to any such importation, exportation,
        communication, telecommunication, or transmission;
            ``(C) transactions for the creation or circulation of or
        otherwise concerning such information or informational
        materials, or any rights in such information or informational
        materials, whether commercial or otherwise; or
            ``(D) other transactions incidental to any activity or
        transaction described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C);''.
    (b) Export Administration Act of 1979.--Section 6 of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2405) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
    ``(t) Information and Informational Materials.--(1) This section
does not authorize export controls on--
            ``(A) information or informational materials;
            ``(B) transactions for the creation or circulation of or
        otherwise concerning such information or informational
        materials, or any rights in such information or informational
        materials, whether commercial or otherwise; or
            ``(C) other transactions incidental to the export of any
        information or informational materials or to any transaction
        described in subparagraph (B).
    ``(2) The information and informational materials referred to in
paragraph (1) include, but are not limited to--
            ``(A) publications, films, posters, phonograph records,
        photographs, microfilms, microfiche, audiotapes and videotapes,
        artworks, telephone conversations, other voice or data
        communications or telecommunications, telecasts, and news wire
        feeds;
            ``(B) other forms of telecommunications; and
            ``(C) other materials the creation and circulation of which
        in the United States are protected by the First Amendment to
        the United States Constitution.''.
    (c) Trading With the Enemy Act.--
            (1) Exchange of information and related transactions.--
        Section 5(b)(4) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C.
        App. section 5(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(4)(A) The authority granted to the President in this subsection
does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or
indirectly--
            ``(i) the importation from or exportation to any country,
        or the communication or telecommunication or other form of
        transmission to any country, of information or informational
        materials;
            ``(ii) travel related to any such importation, exportation,
        communication, telecommunication, or transmission;
            ``(iii) transactions for the creation or circulation of or
        otherwise concerning such information or informational
        materials, or any rights in such information or informational
        materials, whether commercial or otherwise, or
            ``(iv) other transactions incidental to any activity or
        transaction described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii).
    ``(B) The information and informational materials referred to in
subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) include, but are not limited to--
                    ``(I) publications, films, posters, phonograph
                records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche,
                audiotapes and videotapes, artworks, telephone
                conversations, other voice or data communications or
                telecommunications, telecasts, and news wire feeds,
                    ``(II) other forms of telecommunications, and
                    ``(III) other materials the creation and
                circulation of which in the United States would be
                protected by the First Amendment to the United States
                Constitution,
        whether those materials are in existence at the time of or are
        to be created subsequent to or pursuant to a transaction or
        activity described in subparagraph (A); and
            ``(ii) are information and informational materials that are
        not otherwise controlled for export under section 5 of the
        Export Administration Act of 1979 and with respect to which no
        acts are prohibited by chapter 37 of title 18, United States
        Code.''.

SEC. 3. FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

    (a) International Emergency Economic Powers Act.--Section 203(b) of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) is
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``or'' after the
        semicolon; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) any of the following transactions incident to travel
        by individuals who are citizens or residents of the United
        States:
                    ``(A) any transactions ordinarily incident to
                travel to or from any country, including importation
                into a country or the United States of accompanied
                baggage for personal use only;
                    ``(B) any transactions ordinarily incident to
                travel or maintenance within any country, including the
                payment of living expenses and the acquisition of goods
                for personal consumption;
                    ``(C) any transactions ordinarily incident to the
                arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to,
                from, or within a country;
                    ``(D) any transactions incident to nonscheduled
                flights of aircraft, or nonscheduled voyages of vessels
                to or from any country, except that this subparagraph
                does not authorize the carriage of articles into a
                country except accompanied baggage; or
                    ``(E) normal banking transactions involving foreign
                currency drafts, traveler's checks, or other negotiable
                instruments incident to travel to or from any country;
        except that this paragraph does not authorize the importation
        into the United States of any goods for personal consumption
        acquired in another country, other than those items described
        in paragraphs (1) and (3);''.
    (b) Trading With the Enemy Act.--Section 5(b) of the Trading With
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
    ``(5) The authority granted to the President in this subsection
does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or
indirectly, any of the following transactions incident to travel by
individuals who are citizens or residents of the United States:
            ``(A) Any transactions ordinarily incident to travel to or
        from any country, including importation into a country or the
        United States of accompanied baggage for personal use only.
            ``(B) Any transactions ordinarily incident to travel or
        maintenance within any country, including the payment of living
        expenses and the acquisition of goods for personal consumption.
            ``(C) Any transactions ordinarily incident to the
        arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, from, or
        within a country.
            ``(D) Any transactions incident to nonscheduled flights of
        aircraft, or nonscheduled voyages of vessels to or from any
        country, except that this subparagraph does not authorize the
        carriage of articles into a country except accompanied baggage.
            ``(E) Normal banking transactions involving foreign
        currency drafts, traveler's checks, or other negotiable
        instruments incident to travel to or from any country.
This paragraph does not authorize the importation into the United
States of any goods for personal consumption acquired in another
country, other than those items described in paragraph (4).''.

SEC. 4. EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND EXCHANGES.

    (a) International Emergency Economic Powers Act.--Section 203(b) of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(5) financial or other transactions, or travel, incident
        to--
                    ``(A) activities of scholars,
                    ``(B) other educational or academic activities,
                    ``(C) exchanges in furtherance of any such
                activities,
                    ``(D) cultural activities and exchanges, or
                    ``(E) public exhibitions or performances by the
                nationals of one country in another country,
        to the extent that any such activities, exchanges, exhibitions,
        or performances are not otherwise controlled for export under
        section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 and to the
        extent that, with respect to such activities, exchanges,
        exhibitions, or performances, no acts are prohibited by chapter
        37 of title 18, United States Code; or''.
    (b) Trading With the Enemy Act.--Section 5(b) of the Trading With
the Enemy Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(6) The authority granted to the President in this subsection
does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or
indirectly, financial or other transactions, or travel, incident to--
            ``(A) activities of scholars,
            ``(B) other educational or academic activities,
            ``(C) exchanges in furtherance of any such activities,
            ``(D) cultural activities and exchanges, or
            ``(E) public exhibitions or performances by the nationals
        of one country in another country,
to the extent that any such activities, exchanges, exhibitions, or
performances are not otherwise controlled for export under section 5 of
the Export Administration Act of 1979 and to the extent that, with
respect to such activities, exchanges, exhibitions, or performances, no
acts are prohibited by chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code.''.

SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEWS BUREAUS.

    (a) International Emergency Economic Powers Act.--Section 203(b) of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(6) financial or other transactions related to the
        establishment of bureaus by United States news organizations in
        foreign countries, or the establishment of news bureaus in the
        United States by foreign news organizations.''.
    (b) Trading With the Enemy Act.--Section 5(b) of the Trading With
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(7) The authority granted to the President in this subsection
does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or
indirectly, financial or other transactions related to the
establishment of bureaus by United States news organizations in foreign
countries, or the establishment of news bureaus in the United States by
foreign news organizations.''.

SEC. 6. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2370(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the authority granted to the
President in such paragraph does not include the authority to regulate
or prohibit, directly or indirectly, any activities or transactions
which may not be regulated or prohibited under paragraphs (4), (5),
(6), or (7) of section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act.''.

SEC. 7. UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION ACT.

    Section 5(a) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22
U.S.C. 287c) is amended by adding after the first sentence the
following: ``The authority granted under this section does not include
the authority to regulate or prohibit any of the activities which may
not be regulated or prohibited under paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6)
of section 203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act.''.

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) International Emergency Economic Powers Act.--The amendments
made by sections 2(a), 3(a), 4(a), and 5(a) apply to actions taken by
the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
before the date of the enactment of this Act which are in effect on
such date of enactment, and to actions taken under such section on or
after such date of enactment.
    (b) Trading With the Enemy Act.--(1) The authorities conferred upon
the President by section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, which
were being exercised with respect to a country on July 1, 1977, as a
result of a national emergency declared by the President before the
date, and are being exercised on the date of the enactment of this Act,
do not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or
indirectly, any activity which, under paragraph (4), (5), (6), or (7)
of section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended and added
by this Act, may not be regulated or prohibited.
    (2) The amendments made by sections 2(c), 3(b), 4(b), and 5(b)
apply to actions taken by the President under section 5(b) of the
Trading With the Enemy Act before the date of the enactment of this Act
which are in effect on such date of enactment, and to actions taken
under such section on or after such date of enactment.
    (3) This subsection does not alter the status of assets blocked
pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act before the date of the
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Export Administration Act of 1979.--The amendment made by
section 2(b) shall apply to actions taken by the President under
section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 before the date of
the enactment of this Act which are in effect on such date of
enactment, and to actions taken under such section on or after such
date of enactment.
    (d) Foreign Assistance Act.--(1) The amendment made by section 6
applies to actions taken by the President under section 620(a)(1) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 before the date of the enactment of
this Act which are in effect on such date of enactment, and to actions
taken under such section on or after such date of enactment.
    (2) Paragraph (1) does not alter the status of assets blocked
pursuant to section 620(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
before the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Free Trade in Ideas Act of 1993 - Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Export Administration Act of 1979, the Trading With the Enemy Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to declare that the authority granted the President under such Acts does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit:  (1) the importation from or exportation to any country, or the communication or telecommunication or other form of transmission to any country, of publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, audiotapes and video tapes, artworks, telephone conversations, other voice or data communications, telecasts, and news wire feeds; (2) other forms of telecommunications; (3) other materials which in the United States would be protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; (4) information that is not otherwise controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979; (5) travel related to importation, exportation, communication, telecommunication, or transmission; (6) transactions for the creation or circulation of such information, or rights to such information, whether commercial or otherwise; (7) other transactions incidental to the above-mentioned activities or transactions; (8) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel to and from any country; (9) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel and maintenance within any country; (10) any transactions incident to the arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, from, or within a country; (11) any transactions incident to nonscheduled flights or voyages to and from any country; (12) normal banking transactions incident to travel to and from any country; (13) the importation or exportation of publications or other informational materials from any country; (14) financial or other transactions, or travel, incident to activities of scholars, other educational or academic activities, cultural activities and exchanges, or public exhibitions by nationals of one country in another country; or (15) financial or other transactions related to the establishment of U.S. news bureaus in foreign countries, or the establishment of foreign news bureaus in the United States.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Access Control Security
Improvement Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XVI of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1602. RISK-BASED SCREENING OF EMPLOYEES AT AIRPORTS.

    ``(a) Screening Model.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall
        establish a risk-based, intelligence-driven model for the
        screening of employees at airports based on level of access and
        employment positions at domestic airports. Such screening model
        shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that only those individuals authorized
                to have access to the secure areas of a domestic
                airport are permitted such access;
                    ``(B) ensure that an individual is immediately
                denied entry to a secure area when such individual's
                access authorization for such secure area is withdrawn;
                and
                    ``(C) provide a means to differentiate between
                individuals authorized to have access to an entire
                secure area and individuals authorized access to only a
                particular portion of a secure area.
            ``(2) Factors.--The Administrator shall consider the
        following factors when establishing the screening model
        described in paragraph (1):
                    ``(A) Whether and how often employees at airports
                require employment-related access to Secure
                Identification Display Areas, Airport Operations Areas,
                or secure areas.
                    ``(B) The ability of each airport operator to
                reduce employee entry and exit points to a mutually
                agreed-upon minimum number of such entry and exit
                points necessary to maintain airport operations.
                    ``(C) In consultation with airport operators, the
                ability of the Administration to create a randomization
                plan for screening at the defined operational minimum
                entry and exit points at airports which maximizes the
                deterrent effect of screening efforts.
    ``(b) Disqualifying Offenses.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        of the enactment of this section, the Administrator, in
        consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of
        Investigation, labor organizations representing aviation,
        ground, and cabin crew workers, and the Aviation Security
        Advisory Committee, shall conduct an aviation security risk-
        based review of the disqualifying criminal offenses codified in
        sections 1542.209 and 1544.229 of title 49, Code of Federal
        Regulations, to determine the appropriateness of such offenses
        as a basis for denying to an employee a credential that allows
        unescorted access to Secure Identification Display Areas of
        airports. Such review shall consider the following:
                    ``(A) The adequacy of codified disqualifying
                offenses to address the current aviation security
                threat environment, particularly the terrorism insider
                threat.
                    ``(B) If such codified disqualifying offenses
                should be tailored to address the current aviation
                security threat environment, particularly the terrorism
                insider threat, by excluding or including other
                offenses.
                    ``(C) The potential security benefits, drawbacks,
                and challenges associated with identifying patterns of
                misdemeanors or of other non-disqualifying offenses
                that could jeopardize aviation security.
                    ``(D) The feasibility of integrating similar
                departmental eligibility requirements for access to
                Secure Identification Display Areas of airports.
                    ``(E) If the 10-year look-back period for
                disqualifying offenses is appropriate, in light of the
                current aviation security threat environment,
                particularly the terrorism insider threat.
            ``(2) Waiver.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
        the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall provide
        an adequate redress process for an employee who is subject to
        an adverse employment decision, including removal or suspension
        of such employee, due to a disqualifying offense referred to in
        paragraph (1), that is consistent with the appeals and waiver
        process established for applicants for commercial motor vehicle
        hazardous materials endorsements and transportation workers at
        ports under section 70105(c) of title 46, United States Code.
            ``(3) Notice.--Any changes to the Secure Identification
        Display area badge program, such as changes considered pursuant
        to subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) shall
        be subject to notice of proposed rulemaking.
            ``(4) Briefing to congress.--Upon completion of the
        aviation security risk-based review required under paragraph
        (1), the Administrator shall brief the Committee on Homeland
        Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the
        results of such review.
    ``(c) Credentialing.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Administrator, in consultation with the
Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall review the auditing
procedures for all airport-issued identification media. Such review
shall determine the following:
            ``(1) The efficacy of the auditing program requirements at
        domestic airports to ensure the integrity, accountability, and
        control of airport-issued identification media.
            ``(2) The feasibility of including biometrics standards for
        all airport-issued identification media used for identity
        verification and badge verification.
            ``(3) The feasibility of integrating other departmental
        programs' eligibility requirements for access to secure areas
        of airports.
    ``(d) Vetting.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) establish a program to allow airport badging
                offices to utilize the employment eligibility
                confirmation system established under section 404 of
                the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
                Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note;
                commonly referred to as `E-Verify') to determine the
                eligibility to work in the United States of all
                applicants seeking access to secure areas of airports;
                    ``(B) establish a process to transmit applicants'
                biometric fingerprint data to the Office of Biometric
                Identity Management's (OBIM's) Automated Biometrics
                Identification System (IDENT) for vetting; and
                    ``(C) conduct a data quality assessment to ensure
                that credential application data elements received by
                the Administration are complete and match the data
                submitted by the airport operators.
            ``(2) Briefing to congress.--Upon completion of the
        responsibilities specified in paragraph (1), the Administrator
        shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
        Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
        and Transportation of the Senate on the results of such
        completion.
    ``(e) Reporting of Violations.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall
establish a nationwide program for the anonymous reporting of
violations of airport security.
    ``(f) Centralized Database.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Administrator, in consultation
with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall--
            ``(1) establish a national database of employees who have
        had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge
        revoked for failure to comply with aviation security
        requirements;
            ``(2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for
        airports and airlines to submit data regarding employees
        described in paragraph (1) and to access the database
        established pursuant to such paragraph; and
            ``(3) establish a process that allows individuals whose
        names were mistakenly entered into such database to have their
        names removed and have their credentialing restored.
    ``(g) Updated Review.--Not later than April 8, 2016, the
Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory
Committee, shall conduct an updated and thorough review of airport
access controls.
    ``(h) Employee Screening Study.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        of the enactment of this section, the Administrator, in
        consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee,
        shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
        of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and
        Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
        and Transportation of the Senate, and the Comptroller General
        of the United States a cost and feasibility study of a
        statistically significant number of Category I, II, and X
        airports, that ensures that all employee entry and exit points
        that lead to secure areas of such airports are comprised of the
        following:
                    ``(A) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or
                biometric technology.
                    ``(B) Surveillance video recording, capable of
                storing video data for at least 30 days.
                    ``(C) Advanced screening technologies, including at
                least one of the following:
                            ``(i) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-
                        held).
                            ``(ii) Explosives detection canines.
                            ``(iii) Explosives trace detection
                        swabbing.
                            ``(iv) Advanced imaging technology.
                            ``(v) X-ray bag screening technology.
            ``(2) Contents.--The study required under paragraph (1)
        shall include information related to the employee screening
        costs of those airports which have already implemented
        practices of screening 100 percent of employees entering secure
        areas of airports, including the following:
                    ``(A) Costs associated with establishing an
                operational minimum number of employee entry and exit
                points.
                    ``(B) A comparison of costs associated with
                implementing the requirements specified in paragraph
                (1), based on whether such implementation was carried
                out by the Administration or airports.
            ``(3) Comptroller general assessment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Upon completion of the study
                required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General
                of the United States shall review such study to assess
                the quality and reliability of such study.
                    ``(B) Assessment.--Not later than 60 days after the
                receipt of the study required under paragraph (1), the
                Comptroller General of the United States shall report
                to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
                Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security
                and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce,
                Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the
                results of the review required under subparagraph
                (A).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1601 the following new item:

``Sec. 1602. Risk-based screening of employees at airports.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 6, 2015.  Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a risk-based, intelligence-driven model for the screening of airport employees based on level of employment-related access to Secure Identification Display Areas, Airport Operations Areas, or secure areas at U.S. airports.  TSA shall conduct an aviation security risk-based review of certain federal disqualifying criminal offenses to determine their appropriateness as a basis for denying an employee a credential that allows unescorted access to Secure Identification Display Areas of airports. TSA shall provide a redress process for employees subject to an adverse employment decision (including removal or suspension) due to a disqualifying offense that is consistent with the appeals and waiver process for applicants for commercial motor vehicle hazardous materials endorsements and transportation workers at ports. TSA shall review the auditing procedures for all airport-issued identification media. TSA shall:  establish a program to allow airport badging offices to use "E-Verify" to determine eligibility to work in the United States of all applicants seeking access to secure areas of airports, establish a process to transmit applicants' biometric fingerprint data to the Office of Biometric Identity Management's Automated Biometrics Identification System for vetting, assess credential application data received by DHS to ensure it is complete and matches data submitted by airport operators.  TSA shall establish a nationwide program for the anonymous reporting of violations of airport security. TSA shall:   establish a national database of employees who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation requirements,  determine the appropriate mechanisms for airports and airlines to submit such data and access the database, and establish a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into the database to have them removed and their credentialing restored.   The Aviation Security Advisory Committee shall update and review airport access controls. TSA shall conduct a cost and feasibility study of a significant number of Category I, II, and X airports that ensures that all employee entry and exit points that lead to airport secured areas comprise the following:  a secure door that uses card and pin entry or biometric technology, surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days, and certain advanced screening technologies (including at least one of the following: magnetometer [walk through or hand-held], explosives detection canines or explosives trace detection swabbing, advanced imaging technology, or X-ray bag screening technology).  The Government Accountability Office shall assess the quality and reliability of the study.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Superfund for Hurricane
Accountability and Recovery Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
        and Liability Act of 1980 established a Federal Superfund trust
        fund for the purpose of hazardous substance remediation at
        sites across the Nation;
            (2) the release of hazardous substances threatens and
        impairs public health, community infrastructure, the economy,
        and social well being;
            (3) the Environmental Protection Agency has evaluated more
        than 45,900 sites and placed 1,540 Superfund sites on the
        National Priorities List;
            (4) more than 70,000,000 Americans live within 4 miles of a
        Superfund site;
            (5) the expiration of the crude oil, chemical feedstock,
        and corporate taxes in 1995 has contributed to a funding
        shortfall that prevented numerous Superfund sites from
        receiving new construction funding in fiscal years 2004 and
        2005 and slowed the pace of existing cleanups;
            (6) delayed and slowed Superfund cleanup actions magnify
        public health risks and increase total remediation costs;
            (7) the reestablishment of the Superfund tax would have no
        effect on the liability under the Comprehensive Environmental
        Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 of
        responsible parties or potentially responsible parties for
        hazardous substance releases;
            (8) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused unprecedented
        environmental damage in the Gulf Coast States of Alabama,
        Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas;
            (9) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused significant new
        releases of hazardous substances and also damaged, threatened,
        or otherwise impaired the integrity of 54 sites listed on the
        National Priorities List and other facilities producing,
        manufacturing, storing, or releasing hazardous substances;
            (10) released hazardous substances must be removed,
        remediated, and otherwise cleaned up to mitigate environmental
        damage and to protect public health;
            (11) the current and future removal, remediation, and
        cleanup efforts in Hurricane-affected areas will incur
        significant costs; and
            (12) the costs incurred to remove, remediate, and otherwise
        clean up hazardous substances, in the Hurricane-impacted areas
        of the Gulf Coast and nationwide, are most equitably borne by
        the parties responsible for the manufacture, production, use,
        storage, and release of such substances.

SEC. 3. SUPERFUND TAXES.

    (a) Permanent Extension.--
            (1) Excise taxes.--Section 4611(e) of the Internal Revenue
        Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Application of Hazardous Substance Superfund Financing
Rate.--The Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate under this
section shall apply after December 31, 1986, and before January 1,
1996, and after the date of the enactment of this subsection.''.
            (2) Corporate environmental income tax.--Section 59A(e) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as
        follows:
    ``(e) Application of Tax.--The tax imposed by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986, and before
January 1, 1996, and to taxable years beginning after the date of the
enactment of this subsection.''.
            (3) Technical amendments.--
                    (A) Section 4611(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                1986 is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``or exported from'' in
                        paragraph (1)(A),
                            (ii) by striking ``or exportation'' in
                        paragraph (1)(B), and
                            (iii) by striking ``and Exportation'' in
                        the heading.
                    (B) Section 4611(d)(3) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``or exporting the crude
                        oil, as the case may be'' in the text and
                        inserting ``the crude oil'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``or exports'' in the
                        heading.
    (b) Temporary Tax Increase for Cleanup Required by Reason of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 4611 of such
        Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Temporary rate increase to fund hurricanes katrina
        and rita toxic waste cleanup.--During the period beginning on
        January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2008, the rate of
        tax specified by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) shall be
        increased by the amount equal to 50 percent of such rate.''.
            (2) Certain chemicals and imported substances.--Section
        4661 of such Code (relating to imposition of tax on certain
        chemicals) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Temporary Increase to Fund Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Toxic
Waste Cleanup.--During the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and
ending on December 31, 2008, each amount of tax per ton with respect to
a substance specified in subsection (b) shall be increased by an amount
equal to 50 percent of such amount.''.
            (3) Temporary increase in corporate environmental income
        tax to fund hurricanes katrina and rita toxic waste cleanup.--
        Subsection (a) of section 59A of such Code (relating to
        imposition of tax) is amended by adding at the end the
        following flush sentence: ``In the case of taxable years
        beginning on or after January 1, 2006, and ending on or before
        December 31, 2008, the preceding sentence shall be applied by
        substituting `0.18 percent' for `0.12 percent'.''.
            (4) Separate accounting for cleanup funds.--Section 9507 of
        such Code (relating to Hazardous Substance Superfund) is
        amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Establishment of Gulf Hurricanes Cleanup Account.--
            ``(1) Creation of account.--There is established in the
        Hazardous Substance Superfund a separate account to be known as
        the `Gulf Hurricanes Cleanup Account' consisting of such
        amounts as may be transferred or credited to the Gulf
        Hurricanes Cleanup Account as provided in this subsection or
        section 9602(b).
            ``(2) Transfers to account.--The Secretary shall transfer
        to the Gulf Hurricanes Cleanup Account from the amounts
        appropriated to Superfund under subsection (b) amounts equal
        to--
                    ``(A) the increase in the tax imposed under section
                59A by reason of the last sentence of subsection (a)
                thereof,
                    ``(B) the increase in the tax imposed under section
                4611(c) by reason of paragraph (3) thereof,
                    ``(C) the increase in the tax imposed under section
                4661 by reason of subsection (c) thereof, and
                    ``(D) the increase in the tax imposed under section
                4671 by reason of the increase in tax under section
                4661(c).
            ``(3) Expenditures from account.--Amounts in the Gulf
        Hurricanes Cleanup Account shall be available, as provided by
        appropriation Acts, for making expenditures in accordance with
        section 4 of the Superfund for Hurricane Accountability and
        Recovery Act of 2005.
            ``(4) Reversion of unexpended funds.--Amounts remaining in
        the Gulf Hurricanes Cleanup Account shall revert to the
        Hazardous Substance Superfund on the date which is the later
        of--
                    ``(A) December 31, 2009, or
                    ``(B) the date as of which the Administrator of the
                Environmental Protection Agency makes the determination
                under section 4 of such Act.''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Excise taxes.--The amendments made by subsections (a)
        (other than paragraph (2) thereof) and (b) (other than
        paragraph (3) thereof shall take effect on the date of the
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Income tax.--The amendments made by subsections (a)(2)
        and (b)(3) shall apply to taxable years beginning after the
        date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. EXPENDITURES FROM TRUST FUND.

    Amounts in the Gulf Hurricanes Cleanup Account established under
subsection (f) of section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
shall be used only for making expenditures in accordance with
subsection (c) of such section with respect to sites where hazardous
substance releases or threatened releases have been caused or
exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita until such time as
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines by
rule that no response actions are necessary to protect human health and
the environment with respect to such sites. Before initiating a
rulemaking under this section, the Administrator shall notify the
Congress of the intention to initiate the rulemaking.

SEC. 5. CLEANUP REPORTS.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall transmit to Congress a report on
the progress of cleanup activities with respect to Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Each report required by subsection (a)
shall specify the following:
            (1) The number of full-time equivalent personnel of the
        Environmental Protection Agency allocated to such cleanup
        activities.
            (2) The persons to whom major contracts are awarded for
        such cleanup activities and the amount of such contracts.
            (3) The number and location of contaminated sites that have
        been identified.
            (4) The number of sites with the following stages of the
        cleanup process complete: site identification and
        investigation, remedial investigation/feasibility study,
        remedial selection, remedial design, and remedial construction.
            (5) For each identified site referred to in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) the type of contaminants discovered;
                    (B) the extent of contamination in soil, surface
                water, and groundwater;
                    (C) the number of emergency removals conducted;
                    (D) the number of long-term remedial actions
                implemented or planned;
                    (E) the annual expenditure of funds for all
                necessary response actions;
                    (F) the estimated costs of completing all necessary
                response actions; and
                    (G) the estimated date of completion of all
                necessary response actions.

Output:
Superfund for Hurricane Accountability and Recovery Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate; and (2) the corporate environmental income tax.

Increases by 50%, between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2008: (1) such financing rate; and (2) the excise tax per ton for certain chemicals. Increases the corporate environmental income tax rate from .12% to .18% during the same period.

Establishes a Gulf Hurricanes Cleanup Account in the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to such Account the temporary tax increases imposed by this Act. Provides that amounts in such Account shall be made available for remediation of hazardous substance releases (or threatened releases) caused or exacerbated by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to Congress on Hurricane Katrina and Rita cleanup activities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dangerous Products Warning Act''.

SEC. 2. DANGEROUS PRODUCTS.

    (a) In General.--Part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after chapter 27 the following:

                    ``CHAPTER 28--DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

``Sec.
``571. Violations.
``572. Relationship to existing law.
``573. Construction.
``574. Definitions for chapter.
``Sec. 571. Violations
    ``(a) Failure To Inform and Warn.--Whoever--
            ``(1) is a business entity or a product supervisor with
        respect to a product or business practice;
            ``(2) knows of a serious danger associated with such
        product (or a component of that product) or business practice;
        and
            ``(3) knowingly fails within 15 days after such discovery
        is made (or if there is imminent risk of serious bodily injury
        or death, immediately) to do any of the following:
                    ``(A) To inform an appropriate Federal agency in
                writing, unless such product supervisor has actual
                knowledge that such an agency has been so informed.
                    ``(B) To warn affected employees in writing, unless
                such product supervisor has actual knowledge that such
                employees have been so warned.
                    ``(C) To inform persons other than affected
                employees at risk if they can reasonably be identified.
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or
both.
    ``(b) Retaliation.--Whoever knowingly discriminates against any
person in the terms or conditions of employment or in retention in
employment or in hiring because of such person having informed a
Federal agency or warned employees of a serious danger associated with
a product or business practice shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
    ``(c) Nonpayment by Business Entities.--If a fine is imposed on an
individual under this section, such fine shall not be paid, directly or
indirectly, out of the assets of any business entity on behalf of that
individual.
``Sec. 572. Relationship to existing law
    ``(a) Rights To Intervene.--Nothing in this chapter shall be
construed to limit the right of any individual or group of individuals
to initiate, intervene in, or otherwise participate in any proceeding
before a regulatory agency or court, nor to relieve any regulatory
agency, court, or other public body of any obligation, or affect its
discretion to permit intervention or participation by an individual or
group or class of consumers, employees or citizens in any proceeding or
activity.
    ``(b) State Law.--Nothing in this chapter preempts any State law or
otherwise affects any State authority to adopt or enforce any State
law.
``Sec. 573. Construction
    ``This chapter shall be construed in such a manner as best to
represent and protect the interests of the public.
``Sec. 574. Definitions for chapter
    ``In this chapter--
            ``(1) the term `product supervisor'--
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) an officer or director of a
                        corporation or an association;
                            ``(ii) a partner of a partnership; or
                            ``(iii) any employee or other agent of a
                        corporation, association, or partnership having
                        duties such that the conduct of such employee
                        or agent may fairly be assumed to represent the
                        policy of the corporation, association, or
                        partnership; and
                    ``(B) includes persons having management
                responsibility for--
                            ``(i) submissions to a Federal agency
                        regarding the development or approval of any
                        product;
                            ``(ii) production, quality assurance, or
                        quality control of any product; or
                            ``(iii) research and development of any
                        product;
            ``(2) the term `product' means a product or service of a
        business entity that enters or will enter interstate commerce;
            ``(3) the term `business entity' means any corporation,
        company, association, firm, partnership, or other business
        entity or a sole proprietor;
            ``(4) the term `business practice' means a method or
        practice of manufacturing, assembling, designing, researching,
        importing or distributing a product that enters or will enter
        interstate commerce, conducting, providing or preparing to
        provide a service that enters or will enter interstate
        commerce, or otherwise carrying out business operations related
        to products or services that enter or will enter interstate
        commerce;
            ``(5) the term `serious danger', used with respect to a
        product or business practice, means a danger, not readily
        apparent to the average person, that the normal or reasonably
        foreseeable use of, or the exposure of a human being to, that
        product or business practice may cause death or serious bodily
        injury to a human being;
            ``(6) the term `serious bodily injury' means an impairment
        of physical condition, including as result of trauma,
        repetitive motion or disease, that--
                    ``(A) creates a substantial risk of death; or
                    ``(B) causes--
                            ``(i) serious permanent disfigurement;
                            ``(ii) unconsciousness;
                            ``(iii) extreme pain; or
                            ``(iv) permanent or protracted loss or
                        impairment of the function of any bodily
                        member, organ, bodily system, or mental
                        faculty;
            ``(7) the term `appropriate Federal agency' means any
        agency with jurisdiction over the product or business practice;
        and
            ``(8) the term `warn affected employees', used with respect
        to a serious danger, means take reasonable steps to give
        sufficient description of the serious danger to all individuals
        working for or in the business entity who are likely to be
        subject to the serious danger in the course of that work to
        make those individuals aware of that danger.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting, after the item relating to
chapter 27, the following:

``28. Dangerous products....................................     571''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act take effect 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.

Output: Dangerous Products Warning Act - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 5 years on any business entity or product supervisor with respect to a product or business practice who knows of a serious danger associated with such product or business practice and knowingly fails within 15 days after discovering such danger to inform an appropriate federal agency in writing, warn affected employees in writing, and inform other affected individuals.  Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 1 year on any individual who intentionally discriminates against an employee who informs a federal agency or warns employees of a serious danger associated with a product or business practice.