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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protection Against Sexual
Exploitation of Children Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN.

    (a) Sexual Abuse.--
            (1) Aggravated sexual abuse of children.--Section 2241(c)
        of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``,
        imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both.'' and
        inserting ``and imprisoned for not less than 30 years or for
        life.''.
            (2) Abusive sexual contact with children.--Section 2244 of
        chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(a) or
                        (b)'' after ``section 2241'';
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3),
                        and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5),
                        respectively; and
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
                        following:
            ``(2) subsection (c) of section 2241 of this title had the
        sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be fined under this
        title and imprisoned for not less than 10 years and not more
        than 25 years;''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ``(other than
                subsection (a)(2))'' after ``violates this section''.
            (3) Sexual abuse of children resulting in death.--Section
        2245 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``A person'' and inserting ``(a) In
                General.--A person''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Offenses Involving Young Children.--A person who, in the
course of an offense under this chapter, engages in conduct that
results in the death of a person who has not attained the age of 12
years, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for not less than 30
years or for life.''.
    (b) Sexual Exploitation and Other Abuse of Children.--
            (1) Sexual exploitation of children.--Section 2251(e) of
        title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``15 years nor more than 30 years''
                and inserting ``25 years or for life'';
                    (B) by striking ``not less than 25 years nor more
                than 50 years, but if such person has 2 or more prior
                convictions under this chapter, chapter 71, chapter
                109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10
                (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice),
                or under the laws of any State relating to the sexual
                exploitation of children, such person shall be fined
                under this title and imprisoned not less than 35 years
                nor more than life.'' and inserting ``life.''; and
                    (C) by striking ``any term of years or for life''
                and inserting ``not less than 30 years or for life.''.
            (2) Activities relating to material involving the sexual
        exploitation of children.--Section 2252(b) of title 18, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``5 years and not more than
                        20 years'' and inserting ``25 years or for
                        life''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``not less than 15 years
                        nor more than 40 years.'' and inserting
                        ``life.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``or imprisoned for not
                        more than'' and inserting ``and imprisoned
                        for'';
                            (ii) by striking ``, or both''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``10 years nor more than
                        20 years.'' and inserting ``30 years or for
                        life.''.
            (3) Activities relating to material constituting or
        containing child pornography.--Section 2252A(b) of title 18,
        United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``5 years and not more than
                        20 years'' and inserting ``25 years or for
                        life''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``not less than 15 years
                        nor more than 40 years'' and inserting
                        ``life''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``or imprisoned not more
                        than 10 years, or both'' and inserting ``and
                        imprisoned for 10 years''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``10 years nor more than
                        20 years'' and inserting ``30 years or for
                        life''.
            (4) Using misleading domain names to direct children to
        harmful material on the internet.--Section 2252B(b) of title
        18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``or imprisoned
        not more than 4 years, or both'' and inserting `` and
        imprisoned not less than 10 years''.
            (5) Production of sexually explicit depictions of
        children.--Section 2260(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
        amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the
        following:
            ``(1) shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for
        not less than 25 years; and
            ``(2) if the person has a prior conviction under this
        chapter or chapter 109A, shall be fined under this title and
        imprisoned for life.''.
    (c) Conduct Relating to Child Prostitution.--Section 2423 of title
18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5 years and not more
        than 30 years'' and inserting ``30 years or for life'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``or imprisoned not more
        than 30 years, or both'' and inserting ``and imprisoned for not
        less than 10 years and not more than 30 years'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``or imprisoned not more
        than 30 years, or both'' and inserting ``and imprisoned for not
        less than 10 years and not more than 30 years''; and
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``imprisoned not more
        than 30 years, or both'' and inserting ``and imprisoned for 30
        years''.
    (d) Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Certain Repeated Sex Offenses
Against Children.--Section 3559(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or 2423(a)'' and inserting ``2423(a)'';
        and
            (2) by inserting ``, 2423(b) (relating to travel with
        intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct), or 2425 (relating
        to use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a
        minor)'' after ``minors)''.

Output:
Protection Against Sexual Exploitation of Children Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for sexual offenses against children, including: (1) aggravated sexual abuse of children; (2) abusive sexual contact with children under age 12; (3) sexual abuse of children under age 12 resulting in death; (4) sexual exploitation of children; (5) activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of children; (6) activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography; (7) using misleading domain names to direct children to harmful material on the Internet; and (8) production of sexually explicit depictions of children; and (9) conduct relating to child prostitution.

Includes within the definition of "federal sex offense" (for purposes of provisions regarding mandatory life imprisonment for repeat sex offenses against children) offenses under provisions relating to: (1) travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct; and (2) the use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of
2016''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT SCORES INCLUDED IN FREE ANNUAL DISCLOSURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 609 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15
U.S.C. 1681g) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end and inserting a
                period;
                    (B) by striking ``except that--'' and all that
                follows through ``(A) if the'' and inserting ``except
                that if the''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) If the consumer reporting agency is a consumer
        reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers
        on a nationwide basis as described in section 603(p), each such
        agency shall disclose a current credit score generated using
        the scoring algorithm, formula, model, program, or mechanism
        that is most frequently used to generate credit scores sold to
        creditors, subject to regulations of the Bureau, along with any
        information in the consumer's file at the time of the request
        concerning credit scores or any other risk scores or other
        predictors relating to the consumer, if such request is made in
        connection with a free annual disclosure made pursuant to
        section 612(a).
            ``(8) Such other consumer information as the Bureau
        considers appropriate with respect to consumer financial
        education, including the information required by subsection
        (f)(1), information describing the credit score of the consumer
        with respect to a range of possible credit scores, and the
        general factors contributing to the credit scores of
        consumers.''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``, a consumer reporting
                        agency'' and all that follows through ``shall
                        include--'' and inserting ``or a risk score, a
                        consumer reporting agency shall supply to the
                        consumer--''; and
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read
                        as follows:
                    ``(A) any credit score or risk score in the file of
                the consumer at the consumer reporting agency;'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
                        subparagraph (C); and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Credit score.--The term `credit score' means
                a numerical value or a categorization derived from a
                statistical tool or modeling system used by a person
                who makes or arranges a loan to predict the likelihood
                of certain credit behaviors, including default.
                    ``(B) Risk score.--The term `risk score' means a
                numerical value or a categorization derived from a
                statistical tool or modeling system based upon
                information from a consumer report for the purpose of
                predicting the likelihood of certain behaviors or
                outcomes, and includes scores used for the underwriting
                of insurance.'';
                    (C) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
                following:
            ``(6) Maintenance of credit scores.--All consumer reporting
        agencies shall maintain in the consumer's file credit scores or
        any other risk scores or other predictors relating to the
        consumer for a period of not less than 1 year beginning on the
        date on which such information is generated.'';
                    (D) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating
                paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8),
                respectively; and
                    (E) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by
                inserting before the period at the end the following:
                ``, except that a consumer reporting agency described
                in section 603(p) shall provide a credit score without
                charge to the consumer if the consumer is requesting
                the score in connection with a free annual disclosure
                made pursuant to section 612(a)''.
    (b) Inclusion in Free Reports.--Section 612(g) of the Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681j(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``free credit report'' and
                inserting ``free or low cost credit report or credit
                score''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``and free credit scores'' after
                ``free credit reports''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or free credit score,
        as applicable,'' after ``free credit report''.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--The Fair Credit Reporting Act (15
U.S.C. 1681a et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 603 (15 U.S.C. 1681a)--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(2)(D), by striking ``(x)''
                and inserting ``(y)'';
                    (B) in subsection (q)(5), by striking ``103(i)''
                and inserting ``103(j)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (v), by striking ``Bureau'' and
                inserting ``Federal Trade Commission'';
            (2) in section 604 (15 U.S.C. 1681b)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking
                        ``section 615(a)(3)'' and inserting ``section
                        615(a)(4)'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking
                        ``clause (B)(i)(IV)'' and inserting ``clause
                        (i)(IV)'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by inserting
                        ``and'' after the semicolon; and
                            (iv) by striking ``section 609(c)(3)'' each
                        place that term appears and inserting ``section
                        609(c)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (g)(5), by striking ``paragraph
                (2).--'' and all that follows through ``The Bureau''
                and inserting ``paragraph (2).--The Bureau'';
            (3) in section 605 (15 U.S.C. 1681c)--
                    (A) in subsection (f), by striking ``who'' and
                inserting ``which''; and
                    (B) in subsection (h)(2)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``shall,,'' and inserting
                        ``shall,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Commission,,'' and
                        inserting ``Commission,'';
            (4) in section 605A(h)(1)(A) (15 U.S.C. 1681c-1(h)(1)(A)),
        by striking ``103(i)'' and inserting ``103(j)'';
            (5) in section 607(e)(3)(A) (15 U.S.C. 1681e(e)(3)(A)), by
        striking ``section 604(b)(4)(E)(i)'' and inserting ``section
        604(b)(4)(D)(i)'';
            (6) in section 609 (15 U.S.C. 1681g)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(C)(i), by striking
                ``section 604(b)(4)(E)(i)'' and inserting ``section
                604(b)(4)(D)(i)'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1)--
                            (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
                        ``Commission'' and inserting ``Bureau''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)(vi), by striking
                        ``603(w)'' and inserting ``603(x)'';
                    (C) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(ii)(II), by striking
                ``an''; and
                    (D) by striking ``The Commission'' each place that
                term appears and inserting ``The Bureau'';
            (7) in section 610 (15 U.S.C. 1681h)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``section''
                after ``under''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e), by inserting a comma after
                ``on the report'';
            (8) in section 611 (15 U.S.C. 1681i), by striking ``The
        Commission'' each place that term appears and inserting ``The
        Bureau'';
            (9) in section 612 (15 U.S.C. 1681j)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                        ``(w)'' and inserting ``(x)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
                        ``603(w)'' each place that term appears and
                        inserting ``603(x)'';
                    (B) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ``televison''
                and inserting ``television''; and
                    (C) by striking ``The Commission'' each place that
                term appears and inserting ``The Bureau''; and
            (10) in section 621 (15 U.S.C. 1681s)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), in the first sentence, by
                striking ``, subsection (b)'';
                    (B) in subsection (e)(2), by inserting a period
                after ``provisions of this title''; and
                    (C) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``The
                Commission'' and inserting ``The Bureau''.

Output: Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require certain consumer reporting agencies to disclose, upon request and without charge, as part of a consumer's free annual disclosure, a current credit score generated using the scoring methodology most frequently used to generate scores sold to creditors, including information regarding other risk scores or predictors in the consumer's file.  Those agencies shall also furnish any other consumer information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers appropriate with respect to consumer financial education, including where the consumer's credit score falls with respect to a range of possible credit scores, and the general factors contributing to consumer credit scores. Upon consumer request for a credit score, a consumer reporting agency shall disclose any a credit or risk score in a consumer's file. All consumer reporting agencies shall maintain credit scores or other risk scores or predictors in the consumer's file for at least one year after the data is generated.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the
    State of Georgia is a nationally significant resource;
        (2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has been
    adversely affected by land use changes occurring inside and outside
    the recreation area;
        (3) the population of the metropolitan Atlanta area continues
    to expand northward, leaving dwindling opportunities to protect the
    scenic, recreational, natural, and historical values of the 2,000-
    foot-wide corridor adjacent to each bank of the Chattahoochee River
    and its impoundments in the 48-mile segment known as the ``area of
    national concern'';
        (4) the State of Georgia has enacted the Metropolitan River
    Protection Act to ensure protection of the corridor located within
    2,000 feet of each bank of the Chattahoochee River, or the corridor
    located within the 100-year floodplain, whichever is larger;
        (5) the corridor located within the 100-year floodplain
    includes the area of national concern;
        (6) since establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
    Recreation Area, visitor use of the recreation area has shifted
    dramatically from waterborne to water-related and land-based
    activities;
        (7) the State of Georgia and political subdivisions of the
    State along the Chattahoochee River have indicated willingness to
    join in a cooperative effort with the United States to link
    existing units of the recreation area through a series of linear
    corridors to be established within the area of national concern and
    elsewhere on the river; and
        (8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of the
    cooperative effort described in paragraph (7), funding from the
    State, political subdivisions of the State, private foundations,
    corporate entities, private individuals, and other sources will be
    available to fund more than half the estimated cost of the
    cooperative effort.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
        (1) to increase the level of protection of the open spaces
    within the area of national concern along the Chattahoochee River
    and to enhance visitor enjoyment of the open spaces by adding land-
    based linear corridors to link existing units of the recreation
    area;
        (2) to ensure that the Chattahoochee River National Recreation
    Area is managed to standardize acquisition, planning, design,
    construction, and operation of the linear corridors; and
        (3) to authorize the appropriation of Federal funds to cover a
    portion of the costs of the Federal, State, local, and private
    cooperative effort to add additional areas to the recreation area
    so as to establish a series of linear corridors linking existing
    units of the recreation area and to protect other open spaces of
    the Chattahoochee River corridor.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA ACT.

    (a) Boundaries.--Section 101 of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii), is amended--
        (1) in the third sentence, by inserting after ``numbered CHAT-
    20,003, and dated September 1984,'' the following: ``and on the
    maps entitled `Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Interim
    Boundary Map #1', `Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
    Interim Boundary Map #2', and `Chattahoochee River National
    Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #3', and dated August 6,
    1998,'';
        (2) by striking the fourth sentence and inserting the
    following: ``No sooner than 180 days after the dateof the enactment
of this sentence, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to
as the `Secretary') may modify the boundaries of the recreation area to
include other land within the Chattahoochee River corridor by
submitting a revised map or other boundary description to the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives.
The revised map or other boundary description shall be prepared by the
Secretary after consultation with affected landowners, the State of
Georgia, and affected political subdivisions of the State. The revised
boundaries shall take effect 180 days after the date of submission
unless, within the 180-day period, Congress enacts a joint resolution
disapproving the revised boundaries.''; and
        (3) in the next-to-last sentence, by striking ``may not exceed
    approximately 6,800 acres.'' and inserting ``may not exceed 10,000
    acres.''.
    (b) Acquisition of Property.--Section 102 of the Act entitled ``An
Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii-1), is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``from willing sellers''
    after ``purchase''; and
        (2) by striking subsection (f).
    (c) Cooperative Agreements.--Section 103 of the Act entitled ``An
Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii-2), is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into
cooperative agreements with the State of Georgia, political
subdivisions of the State, and other entities to ensure standardized
acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the
recreation area.''.
    (d) Funding.--Section 105 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize
the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'', approved August 15,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii-4), is amended--
        (1) by striking ``Sec. 105. (a)'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 105. FUNDING SOURCES AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    ``(a) Funding.--
        ``(1) Limitation on use of appropriated funds.--'';
        (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``$79,400,000'' and inserting
        ``$115,000,000'';
            (B) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``this title'';
        and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Donations.--The Secretary may accept a donation of funds
    or land or an interest in land to carry out this title.
        ``(3) Relation to other funding sources.--Funds made available
    under paragraph (1) are in addition to funding and the donation of
    land and interests in land by the State of Georgia, local
    government authorities, private foundations, corporate entities,
    and individuals for purposes of this title.''; and
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
        subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting
        appropriately;
            (B) by striking ``(c) Within'' and inserting the following:
    ``(c) General Management Plan.--
        ``(1) Initial plan.--Within'';
            (C) in paragraph (1) (as designated by subparagraph (B)),
        by striking ``transmit to'' and all that follows through
        ``Representatives'' and inserting ``transmit to the Committee
        on Resources of the House of Representatives''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Revised plan.--
            ``(A) In general.--Within 3 years after the date funds are
        made available, the Secretary shall submit to the committees
        specified in paragraph (1) a revised general management plan to
        provide for the protection, enhancement, enjoyment,
        development, and use of the recreation area.
            ``(B) Public participation.--In preparing the revised plan,
        the Secretary shall encourage the participation of the State of
        Georgia and affected political subdivisions of the State,
        private landowners, interested citizens, public officials,
        groups, agencies, educational institutions, and other
        entities.''.
    (e) Technical Corrections.--Title I of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii et seq.), is amended--
        (1) in sections 102(d) and 103(a), by striking ``of this Act''
    and inserting ``of this title'';
        (2) in section 104(b)--
            (A) by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of this
        title'';
            (B) by striking ``under this Act'' and inserting ``under
        this title'';
            (C) by striking ``by this Act'' and inserting ``by this
        title''; and
            (D) by striking ``in this Act'' and inserting ``in this
        title'';
        (3) in section 104(d)(2), by striking ``under this Act'' and
    inserting ``under this title'';
        (4) in section 105(c)(1)(A), as redesignated by subsection
    (d)(3), by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of this
    title'';
        (5) in section 106(a), by striking ``in this Act'' and
    inserting ``in this title''; and
        (6) in section 106(d), by striking ``under this Act'' and
    inserting ``under this title''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Output: Allows the Secretary of the Interior, no sooner than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to modify the boundaries of the Area to include other lands within the Chattahoochee River corridor by submitting a revised map or other boundary description to specified congressional committees. Prohibits such revised boundaries from taking place if Congress adopts a Joint Resolution disapproving the revision.Increases the total acreage limitation for the Area to 10,000 (currently, approximately 6,800).Requires any property acquired for the Area to be purchased from willing sellers. Repeals Federal provisions providing for exchange of Federal lands within the Area for non-Federal lands within its boundaries.Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with other entities (currently, Georgia and its political subdivisions) to assure standardized acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the Area.Increases from $79.4 million to $115 million the cap on the authorization of appropriations for land acquisition for the Area. Authorizes the Secretary to accept the donation of funds and lands or interests in lands to carry out this Act.Requires the Secretary to submit: (1) the initial general management plan for the Area to the House Committee on Resources (currently, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs); and (2) within three years after funds are made available, a revision of such plan to specified congressional committees.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Technology Transfer Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. LICENSING FEDERALLY OWNED OR PATENTED INVENTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 209 of title 35, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 209. Licensing federally patented or owned inventions
    ``(a) Authority.--A Federal agency may grant an exclusive or
partially exclusive license on a federally owned invention under
section 207(a)(2) only if--
            ``(1) granting the license is a reasonable and necessary
        incentive to--
                    ``(A) call forth the investment capital and
                expenditures needed to bring the invention to practical
                application; or
                    ``(B) otherwise promote the invention's utilization
                by the public;
            ``(2) the Federal agency finds that the public will be
        served by the granting of the license, as indicated by the
        applicant's intentions, plans, and ability to bring the
        invention to practical application or otherwise promote the
        invention's utilization by the public, and that the proposed
        scope of exclusivity is not greater than reasonably necessary
        to provide the incentive for bringing the invention to
        practical utilization, as proposed by the applicant, or
        otherwise to promote the invention's utilization by the public;
            ``(3) the applicant makes a commitment to achieve practical
        utilization of the invention within a reasonable time, which
        time may be extended by the agency upon the applicant's request
        and the applicant's demonstration that the refusal of such
        extension would be unreasonable;
            ``(4) granting the license will not tend to substantially
        lessen competition or create or maintain a violation of the
        Federal antitrust laws; and
            ``(5) in the case of an invention covered by a foreign
        patent application or patent, the interests of the Federal
        Government or United States industry in foreign commerce will
        be enhanced.
    ``(b) Manufacture in United States.--A Federal agency shall
normally grant a license under section 207(a)(2) to use or sell any
federally owned invention in the United States only to a licensee who
agrees that any products embodying the invention or produced through
the use of the invention will be manufactured substantially in the
United States.
    ``(c) Small Business.--First preference for the granting of any
exclusive or partially exclusive licenses under section 207(a)(2) shall
be given to small business firms having equal or greater likelihood as
other applicants to bring the invention to practical application within
a reasonable time.
    ``(d) Terms and Conditions.--Any licenses granted under section
207(a)(2) shall contain such terms and conditions as the granting
agency considers appropriate. Such terms and conditions shall include
provisions--
            ``(1) retaining a nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up
        license for any Federal agency to practice the invention or
        have the invention practiced throughout the world by or on
        behalf of the Government of the United States;
            ``(2) requiring periodic reporting on utilization of the
        invention, and utilization efforts, by the licensee, but only
        to the extent necessary to enable the Federal agency to
        determine whether the terms of the license are being complied
        with; and
            ``(3) empowering the Federal agency to terminate the
        license in whole or in part if the agency determines that--
                    ``(A) the licensee is not executing its commitment
                to achieve practical utilization of the invention,
                including commitments contained in any plan submitted
                in support of its request for a license, and the
                licensee cannot otherwise demonstrate to the
                satisfaction of the Federal agency that it has taken,
                or can be expected to take within a reasonable time,
                effective steps to achieve practical utilization of the
                invention;
                    ``(B) the licensee is in breach of an agreement
                described in subsection (b);
                    ``(C) termination is necessary to meet requirements
                for public use specified by Federal regulations issued
                after the date of the license, and such requirements
                are not reasonably satisfied by the licensee; or
                    ``(D) the licensee has been found by a court of
                competent jurisdiction to have violated the Federal
                antitrust laws in connection with its performance under
                the license agreement.
    ``(e) Treatment of Report Information.--Any report required under
subsection (d)(2) shall be treated by the Federal agency as commercial
and financial information obtained from a person and is privileged and
confidential and not subject to disclosure under section 552 of title
5.
    ``(f) Public Notice.--No exclusive or partially exclusive license
may be granted under section 207(a)(2) unless public notice of the
intention to grant an exclusive or partially exclusive license on a
federally owned invention has been provided in an appropriate manner at
least 15 days before the license is granted, and the Federal agency has
considered all comments received before the end of the comment period
in response to that public notice. This subsection shall not apply to
the licensing of inventions made under a cooperative research and
development agreement entered into under section 12 of the Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a).
    ``(g) Plan.--No Federal agency shall grant any license under a
patent or patent application on a federally owned invention unless the
person requesting the license has supplied the agency with a plan for
development or marketing of the invention, except that any such plan
shall be treated by the Federal agency as commercial and financial
information obtained from a person and privileged and confidential and
not subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5.''.
    (b) Amendments to Chapter 18 of Title 35, United States Code.--
Chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 200 by inserting ``without unduly
        encumbering future research and discovery'' after ``free
        competition and enterprise;'';
            (2) by amending section 202(e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) In any case when a Federal employee is a coinventor of any
invention made with a nonprofit organization, small business firm, or a
non-Federal inventor, the Federal agency employing such coinventor may,
for the purpose of consolidating rights in the invention and if it
finds that it would expedite the development of the invention--
            ``(1) license or assign whatever rights it may acquire in
        the subject invention to the nonprofit organization, small
        business firm, or non-Federal inventor in accordance with
        sections 200 through 204 (including this section); or
            ``(2) acquire any rights in the subject invention from the
        nonprofit organization, small business firm, or non-Federal
        inventor, but only to the extent the party from whom the rights
        are acquired voluntarily enters into the transaction and no
        other transaction under this chapter is conditioned on such
        acquisition.''; and
            (3) in section 207(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``patent
                applications, patents, or other forms of protection
                obtained'' and inserting ``inventions''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, including
                acquiring rights for and administering royalties to the
                Federal Government in any invention, but only to the
                extent the party from whom the rights are acquired
                voluntarily enters into the transaction, to facilitate
                the licensing of a federally owned invention'' after
                ``or through contract''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 209 in the
table of sections for chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:

``209. Licensing federally patented or owned inventions.''.

Output:
Requires a Federal agency to treat any required periodic invention utilization report as privileged and confidential commercial and financial information obtained from a person, and not subject to public disclosure.
Prohibits an agency from granting an exclusive or partially exclusive license on a federally-owned invention unless: (1) it has provided 15 days' public notice and considered all comments received (unless the license is for an invention made under a cooperative research and development (R&D) agreement); and (2) the person requesting the license has supplied to the agency a plan for development and-or marketing of the invention.
Amends provisions commonly known as "the Bayh-Dole Act" with regard to Government acquisition of the rights of a private party to a federally owned invention when a Federal employee is a coinventor of any invention made with a nonprofit organization, small business firm, or a non-Federal inventor. Authorizes the Federal agency employing such coinventor, for the purpose of consolidating rights in the invention and expediting its development, to: (1) license or assign whatever rights it may acquire in the invention to the nonprofit organization, small business firm, or non-Federal inventor; or (2) acquire any rights in the invention from the nonprofit organization, small business firm, or non-Federal inventor, but only to the extent the party from whom the rights are acquired voluntarily enters into the transaction and no other transaction under such Act is conditioned on such acquisition.
Authorizes each Federal agency to acquire rights for and administer to the Federal Government royalties in any federally owned invention in order to facilitate its licensing, but only to the extent the party from whom the rights are acquired voluntarily enters into the transaction.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Minnesota Education Investment and
Employment Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS AND
              SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST, MINNESOTA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The State of Minnesota owns multiple parcels of land in
        the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the Superior
        National Forest that were granted to the State through sections
        16 and 36 of the Enabling Act of 1857 to be held in trust for
        the benefit of the public school system in the State (in this
        section referred to as ``State trust lands'').
            (2) The State trust lands were acquired by the State long
        before the establishment of either the National Forest System
        or the wilderness area and are scattered in a largely
        checkerboard fashion amid the Superior National Forest and the
        wilderness area.
            (3) The presence of State trust lands in the wilderness
        area makes land and resource management in the wilderness area
        more difficult, costly, and controversial for the United States
        and the State.
            (4) Although the State trust lands were granted to the
        State to generate financial support for the public school
        system through the sale or development of natural resources,
        development of those resources in the wilderness area may be
        incompatible with managing the wilderness area for
        recreational, natural, and conservation purposes.
            (5) The United States owns land and interests in land in
        other parts of the State that can be transferred to the State
        in exchange for the State trust lands without jeopardizing
        Federal management objectives or needs.
            (6) It is in the public interest to exchange, on terms that
        are fair to the United States and the State, National Forest
        System land in the State that has limited recreational and
        conservation resources for State trust lands located in the
        wilderness area with important recreational, scenic, and
        conservation resources for permanent public management and use.
            (7) The Legislature of the State of Minnesota, meeting in
        its 87th Legislative Session, passed (and on April 27, 2012,
        the Governor of Minnesota approved) S.F No. 1750 (Chapter 236),
        section 4 of which adds section 92.80 to the Minnesota Statutes
        to expedite the exchange of a portion of the State trust lands
        located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
    (b) Land Exchange Required.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
consummate a land exchange with the State of Minnesota pursuant to
section 4 of S.F No. 1750 (Chapter 236) of the Legislature of the State
of Minnesota (section 92.80 of the Minnesota Statutes) to acquire all
right, title, and interest of the State in and to certain State trust
lands identified as provided in such section in exchange for all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to National Forest
System land in the State for inclusion in the State trust lands.
    (c) Valuation of Lands for Exchange.--Subdivision 4 of section 4 of
S.F No. 1750 (Chapter 236) of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota
(section 92.80 of the Minnesota Statutes) shall control for purposes of
the examination and value determination of the lands to be exchanged.
    (d) Survey and Administrative Costs.--The exact acreage and legal
description of the land to be exchanged under subsection (b) shall be
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The State of
Minnesota shall be responsible for the costs of the survey and all
other administrative costs related to the land exchange.
    (e) Boundaries and Management of Acquired Land.--
            (1) Land acquired by secretary.--
                    (A) In general.--The land acquired by the Secretary
                under subsection (b) shall be added to and administered
                as part of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
                established pursuant to section 3 of the Wilderness Act
                (16 U.S.C. 1132(a)), and the Secretary shall modify the
                boundaries of the wilderness area to reflect inclusion
                of the acquired lands. Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                land acquired by the Secretary shall be managed in
                accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
                seq.) and other laws and regulations applicable to the
                National Wilderness Preservation System.
                    (B) No effect on existing fishing and hunting
                rights.--The acquisition of land by the United States
                under subsection (b) and inclusion of the land in the
                Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness shall not alter
                or otherwise affect--
                            (i) any fishing and hunting rights in
                        existence with respect to the land immediately
                        before the conveyance of the land to the United
                        States; or
                            (ii) the use of such rights after
                        conveyance.
            (2) Land acquired by state.--The land acquired by the State
        of Minnesota under subsection (b) shall be deemed to be State
        trust lands and shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
        public school system in the State. It is the sense of Congress
        that, whenever the land acquired by the State of Minnesota
        under subsection (b) is not being used for revenue-generating
        activities, the State should make the land available for other
        compatible uses, including hunting, fishing, hiking, biking,
        snowmobiling, and trail riding.
            (3) Boundaries of superior national forest.--The Secretary
        shall modify the boundaries of the Superior National Forest to
        reflect the land exchange conducted under this section.
    (f) Relation to Other Laws.--
            (1) Land and water conservation fund act.--For purposes of
        section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
        (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the Superior National
        Forest, as modified by subsection (e)(3), shall be considered
        to be boundaries of the Superior National Forest as of January
        1, 1965.
            (2) Not a major federal action.--The land exchange
        conducted under this section shall not be considered to be a
        major Federal action.
            (3) Thye-blatnik act.--The Secretary shall not take into
        consideration the lands acquired by the United States under
        this Act in determining the appraised value of National Forest
        System lands in the State of Minnesota used for purposes of
        making payments to the State of Minnesota under the Act of June
        22, 1948, and the Act of June 22, 1956 (commonly known as the
        Thye-Blatnik Act and Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act; 16
        U.S.C. 577c through 577h).
    (g) No Impact on Other Land Exchanges.--The land exchange described
in subsection (b) does not affect any land exchange involving National
Forest System land in the State of Minnesota underway as of the date of
the enactment of this Act.
    (h) Report.--If the Secretary fails to complete the land exchange
described in subsection (b) before the end of the 18-month period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress, not later than 30 days after the end of such
period, a report--
            (1) specifying the reasons why the exchange has not been
        completed; and
            (2) stating the date by which the Secretary anticipates the
        conveyance will be completed.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output:
Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to complete a land exchange involving National Forest System land in Minnesota and Minnesota state lands.

Requires the exchange to be consummated pursuant to specified Minnesota law. Makes Minnesota responsible for the costs of the survey and all other administrative costs related to the land exchange.

Adds the lands acquired by the Secretary to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and modifies the boundaries of such Wilderness to reflect their inclusion.

Prohibits the acquisition, and inclusion, of land by the United States in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from altering or affecting current fishing and hunting rights.

Deems the lands acquired by Minnesota to be state trust lands and to be held in trust for the benefit of its public school system. Expresses the sense of Congress that, whenever the land acquired by Minnesota is not being used for revenue-gathering activities, it should make such land available for other compatible uses, including hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, snowmobiling, and trail riding.

Instructs the Secretary to modify the boundaries of Superior National Forest to reflect the land exchange under this Act.

States that the land exchange under this Act shall not be considered to be a major federal action.

Prohibits the Secretary from taking into consideration the lands acquired by the United States in determining the appraisal value of System lands in Minnesota used for the purposes of making payments to Minnesota under the Thye-Blatnik Act and Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andreson Act.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress, if the Secretary fails to complete the land exchange within the 18-month period following enactment of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Film Small Business Job
Creation Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION INVESTMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deduction for
individuals and corporations) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``SEC. 199. INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION INVESTMENTS.

    ``(a) Allowance of Deduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer who holds a
        qualified investment during any portion of the taxable year,
        there shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year an
        amount equal to the applicable percentage of the qualified
        expenditures relating to such investments.
            ``(2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the applicable percentage shall be determined on the basis
        of the amount which bears the same ratio to the qualified
        expenditures made during the portion of the taxable year
        referred to in paragraph (1) as the amount of the taxpayer's
        qualified investment in the eligible independent film
        production entity bears to the aggregate qualified investment
        in such entity.
    ``(b) Qualified Expenditures.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified expenditures' means
        amounts paid or incurred by an eligible independent film
        production entity for preproduction, production, and post-
        production of a qualified motion picture film.
            ``(2) Post production.--The term `post-production' means,
        with respect to any motion picture film, distribution and
        promotion of such film.
            ``(3) Denial of double benefit.--Except as provided by
        subsection (a), qualified expenditures shall be disregarded in
        determining--
                    ``(A) the adjusted basis of any property held at
                the entity level, and
                    ``(B) any deduction allowed at the entity level or
                at the partner or similar level.
    ``(c) Qualified Investment.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified investment' means
        any equity investment in an eligible independent film
        production entity if--
                    ``(A) such investment is acquired by the taxpayer
                at its original issue (directly or through an
                underwriter) solely in exchange for cash,
                    ``(B) substantially all of such cash is used by the
                eligible independent film production entity for
                qualified expenditures, and
                    ``(C) such investment is designated to be used for
                preproduction, production, and post-production of a
                qualified motion picture film by the eligible
                independent film production entity.
            ``(2) Treatment of subsequent purchasers.--The term
        `qualified investment' shall include any equity investment
        which would (but for paragraph (1)(A)) be a qualified
        investment in the hands of the taxpayer if such investment was
        a qualified investment in the hands of a prior holder.
            ``(3) Redemptions.--A rule similar to the rule of section
        1202(c)(3) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
            ``(4) Equity investment.--The term `equity investment'
        means--
                    ``(A) any stock (other than nonqualified preferred
                stock as defined in section 351(g)(2)) in an entity
                which is a corporation, and
                    ``(B) any capital interest in an entity which is a
                partnership.
    ``(d) Eligible Independent Film Production Entity.--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `eligible independent film
        production entity' means any domestic corporation or
        partnership (and any person related to such corporation or
        partnership)--
                    ``(A) which is organized and operated for the
                primary purpose of producing a qualified motion picture
                film outside the formal studio structure, and
                    ``(B) which takes such film into preproduction,
                production, and post production through financial
                funding of its own money or assets, private investors,
                financial institutions, guarantees, presale advances,
                or distribution contracts.
            ``(2) Related person.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a
        person is a related person to another person if--
                    ``(A) the relationship between such persons would
                result in a disallowance of losses under section 267 or
                707(b), or
                    ``(B) such persons are members of the same
                controlled group of corporations (as defined in section
                1563(a), except that `more than 50 percent' shall be
                substituted for `at least 80 percent' each place it
                appears therein).
            ``(3) Release of film not taken into account.--For purposes
        of paragraph (1), whether a motion picture film is released
        theatrically, directly to video cassette, DVD, or any other
        format, television or cable programming movie-of-the-week,
        miniseries, or pilot production shall not be taken into
        account.
    ``(e) Qualified Motion Picture Film.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified motion picture film'
        means a motion picture film--
                    ``(A) the budget of which is greater than
                $2,000,000 and less than $20,000,000, and
                    ``(B) not less than 95 percent of the wages or
                self-employment income paid or incurred for producing
                such film (including the preproduction, production, and
                post-production stages) is for services provided within
                the United States or any of its possessions.
            ``(2) Exception.--The term `qualified motion picture film'
        shall not include any motion picture film which contains actual
        sexually explicit conduct (as defined by section 2257(h)(1) of
        title 18, United States Code.
            ``(3) Budget.--The budget for a motion picture film--
                    ``(A) shall not exceed the face amount of the
                aggregate completion bonds issued with respect to the
                motion picture film, and
                    ``(B) shall include the preproduction, production,
                and post-production stages of producing such film.
            ``(4) Wages; self-employment income.--
                    ``(A) Wages.--The term `wages' has the meaning
                given to such term by section 3121.
                    ``(B) Self-employment income.--The term `self-
                employment income' has the meaning given to such term
                by section 1402.
            ``(5) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of a taxable year
        after 2005, the dollar amounts contained in paragraph (1)(A)
        shall each be increased by an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
                under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by
                substituting `calendar year 2004' for `calendar year
                1992' in subparagraph (B) thereof.
        Any increase under this subparagraph which is not a multiple of
        $1,000 shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $1,000.
    ``(f) Recapture In Certain Cases.--
            ``(1) In general.--If, at any time during the 5-year period
        beginning on the date of the original issue of a qualified
        investment in a eligible independent film production entity,
        there is a recapture event with respect to such investment,
        then the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year in
        which such event occurs shall be increased by the credit
        recapture amount.
            ``(2) Recapture amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
        recapture amount is an amount equal to the sum of--
                    ``(A) the aggregate decrease in the deductions
                allowed to the taxpayer under this chapter for all
                prior taxable years which would have resulted if no
                deduction had been determined under this section with
                respect to such investment, plus
                    ``(B) interest at the underpayment rate established
                under section 6621 on the amount determined under
                subparagraph (A) for each prior taxable year for the
                period beginning on the due date for filing the return
                for the prior taxable year involved.
        No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for interest
        described in subparagraph (B).
            ``(3) Recapture event.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
        there is a recapture event with respect to an equity investment
        in a eligible independent film production entity if--
                    ``(A) such entity ceases to be a eligible
                independent film production entity,
                    ``(B) the proceeds of the investment cease to be
                used as required of subsection (c)(1)(B), or
                    ``(C) such investment is redeemed by such entity.
            ``(4) Special rule.--Any increase in tax under this
        subsection shall not be treated as a tax imposed by this
        chapter for purposes of section 55.
    ``(g) Basis Reduction.--The basis of any qualified investment shall
be reduced by the amount of any deduction determined under this section
with respect to such investment. This subsection shall not apply for
purposes of sections 1202, 1400B, and 1400F.
    ``(h) Election to have credit not apply.--A taxpayer may elect to
have this section not apply for any taxable year.
    ``(i) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be appropriate to carry out this section, including
regulations--
            ``(1) which prevent the abuse of the purposes of this
        section, and
            ``(2) which impose appropriate reporting requirements.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 1016 of such
Code is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (27), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (28) and inserting ``;
and'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(29) to the extent provided in section 199(g).''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part VI of
subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 199. Independent film production
                                        investments.''.

    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to investments made after December 31, 2004.

Output: Independent Film Small Business Job Creation Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for expenditures relating to the production, promotion and distribution of U.S. independent motion picture films with budgets between $2 and $20 million (adjusted for inflation). Requires that not less than 95 percent of the wages or self-employment income paid for producing such films be for services provided within the United States or its possessions. Requires the recapture as income of amounts deducted if a production company ceases to qualify as an independent film production company.


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SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK RANGER SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Program Authorized.--
            (1) In general.--Part D of title V of the Elementary and
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is
        amended by adding at the end the following:

         ``Subpart 22--National Park Ranger School Partnerships

``SEC. 5621. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the Director
of the National Park Service, may award grants, on a competitive basis,
to local educational agencies to enable the local educational agencies
to carry out the authorized activities described in subsection (c).
    ``(b) Required Partnership.--A local educational agency that
receives a grant under this subpart shall carry out the activities
described in subsection (c) through a partnership that includes the
National Park Service and may include a not-for-profit partner of the
National Park Service.
    ``(c) Authorized Activities.--A local educational agency shall use
funds provided under this subpart to carry out, through the
partnership, both of the following activities:
            ``(1) Providing, for students in kindergarten through grade
        12, educational programs (including programs under which
        instruction is provided by National Park Service Rangers) that
        emphasize science, the environment, natural resources,
        mathematics, history, and civics.
            ``(2) Providing, for educators of students in kindergarten
        through grade 12, professional development opportunities (such
        as summer institutes) that emphasize science, the environment,
        natural resources, mathematics, history, and civics.
    ``(d) Duration and Amounts.--Each grant under this subpart shall be
for a period of 3 years, for an aggregate amount of not more than
$25,000.
    ``(e) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
subpart, a local educational agency shall--
            ``(1)(A) be adjacent to a facility of the National Park
        Service;
            ``(B) be close to a Research and Learning Center of the
        National Park Service;
            ``(C) have a partnership with or be capable of partnering
        with a unit of the National Park System; or
            ``(D) have, or agree to develop, a technology-based
        distance learning link to the National Park Service;
            ``(2) be identified for improvement under subsection (c) of
        section 1116; and
            ``(3) be a high need local educational agency.
    ``(f) Criteria.--Grants under this subpart shall be awarded on a
competitive basis using criteria established by the Secretary, in
collaboration with the Director of the National Park Service.
    ``(g) Reports by Grantees.--Upon completing the grant period for a
grant under this section, the local educational agency receiving the
grant shall submit to the Secretary a report that identifies--
            ``(1) the number of students participating in the
        activities described in subsection (c)(1) that were carried out
        under the grant;
            ``(2) the achievement attained by those students in
        mathematics, science, and any other academic areas relevant to
        the activities carried out under the grant, as measured against
        benchmarks established by the Secretary, in coordination with
        the National Park Service;
            ``(3) the number of educators participating in the
        activities described in subsection (c)(2) that were carried out
        under the grant; and
            ``(4) the professional development received by those
        educators in mathematics, science, civics, and any other
        academic areas relevant to the activities carried out under the
        grant.
    ``(h) Report by Secretary.--Not later than 3 years after the date
of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in coordination with the
Director of the National Park Service, shall submit a report to
Congress on the implementation of this subpart. The report shall
include recommendations on whether and to what extent the program
should be continued or expanded.''.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 5401 of that
        Act (20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``There are'' and inserting the
                following:
    ``(a) In General.--There are''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) National Park Ranger School Partnerships.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 22, such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.''.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 2
        of that Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is amended by adding after
        the items relating to subpart 21 of part D of title V the
        following:

         ``subpart 22--national park ranger school partnerships

``Sec. 5621. Program authorized.''.
    (b) National Park Service Eligibility for Certain Programs.--
            (1) Mathematics and science partnerships.--Section
        2201(b)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 6661(b)(1)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as (iv)
                and (v), respectively; and
                    (B) by adding after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the National Park Service;''.
            (2) Teaching of traditional american history.--Section
        2351(b) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 6721(b)) is amended by adding at
        the end the following:
            ``(4) An educational service agency.
            ``(5) A Federal agency that serves as an educational
        service provider.''.

Output:
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the National Park Ranger School Partnerships program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive, three-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to enter into partnerships that include the National Park Service (NPS), and may include nonprofit NPS partners, to provide kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students with educational programs and K-12 teachers with professional development emphasizing science, the environment, natural resources, mathematics, civics, and history.

Deems LEAs to be eligible for such a grant only if they: (1) have, are capable of, or will develop certain connections to the NPS; (2) have been identified as needing improvement under title I of the ESEA; and (3) are a high-need LEA.

Permits: (1) the NPS to participate in the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program that provides training to teachers of such subjects under title II of the ESEA; and (2) educational service agencies, including federal agencies that serve as educational service providers, to partner with LEAs under such title's Teaching American History Grant Program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Exploration Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATORY DRILLING LOAN PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Geothermal
        Investment Fund established under subsection (h).
            (2) Program.--The term ``program'' means the direct loan
        program for high risk geothermal exploration wells established
        under this section.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Energy.
    (b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a direct loan
program for high risk geothermal exploration wells.
    (c) Applications.--An applicant that seeks to receive a loan under
the program may submit to the Secretary an application for the loan at
such time, in such form, and containing such information as the
Secretary may prescribe.
    (d) Project Criteria.--
            (1) In general.--In selecting applicants for loans under
        this section to carry out projects under the program, the
        Secretary shall consider--
                    (A) the potential for unproven geothermal resources
                that would be explored and developed under a project;
                    (B) the expertise and experience of an applicant in
                developing geothermal resources; and
                    (C) the importance of the project in meeting the
                goals of the Department of Energy.
            (2) Preference.--In selecting applicants for loans under
        this section to carry out projects under the program, the
        Secretary shall provide a preference for previously unexplored,
        underexplored, or unproven geothermal resources in a variety of
        geologic and geographic settings.
    (e) Data Sharing.--Data from all exploratory wells that are carried
out under the program shall be provided to the Secretary and the
Secretary of the Interior for use in mapping national geothermal
resources and other uses, including--
            (1) subsurface geologic data;
            (2) metadata;
            (3) borehole temperature data; and
            (4) inclusion in the National Geothermal Data System of the
        Department of Energy.
    (f) Administration.--
            (1) Cost share.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall determine the
                cost share for a loan made under this section.
                    (B) Higher risks.--The Secretary may base the cost
                share percentage for loans made under this section on a
                sliding scale, with higher Federal shares awarded to
                projects with higher risks.
            (2) Number of wells.--The Secretary shall determine the
        number of wells for each selected geothermal project for which
        a loan may be made under this section.
            (3) Unproductive projects.--The Secretary may grant further
        delays or dispense with the repayment obligation on a
        demonstration that a selected geothermal project is
        unproductive.
    (g) Loan Repayment.--
            (1) Commencement.--The recipient of a loan made under this
        section for a geothermal facility shall commence repayment of
        the loan beginning on the earlier of--
                    (A) the date that is 4 years after the date the
                loan is made; or
                    (B) the date on which the geothermal facility
                enters into commercial production.
            (2) Term.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
                (B), the term of a loan made under this section shall
                be 4 years beginning on the applicable loan repayment
                commencement date under paragraph (1).
                    (B) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the term
                of a loan under this section for not more than 4 years.
            (3) Use of loan repayments.--Amounts repaid on loans made
        under this section shall be deposited in the Fund.
    (h) Geothermal Investment Fund.--
            (1) Establishment of fund.--There is established in the
        Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the
        ``Geothermal Investment Fund'', to be administered by the
        Secretary, to be available without fiscal year limitation and
        not subject to appropriation, to carry out this section.
            (2) Transfers to fund.--The Fund shall consist of such
        amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under subsection (j).
            (3) Prohibition.--Amounts in the Fund may not be made
        available for any purpose other than a purpose described in
        paragraph (1).
            (4) Annual reports.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the
                end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
                2011, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the the
                Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
                and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House
                of Representatives a report on the operation of the
                Fund during the fiscal year.
                    (B) Contents.--Each report shall include, for the
                fiscal year covered by the report, the following:
                            (i) A statement of the amounts deposited
                        into the Fund.
                            (ii) A description of the expenditures made
                        from the Fund for the fiscal year, including
                        the purpose of the expenditures.
                            (iii) Recommendations for additional
                        authorities to fulfill the purpose of the Fund.
                            (iv) A statement of the balance remaining
                        in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year.
    (i) Guidelines.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop guidelines for the
implementation of the program.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2020.

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Geothermal Exploration Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) establish a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells; (2) give preference to loan applicants to carry out projects for previously unexplored, underexplored, or unproven geothermal resources in a variety of geologic and geographic settings; (3) determine the cost shares for such loans, which may provide for higher federal shares for projects with higher risks; and (4) determine the number of wells for each selected geothermal project for which a loan may be made.

Requires data from all exploratory wells that are carried out under the program to be provided to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior for mapping national geothermal resources and other uses, including subsurface geologic data, metadata, borehole temperature data, and inclusion in the National Geothermal Data System of the Department of Energy (DOE).

Sets forth loan repayment and term provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to grant delays or dispense with a repayment obligation on a demonstration that a selected geothermal project is unproductive.

Establishes in the Treasury the Geothermal Investment Fund to be administered by the Secretary to carry out this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tapoco Project Licensing Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) APGI.--The term ``APGI'' means Alcoa Power Generating
        Inc., its successors and assigns.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
        Energy Regulatory Commission.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Tapoco
        Hydroelectric Project, P-2169, Settlement Agreement, Appendix
        B, Proposed Land Swap Areas, National Park Service and APGI'',
        numbered TP514, Issue No. 9, and dated June 8, 2004.
            (4) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Great Smoky Mountains
        National Park.
            (5) Project.--The term ``Project'' means the Tapoco
        Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2169, including the
        Chilhowee Dam and Reservoir in the State of Tennessee.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) Authorization.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the conveyance by APGI of title
        acceptable to the Secretary of the land identified in paragraph
        (2), the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to APGI title to
        the land identified in paragraph (3).
            (2) Description of land to be conveyed by apgi.--The land
        to be conveyed by APGI to the Secretary is the approximately
        186 acres of land, subject to any encumbrances existing before
        February 21, 2003--
                    (A) within the authorized boundary of the Park,
                located northeast of United States Highway 129 and
                adjacent to the APGI power line; and
                    (B) as generally depicted on the map as ``Proposed
                Property Transfer from APGI to National Park Service''.
            (3) Description of land to be conveyed by the secretary.--
        The land to be conveyed by the Secretary to APGI is the
        approximately 110 acres of land within the Park that is--
                    (A) adjacent to or flooded by the Chilhowee
                Reservoir;
                    (B) within the boundary of the Project as of
                February 21, 2003; and
                    (C) as generally depicted on the map as ``Proposed
                Property Transfer from National Park Service to APGI''.
    (b) Minor Adjustments to Conveyed Land.--The Secretary and APGI may
mutually agree to make minor boundary or acreage adjustments to the
land identified in subsection (a).
    (c) Opportunity to Mitigate.--If the Secretary determines that all
or part of the land to be conveyed to the Secretary under subsection
(a)(2) is unsuitable for inclusion in the Park, APGI shall have the
opportunity to make the land suitable for inclusion in the Park.
    (d) Conservation Easement.--The Secretary shall reserve a
conservation easement over any land transferred to APGI under
subsection (a)(3) that, subject to any terms and conditions imposed by
the Commission in any license that the Commission may issue for the
Project. The conservation easement shall--
            (1) specifically prohibit any development of the land by
        APGI, other than any development that is necessary for the
        continued operation and maintenance of the Chilhowee Reservoir;
            (2) authorize public access to the easement area, subject
        to National Park Service regulations; and
            (3) authorize the National Park Service to enforce Park
        regulations on the land and in and on the waters of Chilhowee
        Reservoir lying on the land, to the extent not inconsistent
        with any license condition considered necessary by the
        Commission.
    (e) Applicability of Certain Laws.--Section 5(b) of Public Law 90-
401 (16 U.S.C. 460l-22(b)), shall not apply to the land exchange
authorized under this section.
    (f) Reversion.--
            (1) In general.--The deed from the Secretary to APGI shall
        contain a provision that requires the land described in
        subsection (a)(3) to revert to the United States if--
                    (A) the Chilhowee Reservoir ceases to exist; or
                    (B) the Commission issues a final order
                decommissioning the Project from which no further
                appeal may be taken.
            (2) Applicable law.--A reversion under this subsection
        shall not eliminate APGI's responsibility to comply with all
        applicable provisions of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a
        et seq.), including regulations.
    (g) Boundary Adjustment.--
            (1) In general.--On completion of the land exchange
        authorized under this section, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) adjust the boundary of the Park to include the
                land described in subsection (a)(2); and
                    (B) administer any acquired land as part of the
                Park in accordance with applicable law (including
                regulations).
            (2) National park service land.--Notwithstanding the
        exchange of land under this section, the land described in
        subsection (a)(3) shall remain within the boundary of the Park.
            (3) Public notice.--The Secretary shall publish in the
        Federal Register notice of any boundary revision under
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 4. PROJECT LICENSING.

    Notwithstanding the continued inclusion of the land described in
section 3(a)(3) in the boundary of the Park (including any modification
made pursuant to section 3(b)) on completion of the land exchange, the
Commission shall have jurisdiction to license the Project.

SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture may
acquire, from willing owners only, by purchase, donation, or exchange,
any land or interest in land that--
            (1) may be transferred by APGI to any nongovernmental
        organization; and
            (2) is identified as ``Permanent Easement'' or ``Term
        Easement'' on the map entitled ``Tapoco Hydroelectric Project,
        P-2169, Settlement Agreement, Appendix B, Proposed Land
        Conveyances in Tennessee'', numbered TP616, Issue No. 15, and
        dated March 11, 2004.
    (b) Land Acquired by the Secretary of the Interior.--The Secretary
shall--
            (1) adjust the boundary of the Park to include any land or
        interest in land acquired by the Secretary under subsection
        (a);
            (2) administer any acquired land or interest in land as
        part of the Park in accordance with applicable law (including
        regulations); and
            (3) publish notice of the adjustment in the Federal
        Register.
    (c) Land Acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture.--
            (1) Boundary adjustment.--The Secretary of Agriculture
        shall--
                    (A) adjust the boundary of the Cherokee National
                Forest to include any land acquired under subsection
                (a);
                    (B) administer any acquired land or interest in
                land as part of the Cherokee National Forest in
                accordance with applicable law (including regulations);
                and
                    (C) publish notice of the adjustment in the Federal
                Register.
            (2) Management.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
        evaluate the feasibility of managing any land acquired by the
        Secretary of Agriculture under subsection (a) in a manner that
        retains the primitive, back-country character of the land.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.

Output:
Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004 - (Sec. 1) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a specified simultaneous land exchange with the Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI).

(Sec. 3) Identifies the land within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to be conveyed by APGI.

Identifies the land to be conveyed by the Secretary as: (1) adjacent to or flooded by the Chilhowee Reservoir; and (2) within the boundary of the Tapoco Hydroelectric Project as of February 21, 2003.

Prescribes procedural requirements, including: (1) reservation of a conservation easement over any land conveyed to APGI; and (2) reversion of title to the United States if the Chilhowee Reservoir ceases to exist, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issues a final order decommissioning the Tapoco Project from which no further appeal may be taken.

(Sec. 4) Grants FERC jurisdiction to license the Tapoco Project upon completion of the land exchange.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire for the United States any land or interest in land, including specified easements, that may be transferred by APGI to a nongovernmental organization pursuant to a specified Settlement Agreement.

Sets forth boundary adjustment procedures.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to evaluate the feasibility of managing specified land acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture in a manner that retains the primitive, back-country character of the land.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations.