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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Corporate Fair Share Tax Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON INTEREST DEDUCTION FOR EXCESSIVE INTEREST OF
              MEMBERS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING GROUPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by
inserting after subsection (m) the following:
    ``(n) Limitation on Excessive Interest of Members of Financial
Reporting Groups.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If this subsection applies to
                any corporation for any taxable year, no deduction
                shall be allowed under this chapter for the taxable
                year for interest expense to the extent that such
                expense exceeds the sum of--
                            ``(i) the amount of interest on
                        indebtedness of the corporation includible in
                        the corporation's gross income for the taxable
                        year, plus
                            ``(ii) the corporation's proportionate
                        share of the financial reporting group's net
                        interest expense for the taxable year computed
                        under United States income tax principles.
                    ``(B) Proportionate share of net interest
                expense.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)--
                            ``(i) In general.--A corporation's
                        proportionate share of the financial reporting
                        group's net interest expense means the amount
                        equal to the percentage of the group's net
                        interest expense which bears the same
                        percentage as the corporation's earnings bears
                        to the group's earnings.
                            ``(ii) Earnings.--For purposes of clause
                        (i), earnings shall be the sum of net earnings
                        plus net interest expense, taxes, depreciation,
                        and amortization.
                            ``(iii) Determinations relating to
                        earnings.--For purposes of clause (ii),
                        earnings, net interest expense, taxes,
                        depreciation, and amortization with respect to
                        a financial reporting group shall be as
                        reflected on the financial reporting group's
                        financial statements for the taxable year
                        ending in the taxable year of the corporation.
                    ``(C) Alternative determination.--In lieu of the
                limitation in subparagraph (A), if--
                            ``(i) a corporation fails to substantiate
                        the corporation's proportionate share of the
                        financial reporting group's net interest
                        expense for a taxable year, or
                            ``(ii) a corporation so elects,
                no deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for
                the taxable year for interest expense to the extent
                that such expense exceeds 10 percent of the
                corporation's adjusted taxable income (as defined under
                subsection (j)(6)(A)).
            ``(2) Corporations to which subsection applies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--This subsection shall apply to
                any corporation for any taxable year if the corporation
                is a member of a financial reporting group.
                    ``(B) Certain corporations not included.--This
                subsection shall not apply to any corporation which--
                            ``(i) is a corporation predominantly
                        engaged in the active conduct of a banking,
                        financing, or similar business, or
                            ``(ii) has less than $5,000,000 of net
                        interest expense for the taxable year.
                    ``(C) Financial reporting group.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the term `financial reporting group'
                means a group that prepares consolidated financial
                statements in accordance with United States generally
                accepted accounting principles, international financial
                reporting standards, or other method authorized by the
                Secretary of the Treasury under regulations. Such term
                shall not include any corporation described in
                subparagraph (B)(i).
                    ``(D) Subgroups.--For purposes of this subsection,
                all members of an expanded affiliated group (as defined
                in section 7874(c)(1)) shall be treated as 1
                corporation.
            ``(3) Net interest expense.--The term `net interest
        expense' has the meaning given such term by subsection
        (j)(6)(B).
            ``(4) Carryforward.--
                    ``(A) Disallowed interest.--Any amount disallowed
                under subparagraph (A) or (C) for any taxable year
                shall be treated as an interest expense in the next
                taxable year, and such amount shall not be taken into
                account for purposes of applying subsection
                (j)(2)(A)(ii) for such taxable year.
                    ``(B) Excess limitation.--The excess (if any) of
                the sum determined under paragraph (1)(A) (i) and (ii)
                for a taxable year over the amount of interest expense
                deducted under this subsection for the taxable year
                shall be added to the limitation determined under
                paragraph (1) for the next taxable year (determined
                without regard to this subparagraph). No excess
                limitation may be carried to more than 3 taxable years.
            ``(5) Election.--The election under paragraph (1)(C)(ii)
        shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
        may prescribe by regulations.
            ``(6) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such
        regulations and other guidance as may be necessary to carry out
        the purposes of this subsection, including regulations to--
                    ``(A) coordinate the application of this subsection
                with other interest deductibility rules,
                    ``(B) define financial services entities,
                    ``(C) permit financial reporting groups to compute
                the group's non-United States net interest expense
                without making certain adjustments required under
                United States income tax principles,
                    ``(D) provide for the treatment of pass-through
                entities, and
                    ``(E) allow the use of financial statements
                prepared under other countries' generally accepted
                accounting principles in appropriate circumstances
                where a financial reporting group does not prepare
                financial statements under United States generally
                accepted accounting principles or international
                financial reporting standards.''.
    (b) Coordination With 163(j).--Section 163(j)(2)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following
flush sentence: ``This subsection shall not apply to any corporation
which is a member of a financial reporting group to which subsection
(n) applies.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.

Output: Corporate Fair Share Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the tax deduction of the interest expense of a U.S. corporation that is a member of a financial reporting group (a group that prepares consolidated financial statements according to accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards) to: (1) the amount of interest on indebtedness of the corporation includible in the corporation's gross income for the taxable year plus its proportionate share of the group's net interest expense in the taxable year; or (2) 10% of the corporation's adjusted taxable income, if the corporation fails to substantiate its proportionate share of interest expense. Exempts a corporation that is predominantly engaged in the active conduct of a banking, financing, or similar business or that has less than $5 million of net interest expense for the taxable year.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Retirement Fairness and Emergency
Relief Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
              DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a defined contribution plan--
            (1) section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        shall not apply during the suspension period,
            (2) in lieu of the calendar year specified in subparagraph
        (C)(i) of section 401(a)(9) of such Code, the calendar year
        specified in such subparagraph shall be the later of--
                    (A) the calendar year described in such
                subparagraph (C)(i), or
                    (B) calendar year 2010, and
            (3) the suspension period shall not be taken into account
        for purposes of applying any time limitation in such section
        401(a)(9).
    (b) Suspension Period.--For purposes of this section, the term
``suspension period'' means the period beginning on January 1, 2008,
and ending on December 31, 2009.
    (c) Application to Certain Other Plans.--The following sections
shall be applied for the suspension period under rules similar to the
rules of subsection (a) of this section--
            (1) in the case of a defined contribution plan, subsections
        (a) and (b) of section 403, and sections 408 and 408A, of such
        Code, and
            (2) in the case of an eligible deferred compensation plan
        described in section 457(b) of such Code which is maintained by
        an eligible employer described in section 457(e)(1)(A) of such
        Code, section 457 of such Code.
    (d) Application to Certain Periodic Payments.--For purposes of this
section, in the case of a defined contribution plan, the failure to
make a payment from a qualified retirement plan during the suspension
period in an amount less than would be required under the applicable
method shall not be treated as a modification for purposes of section
72(t)(2)(A)(iv) of such Code.
    (e) Provisions Relating to Plan Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--If this section applies to any plan or
        annuity contract, such plan or contract shall be treated as
        being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan during
        the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i).
            (2) Amendments to which section applies.--
                    (A) In general.--This section shall apply to any
                amendment to any plan or annuity contract which is
                made--
                            (i) pursuant to this section or pursuant to
                        any regulation issued by the Secretary of the
                        Treasury to carry out this section, and
                            (ii) on or before the last day of the first
                        plan year beginning on or after January 1,
                        2009.
                    (B) Conditions.--This section shall not apply to
                any amendment unless--
                            (i) during the period--
                                    (I) beginning on the first day of
                                the suspension period, and
                                    (II) ending on the date described
                                in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if
                                earlier, the date the plan or contract
                                amendment is adopted), the plan or
                                contract is operated as if such plan or
                                contract amendment were in effect, and
                            (ii) such plan or contract amendment
                        applies retroactively for such period.
    (f) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--This section shall take effect on the date
        of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Recontribution of distributions before date of
        enactment.--
                    (A) In general.--Any individual who receives a
                payment or distribution during the period beginning on
                January 1, 2008, and ending on the date of the
                enactment of this Act from a plan to which subsection
                (a) or (c) of this section applies may, before the end
                of the suspension period, make one or more
                contributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
                amount of such payments or distributions to an eligible
                retirement plan of which such individual is a
                beneficiary and to which a rollover contribution of
                such distribution could be made under section 402(c),
                403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or 457(e)(16) of such
                Code, as the case may be.
                    (B) Treatment of repayments of distributions from
                eligible retirement plans other than iras.--For
                purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a
                contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) to an
                eligible retirement plan other than an individual
                retirement plan, then the taxpayer shall, to the extent
                of the amount of the contribution, be treated as having
                received such payments or distributions in an eligible
                rollover distribution (as defined in section 402(c)(4)
                of such Code) and as having transferred the amount to
                the eligible retirement plan in a direct trustee to
                trustee transfer within 60 days of the distribution.
                    (C) Treatment of repayments for distributions from
                iras.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of
                1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) to an individual retirement plan (as
                defined by section 7701(a)(37) of such Code), then, to
                the extent of the amount of the contribution, such
                payments or distributions shall be treated as a
                distribution described in section 408(d)(3) of such
                Code and as having been transferred to the individual
                retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer
                within 60 days of the distribution.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF 10 PERCENT PENALTY ON WITHDRAWALS FROM QUALIFIED
              RETIREMENT PLANS DURING 2008 AND 2009 FOR FINANCIAL
              HARDSHIP.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 72(t) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition of additional tax) shall
not apply to qualified financial hardship distributions from a
qualified retirement plan (as defined in section 4974(c) of such Code),
to an individual. Distributions shall not be taken into account under
the preceding sentence if such distributions are described in
subparagraph (A), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of section 72(t)(2) of
such Code or to the extent section 72(t)(1) of such Code does not apply
to such distributions by reason of section 72(t)(2)(B).
    (b) Qualified Foreclosure Distributions.--For purposes of
subsection (a)--
            (1) In general.--The term ``qualified financial hardship
        distribution'' means any payment or distribution received after
        December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2010, by an individual
        on account of financial hardship (as determined by the
        Secretary of the Treasury).
            (2) Limitation.--The amount of payments or distributions
        received by an individual which may be treated as qualified
        financial hardship distributions for any taxable year shall not
        exceed $15,000.
            (3) Amount distributed may be repaid.--
                    (A) In general.--Any individual who receives a
                qualified financial hardship distribution may, at any
                time during the 5-year period beginning on the day
                after the date on which such distribution was received,
                make one or more contributions in an aggregate amount
                not to exceed the amount of such distribution to an
                eligible retirement plan of which such individual is a
                beneficiary and to which a rollover contribution of
                such distribution could be made under section 402(c),
                403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or 457(e)(16), as the
                case may be, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                    (B) Treatment of repayments of distributions from
                eligible retirement plans other than iras.--For
                purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a
                contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) with
                respect to a qualified financial hardship distribution
                from an eligible retirement plan other than an
                individual retirement plan, then the taxpayer shall, to
                the extent of the amount of the contribution, be
                treated as having received the qualified financial
                hardship distribution in an eligible rollover
                distribution (as defined in section 402(c)(4) of such
                Code) and as having transferred the amount to the
                eligible retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee
                transfer within 60 days of the distribution.
                    (C) Treatment of repayments for distributions from
                iras.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of
                1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) with respect to a qualified financial
                hardship distribution from an individual retirement
                plan (as defined by section 7701(a)(37) of such Code),
                then, to the extent of the amount of the contribution,
                the qualified financial hardship distribution shall be
                treated as a distribution described in section
                408(d)(3) of such Code and as having been transferred
                to the eligible retirement plan in a direct trustee to
                trustee transfer within 60 days of the distribution.
            (4) Special rules.--
                    (A) Exemption of distributions from trustee to
                trustee transfer and withholding rules.--For purposes
                of sections 401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405 of the
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986, qualified financial
                hardship distributions shall not be treated as eligible
                rollover distributions.
                    (B) Qualified financial hardship distributions
                treated as meeting plan distribution requirements.--For
                purposes this title, a qualified financial hardship
                distribution shall be treated as meeting the
                requirements of sections 401(k)(2)(B)(i),
                403(b)(7)(A)(ii), 403(b)(11), and 457(d)(1)(A) of such
                Code.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Retirement Fairness and Emergency Relief Act of 2008 - Suspends for calendar 2008 and 2009 the beginning date for required distributions from certain individual retirement (IRA) plans.

Waives the 10% additional tax (penalty) under the Internal Revenue Code for early distributions from qualified retirement plans in the case of a qualified financial hardship distribution to an individual during calendar 2008-2009 of up to $15,000 per taxable year, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (including a qualified foreclosure distribution).


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Relief and Protection Act
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN RATES OF INCOME TAX FOR NONCORPORATE TAXPAYERS.

    (a) In General.--Each of the tables contained in section 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax imposed) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``15%'' and inserting ``14.25%'',
            (2) by striking ``28%'' and inserting ``26.6%'',
            (3) by striking ``31%'' and inserting ``29.45%'',
            (4) by striking ``36%'' and inserting ``34.2%'', and
            (5) by striking ``39.6%'' and inserting ``37.62%''.
    (b) Maximum Capital Gains Rates.--Subsection (h) of such Code
(relating to maximum capital gains rate) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``28 percent'' in subclause (I) of
                subparagraph (A)(ii) and inserting ``26.6 percent'',
                    (B) by striking ``25 percent'' in subparagraph (B)
                and inserting ``23.75 percent'',
                    (C) by striking ``28 percent'' in subparagraph (C)
                and inserting ``26.6 percent'',
                    (D) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by striking ``10 percent'' in the
                        matter preceding clause (i) and inserting ``9.5
                        percent'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``28 percent'' and
                        inserting ``26.6'', and
                    (E) by striking ``20 percent'' in subparagraph (E)
                and inserting ``19 percent'', and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``8 percent'' and inserting
                        ``7.6 percent'',
                            (ii) by striking ``10-percent'' and
                        inserting ``9.5-percent'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``10 percent'' and
                        inserting ``9.5 percent'',
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                                    (I) by striking ``18 percent'' and
                                inserting ``17.1 percent'', and
                                    (II) by striking ``20-percent'' and
                                inserting ``19-percent'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``20 percent'' in clause
                        (ii) and inserting ``19 percent''.
    (c) Alternative Minimum Tax.--Clause (i) of section 55(b)(1)(A) of
such Code (relating to amount of tentative minimum tax for noncorporate
taxpayers) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``26 percent'' and
        inserting ``24.7 percent'', and
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking ``28 percent'' and
        inserting ``26.6 percent''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 3. JOINT RETURN STANDARD DEDUCTION TWICE THAT OF SINGLE RETURN.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 63(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the standard deduction) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$5,000'' and
        inserting ``twice the amount in effect under subparagraph
        (C)'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``$2,500'' and
        inserting ``the amount in effect under subparagraph (C)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 4. CHANGE IN FILING DATE FOR INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURNS TO
              NOVEMBER 1.

    (a) In General.--Section 6072(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to time for filing income tax returns) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``15th day of April'' and inserting ``1st
        day of November'', and
            (2) by striking ``15th day of the fourth month'' and
        inserting ``1st day of the 11th month''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 3510(a)(2) of such Code (relating to
        coordination of collection of domestic service employment taxes
        with collection of income taxes) is amended by striking ``15th
        day of the fourth month'' and inserting ``1st day of the 11th
        month''.
            (2) Section 6075(b) of such Revenue Code (relating to gift
        tax returns) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``paragraphs (1)
                and (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)'',
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2), and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
                (2).
            (3) Section 6501(b)(2) of such Code (relating to return of
        certain employment taxes and tax imposed by chapter 3) is
        amended by striking ``April 15'' both places it appears and
        inserting ``November 1''.
            (4) Section 6513 of such Code (relating to time return
        deemed filed and tax considered paid) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``15th day of
                the fourth month'' and inserting ``1st day of the 11th
                month'', and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``April 15''
                each place it appears and inserting ``November 1''.
            (5) Section 6621(b)(2) of such Code (relating to special
        rule for individual estimated tax) is amended to read as
        follows:
            ``(2) Period during which rate applies.--The Federal short-
        term rate determined under paragraph (1) for any month shall
        apply during the first calendar quarter beginning after such
        month.''
            (6) Section 6654(b)(2)(A) of such Code (relating to period
        of underpayment) is amended by striking ``15th day of the 4th
        month'' and inserting ``1st day of the 11th month''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

Output: Taxpayer Relief and Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:  (1) reduce the individual income tax rates; (2) make the standard deduction on a joint return equal to twice the deduction of a single return; and (3) change the filing date for individual returns from April 15 to November 1.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Teacher Diversity Act''.

SEC. 2. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

    Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                    ``PART C--CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

``SEC. 231. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this part:
            ``(1) Eligible institution.--The term `eligible
        institution' means--
                    ``(A) an institution of higher education that has a
                teacher preparation program that meets the requirements
                of section 203(b)(2) and that is--
                            ``(i) a part B institution (as defined in
                        section 322);
                            ``(ii) a Hispanic-serving institution (as
                        defined in section 502);
                            ``(iii) a Tribal College or University (as
                        defined in section 316);
                            ``(iv) an Alaska Native-serving institution
                        (as defined in section 317(b)); or
                            ``(v) a Native Hawaiian-serving institution
                        (as defined in section 317(b));
                    ``(B) a consortium of institutions described in
                subparagraph (A); or
                    ``(C) an institution described in subparagraph (A),
                or a consortium described in subparagraph (B), in
                partnership with any other institution of higher
                education, but only if the center of excellence
                established under section 232 is located at an
                institution described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Highly qualified.--The term `highly qualified' when
        used with respect to an individual means that the individual is
        highly qualified as determined under section 9101 of the
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)
        or section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).
            ``(3) Scientifically based reading research.--The term
        `scientifically based reading research' has the meaning given
        such term in section 1208 of the Elementary and Secondary
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368).
            ``(4) Scientifically based research.--The term
        `scientifically based research' has the meaning given such term
        in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

``SEC. 232. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--From the amounts appropriated to carry
out this part, the Secretary is authorized to award competitive grants
to eligible institutions to establish centers of excellence.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants provided by the Secretary under this
part shall be used to ensure that current and future teachers are
highly qualified, by carrying out one or more of the following
activities:
            ``(1) Implementing reforms within teacher preparation
        programs to ensure that such programs are preparing teachers
        who are highly qualified, are able to understand scientifically
        based research, and are able to use advanced technology
        effectively in the classroom, including use for instructional
        techniques to improve student academic achievement, by--
                    ``(A) retraining faculty; and
                    ``(B) designing (or redesigning) teacher
                preparation programs that--
                            ``(i) prepare teachers to close student
                        achievement gaps, are based on rigorous
                        academic content, scientifically based research
                        (including scientifically based reading
                        research), and challenging State student
                        academic content standards; and
                            ``(ii) promote strong teaching skills.
            ``(2) Providing sustained and high-quality preservice
        clinical experience, including the mentoring of prospective
        teachers by exemplary teachers, substantially increasing
        interaction between faculty at institutions of higher education
        and new and experienced teachers, principals, and other
        administrators at elementary schools or secondary schools, and
        providing support, including preparation time, for such
        interaction.
            ``(3) Developing and implementing initiatives to promote
        retention of highly qualified teachers and principals,
        including minority teachers and principals, including programs
        that provide--
                    ``(A) teacher or principal mentoring from exemplary
                teachers or principals; or
                    ``(B) induction and support for teachers and
                principals during their first 3 years of employment as
                teachers or principals, respectively.
            ``(4) Awarding scholarships based on financial need to help
        students pay the costs of tuition, room, board, and other
        expenses of completing a teacher preparation program.
            ``(5) Disseminating information on effective practices for
        teacher preparation and successful teacher certification and
        licensure assessment preparation strategies.
            ``(6) Activities authorized under sections 202, 203, and
        204.
    ``(c) Application.--Any eligible institution desiring a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such a
time, in such a manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may require.
    ``(d) Minimum Grant Amount.--The minimum amount of each grant under
this part shall be $500,000.
    ``(e) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--An eligible
institution that receives a grant under this part may not use more than
2 percent of the grant funds for purposes of administering the grant.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary to carry out this part.

``SEC. 233. APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There shall be available to the Secretary, from funds not
otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000 for the period beginning with
fiscal year 2008 and ending with fiscal year 2012, to carry out this
part beginning with academic year 2008-2009, which shall remain
available until expended. The authority to carry out this part shall
expire at the end of fiscal year 2012.''.

Output:
Improving Teacher Diversity Act - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to certain minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs), or partnerships between such IHEs and other IHEs, to establish centers of excellence for teacher education.

Requires the use of such grants to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified by: (1) reforming teacher preparation programs so that teachers are able to understand scientifically-based research and use advanced technology effectively in the classroom; (2) providing preservice clinical experience and mentoring to prospective teachers, and increased interaction between IHE faculty and new and experienced elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators; (3) implementing initiatives to promote the retention of highly qualified teachers and principals; (4) awarding need-based scholarships for students in teacher preparation programs; (5) disseminating information on effective teacher preparation practices; and (6) conducting certain other activities authorized under title II.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Terrorism Financing Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDS AND ``REVERSE''
              MONEY LAUNDERING.

    (a) In General.--Section 1957(a) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1) Whoever, in any of the circumstances set forth in
subsection (d)--
            ``(A) conducts or attempts to conduct a monetary
        transaction involving property of a value greater than $10,000
        that is derived from specified unlawful activity, knowing that
        the property is derived from some form of unlawful activity; or
            ``(B) conducts or attempts to conduct a monetary
        transaction involving property of a value greater than $10,000,
        with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified
        unlawful activity,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
    ``(2) Whoever, in the any of the circumstances set forth in
subsection (d), transports, attempts to transport, or conspires to
transport more than $10,000 in currency in interstate commerce--
            ``(A) knowing that the currency was derived from some form
        of unlawful activity; or
            ``(B) knowing that the currency was intended to be used to
        promote some form of unlawful activity,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 1957(b) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and
        inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
    ``(3) The maximum period of incarceration for a person convicted of
an offense under subsection (a)(1)(B) must not exceed the statutory
maximum for the offense being promoted.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1957(f) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``and'' after the
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(4) the term `conducts' has the same meaning as it does
        for purposes of section 1956 of this title.''.
    (d) Heading.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1957 of title 18, United States
        Code, is amended in the heading by inserting ``or in support of
        criminal activity'' after ``specified unlawful activity''.
            (2) Chapter analysis.--The item relating to section 1957 in
        the chapter analysis for chapter 95 of title 18, United States
        Code, is amended to read as follows:

``1957. Conducting monetary transactions in property derived from
                            specified unlawful activity or in support
                            of criminal activity.''.

SEC. 3. FREEZING BANK ACCOUNTS OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR OFFENSES
              INVOLVING THE MOVEMENT OF MONEY ACROSS INTERNATIONAL
              BORDERS.

    Section 981(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
            ``(5)(A) If a person is arrested or charged in connection
        with an offense described in subparagraph (C) involving the
        movement of funds into or out of the United States, the
        Attorney General may apply to any Federal judge or magistrate
        judge in the district in which the arrest is made or the
        charges are filed for an ex parte order restraining any account
        held by the person arrested or charged for not more than 30
        days, except that the time may be extended for good cause shown
        at a hearing conducted in the manner provided in rule 43(e) of
        the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court may receive and
        consider evidence and information submitted by the Government
        that would be inadmissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence.
            ``(B) The application for the restraining order referred to
        in subparagraph (A) shall--
                    ``(i) identify the offense for which the person has
                been arrested or charged;
                    ``(ii) identify the location and description of the
                accounts to be restrained; and
                    ``(iii) state that the restraining order is needed
                to prevent the removal of the funds in the account by
                the person arrested or charged, or by others associated
                with such person, during the time needed by the
                Government to conduct such investigation as may be
                necessary to establish whether there is probable cause
                to believe that the funds in the accounts are subject
                to forfeiture in connection with the commission of any
                criminal offense.
            ``(C) A restraining order may be issued pursuant to
        subparagraph (A) if a person is arrested or charged with any
        offense for which forfeiture is authorized under this title,
        title 31, or the Controlled Substances Act.
            ``(D) For purposes of this paragraph--
                    ``(i) the term `account' includes any safe deposit
                box and any account (as defined in section 5318A(e)(1)
                and (e)(2)) at any financial institution;
                    ``(ii) the term `account held by the person
                arrested or charged' includes an account held in the
                name of such person, and any account over which such
                person has effective control as a signatory or
                otherwise.
            ``(E) Restraint pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
        deemed a seizure for purposes of subsection 983(a) of this
        title.
            ``(F) A restraining order issued pursuant to this paragraph
        may be executed in any district in which the subject account is
        found, or transmitted to the central authority of any foreign
        state for service in accordance with any treaty or other
        international agreement.''.

SEC. 4. USING BLANK CHECKS IN BEARER FORM TO SMUGGLE MONEY.

    Section 5316 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Monetary Instruments With Amount Left Blank.--For purposes of
this section, a monetary instrument that has the amount left blank
shall be considered to have a value in excess of $10,000 if the
instrument was drawn on an account that contained or was intended to
contain more than $10,000 at the time the instrument was being
transported, or at the time it was negotiated or was intended to be
negotiated.''.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITING MONEY LAUNDERING THROUGH HAWALAS, OTHER INFORMAL
              VALUE TRANSFER SYSTEMS, AND CLOSELY RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

    Section 1956(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``For purposes of this paragraph, a financial transaction''
and inserting ``For purposes of this paragraph and section 1957, a
financial transaction or a monetary transaction''.

SEC. 6. SECTION 1957 VIOLATIONS INVOLVING COMMINGLED FUNDS AND
              STRUCTURED TRANSACTIONS.

    Section 1957 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding
after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) The Government may satisfy the $10,000 requirement in
subsection (a)(1) by showing that--
            ``(1) the monetary transaction involved the transfer,
        withdrawal, encumbrance, or other disposition of more than
        $10,000 from an account in which more than $10,000 in proceeds
        of specified unlawful activity was commingled with other funds;
        or
            ``(2) the defendant conducted a series of monetary
        transactions in amounts under $10,000 that exceeded $10,000 in
        the aggregate and that were closely related to each other in
        terms of such factors as time, the identity of the parties
        involved, the nature or purpose of the transactions or the
        manner in which they are conducted.''.

Output:
Combating Terrorism Financing Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand prohibitions against conducting monetary transactions over $10,000 for the purpose of engaging in interstate criminal activities; (2) authorize the Attorney General to obtain a 30-day ex parte court order freezing the bank account of any individual arrested or charged for crimes involving the movement of funds into or out of the United States; (3) expand money laundering prohibitions to include monetary transactions; and (4) include monetary transactions involving commingled funds or structured transactions in prosecuting interstate transfers of funds greater than $10,000 for criminal purposes.

Includes within the requirement to report monetary transactions exceeding $10,000 blank monetary instruments in bearer form drawn on accounts found to contain more than $10,000.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Fraud Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER SYSTEMS.

    (a) Issuance and Use of Coupons.--Section 7(g) of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2016(g)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1)'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
        paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
    (b) Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems.--Section 7(i) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)) is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
    ``(1)(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), each State agency
shall implement before October 1, 2000, an electronic benefit transfer
system in which all household benefits determined under section 8(a)
are issued from and stored in a central databank.
    ``(ii) Upon the request of a State agency, the Secretary may grant
a waiver extending the deadline for compliance with clause (i) to a
date not later than October 1, 2002, for a State agency that faces
unusual barriers to implementing an electronic benefit transfer system.
    ``(B) Subject to paragraph (2), a State agency may procure and
implement an electronic benefit transfer system under the terms,
conditions, and design that the State agency considers appropriate.
    ``(C) An electronic benefit transfer system should take into
account generally accepted standard operating rules based on--
            ``(i) commercial electronic funds transfer technology;
            ``(ii) the need to permit interstate operation and law
        enforcement monitoring; and
            ``(iii) the need to permit monitoring and investigations by
        authorized law enforcement agencies.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (I)
                as subparagraphs (A) through (H), respectively.
    (c) Redemption of Coupons.--The first sentence of section 10 of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ``unless such centers,
organizations, institutions, shelters, group living arrangements, and
establishment are equipped with point-of-sale devices for the purpose
of participating in electronic benefit transfer delivery systems''.

SEC. 3. USE OF PRODUCT BAR CODES AND OPTICAL SCANNER DEVICES.

    Section 9 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(h) Approved retail food stores which use optical scanner device
to read product bar codes in connection with sales, shall use such
devices, in connection with electronic benefit transfer systems, to
prevent the purchase of unauthorized food and nonfood items with
benefits determined under section 8(a) and to maintain a record of
purchases made with such benefits. Such purchase records shall be made
available for review under subsection (c).
    ``(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a retail
food store may not--
            ``(1) be approved to accept or to redeem coupons; or
            ``(2) accept or redeem coupons accepted;
after October 1, 2002, unless such store uses an optical scanner device
to read product bar codes in connection with sales of food.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANDED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL FORFEITURE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE
              FOOD STAMP ACT.

    (a) Forfeiture of Certain Property.--Section 15(h) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2024(h)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
            ``(5) Procedures.--(A) All food stamp benefits and any
        property subject to forfeiture under this subsection, any
        seizure and disposition thereof, and any proceeding relating
        thereto, shall be governed by section 413 of the Comprehensive
        Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853),
        excluding subsection (d) of such section, insofar as applicable
        and not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection.
            ``(B) Restraining orders available under subsection (e) of
        such Act shall apply to assets otherwise subject to forfeiture
        under subsection (p) of such Act, as incorporated in this
        section.
            ``(C) The provisions of chapter 46 of title 18, United
        States Code, relating to civil forfeitures shall extend to a
        seizure or forfeiture under this subsection, insofar as
        applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this
        subsection, except that such duties as are imposed upon the
        Secretary of the Treasury under such chapter 46 may also be
        performed with respect to seizures and forfeitures under this
        section by such officers, agents, or other persons as
        designated for that purpose by the Secretary. Civil forfeitures
        imposed under this subsection shall be in addition to any
        criminal sanctions imposed against the owner of the forfeited
        property.
            ``(D) The proceeds from any sale of forfeited property and
        any monies forfeited under this subsection shall be used--
                    ``(i) first, to reimburse the Department of Justice
                for the costs incurred by the Department to initiate
                and complete the forfeiture proceeding;
                    ``(ii) second, to reimburse the Department of
                Agriculture Office of Inspector General for any costs
                the Office incurred in the law enforcement effort
                resulting in the forfeiture;
                    ``(iii) third, to reimburse any Federal or State
                law enforcement agency for any costs incurred in the
                law enforcement effort resulting in the forfeiture; and
                    ``(iv) fourth, by the Secretary to carry out the
                approval, reauthorization, and compliance
                investigations of retail stores and wholesale food
                concerns under section 9.''.

SEC. 5. PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AUTHORIZATION PERIODS.

    Section 9(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3)(A) Such time period shall be determined based upon total food
stamp redemptions expressed as a percentage of food stamp sales to
total food sales.
    ``(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), retailers with a ratio
of food stamp sales to total food sales of 30 percent or more may be
authorized for not more than one year, and retailers with a ratio of
food stamp sales to total food sales of 5 percent or less may be
authorized for up to 5 years.
    ``(ii) Retailers with a ratio of food stamp sales to total food
sales of more than 10 percent that do not use an optical scanner device
to read product bar codes in connection with sales may be authorized
for not more than one year.''.

SEC. 6. STATE REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 16(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(d)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) States which fail to meet the national performance measure
for the payment error rate set forth under subsection (c)(6) may be
required by the Secretary to implement, in whole or in part, one or
more of the following additional measures in furtherance of waste and
fraud reduction:
            ``(1) Computerize and coordinate food stamp, aid to
        families with dependent children, and supplemental security
        income caseloads so that reported changes in any one program
        automatically adjusts allotments for the remaining program.
            ``(2) Require any employer, public or private, to report
        new hires and wage rates to the State department of revenue, or
        equivalent taxing authority. Such reported information shall be
        made available to and used by the State agency to adjust
        accordingly any benefit allotments or payments received by the
        individual or households of which the individual is a member.
            ``(3) Require all financial institutions to report asset
        information to State agency caseworkers whenever such requests
        are made. The financial institutions may be required to provide
        the requested information without compensation or at cost.''.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF OPTICAL
              SCANNERS.

    Section 18 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2017) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years
1998, 1999, and 2000, in the aggregate, $50,000,000 to the Secretary to
make grants, in the discretion of the Secretary, to separately owned
retail food stores located in low-income areas (as determined by the
Secretary) and approved under section 9, to enable such stores to
purchase optical scanner devices to read product bar codes in
connection with sales of food.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `low-income area'
means an urban census tract, a nonmetropolitan county, a Native
American Indian reservation, an Alaska Native village, or a migrant or
seasonal farmworker community, in which not less than 30 percent of
households have annual income that does not exceed 30 percent of the
median income of the area involved.''.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1,
1998.
    (b) Application of Amendments--The amendments made by this Act
shall not apply with respect to certification periods beginning before
the effective date of this Act.

Output:
Food Stamp Fraud Act of 1997 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require by specified dates:  (1) States to implement a food stamp program (program) electronic benefit transfer system; and (2) participating retail stores to use optical scanners to read food sale bar codes.  Authorizes appropriations for grants to stores in low-income areas to meet such requirement.
Sets forth:  (1) civil and criminal forfeiture provisions for program violations; and (2) retail food store reauthorization periods based upon a food stamp redemption percentage.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require States with payment error rates exceeding the national performance measure to take additional measures with respect to program coordination and employer and financial institution reporting.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers Act''.

SEC. 2. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

             ``CHAPTER 6--ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS

``SEC. 291. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this chapter:
            ``(1) Agricultural commodity producer.--The term
        `agricultural commodity producer' means any person who is
        engaged in the production and sale of an agricultural commodity
        in the United States and who owns or shares the ownership and
        risk of loss of the agricultural commodity.
            ``(2) Agricultural commodity.--The term `agricultural
        commodity' means any agricultural commodity (including
        livestock) in its raw or natural state.
            ``(3) Duly authorized representative.--The term `duly
        authorized representative' means an association of agricultural
        commodity producers.
            ``(4) National average price.--The term `national average
        price' means the national average price paid to an agricultural
        commodity producer for an agricultural commodity in a marketing
        year as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
            ``(5) Contributed importantly.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `contributed
                importantly' means a cause which is important but not
                necessarily more important than any other cause.
                    ``(B) Determination of contributed importantly.--
                The determination of whether imports of articles like
                or directly competitive with an agricultural commodity
                with respect to which the petition under this chapter
                was filed contributed importantly to a decline in the
                price of the agricultural commodity shall be made by
                the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of
                Agriculture.
            ``(6) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
        of Labor.

``SEC. 292. PETITIONS; GROUP ELIGIBILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--A petition for a certification of eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter may be filed with
the Secretary by a group of agricultural commodity producers or by
their duly authorized representative. Upon receipt of the petition, the
Secretary shall promptly publish notice in the Federal Register that
the Secretary has received the petition and initiated an investigation.
    ``(b) Hearings.--If the petitioner, or any other person found by
the Secretary to have a substantial interest in the proceedings,
submits not later than 10 days after the date of the Secretary's
publication under subsection (a) a request for a hearing, the Secretary
shall provide for a public hearing and afford such interested persons
an opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard.
    ``(c) Group Eligibility Requirements.--The Secretary, after
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall certify a group
of agricultural commodity producers as eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under this chapter if the Secretary determines--
            ``(1) that the national average price for the agricultural
        commodity, or a class of goods within the agricultural
        commodity, produced by the group for the most recent marketing
        year for which the national average price is available is less
        than 80 percent of the average of the national average price
        for such agricultural commodity, or such class of goods, for
        the 5 marketing years preceding the most recent marketing year;
        and
            ``(2) that either--
                    ``(A) increases in imports of articles like or
                directly competitive with the agricultural commodity,
                or class of goods within the agricultural commodity,
                produced by the group contributed importantly to the
decline in price described in paragraph (1); or
                    ``(B) imports of articles like or directly
                competitive with the agricultural commodity, or class
                of goods within the agricultural commodity, produced by
                the group account for a significant percentage of the
                domestic market for the agricultural commodity (or
                class of goods) and have contributed importantly to the
                decline in price described in paragraph (1).
    ``(d) Special Rule for Qualified Subsequent Years.--A group of
agricultural commodity producers certified as eligible under section
293 shall be eligible to apply for assistance under this chapter in any
qualified year after the year the group is first certified, if the
Secretary determines that--
            ``(1) the national average price for the agricultural
        commodity, or class of goods within the agricultural commodity,
        produced by the group for the most recent marketing year for
        which the national average price is available is equal to or
        less than the price determined under subsection (c)(1); and
            ``(2) the requirements of subsection (c)(2) (A) or (B) are
        met.
    ``(e) Determination of Qualified Year and Commodity.--In this
chapter:
            ``(1) Qualified year.--The term `qualified year', with
        respect to a group of agricultural commodity producers
        certified as eligible under section 293, means each consecutive
        year after the year in which the group is certified that the
        Secretary makes the determination under subsection (c) or (d),
        as the case may be.
            ``(2) Classes of goods within a commodity.--In any case in
        which there are separate classes of goods within an
        agricultural commodity, the Secretary shall treat each class as
        a separate commodity in determining group eligibility, the
        national average price, and level of imports under this section
        and section 296.

``SEC. 293. DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY.

    ``(a) In General.--As soon as possible after the date on which a
petition is filed under section 292, but in any event not later than 60
days after that date, the Secretary shall determine whether the
petitioning group meets the requirements of section 292(c) (or (d), as
the case may be) and shall, if so, issue a certification of eligibility
to apply for assistance under this chapter covering agricultural
commodity producers in any group that meet the requirements. Each
certification shall specify the date on which eligibility under this
chapter begins.
    ``(b) Notice.--Upon making a determination on a petition, the
Secretary shall promptly publish a summary of the determination in the
Federal Register together with the Secretary's reasons for making the
determination.
    ``(c) Termination of Certification.--Whenever the Secretary
determines, with respect to any certification of eligibility under this
chapter, that the decline in price for the agricultural commodity
covered by the certification is no longer attributable to the
conditions described in section 292, the Secretary shall terminate such
certification and promptly cause notice of such termination to be
published in the Federal Register together with the Secretary's reasons
for making such determination.

``SEC. 294. STUDY BY SECRETARY WHEN INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
              BEGINS INVESTIGATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Whenever the International Trade Commission (in
this chapter referred to as the `Commission') begins an investigation
under section 202 with respect to an agricultural commodity, the
Commission shall immediately notify the Secretary of the investigation.
Upon receipt of the notification, the Secretary shall immediately begin
a study of--
            ``(1) the number of agricultural commodity producers
        producing a like or directly competitive agricultural commodity
        who have been or are likely to be certified as eligible for
        adjustment assistance under this chapter, and
            ``(2) the extent to which the adjustment of such producers
        to the import competition may be facilitated through the use of
        existing programs.
    ``(b) Report.--The report of the Secretary of the study under
subsection (a) shall be made to the President not later than 15 days
after the day on which the Commission makes its report under section
202(f). Upon making his report to the President, the Secretary shall
also promptly make it public (with the exception of information which
the Secretary determines to be confidential) and shall have a summary
of it published in the Federal Register.

``SEC. 295. BENEFIT INFORMATION TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRODUCERS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide full information to
producers about the benefit allowances, training, and other employment
services available under this title and about the petition and
application procedures, and the appropriate filing dates, for such
allowances, training, and services. The Secretary shall provide
whatever assistance is necessary to enable groups to prepare petitions
or applications for program benefits under this title.
    ``(b) Notice of Benefits.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall mail written notice
        of the benefits available under this chapter to each
        agricultural commodity producer that the Secretary has reason
        to believe is covered by a certification made under this
        chapter.
            ``(2) Other notice.--The Secretary shall publish notice of
        the benefits available under this chapter to agricultural
        commodity producers that are covered by each certification made
        under this chapter in newspapers of general circulation in the
        areas in which such producers reside.

``SEC. 296. QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
              PRODUCERS.

    ``(a) In General.--Payment of a trade adjustment allowance shall be
made to an adversely affected agricultural commodity producer covered
by a certification under this chapter who files an application for such
allowance within 90 days after the date on which the Secretary makes a
determination and issues a certification of eligibility under section
293, if the following conditions are met:
            ``(1) The producer submits to the Secretary sufficient
        information to establish the amount of agricultural commodity
        covered by the application filed under subsection (a), that was
        produced by the producer in the most recent year.
            ``(2) The producer certifies that the producer has not
        received cash benefits under any provision of this title other
        than this chapter.
    ``(b) Amount of Cash Benefits.--
            ``(1) In general.--An adversely affected agricultural
        commodity producer described in subsection (a) shall be
        entitled to adjustment assistance under this chapter in an
        amount equal to the product of--
                    ``(A) one-half of the difference between--
                            ``(i) an amount equal to 80 percent of the
                        average of the national average price of the
                        agricultural commodity covered by the
                        application described in subsection (a) for the
                        5 marketing years preceding the most recent
                        marketing year, and
                            ``(ii) the national average price of the
                        agricultural commodity for the most recent
                        marketing year, and
                    ``(B) the amount of the agricultural commodity
                produced by the agricultural commodity producer in the
                most recent marketing year.
            ``(2) Special rule for subsequent qualified years.--The
        amount of cash benefits for a qualified year shall be
        determined in the same manner as cash benefits are determined
        under paragraph (1) except that the average national price of
        the agricultural commodity shall be determined under paragraph
        (1)(A)(i) by using the 5-marketing-year period used to
        determine the amount of cash benefits for the first
        certification.
    ``(c) Maximum Amount of Cash Assistance.--The maximum amount of
cash benefits an agricultural commodity producer may receive in any 12-
month period shall not exceed $10,000.
    ``(d) Limitations on Other Assistance.--An agricultural commodity
producer entitled to receive a cash benefit under this chapter--
            ``(1) shall not be eligible for any other cash benefit
        under this title, and
            ``(2) shall be entitled to employment services and training
        benefits under sections 235 and 236.

``SEC. 297. FRAUD AND RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Repayment.--If the Secretary, or a court of competent
        jurisdiction, determines that any person has received any
        payment under this chapter to which the person was not
        entitled, such person shall be liable to repay such amount to
        the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive such
        repayment if the Secretary determines, in accordance with
        guidelines prescribed by the Secretary that--
                    ``(A) the payment was made without fault on the
                part of such person, and
                    ``(B) requiring such repayment would be contrary to
                equity and good conscience.
            ``(2) Recovery of overpayment.--Unless an overpayment is
        otherwise recovered, or waived under paragraph (1), the
        Secretary shall recover the overpayment by deductions from any
        sums payable to such person under this chapter.
    ``(b) False Statements.--If the Secretary, or a court of competent
jurisdiction, determines that a person--
            ``(1) knowingly has made, or caused another to make, a
        false statement or representation of a material fact, or
            ``(2) knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to
        disclose a material fact,
and as a result of such false statement or representation, or of such
nondisclosure, such person has received any payment under this chapter
to which the person was not entitled, such person shall, in addition to
any other penalty provided by law, be ineligible for any further
payments under this chapter.
    ``(c) Notice and Determination.--Except for overpayments determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction, no repayment may be required, and
no deduction may be made, under this section until a determination
under subsection (a)(1) by the Secretary has been made, notice of the
determination and an opportunity for a fair hearing thereon has been
given to the person concerned, and the determination has become final.
    ``(d) Payment to Treasury.--Any amount recovered under this section
shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States.

    ``(e) Penalties.--Whoever makes a false statement of a material
fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material
fact, for the purpose of obtaining or increasing for himself or for any
other person any payment authorized to be furnished under this chapter
shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1
year, or both.

``SEC. 298. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
Labor for fiscal years 2000 through 2004, such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this chapter.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for title II of
the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the items relating
to chapter 5, the following:

             ``Chapter 6--Adjustment Assistance for Farmers

``Sec. 291. Definitions.
``Sec. 292. Petitions; group eligibility.
``Sec. 293. Determinations by Secretary.
``Sec. 294. Study by Secretary when International Trade Commission
                            begins investigation.
``Sec. 295. Benefit information to agricultural commodity producers.
``Sec. 296. Qualifying requirements for agricultural commodity
                            producers.
``Sec. 297. Fraud and recovery of overpayments.
``Sec. 298. Authorization of appropriations.''.

Output:
Requires the International Trade Commission  to notify the Secretary immediately  whenever it begins an investigation into whether an agricultural commodity is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause or threat of serious injury to a domestic industry producing an agricultural commodity like or directly competitive with the imported agricultural commodity.  Requires the Secretary, upon such notification, to study and report to the President and the public on: (1) the number of agricultural commodity producers who have been or are likely to be certified as eligible for trade adjustment assistance; and (2) the extent to which the adjustment of such producers to the import competition may be facilitated through the use of existing programs.
Directs the Secretary to provide agricultural commodity producers with information about trade adjustment assistance petition and application procedures, benefit allowances, training, and other employment services.
Sets forth certain eligibility requirements for the payment of trade adjustment assistance to adversely affected agricultural commodity producers.  Limits to $10,000 the maximum annual amount of cash benefits a producer may receive.
Provides for the repayment and recovery of overpayments of trade adjustment assistance made to such producers due to fraud.  Sets forth penalties.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Law Enforcement Act of
1993''.

   TITLE I--BORDER PERSONNEL, TRAINING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENT

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Improved Border Control and
Narcotics Abatement Act''.

SEC. 102. EXPANDED BORDER PATROL AND SOUTHWESTERN REGION DEPLOYMENT.

    (a) Increased Personnel.--The Attorney General, in each of the
fiscal years 1995 and 1996, shall increase by no fewer than 700 the
number of full-time, active-duty Border Patrol agents within the
Immigration and Naturalization Service above the numbers of such agents
employed in the preceding fiscal year.
    (b) Deployment of Personnel.--The Attorney General shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, ensure that the personnel hired pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be deployed primarily on the Southwestern border
of the United States or be actively engaged in law enforcement
activities related to illegal transit of such border.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal years 1995 and
1996 such sums as may be necessary for salaries and expenses relating
to the employment and deployment of personnel under this section,
including, but not limited to, such training authorized by this Act and
otherwise deemed appropriate by the Attorney General.

SEC. 103. HIRING PREFERENCE FOR BILINGUAL BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

    The Attorney General shall, in hiring the Border Patrol Agents
specified in section 102(a), give priority to the employment of
multilingual candidates who are proficient in both English and such
other language or languages as may be spoken in the region in which
such Agents are likely to be deployed.

SEC. 104. IMPROVED BORDER PATROL TRAINING.

    (a) Improvement.--Section 103 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(e)(1) The Attorney General shall ensure that all Border Patrol
personnel, and any other personnel of the Service who are likely to
have contact with undocumented or improperly documented persons, or
other immigrants, in the course of their official duties, receive in-
service training adequate to ensure that all such personnel respect the
civil rights, personal safety, and human dignity of such persons at all
times.
    ``(2) The Attorney General shall ensure that the annual report to
Congress of the Service--
            ``(A) describes in detail actions taken by the Attorney
        General to meet the requirement set forth in paragraph (1);
            ``(B) incorporates specific findings by the Attorney
        General with respect to the nature and scope of any verified
        incident of conduct by Border Patrol personnel that--
                    ``(i) was not consistent with paragraph (1); and
                    ``(ii) was not described in a previous annual
                report; and
            ``(C) sets forth specific recommendations for preventing
        any similar incident in the future.''.

SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL LAND BORDER INSPECTORS.

    (a) Increased Personnel.--In order to eliminate undue delay in the
thorough inspection of persons and vehicles lawfully attempting to
enter the United States, the Attorney General and Secretary of the
Treasury shall increase, by approximately equal numbers in each of the
fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, the number of full-time land border
inspectors assigned to active duty by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service and the United States Customs Service to a level
adequate to assure full staffing of all border crossing lanes now in
use, under construction, or whose construction has been authorized by
Congress.
    (b) Deployment of Personnel.--The Attorney General and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall, to the maximum extent practicable,
ensure that the personnel hired pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
deployed primarily on the Southwestern border of the United States or
be actively engaged in law enforcement activities related to illegal
transit of such border.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 1995, 1996,
and 1997, and to the Department of the Treasury for fiscal years 1995,
1996, and 1997, such sums as may be necessary for salaries and expenses
relating to the employment of the inspectors referred to in subsection
(a).

SEC. 106. IMPROVEMENT OF BORDER CROSSING INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) Identification of Necessary Improvements.--Not later than March
1, 1994, the Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, identify those physical improvements to the
infrastructure of the international land borders of the United States
necessary to expedite the inspection of persons and vehicles attempting
to lawfully enter the United States in accordance with existing
policies and procedures of the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
the United States Customs Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
    (b) Implementation of Recommendations.--Not later than March 1,
1994, the Attorney General shall begin implementation of projects for
the physical improvements referred to in subsection (a). Improvements
to the infrastructure of the Southwestern border of the United States
shall be substantially completed and fully funded before the Attorney
General may begin construction on any other such project.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal years 1995, 1996,
and 1997 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 107. TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
              JUSTICE.

    (a) Authority To Acquire Technology and Equipment.--In order to
facilitate or improve the detection, interdiction, and reduction by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service of illegal immigration into the
United States, the Attorney General is authorized to acquire and
utilize any Federal equipment (including, but not limited to, aircraft,
helicopters, four wheel drive vehicles, sedans, night vision goggles,
night vision scopes, and sensor units) determined available for
transfer to the Department of Justice by any other agency of the
Federal Government upon request of the Attorney General.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal years 1995, 1996,
and 1997, such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of
technology and equipment (including, but not limited to, aircraft,
helicopters, four wheel drive vehicles, sedans, night vision goggles,
night vision scopes, and sensor units) under subsection (b).

SEC. 108. IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT FUND.

    (a) Establishment of Fund.--There is hereby established in the
Treasury of the United States a revolving fund known as the Immigration
Law Enforcement Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the
``Fund'').
    (b) Border Crossing User Fee.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law or treaty to which the United States is a party, the Attorney
General, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and the
Treasury, and such other parties as the Attorney General deems
appropriate, shall collect from each individual entering into the
United States by land or sea, without regard to the immigration or
citizenship status of such individual a border crossing user fee of $1.
    (c) Fee Adjustment and Special Fee Program Authority.--
Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Attorney General may--
            (1) adjust the border crossing user fee periodically to
        compensate for inflation and other escalation in the cost of
        carrying out the purposes of this Act; and
            (2) develop and implement special discounted fee programs
        for frequent border crossers including, but not limited to,
        commuter coupon books or passes.
    (d) Authorize Roll-Over of Fund Surpluses From Year-to-Year.--There
shall be deposited in the Fund amounts received by the Attorney General
as fees collected under subsection (b).
    (e) Uses of User Fee Fund.--(1) The Fund shall be available to the
Attorney General, to the extent and in the amounts provided in
appropriation Acts and without fiscal year limitation, to pay for
matters authorized under this Act, as follows:
            (A) For additional salaries and expenses incurred by reason
        of the employment of personnel under this Act, including, but
        not limited to, Border Patrol, inspection, investigation,
        enforcement, and security personnel, and adjudication officers.
            (B) For costs relating to land border crossing
        infrastructure improvement.
            (C) For costs relating to the acquisition by the Department
        of Justice of technology and equipment (including, but not
        limited to, aircraft, helicopters, four wheel drive vehicles,
        sedans, night vision goggles, night vision scopes, and sensor
        units).
            (D) For the cost of facilitating and expanding the
        activities of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement
        Interagency Task Force in order to fully abate the flow of
        narcotics and other illegal drugs into the United States.
            (E) For the cost of expediting initial asylum claim review
        procedures.
            (F) For the cost of devising and implementing regulatory
        reform of the affirmative asylum adjudication process.
            (G) For the cost of expanding the Institutional Hearing
        Program.
            (H) For the cost of expanding the Advanced Passenger
        Information System.
            (I) For the cost of increasing rewards for information
        leading to the arrest and conviction of terrorists.
            (J) For the cost of conducting classes, or otherwise
        assisting or encouraging, legal immigrants to the United States
        to attain American citizenship.
            (K) For the cost of such other activities that, in the
        discretion of the Attorney General, will reduce: illegal
        transit of the Nation's borders, the flow of illegal drugs
        across such borders, the time necessary to process applications
        for asylum in the United States, and the number of alien
        criminals incarcerated in this country.
    (2) Funds made available under subparagraph (A) in each fiscal year
shall be allotted to districts of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service in proportion to the amount of illegal immigration in each
district as the Attorney General finds to have occurred in the
preceding fiscal year.

                        TITLE II--ASYLUM REFORM

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Executive Order Enhanced
Consideration Revocation Act''.

SEC. 202. PARTIAL REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.

    Section 4 of Executive Order No. 12711 of April 11, 1990, and any
rule, regulation, or order issued under that section, shall be of no
force or effect, except that nothing in this Act invalidates or
otherwise affects any final determination of eligibility for asylum
made before the date of enactment of this Act.

  TITLE III--CRIMINAL ALIEN DEPORTATION AND ENHANCED PRISONER TRANSFER

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Criminal Alien Deportation and
Enhanced Transfer Act of 1993''.

SEC. 302. JUDICIAL ORDER OF DEPORTATION.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 227 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3560. Order of deportation for certain aliens
    ``The court, upon sentencing an individual who is an alien for an
aggravated felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act) shall include in the sentencing order issued a
declaration that the individual is deportable. A presentence report
required under the Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to the
sentencing of any individual for such a felony shall specify whether or
not such individual is an alien.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
subchapter A of chapter 227 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:

``3560. Order of deportation for certain aliens.''.
    (c) Deportation Procedures.--Section 242A of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (18 U.S.C. 1252a) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(f) Deportation Pursuant to a Judicial Order.--An alien subject
to a judicial order of deportation under section 3560 of title 18,
United States Code, shall be deported promptly consistent with section
242(h).''.

SEC. 303. NEGOTIATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Negotiations With Other Countries.--The Secretary of State,
together with the Attorney General, may enter into an agreement with
any foreign country providing for the incarceration in that country of
any individual who--
            (1) is a national of that country; and
            (2) is an alien who--
                    (A) is not in lawful immigration status in the
                United States, or
                    (B) on the basis of conviction of a criminal
                offense under Federal or State law, or on any other
                basis, is subject to deportation under the Immigration
                and Nationality Act,
for the duration of the prison term to which the individual was
sentenced for the offense referred to in subparagraph (B). Any such
agreement may provide for the release of such individual pursuant to
parole procedures of that country.
    (b) Priority.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of
State should give priority to concluding an agreement with any country
for which the President determines that the number of individuals
described in subsection (a) who are nationals of that country in the
United States represents a significant percentage of all such
individuals in the United States.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 304. DENIAL OF DISCRETIONARY RELIEF TO ALIENS CONVICTED OF
              AGGRAVATED FELONIES.

    (a) Ineligibility for Suspension of Deportation.--Section 244 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Suspension of deportation and adjustment of status under
subsection (a)(2) shall not be available to any alien who has been
convicted of an aggravated felony.''.
    (b) Application of Exclusion for Drug Offenses.--Section 212(h) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(h)) is amended in
the second sentence by inserting ``or any other aggravated felony''
after ``torture''.
    (c) Adjustment of Status; Change of Nonimmigrant Classification.--
(1) Section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1255(c)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``or'' after ``section 212(d)(4)(C)''; and
            (B) by inserting ``; or (5) an alien who has been convicted
        of an aggravated felony'' immediately after ``section 217''.
    (2) Section 248 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1258) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) an alien convicted of an aggravated felony.''.

SEC. 305. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the
appropriate committees of the Congress a report detailing--
            (1) the number of illegal aliens incarcerated in Federal
        and State prisons for having committed felonies;
            (2) programs and plans underway in the Department of
        Justice to ensure the prompt removal from the United States of
        criminal aliens subject to exclusion or deportation; and
            (3) methods for identifying and preventing the unlawful
        reentry of aliens who have been convicted of criminal offenses
        in the United States and removed from the United States.

Output:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
     Title I:  Border Personnel, Training and Infrastructure
          Enhancement
     Title II:  Asylum Reform
     Title III:  Criminal Alien Deportation and Enhanced Prisoner
          Transfer
Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 1993 -
Title I:  Border Personnel, Training and Infrastructure Enhancement
 - Improved Border Control and Narcotics Abatement Act - Authorizes appropriations and increases personnel levels for:  (1) the Border Patrol; and (2) land border inspectors.  Provides for:  (1) primary deployment of such personnel on the Southwest border of the United States; (2) hiring preference for bilingual Border Patrol agents; and (3) improved training and improvement of border crossing infrastructure.
Authorizes appropriations for Immigration and Naturalization Service technology and equipment acquisition.
Establishes in the Treasury the Immigration Law Enforcement Fund. Creates a border crossing user fee.
Title II:  Asylum Reform
 - Executive Order Enhanced Consideration Revocation Act - Amends a specified Executive Order to partially revoke a provision with respect to asylum claims based upon birth control policies.
Title III:  Criminal Alien Deportation and Enhanced Prisoner Transfer
 - Criminal Alien Deportation and Enhanced Transfer Act of 1993 - Amends Federal criminal law to provide for a judicial order of deportation in the sentencing of an alien convicted of certain aggravated felonies.
Authorizes the Secretary of State with the Attorney General to negotiate agreements with foreign countries for home-country incarceration of aliens subject to U.S. deportation.  Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to:  (1) make an alien convicted of an aggravated felony ineligible for suspension of deportation and status of adjustment; and (2) prohibit the waiver of exclusion for an alien convicted of an aggravated felony.