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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Retirement Reform Act of
2000''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 15A(d)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act
of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) No funds may be transferred from the Social Security
Equivalent Benefit Account to the Railroad Retirement Account or the
Railroad Retirement Trust Fund, and such funds may only be used for the
purposes described in subsection (c)(1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 15A(c)(1) of the Railroad
Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(c)(1)) is amended by striking
``Except as otherwise provided in this section, amounts'' and inserting
``Amounts''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 2000.

SEC. 3. TRANSITION TO FULL SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE OF RAILROAD
              EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) Railroad Workers in Social Security System.--
            (1) In general.--Section 210(a)(9) of the Social Security
        Act (42 U.S.C. 410(a)(9)) is amended by inserting ``before
        January 1, 2002'' after ``performed''.
            (2) Payment of fica taxes.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 3121(b)(9) of the Internal
                Revenue Code of 1986 (defining employment) is amended
                by inserting ``before January 1, 2002'' after
                ``performed''.
                    (B) No imposition of tier 1 taxes.--
                            (i) Section 3201(a) of such Code is amended
                        by adding at the end the following: ``This
                        subsection shall not apply to service performed
                        in calendar years after 2001.''.
                            (ii) Section 3211(a)(1) of such Code is
                        amended by adding at the end the following:
                        ``This paragraph shall not apply to service
                        performed in calendar years after 2001.''.
                            (iii) Section 3221(a) of such Code is
                        amended by adding at the end the following:
                        ``This subsection shall not apply to service
                        performed in calendar years after 2001.''.
    (b) Railroad Retirees in Social Security System.--
            (1) Receipt of social security benefits.--Notwithstanding
        any other provision of law, with respect to any individual who
        applies for a benefit under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
        after December 31, 2002, based on such individual's railroad
        employment or another individual's railroad employment, such
        individual shall receive a corresponding benefit (or an
        increased benefit) under the Social Security Act determined by
        treating such employment as included in the term ``employment''
        as defined in the Social Security Act.
            (2) Corresponding reduction in railroad retirement
        benefit.--With respect to any individual described in paragraph
        (1), any benefit otherwise receivable under the Railroad
        Retirement Act of 1974 shall be reduced by the benefit (or the
        increase in the benefit) described in such paragraph.
            (3) Effect on financial interchange.--In calculating any
        financial interchange between the social security system and
        the railroad retirement system, the Commissioner of Social
        Security and the Railroad Retirement Board shall take into
        account the provisions of, and the amendments made by, this
        section.
            (4) Optional payment of social security benefits by
        railroad retirement board.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), at
                the election of Railroad Retirement Board, social
                security benefits described in paragraph (1) for
                railroad retirees may be paid by the Board on behalf of
the Social Security Administration.
                    (B) Requirements for annual elections.--The
                Railroad Retirement Board may elect annually to
                continue making benefit payments described in
                subparagraph (A), if the Commissioner of Social
                Security certifies that the Board is paying such
                benefits on-time and is providing high quality customer
                service to all new retirees.
            (5) Technical and conforming changes.--The Commissioner of
        Social Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, and the
        Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as practicable but in any
        event not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
        this Act, submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
        Senate a draft of any technical and conforming changes in the
        Social Security Act, the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, and
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which are necessary to
        reflect throughout such Acts and Code the changes in the
        substantive provisions of law made by this section.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY TO RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.

    (a) Repeal.--Subsection (c)(1)(A) of section 224 of the Railroad
Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 2000.

SEC. 5. EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE, AND EMPLOYEE TIER 2 TAX RATE
              ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Rate of Tax on Employers.--Subsection (b) of section 3221 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Tier 2 Tax.--
            ``(1) In general.--In addition to other taxes, there is
        hereby imposed on every employer an excise tax, with respect to
        having individuals in his employ, equal to the applicable
        percentage of the compensation paid during any calendar year by
        such employer for services rendered to such employer.
            ``(2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the term `applicable percentage' means the percentage
        determined under section 3241 for such calendar year.''.
    (b) Rate of Tax on Employee Representatives.--Paragraph (2) of
section 3211(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read
as follows:
            ``(2) Tier 2 tax.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In addition to other taxes,
                there is hereby imposed on the income of each employee
                representative a tax equal to the applicable percentage
                of the compensation received during any calendar year
                by such employee representatives for services rendered
                by such employee representative.
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the term `applicable percentage'
                means the percentage determined under section 3241 for
                such calendar year.''.
    (c) Rate of Tax on Employees.--Subsection (b) of section 3201 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Tier 2 Tax.--
            ``(1) In general.--In addition to other taxes, there is
        hereby imposed on the income of each employee a tax equal to
        the applicable percentage of the compensation received during
        any calendar year by such employee for services rendered by
        such employee.
            ``(2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the term `applicable percentage' means the percentage
        determined under section 3241 for such calendar year.''.
    (d) Determination of Rate.--Chapter 22 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:

             ``Subchapter E--Tier 2 Tax Rate Determination

                              ``Sec. 3241. Determination of tier 2 tax
                                        rate based on average account
                                        benefits ratio.

``SEC. 3241. DETERMINATION OF TIER 2 TAX RATE BASED ON AVERAGE ACCOUNT
              BENEFITS RATIO.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of sections 3201(b), 3211(a)(2),
and 3221(b), the applicable percentage for any calendar year is the
percentage determined in accordance with the table in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Tax Rate Schedule.--

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Average account benefits ratio        Applicable
-----------------------------------   percentage for       Applicable
                                     sections 3211(b)    percentage for
    At least        But less than      and 3221(b)      section 3201(b)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            1.0                31.1                4.9
          1.0               1.5                28.1                4.9
          1.5               2.0                25.1                4.9
          2.0               2.5                22.1                4.9
          2.5               3.0                18.1                4.9
          3.0               3.5                15.1                4.9
          3.5               4.0                14.1                4.9
          4.0               6.1                13.1                4.9
          6.1               6.5                12.6                4.4
          6.5               7.0                12.1                3.9
          7.0               7.5                11.6                3.4
          7.5               8.0                11.1                2.9
          8.0               8.5                10.1                1.9
          8.5               9.0                 9.1                0.9
          9.0                                   8.2                  0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ``(c) Definitions Related to Determination of Rates of Tax.--
            ``(1) Average account benefits ratio.--For purposes of this
        section, the term `average account benefits ratio' means, with
        respect to any calendar year, the average determined by the
        Secretary of the account benefits ratios for the 10 most recent
        fiscal years ending before such calendar year. If the amount
        determined under the preceding sentence is not a multiple of
        0.1, such amount shall be increased to the next highest
        multiple of 0.1.
            ``(2) Account benefits ratio.--For purposes of this
        section, the term `account benefits ratio' means, with respect
        to any fiscal year, the amount determined by the Railroad
        Retirement Board by dividing the fair market value of the
        assets in the Railroad Retirement Account as of the close of
        such fiscal year by the total benefits and administrative
        expenses paid from the Railroad Retirement Account during such
        fiscal year.
    ``(d) Notice.--No later than December 1 of each calendar year, the
Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of the rates
of tax determined under this section which are applicable for the
following calendar year.''.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--The table of subchapters for chapter 22
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:

                              ``Subchapter E. Tier 2 tax rate
                                        determination.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2002.

SEC. 6. TRANSITION TO A PRIVATE RAILROAD PENSION FUND.

    (a) Transmission of Proposal.--The labor and management members of
the Railroad Retirement Board shall transmit a plan by June 1, 2001, to
the Secretary of Labor for a multiemployer pension plan for individuals
who would otherwise be covered by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
    (b) Funding of Plan.--If the plan described in subsection (a) is
certified by the Secretary of Labor by October 1, 2001, as a bona fide
plan--
            (1) the Secretary of the Treasury shall make an annual
        payment (on or before December 31, beginning with 2001) from
        the Railroad Retirement Account to the fund relating to such
        plan in an amount specified by the Secretary of Labor (on or
        before December 1, beginning with 2001) as being the minimum
        amount necessary (taking into consideration any funding
        deposited into such fund pursuant to subsection (e)) to
        assure--
                    (A) full funding for all new entrants using
                Employee Retirement Income Security Act funding
                standards;
                    (B) full funding of all accruing pension
                obligations for benefits elected to be included in the
                plan under subsection (d)(1) (if any) using Employee
                Retirement Income Security Act funding standards; and
                    (C) adequate funding to meet the on-going pension
                payments for any Railroad Retirement Act pension
                obligations that have been transferred to the plan
                under subsection (d)(2) (if any); and
            (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the new
        entrants shall no longer be entitled to benefits under the
        Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
    (c) Certification Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (b), to be
        certified by the Secretary of Labor as a bona fide plan, the
        plan must
                    (A) provide a defined benefit pension plan for all
                new entrants; and
                    (B) meet fiduciary and other requirements of the
                Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 deemed
                necessary and applicable by the Secretary of Labor.
            (2) New entrant.--For purposes of this section, a new
        entrant is a person hired after December 31, 2001, who would
        otherwise be covered by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and
        who has never previously been covered by such Act.
    (d) Optional Elements of Plan.--
            (1) Additional benefits.--The plan submitted to the
        Secretary of Labor may include provision of pension benefits
        for persons other than new entrants (and auxiliary
        beneficiaries of new entrants), if such benefits are fully
        funded under the standards of the Employee Retirement Income
        Security Act of 1974.
            (2) Transfer of existing obligations.--The plan may also
        include the transfer of existing Railroad Retirement Act
        pension obligations (other than social security equivalent
        benefit obligations). To transfer these pensions obligations,
        the Railroad Retirement Board must certify to the Secretary of
        Labor, for each individual beneficiary affected by such
        transfer, that the beneficiary will get his or her pension
payment from the plan in lieu of a payment from the Railroad Retirement
Account.
    (e) Agreed Plan Deposits.--Employers and employees covered by the
multiemployer pension plan certified under this section may directly
deposit pension fund contributions into the fund and such deposits
shall be taken into consideration by the Secretary of Labor for
purposes of the payment amount specified in subsection (b).

SEC. 7. REPEAL OF 4.3-CENT MOTOR FUEL EXCISE TAXES ON RAILROADS AND
              INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION WHICH REMAIN IN GENERAL
              FUND.

    (a) Taxes on Trains.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 4041(a)(1) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or a
        diesel-powered train'' each place it appears and by striking
        ``or train''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Subparagraph (C) of section 4041(a)(1) of such
                Code is amended by striking clause (ii) and by
                redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
                    (B) Subparagraph (C) of section 4041(b)(1) of such
                Code is amended by striking all that follows ``section
                6421(e)(2)'' and inserting a period.
                    (C) Subsection (d) of section 4041 of such Code is
                amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4)
                and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(3) Diesel fuel used in trains.--There is hereby imposed
        a tax of 0.1 cent per gallon on any liquid other than gasoline
        (as defined in section 4083)--
                    ``(A) sold by any person to an owner, lessee, or
                other operator of a diesel-powered train for use as a
                fuel in such train, or
                    ``(B) used by any person as a fuel in a diesel-
                powered train unless there was a taxable sale of such
                fuel under subparagraph (A).
        No tax shall be imposed by this paragraph on the sale or use of
        any liquid if tax was imposed on such liquid under section
        4081.''
                    (D) Subsection (f) of section 4082 of such Code is
                amended by striking ``section 4041(a)(1)'' and
                inserting ``subsections (d)(3) and (a)(1) of section
                4041, respectively''.
                    (E) Paragraph (3) of section 4083(a) of such Code
                is amended by striking ``or a diesel-powered train''.
                    (F) Paragraph (3) of section 6421(f) of such Code
                is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Gasoline used in trains.--In the case of gasoline
        used as a fuel in a train, this section shall not apply with
        respect to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
        financing rate under section 4081.''
                    (G) Paragraph (3) of section 6427(l) of such Code
                is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Refund of certain taxes on fuel used in diesel-
        powered trains.--For purposes of this subsection, the term
        `nontaxable use' includes fuel used in a diesel-powered train.
        The preceding sentence shall not apply to the tax imposed by
        section 4041(d) and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust
        Fund financing rate under section 4081 except with respect to
        fuel sold for exclusive use by a State or any political
        subdivision thereof.''
    (b) Fuel Used on Inland Waterways.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 4042(b) of such
        Code is amended by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
        (A), by striking ``, and'' at the end of subparagraph (B) and
        inserting a period, and by striking subparagraph (C).
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 4042(b)
        of such Code is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 2000.

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Directs the labor and management members of the Railroad Retirement Board to transmit a plan to the Secretary of Labor for a (private) multiemployer pension plan for individuals who would otherwise be covered by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
Amends IRC to: (1) repeal the 4.3-cent special motor fuel excise tax on railroads and inland waterway transportation; and (2) subject diesel fuel used in trains to the additional tax for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Putting Parents First Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the family plays a unique role in our culture, it is
        the institution by which we inculcate and pass down many of our
        most cherished values;
            (2) the custody, care, and nurture of the child reside
        first in the parents, whose primary function and freedom
        include preparation for obligations the State can neither
        supply nor hinder;
            (3) parents have the right and duty to be involved in
        helping their minor children make important life decisions;
            (4) whether or not to beget a child is the most fundamental
        decision in our culture;
            (5) parental involvement in this crucial decision is
        necessary to ensure that the sanctity of human life is given
        appropriate consideration;
            (6) parental inclusion will result in the protection of
        human life; and
            (7) Congress is granted authority in section 5 of the 14th
        Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to enact
        laws that protect the right to life.

         TITLE I--PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE ABORTION DECISION

SEC. 101. PARENTAL CONSENT OR JUDICIAL BYPASS REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--No individual shall knowingly perform an abortion
upon or prescribe an abortifacient to a pregnant woman under the age of
18 years unless--
            (1) the attending physician has secured the informed
        written consent of the minor and a parent or guardian of the
        minor; or
            (2) the attending physician has secured the informed
        written consent of the minor and a court order waiving the need
        for the consent of a parent or guardian pursuant to the
        judicial bypass procedure described in section 102.
    (b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined
not more than $25,000, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.

SEC. 102. JUDICIAL BYPASS.

    (a) In General.--A court of competent jurisdiction shall issue an
order waiving the requirement for the informed written consent of a
parent or guardian under section 101 if the court finds by clear and
convincing evidence on an individual basis that--
            (1) the process of obtaining the informed written consent
        of such parent or guardian is not in the best interests of the
        minor petitioner; or
            (2) the minor petitioner is an emancipated minor.
    (b) Procedures.--
            (1) Confidential proceedings.--A proceeding under this
        section shall be done under seal, be confidential, and ensure
        the anonymity of the minor petitioner.
            (2) Filing.--A minor or a minor's legal representative may
        file a petition under this section using the initials of the
        minor.
            (3) Preference.--Proceedings under this section shall--
                    (A) be given preference over other proceedings;
                    (B) be expedited to the extent possible; and
                    (C) be concluded not later than 72 hours after the
                filing of the petition unless an extension is sought by
                the minor petitioner.
            (4) Findings.--A court that conducts proceedings under this
        section shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of
        law supporting its decision and shall maintain a confidential
        record of the proceedings to facilitate appellate review.
            (5) Review.--A decision under this section denying a
        request to waive the requirement for the informed consent of a
        parent or guardian under section 101 shall be eligible for
        expedited appellate review.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Court of competent jurisdiction.--The term ``court of
        competent jurisdiction'' means any State court eligible to hear
        juvenile or family law matters, except that States may
        designate specific State courts to consider petitions for
        judicial bypass under this section.
            (2) Expedited appellate review.--The term ``expedited
        appellate review'' means review by whatever court juvenile or
        family law matters are generally appealed to, except that
        States may designate specific appellate courts to consider
        appeals under this section.

SEC. 103. APPLICATION OF STATE LAWS.

    The provisions of this title shall not be construed to preempt
provisions of State law that provide greater protections to parents of
minors seeking abortions than the protections provided by this title.

 TITLE II--PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN DECISIONS CONCERNING CONTRACEPTIVES
                         AND ABORTION REFERRALS

SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT OF PRIOR PARENTAL CONSENT.

    (a) In General.--All federally funded programs that provide for the
distribution of contraceptive drugs or devices to minors, or that
provide abortion referrals to minors, are, except as provided in
subsection (b), required to obtain informed written consent of a
custodial parent or custodial legal guardian of a minor prior to the
provision of contraceptive drugs or devices or abortion referral
information to the minor.
    (b) Exception.--The requirement of prior written consent under
subsection (a) shall not apply where the minor provides a court order
waiving the need for consent of a parent or guardian pursuant to the
procedure described in subsection (c).
    (c) Judicial Bypass.--
            (1) In general.--A court of competent jurisdiction shall
        issue an order waiving the requirement for the informed written
        consent of a parent or guardian under subsection (a) if the
        court finds by clear and convincing evidence on an individual
        basis that--
                    (A) the process of obtaining the informed written
                consent of such parent or guardian is not in the best
                interests of the minor petitioner; or
                    (B) the minor petitioner is an emancipated minor.
            (2) Procedures.--
                    (A) Confidential proceedings.--A proceeding under
                this subsection shall be done under seal, be
                confidential, and ensure the anonymity of the minor
                petitioner.
                    (B) Filing.--A minor or a minor's legal
                representative may file a petition under this
                subsection using the initials of the minor.
                    (C) Preference.--Proceedings under this subsection
                shall--
                            (i) be given preference over other
                        proceedings;
                            (ii) be expedited to the extent possible;
                        and
                            (iii) be concluded not later than 72 hours
                        after the filing of the petition unless an
                        extension is sought by the minor petitioner.
                    (D) Findings.--A court that conducts proceedings
                under this subsection shall make written findings of
                fact and conclusions of law supporting its decision and
                shall maintain a confidential record of the proceedings
                to facilitate appellate review.
                    (E) Review.--A decision under this subsection
                denying a request to waive the requirement for the
                informed consent of a parent or guardian under
                subsection (a) shall be eligible for expedited
                appellate review.
            (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) Court of competent jurisdiction.--The term
                ``court of competent jurisdiction'' means any State
                court eligible to hear juvenile or family law matters,
                except that States may designate specific State courts
                to consider petitions for judicial bypass under this
                subsection.
                    (B) Expedited appellate review.--The term
                ``expedited appellate review'' means review by whatever
                court juvenile or family law matters are generally
                appealed to, except that States may designate specific
                appellate courts to consider appeals under this
                subsection.
    (d) Use of State Funds.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
as prohibiting the distribution of contraceptive drugs or devices, or
the provision of abortion referral information, to unemancipated minors
without obtaining prior written parental consent as required under
subsection (a) if--
            (1) the distribution of such drugs or devices or the
        provision of such information is paid for through the
        expenditure by a State of State funds regardless of whether
        such State funds are provided as part of the State's
        contribution to a Federal program; and
            (2) the State, after the date of enactment of this
        subsection, takes affirmative action to allow the provision of
        such drugs, devices or information through the use of State
        funds without requiring such parental consent.
    (e) Applicability of State Law.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no provider of services to which this section applies
shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or
incest.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
     Title I:  Parental Involvement in the Abortion Decision
     Title II:  Parental Involvement in Decisions Concerning
          Contraceptives and Abortion Referrals
Putting Parents First Act -
Title I:  Parental Involvement in the Abortion Decision
 - Prohibits, and sets penalties for, knowingly performing an abortion upon or prescribing an abortifacient to a pregnant woman under age 18 unless the attending physician has secured the informed written consent of the minor and:  (1) the informed written consent of the minor's parent or guardian; or (2) a court order waiving the need for the parent's or guardian's consent pursuant to a judicial bypass procedure under this title.  Requires a court to issue such an order if it finds by clear and convincing evidence on an individual basis that:  (1) the process of obtaining such consent is not in the best interests of the minor petitioner; or (2) the minor petitioner is an emancipated minor.  Sets forth procedures regarding confidentiality, filing of the petition, preference over other proceedings, findings, and expedited appellate review.
(Sec. 103) Specifies that the provisions of this title shall not be construed to preempt State law provisions that provide greater protections to parents of minors seeking abortions.
Title II:  Parental Involvement in Decisions Concerning Contraceptives and Abortion Referrals
 - Requires all federally funded programs that provide for the distribution of contraceptive drugs or devices to minors or that provide abortion referrals to minors to obtain informed written consent of a custodial parent or custodial legal guardian prior to the provision of such drugs or devices or referral information to the minor, with an exception.  Requires a court to issue an order waiving such requirement if it finds by clear and convincing evidence on an individual basis that:  (1) the process of obtaining such consent is not in the best interests of the minor petitioner; or (2) the minor petitioner is an emancipated minor.  Sets forth procedures regarding confidentiality, filing of the petition, preference over other proceedings, findings, and expedited appellate review.
Specifies that nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting the distribution of contraceptive drugs or devices, or the provision of abortion referral information, to unemancipated minors without obtaining prior written parental consent if:  (1) the distribution is paid for through the expenditure by a State of State funds, regardless of whether such State funds are provided as part of the State's contribution to a Federal program; and (2) the State takes affirmative action to allow the provision of such drugs, devices, or information through the use of State funds without requiring such parental consent.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This bill may be referred to as the ``Trafficking Prevention in
Foreign Affairs Contracting Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Department of State and the United States Agency
        for International Development (USAID) rely on contractors to
        provide various services in foreign countries such as
        construction, security, and facilities maintenance.
            (2) In certain cases, such as where the employment of local
        labor is impractical or poses security risks, Department of
        State and USAID contractors sometimes employ foreign workers
        who are citizens neither of the United States nor of the host
        country and are recruited from developing countries where low
        wages and recruitment methods often make them vulnerable to a
        variety of trafficking-related abuses.
            (3) A January 2011 report of the Office of the Inspector
        General for the Department of State, while it found no evidence
        of direct coercion by contractors, found that a significant
        majority of their foreign workers in certain Middle East
        countries reported paying substantial fees to recruiters that,
        according to the Inspector General, ``effectively resulted in
        debt bondage at their destinations''. Approximately one-half of
        the workers were charged recruitment fees equaling more than
        six months' salary. More than a quarter of the workers reported
        fees greater than one year's salary and, in some of those
        cases, fees that could not be paid off in two years, the
        standard length of a contract.
            (4) A November 2014 report of the United States Government
        Accountability Office (GAO-15-102) found that the Department of
        State, USAID, and the Defense Department need to strengthen
        their oversight of contractors' use of foreign workers in high-
        risk environments in order to better protect against
        trafficking in persons.
            (5) The GAO report recommended that those agencies should
        develop more precise definitions of recruitment fees, and that
        they should better ensure that contracting officials include
        prevention of trafficking in persons in contract monitoring
        plans and processes, especially in areas where the risk of
        trafficking in persons is high.
            (6) Of the 3 agencies addressed in the GAO report, only the
        Department of Defense expressly concurred with GAO's
        definitional recommendation and committed to defining
        recruitment fees and to incorporating that definition in its
        acquisition regulations as necessary.
            (7) In formal comments to GAO, the Department of State
        stated that it forbids the charging of any recruitment fees by
        contractors, and both the Department of State and USAID noted a
        proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule that
        prohibits charging any recruitment fees to employees.
            (8) However, according to GAO, neither the Department of
        State nor USAID specifically defines what constitutes a
        prohibited recruitment fee: ``Contracting officers and agency
        officials with monitoring responsibilities currently rely on
        policy and guidance regarding recruitment fees that are
        ambiguous. Without an explicit definition of the components of
        recruitment fees, prohibited fees may be renamed and passed on
        to foreign workers, increasing the risk of debt bondage and
        other conditions that contribute to trafficking.''.
            (9) GAO found that, although Department of State and USAID
        guidance requires their respective contracting officials to
        monitor compliance with trafficking in persons requirements,
        they did not consistently have specific processes in place to
        do so in all of the contracts that GAO sampled.

SEC. 3. REPORTS ON DEFINITION OF PLACEMENT AND RECRUITMENT FEES AND
              ENHANCEMENT OF CONTRACT MONITORING TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING
              IN PERSONS.

    (a) Department of State Report.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes the
matters described in subsection (c) with respect to the Department of
State.
    (b) USAID Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report that includes the matters described in
subsection (c) with respect to USAID.
    (c) Matters To Be Included.--The matters described in this
subsection are the following:
            (1) A proposed definition of placement and recruitment fees
        for purposes of complying with section 106(g)(iv)(IV) of the
        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
        7104(g)(iv)(IV)), including a description of what fee
        components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for
        contractors or their agents to charge workers under such
        section.
            (2) An explanation of how the definition described in
        paragraph (1) will be incorporated into grants, contracts,
        cooperative agreements, and contracting practices, so as to
        apply to the actions of grantees, subgrantees, contractors,
        subcontractors, labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents, as
        specified in section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims
        Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).
            (3) A description of actions taken during the 180-day
        period preceding the date of submission of the report and
        planned to be taken during the 1-year period following the date
        of submission of the report to better ensure that officials
        responsible for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
        and contracting practices include the prevention of trafficking
        in persons in plans and processes to monitor such grants,
        contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting
        practices.
    (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``trafficking in persons'' has the meaning
given the term in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)).

            Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding:   a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including a description of what fee components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for contractors or their agents to charge workers;  how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and contracting practices so as to apply to the actions of grantees, subgrantees, contractors, subcontractors, labor recruiters, brokers, or other agents; and   a description of actions taken during the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report and planned to be taken during the following year to better ensure that the responsible officials include the prevention of trafficking in persons in monitoring such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements and contracting practices.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Calculation of Program Benefits.--The Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3 (7 U.S.C. 2012)--
                    (A) by striking subsection (u),
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (n) through (t) as
                subsections (o) through (u), respectively, and
                    (C) by inserting after subsection (m) the
                following:
    ``(n) `Low-cost food plan' means the diet required to feed a family
of four persons, consisting of a man and a woman nineteen through
fifty, a child six through eight, and a child nine through eleven years
of age, determined in accordance with the Secretary's calculations. The
cost of such diet shall be the basis for uniform allotments for all
households regardless of their actual composition, except that the
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) make household-size adjustments (based on the
        unrounded cost of such diet) taking into account economies of
        scale;
            ``(2) make cost adjustments in the low-cost food plan for
        Hawaii and the urban and rural parts of Alaska to reflect the
        cost of food in Hawaii and urban and rural Alaska;
            ``(3) make cost adjustments in the separate low-cost food
        plans for Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, to
        reflect the cost of food in those States, but not to exceed the
        cost of food in the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and
            ``(4) on October 1, 2017, and each October 1 thereafter,
        adjust the cost of the diet to reflect the cost of the diet in
        the preceding June, and round the result to the nearest lower
        dollar increment for each household size.'',
            (2) in section 8(a) (7 U.S.C. 2017(a))--
                    (A) by striking ``thrifty food plan'' each place it
                appears, and inserting ``low-cost food plan'', and
                    (B) by striking ``8 percent'' and inserting ``10
                percent'',
            (3) in section 16(c)(1)(A)(ii) (7 U.S.C.
        2025(c)(1)(A)(ii))--
                    (A) in subclause (I) by striking ``for fiscal year
                2014, at an amount not greater than $37'' and inserting
                ``for fiscal year 2017, at an amount not greater than
                $50'', and
                    (B) in subclause (II)--
                            (i) by striking ``June 30, 2013'' and
                        inserting ``June 30, 2016'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``thrifty food plan'' and
                        inserting ``low-cost food plan'', and
            (4) in section 19(a)(2)(A) (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A))--
                    (A) in clause (i) by striking ``and'' at the end,
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``each fiscal year
                        thereafter'' and inserting ``each of the fiscal
                        years 2004 through 2016'', and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and
                        inserting a semicolon, and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) for fiscal year 2017,
                        $2,650,000,000; and
                            ``(iv) subject to the availability of
                        appropriations under section 18(a), for fiscal
                        year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, the
                        amount determined under clause (iii), as
                        adjusted by the percentage by which the low-
                        cost food plan has been adjusted under section
                        3(n)(4) between June 30, 2017, and June 30 of
                        the immediately preceding fiscal year.''.
    (b) Standard Medical Expense Deduction.--Section 5(e)(5) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``an excess medical''
        and all that follows through the period at the end, and
        inserting ``a standard medical deduction or to a medical
        expense deduction of actual costs for the allowable medical
        expenses incurred by the elderly or disabled member, exclusive
        of special diets.'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) The standard medical expense deduction shall
                be equal to $140 for fiscal year 2017, and for each
                subsequent fiscal year shall be equal to the applicable
                amount for the preceding fiscal year as adjusted to
                reflect changes for the 12-month period ending the
                preceding June 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All
                Urban Consumers: Medical Care published by the Bureau
                of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, except
                that for any such fiscal year the State agency may
                establish a greater standard medical expense deduction
                that satisfies cost neutrality standards established by
                the Secretary for such fiscal year.''.
    (c) Elimination of Cap of Excess Shelter Expenses.--Section 5(e)(6)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)) is
amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B), and
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as
        subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
    (d) Work Requirement.--Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``; or'', and
            (3) by adding at end the following:
                    ``(F) not offered a position in a program described
                in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (2).''.
    (e) Funding of Employment and Training Programs.--Section
16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II)) is amended by inserting ``subparagraphs (A)
through (E) of'' after ``under''.
    (f) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Food and nutrition act of 2008.--The Food and Nutrition
        Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 10 (7 U.S.C. 2019) by striking
                ``3(p)'' and inserting ``3(q)'',
                    (B) in section 11 (7 U.S.C. 2012)--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(2) by striking
                        ``3(t)(1)'' and inserting ``3(u)(1)'', and
                            (ii) in subsection (d)--
                                    (I) by striking ``3(t)(1)'' each
                                place it appears and inserting
                                ``3(u)(1)'', and
                                    (II) by striking ``3(t)(2)'' each
                                place it appears and inserting
                                ``3(u)(2)'',
                    (C) in section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) (7 U.S.C.
                (a)(2)(A)(ii)) by striking ``3(u)(4)'' and inserting
                ``3(n)(4)'', and
                    (D) in section 27(a)(2) (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2))--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C) by striking
                        ``3(u)(4)'' and inserting ``3(n)(4)'', and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E) by striking
                        ``3(u)(4)'' and inserting ``3(n)(4)''.
            (2) Low-income home energy assistance act of 1981.--Section
        2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of
        1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)'' and inserting
                ``5(e)(6)(B)(iv)(1)'', and
                    (B) by striking ``(7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I))''
                and inserting ``(7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(B)(iv)(I))''.
    (g) Technical Corrections.--The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 5(a) (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)) by striking
        ``3(n)(4)'' each place it appears and inserting ``3(m)(4)'',
            (2) in section 8(f)(1)(A)(i) (7 U.S.C. 2017(f)(1)(A)(i)) by
        striking ``3(n)(5)'' and inserting ``3(m)(5)'', and
            (3) in section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(aa) (7 U.S.C.
        2016(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(aa)) by striking ``3(n)'' and inserting
        ``3(m)''.

SEC. 3. 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 October 1,
2016.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by subsections
(b), (c), and (f)(2) shall not apply with respect to certification
periods that begin before October 1, 2016.

Output: Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2016  This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to revise the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits.  The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of:  a man and a woman 19-50 years of age,  a child 6-8 years of age, and  a child 9-11 years of age.   USDA must make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas.  The bill revises the amounts authorized for nutrition assistance block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa and requires the amounts to be modified based on adjustments to the low-cost food plan.  The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by: (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the deduction for excess shelter expenses.  The bill exempts from SNAP work requirements able-bodied adults without dependents who are not offered a position in a SNAP Employment and Training Program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives a report
regarding the digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier
Resources System units and otherwise protected areas created under the
digital mapping pilot project, carried out under section 6 of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503
note).
    (b) Consultation in Preparing Report.--The Secretary shall prepare
the report required under subsection (a) in consultation with the
Governors of the States in which System units and otherwise protected
areas are located, and after providing the opportunity for submission
of, and considering, public comment.
    (c) Report Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
contain--
            (1) final recommended digital maps created under such pilot
        project;
            (2) recommendations for the adoption of such digital maps
        by the Congress;
            (3) a summary of the comments received from the Governors
        of the States, other government officials, and the public
        regarding the digital maps;
            (4) a summary and update of the protocols and findings of
        the report required under section 6(d) of the Coastal Barrier
        Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note);
        and
            (5) an analysis of the benefit, if any, that the public
        will receive by utilizing digital mapping technology for all
        System units and otherwise protected areas.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $500,000 for
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2007.

SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING JOHN H. CHAFEE
              COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE
              PROTECTED AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out a
project to create digital versions of all of the John H. Chafee Coastal
Barrier Resources System maps referred to in section 4(a) of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including otherwise
protected areas, as defined in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier
Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note), that were not included
in the pilot project under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note).
    (b) Data.--
            (1) Use of existing data.--To the maximum extent
        practicable, in carrying out the project under this section,
        the Secretary shall use digital spatial data in the possession
        of Federal, State, and local agencies, including digital
        orthophotos, color infrared photography, wetlands data, and
        property parcel data.
            (2) Provision of data by other agencies.--The head of a
        Federal agency that possesses data referred to in paragraph (1)
        shall, upon request of the Secretary, promptly provide the data
        to the Secretary at no cost.
            (3) Provision of data by non-federal agencies.--State and
        local agencies, and other entities, that possess data referred
        to in paragraph (1) are encouraged, upon request of the
        Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no
        cost.
            (4) Additional data.--If the Secretary determines that data
        necessary to carry out the project under this section does not
        exist, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
        Service shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the
        United States Geological Survey under which the United States
        Geological Survey shall obtain, in cooperation with the heads
        of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, and provide to the
        Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service the
        data required to carry out this section.
            (5) Data standards.--All data used or created to carry out
        this section shall comply with--
                    (A) the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
                established by Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed Reg. 17671
                (April 13, 1994)); and
                    (B) any other standards established by the Federal
                Geographic Data Committee established by Office of
                Management and Budget Circular A-16.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the
        transmittal of the report described in section 2, the Secretary
        shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Environment and
        Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of
        the House of Representatives a report regarding the digital
        maps created under this section.
            (2) Consultation in preparing report.--The Secretary shall
        prepare the report required under this subsection in
        consultation with the Governors of the States in which the
        System units and otherwise protected areas are located and
        after providing opportunity for submission of, and considering,
        public comment.
            (3) Report content.--The report required under this
        subsection shall contain--
                    (A) the extent to which the boundary lines on the
                digital maps differ from the boundary lines on the
                original maps;
                    (B) a summary of the comments received from
                Governors, other government officials, and the public
                regarding the digital maps created under this section;
                    (C) recommendations for the adoption of the digital
                maps created under this section by the Congress;
                    (D) recommendations for expansion of the existing
                System and otherwise protected areas, after considering
                the inventories, assessments, and recommendations of
                participating States under section 4;
                    (E) a summary and update on the implementation and
                use of the digital maps created under the digital
                mapping pilot project carried out under section 6 of
                the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of
                2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note);
                    (F) a description of the feasibility of, and the
                amount of funding necessary for, making all of the
                System unit and otherwise protected area maps available
                to the public in digital format; and
                    (G) a description of the feasibility of, and the
                amount of funding necessary for, facilitating the
                integration of digital System unit and otherwise
                protected area boundaries into Federal, State, and
                local planning tools.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF
              UNDEVELOPED COASTAL BARRIERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Interior shall establish a
program to provide grants to States for the purpose of identifying,
assessing, and recommending additional eligible coastal barriers, or
portions thereof, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the shore
areas of the Great Lakes of the United States, for inclusion in the
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System or for treatment as
otherwise protected areas.
    (b) Inventory.--Subject to funds being made available under the
program, the Secretary shall develop criteria for soliciting and
reviewing grant proposals from, and issuing grants to States in which
System units or otherwise protected areas are located. The criteria
shall include a requirement that States that receive grants through the
program shall conduct a comprehensive statewide inventory of all
coastal barriers, or portions thereof, that--
            (1) are undeveloped coastal barriers as defined in section
        3(1) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502(1));
            (2) are not currently designated as a System unit or
        otherwise protected area;
            (3) consist of five acres or more, of land above mean high
        tide; and
            (4) have a minimum of approximately one-quarter mile of
        shoreline on the unprotected (seaward) side of the coastal
        barrier.
    (c) Report.--Each State receiving a grant under this section, in
accordance with the criteria developed by the Secretary under
subsection (b), shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a report
regarding the inventory under subsection (b).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for
carrying out this Act $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.''.

Output:
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the creation of digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units and other protected areas under the digital mapping pilot project. Requires the Secretary to carry out a project to create digital versions of all the remaining John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps and protected areas not included in the pilot project.

Establishes a program to provide grants to states to identify, assess, and recommend additional eligible coastal barriers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and shore areas of the Great Lakes for inclusion in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System or for treatment as protected areas.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for
Students Act of 2016'' or the ``LEADS Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF STUDENT LOAN BORROWING COSTS.

    Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Annual Estimate of Student Loan Borrowing Costs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning on July 1, 2018, each eligible
        institution shall provide a cost estimate described in
        paragraph (2) to each enrolled student who receives an
        education loan to attend the institution, not later than 30
        days before the first day of each academic year beginning after
        the academic year for which the student first received such a
        loan to attend such institution.
            ``(2) Contents of estimate.--The estimate under paragraph
        (1) shall contain the following information:
                    ``(A) Cumulative balances and monthly payments.--A
                notice to the student of--
                            ``(i) the cumulative balance of education
                        loans owed by the student as of the date of the
                        notice;
                            ``(ii) the amount of any new education
                        loans expected to be disbursed during such
                        academic year;
                            ``(iii) the projected cumulative balance of
                        education loans that will be owed by the
                        student after the completion of the student's
                        course of study at the institution; and
                            ``(iv) projected monthly payment amounts
                        based on the cumulative balances described in
                        clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively,
                        assuming a standard repayment schedule.
                    ``(B) Interest rates.--The interest rate of each
                education loan, except that interest rates for a
                private education loan may be based on average private
                education loan interest rates if the institution cannot
                reasonably determine the actual interest rate of such
                loan.
                    ``(C) Disclaimer.--A clear and conspicuous notice
                stating that any information provided under paragraph
                (1) is an estimate, accurate to the best of the
                institution's knowledge, and that an interest rate
                provided under subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) in the case of a loan described in
                        paragraph (6)(A)(i), is the applicable rate of
                        interest of such loan;
                            ``(ii) in the case of a private education
                        loan, may be based on average private education
                        loan interest rates; and
                            ``(iii) does not include private education
                        loans of which the institution is not aware.
            ``(3) Form of estimate.--The estimate under paragraph (1)
        shall be--
                    ``(A) provided to the student in hard copy format
                on the letterhead of the institution, by electronic
                mail or by another method the Secretary may prescribe;
                and
                    ``(B) delivered to the student separately from any
                other disclosures required under this Act.
            ``(4) Limitation of liability.--An institution that
        provides the estimate under paragraph (1) in good faith shall
        not be liable to any person for inaccuracies contained in such
        estimate.
            ``(5) Student debt letter template.--Not later than July 1,
        2017, and as necessary thereafter, the Secretary shall provide
        the following to eligible institutions:
                    ``(A) Examples of estimates required under
                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Technical assistance on how to comply with
                the requirements of this subsection.
                    ``(C) Preliminary approvals in a timely manner of
                estimate formats proposed for use by an institution, at
                the request of the institution.
                    ``(D) The formula (which shall take into
                consideration a student's past borrowing rates and
                other criteria the Secretary may determine) to be used
                in making the projections under clauses (iii) and (iv)
                of paragraph (2)(A) with respect to loans described in
                paragraph (6)(A)(i).
                    ``(E) Encryption technology software to enable
                institutions to provide the estimate under paragraph
                (2) to students in a secure format for institutions
                that choose to provide the estimate to students in an
                electronic format.
            ``(6) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Education loan.--The term `education loan'
                means--
                            ``(i) a loan made under part D (other than
                        a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan or a
                        Federal Direct PLUS loan made on behalf of a
                        student);
                            ``(ii) a loan made under a State-sponsored
                        loan program for the purpose of paying a
                        student's cost of attendance at an institution
                        of higher education; and
                            ``(iii) a private education loan with
                        respect to which the institution should
                        reasonably be aware.
                    ``(B) Private education loan.--The term `private
                education loan' has the meaning given the term in
                section 140 of the Truth in Lending Act.
                    ``(C) Student.--The term `student', when used with
                respect to an eligible institution, does not include
                any student who has transferred to the institution more
                than 60 days before the first day of the academic year
                involved.''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL PROVISION OF INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

    Not later than April 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Education shall provide to institutions of higher
education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) the following information:
            (1) The amount of any loans made under part D of title IV
        of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.)
        (other than a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan or a Federal
        Direct PLUS loan made on behalf of a student) expected to be
        disbursed to any borrower for the next academic year.
            (2) The projected cumulative balance of such loans, as
        determined in accordance with section 485(n)(5)(D) of such Act
        (20 U.S.C. 1092(n)(5)(D)), as added by this Act, that will be
        owed by any borrower after the completion of the borrower's
        course of study at an institution of higher education.
            (3) The projected monthly payment amounts of such loans, as
        determined in accordance with section 485(n)(5) of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(n)(5)), assuming a
        standard repayment schedule (as described in section
        455(d)(1)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(A))).

Output: Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for Students Act of 2016 or the LEADS Act of 2016 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 by requiring institutions of higher education to provide to each student with education loans for attending the institution an estimate of student loan borrowing costs, including: (1) the cumulative balance of education loans owed by the student, (2) the amount of new education loans expected to be disbursed during the year, (3) the projected cumulative balance of education loans that will be owed by the student after the student graduates, and (4) projected monthly payments to repay the loans. The estimates must be given to students before each academic year succeeding the one for which a loan was first received.


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SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to create principles
governing the conduct of United States economic cooperation projects in
the People's Republic of China and Tibet.
    (b) Principles.--It is the sense of the Congress that any United
States economic cooperation project in the People's Republic of China
or Tibet should adhere to the following principles:
            (1) Suspend the use of all goods, wares, articles, and
        merchandise that are mined, produced, or manufactured, in whole
        or in part, by convict labor or forced labor if there is reason
        to believe that the material or product is produced or
        manufactured by such convict or forced labor, and refuse to use
        forced labor in the project.
            (2) Seek to ensure that political or religious views, sex,
        ethnic or national background, involvement in political or
        labor activities or nonviolent demonstrations, or association
        with suspected or known dissidents will not prohibit hiring,
        lead to harassment, demotion, or dismissal, or in any way
        affect the status or terms of employment in the project. The
        United States parent company of the United States economic
        cooperation project should not discriminate in terms or
        conditions of employment in the project against persons with
        past records of arrests or internal exile for nonviolent
        protest or membership in unofficial organizations committed to
        nonviolence.
            (3) Ensure that methods of production used in the project
        do not pose an unnecessary physical danger to workers and
        neighboring populations and property and that the project does
        not unnecessarily risk harm to the surrounding environment, and
        consult with community leaders regarding environmental
        protection with respect to the project.
            (4) Strive to use business enterprises that are not
        controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China
        or its authorized agents and departments as potential partners
        in the project.
            (5) Prohibit any military presence on the premises of the
        operations of the project.
            (6) Undertake to promote freedom of association and
        assembly among the employees of the project. The United States
        economic cooperation project should protest any infringement by
        the Government of the People's Republic of China of these
        freedoms to the appropriate authorities of that Government and
        to the International Labor Organization, which has an office in
        Beijing.
            (7) Use every possible channel of communication with the
        Government of the People's Republic of China to urge that
        government to disclose publicly a complete list of all those
        individuals arrested since March 1989, to end incommunicado
        detention and torture, and to provide international observers
        access to all places of detention in the People's Republic of
        China and Tibet and to trials of prisoners arrested in
        connection with the pro-democracy events of April through June
        of 1989 and the pro-democracy demonstrations which have taken
        place in Tibet since 1987.
            (8) Discourage or undertake to prevent compulsory political
        indoctrination programs from taking place on the premises of
        the operations of the project.
            (9) Promote freedom of expression, including the freedom to
        seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds,
        regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print,
        in the form of art, or through any media. To this end, the
        United States economic cooperation project should raise with
        appropriate authorities of the Government of the People's
        Republic of China concerns about restrictions on the
        importation of foreign publications.
            (10)(A) Undertake to prevent harassment of workers who,
        consistent with the United Nations World Population Plan of
        Action, decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of
        their children.
            (B) Prohibit compulsory population control activities on
        the premises of the operations of the project.
    (c) Promotion of Principles by Other Nations.--The Secretary shall
forward a copy of the principles set forth in subsection (b) to the
member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development and encourage them to promote principles similar to these
principles.

SEC. 2. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Each United States parent company conducting a
United States economic cooperation project in the People's Republic of
China or Tibet shall register with the Secretary and indicate whether
such company agrees to implement the principles set forth in section
1(b). No fee shall be required for registration under this subsection.
    (b) Effective Date.--The registration requirement of subsection (a)
shall take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Report.--Each United States parent company conducting a United
States economic cooperation project in the People's Republic of China
or Tibet shall report to the Secretary describing such company's
adherence to the principles. Such company shall submit a completed
reporting form furnished by the Secretary. The first report shall be
submitted not later than 1 year after the date on which the national
registers under section 2 and not later than the end of each 1-year
period occurring thereafter.
    (b) Review of Report.--The Secretary shall review each report
submitted under subsection (a) and determine whether the United States
parent company submitting the report is adhering to the principles. The
Secretary may request additional information from the United States
parent company and other sources to verify the information contained in
the report submitted by the company.
    (c) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to the
Congress and to the Secretariat of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development describing the level of adherence to the
principles by United States parent companies subject to the reporting
requirement of subsection (a). This report shall be submitted not later
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and not later
than the end of each 1-year period occurring thereafter.

SEC. 4. EXPORT MARKETING SUPPORT.

    (a) Support.--A Federal agency may intercede with a foreign
government or foreign national regarding export marketing activity in
the People's Republic of China or Tibet on behalf of a United States
parent company subject to the reporting requirements of section 3(a)
only if that company adheres to the principles.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the terms ``adhere to the principles'', ``adhering to
        the principles'' and ``adherence to the principles'' mean--
                    (A) agreeing to implement the principles set forth
                in section 1(b);
                    (B) implementing those principles by taking good
                faith measures with respect to each such principle; and
                    (C) reporting accurately to the Secretary on the
                measures taken to implement those principles;
            (2) the term ``intercede with a foreign government or
        foreign national'' includes any contact by an officer or
        employee of the United States with officials of any foreign
        government or foreign national involving or contemplating any
        effort to assist in selling a good, service, or technology in
        the People's Republic of China or Tibet, except that such term
does not include multilateral or bilateral government-to-government
trade negotiations intended to resolve trade issues which may affect
United States parent companies who do not adhere to the principles;
            (3) the term ``organized under the laws of the United
        States'' means organized under the laws of the United States,
        any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
        Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the
        United States;
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State;
            (5) the term ``United States economic cooperation project''
        means--
                    (A) an equity joint venture, a cooperative joint
                venture, or a wholly foreign-owned enterprise
                established under the laws of the People's Republic of
                China, in which--
                            (i) a corporation, partnership, wholly-
                        owned subsidiary, or other business association
                        organized under the laws of the United States
                        is an investor, or
                            (ii) a corporation, partnership, or other
                        business association organized under the laws
                        of a country other than the United States or
                        under the laws of a territory or possession of
                        a country other than the United States, which
                        is wholly owned by a corporation, partnership,
                        or other business association organized under
                        the laws of the United States, is an investor,
                and which employs more than 50 individuals in the
                People's Republic of China or Tibet; or
                    (B) a branch office or representative office--
                            (i) of a corporation, partnership, wholly-
                        owned subsidiary, or other business association
                        organized under the laws of the United States,
                        or
                            (ii) of a corporation, partnership, or
                        other business association organized under the
                        laws of a country other than the United States
                        or under the laws of a territory or possession
                        of a country other than the United States,
                        which is wholly owned by a corporation,
                        partnership, or other business association
                        organized under the laws of the United States,
                which employs more than 25 individuals in the People's
                Republic of China or Tibet; and
            (6) the term ``United States parent company'' means a
        corporation, partnership, or other business association
        organized under the laws of the United States which is--
                    (A) the direct investor in a United States economic
                cooperation project described in paragraph (5)(A)(i),
                or the sole owner of the investor in a United States
                economic cooperation project described in paragraph
                (5)(A)(ii); or
                    (B) the registrant in the People's Republic of
                China of a branch office or representative office
                described in paragraph (5)(B)(i), or the sole owner of
                the registrant of a branch office or representative
                office described in paragraph (5)(B)(ii).

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Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. economic cooperation projects in China or Tibet should adhere to specified principles, including to:  (1) suspend the use of merchandise manufactured by convict or forced labor; (2) seek to ensure political and religious freedom without fear of one's employment status; (3) ensure that methods of production do not pose a danger to project employees and the surrounding environment; (4) strive to use business enterprises that are not controlled by China; and (5) promote specified freedoms in China.  Requires the Secretary of State to forward a copy of such principles to member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and encourage them to promote such principles.
Requires each U.S. parent company conducting an economic cooperation project in China or Tibet to register with the Secretary and indicate whether they agree to implement such principles.  Sets forth specified reporting requirements.
Authorizes Federal agencies to intercede with a foreign government or national regarding export marketing activity in China or Tibet on behalf of such a parent company only if such company adheres to such principles.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Archives and Records
Administration Efficiency Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RECORDS RETENTION PERIODS.

    (a) Extension of Records Retention Periods by Regulation.--Section
2909 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``, upon the submission of evidence of need,'';
        (2) by striking ``; and, in accordance with regulations
    promulgated by him,'' and inserting ``, and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following: ``The Archivist shall
    promulgate regulations in accordance with section 2104(a) of this
    title to implement this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (d) of section 3303a of title
44, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND TO BE USED FOR THE
              PURCHASE AND CARE OF UNIFORMS FOR RECORDS CENTERS
              EMPLOYEES.

    Subsection (a) under the heading ``records center revolving fund''
in title IV of the Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106-58; 113 Stat. 460; 44 U.S.C. 2901 note), is amended by
inserting after ``expenses'' in the first sentence the following:
``(including expenses for uniforms or allowances for uniforms as
authorized by subchapter I of chapter 59 of title 5)''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEES FOR PUBLIC USE OF FACILITIES OF
              NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Presidential Archival Depositories.--Subsection (e) of section
2112 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking ``space''
and inserting ``space, or for the occasional, non-official use of rooms
and spaces (and services related to such use),''.
    (b) National Archives Building and Other Buildings Used for Record
Storage.--Section 2903 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Archivist''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public interest,
the Archivist may charge and collect reasonable fees from the public
for the occasional, non-official use of rooms and spaces, and services
related to such use, in the buildings subject to this section. Fees
collected under this subsection shall be paid into an account in the
National Archives Trust Fund and shall be held, administered, and
expended for the benefit and in the interest of the national archival
and records activities administered by the National Archives and
Records Administration, including educational and public program
purposes.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH STATE AND LOCAL
              GOVERNMENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC
              AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER NARA PROGRAMS.

    (a) Authority.--Chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 2119. Cooperative agreements

    ``(a) Authority.--The Archivist may enter into cooperative
agreements pursuant to section 6305 of title 31 that involve the
transfer of funds from the National Archives and Records Administration
to State and local governments, other public entities, educational
institutions, or private nonprofit organizations (including foundations
or institutes organized to support the National Archives and Records
Administration or the Presidential archival depositories operated by
it) for the public purpose of carrying out programs of the National
Archives and Records Administration.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Not more than $25,000 may be transferred under
a cooperative agreement entered into as authorized by subsection (a).
Not more than a total of $75,000 may be transferred under such
agreements in any fiscal year.
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than December 31st of each year, the
Archivist shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate a report on the provisions, amount, and duration of each
cooperative agreement entered into as authorized by subsection (a)
during the preceding fiscal year.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2119. Cooperative agreements.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2009 FOR
              NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION.

    Section 2504(f)(1) of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (N), by striking ``and'';
        (2) in subparagraph (O), by striking the period and inserting a
    semicolon; and
        (3) by adding at the end of the following new subparagraphs:
            ``(P) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(Q) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(R) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
            ``(S) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

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National Archives and Records Administration Efficiency Act of 2004 - Requires the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations establishing a streamlined process for extending agency records retention periods beyond those periods specified in disposal schedules.

Authorizes the Records Center Revolving Fund of the Treasury to cover expenses for uniforms for National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) personnel.

Authorizes the Archivist to collect reasonable fees for the occasional, non-official use of NARA facilities and related services by the public and to use such fees for educational and public program purposes.

Authorizes the Archivist to enter into cooperative agreements that involve the transfer of NARA funds to State and local governments, other public entities, educational institutions, or private nonprofit organizations to carry out NARA programs.

Authorizes appropriations to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY 2006 through 2009 for the Commission to carry out its duties and for the Archivist to make grants to State and local agencies and to nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for historical publications and records programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Additional coverage.--The term ``additional coverage''
        has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal
        Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)).
            (2) Insurable commodity.--The term ``insurable commodity''
        means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for which
        the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan
        of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
        1501 et seq.).
            (3) Noninsurable commodity.--The term ``noninsurable
        commodity'' means an eligible crop for which the producers on a
        farm are eligible to obtain assistance under section 196 of the
        Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
        U.S.C. 7333).
    (b) Emergency Financial Assistance.--Notwithstanding section
508(b)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(7)), the
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'')
shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make emergency financial assistance authorized under
this section available to producers on a farm that have incurred
qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2003 or 2004 crop (as elected
by a producer), but not both, due to damaging weather or related
condition, as determined by the Secretary.
    (c) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 815 of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114
Stat. 1549A-55), including using the same loss thresholds for the
quantity and quality losses as were used in administering that section.
    (d) Reduction in Payments.--The amount of assistance that a
producer would otherwise receive for a qualifying crop or quality loss
under this section shall be reduced by the amount of assistance that
the producer receives under the crop loss assistance program announced
by the Secretary on August 27, 2004.
    (e) Ineligibility for Assistance.--Except as provided in subsection
(f), the producers on a farm shall not be eligible for assistance under
this section with respect to losses to an insurable commodity or
noninsurable commodity if the producers on the farm--
            (1) in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain a
        policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under
        the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the
        crop incurring the losses; and
            (2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file
        the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the
        applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable
        commodity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) for the crop
        incurring the losses.
    (f) Contract Waiver.--The Secretary may waive subsection (e) with
respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter into a
contract with the Secretary under which the producers agree--
            (1) in the case of an insurable commodity, to obtain a
        policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance
        Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) providing additional coverage for
        the insurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops; and
            (2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to file the
        required paperwork and pay the administrative fee by the
        applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable
        commodity for each of the next 2 crops under section 196 of the
        Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
        U.S.C. 7333).
    (g) Effect of Violation.--In the event of the violation of a
contract under subsection (f) by a producer, the producer shall
reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the assistance provided
to the producer under this section.

SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make and administer
payments for livestock losses to producers for 2003 or 2004 losses (as
elected by a producer), but not both, in a county that has received an
emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January
1, 2003, of which an amount determined by the Secretary shall be made
available for the American Indian livestock program under section 806
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114
Stat. 1549A-51).
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 806 of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114
Stat. 1549A-51).
    (c) Mitigation.--In determining the eligibility for or amount of
payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock
assistance program, the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that
takes actions (recognizing disaster conditions) that reduce the average
number of livestock the producer owned for grazing during the
production year for which assistance is being provided.

SEC. 4. TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under the tree
assistance program established under subtitle C of title X of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to producers who suffered
tree losses during the winter of 2003 through 2004.

SEC. 5. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

    The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.

SEC. 6. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as
are necessary to implement this Act.
    (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and
administration of this Act shall be made without regard to--
            (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
        title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
        effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to
        notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in
        rulemaking; and
            (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
        known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
    (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 7. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act are
each designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of
S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of
Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the
Senate by section 14007 of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1014). However, such amounts
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

Output:
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2003 or 2004 crop losses due to weather or related conditions. Permits producers with qualifying losses in both years to elect to receive payments in either, but not both, of such years. Makes producers ineligible for crop disaster assistance if they did not: (1) get Federal crop insurance for insurable commodities; and (2) file required paperwork and pay related fees for noninsurable commodities. Sets forth waiver provisions. Reduces payments for amounts received under a specified crop loss program announced in 2004.

 Directs the Secretary to provide payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2003 or 2004 losses in an emergency-designated county, with discretionary set-asides for the American Indian livestock program. Permits producers with qualifying losses in both years to elect to receive payments in either, but not both, of such years.

Directs the Secretary to provide assistance under the tree assistance program to tree farmers who have suffered losses during the 2003-2004 winter.