Input:
That this Act may be
cited as the ``Federal Employees' Overtime Pay Limitation Amendments
Act of 2000''.
    Sec. 2. (a) Title 5, United States Code is amended--
            (1) in section 5542(a)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) For an employee whose basic pay is at a rate which
        exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-10 (including any
        applicable locality-based comparability payment under section
        5304 or similar provision of law and any applicable special
        rate of pay under section 5305 or similar provision of law),
        the overtime hourly rate of pay is an amount equal to the
        greater of--
                  ``(A) one and one-half times the minimum hourly rate
                of basic pay for GS-10 (including any applicable
                locality-based comparability payment under section 5304
                or similar provision of law and any applicable special
                rate of pay under section 5305 or similar provision of
                law); or
                    ``(B) the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee
                (including any applicable locality-based comparability
                payment under section 5304 or similar provision of law
                and any applicable special rate of pay under section
                5305 or similar provision of law),
        and all that amount is premium pay,''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for any pay
        period during which an employee is engaged in work in
        connection with an emergency (including a wildfire emergency)
        that involves a direct threat to life or property, including
        work performed in the aftermath of such an emergency, the
        overtime hourly rate of pay is an amount equal to one and one-
        half times the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee, except
        that such overtime hourly rate of pay may not exceed the
        greater of--
                    ``(A) one and one-half times the minimum hourly
                rate of basic pay for GS-12 (including any applicable
                locality-based comparability payment under section 5304
                or similar provision of law but excluding any
                applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 or
                similar provision of law); or
                    ``(B) the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee
                (including any applicable locality-based comparability
                payment under section 5304 or similar provision of law
                and any applicable special rate of pay under section
                5305 or similar provision of law),
        and all that amount is premium pay. A determination as to the
        existence and duration of such an emergency and its aftermath,
        and whether work is connected to it, shall be made at the
        discretion of the head of the agency (or his or her designee)
        in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management
        and Budget.''; and
            (2) in section 5547--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) An employee may be paid premium pay under sections 5542, 5545
(a), (b), and (c), 5545a, and 5546 (a) and (b) only to the extent that
the payment does not cause the aggregate of basic pay and such premium
pay for any pay period for such employee to exceed the greater of--
            ``(1) the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15
        (including any applicable locality-based comparability payment
        under section 5304 or similar provision of law and any
        applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 or similar
        provision of law); or
            ``(2) the rate payable for level V of the Executive
        Schedule.'';
                    (B) by amending subsection (b)(1) to read:
            ``(1) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Office of
        Personnel Management, the first sentence of subsection (a)
        shall not apply to an employee who is paid premium pay by
        reason of work in connection with an emergency as specified
        under section 5542(a)(4).'';
                    (C) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as
                follows:
            ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no employee referred
        to in such paragraph may be paid premium pay under the
        provisions of law cited in the first sentence of subsection (a)
        if, or to the extent that, the aggregate of the basic pay and
        premium pay under those provisions for such employee would, in
        any calendar year, exceed the greater of--
                    ``(A) the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-
                15 in effect at the end of such calendar year
                (including any applicable locality-based comparability
                payment under section 5304 or similar provision of law
                and any applicable special rate of pay under section
                5305 or similar provision of law); or
                    ``(B) the rate payable for level V of the Executive
                Schedule in effect at the end of such calendar year.'';
                    (D) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations
governing the applicability of subsection (b) to employees who are in
receipt of annual premium pay for standby duty or administratively
uncontrollable overtime work under section 5545(c) or availability pay
for criminal investigators under section 5545a.'', and
                    (E) by adding at the end:
    ``(d) This section shall not apply to any employee of the Federal
Aviation Administration or the Department of Defense who is paid
premium pay under section 5546a.'',
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the
first day of the first pay period beginning on or after 120 days
following the date of enactment of this Act.

Output: Revises provisions regarding limitations on premium pay to: (1) allow an employee to be paid premium pay under certain circumstances only to the extent that the payment does not cause the aggregate of basic pay and such premium pay to exceed the greater of the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 or the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule; (2) provide that such limitation shall not apply to an employee who is paid premium pay by reason of work in connection with an emergency; (3) prohibit such an employee from being paid such pay if, or to the extent that, the aggregate of the basic pay and premium pay would, in any calendar year, exceed the greater of the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 or the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule; (4) authorize the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations governing the applicability of the two preceding amendments to employees who are in receipt of annual premium pay for standby duty or administratively uncontrollable overtime work or availability pay for criminal investigators; and (5) prohibit applying such provisions to certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) nearly 500,000 children are in foster care in the
        United States;
            (2) tens of thousands of children in foster care are
        waiting for adoption;
            (3) 2 years and 8 months is the median length of time that
        children wait to be adopted;
            (4) child welfare agencies should work to eliminate racial,
        ethnic, and national origin discrimination and bias in adoption
        and foster care recruitment, selection, and placement
        procedures; and
            (5) active, creative, and diligent efforts are needed to
        recruit parents, from every race and culture, for children
        needing foster care or adoptive parents.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to decrease the length
of time that children wait to be adopted and to prevent discrimination
in the placement of children on the basis of race, color, or national
origin.

SEC. 3. MULTIETHNIC PLACEMENTS.

    (a) Activities.--
            (1) Prohibition.--An agency, or entity, that receives
        Federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care
        placements may not--
                    (A) categorically deny to any person the
                opportunity to become an adoptive or a foster parent,
                solely on the basis of the race, color, or national
                origin of the adoptive or foster parent, or the child,
                involved; or
                    (B) unduly delay or deny the placement of a child
                for adoption or into foster care, or otherwise
                discriminate in making a placement decision, solely on
                the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the
                adoptive or foster parent, or the child, involved.
            (2) Permissible consideration.--An agency or entity to
        which paragraph (1) applies may consider the race, color, or
        national origin of a child as a factor in making a placement
        decision if such factor is relevant to the best interests of
        the child involved and is considered in conjunction with other
        factors.
            (3) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term
        ``placement decision'' means the decision to place, or to delay
        or deny the placement of, a child in a foster care or an
        adoptive home, and includes the decision of the agency or
        entity involved to seek the termination of birth parent rights
        or otherwise make a child legally available for adoptive
        placement.
    (b) Limitation.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
not provide placement and administrative funds under section 474(a)(3)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)) to an agency or entity
described in subsection (a) that is not in compliance with subsection
(a).
    (c) Equitable Relief.--Any individual who is aggrieved by an action
in violation of subsection (a), taken by an agency or entity described
in subsection (a), shall have the right to bring an action seeking
relief in a United States district court of appropriate jurisdiction.
    (d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
affect the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).

Output:
Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 - Prohibits an agency or entity that receives Federal assistance and is involved in adoptive or foster care placements from categorically denying to any person the opportunity to become an adoptive or a foster parent, or delaying or denying the placement of a child, solely on the basis of race, color, or national origin of the adoptive or foster parent or parents, or the child, involved. Permits consideration of the child's race, color, or national origin when such factors are:  (1) considered in conjunction with other factors; and (2) relevant to the child's best interest.
Withholds specified adoption assistance funds from such an agency or entity in cases of noncompliance.
Grants any individual aggrieved by a noncomplying agency or entity the right to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. District Court.
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Syria Human Rights Accountability
Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE
              FOR OR COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST
              CITIZENS OF SYRIA OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described in
subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by
subsection (b).
    (b) List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain
Human Rights Abuses.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are
        officials of the Government of Syria or persons acting on
        behalf of that Government that the President determines, based
        on credible evidence, are responsible for or complicit in, or
        responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing,
        the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens
        of Syria or their family members, regardless of whether such
        abuses occurred in Syria.
            (2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees an updated list under
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) not later than 270 days after the date of the
                enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter;
                and
                    (B) as new information becomes available.
            (3) Form of report; public availability.--
                    (A) Form.--The list required by paragraph (1) shall
                be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a
                classified annex.
                    (B) Public availability.--The unclassified portion
                of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made
                available to the public and posted on the websites of
                the Department of the Treasury and the Department of
                State.
            (4) Consideration of data from other countries and
        nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required
        by paragraph (1), the President shall consider credible data
        already obtained by other countries and nongovernmental
        organizations, including organizations in Syria, that monitor
        the human rights abuses of the Government of Syria.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are ineligibility for a visa to enter the United States and
sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including blocking of property and
restrictions or prohibitions on financial transactions and the
exportation and importation of property, subject to such regulations as
the President may prescribe, including regulatory exceptions to permit
the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United
Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of
the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force
November 21, 1947, and other applicable international obligations.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF GOODS
              OR TECHNOLOGIES TO SYRIA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE USED TO
              COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described in
section 2(c) with respect to--
            (1) each person on the list required by subsection (b); and
            (2) any person that--
                    (A) is a successor entity to a person on the list;
                    (B) owns or controls a person on the list, if the
                person that owns or controls the person on the list had
                actual knowledge or should have known that the person
                on the list engaged in the activity described in
                subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in
                the list; or
                    (C) is owned or controlled by, or under common
                ownership or control with, the person on the list, if
                the person owned or controlled by, or under common
                ownership or control with (as the case may be), the
                person on the list knowingly engaged in the activity
                described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was
                included in the list.
    (b) List.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the
        President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity
        described in paragraph (2) on or after such date of enactment.
            (2) Activity described.--
                    (A) In general.--A person engages in an activity
                described in this paragraph if the person--
                            (i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer
                        of, goods or technologies described in
                        subparagraph (C) to Syria; or
                            (ii) provides services with respect to
                        goods or technologies described in subparagraph
                        (C) after such goods or technologies are
                        transferred to Syria.
                    (B) Applicability to contracts and other
                agreements.--A person engages in an activity described
                in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the
                activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other
                agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of
                the enactment of this Act.
                    (C) Goods or technologies described.--Goods or
                technologies described in this subparagraph are goods
                or technologies that the President determines are
                likely to be used by the Government of Syria or any of
                its agencies or instrumentalities to commit human
                rights abuses against the people of Syria, including--
                            (i) firearms or ammunition (as those terms
                        are defined in section 921 of title 18, United
                        States Code), rubber bullets, police sticks,
                        mace, stun grenades, tasers or other
                        electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons,
                        or surveillance technology; or
                            (ii) sensitive technology (as defined in
                        section 5(c)).
            (3) Special rule to allow for termination of sanctionable
        activity.--The President shall not be required to include a
        person on the list required by paragraph (1) if the President
        certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional
        committees that--
                    (A) the person is no longer engaging in, or has
                taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the
                activity described in paragraph (2) for which the
                President would otherwise have included the person on
                the list; and
                    (B) the President has received reliable assurances
                that the person will not knowingly engage in any
                activity described in paragraph (2) in the future.
            (4) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees an updated list under
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) not later than 270 days after the date of the
                enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter;
                and
                    (B) as new information becomes available.
            (5) Form of report; public availability.--
                    (A) Form.--The list required by paragraph (1) shall
                be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a
                classified annex.
                    (B) Public availability.--The unclassified portion
                of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made
                available to the public and posted on the websites of
                the Department of the Treasury and the Department of
                State.

SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN
              CENSORSHIP IN SYRIA.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described in
section 2(c) with respect to each person on the list required by
subsection (b).
    (b) List of Persons Who Engage in Censorship.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the
        President determines have engaged in censorship, or activities
        relating to censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, or
        penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by
        citizens of Syria.
            (2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees an updated list under
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) not later than 270 days after the date of the
                enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter;
                and
                    (B) as new information becomes available.
            (3) Form of report; public availability.--
                    (A) Form.--The list required by paragraph (1) shall
                be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a
                classified annex.
                    (B) Public availability.--The unclassified portion
                of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made
                available to the public and posted on the websites of
                the Department of the Treasury and the Department of
                State.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS THAT EXPORT
              SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO SYRIA AND THEIR AFFILIATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), and pursuant
to such regulations as the President may prescribe, the head of an
executive agency may not enter into or renew a contract, on or after
the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
for the procurement of goods or services with--
            (1) a person that exports sensitive technology to Syria; or
            (2) any person that--
                    (A) is a successor entity to a person referred to
                in paragraph (1);
                    (B) owns or controls a person referred to in
                paragraph (1), if the person that owns or controls the
                person referred to in paragraph (1) has actual
                knowledge or should know that the person referred to in
                paragraph (1) exports sensitive technology to Syria; or
                    (C) is owned or controlled by, or under common
                ownership or control with, a person referred to in
                paragraph (1), if the person owned or controlled by, or
                under common ownership or control with (as the case may
                be), the person referred to in paragraph (1) knowingly
                engages in the exportation by the person referred to in
                paragraph (1) of sensitive technology to Syria.
    (b) Authorization To Exempt Certain Products.--The President is
authorized to exempt from the prohibition under subsection (a) only
eligible products, as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements
Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or
instrumentality designated under section 301(b) of that Act (19 U.S.C.
2511(b)).
    (c) Sensitive Technology Defined.--
            (1) In general.--The term ``sensitive technology'' means
        hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other
        technology, that the President determines is to be used
        specifically--
                    (A) to restrict the free flow of unbiased
                information in Syria; or
                    (B) to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict
                speech of the people of Syria.
            (2) Exception.--The term ``sensitive technology'' does not
        include information or informational materials the exportation
        of which the President does not have the authority to regulate
        or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3) of the International
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).
    (d) Special Rule To Allow for Termination of Sanctionable
Activity.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to a person described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)
if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional
committees that--
            (1) the person described in paragraph (1) of that
        subsection is no longer engaging in, or has taken significant
        verifiable steps toward stopping, exporting sensitive
        technology to Syria; and
            (2) the President has received reliable assurances that
        that person will not knowingly export sensitive technology to
        Syria in the future.

SEC. 6. WAIVER.

    The President may waive the requirement to include a person on a
list required by section 2, 3, or 4 or to impose sanctions pursuant to
any such section, or the application of section 5(a), if the
President--
            (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national
        security interests of the United States; and
            (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
        report on the reasons for that determination.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--The provisions of this Act and any sanctions
imposed pursuant to this Act shall terminate on the date on which the
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees--
            (1) the certification described in subsection (b); and
            (2) a certification that--
                    (A) the Government of Syria is democratically
                elected and representative of the people of Syria; or
                    (B) a legitimate transitional government of Syria
                is in place.
    (b) Certification Described.--A certification described in this
subsection is a certification by the President that the Government of
Syria--
            (1) has unconditionally released all political prisoners;
            (2) has ceased its practices of violence, unlawful
        detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria engaged in
        peaceful political activity;
            (3) has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive
        technology designed to restrict the free flow of unbiased
        information in Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise
        restrict the right of citizens of Syria to freedom of
        expression;
            (4) has ceased providing support for foreign terrorist
        organizations and no longer allows such organizations,
        including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to
        maintain facilities in territory under the control of the
        Government of Syria;
            (5) has ceased the development and deployment of medium-
        and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles;
            (6) is not pursuing or engaged in the research,
        development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment
        of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, and has provided
        credible assurances that it will not engage in such activities
        in the future; and
            (7) has agreed to allow the United Nations and other
        international observers to verify that the Government of Syria
        is not engaging in such activities and to assess the
        credibility of the assurances provided by that Government.
    (c) Suspension of Sanctions After Election of Democratic
Government.--If the President submits to the appropriate congressional
committees the certification described in subsection (a)(2), the
President may suspend the provisions of this Act and any sanctions
imposed under this Act for not more than one year to allow time for a
certification described in subsection (b) to be submitted.

SEC. 8. RECORDKEEPING.

    The President may prescribe such regulations requiring
recordkeeping, reporting, and production of documents as the President
determines appropriate to carry out this Act.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the terms ``appropriate congressional committees'' and
``knowingly'' have the meanings given those terms in section 14 of the
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).

Output:
Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to submit, and update every 180 days and as new information becomes available, the following lists to Congress: (1) Syrian government officials or persons acting on behalf of that government who are responsible for or complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against Syrian citizens or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Syria; (2) persons who knowingly transfer or facilitate the transfer of goods or technologies (weapons, surveillance technology, or sensitive technology) that are likely to be used by Syria to commit human rights abuses against the Syrian people; and (3) persons who engage in censorship that prohibits, limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by Syrian citizens.

Directs the President to impose specified property and finance-related sanctions on such listed persons and make them ineligible for U.S. entry.

Authorizes the President to waive the listing of a person or the imposition of sanctions if in the U.S. national security interest.

Prohibits the head of a federal agency from entering into or renewing a contract for the procurement of goods or services with a person (or a person owning or controlling such person) that exports sensitive technology to Syria. Authorizes the President to exempt certain products from such prohibition.

Defines "sensitive technology" as hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is used to: (1) restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria; or (2) disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the speech of the Syrian people.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Readiness Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``career guidance counselor'' means an
        individual who is certified in career guidance and who assists
        students with evaluating career options, opportunities,
        planning, and decisionmaking and in seeking and obtaining
        employment.
            (2) The term ``generic skills'' means cross-industry,
        cross-occupation skills which are necessary for all individuals
        to have to be effective participants in the workforce.
            (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
        Education.
            (4) The term ``school-to-work transition'' means the
        process by which students acquire academic and occupational
        skills and work experience to assist in the transition from
        school to employment.

              TITLE I--NATIONAL BOARD ON WORKFORCE SKILLS

SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established a National Board on Workforce Skills for the
21st Century (in this title referred to as the ``National Board'').

SEC. 102. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this title to oversee the development of
voluntary national standards that will identify the generic workplace
readiness skills which employers agree all students should have upon
completion of high school in order to be effective participants in the
workforce.

SEC. 103. DUTIES.

    The National Board shall--
            (1) work with employers and educators to establish, through
        a broad public process, voluntary national standards that will
        identify the generic workplace readiness skills which employers
        agree that students should have upon completion of high school;
            (2) in developing such standards, take into consideration
        current work in this area undertaken under other auspices,
        including activities carried out under title II;
            (3) consult with industry-specific occupational boards
        formulate work-ready skills standards;
            (4) conduct research and evaluation activities necessary to
        determine the relationship between possession of skills and
        increased work performance;
            (5) update such skills as the skill requirements of the
        economy change;
            (6) conduct research and demonstration activities which
        include the development and testing of models for integrating
        skills into the school-based learning in the K-12 grades,
        giving priority to models which integrate academic and
        workplace instruction beginning in elementary school grades;
            (7) release draft standards for broad review and comment,
        and ensure the input of a broad range of employers including
        small businesses;
            (8) once the final standards have been approved by the
        National Board, work with consortia of employers, labor, and
        education representatives to incorporate the standards into
        State and local systemic education reform efforts; and
            (9) recommend procedures for the dissemination of
        information and the provision of technical assistance to
        consortia of business, labor, and education.

SEC. 104. COMPOSITION.

    The National Board shall be composed of 23 members appointed in
accordance with section 105, representing business and industry, labor,
education, and local government. The National Board shall reflect a
broad range of businesses, including representatives from the
manufacturing, financial, and service sectors.

SEC. 105. MEMBERSHIP.

    Members of the National Board shall be appointed as follows:
            (1) 7 members, of which at least 3 shall be Baldrige Award
        winners, shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
        Representatives, upon recommendations of the majority and
        minority leaders of the House, respectively.
            (2) 7 members, of which at least 3 shall be Baldrige Award
        winners, shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the
        Senate, upon recommendations of the majority and minority
        leaders of the Senate, respectively.
            (3) 7 members, of which at least 3 shall be Baldrige Award
        winners, shall be appointed by the President of the United
        States.

SEC. 106. EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.

    The Secretary of education and the Secretary of Labor shall serve
as ex officio members of the National Board.

SEC. 107. TERMS OF APPOINTEES.

    (a) Initial Appointments.--The members of the National Board
appointed under paragraph 1 of section 105 shall be appointed for a
term of 3 years, the members appointed under paragraph 2 of section 105
shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, and the members appointed
under paragraph 3 of section 105 shall be appointed for a term of 5
years.
    (b) Subsequent Terms.--After the terms under subsection (a) are
served, each member appointed subsequently shall be appointed for a 3-
year term.

SEC. 108. CHAIRPERSON.

    The National Board shall annually elect a Chairperson from among
its members who shall serve for a term of 1 year.

SEC. 109. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.

    (a) Compensation.--Members of the National Board shall serve
without compensation.
    (b) Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places of
business on the business of the National Board, members of the Board
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as is authorized under section 5703 of title 5, United
States Code.
    (c) Staff.--The National Board shall appoint an Executive Director
who shall be compensated at a rate determined by the National Board not
to exceed level 15 of the General Schedule under title 5, United States
Code, and who may appoint such staff as is necessary.

              TITLE II--SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITION PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this title to develop school-to-work
transition programs which provide students with the education and
skills necessary to enter the workplace ready to perform and able to
attain a satisfactory standard of living.

SEC. 202. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants to
local educational agencies to develop, implement, or expand programs
which integrate workplace skills into the regular school curriculum in
order to facilitate the transition from school to work.
    (b) Equitable Distribution of Assistance.--In approving grants
under this title, the Secretary shall assure an equitable distribution
of assistance among the States and among urban and rural areas of the
States.

SEC. 203. APPLICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--A local educational agency that desires to receive
a grant under this title shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such form, and containing such information that the
Secretary may reasonably require.
    (b) Contents of Application.--Such application shall include--
            (1) the composition of the business/industry/labor
        partnership with which the local education agency will work to
        develop and implement an effective school-to-work transition
        program;
            (2) a description of how funds will be used;
            (3) a description of how the program will be coordinated
        with K-12 vocational educational programs; and
            (4) an assurance that the applicant shall maintain data and
        information regarding the program, including the number of
        students served.

SEC. 204. USES OF FUNDS.

    (a) Requirements.--Grants made available under this title shall be
used by local educational agencies working to develop and implement
comprehensive school-to-work transition which shall include processes
and procedures for--
            (1) enabling students to gain a better understanding of
        skill necessary for the workplace through work site visits,
        demonstrating and using of business technologies in the
        classroom, and bringing representatives of business and
        organized labor into the classroom;
            (2) developing or adopting curricula and instructional
        materials which incorporate generic workplace skills;
            (3) expanding opportunities for students to enter career
        preparation programs that integrate academic instruction with
        workplace instruction;
            (4) providing career guidance counselors to assist students
        seeking job placement or further occupational specific
        education; and
            (5) professional development strategies for teachers,
        principals, counselors, and other school personnel to further
        the purposes of this title.
    (b) Optional Activities.--A local educational agency may--
            (1) initiate a flexible school schedule to enable students
        to spend adequate time in the classroom and at the workplace;
        and
            (2) design programs which enhance opportunities for
        students to enter into programs leading to an associate degree
        in an occupational field or program authorized under part E,
        title III of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
        Education Act.

SEC. 205. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.

    (a) Federal Share.--The Federal share of a grant under this title
may not exceed--
            (1) 90 percent of the total cost of a project for the first
        year for which the project receives assistance under this
        title, and
            (2) 75 percent of such cost for the second such year and
        each subsequent year.
    (b) Other Sources.--The share of payments from sources other than
funds appropriated under this title may be in cash or in-kind fairly
evaluated.

SEC. 206. REPORTING.

    (a) Reports to Secretary.--A local educational agency that receives
a grant under this title shall submit a report to the Secretary each
year.
    (b) Report to the Congress.--The Secretary shall submit to the
Congress a biannual report.

SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 for grants to local
educational agencies for the development and implementation of programs
under this title to assist students to make the transition from school
to work.
    (b) Funds for National Board.--Of the funds authorized under
subsection (a), 5 percent shall be reserved for activities authorized
under title I of this Act.

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Workforce Readiness Act of 1993 -
Title I:  National Board on Workforce Skills
 - Establishes a National Board on Workforce Skills for the 21st Century.
Title II:  School-to-Work Transition Programs
 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to develop, implement, or expand programs which integrate workplace skills into the regular school curriculum to facilitate the transition from school to work.  Sets forth reporting requirements.
Authorizes appropriations for such grants and for the National Board.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Shortage Response Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED QUALIFIED LOAN AMOUNTS.

    (a) FFEL Loans.--Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Increased amounts for teachers in mathematics,
        science, or special education.--
                    ``(A) Service qualifying for increased amounts.--
                Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1),
                the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall repay
                under this section shall not be more than $17,500 in
                the case of--
                            ``(i) a secondary school teacher--
                                    ``(I) who meets the requirements of
                                subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
                                (D) of this paragraph; and
                                    ``(II) whose qualifying employment
                                for purposes of such subsection has
                                been teaching mathematics or science on
                                a full-time basis;
                            ``(ii) an elementary or secondary school
                        teacher--
                                    ``(I) who meets the requirements of
                                subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
                                (D) of this paragraph;
                                    ``(II) whose qualifying employment
                                for purposes of such subsection has
                                been as a special education teacher
                                whose primary responsibility is to
                                provide special education to children
                                with disabilities (as those terms are
                                defined in section 602 of the
                                Individuals with Disabilities Act); and
                                    ``(III) who, as certified by the
                                chief administrative officer of the
                                public or nonprofit private elementary
                                or secondary school in which the
                                borrower is employed, is teaching
                                children with disabilities that
                                correspond with the borrower's special
                                education training and has demonstrated
                                knowledge and teaching skills in the
                                content areas of the elementary or
                                secondary school curriculum that the
                                borrower is teaching; and
                            ``(iii) an elementary or secondary school
                        teacher who primarily teaches reading and--
                                    ``(I) who meets the requirements of
                                subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
                                (D) of this paragraph;
                                    ``(II) who has obtained a separate
                                reading instruction credential from the
                                State in which the teacher is employed;
                                and
                                    ``(III) who is certified by the
                                chief administrative officer of the
                                public or nonprofit private elementary
                                or secondary school in which the
                                borrower is employed to teach reading--
                                            ``(aa) as being proficient
                                        in teaching the essential
                                        components of reading
                                        instruction as defined in
                                        section 1208 of the Elementary
                                        and Secondary Education Act of
                                        1965; and
                                            ``(bb) as having such
                                        credential.
                    ``(B) Accelerated payment.--Notwithstanding the
                requirements of subsection (b)(1) and paragraph (1) of
                this subsection that 5 consecutive complete years of
                service have been completed prior to the receipt of
                loan forgiveness, in the case of service described in
                subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall
                repay a portion of a borrower's loan obligation
                outstanding at the commencement of the qualifying
                service under this subsection, not to exceed a total of
                $17,500, in the following increments:
                            ``(i) up to $1,750, or 10 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the second year of such
                        service;
                            ``(ii) up to $2,625, or 15 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the third year of such
                        service;
                            ``(iii) up to $4,375, or 25 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the fourth year of such
                        service; and
                            ``(iv) up to $8,750, or 50 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the fifth year of such
                        service.
                    ``(C) Promise to complete service required for
                accelerated payment.--Any borrower who receives
                accelerated payment under this paragraph shall enter
                into an agreement to continue in the qualifying service
                for not less than 5 consecutive complete school years,
                or, upon a failure to complete such 5 years, to repay
                the United States, in accordance with regulations
                prescribed by the Secretary, the amount of the loans
                repaid by the Secretary under this paragraph, together
                with interest thereon and, to the extent required in
                such regulations, the reasonable costs of collection.
                Such regulations may provide for waiver by the
                Secretary of such repayment obligations upon proof of
                economic hardship as specified in such regulations.
                    ``(D) Higher poverty enrollment required.--In order
                to qualify for an increased repayment amount under this
                paragraph, section 465(a)(2)(A) shall, for purposes of
                subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section, be applied by
                substituting `40 percent of the total enrollment' for
                `30 percent of the total enrollment'.''.
    (b) Direct Loans.--Section 460(c) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
            ``(3) Increased amounts for teachers in mathematics,
        science, or special education.--
                    ``(A) Service qualifying for increased amounts.--
                Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1),
                the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall repay
                under this section shall not be more than $17,500 in
                the case of--
                            ``(i) a secondary school teacher--
                                    ``(I) who meets the requirements of
                                subsection (b)(1), subject to
                                subparagraph (D) of this paragraph; and
                                    ``(II) whose qualifying employment
                                for purposes of such subsection has
                                been teaching mathematics or science on
                                a full-time basis;
                            ``(ii) an elementray or secondary school
                        teacher--
                                    ``(I) who meets the requirements of
                                subsection (b)(1), subject to
                                subparagraph (D) of this paragraph;
                                    ``(II) whose qualifying employment
                                for purposes of such subsection has
                                been as a special education teacher
                                whose primary responsibility is to
                                provide special education to children
                                with disabilities (as those terms are
                                defined in section 602 of the
                                Individuals with Disabilities Act); and
                                    ``(III) who, as certified by the
                                chief administrative officer of the
                                public or nonprofit private elementary
                                or secondary school in which the
                                borrower is employed, is teaching
                                children with disabilities that
                                correspond with the borrower's special
                                education training and has demonstrated
                                knowledge and teaching skills in the
                                content areas of the elementary or
                                secondary school curriculum that the
                                borrower is teaching; and
                            ``(iii) an elementary or secondary school
                        teacher who primarily teaches reading and--
                                    ``(I) who meets the requirements of
                                subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
                                (D) of this paragraph;
                                    ``(II) who has obtained a separate
                                reading instruction credential from the
                                State in which the teacher is employed;
                                and
                                    ``(III) who is certified by the
                                chief administrative officer of the
                                public or nonprofit private elementary
                                or secondary school in which the
                                borrower is employed to teach reading--
                                            ``(aa) as being proficient
                                        in teaching the essential
                                        components of reading
                                        instruction as defined in
                                        section 1208 of the Elementary
                                        and Secondary Education Act of
                                        1965; and
                                            ``(bb) as having such
                                        credential.
                    ``(B) Accelerated payment.--Notwithstanding the
                requirements of subsection (b)(1)(A) and paragraph (1)
                of this subsection that 5 consecutive complete years of
                service have been completed prior to the receipt of
                loan forgiveness, in the case of service described in
                subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall
                repay a portion of a borrower's loan obligation
                outstanding at the commencement of the qualifying
                service under this subsection, not to exceed a total of
                $17,500, in the following increments:
                            ``(i) up to $1,750, or 10 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the second year of such
                        service;
                            ``(ii) up to $2,625, or 15 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the third year of such
                        service;
                            ``(iii) up to $4,375, or 25 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the fourth year of such
                        service; and
                            ``(iv) up to $8,750, or 50 percent of such
                        outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
                        at the completion of the fifth year of such
                        service.
                    ``(C) Promise to complete service required for
                accelerated payment.--Any borrower who receives
                accelerated payment under this paragraph shall enter
                into an agreement to continue in the qualifying service
                for not less than 5 consecutive complete school years,
                or, upon a failure to complete such 5 years, to repay
                the United States, in accordance with regulations
                prescribed by the Secretary, the amount of the loans
                repaid by the Secretary under this paragraph, together
                with interest thereon and, to the extent required in
                such regulations, the reasonable costs of collection.
                Such regulations may provide for waiver by the
                Secretary of such repayment obligations upon proof of
                economic hardship as specified in such regulations.
                    ``(D) Higher poverty enrollment required.--In order
                to qualify for an increased repayment amount under this
                paragraph, section 465(a)(2)(A) shall, for purposes of
                subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) of this section, be applied by
                substituting `40 percent of the total enrollment' for
                `30 percent of the total enrollment'.''.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Amendments.--
            (1) FFEL loans.--Section 428J(b)(1) of the Higher Education
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the
                end of subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and
                inserting the following:
                    ``(B) if employed as an elementary or secondary
                school teacher, is highly qualified as defined in
                section 9101(23) of the Elementary Secondary Education
                Act of 1965; and''.
            (2) Direct loans.--Section 460(b)(1)(A) of such Act (20
        U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the
                end of clause (i); and
                    (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and
                inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) if employed as an elementary or
                        secondary school teacher, is highly qualified
                        as defined in section 9101(23) of the
                        Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965;
                        and''.
    (b) Transition Rule.--
            (1) Rule.--The amendments made by subsection (a) of this
        section to sections 428J(b)(1) and 460(b)(1)(A) of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 shall not be applied to disqualify any
        individual who, before the date of enactment of this Act,
        commenced service that met and continues to meet the
        requirements of such sections as in effect before such date of
        enactment.
            (2) Rule not applicable to increased qualified loan
        amounts.--Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply for
        purposes of obtaining increased qualified loan amounts under
        sections 428J(b)(3) and 460(b)(3) of the Higher Education Act
        of 1965 as added by section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 4. INFORMATION ON BENEFITS TO RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

    The Secretary shall--
            (1) notify local educational agencies eligible to
        participate in the Small Rural Achievement Program authorized
        under subpart 1 of part B of title VI of the Elementary and
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 of the benefits available under
        the amendments made by this Act; and
            (2) encourage such agencies to notify their teachers of
        such benefits.

Output:
Teacher Shortage Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for highly qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education and for reading specialists.

Directs the Secretary of Education to notify local educational agencies eligible to participate in the Small Rural Achievement Program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 of the benefits available under the amendments made by this Act, and to encourage such agencies to notify their teachers of such increased benefits.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highways Bettering the Economy and
Environment Pollinator Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The roadside vegetation management practices of both
        State governments and the Federal Government aim to secure
        motorist safety, reduce the presence of noxious weeds, and
        stabilize the soil.
            (2) Federal and State highway departments are facing severe
        budget shortfalls.
            (3) Native forbs and grasses are less likely to encroach
        onto roads than invasive species, such as kudzu.
            (4) Integrated vegetation management practices will reduce
        the cost of maintaining roadside vegetation.
            (5) Native forbs and grasses are best adapted to local
        conditions and thus require less active management, reducing
        the need to replant, weed, and mow the areas adjacent to the
        road.
            (6) Pollinators, such as native bees, honey bees, birds,
        bats, Monarch butterflies, and other butterflies, are suffering
        drastic population loss due in part to loss of habitat and
        forage.
            (7) Pollinators are vital for American agriculture.
        Responsible for 1 out of every 3 bites of food we eat, a
        diverse pollinator population is necessary for maintaining the
        diversity of our plant life and food supply.
            (8) Studies have shown supporting native forbs and grasses
        along the roadside can be beneficial to the pollinator
        population by providing migratory corridors and habitat and
        forage connectivity and by helping such populations adapt to
        climate change.
            (9) Plantings of noninvasive, locally appropriate milkweed
        species can create migratory way stations for the endangered
        Monarch butterfly and to facilitate migrations of other
        pollinators.
            (10) Enhancing pollinator populations on rights-of-way can
        result in improved pollination services for neighboring lands,
        including agriculture and wildlife ecosystems.
            (11) Highway rights-of-way managed by States represent 17
        million acres of pollinator habitat conservation opportunity,
        and similar opportunities and benefits exist on other
        transportation rights-of-way.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE POLLINATOR HABITAT AND
              FORAGE ON TRANSPORTATION RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

    (a) In General.--Section 319 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``beauty adjacent'' and
        inserting ``beauty (including the enhancement of habitat and
        forage for pollinators) adjacent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Encouragement of Pollinator Habitat and Forage Development
and Protection on Transportation Rights-of-Way.--In carrying out any
program administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall, in
conjunction with willing States, as appropriate--
            ``(1) conduct or encourage integrated vegetation management
        practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-way,
        including reduced mowing;
            ``(2) enhance the development of habitat and forage for
        Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees
        through plantings of native forbs and grasses, including
        noninvasive, native milkweed species that can serve as
        migratory way stations for the endangered Monarch butterfly and
        to facilitate migrations of other pollinators.
            ``(3) encourage leveraging through partnerships and
        coordination with stakeholders in support of pollinators and
        plantings of native forbs and grasses, such as environmental
        groups, research institutions, other agencies, businesses, and
        community organizations; and
            ``(4) conduct or facilitate research and demonstration
        projects on the economic and environmental benefits and best
        practices for integrated vegetation management, reduced mowing,
        and plantings of native forbs and grasses for pollinator
        habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch
        butterflies and other migrating pollinators.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress
a report that includes--
            (1) an analysis of current programs and authorities
        available to carry out section 319(c) of title 23, United
        States Code;
            (2) a summary of programs and authorities being used to
        implement such section;
            (3) an assessment of actions being taken by willing State
        transportation departments and other managers of transportation
        rights-of-way to implement integrated vegetation management
        practices, reduce mowing, and enhance habitat and forage for
        Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees
        through plantings of native forbs and grasses and migratory way
        stations for Monarch butterflies and other migrating
        pollinators; and
            (4) any recommendations for further action.

SEC. 4. PROVISION OF HABITAT, FORAGE, AND MIGRATORY WAY STATIONS FOR
              MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, OTHER NATIVE POLLINATORS, AND HONEY
              BEES.

    Section 329(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``provision of habitat, forage, and migratory way stations
for Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees,''
before ``and aesthetic enhancement''.

Output: Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Pollinator Protection Act - Authorizes as an eligible project cost for the construction of a federal-aid highway the cost of improving habitat and forage for pollinators (i.e. bees, birds, bats, Monarch butterflies, and other butterflies) on rights-of-way adjacent to such highways. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with willing states, to carry out programs that encourage: (1) integrated vegetation management practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-ways, including reduced mowing; (2) the development of habitat and forage for pollinators through planting of native forbs and grasses, including noninvasive, native milkweed species; and (3) research and demonstration projects on economic and environmental benefits and best practices for integrated vegetation management, reduced mowing, and planting of native forbs and grasses for pollinator habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies and other migrating pollinators. Authorizes the use of federal funds for the provision of habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees that is related to a federally-funded transportation project.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Power Risk Management Act of
2013''.

SEC. 2. TRANSACTIONS WITH UTILITY SPECIAL ENTITIES.

    Section 1a(49) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(49)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Certain transactions with a utility special
                entity.--
                            ``(i) Transactions in utility operations-
                        related swaps shall be reported pursuant to
                        section 4r.
                            ``(ii) In making a determination to exempt
                        pursuant to subparagraph (D), the Commission
                        shall treat a utility operations-related swap
                        entered into with a utility special entity, as
                        defined in section 4s(h)(2)(D), as if it were
                        entered into with an entity that is not a
                        special entity, as defined in section
                        4s(h)(2)(C).''.

SEC. 3. UTILITY SPECIAL ENTITY DEFINED.

    Section 4s(h)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6s(h)(2))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Utility special entity.--For purposes of this
                Act, the term `utility special entity' means a special
                entity, or any instrumentality, department, or
                corporation of or established by a State or political
                subdivision of a State, that--
                            ``(i) owns or operates an electric or
                        natural gas facility or an electric or natural
                        gas operation;
                            ``(ii) supplies natural gas and or electric
                        energy to another utility special entity;
                            ``(iii) has public service obligations
                        under Federal, State, or local law or
                        regulation to deliver electric energy or
                        natural gas service to customers; or
                            ``(iv) is a Federal power marketing agency,
                        as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power
                        Act.''.

SEC. 4. UTILITY OPERATIONS-RELATED SWAP.

    (a) Swap Further Defined.--Section 1a(47)(A)(iii) of the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(47)(A)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause (XXI);
            (2) by adding ``and'' at the end of subclause (XXII); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(XXIII) a utility operations-
                                related swap;''.
    (b) Utility Operations-Related Swap Defined.--Section 1a of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 1a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(52) Utility operations-related swap.--The term `utility
        operations-related swap' means a swap that--
                    ``(A) is entered into to hedge or mitigate a
                commercial risk;
                    ``(B) is not a contract, agreement, or transaction
                based on, derived on, or referencing--
                            ``(i) an interest rate, credit, equity, or
                        currency asset class; or
                            ``(ii) a metal, agricultural commodity, or
                        crude oil or gasoline commodity of any grade,
                        except as used as fuel for electric energy
                        generation; and
                    ``(C) is associated with--
                            ``(i) the generation, production, purchase,
                        or sale of natural gas or electric energy, the
                        supply of natural gas or electric energy to a
                        utility, or the delivery of natural gas or
                        electric energy service to utility customers;
                            ``(ii) all fuel supply for the facilities
                        or operations of a utility;
                            ``(iii) compliance with an electric system
                        reliability obligation;
                            ``(iv) compliance with an energy, energy
                        efficiency, conservation, or renewable energy
                        or environmental statute, regulation, or
                        government order applicable to a utility; or
                            ``(v) any other electric energy or natural
                        gas swap to which a utility is a party.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act take effect as if enacted on July
21, 2010.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2013.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: .  Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), when it determines whether to provide an exemption to designation as a swap dealer, to treat a utility operations-related swap entered into with a utility special entity as if such swap were entered into with an entity that is not a special entity. (Thus exempts an entity entering into a utility operations-related swap with a utility special entity from mandatory registration as a swap dealer.) Requires transactions in utility operations-related swaps to be reported according to requirements for the reporting of uncleared swaps. Defines "utility special entity" as a special entity, or any instrumentality, department, or corporation of or established by a state or local government, that: (1) owns or operates an electric or natural gas facility or an electric or natural gas operation; (2) supplies natural gas or electric energy to another utility special entity; (3) has public service obligations under federal, state, or local law or regulation to deliver electric energy or natural gas service to customers; or (4) is a federal power marketing agency. Redefines swap to include a utility operations-related swap. Defines "utility operations-related swap" as one that: (1) is entered into to hedge or mitigate commercial risk; (2) is associated with specified transactions in electric energy or natural gas; and (3) is not a contract, agreement, or transaction based on, derived on, or referencing  an interest rate, credit, equity, or currency asset class; or a metal, agricultural commodity, or crude oil or gasoline commodity of any grade, except as used as fuel for electric energy generation.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening the Child Welfare
Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL
              EXPLOITATION.

    (a) Employee Training Guidelines and Resources.--The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall develop and publish guidelines
(including a list of recommended experts in the field) for use by State
child welfare agencies in training appropriate child welfare employees
and court employees in identifying, documenting, educating, and
counseling children being provided services by the agencies who are at
risk of becoming a victim of trafficking (as defined in section 103(14)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) or who are human
trafficking victims who may need to be in the care of the child welfare
system. The guidelines should also include tips on how the child
welfare employee can effectively engage, educate, and support the
parents of such a child victims, if appropriate.
    (b) Best Practices Toolkit.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall develop and publish guidelines that contain
recommendations on how State child welfare agencies may prevent
children from becoming a victim of trafficking (as defined in section
103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000), which
should include advice on how State and local law enforcement agencies
may collaborate proactively with non-profit organizations on how to
manage cases involving a child who is such a victim. In developing the
best practices toolkit, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is
encouraged to utilize multi-disciplinary research, peer-reviewed
research, evidence-based treatments and programs, and input from child
welfare agencies that have developed human trafficking specific
programs, and to consult appropriate agencies throughout the Federal
Government such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Trafficking in Persons Office of the Department of State. The Secretary
of Health and Human Services should also consider how the Department of
Health and Human Services can best provide support to monitor and
evaluate existing and related programs at State and county agencies and
outline these support mechanisms in the best practices toolkit.
    (c) Residential Safe Havens.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall draft recommendations for State child welfare agencies
on how to best update licensing requirements for child-care
institutions so that specialized, long-term residential facilities or
safe havens serving children who are human trafficking victims can
qualify as child-care institutions under part E of title IV of the
Social Security Act, so that such children who are in the care of the
State may receive the best care and services possible.
    (d) Streamline Data Collection and Reporting.--Section 471(a) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (32);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(34) provides that--
                    ``(A) the records of the agency classify each child
                to whom the agency is providing child welfare services
                and whom the agency has identified as being a victim of
                trafficking (as defined in section 103(14) of the
                Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000), as a child
                trafficking victim, and specify the reasons why the
                child is so classified;
                    ``(B) each report submitted by the agency to the
                data collection system established under section 479
                includes information on each child so classified; and
                    ``(C) the agency shall report the identity of each
                child to whom the agency is providing child welfare
                services and who is missing or has been abducted,
                immediately to appropriate law enforcement agencies for
                entry into the National Crime Information Center
                database.''.
    (e) Documentation of Child Safety and Related Specialized
Services.--Section 475(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675(1)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) In the case of a child classified by the
                State agency as a victim of trafficking (as defined in
                section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
                Act of 2000), a documentation of the measures taken to
                ensure the safety of the child in the placement and of
                the extent to which the child is receiving services
                designed specifically to meet the needs of trafficked
                children, such as intensive case management, mental
                health counseling, security services, language, and
                cultural competency.''.
    (f) Extend Services for Trafficked Youth to Age 21.--Section 477(a)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) to ensure that each child in foster care and each
        former foster care recipient who is a victim of trafficking (as
        defined in section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims
        Protection Act of 2000) is able to access the services
        described in section 475(1)(H) of this Act until the child
        attains 21 years of age.''.
    (g) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        section, this section and the amendments made by this section
        shall take effect on January 1, 2012.
            (2) Delay permitted if state legislation required.--In the
        case of a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the
        Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human
        Services determines requires State legislation (other than
        legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet
        the additional requirements imposed by this section, the State
        plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the
        requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of
        the plan to meet such additional requirements before the 1st
        day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of
        the 1st regular session of the State legislature that ends
        after the 1-year period beginning with the date of the
        enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
        in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session,
        each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular
        session of the State legislature.

SEC. 3. PROVISION OF SERVICES BY CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES TO PREVENT
              HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN, AND TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF
              CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

    Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)), as
amended by section 2(d) of this Act, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (33);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (34) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(35) not later than January 1, 2013, describes the
        practices and future plans of the State child welfare agency
        regarding the human trafficking and commercial sexual
        exploitation of foreign, United States citizen, and legal
        resident children, including--
                    ``(A) collaborations with local and State agencies
                and nonprofit organizations to identify and care for
                children believed or confirmed to be, or at-risk of
                becoming victims of a severe form of human trafficking;
                    ``(B) training for the child welfare employees who
                are likely to come into contact with child victims of
                human trafficking;
                    ``(C) jurisdictional limits and other issues that
                hinder State child welfare response to aid child
                victims of human trafficking;
                    ``(D) data collection regarding children identified
                by child welfare services as victims of trafficking
                and, if known, the relationship between the child and
                the exploiter; and
                    ``(E) prevention education to families and at-risk
                children, including runaway and homeless youth,
                regarding human trafficking and commercial sexual
                exploitation.''.

Output:
Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop guidelines for use by state child welfare agencies in training appropriate child welfare employees and court employees in identifying, documenting, educating, and counseling children at risk of becoming victims of trafficking or who are human trafficking victims who may need to be in the care of the child welfare system.

Requires the Secretary to develop guidelines that contain recommendations on how state child welfare agencies may prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, including advice on how state and local law enforcement agencies may collaborate proactively with nonprofit organizations on how to manage cases involving a child who is such a victim.

Requires the Secretary to draft recommendations for state child welfare agencies on how to best update licensing requirements for childcare institutions so that specialized, long-term residential facilities or safe havens serving children who are human trafficking victims can quality as childcare institutions under part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act.

Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state part E plans to include components that provides that: (1) the records of the agency classify each child to whom the agency is providing child welfare services and whom the agency has identified as being a victim of trafficking, and specify the reasons why the child is so classified; (2) each report submitted by the agency to the data collection system includes information on each child so classified; and (3) the agency shall report immediately to the appropriate law enforcement agencies for entry into the National Crime Information Center database the identity of each missing or abducted child to whom the agency is providing child welfare services.

Includes as part of the case plan for a child classified as a victim of trafficking documentation of the measures taken to ensure the child's safety and of specifically designed services the child is receiving.

Extends to age 21 any services for trafficked youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.

Requires state part E plans to describe the practices and future plans of the state child welfare agency regarding the human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of foreign, U.S. citizen, and legal resident children.