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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equitable Health Care for Severe
Mental Illnesses Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) American families should have health insurance
        protection for the costs of treating severe mental illnesses
        that is commensurate with the protection provided for other
        illnesses;
            (2) currently, many private health insurance policies and
        public insurance programs discriminate against persons with
        severe mental illnesses by providing more restrictive coverage
        for treatments of those illnesses compared to coverage provided
        for treatments of other medical problems;
            (3) many health insurance plans limit the number of days
        allowed for facility care or limit the number of outpatient
        visits allowed for the treatment of severe mental illnesses
        while providing no limit for the treatment of other physical
        illnesses;
            (4) only 21 percent of all health insurance policies
        provide inpatient coverage for severe mental illnesses
        comparable to coverage for other illnesses, and only 2 percent
        have comparable outpatient coverage;
            (5) only 2 percent of Americans with private health care
        coverage have policies that adequately and fairly cover severe
        mental illnesses;
            (6) over 60 percent of health maintenance and preferred
        provider organizations specifically exclude treatment for those
        with severe mental illnesses;
            (7) private health insurance provides some type of coverage
        for 64 percent of all individuals with severe mental illness,
        but provides only 46 percent of the annual expenditures
        required for the treatment of severe mental illnesses;
            (8) health care reform plans designed to make health care
        more accessible and affordable often incorporate the policies
        that are discriminatory with respect to persons with severe
        mental illnesses which now exist in common private health
        insurance plans;
            (9) unequal health insurance coverage contributes to the
        destructive and unfair stigmatization of persons with severe
        mental illnesses, illnesses that are beyond the control of the
        individuals, just like cancer, diabetes, and other serious
        physical health problems;
            (10) schizophrenia strikes more than 2,500,000 Americans
        over the course of their lifetimes, and approximately 30
        percent of all hospitalized psychiatric patients in the United
        States suffer from this most disabling group of mental
        disorders;
            (11) left untreated, severe mental illnesses are some of
        the most disabling and destructive illnesses afflicting
        Americans;
            (12) studies have found that up to 90 percent of all
        persons who commit suicide suffer from a treatable severe
        mental illness, such as schizophrenia, depression, or manic
        depressive illness;
            (13) some 10 percent of all inmates, or 100,000 people, in
        prisons and jails in the United States suffer from
        schizophrenia or manic-depressive psychosis;
            (14) severe mental illness places an individual at high
        risk for homelessness, as approximately one-third of the
        Nation's 600,000 homeless persons suffer from severe mental
        illnesses;
            (15) many persons suffering from severe mental illnesses
        can be treated effectively but ignorance and stigma continue to
        prevent many mentally ill individuals from obtaining help;
            (16) seventy to 80 percent of those suffering from
        depression respond quickly to treatment and 80 percent of the
        victims of schizophrenia can be relieved of acute symptoms with
        proper medication;
            (17) about 95 percent of what is known about both normal
        and abnormal structure and function of the brain has been
        learned in the last 10 years, but millions of severely mentally
        ill people have yet to benefit from these startling research
        advances in clinical and basic neuroscience;
            (18) ensuring adequate health insurance coverage for the
        treatment of severe mental illnesses can reduce health and
        societal costs by as much as $2,200,000,000 annually by
        preventing more costly interventions in the lives of persons
        with untreated severe mental illnesses and by helping those
        with severe mental illnesses, many of whom are young adults,
        remain productive members of society; and
            (19) legislation to reform the health care system should
        not condone or perpetuate discrimination against persons with
        severe mental illnesses.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    (a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States that--
            (1) persons with severe mental illnesses must not be
        discriminated against in the health care system; and
            (2) health care coverage, whether provided through public
        or private health insurance or any other means of financing,
        must provide for the treatment of severe mental illnesses in a
        manner that is equitable and commensurate with that provided
        for other major physical illnesses.
    (b) Construction.--Subsection (a) shall not be construed to
preclude the adoption of laws or policies requiring or providing for
appropriate and equitable coverage for other mental health services.

SEC. 4. NONDISCRIMINATORY AND EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.

    With respect to persons with severe mental illnesses, to be
considered nondiscriminatory and equitable under this Act, health care
coverage shall cover services that are essential to the effective
treatment of severe mental illnesses in a manner that--
            (1) is not more restrictive than coverage provided for
        other major physical illnesses;
            (2) provides adequate financial protection to the person
        requiring the medical treatment for a severe mental illness;
        and
            (3) is consistent with effective and common methods of
        controlling health care costs for other major physical
        illnesses.

SEC. 5. COMMITMENT TO POLICY.

    It is the purpose of this Act to commit the Congress and the
Executive Branch to incorporating the policy set forth in section 3
through efforts, including the enactment of legislation, which are
intended to improve access to or control the costs of health care.

SEC. 6. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``severe mental illness'' means an
illness that is defined through diagnosis, disability and duration, and
includes disorders with psychotic symptoms such as schizophrenia,
schizoaffective disorder, manic depressive disorder, autism, as well as
severe forms of other disorders such as major depression, panic
disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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Equitable Health Care for Severe Mental Illnesses Act of 1993 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that:  (1) persons with severe mental illnesses must not be discriminated against in health care; and (2) health care coverage, provided through any financing, must provide for the treatment of severe mental illnesses in a way that is equitable and commensurate with that provided for other major illnesses.
Requires health care coverage, in order to be considered nondiscriminatory and equitable under this Act, to cover services that are essential to the effective treatment of severe mental illnesses in a manner that: (1) is not more restrictive than coverage provided for other major physical illnesses; (2) provides adequate financial protection to the person requiring the medical treatment for a severe mental illness; and (3) is consistent with effective and common methods of controlling health care costs for other major physical illnesses.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recapture Excess Profits and Invest
in Roads (REPAIR) Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WINDFALL PROFITS TAX.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to alcohol, tobacco, and certain other excise taxes) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new chapter:

         ``CHAPTER 56--TEMPORARY WINDFALL PROFITS ON CRUDE OIL

``Sec. 5896. Imposition of tax.
``Sec. 5897. Windfall profit; etc.
``Sec. 5898. Special rules and definitions.

``SEC. 5896. IMPOSITION OF TAX.

    ``(a) In General.--In addition to any other tax imposed under this
title, there is hereby imposed on any applicable taxpayer an excise tax
in an amount equal to 25 percent of the windfall profit of such
taxpayer for any taxable year beginning during 2008 or 2009.
    ``(b) Applicable Taxpayer.--For purposes of this chapter, the term
`applicable taxpayer' means, with respect to operations in the United
States--
            ``(1) any integrated oil company (as defined in section
        291(b)(4)), and
            ``(2) any other producer or refiner of crude oil with gross
        receipts from the sale of such crude oil or refined oil
        products for the taxable year exceeding $1,000,000,000.

``SEC. 5897. WINDFALL PROFIT; ETC.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of this chapter, the term
`windfall profit' means the excess of the adjusted taxable income of
the applicable taxpayer for the taxable year over the reasonably
inflated average profit for such taxable year.
    ``(b) Adjusted Taxable Income.--For purposes of this chapter, with
respect to any applicable taxpayer, the adjusted taxable income for any
taxable year is equal to the taxable income for such taxable year
(within the meaning of section 63 and determined without regard to this
subsection)--
            ``(1) increased by any interest expense deduction,
        charitable contribution deduction, and any net operating loss
        deduction carried forward from any prior taxable year, and
            ``(2) reduced by any interest income, dividend income, and
        net operating losses to the extent such losses exceed taxable
        income for the taxable year.
In the case of any applicable taxpayer which is a foreign corporation,
the adjusted taxable income shall be determined with respect to such
income which is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business in the United States.
    ``(c) Reasonably Inflated Average Profit.--For purposes of this
chapter, with respect to any applicable taxpayer, the reasonably
inflated average profit for any taxable year is an amount equal to the
average of the adjusted taxable income of such taxpayer for taxable
years beginning during the 2003-2007 taxable year period (determined
without regard to the taxable year with the highest adjusted taxable
income in such period) plus 10 percent of such average.

``SEC. 5898. SPECIAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS.

    ``(a) Withholding and Deposit of Tax.--The Secretary shall provide
such rules as are necessary for the withholding and deposit of the tax
imposed under section 5896.
    ``(b) Records and Information.--Each taxpayer liable for tax under
section 5896 shall keep such records, make such returns, and furnish
such information as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
    ``(c) Return of Windfall Profit Tax.--The Secretary shall provide
for the filing and the time of such filing of the return of the tax
imposed under section 5896.
    ``(d) Crude Oil.--The term `crude oil' includes crude oil
condensates and natural gasoline.
    ``(e) Businesses Under Common Control.--For purposes of this
chapter, all members of the same controlled group of corporations
(within the meaning of section 267(f)) and all persons under common
control (within the meaning of section 52(b) but determined by treating
an interest of more than 50 percent as a controlling interest) shall be
treated as 1 person.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
chapter.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for subtitle E of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:

        ``Chapter 56. Temporary Windfall Profit on Crude Oil.''.

    (c) Deductibility of Windfall Profit Tax.--The first sentence of
section 164(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
deduction for taxes) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following new paragraph:
            ``(6) The windfall profit tax imposed by section 5896.''.
    (d) Transfer of Proceeds to Highway Trust Fund.--Section 9503(b)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to certain taxes) is
amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking
the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting ``, and'', and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) section 5896 (relating to windfall profit tax
                on crude oil).''.
    (e) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years
        beginning in 2008 and 2009.
            (2) Subsection (d).--The amendments made by subsection (d)
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Recapture Excess Profits and Invest in Road (REPAIR) Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose in 2008 or 2009 an excise tax of 25% on the windfall profits of integrated oil companies and other producers and refiners of crude oil (crude oil condensates and natural gasoline) with gross receipts over $1 billion.

Allows a tax deduction for the payment of the windfall profit tax imposed by this Act.

Requires the transfer of windfall profit tax revenues to the Highway Trust Fund.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Efficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment of Task Force.--The President shall create a
National Intermodal Transportation Planning Task Force (referred to in
this Act as ``Task Force'') with the Secretary of Transportation, or
designee, acting as chairperson and compromised of representatives of
the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Labor, and Housing and Urban
Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and other government
agencies the President considers necessary to conduct the study and
complete the Plan required by this Act.
    (b) Duties of Task Force.--The Task Force shall--
            (1) conduct a study on transportation needs, a draft of
        which shall be completed not later than 12 months after the
        date of enactment of this Act and the final study shall be
        completed not later than 15 months after the date of enactment
        of this Act;
            (2) sponsor a conference on National Transportation
        Planning not later than 6 months after the completion of the
        draft study;
            (3) make recommendations to the President for possible
        invitees to the conference on National Transportation Planning
        described in section 3;
            (4) use the study and the input of attendees of the
        conference under section 3 to draft a National Intermodal
        Transportation Plan (referred to in this Act as ``Plan'') not
        later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act
        and publish it in the Federal Register and place it on the
        Department's Web site for public comment; and
            (5) transmit to Congress, and place on the Department of
        Transportation's Web site, a National Intermodal Transportation
        Plan not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of
        this Act.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY.

    In developing the study established pursuant to section 1, the Task
Force shall consider all aspects and all modes of transportation,
public, private, and commercial, including air, rail (passenger and
freight), road, port, waterway, bicycle, and pedestrian. The study
shall project for the next 30 years and examine and identify for such
period of time the following:
            (1) National transportation priorities.
            (2) The anticipated demand, steps currently being taken to
        address anticipated demand, how successful these steps are
        anticipated to be, the most advantageous allocation of
        shipments of goods and travel among the various capacities of
        various modes, connectivity of those modes, and comparative
        costs. Comparative costs shall take into account past public
        investments in currently existing infrastructure for each
        transportation mode.
            (3) Deficiencies in the current and currently planned
        transportation systems to meet current and anticipated demand
        and the appropriate level of redundancies.
            (4) How intermodal transportation planning may help address
        anticipated transportation demand, social impacts of
        transportation, and the impact of the transportation sector on
        the environment, particularly global warming.
            (5) What obstacles exist to enhance and improve intermodal
        transportation planning to meet national priorities so that the
        national Plan provides suggestions on policy and legislative
        recommendations to such obstacles.
            (6) Transportation   purposes, systems operational
        requirements and capacities, comparative long-term costs, and
        revenue sources.
            (7) How different agencies and levels of government may be
        better incorporated and coordinated to improve transportation
        planning.
            (8) Obstacles to potential benefits from, and current
        efforts in mega-region planning at the national and regional
        level.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CONFERENCE.

    (a) In General.--The Task Force shall convene a National
Transportation Priorities Conference (referred to in this Act as the
``Conference'') not later than 6 months after the completion of the
draft National Transportation Study.
    (b) Conference Mission.--The mission of the Conference shall be--
            (1) to review the draft of the study conducted pursuant to
        section 2 and comment on the draft's findings;
            (2) to discuss ways to improve transportation planning;
            (3) to suggest short-term and long-term goals to be
        incorporated into the Plan;
            (4) to examine and evaluate how environmental priorities
        and economic planning are integrated into transportation
        planning;
            (5) to identify obstacles to meeting those goals and
        suggestion measures to reduce or eliminate those obstacles; and
            (6) to perform other tasks that the Task Force considers
        helpful to complete the Study and the Plan.
    (c) Conference Representatives.--The Conference shall be comprised
of representatives appointed by the President of the following:
            (1) State Departments of Transportation.
            (2) State legislatures.
            (3) Municipal leaders.
            (4) Metropolitan planning organizations.
            (5) Transportation nonprofit and advocacy groups.
            (6) Bike and pedestrian and other transportation safety
        organizations.
            (7) Transportation trade associations.
            (8) Small and large transportation companies.
            (9) Environmental organizations.
            (10) Labor unions.
            (11) Academia.
            (12) And other groups the Task Force considers helpful in
        achieving the conference's mission.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The Plan developed under this Act shall include
all aspects and all modes of transportation, both public and private,
including rail, aviation, waterways, roads, ports, bicycle, and
pedestrian and shall include the following:
            (1) Summary of the findings of the study.
            (2) Short-term and long-term goals.
            (3) A description of how each short-term goal will lead to,
        or at least not preclude, achieving long-term goals.
            (4) Incremental steps and performance measures to achieve
        such goals.
            (5) What public and private resources will be required to
        implement the Plan.
            (6) Any recommended legislative changes that are necessary
        to meet national priorities and the short-term and long-term
        goals, including better intermodal transportation and mega-
        region planning.
            (7) An exploration of potential alternatives to what is
        proposed in the Plan.
    (b) Long-Term Goals.--The long-term goals in the Plan shall take
into account the following:
            (1) Accessibility, including how best to reasonably ensure
        that the various parts of the country have access to the
        national transportation system (road, rail routes, air routes,
        and water routes), including how and when public subsidies or
        regulation may be needed.
            (2) Mobility, including the ease and expense of getting
        people and goods to their desired destination in order to meet
        economics and societal needs.
            (3) National security, including addressing moving people
        and goods by alternative routes and modes in the face of either
        a natural or man-made disaster or intentional act.
            (4) Economic prosperity, including addressing how a vibrant
        economy requires timely and cost-effective movement of goods
        and services and how various national transportation policies
        can positively and negatively effect local and regional
        economies.
            (5) Social equity, including addressing the fact that
        transportation decisions have different costs and benefits on
        differing segments of our society and how goals may be
        established to help minimize those differences and ensure that
        vulnerable segments of society do not pay a disproportionate
        percentage of the cost.
            (6) Evaluate the environmental protection, including
        addressing the fact that transportation issues will have
        varying impacts on the environment from its contribution to
        green house gasses and other emissions to short-term economic
        costs that may lead to a decision that is counter to a long-
        term environmental benefit.
            (7) Energy consumption, including addressing how to
        minimize overall transportation sector energy needs and
        utilizing cost-benefit analysis based upon full-cost
        accounting.

SEC. 6. FUNDING AUTHORIZATION.

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

Output: Transportation Efficiency Act - Directs the President to create a National Intermodal Transportation Planning Task Force to: (1) study the nation's transportation needs and priorities for the next 30 years; (2) convene a conference on National Transportation Planning; and (3) draft a National Intermodal Transportation plan that includes short- and long-term goals for meeting those priorities and improving intermodal transportation planning for all modes of the national transportation system.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act shall be cited as the ``Bring Jobs Back to America:
Strategic Manufacturing & Job Repatriation Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Repatriation.--The term ``repatriation'' means, with
        respect to a firm's job or facility, as the act of returning
        from a location in a foreign country to a location within the
        United States of America.
            (2) Comparative advantage.--The term ``comparative
        advantage'' means, with respect to a country's industrial base,
        an environment in which a country's private industry may
        produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than a competitor.
            (3) Technology-based planning.--The term ``technology-based
        planning'' means the process by which the Government may
        promote the acquisition and utilization of technology to excel
        at satisfying a customer need to generate a national
        competitive advantage.
            (4) Technology spatial mapping.--The term ``technology
        spatial mapping'' means identifying the full set of present and
        emerging technologies whose dimensions dictate how a technology
        may be acquired and utilized for a competitive advantage.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING & REPATRIATION STRATEGY.

    (a) Requirement.--Not more than 180 days following enactment, the
U.S. Secretary of Commerce shall create a comprehensive national
manufacturing strategy designed to increase overall domestic
production, create private sector jobs, and identify emerging
technologies to strengthen American competitiveness and comparative
advantages. The strategy shall also include:
            (1) An analysis of progress made since the release of the
        Secretary's 2004 report: ``Manufacturing in America: A
        Comprehensive Strategy to Address the Challenges to U.S.
        Manufacturers''.
            (2) Targets, established by the Secretary, for
        manufacturing sector growth, including a subset of targets for
        repatriated jobs to the United States, for fiscal years 2011,
        2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
            (3) A survey of all existing Federal programs supporting
        manufacturing and recommendations on how the department or the
        Congress may better align such programs to support the
        strategy.
    (b) Requirement.--Not more than 180 days following enactment, and
every second year thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a survey of
American firms:
            (1) The survey shall, at a minimum, identify--
                    (A) firms which maintain manufacturing, design or
                support service facilities outside of the United
                States; and
                    (B) categories of products manufactured at such
                facilities and number of jobs located at such overseas
                facilities.
            (2) The survey shall provide that any American firms
        choosing not to complete the survey will be ineligible to
        receive Federal contracts or assistance.
            (3) The Secretary shall create and maintain a database
        based on the information provided in response to the annual
        survey of American firms.
            (4) The Secretary shall report to Congress on the results
        of the annual survey, including longitudinal trends in American
        manufacturing and the repatriation of jobs.
    (c) Authorizes such sums as necessary.

SEC. 4. REPATRIATION TASK FORCES.

    (a) Requirement.--The U.S. Secretary of Commerce shall establish
multiple ``Repatriation Task Forces'' to promote repatriation in
accordance with the Secretary's established targets for job
repatriation and manufacturing growth. The task forces shall:
            (1) Proactively and regularly identify American firms
        interested in repatriating production or services to the United
        States.
            (2) Identify the unique needs of the firm necessary to
        facilitate the repatriation.
            (3) Identify and assist State governments to facilitate a
        mutually beneficial repatriation of the firm's facility and/or
        jobs to the United States.
            (4) Work with any other Federal agencies on a case-by-case
        basis to provide technical assistance to the firm or the State
        necessary to facilitate the repatriation of the facility and/or
        jobs to the United States.
            (5) Serve as a resource to State governments and act as an
        impartial advocate for all States choosing to compete for a
        firm's facility as part of its repatriation.
            (6) Educate firms and States on the National Manufacturing
        and Repatriation Strategy, the Repatriation Task Forces, and
        all Federal assistance available to firms and State and county
        economic development agencies.
            (7) Develop a computer-based program to help firms
        understand the total cost of ownership of locating facilities
        inside the United States as compared to foreign countries.
    (b) Members.--Each task force shall be comprised of, at a minimum,
representatives from the Office of the Secretary of Commerce, the
Economic Development Administration, the International Trade
Administration, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and Bureau of Industry and
Security.
    (c) Authorizes such sums as necessary.

SEC. 5. AMERICAN ECONOMIC SECURITY COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the ``American Economic Security Commission'' (hereinafter in this
Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Duties of Commission.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall study and make
        recommendations on policy relating to American competitiveness,
        particularly in the manufacturing, information technology,
        energy, and biotechnology sectors of the global economy, as
        well as study ``technology-based planning'' policies to bolster
        American economic competitiveness.
            (2) Reports.--The Commission shall issue periodic reports
        on issues surrounding ``technology-based planning'', emerging
        technologies, and American economic competitiveness,
        specifically with regard to a new trade agreement and the
        enforcement of existing trade agreements, taxation,
        cybersecurity, the U.S. patent system, intellectual property
        laws and enforcement, vocational training, education, research
        and development programs, and infrastructure, and produce
        reports requested by Members of Congress or congressional
        committees.
            (3) Requirement.--The Commission shall oversee the
        development and operation of a computer-based, accurate,
        precise and detailed ``technology spatial mapping'' program.
        This tool will be used to catalogue, monitor, and anticipate
        emerging trends in technology to support the commission's
        reporting on developing American comparative advantages in a
        timely manner as new technology develops.
    (c) Membership.--The Commission shall be composed of 12 members,
with the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker
and the minority leader of the House each selecting three
commissioners. The Commissioners shall serve two-year terms and may be
reappointed twice.
    (d) Leadership of Commission.--The Commissioners shall elect a
chairman and a vice-chairman every other year. The chair and vice-chair
may not have been appointed by members of the same political party.
    (e) Director and Staff of Commission.--
            (1) Director.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3) and to
                the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts,
                the Commission shall appoint and fix the pay of a
                director.
                    (B) Duties.--The director of the Commission shall
                be responsible for the administration and coordination
                of the duties of the Commission and shall perform other
                such duties as the Commission may direct.
            (2) Staff.--In accordance with rules agreed upon by the
        Commission, subject to paragraph (3), and to the extent
        provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the director may
        appoint and fix the pay of additional personnel.
            (3) Applicability of certain civil service laws.--The
        director and staff of the Commission may be appointed without
        regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
        governing appointments in the competitive service, and may be
        paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to
        classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that pay
        fixed under paragraph (1) may not exceed $150,000 per year and
        pay fixed under paragraph (2) may not exceed a rate equal to
        the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level
        V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5,
        United States Code.
            (4) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be
        detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the
        Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, status,
        and privileges of their regular employment without
        interruption.
            (5) Experts and consultants.--In accordance with rules
        agreed upon by the Commission and to the extent provided in
        advance in appropriation Acts, the director may procure the
        services of experts and consultants under section 3109(b) of
        title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the
        daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of
        the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United
        States Code.
    (f) Powers of Commission.--
            (1) Hearings and evidence.--The Commission may, for the
        purpose of carrying out this Act, hold such hearings in
        addition to the town hall style public hearings, sit and act at
        such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such
        evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. The
        Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses
        appearing before it.
            (2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or agent of
        the Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any
        action which the Commission is authorized to take under this
        section.
            (3) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails
        in the same manner and under the same conditions as other
        departments and agencies of the United States.
            (4) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of
        the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall
        provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the
        administrative support services necessary for the Commission to
        carry out its responsibilities under this Act.
            (5) Contract authority.--To the extent provided in advance
        in appropriation Acts, the Commission may enter into contracts
        to enable the Commission to discharge its duties under this
        Act.
            (6) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of
        gifts or donations of services or property.
    (g) Authorizes such sums as necessary.

SEC. 6. REPATRIATION TAX INCENTIVE STUDY.

    (a) Requirement.--The U.S. Secretary of Commerce shall, in
conjunction with the Commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
study the impact and feasibility of a tax incentive to encourage firms
to repatriate jobs and report back to Congress within 180 days of
enactment.
    (b) The study shall:
            (1) Examine the merits of a tax incentive to encourage
        repatriation that would waive all Federal taxes on the return
        of offshore, untaxed profits to a ratio of domestic jobs
        created.
            (2) Consider a ratio of $1 billion in tax relief relative
        to 14,000 jobs repatriated or created in the United States, as
        well as other ratios the Secretary and Commissioner may
        determine.

SEC. 7. AMENDS AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS FOR REPATRIATION PURPOSES.

    (a) Eligibility.--To amend title 42, United States Code, to include
a definition of ``repatriation'' for purposes of public works, economic
development planning and local government demonstration programs.
    (b) Eligibility.--To amend title 15, United States Code, subsection
7506 to include a definition of ``repatriation'' for purposes.

SEC. 8. PATENT PROTECTION AND PRIORITIZATION.

    (a) Pre-Publication of Abstracts Only.--Section 122 of title 35,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``each application
                                for a patent'' and inserting ``and with
                                respect to an application for a patent,
                                the abstract included with such
                                application''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``an application''
                                and inserting ``an abstract'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                        ``patent applications'' each place it appears
                        and inserting ``abstracts included with patent
                        applications''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
                        ``patent application'' each place it appears
                        and inserting ``abstract included with a patent
                        application''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``An
                        application'' and inserting ``An abstract
                        included with an application'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking
                                ``the application'' and inserting ``the
                                abstract included with the
                                application''; and
                                    (II) in clause (iv), by striking
                                ``the application'' and inserting ``the
                                abstract included with the
                                application''; and
                            (iii) by striking clause (v);
            (2) by striking subsection (c);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
            (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking ``No
        application'' and inserting ``No abstract included with an
        application''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Table of contents.--The table of contents for chapter
        11 of part 2 of title 35, United States Code, is amended in the
        item relating to section 122 by inserting before ``patent
        applications'' the following: ``abstracts included with''.
            (2) Publications.--Section 10 of title 35, United States
        Code, is amended by striking ``published applications'' and
        inserting ``published abstracts included with applications''.
            (3) Abstract definition.--Section 100 of title 35, United
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
        subsection: ``(f) The term `abstract' shall have the meaning
        given such term, by regulation, by the Director.''.
            (4) Conditions for patentability.--Section 102(e) of title
        35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) the invention was described in--
            ``(1) a patent granted on an application for patent by
        another in an international application filed under the treaty
        defined in section 351(a); and
            ``(2) such application designated the United States and was
        published under article 21(2) of such treaty in the English
        language; or''.
            (5) Interferences.--Section 135(b) of title 35, United
        States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) A claim which is the same as, or for the same or
substantially the same subject matter as, a claim of an issued patent
may not be made in any application unless such a claim is made prior to
one year from the date on which the patent was granted.''.
            (6) Provisional rights.--Section 154(d)(1) of title 35,
        United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``publication of the application
                for such patent under section 122(b), or in the case
                of''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the date of publication of the
                application''.
            (7) Secrecy of certain inventions.--Section 181 of title
        35, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``publication of an application''
                each place it appears and inserting ``publication of an
                abstract included with an application''; and
                    (B) by striking ``publication of the application''
                each place it appears and inserting ``publication of
                the abstract included with the application''.
    (c) Prioritization for Higher Education Institutions.--Section 131
of title 35, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Director'' and inserting the
        following: ``(a) In General.--The Director''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Priority of Examination for Certain Applications.--The
Director shall give priority to the examination of an application made
by an applicant that is--
            ``(1) an institution of higher education, as such term is
        defined under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); or
            ``(2) a patent holding company affiliated with such an
        institution.''.

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon enactment of
this Act.

Output:
Bring Jobs Back to America: Strategic Manufacturing & Job Repatriation Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to create a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy to increase overall domestic production, create private sector jobs, and identify emerging technologies to strengthen American competitiveness and comparative advantages.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify U.S. firms maintaining facilities and jobs outside the United States; and (2) establish multiple Repatriation Task Forces to promote repatriation (return of a job or facility from a foreign country location to a U.S. location) in accordance with established targets for job repatriation and manufacturing growth.

Establishes the American Economic Security Commission to study and report to Congress on policy relating to American competitiveness and technology-based planning to bolster it.

Directs the Secretary, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to study and report to Congress on the impact and feasibility of a tax incentive to encourage firms to repatriate jobs back to the United States.

Amends federal patent law to revise requirements regarding the publication of patent applications. Requires abstracts (short summaries of inventions) included with patent applications (instead of the patent applications themselves, as under current law) to be published 18 months after the earliest filing date of the application.

Repeals certain requirements relating to: (1) submission of a redacted copy of an application; and (2) procedures to prevent protest and pre-issuance opposition to the grant of a patent.

Requires the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to give priority to the examination of a patent application by an institution of higher education or a patent holding company affiliated with such an institution.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Drought Policy Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the United States often suffers serious economic and
        environmental losses from severe regional droughts and there is
        no coordinated Federal strategy to respond to such emergencies;
            (2) at the Federal level, even though historically there
        have been frequent, significant droughts of national
        consequences, drought is addressed mainly through special
        legislation and ad hoc action rather than through a systematic
        and permanent process as occurs with other natural disasters;
            (3) several Federal agencies have a role in drought from
        predicting, forecasting, and monitoring of drought conditions
        to the provision of planning, technical, and financial
        assistance;
            (4) there has never been one single Federal agency in a
        lead or coordinating role with regard to drought;
            (5) the State, local, and tribal governments have had to
        deal individually and separately with each Federal agency
        involved in drought assistance; and
            (6) the President should appoint an advisory commission to
        provide advice and recommendations on the creation of an
        integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for
        and respond to serious drought emergencies.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the National Drought Policy Commission (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 14
        members. The members of the Commission shall include--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, or the designee
                of the Secretary, who shall serve as Chairperson of the
                Commission;
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, or the designee
                of the Secretary;
                    (C) the Secretary of the Army, or the designee of
                the Secretary;
                    (D) the Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of
                the Secretary;
                    (E) the Director of the Federal Emergency
                Management Agency, or the designee of the Director;
                    (F) the Administrator of the Small Business
                Administration, or the designee of the Administrator;
                    (G) two persons nominated by the National
                Governors' Association and appointed by the President,
                of whom--
                            (i) one shall be the governor of a State
                        east of the Mississippi River; and
                            (ii) one shall be a governor of a State
                        west of the Mississippi River;
                    (H) a person nominated by the National Association
                of Counties and appointed by the President;
                    (I) a person nominated by the United States
                Conference of Mayors and appointed by the President;
                and
                    (J) four persons appointed by the Secretary of
                Agriculture who shall be representative of groups
                acutely affected by drought emergencies, such as the
                agricultural production community, the credit
                community, rural water associations, and Native
                Americans.
            (2) Date.--The appointments of the members of the
        Commission shall be made no later than 60 days after the date
        of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--Members shall be appointed
for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
    (d) Initial Meeting.--No later than 30 days after the date on which
all members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission shall
hold its first meeting.
    (e) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the
Chairperson.
    (f) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
    (g) Vice Chairperson.--The Commission shall select a Vice
Chairperson from among the members who are not Federal officers or
employees.

SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Study and Report.--The Commission shall conduct a thorough
study and submit a report on national drought policy, as provided under
subsection (c).
    (b) Content of Study and Report.--In conducting the study and
report, the Commission shall--
            (1) determine, in consultation with the National Drought
        Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, what needs exist on the
        Federal, State, local, and tribal levels to prepare for and
        respond to drought emergencies;
            (2) review all existing Federal laws and programs relating
        to drought;
            (3) review those State, local, and tribal laws and programs
        relating to drought the Commission finds pertinent;
            (4) determine what differences exist between the needs of
        those affected by drought and the Federal laws and programs
        designed to mitigate the impacts of and respond to drought;
            (5) collaborate with the Western Drought Coordination
        Council in order to consider regional drought initiatives and
        the application of such initiatives at the national level;
            (6) make recommendations on how Federal drought laws and
        programs can be better integrated with ongoing State, local,
        and tribal programs into a comprehensive national policy to
        mitigate the impacts of and respond to drought emergencies
        without diminishing the rights of States to control water
        through State law; and
            (7) include a recommendation on whether all Federal drought
        preparation and response programs should be consolidated under
        one existing Federal agency and, if so, identify such agency.
    (c) Submission of Report.--
            (1) In general.--No later than 18 months after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit a report to
        the President and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
        Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of
        the House of Representatives which shall contain a detailed
        statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission,
        together with its recommendations for such legislation and
        administrative actions as it considers appropriate.
            (2) Approval of report.--Before submission of the report,
        the contents of the report shall be approved by unanimous
        consent or majority vote. If the report is approved by majority
        vote, members voting not to approve the contents shall be given
        the opportunity to submit dissenting views with the report.

SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings.--The Commission may hold such hearings, sit and act
at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such
evidence as the Commission considers necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
    (b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the
Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of such
department or agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
    (c) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
    (d) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or
donations of services or property.

SEC. 6. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.

    (a) Compensation of Members.--Each member of the Commission who is
not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall not be
compensated for service on the Commission, except as provided under
subsection (b). All members of the Commission who are officers or
employees of the United States shall serve without compensation in
addition to that received for their services as officers or employees
of the United States.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes
or regular places of business in the performance of services for the
Commission.
    (c) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government
employee may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and
such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service
status or privilege.
    (d) Administrative Support.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
provide all financial, administrative, and staff support services for
the Commission.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the
Commission submits its report under section 4.

            Passed the Senate November 10, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.

Output: National Drought Policy Act of 1997 - Establishes the National Drought Policy Commission to conduct a thorough study and submit a specified report on national drought policy to the President and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House together with its recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as it considers appropriate.  Terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of such report.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, MITIGATION,
              TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF MILITARY EYE INJURIES.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 1105 the following
        new section:
``Sec. 1105a. Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis,
              Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye
              Injuries
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish within
the Department of Defense a center of excellence in the prevention,
diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of military eye
injuries to carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection (c).
The center shall be known as a `Center of Excellence in Prevention,
Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye
Injuries'.
    ``(b) Partnerships.--The Secretary shall ensure that the Center
collaborates to the maximum extent practicable with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, institutions of higher education, and other
appropriate public and private entities (including international
entities) to carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection
(c).
    ``(c) Responsibilities.--(1) The Center shall--
            ``(A) develop, implement, and oversee a registry of
        information for the tracking of the diagnosis, surgical
        intervention or other operative procedure, other treatment, and
        follow up for each case of significant eye injury incurred by a
        member of the armed forces while serving on active duty;
            ``(B) ensure the electronic exchange with the Secretary of
        Veterans Affairs of information obtained through tracking under
        subparagraph (A); and
            ``(C) enable the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to access
        the registry and add information pertaining to additional
        treatments or surgical procedures and eventual visual outcomes
        for veterans who were entered into the registry and
        subsequently received treatment through the Veterans Health
        Administration.
    ``(2) The registry under this subsection shall be known as the
`Military Eye Injury Registry' (hereinafter referred to as the
`Registry').
    ``(3) The Center shall develop the Registry in consultation with
the ophthalmological specialist personnel and optometric specialist
personnel of the Department of Defense and the ophthalmological
specialist personnel and optometric specialist personnel of the
Department of Veterans Affairs. The mechanisms and procedures of the
Registry shall reflect applicable expert research on military and other
eye injuries.
    ``(4) The mechanisms of the Registry for tracking under paragraph
(1)(A) shall ensure that each military medical treatment facility or
other medical facility shall submit to the Center for inclusion in the
Registry information on the diagnosis, surgical intervention or other
operative procedure, other treatment, and follow up for each case of
eye injury described in that paragraph as follows (to the extent
applicable):
            ``(A) Not later than 30 days after surgery or other
        operative intervention, including a surgery or other operative
        intervention carried out as a result of a follow-up
        examination.
            ``(B) Not later than 180 days after the significant eye
        injury is reported or recorded in the medical record.
    ``(5)(A) The Center shall provide notice to the Blind
Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to the
eye care services of the Veterans Health Administration on each member
of the armed forces described in subparagraph (B) for purposes of
ensuring the coordination of the provision of ongoing eye care and
visual rehabilitation benefits and services by the Department of
Veterans Affairs after the separation or release of such member from
the armed forces.
    ``(B) A member of the armed forces described in this subparagraph
is a member of the armed forces as follows:
            ``(i) A member with a significant eye injury incurred while
        serving on active duty, including a member with visual
        dysfunction related to traumatic brain injury.
            ``(ii) A member with an eye injury incurred while serving
        on active duty who has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the
        injured eye.
            ``(iii) A member with an eye injury incurred while serving
        on active duty who has a loss of peripheral vision resulting in
        twenty degrees or less of visual field in the injured eye.
    ``(d) Utilization of Registry Information.--The Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly ensure that
information in the Military Eye Injury Registry is available to
appropriate ophthalmological and optometric personnel of the Department
of Veterans Affairs for purposes of encouraging and facilitating the
conduct of research, and the development of best practices and clinical
education, on eye injuries incurred by members of the armed forces in
combat.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
        beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by inserting
        after the item relating to section 1105 the following new item:

``1105a. Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation,
                            Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military
                            Eye Injuries.''.
    (b) Inclusion of Records of OIF/OEF Veterans.--The Secretary of
Defense shall take appropriate actions to include in the Military Eye
Injury Registry established under section 1105a of title 10, United
States Code (as added by subsection (a)), such records of members of
the Armed Forces who incurred an eye injury while serving on active
duty on or after September 11, 2001, but before the establishment of
the Registry, as the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of
the Registry.
    (c) Report on Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on the status of the Center of Excellence in
Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of
Military Eye Injuries under section 1105a of title 10, United States
Code (as so added), including the progress made in establishing the
Military Eye Injury Registry required under that section.
    (d) Traumatic Brain Injury Post Traumatic Visual Syndrome.--In
carrying out the program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District
of Columbia, on Traumatic Brain Injury Post Traumatic Visual Syndrome,
the Secretary of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs shall
jointly provide for the conduct of a cooperative program for members of
the Armed Forces and veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury by military
medical treatment facilities of the Department of Defense and medical
centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs selected for purposes of
this subsection for purposes of vision screening, diagnosis,
rehabilitative management, and vision research, including research on
prevention, on visual dysfunction related to Traumatic Brain Injury.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized to
be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for
Defense Health Program, $5,000,000 for the Center of Excellence in
Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of
Military Eye Injuries under section 1105a of title 10, United States
Code (as so added).

Output:
Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) the Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries to: (1) develop and oversee the Military Eye Injury Registry for tracking the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for each case of eye injury incurred by a member of the Armed Forces while on active duty; and (2) ensure the electronic exchange of Registry information with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) include in the Registry records of members who incurred eye injuries while on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, but before the Registry's establishment; and (2) report to Congress on the Center's establishment.

Directs the Secretary and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a cooperative study on neuro-optometric screening and diagnosis of members with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by military medical treatment facilities and VA medical centers for purposes of vision screening, diagnosis, rehabilitative management, and vision research on visual dysfunction related to TBI.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of
2011''.

SEC. 2. PAYROLL TAX FORGIVENESS FOR HIRING COMBAT VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Special Exemption for Certain Individuals Hired in 2011 and
2012.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to wages
        paid by a qualified employer with respect to employment during
        the period beginning on the day after the date of the enactment
        of this subsection and ending on December 31, 2012, of any
        qualified individual for services performed--
                    ``(A) in a trade or business of such qualified
                employer, or
                    ``(B) in the case of a qualified employer exempt
                from tax under section 501(a), in furtherance of the
                activities related to the purpose or function
                constituting the basis of the employer's exemption
                under section 501.
            ``(2) Qualified employer.--For purposes of this
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified employer'
                means any employer other than the United States, any
                State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any
                instrumentality of the foregoing.
                    ``(B) Treatment of employees of post-secondary
                educational institutions.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
                (A), the term `qualified employer' includes any
                employer which is a public institution of higher
                education (as defined in section 101(b) of the Higher
                Education Act of 1965).
            ``(3) Qualified individual.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualified individual' means any
        individual who--
                    ``(A) begins employment with a qualified employer
                after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013,
                    ``(B) is a current member of the National Guard or
                other reserve component of the Armed Forces or a
                veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United
                States Code),
                    ``(C) within 18 months before beginning such
                employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180
                days in support of a contingency operation (as defined
                in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or
                under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
                    ``(D) is not employed by the qualified employer to
                replace another employee of such employer unless such
                other employee separated from employment voluntarily or
                for cause, and
                    ``(E) is not an individual described in section
                51(i)(1) (applied by substituting `qualified employer'
                for `taxpayer' each place it appears).
            ``(4) Election.--A qualified employer may elect to have
        this subsection not apply. Such election shall be made in such
        manner as the Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Coordination With Work Opportunity Credit.--Section 51(c) of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Coordination with payroll tax forgiveness.--The term
        `wages' shall not include any amount paid or incurred to a
        qualified individual (as defined in section 3111(e)(3)) during
        the 1-year period beginning on the hiring date of such
        individual by a qualified employer (as defined in section
        3111(e)) unless such qualified employer makes an election not
        to have section 3111(e) apply.''.
    (c) Transfers to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund
established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
401) amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by
reason of the amendments made by subsection (a). Amounts appropriated
by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the general fund at
such times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible
the transfers which would have occurred to such Trust Fund had such
amendments not been enacted.
    (d) Application to Railroad Retirement Taxes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3221 of the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as
        subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the
        following new subsection:
    ``(d) Special Rate for Certain Individuals Hired in 2011 and
2012.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of compensation paid by a
        qualified employer during the period beginning on the day after
        the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending on
        December 31, 2012, with respect to having a qualified
        individual in the employer's employ for services rendered to
        such qualified employer, the applicable percentage under
        subsection (a) shall be equal to the rate of tax in effect
        under section 3111(b) for the calendar year.
            ``(2) Qualified employer.--The term `qualified employer'
        means any employer other than the United States, any State, or
        any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of
        the foregoing.
            ``(3) Qualified individual.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualified individual' means any
        individual who--
                    ``(A) begins employment with a qualified employer
                after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013,
                    ``(B) is a current member of the National Guard or
                other reserve component of the Armed Forces or a
                veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United
                States Code),
                    ``(C) within 18 months before beginning such
                employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180
                days in support of a contingency operation (as defined
                in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or
                under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
                    ``(D) is not employed by the qualified employer to
                replace another employee of such employer unless such
                other employee separated from employment voluntarily or
                for cause, and
                    ``(E) is not an individual described in section
                51(i)(1) (applied by substituting `qualified employer'
                for `taxpayer' each place it appears).
            ``(4) Election.--A qualified employer may elect to have
        this subsection not apply. Such election shall be made in such
        manner as the Secretary may require.''.
            (2) Transfers to social security equivalent benefit
        account.--There are hereby appropriated to the Social Security
        Equivalent Benefit Account established under section 15A(a) of
        the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(a))
        amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by
        reason of the amendments made by paragraph (1). Amounts
        appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred
        from the general fund at such times and in such manner as to
        replicate to the extent possible the transfers which would have
        occurred to such Account had such amendments not been enacted.
    (e) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
        apply to wages paid after the date of the enactment of this
        Act.
            (2) Railroad retirement taxes.--The amendments made by
        subsection (d) shall apply to compensation paid after the date
        of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. BUSINESS CREDIT FOR RETENTION OF CERTAIN NEWLY HIRED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of any taxable year ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the current year business credit
determined under section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for
such taxable year shall be increased by an amount equal to the product
of--
            (1) $1,000, and
            (2) the number of retained workers with respect to which
        subsection (b)(2) is first satisfied during such taxable year.
    (b) Retained Worker.--For purposes of this section, the term
``retained worker'' means any qualified individual (as defined in
section 3111(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)--
            (1) who was employed by the taxpayer on any date during the
        taxable year,
            (2) who was so employed by the taxpayer for a period of not
        less than 52 consecutive weeks, and
            (3) whose wages for such employment during the last 26
        weeks of such period equaled at least 80 percent of such wages
        for the first 26 weeks of such period.
    (c) Limitation on Carrybacks.--No portion of the unused business
credit under section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any
taxable year which is attributable to the increase in the current year
business credit under this section may be carried to a taxable year
beginning before the date of the enactment of this section.
    (d) Treatment of Possessions.--
            (1) Payments to possessions.--
                    (A) Mirror code possessions.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United
                States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to
                the loss to that possession by reason of the
                application of this section (other than this
                subsection). Such amounts shall be determined by the
                Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided
                by the government of the respective possession.
                    (B) Other possessions.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United
                States which does not have a mirror code tax system
                amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as
                being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have
                been provided to residents of such possession by reason
                of the application of this section (other than this
                subsection) if a mirror code tax system had been in
                effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall
                not apply with respect to any possession of the United
                States unless such possession has a plan, which has
                been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under
                which such possession will promptly distribute such
                payments to the residents of such possession.
            (2) Coordination with credit allowed against united states
        income taxes.--No increase in the credit determined under
        section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 against
        United States income taxes for any taxable year determined
        under subsection (a) shall be taken into account with respect
        to any person--
                    (A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes
                imposed by the possession by reason of this section for
                such taxable year, or
                    (B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan
                described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to such
                taxable year.
            (3) Definitions and special rules.--
                    (A) Possession of the united states.--For purposes
                of this subsection, the term ``possession of the United
                States'' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and
                the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
                    (B) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this
                subsection, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means,
                with respect to any possession of the United States,
                the income tax system of such possession if the income
                tax liability of the residents of such possession under
                such system is determined by reference to the income
                tax laws of the United States as if such possession
                were the United States.
                    (C) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section
                1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, rules
                similar to the rules of section 1001(b)(3)(C) of the
                American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009
                shall apply.

Output:
Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow nongovernmental employers an exemption from, or reduction in, employment taxes for the period beginning after the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2012, for wages paid to a qualified individual; and (2) allow an employer a business tax credit for each such worker retained by such employer who has been employed for not less than 52 consecutive weeks at a specified wage level.

Defines a "qualified individual" as any individual who: (1) begins employment after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013; (2) is a current member of the National Guard or a reserve component; (3) within 18 months before beginning such employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180 days in support of a contingency operation; and (4) has not been hired to replace another employee unless such other employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund
Management and Reform Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRUST MANAGEMENT AND REFORM.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 2 of the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) The term'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(8) Special trustee.--The term'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) The term'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(4) Indian tribe.--The term'';
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``(3) The term'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(7) Secretary.--The term'';
            (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``(4) The term'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(5) Office.--The term'';
            (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``(5) The term'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Bureau.--The term'';
            (6) in paragraph (6), by striking ``(6) The term'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Department.--The term'';
            (7) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Deputy secretary.--The term `Deputy Secretary' means
        the Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform appointed
        under section 307(a)(2).
            ``(6) Reform office.--The term `Reform Office' means the
        Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight established
        by section 307(e).'';
            (8) by moving paragraphs (1) through (8) (as redesignated
        by this subsection) so as to appear in numerical order; and
            (9) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) Trust assets.--The term `trust assets' means all
        tangible property including land, minerals, coal, oil and gas,
        forest resources, agricultural resources, water and water
        sources, and fish and wildlife held by the Secretary for the
        benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual member of an Indian
        tribe pursuant to Federal law.
            ``(10) Trust funds.--The term `trust funds' means all funds
        held by the Secretary for the benefit of an Indian tribe or and
        individual member of an Indian tribe pursuant to Federal
        law.''.
    (b) Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform.--Title III of
the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C.
4041 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 307. DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRUST MANAGEMENT AND REFORM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established within the
        Department the position of Deputy Secretary for Trust
        Management and Reform.
            ``(2) Appointment and removal.--
                    ``(A) Appointment.--The Deputy Secretary shall be
                appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
                consent of the Senate.
                    ``(B) Term.--The Deputy Secretary shall be
                appointed for a term of 6 years.
                    ``(C) Removal.--The Deputy Secretary may be removed
                only for good cause.
            ``(3) Administrative authority.--The Deputy Secretary shall
        report directly to the Secretary.
            ``(4) Compensation.--The Deputy Secretary shall be paid at
        a rate determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for the
        position, but not less than the rate of basic pay prescribed
        for Level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of
        title 5, United States Code.
    ``(b) Duties.--The Deputy Secretary shall--
            ``(1) oversee all trust fund and trust asset matters of the
        Department, including--
                    ``(A) administration and management of the Reform
                Office; and
                    ``(B) financial and human resource matters of the
                Reform Office; and
            ``(2) engage in appropriate government-to-government
        relations and consultations with Indian tribes and individual
        trust asset and trust fund account holders on matters involving
        trust asset and trust fund management and reform within the
        Department.
    ``(c) Staff.--In carrying out this section, the Deputy Secretary
may hire such staff having expertise in trust asset and trust fund
management, financial organization and management, and tribal policy as
the Deputy Secretary determines is necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(d) Effect on Duties of Other Officials.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
        nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish any
        responsibility or duty of the Assistant Secretary of the
        Interior for Indian Affairs or the Special Trustee relating to
        any duty of the Assistant Secretary or Special Trustee
        established under this Act or any other provision of law.
            ``(2) Trust asset and trust fund management and reform.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Deputy
        Secretary shall have overall management and oversight authority
        on matters of the Department relating to trust asset and trust
        fund management and reform.
    ``(e) Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is established within the
        Office of the Secretary the Office of Trust Reform
        Implementation and Oversight.
            ``(2) Reform office head.--The Reform Office shall be
        headed by the Deputy Secretary.
            ``(3) Duties.--The Reform Office shall--
                    ``(A) supervise and direct the day-to-day
                activities of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior
                for Indian Affairs, the Special Trustee, the Director
                of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Director of
                the Minerals Management Service, to the extent they
                administer or manage any Indian trust assets or funds;
                    ``(B) administer, in accordance with title II, all
                trust properties, funds, and other assets held by the
                United States for the benefit of Indian tribes and
                individual members of Indian tribes;
                    ``(C) require the development and maintenance of an
                accurate inventory of all trust funds and trust assets;
                    ``(D) ensure the prompt posting of revenue derived
                from a trust fund or trust asset for the benefit of
                each Indian tribe (or individual member of each Indian
                tribe) that owns a beneficial interest in the trust
                fund or trust asset;
                    ``(E) ensure that monthly statements of accounts
                are provided to all trust fund account holders;
                    ``(F) ensure that all trust fund accounts are
                audited at least annually, and more frequently as
                determined to be necessary by the Deputy Secretary;
                    ``(G) ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the
                Interior for Indian Affairs, the Special Trustee, the
                Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the
                Director of the Minerals Management Service provide to
                the Secretary current and accurate information relating
                to the administration and management of trust funds and
                trust assets;
                    ``(H) provide for regular consultation with trust
                fund account holders on the administration of trust
                funds and trust assets to ensure, to the maximum extent
                practicable in accordance with applicable law, the
                greatest return on those funds and assets for the trust
                fund account holders; and
                    ``(I) enter into contracts and compacts under
                section 102 of the Indian Self-Determination Act (25
                U.S.C. 450f) or section 403 of the Indian Self
                Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
                458cc) to provide for the management of trust assets
                and trust funds by Indian tribes pursuant to a Trust
                Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan
                developed under section 202 of this Act.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.
    (c) Advisory Board.--
            (1) In general.--Section 306 of the American Indian Trust
        Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4046) is amended
        to read as follows:

``SEC. 306. ADVISORY BOARD.

    ``(a) Establishment and Membership.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Deputy Secretary described in section 307 shall
establish an advisory board to provide advice on all matters within the
jurisdiction of the Office of Trust Reform. The advisory board shall
consist of 9 members, appointed by the Deputy Secretary after
consultation with Indian tribes and appropriate Indian organizations,
of which--
            ``(1) 5 members shall represent trust fund account holders,
        including both tribal and Individual Indian Money accounts;
            ``(2) 2 members shall have practical experience in trust
        fund and financial management;
            ``(3) 1 member shall have practical experience in fiduciary
        investment management; and
            ``(4) 1 member, from academia, shall have knowledge of
        general management of large organizations.
    ``(b) Term.--Each member shall serve a term of 2 years.
    ``(c) FACA.--The advisory board shall not be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.''.
            (2) Previous advisory board.--The advisory board authorized
        under section 306 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management
        Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4046) as in effect on the day
        before the date of enactment of this Act shall terminate on the
        date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 302 of the American Indian Trust Fund
        Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4042) is amended--
                    (A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by
                striking ``who shall'' and inserting ``who, except as
                provided in subsection (b)(3), shall''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the
                following:
            ``(3) Trust fund management.--The Special Trustee shall
        report directly to the Deputy Secretary with respect to matters
        relating to trust fund management and reform.''.
            (2) Section 303 of the American Indian Trust Fund
        Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4043) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (a);
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``The Special
                Trustee'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section
                307(d), the Special Trustee'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)(5)(A), by striking ``or which
                is charged with any responsibility under the
                comprehensive strategic plan prepared under subsection
                (a) of this section,'';
                    (D) by striking subsection (f); and
                    (E) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as
                subsections (a) through (d), respectively.

SEC. 3. INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN TRUST FUND ACTIVITIES.

    Title II of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of
1994 (25 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking sections 202 and 203; and
            (2) by inserting after section 201 the following:

``SEC. 202. PARTICIPATION IN TRUST FUND AND TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT
              ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN TRIBES.

    ``(a) Planning Program.--To meet the purposes of this title, a 10-
year Indian Trust Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan
(in this section referred to as the `Plan') shall be developed and
implemented as follows:
            ``(1) Pursuant to a self-determination contract or compact
        under section 102 of the Indian Self-Determination Act (25
        U.S.C. 450f) or section 403 of the Indian Self Determination
        and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458cc), an Indian tribe
        may develop or implement a Plan. Subject to the provisions of
        paragraphs (3) and (4), the tribe shall have broad discretion
        in designing and carrying out the planning process.
            ``(2) To include in a Plan particular trust funds or assets
        held by multiple individuals, an Indian tribe shall obtain the
        approval of a majority of the individuals who hold an interest
        in any such trust funds or assets.
            ``(3) The Plan shall be submitted to the Secretary for
        approval pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act (25
        U.S.C. 450f et seq.).
            ``(4) If a tribe chooses not to develop or implement a
        Plan, the Secretary shall develop or implement, as appropriate,
        a Plan in close consultation with the affected tribe.
            ``(5) Whether developed directly by the tribe or by the
        Secretary, the Plan shall--
                    ``(A) determine the amount and source of funds held
                in trust;
                    ``(B) identify and prepare an inventory of all
                trust assets;
                    ``(C) identify specific tribal goals and
                objectives;
                    ``(D) establish management objectives for the funds
                and assets held in trust;
                    ``(E) define critical values of the Indian tribe
                and its members and provide identified management
                objectives;
                    ``(F) identify actions to be taken to reach
                established objectives;
                    ``(G) use existing survey documents, reports and
                other research from Federal agencies, tribal community
                colleges, and land grant universities; and
                    ``(H) be completed within 3 years of the initiation
                of activity to establish the Plan.
    ``(b) Management and Administration.--Plans developed and approved
under subsection (a) shall govern the management and administration of
funds and assets held in trust by the Bureau and the Indian tribal
government.
    ``(c) No Termination Requirement.--Indian tribes implementing an
approved Plan shall not be required to terminate the trust relationship
in order to implement such Plan.
    ``(d) Plan Does Not Terminate Trust.--Developing or implementing a
Plan shall not be construed or deemed to constitute a termination of
the trust status of the assets or funds that are included in, or
subject to, the Plan.
    ``(e) Liability.--An Indian tribe managing and administering trust
funds and trust assets in a manner that is consistent with a Plan shall
not be liable for waste or loss of an asset or funds that are included
in such Plan.
    ``(f) Indian Participation in Management Activities.--
            ``(1) Tribal recognition.--The Secretary shall conduct all
        management activities of funds and assets held in trust in
        accordance with goals and objectives set forth in a Plan
        approved pursuant to and in accordance with all tribal laws and
        ordinances, except in specific instances where such compliance
        would be contrary to the trust responsibility of the United
        States.
            ``(2) Tribal laws.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Unless otherwise prohibited by
                Federal law, the Secretary shall comply with tribal law
                pertaining to the management of funds and assets held
                in trust.
                    ``(B) Duties.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) provide assistance in the enforcement
                        of tribal laws described in subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) provide notice of such tribal laws
                        to persons or entities dealing with tribal
                        funds and assets held in trust; and
                            ``(iii) upon the request of an Indian
                        tribe, require appropriate Federal officials to
                        appear in tribal forums.
            ``(3) Waiver of regulations.--In any case in which a
        regulation or administrative policy of the Department of the
        Interior conflicts with the objectives of the Plan, or with a
        tribal law, the Secretary may waive the application of such
        regulation or administrative policy unless such waiver would
        constitute a violation of a Federal statute or judicial
        decision or would conflict with the Secretary's trust
        responsibility under Federal law.
            ``(4) Sovereign immunity.--This section does not constitute
        a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the United States, nor
        does it authorize tribal justice systems to review actions of
        the Secretary.
            ``(5) Trust responsibility.--Nothing in this section shall
        be construed to diminish or expand the trust responsibility of
        the United States toward Indian funds and assets held in trust,
        or any legal obligation or remedy resulting from such funds and
        assets.
    ``(g) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
        enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the
        Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Indian
        Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the
        House of Representatives.
            ``(2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1)
        shall detail the following:
                    ``(A) The efforts of the Department to implement
                this section.
                    ``(B) The nature and extent of consultation between
                the Department, Tribes, and individual Indians with
                respect to implementation of this section.
                    ``(C) Any recommendations of the Department for
                further changes to this Act, accompanied by a record of
                consultation with Tribes and individual Indians
                regarding such recommendations.''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations
to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Active Participation.--All regulations promulgated in
accordance with subsection (a) shall be developed with the full and
active participation of Indian tribes that have trust funds and assets
held by the Secretary.

Output: Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to create the position of Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform within the Department of the Interior to oversee all Indian trust fund and trust asset matters and to consult with Indian tribes and individual trust asset and trust fund account holders. Directs the Deputy Secretary to establish an advisory board on matters within the jurisdiction of the Office of Trust Reform.Establishes within the office of the Secretary the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight, headed by such Deputy Secretary, to supervise and direct day-to-day activities concerning such assets or funds, including providing accurate inventories, revenue postings, monthly statements, and annual audits.Requires the development and implementation of a ten-year Indian Trust Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan by either an Indian tribe or the Secretary (in close consultation with the tribe). Requires the Plan to: (1) determine the amount and source of trust funds; (2) inventory trust assets; and (3) identify tribal and management objectives along with the actions necessary to achieve them. States that the trust relationship and an approved Plan can coexist.Requires the Secretary to manage funds and assets in accordance with such plan and tribal laws, unless compliance would be contrary to the trust responsibility or otherwise prohibited by Federal law. Requires the active participation of Indian tribes in the promulgation of regulations concerning such funds and assets.