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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Fiscal Relief Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY STATE FISCAL RELIEF.

    (a) Temporary Increase of the Medicaid FMAP.--
            (1) Permitting maintenance of fiscal year 2007 fmap for
        last 3 calendar quarters of fiscal year 2008.--Subject to
        paragraph (5), if the FMAP determined without regard to this
        subsection for a State for fiscal year 2008 is less than the
        FMAP as so determined for fiscal year 2007, the FMAP for the
        State for fiscal year 2007 shall be substituted for the State's
        FMAP for the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of
        fiscal year 2008, before the application of this subsection.
            (2) Permitting maintenance of fiscal year 2008 fmap for
        first 2 quarters of fiscal year 2009.--Subject to paragraph
        (5), if the FMAP determined without regard to this subsection
        for a State for fiscal year 2009 is less than the FMAP as so
        determined for fiscal year 2008, the FMAP for the State for
        fiscal year 2008 shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for
        the first and second calendar quarters of fiscal year 2009,
        before the application of this subsection.
            (3) General 1.225 percentage points increase for last 3
        calendar quarters of fiscal year 2008 and first 2 calendar
        quarters of fiscal year 2009.--Subject to paragraphs (5), (6),
        and (7), for each State for the second, third, and fourth
        calendar quarters of fiscal year 2008 and for the first and
        second calendar quarters of fiscal year 2009, the FMAP (taking
        into account the application of paragraphs (1) and (2)) shall
        be increased by 1.225 percentage points.
            (4) Increase in cap on medicaid payments to territories.--
        Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), with respect to the second,
        third, and fourth calendar quarters of fiscal year 2008 and the
        first and second calendar quarters of fiscal year 2009, the
        amounts otherwise determined for Puerto Rico, the Virgin
        Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa
        under subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) shall each be increased by an
        amount equal to 2.45 percent of such amounts.
            (5) Scope of application.--The increases in the FMAP for a
        State under this subsection shall apply only for purposes of
        title XIX of the Social Security Act and shall not apply with
        respect to--
                    (A) disproportionate share hospital payments
                described in section 1923 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
                4);
                    (B) payments under title IV or XXI of such Act (42
                U.S.C. 601 et seq. and 1397aa et seq.); or
                    (C) any payments under XIX of such Act that are
                based on the enhanced FMAP described in section 2105(b)
                of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b)).
            (6) State eligibility.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), a
                State is eligible for an increase in its FMAP under
                paragraph (3) or an increase in a cap amount under
                paragraph (4) only if the eligibility under its State
                plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act
                (including any waiver under such title or under section
                1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315)) is no more
                restrictive than the eligibility under such plan (or
                waiver) as in effect on December 31, 2007.
                    (B) State reinstatement of eligibility permitted.--
                A State that has restricted eligibility under its State
                plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act
                (including any waiver under such title or under section
                1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315)) after December 31,
                2007 is eligible for an increase in its FMAP under
                paragraph (3) or an increase in a cap amount under
                paragraph (4) in the first calendar quarter (and
                subsequent calendar quarters) in which the State has
                reinstated eligibility that is no more restrictive than
                the eligibility under such plan (or waiver) as in
                effect on December 31, 2007.
                    (C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in subparagraph
                (A) or (B) shall be construed as affecting a State's
                flexibility with respect to benefits offered under the
                State medicaid program under title XIX of the Social
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (including any
                waiver under such title or under section 1115 of such
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1315)).
            (7) Requirement for certain states.--In the case of a State
        that requires political subdivisions within the State to
        contribute toward the non-Federal share of expenditures under
        the State medicaid plan required under section 1902(a)(2) of
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(2)), the State
        shall not require that such political subdivisions pay a
        greater percentage of the non-Federal share of such
        expenditures for the second, third, and fourth calendar
        quarters of fiscal year 2008 and the first and second calendar
        quarters of fiscal year 2009, than the percentage that was
        required by the State under such plan on December 31, 2007,
        prior to application of this subsection.
            (8) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) FMAP.--The term ``FMAP'' means the Federal
                medical assistance percentage, as defined in section
                1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
                1396d(b)).
                    (B) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning
                given such term for purposes of title XIX of the Social
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
            (9) Repeal.--Effective as of October 1, 2009, this
        subsection is repealed.
    (b) Payments to States for Assistance With Providing Government
Services.--The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended
by inserting after title V the following:

               ``TITLE VI--TEMPORARY STATE FISCAL RELIEF

``SEC. 601. TEMPORARY STATE FISCAL RELIEF.

    ``(a) Appropriation.--There is authorized to be appropriated and is
appropriated for making payments to States under this section--
            ``(1) $3,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
            ``(2) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
    ``(b) Payments.--
            ``(1) Fiscal year 2008.--From the amount appropriated under
        subsection (a)(1) for fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of the
        Treasury shall, not later than the later of the date that is 45
        days after the date of enactment of this Act or the date that a
        State provides the certification required by subsection (e) for
        fiscal year 2008, pay each State the amount determined for the
        State for fiscal year 2008 under subsection (c).
            ``(2) Fiscal year 2009.--From the amount appropriated under
        subsection (a)(2) for fiscal year 2009, the Secretary of the
        Treasury shall, not later than the later of October 1, 2008, or
        the date that a State provides the certification required by
        subsection (e) for fiscal year 2009, pay each State the amount
        determined for the State for fiscal year 2009 under subsection
        (c).
    ``(c) Payments Based on Population.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount
        appropriated under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2008
        and 2009 shall be used to pay each State an amount equal to the
        relative population proportion amount described in paragraph
        (3) for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Minimum payment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No State shall receive a payment
                under this section for a fiscal year that is less
                than--
                            ``(i) in the case of 1 of the 50 States or
                        the District of Columbia, \1/2\ of 1 percent of
                        the amount appropriated for such fiscal year
                        under subsection (a); and
                            ``(ii) in the case of the Commonwealth of
                        Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
                        Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
                        Islands, or American Samoa, \1/10\ of 1 percent
                        of the amount appropriated for such fiscal year
                        under subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Pro rata adjustments.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of
                the payments to States determined under this section
                without regard to this subparagraph to the extent
                necessary to comply with the requirements of
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Relative population proportion amount.--The relative
        population proportion amount described in this paragraph is the
        product of--
                    ``(A) the amount described in subsection (a) for a
                fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) the relative State population proportion (as
                defined in paragraph (4)).
            ``(4) Relative state population proportion defined.--For
        purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the term `relative State
        population proportion' means, with respect to a State, the
        amount equal to the quotient of--
                    ``(A) the population of the State (as reported in
                the most recent decennial census); and
                    ``(B) the total population of all States (as
                reported in the most recent decennial census).
    ``(d) Use of Payment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State shall
        use the funds provided under a payment made under this section
        for a fiscal year to--
                    ``(A) provide essential government services;
                    ``(B) cover the costs to the State of complying
                with any Federal intergovernmental mandate (as defined
                in section 421(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of
                1974) to the extent that the mandate applies to the
                State, and the Federal Government has not provided
                funds to cover the costs; or
                    ``(C) compensate for a decline in Federal funding
                to the State.
            ``(2) Limitation.--A State may only use funds provided
        under a payment made under this section for types of
        expenditures permitted under the most recently approved budget
        for the State.
    ``(e) Certification.--In order to receive a payment under this
section for a fiscal year, the State shall provide the Secretary of the
Treasury with a certification that the State's proposed uses of the
funds are consistent with subsection (d).
    ``(f) Definition of State.--In this section, the term `State' means
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
    ``(g) Repeal.--Effective as of October 1, 2009, this title is
repealed.''.

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State Fiscal Relief Act of 2008 - Provides that, if the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) determined without regard to this Act under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for a state for FY2008 is less than the FMAP as so determined for FY2007, the FY2007 FMAP shall be substituted for the state's otherwise applicable FMAP for the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of FY2008.

Provides also that, if the FMAP determined without regard to this Act for a state for FY2009 is less than the FMAP as so determined for FY2008, the FY2008 FMAP shall be substituted for the state's otherwise applicable FMAP for the first and second calendar quarters of FY2009.

Provides that, for each eligible state for the second, third, and, fourth calendar quarters of FY2008, and for the first and second calendar quarters of FY2009, the FMAP shall be increased by 1.225% points.

Provides for an increase in cap on Medicaid payments to territories.

Makes a state eligible for such an FMAP increase, and a territory for an increase in a cap amount, only if eligibility under its Medicaid plan is no more restrictive than the eligibility under such plan (or waiver) as in effect on December 31, 2007.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 for payments to states (temporary state fiscal relief) for use in: (1) providing government services; (2) covering the costs of complying with any federal intergovernmental mandate to the extent that the federal government has not provided funds to cover such costs; or (3) compensating for a decline in federal funding to the state.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF ESTATE TAX; REPEAL OF CARRYOVER BASIS.

    (a) In General.--The following provisions of the Economic Growth
and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the amendments made by
such provisions, are hereby repealed:
            (1) Subtitles A and E of title V.
            (2) Subsection (d), and so much of subsection (f)(3) as
        relates to subsection (d), of section 511.
            (3) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b), and paragraph (2) of
        subsection (e), of section 521.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such
provisions and amendments had never been enacted.
    (b) Sunset Not To Apply.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 901 of the Economic Growth
        and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by
        striking ``this Act'' and all that follows and inserting ``this
        Act (other than title V) shall not apply to taxable, plan, or
        limitation years beginning after December 31, 2010.''.
            (2) Subsection (b) of such section 901 is amended by
        striking ``, estates, gifts, and transfers''.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN UNIFIED CREDIT AGAINST THE ESTATE TAX.

    (a) In General.--The table in subsection (c) of section 2010 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to applicable credit amount) is
amended to read as follows:

``In the case of estates of                              The applicable
decedents dying during:                            exclusion amount is:
        2009.........................................       $3,500,000
        2010.........................................       $3,650,000
        2011.........................................       $3,800,000
        2012.........................................       $3,950,000
        2013.........................................       $4,100,000
        2014.........................................       $4,250,000
        2015.........................................       $4,400,000
        2016.........................................       $4,550,000
        2017.........................................       $4,700,000
        2018.........................................       $4,850,000
        2019 or thereafter...........................    $5,000,000.''.
    (b) Inflation Adjustment.--Subsection (c) of section 2010 of such
Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``For purposes of this section,'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section,'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any decedent
        dying in a calendar year after 2019, the $5,000,000 amount in
        paragraph (1) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
                under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year,
                determined by substituting `2018' for `1992' in
                subparagraph (B) thereof.
        If any increase determined under the preceding sentence is not
        a multiple of $10,000, such increase shall be rounded to the
        nearest multiple of $10,000.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying, and gifts made, after December 31,
2008.

SEC. 4. COORDINATED REDUCTION IN MAXIMUM RATE OF TAX WITH TERMINATION
              OF DEDUCTION FOR STATE DEATH TAXES.

    (a) Phasein of Reduction in Maximum Rate.--
            (1) In general.--The table in subparagraph (B) of section
        2001(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
        maximum rate) is amended to read as follows:

``In calendar year:                                The maximum rate is:
        2009.........................................       45 percent
        2010.........................................       44 percent
        2011.........................................       43 percent
        2012.........................................       42 percent
        2013.........................................       41 percent
        2014.........................................       40 percent
        2015.........................................       39 percent
        2016.........................................       38 percent
        2017.........................................       37 percent
        2018.........................................       36 percent
        2019 or thereafter...........................    35 percent.''.
            (2) Conforming and technical amendments.--
                    (A) Section 2001(c)(2)(A) of such Code is amended
                by striking ``after 2002 and before 2010'' and
                inserting ``after 2008''.
                    (B) Section 2001(c)(2)(A)(ii) of such Code is
                amended by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting
                ``clause (i)''.
    (b) Phaseout of Deduction for State Death Taxes.--Section 2058 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to deduction for State
death taxes) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Phaseout.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of estates of decedents
        dying in a calendar year beginning after December 31, 2008, the
        deduction under subsection (a) shall be equal to the applicable
        percentage of the amount which would (but for this subsection)
        be the amount of such deduction.
            ``(2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the applicable percentage shall be determined in
        accordance with the following table:

``In the case of taxes paid in            The applicable percentage is:
        calendar year:
        2009.........................................      100 percent
        2010.........................................       90 percent
        2011.........................................       80 percent
        2012.........................................       70 percent
        2013.........................................       60 percent
        2014.........................................       50 percent
        2015.........................................       40 percent
        2016.........................................       30 percent
        2017.........................................       20 percent
        2018.........................................       10 percent
        2019 or thereafter...........................     0 percent.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying, and gifts made, after December 31,
2008.

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Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) eliminating the tax on estates and generation-skipping transfers and the step-up in basis provisions for property acquired from a decedent for estates of decedents dying after 2009. Declares that the sunset provision (general terminating date of December 10, 2010) of EGTRRA shall not apply to title V of such Act (Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Provisions).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow annual increases in the estate tax exclusion amount until it reaches $5 million in 2019 and inflation adjustments to such amount after 2019; and (2) phase in annual reductions in the estate tax rate between 2009 and 2019 (45% to 35% in 2019 and thereafter) and eliminate the deduction for state estate, inheritance, legacy, or succession taxes over the same period.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that
        once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent
        remains, primarily in the Flint Hills of Kansas;
            (2) in 1991, the National Park Service conducted a special
        resource study of the Spring Hill Ranch, located in the Flint
        Hills of Kansas;
            (3) the study concludes that the Spring Hill Ranch--
                    (A) is a nationally significant example of the once
                vast tallgrass ecosystem, and includes buildings listed
                on the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to
                section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act
                (16 U.S.C. 470a) that represent outstanding examples of
                Second Empire and other 19th Century architectural
                styles; and
                    (B) is suitable and feasible as a potential
                addition to the National Park System; and
            (4) the National Park Trust, which owns the Spring Hill
        Ranch, has agreed to permit the National Park Service--
                    (A) to purchase a portion of the ranch, as
                specified in this Act; and
                    (B) to manage the ranch in order to--
                            (i) conserve the scenery, natural and
                        historic objects, and wildlife of the ranch;
                        and
                            (ii) provide for the enjoyment of the ranch
                        in such a manner and by such means as will
                        leave the scenery, natural and historic
                        objects, and wildlife unimpaired for the
                        enjoyment of future generations.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to preserve, protect, and interpret for the public an
        example of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem on the Spring Hill
        Ranch, located in the Flint Hills of Kansas; and
            (2) to preserve and interpret for the public the historic
        and cultural values represented on the Spring Hill Ranch.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Advisory committee.--The term ``Advisory Committee''
        means the Advisory Committee established under section 7.
            (2) Preserve.--The term ``Preserve'' means the Tallgrass
        Prairie National Preserve established by section 4.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (4) Trust.--The term ``Trust'' means the National Park
        Trust, Inc., a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation, or
        any successor-in-interest.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE.

    (a) In General.--In order to provide for the preservation,
restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the
Flint Hills of Kansas, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and
future generations, there is established the Tallgrass Prairie National
Preserve.
    (b) Description.--The Preserve shall consist of the lands and
interests in land, including approximately 10,894 acres, generally
depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Map, Flint Hills Prairie
National Monument'' numbered NM-TGP 80,000 and dated June 1994, more
particularly described in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. of June 3, 1994,
with the Office of the Register of Deeds in Chase County, Kansas, and
recorded in Book L-106 at pages 328 through 339, inclusive. In the case
of any difference between the map and the legal description, the legal
description shall govern, except that if, as a result of a survey, the
Secretary determines that there is a discrepancy with respect to the
boundary of the Preserve that may be corrected by making minor changes
to the map, the Secretary shall make changes to the map as appropriate,
and the boundaries of the Preserve shall be adjusted accordingly. The
map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service of the Department of
the Interior.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL PRESERVE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the Preserve in
accordance with this Act, the cooperative agreements described in
subsection (f)(1), and the provisions of law generally applicable to
units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled ``An Act
to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'',
approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2 through 4) and the Act of
August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (b) Application of Regulations.--With the consent of a private
owner of land within the boundaries of the Preserve, the regulations
issued by the Secretary concerning the National Park Service that
provide for the proper use, management, and protection of persons,
property, and natural and cultural resources shall apply to the private
land.
    (c) Facilities.--For purposes of carrying out the duties of the
Secretary under this Act relating to the Preserve, the Secretary may,
with the consent of a landowner, directly or by contract, construct,
reconstruct, rehabilitate, or develop essential buildings, structures,
and related facilities including roads, trails, and other interpretive
facilities on real property that is not owned by the Federal Government
and is located within the Preserve.
    (d) Liability.--
            (1) Liability of the united states and its officers and
        employees.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
        the liability of the United States is subject to the terms and
        conditions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, as amended, 28
        U.S.C. 2671 et seq., with respect to the claims arising by
        virtue of the Secretaries administration of the Preserve
        pursuant to this Act.
            (2) Liability of landowners.--
                    (A) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized,
                under such terms and conditions as he deems
                appropriate, to include in any cooperative agreement
                entered into in accordance with subsection (f)(1) an
                indemnification provision by which the United States
                agrees to hold harmless, defend and indemnify the
                landowner in full from and against any suit, claim,
                demand or action, liability, judgment, cost or other
                fee arising out of any claim of personal injury or
                property damage that occurs in connection with the
                operation of the Preserve under the agreement: Provided
                however, That indemnification shall not exceed $3
                million per claimant per occurrence.
                    (B) The indemnification provision authorized by
                subparagraph (A) shall not include claims for personal
                injury or property damage proximately caused by the
                wanton or willful misconduct of the landowner.
    (e) Unit of the National Park System.--The Preserve shall be a unit
of the National Park System for all purposes, including the purpose of
exercising authority to charge entrance and admission fees under
section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l-6a).
    (f) Agreements and Donations.--
            (1) Agreements.--The Secretary may expend Federal funds for
        the cooperative management of private property within the
        Preserve for research, resource management (including pest
        control and noxious weed control, fire protection, and the
        restoration of buildings), and visitor protection and use.
            (2) Donations.--The Secretary may accept, retain, and
        expend donations of funds, property (other than real property),
        or services from individuals, foundations, corporations, or
        public entities for the purposes of providing programs,
        services, facilities, or technical assistance that further the
        purposes of this Act.
    (g) General Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than the end of the third full
        fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act,
        the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
        Resources of the House of Representatives a general management
        plan for the Preserve.
            (2) Consultation.--In preparing the general management
        plan, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the
        National Park Service, shall consult with--
                    (A)(i) appropriate officials of the Trust; and
                    (ii) the Advisory Committee; and
                    (B) adjacent landowners, appropriate officials of
                nearby communities, the Kansas Department of Wildlife
                and Parks, and the Kansas Historical Society, and other
                interested parties.
            (3) Content of plan.--The general management plan shall
        provide for the following:
                    (A) Maintaining and enhancing the tallgrass prairie
                within the boundaries of the Preserve.
                    (B) Public access and enjoyment of the property
                that is consistent with the conservation and proper
                management of the historical, cultural, and natural
                resources of the ranch.
                    (C) Interpretive and educational programs covering
                the natural history of the prairie, the cultural
                history of Native Americans, and the legacy of ranching
                in the Flint Hills region.
                    (D) Provisions requiring the application of
                applicable State law concerning the maintenance of
                adequate fences within the boundaries of the Preserve.
                In any case in which an activity of the National Park
                Service requires fences that exceed the legal fence
                standard otherwise applicable to the Preserve, the
                National Park Service shall pay the additional cost of
                constructing and maintaining the fences to meet the
                applicable requirements for that activity.
                    (E) Provisions requiring the Secretary to comply
                with applicable State noxious weed, pesticide, and
                animal health laws.
                    (F) Provisions requiring compliance with applicable
                State water laws and Federal and State waste disposal
                laws (including regulations) and any other applicable
                law.
                    (G) Provisions requiring the Secretary to honor
                each valid existing oil and gas lease for lands within
                the boundaries of the Preserve (as described in section
                4(b)) that is in effect on the date of enactment of
                this Act.
                    (H) Provisions requiring the Secretary to offer to
                enter into an agreement with each individual who, as of
                the date of enactment of this Act, holds rights for
                cattle grazing within the boundaries of the Preserve
                (as described in section 4(b)).
            (4) Hunting and fishing.--The Secretary may allow hunting
        and fishing on Federal lands within the Preserve.
            (5) Financial analysis.--As part of the development of the
        general management plan, the Secretary shall prepare a
        financial analysis indicating how the management of the
        Preserve may be fully supported through fees, private
        donations, and other forms of non-Federal funding.

SEC. 6. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall acquire, by donation, not more
than 180 acres of real property within the boundaries of the Preserve
(as described in section 4(b)) and the improvements on the real
property.
    (b) Payments in Lieu of Taxes.--For the purposes of payments made
under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, the real property
described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to have been acquired for
the purposes specified in section 6904(a) of that title.
    (c) Prohibitions.--No property may be acquired under this section
without the consent of the owner of the property. The United States may
not acquire fee ownership of any lands within the Preserve other than
lands described in this section.

SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an advisory committee to
be known as the ``Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory
Committee''.
    (b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary and
the Director of the National Park Service concerning the development,
management, and interpretation of the Preserve. In carrying out those
duties, the Advisory Committee shall provide timely advice to the
Secretary and the Director during the preparation of the general
management plan under section 5(g).
    (c) Membership.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of 13
members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary as follows:
            (1) Three members shall be representatives of the Trust.
            (2) Three members shall be representatives of local
        landowners, cattle ranchers, or other agricultural interests.
            (3) Three members shall be representatives of conservation
        or historic preservation interests.
            (4)(A) One member shall be selected from a list of persons
        recommended by the Chase County Commission in the State of
        Kansas.
            (B) One member shall be selected from a list of persons
        recommended by appropriate officials of Strong City, Kansas,
        and Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
            (C) One member shall be selected from a list of persons
        recommended by the Governor of the State of Kansas.
            (5) One member shall be a range management specialist
        representing institutions of higher education (as defined in
        section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        1141(a))) in the State of Kansas.
    (d) Terms.--
            (1) In general.--Each member of the Advisory Committee
        shall be appointed to serve for a term of 3 years, except that
        the initial members shall be appointed as follows:
                    (A) Four members shall be appointed, one each from
                paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (c), to
                serve for a term of 3 years.
                    (B) Four members shall be appointed, one each from
                paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (c), to
                serve for a term of 4 years.
                    (C) Five members shall be appointed, one each from
                paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c), to serve
                for a term of 5 years.
            (2) Reappointment.--Each member may be reappointed to serve
        a subsequent term.
            (3) Expiration.--Each member shall continue to serve after
        the expiration of the term of the member until a successor is
        appointed.
            (4) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Advisory Committee shall
        be filled in the same manner as an original appointment is
        made. The member appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve
        until the expiration of the term in which the vacancy occurred.
    (e) Chairperson.--The members of the Advisory Committee shall
select 1 of the members to serve as Chairperson.
    (f) Meetings.--Meetings of the Advisory Committee shall be held at
the call of the Chairperson or the majority of the Advisory Committee.
Meetings shall be held at such locations and in such a manner as to
ensure adequate opportunity for public involvement. In compliance with
the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),
the Advisory Committee shall choose an appropriate means of providing
interested members of the public advance notice of scheduled meetings.
    (g) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Advisory Committee
shall constitute a quorum.
    (h) Compensation.--Each member of the Advisory Committee shall
serve without compensation, except that while engaged in official
business of the Advisory Committee, the member shall be entitled to
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence in the same
manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service under
section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (i) Charter.--The rechartering provisions of section 14(b) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the
Advisory Committee.

SEC. 8. RESTRICTION ON AUTHORITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall give the Secretary authority to regulate
lands outside the land area acquired by the Secretary under section
6(a).

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the
Interior such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.

Output:
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1996 - Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of Kansas.
Specifies that the Preserve shall be a unit of the National Park System, including for purposes of charging entrance and admission fees. Sets forth provisions regarding liability of the United States and of landowners.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to expend Federal funds for the cooperative management of private property within the Preserve for research, resource management, and visitor protection and use.
Requires the Secretary to:  (1) prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan; and (2) acquire, by donation, not more than 180 acres of real property within the boundaries of the Preserve and the improvements on such property.
Sets forth provisions regarding payments to local governments in lieu of taxes for such real property.  Prohibits:  (1) such property from being acquired without the owner's consent; and (2) U.S. acquisition of fee ownership of any lands within the Preserve other than these lands.
Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Pension Equity Act of
1996''.

SEC. 2. MODEL SPOUSAL CONSENT FORM AND QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS
              ORDER.

    (a) Model Spousal Consent Form.--
            (1) Amendment to internal revenue code.--Section 417(a) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
        end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Consent form.--The Secretary shall develop a form not
        later than January 1, 1997, for the spousal consent required
        under paragraph (2) which--
                    ``(A) is written in a manner calculated to be
                understood by the average person, and
                    ``(B) discloses in plain form whether--
                            ``(i) the waiver is irrevocable, and
                            ``(ii) the waiver may be revoked by a
                        qualified domestic relations order.''.
            (2) Amendment to erisa.--Section 205(c) of the Employee
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1055(c)) is
        amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) The Secretary of the Treasury shall develop a form no
        later than January 1, 1997, for the spousal consent required
        under paragraph (2) which--
                    ``(A) is written in a manner calculated to be
                understood by the average person, and
                    ``(B) discloses in plain form whether--
                            ``(i) the wavier is irrevocable, and
                            ``(ii) the waiver may be revoked by a
                        qualified domestic relations order.''.
    (b) Model Qualified Domestic Relations Order.--
            (1) Amendment to erisa.--Section 206(d)(3) of the Employee
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1056(d)(3))
        is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(O) The Secretary shall develop a form not later than January 1,
1997, for a qualified domestic relations order--
            ``(i) which meets all the requirements of subparagraph
        (B)(i), and
            ``(ii) the provisions of which focus attention on the need
        to consider the treatment of any lump sum payment, qualified
        joint and survivor annuity, or qualified preretirement survivor
        annuity.''.
            (2) Amendment to internal revenue code.--Section 414(p) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
        end the following new paragraph:
            ``(13) The Secretary of Labor shall develop a form not
        later than January 1, 1997, for a qualified domestic relations
        order which--
                    ``(A) which meets all the requirements of paragraph
                (1)(A), and
                    ``(B) the provisions of which focus attention on
                the need to consider the treatment of any lump sum
                payment, qualified joint and survivor annuity, or
                qualified preretirement survivor annuity.''.
    (c) Publicity.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of
Labor shall include publicity for the model forms required by the
amendments made by this section in the pension outreach efforts
undertaken by each Secretary.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF TIER II RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO SURVIVING
              FORMER SPOUSES PURSUANT TO DIVORCE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
(45 U.S.C. 231d) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the payment of
any portion of an annuity computed under section 3(d) to a surviving
former spouse in accordance with a court decree of divorce, annulment,
or legal separation or the terms of any court-approved property
settlement incident to any such court decree shall not be terminated
upon the death of the individual who preformed the service with respect
to which such annuity is so computed unless such termination is
otherwise required by the terms of such court decree.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. SURVIVOR ANNUITIES FOR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, AND FORMER SPOUSES OF
              FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO DIE BEFORE ATTAINING AGE FOR
              DEFERRED ANNUITY UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) Benefits for Widow or Widower.--Section 8341(f) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by--
                    (A) by inserting ``a former employee separated from
                the service with title to deferred annuity from the
                Fund dies before having established a valid claim for
                annuity and is survived by a spouse, or if'' before ``a
                Member''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``of such former employee or
                Member'' after ``the surviving spouse'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``former employee or'' before
                ``Member commencing''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``former employee or'' before
                ``Member dies''; and
            (3) in the undesignated sentence following paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by
                inserting ``former employee or'' before ``Member''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``former
                employee or'' before ``Member''.
    (b) Benefits for Former Spouse.--Section 8341(h) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by adding after the first sentence
        ``Subject to paragraphs (2) through (5) of this subsection, a
        former spouse of a former employee who dies after having
        separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity
        under section 8338(a) but before having established a valid
        claim for annuity is entitled to a survivor annuity under this
        subsection, if and to the extent expressly provided for in an
        election under section 8339(j)(3) of this title, or in the
        terms of any decree of divorce or annulment or any court order
        or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to
        such decree.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ``or
                annuitant,'' and inserting ``annuitant, or former
                employee''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii) by inserting ``former
                employee or'' before ``Member''.
    (c) Protection of Survivor Benefit Rights.--Section 8339(j)(3) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the
following:
    ``The Office shall provide by regulation for the application of
this subsection to the widow, widower, or surviving former spouse of a
former employee who dies after having separated from the service with
title to a deferred annuity under section 8338(a) but before having
established a valid claim for annuity.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply only in
the case of a former employee who dies on or after such date.

SEC. 5. COURT ORDERS RELATING TO FEDERAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FORMER
              SPOUSES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8345(j) of title 5, United States
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
                (4); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
                new paragraph:
    ``(3) Payment to a person under a court decree, court order,
property settlement, or similar process referred to under paragraph (1)
shall include payment to a former spouse of the employee, Member, or
annuitant.''.
            (2) Lump-sum benefits.--Section 8342 of title 5, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c) by striking ``Lump-sum
                benefits'' and inserting ``Subject to subsection (j),
                lump-sum benefits''; and
                    (B) in subsection (j)(1) by striking ``the lump-sum
                credit under subsection (a) of this section'' and
                inserting ``any lump-sum credit or lump-sum benefit
                under this section''.
    (b) Federal Employees Retirement System.--Section 8467 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
        subsection:
    ``(c) Payment to a person under a court decree, court order,
property settlement, or similar process referred to under subsection
(a) shall include payment to a former spouse of the employee, Member,
or annuitant.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. PREVENTION OF CIRCUMVENTION OF COURT ORDER BY WAIVER OF RETIRED
              PAY TO ENHANCE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement and Disability System.--(1) Subsection
(c) of section 8332 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) If an employee or Member waives retired pay that is subject
to a court order from which there has been effective service on the
Secretary concerned for purposes of section 1408 of title 10, the
military service on which the retired pay is based may be credited as
service for purposes of this subchapter only if, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, the employee or Member authorizes the Director to deduct
and withhold from the annuity payable to the employee or Member under
this subchapter, and to pay to the former spouse covered by the court
order, the same amount that would have been deducted and withheld from
the employee's or Member's retired pay and paid to that former spouse
under such section 1408.''.
    (2) Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended by striking out
``Except as provided in paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``Except as
provided in paragraphs (2) and (4)''.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--(1) Subsection (c) of
section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
    ``(5) If an employee or Member waives retired pay that is subject
to a court order for which there has been effective service on the
Secretary concerned for purposes of section 1408 of title 10, the
military service on which the retired pay is based may be credited as
service for purposes of this chapter only if, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, the employee or Member authorizes the Director to deduct
and withhold from the annuity payable to the employee or Member under
this subchapter, and to pay to the former spouse covered by the court
order, the same amount that would have been deducted and withheld from
the employee's or Member's retired pay and paid to that former spouse
under such section 1408.''.
    (2) Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended by striking out
``Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3)'' and inserting ``Except
as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on January 1, 1997.

Output:
Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model:  (1) spousal consent form when an election is made to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order.
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment of any portion of Tier II Railroad Retirement benefits to surviving former spouses pursuant to divorce agreements.
Amends Federal law to provide for a survivor annuity to widows, widowers, and certain former spouses of Federal employees who die after having separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity, but before attaining age for such annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System on the same basis as is currently provided to certain survivors of former Members of Congress.
Revises provisions concerning Federal retirement benefits subject to a court order.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Directed Energy Weapon Systems
Acquisition Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate noted in
        the report accompanying S. 1356 (S. Rept. 114-49; 114th
        Congress) that since 1960, the Department of Defense has
        invested more than $6,000,000,000 in directed energy science
        and technology initiatives, and that the Committee is concerned
        that, despite this significant investment, the Department's
        directed energy initiatives are not resourced at levels
        necessary to transition them to full-scale acquisition
        programs.
            (2) The Defense Science Board Task Force on Directed Energy
        Weapon Systems and Technology Applications (the ``Task Force'')
        found that ``directed energy offers promise as a
        transformational `game changer' in military operations, able to
        augment and improve operational capabilities in many areas''.
            (3) Despite this potential, years of investment have not
        resulted in any operational systems with high energy laser
        capability.
            (4) The Task Force believes that the range of potential
        application is sufficient to warrant significantly increased
        attention to the scope and direction of efforts to assess,
        develop, and field appropriate laser, microwave, and millimeter
        wave weapons.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON SYSTEM PROGRAMS IN THE
              RAPID ACQUISITION AUTHORITY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 806(c)(1) of the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10
U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
            ``(D)(i) In the case of any supplies and associated support
        services that, as determined in writing by the Secretary of
        Defense without delegation, are urgently needed to eliminate a
        deficiency in directed energy weapon systems, the Secretary may
        use the procedures developed under this section in order to
        accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of needed
        offensive or defensive directed energy weapon systems
        capabilities, supplies, and associated support services.
            ``(ii) For the purposes of directed energy weapon systems
        acquisition, the Secretary of Defense shall consider use of the
        following procedures:
                    ``(I) The rapid acquisition authority provided
                under this section.
                    ``(II) Use of other transactions authority provided
                under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.
                    ``(III) The acquisition of commercial items using
                simplified acquisition procedures.
                    ``(IV) The authority for procurement for
                experimental purposes provided under section 2373 of
                title 10, United States Code.
            ``(iii) In this subparagraph, the term `directed energy
        weapon system' means military action involving the use of
        directed energy to incapacitate, damage, or destroy enemy
        equipment, facilities, or personnel.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2373 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and aeronautical
        supplies'' and inserting ``, aeronautical supplies, and
        directed energy weapon systems''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Directed Energy Weapon System Defined.--In this section, the
term `directed energy weapon system' means military action involving
the use of directed energy to incapacitate, damage, or destroy enemy
equipment, facilities, or personnel.''.

SEC. 4. JOINT DIRECTED ENERGY PROGRAM OFFICE.

    (a) Redesignation.--The High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office
of the Department of Defense is hereby redesignated as the ``Joint
Directed Energy Program Office'' (in this section referred to as the
``Office'').
    (b) Strategic Plan for Development and Transition of Directed
Energy Weapons Capabilities Toward Fielding.--In addition to the
functions and duties of the Office in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Office shall develop a strategic plan
for development and transition of directed energy weapons capabilities
toward fielding for the Department, in which the Office may define
requirements for directed energy capabilities that address the highest
priority warfighting capability gaps of the Department.
    (c) Acceleration of Development and Transition of Directed Energy
Weapons Capabilities Toward Fielding.--
            (1) In general.--To the degree practicable, the Office
        shall use the policies of the Department that are revised
        pursuant to this Act and new acquisition and management
        practices established pursuant to this Act to accelerate the
        development and transition of directed energy capabilities
        toward fielding.
            (2) Engagement.--The Secretary shall ensure that use of
        policies and practices described in paragraph (1) include
        engagement with defense and private industries, research
        universities, and unaffiliated, nonprofit research
        institutions.

Output: Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016 This bill amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to state that, if supplies or support services are urgently needed to eliminate a deficiency in directed energy weapon systems, the Department of Defense (DOD) may use specified rapid acquisition procedures to acquire and deploy needed offensive or defensive directed energy weapon systems capabilities, supplies, and associated support services.  "Directed energy weapon system" means military action using highly focused sound, electromagnetic, or particle-beam energy to incapacitate, damage, or destroy enemy equipment, facilities, or personnel. The bill redesignates DOD's High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office as the Joint Directed Energy Program Office. The Office shall: (1) develop a strategic plan for development and transition of directed energy weapons capabilities, and (2) use new and revised DOD policies to accelerate the development and transition of directed energy capabilities toward fielding.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Youth from Dangerous
Synthetic Drugs Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 102(32), by striking subparagraph (A) and
        inserting the following:
            ``(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term
        `controlled substance analogue' means--
                    ``(i) a substance whose chemical structure is
                substantially similar to the chemical structure of a
                controlled substance in schedule I or II--
                            ``(I) which has a stimulant, depressant, or
                        hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous
                        system that is substantially similar to or
                        greater than the stimulant, depressant, or
                        hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous
                        system of a controlled substance in schedule I
                        or II; or
                            ``(II) with respect to a particular person,
                        which such person represents or intends to have
                        a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic
                        effect on the central nervous system that is
                        substantially similar to or greater than the
                        stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect
                        on the central nervous system of a controlled
                        substance in schedule I or II; or
                    ``(ii) a substance designated as a controlled
                substance analogue by the Controlled Substance Analogue
                Committee in accordance with section 201(i).''; and
            (2) in section 201, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i)(1) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, shall establish an interagency committee,
to be known as the Controlled Substance Analogue Committee (referred to
in this subsection as the `Committee').
    ``(2) The Committee shall be--
            ``(A) headed by the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
        Administration; and
            ``(B) comprised of scientific experts in the fields of
        chemistry and pharmacology from--
                    ``(i) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
                    ``(ii) the National Institute on Drug Abuse;
                    ``(iii) the Centers for Disease Control and
                Prevention; and
                    ``(iv) any other Federal agency determined by the
                Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of
                Health and Human Services, to be appropriate.
    ``(3)(A) The Committee shall convene, on an as needed basis, to
establish and maintain a list of controlled substance analogues.
    ``(B) A substance may be designated as a controlled substance
analogue by the Committee under this subsection if the substance is
determined by the Committee to be similar to a schedule I or II
controlled substance in either its chemical structure or its predictive
effect on the body, in such a manner as to make it likely that the
substance will, or can be reasonably expected to have a potential for
abuse.
    ``(C) Evidence of human consumption by an individual or the public
at large is not necessary before a substance may be designated as a
controlled substance analogue under this subsection.
    ``(D) The Attorney General shall, through rulemaking, establish
procedures of operation for the Committee.
    ``(4)(A) Not later than 30 days before each meeting of the
Committee, the Attorney General shall submit to the Secretary of Health
and Human Services a notice of the meeting of the Committee, which
shall include--
            ``(i) a list of the substances to be considered by the
        Committee during the meeting for designation as a controlled
        substance analogue; and
            ``(ii) a request for the Secretary of Health and Human
        Services to make a determination of whether an exemption or
        approval for each substance listed under clause (i) is in
        effect under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
        Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355).
    ``(B) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary
of Health and Human Services receives notice under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall submit to the Attorney General a written response
to the request described under subparagraph (A)(ii). The Committee
shall consider the response submitted by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services in determining whether to designate a substance
considered by the Committee at the meeting as a controlled substance
analogue.
    ``(5)(A) The Attorney General shall publish in the Federal Register
any designation made by the Committee under this subsection.
    ``(B) The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
shall publish, on the website of the Drug Enforcement Administration, a
description of each designation made by the Committee under this
subsection, which shall include--
            ``(i) the chemical and common name of the controlled
        substance analogue;
            ``(ii) the effective date of the determination, as
        described in paragraph (6)(A); and
            ``(iii) any schedule I or II controlled substance that the
        Committee has determined a substance is an analogue of.
    ``(6) A designation made by the Committee under this subsection
shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date on which
the designation is published in the Federal Register under paragraph
(5)(A).
    ``(7) If a substance designated as a controlled substance analogue
by the Committee under this section is subsequently scheduled through a
rulemaking proceeding under subsection (a), (d), or (h), the substance
shall be automatically removed from the controlled substance analogue
list.
    ``(8) If a defendant challenges the designation of a controlled
substance analogue made by the Committee under this subsection the
issue shall be considered a question of law.''.
    (b) Funding.--Section 111(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 102-395 (21 U.S.C.
886a(2)(B)) is amended by inserting ``controlled substance analogues,''
after ``substances,''.

SEC. 3. IMPORTATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOGUES.

    Section 1002 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21
U.S.C. 952) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as
        subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) It shall be unlawful to import into the customs territory of
the United States from any place outside thereof (but within the United
States), or to import into the United States from any place outside
thereof, any controlled substance analogue designated pursuant to
section 201(i) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(i))
unless the controlled substance analogue is imported pursuant to such
notification or declaration as the Attorney General may by regulation
prescribe.''.

SEC. 4. DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of
title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission
shall review and, if appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing
guidelines and policy statements to ensure the guidelines and policy
statements provide adequate penalties for any offense involving the
unlawful manufacturing, importing, exporting, or trafficking of
controlled substance analogues under part D of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) or part A of the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) and similar
offenses, including unlawful possession, possession with intent to
commit any of the foregoing offenses, and attempt and conspiracy to
commit any of the foregoing offenses.
    (b) Commission Duties.--In carrying out this section, the
Sentencing Commission shall--
            (1) ensure that the sentences, guidelines, and policy
        statements relating to offenders convicted of these offenses
        are appropriately severe and reasonably consistent with other
        relevant directives and other Federal sentencing guidelines and
        policy statements;
            (2) make any necessary conforming changes to the Federal
        sentencing guidelines; and
            (3) assure that the guidelines adequately meet the purposes
        of sentencing as set forth in section 3553(a)(2) of title 18,
        United States Code.

Output: Protecting Our Youth from Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include in the definition of a "controlled substance analogue" a substance designated as such by the Controlled Substance Analogue Committee (established by this Act). Directs the Attorney General to establish such Committee as an interagency committee headed by the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and comprised of scientific experts in the fields of chemistry and pharmacology from DEA, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and any other federal agency determined by the Attorney General to be appropriate.   Requires the Committee to designate, and establish and maintain a list of, controlled substance analogues determined to be similar to a schedule I or II controlled substance in either chemical structure or predictive effect on the body in such a manner as to make it likely that the substance will, or can be reasonably expected to, have a potential for abuse. Directs the Administrator to publish a description of each designation made by the Committee. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit the importation of any controlled substance analogue except pursuant to such notification or declaration as the Attorney General may prescribe. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements to ensure that they provide adequate penalties for any offense involving the unlawful manufacturing, importing, exporting, or trafficking of controlled substance analogues and similar offenses.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Falls are the leading cause of injury deaths among
        people over 65.
            (2) Sixty percent of fall-related deaths occur among
        persons 75 and older.
            (3) Twenty-five percent of elderly persons who sustain a
        hip fracture die within 1 year.
            (4) Hospital admissions for hip fractures among the elderly
        have increased from 231,000 admissions in 1988 to 332,000 in
        1999. The number of hip fractures is expected to exceed 500,000
        by 2040.
            (5) The costs to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and
        society as a whole from falls by elderly persons continue to
        climb much faster than inflation and population growth. Direct
        costs alone will exceed $32,000,000,000 in 2020.
            (6) The Federal Government should devote additional
        resources to research regarding the prevention and treatment of
        falls in residential as well as institutional settings.
            (7) A national approach to reducing elder falls, which
        focuses on the daily life of senior citizens in residential,
        institutional, and community settings is needed. The approach
        should include a wide range of organizations and individuals
        including family members, health care providers, social
        workers, architects, employers and others.
            (8) Reducing preventable adverse events, such as elder
        falls, is an important aspect to the agenda to improve patient
        safety.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to develop effective public education strategies in a
        national initiative to reduce elder falls in order to educate
        the elders themselves, family members, employers, caregivers,
        and others who touch the lives of senior citizens;
            (2) to expand needed services and gain information about
        the most effective approaches to preventing and treating elder
        falls; and
            (3) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        to evaluate the effect of falls on the costs of medicare and
        medicaid and the potential for reducing costs by expanding
        services covered under these two programs.

SEC. 4. PUBLIC EDUCATION.

    Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administration
on Aging within the Department of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) oversee and support a three-year national education
        campaign to be carried out by the National Safety Council to be
        directed principally to elders, their families, and health care
        providers and focusing on ways of reducing the risk of elder
        falls and preventing repeat falls; and
            (2) provide grants to qualified organizations and
        institutions for the purpose of organizing State-level
        coalitions of appropriate State and local agencies, safety,
        health, senior citizen and other organizations to design and
        carry out local education campaigns, focusing on ways of
        reducing the risk of elder falls and preventing repeat falls.

SEC. 5. RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) conduct and support research to--
                    (A) improve the identification of elders with a
                high risk of falls;
                    (B) improve data collection and analysis to
                identify fall risk and protective factors;
                    (C) improve strategies that are proven to be
                effective in reducing subsequent falls by elderly fall
                victims;
                    (D) expand proven interventions to prevent elder
                falls;
                    (E) improve the diagnosis, treatment, and
                rehabilitation of elderly fall victims; and
                    (F) assess the risk of falls occurring in various
                settings;
            (2) conduct research concerning barriers to the adoption of
        proven interventions with respect to the prevention of elder
        falls (such as medication review and vision enhancement); and
            (3) evaluate the effectiveness of community programs to
        prevent assisted living and nursing home falls by elders.
    (b) Administration.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) conduct research and surveillance activities related to
        the community-based and populations-based aspects of elder fall
        prevention through the Director of the Centers for Disease
        Control and Prevention;
            (2) conduct research related to elder fall prevention in
        health care delivery settings and clinical treatment and
        rehabilitation of elderly fall victims through the Director of
        the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; and
            (3) ensure the coordination of the activities described in
        paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (c) Grants.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award
grants to qualified organizations and institutions to enable such
organizations and institutions to provide professional education for
physicians and allied health professionals in elder fall prevention.

SEC. 6. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

    Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall carry
out the following:
            (1) Oversee and support demonstration and research projects
        to be carried out by the National Safety Council in the
        following areas:
                    (A) A multi-State demonstration project assessing
                the utility of targeted fall risk screening and
                referral programs.
                    (B) Programs targeting newly-discharged fall
                victims who are at a high risk for second falls, which
                shall include, but not be limited to modification
                projects for elders with multiple sensory impairments,
                video and web-enhanced fall prevention programs for
                caregivers in multifamily housing settings, and
                development of technology to prevent and detect falls.
                    (C) Private sector and public-private partnerships,
                involving home remodeling, home design and remodeling
                (in accordance with accepted building codes and
                standards) and nursing home and hospital patient
                supervision.
            (2)(A) Provide grants to qualified organizations and
        institutions to design and carry out fall prevention programs
        in residential and institutional settings.
            (B) Provide one or more grants to one or more qualified
        applicants in order to carry out a multi-State demonstration
        project to implement fall prevention programs targeted toward
        multi-family residential settings with high concentrations of
        elders, including identifying high risk populations, evaluating
        residential facilities, conducting screening to identify high
        risk individuals, providing pre-fall counseling, coordinating
        services with health care and social service providers and
        coordinating post-fall treatment and rehabilitation.
            (C) Provide one or more grants to qualified applicants to
        conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of the demonstration
        projects in this section.

SEC. 7. REVIEW OF REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
undertake a review of the effects of falls on the costs of the Medicare
and Medicaid programs and the potential for reducing costs by expanding
services covered by these two programs. This review shall include a
review of the reimbursement policies of medicare and medicaid in order
to determine if additional fall-related services should be covered or
reimbursement guidelines should be modified.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit to the Congress a report describing the findings of the
Secretary in conducting the review under subsection (a).

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.

    In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, there are
authorized to be appropriated--
            (1) to carry out the national public education provisions
        described in section 4(1), $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
        2003 through 2005;
            (2) to carry out the State public education campaign
        provisions of section 4(2), $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years
        2003 through 2005;
            (3) to carry out research projects described in section 5,
        $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2005; and
            (4) to carry out the demonstration projects described in
        section 6(1), $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through
        2005; and
            (5) to carry out the demonstration and research projects
        described in section 6(2), $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years
        2003 through 2005.

Output: Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Administration on Aging within the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) oversee and support a three-year national education campaign by the National Safety Council focusing on ways to reduce the risk of elder falls and prevent repeat falls; and (2) provide grants for State coalitions for local education campaigns addressing reduction and prevention of elder falls.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct and support research concerning high-risk elders, risk and protective factors, fall reduction strategies, fall prevention interventions, diagnosis and treatment of victims, barriers to adopting proven interventions, and the effectiveness of community programs in preventing assisted living and nursing home falls; and (2) award grants to enable organizations to provide professional education for physicians and health professionals in elder fall prevention.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to : (1) oversee and support demonstration and research projects to be carried out by the Council to assess the utility of targeted fall risk screening and referral programs and to include programs targeting newly-discharged fall victims at high risk for second falls and private-public partnerships involving home design and remodeling; and (2) provide grants to design and implement fall prevention programs in residential and institutional settings, including a multi-State demonstration project.Directs the Secretary to review the effects of falls on the costs of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the potential for reducing costs by expanding covered services, including a review of reimbursement policies.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Stalker Reduction Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) stalking, which is the willful, malicious, and repeated
        following or harassing by an individual who makes a threat with
        the intent to place another individual in imminent fear of
        death or serious bodily injury, often is part of a pattern of
        behavior within the scope of domestic violence;
            (2) there is insufficient data available to determine the
        extent and number of incidents of stalking;
            (3) nearly 30 percent of all female murders are attributed
        to domestic violence;
            (4) State criminal statutes often do not apply to stalking,
        and more than 50 percent of the States have failed to enact
        legislation that includes stalking; and
            (5) the prolonged suffering of victims from stalking has
        been frequently reported by the media, and victims, their
        families, and friends.

SEC. 3. ENACTMENT OF STATE ANTI-STALKING LEGISLATION.

    (a) Programs Regarding Stalking.--Section 501(b) of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (21) and
        adding ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(22) programs that increase awareness, reporting, and
        prevention of stalking.''.
    (b) Formula Grant Reduction for Noncompliance.--Section 506 of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) In order not to reduce the funds available under this subpart
by 25 percent (for redistribution to other participating States), a
State shall, on the first day of each fiscal year succeeding the first
fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1994, meet the following
requirements:
            ``(1) Have in effect throughout the State in such fiscal
        year a law which--
                    ``(A) makes it unlawful for an individual to
                willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follow or harass
                another individual while making a threat with the
                intent to place such individual in imminent fear of
                death or serious bodily injury;
                    ``(B) provides a minimum penalty of--
                            ``(i) in the case of a first offense, a
                        fine of not less than $1,000 or imprisonment
                        for not more than 5 years, or both;
                            ``(ii) in the case of violation of a
                        temporary or permanent vacate, restraining, or
                        no-contact order or judgment issued under State
                        law, imprisonment for not less than one year,
                        but not more than 5 years;
                            ``(iii) in any other case, imprisonment for
                        not less than 2 years, but not more than 10
                        years.
            ``(2) Require that the State, in consultation with State or
        local domestic violence coalitions, develop training programs
        for law enforcement, judicial, and court personnel.
            ``(3) Require each public agency in the State which employs
        law enforcement officers or judicial personnel to report
        information regarding domestic violence offenses to a
        designated statewide central registry in the State.
            ``(4) Require judicial personnel to search and examine the
        central registry of statewide domestic violence records when
        petitioned for a civil restraining order.
            ``(5) Require judicial personnel to report information
        regarding a defendant to law enforcement personnel when an
        outstanding warrant exists.''.

SEC. 4. STATE DATA BASES.

    (a) Allocation Reservation.--Subject to subsection (d), each State
which receives funds under section 506 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 in a fiscal year shall allocate not less than
5 percent of such funds for the development of records regarding
stalking and other forms of domestic violence.
    (b) Development of Records.--The development of records referred to
in subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) the development or expansion of maintaining records
        regarding the dispositions of all complaints and arrests for
        stalking and other forms of domestic violence;
            (2) the full automation of such records; and
            (3) the frequency and quality of reports sent to the Bureau
        of Justice Statistics.
    (c) The Director, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau
of Justice Statistics, shall establish guidelines for the fulfillment
of the requirements specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this
section.
    (d) In accordance with such guidelines as the Director shall issue
and at the request of a State, the Director may--
            (1) waive compliance with subsection (a) by such State; or
            (2) authorize such State to reduce the minimum amount such
        State is required to allocate under subsection (a);
if the Director finds that the quality of the States' records regarding
stalking and domestic violence complaints and arrests does not warrant
expending the amount allocated under subsection (a).

SEC. 5. NATIONAL INFORMATION.

    (a) Definitions.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall define
terms that relate to stalking and make such definitions available to
individuals and groups that request such information.
    (b) Collection of Data.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in
coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the States,
shall compile a national data base regarding stalking civil protective
orders and other forms of domestic violence.

SEC. 6. REPORTING.

    The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall submit to
the Congress an annual report, beginning one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, that evaluates the effectiveness of State anti-
stalking efforts and legislation.

Output:
National Stalker Reduction Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to:  (1) authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States which include programs that increase awareness, reporting, and prevention of stalking; and (2) provide for a reduction of formula grants for noncompliance by States with specified requirements.
Directs each State which receives drug control and system improvement formula grants under the Act in a fiscal year to allocate not less than five percent of such funds for the development of records regarding stalking and other forms of domestic violence, including:  (1) the development or expansion of maintaining records regarding the dispositions of all complaints and arrests for stalking and other forms of domestic violence; (2) the full automation of such records; and (3) the frequency and quality of reports sent to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Authorizes the Director to waive compliance with such allocation requirement by a State, or to authorize a State to reduce the minimum amount such State is required to allocate, if the Director finds that the quality of the States' records regarding stalking and domestic violence complaints and arrests does not warrant expending the amount allocated.
Requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to:  (1) define terms that relate to stalking and make such definitions available to individuals and groups that request such information; and (2) compile a national database regarding stalking and other forms of domestic violence.
Requires the Director to submit annual reports to the Congress, evaluating the effectiveness of State anti-stalking efforts and legislation.