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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Uzbekistan Freedom Promotion Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Department of State's 2004 Country Reports on Human
        Rights Practices for Uzbekistan states the following:
                    (A) ``Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with
                limited civil rights . . . President Islam Karimov and
                the centralized executive branch that serves him
                dominated political life and exercised nearly complete
                control over the other branches . . . The Government is
                highly centralized and is ruled by President Karimov
                and the executive branch through sweeping decree
                powers, primary authority for drafting legislation, and
                control of government appointments, most of the
                economy, and the security forces.''.
                    (B) ``On December 26, [2004,] elections were held
                for seats in the lower chamber of the Supreme Assembly
                (Oliy Majlis) that fell significantly short of
                international standards for democratic elections . . .
                Citizens could not exercise the right to change their
                government peacefully . . . The law makes it extremely
                difficult for opposition parties to organize, nominate
                candidates, and campaign.''.
                    (C) ``Police and, to a lesser extent, NSS [National
                Security Service] forces tortured, beat, and harassed
                persons . . . Members of the security forces
                responsible for documented abuses were rarely punished
                . . . Police, prison officials, and the NSS allegedly
                used suffocation, electric shock, rape, and other
                sexual abuse; however, beating was the most commonly
                reported method of torture.''.
                    (D) ``The number of persons in prison for political
                or religious reasons--primarily persons the Government
                believed were associated with extremist Islamist
                political groups, but also members of the secular
                opposition and human rights activists--was estimated to
                be between 5,000 and 5,500.''.
                    (E) ``The Government severely restricted freedom of
                speech and the press, and an atmosphere of repression
                stifled public criticism of the Government.''.
                    (F) ``The Government continued to deny registration
                to several independent domestic human rights groups and
                increased pressure on unregistered groups . . . The
                Government denied the registration applications of two
                opposition political parties. The Government harassed
                and abused members of domestic human rights groups.''.
                    (G) ``The Government restricted freedom of religion
                and harassed individuals suspected of belonging to
                extremist groups; several hundred were arrested. The
                Government limited the activities of minority
                religions.''.
                    (H) ``The public generally did not have access to
                Government information, and information normally
                considered in the public domain, such as prosecutions
                for corruption or official malfeasance, were seldom
                reported.''.
            (2) On May 13, 2005, security forces of the Government of
        Uzbekistan conducted a brutal and indiscriminate assault on
        thousands of demonstrators and onlookers in the city of
        Andijan, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and many more
        injuries.
            (3) The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
        of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
        (OSCE) stated in its ``Preliminary Findings on the Events in
        Andijan, Uzbekistan, 13 May 2005'' that many of the protestors
        ``spoke about social and economic problems (lack of
        transparency, corruption in the government, unfair trials,
        abuse by police, unemployment, taxation, etc) . . . this also
        attracted others to the square''.
            (4) The Government of Uzbekistan has imprisoned dozens of
        individuals who participated in peaceful demonstrations and
        continues to engage in widespread arrests in the aftermath of
        the May 13, 2005, assault.
            (5) The Government of Uzbekistan has consistently denied
        that a massacre in Andijan took place, expelled local and
        foreign journalists from the region, and has refused to open
        the area to a full and independent investigation into the
        violence.
            (6) Following the massacre in Andijan, hundreds of Uzbek
        citizens fled to neighboring Kyrgyzstan, which faces pressure
        from the Uzbek Government to quickly return them, despite well-
        grounded concerns that they may be arrested and tortured upon
        their return, and where, although protected as refugees under
        international law, they have been targeted by Uzbek authorities
        for illegal repatriation and face continued threat from Uzbek
        security services operating in southern Kyrgyzstan.
            (7) In June 2005, the United States, the European Union
        (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United
        Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the
        Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe called for
        a credible independent international inquiry into the recent
        violence in Andijan and urged the Government of Uzbekistan to
        prosecute those responsible for civilian deaths.
            (8) A July 12, 2005, report by the United Nations High
        Commissioner for Human Rights states that ``consistent,
        credible eyewitness testimony strongly suggests that grave
        human rights violations, mostly of the right to life, were
        committed by Uzbek military and security forces . . . It is not
        excluded--judging from the accounts of the eyewitnesses
        interviewed--that the incidents amounted to a mass killing . .
        .'' in Andijan and reiterates a call for an independent
        international probe.
            (9) In July 2004, after a Department of State review of
        democratization in Uzbekistan, former Secretary of State Colin
        Powell determined that the Government of Uzbekistan was not
        fulfilling the terms of a 2002 Strategic Partnership Framework
        agreement that mandated ``substantial and continuing progress''
        on democratization, and accordingly, he did not certify
        Uzbekistan as eligible to receive certain United States
        assistance.
            (10) By continuing to suppress human rights and to deny
        citizens peaceful, democratic means of expressing their
        convictions, the Government of Uzbekistan risks fueling popular
        support for violent and extremist movements.
            (11) President George W. Bush, in his second Inaugural
        Address, stated that the United States ``will persistently
        clarify the choice before every ruler and every nation: The
        moral choice between oppression, which is always wrong, and
        freedom, which is eternally right. America will not pretend
        that jailed dissidents prefer their chains, or that women
        welcome humiliation and servitude, or that any human being
        aspires to live at the mercy of bullies. We will encourage
        reform in other governments by making clear that success in our
        relations will require the decent treatment of their own
        people.''.
            (12) Congress has repeatedly expressed its desire to see
        deeper reform in Uzbekistan and has conditioned certain United
        States assistance to the Government of Uzbekistan on its
        progress in meeting human rights and democracy commitments made
        to the United States.
            (13) After expressions of concern by representatives of the
        Administration and Congress about the massacre at Andijan, the
        Government of Uzbekistan has restricted the use of the airbase
        at Karshi-Khanabad by United States military forces.
            (14) On July 5, 2005, the Government of Uzbekistan joined
        the Governments of the Russian Federation, the People's
        Republic of China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan in
        calling on countries involved in Coalition operations in
        Afghanistan to set a deadline for ending their use of airfields
        and other military presence in Central Asia.
            (15) On July 7, 2005, the Government of Uzbekistan
        indicated that it was reconsidering the use by the United
        States of the Karshi-Khanabad airbase.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress the actions of the Government of
Uzbekistan in general and in the case of the Andijan massacre
specifically--
            (1) are reprehensible, totalitarian, and unbecoming of an
        ally of the United States;
            (2) are counterproductive to the United States goals of
        promoting freedom and democracy; and
            (3) justify an end to United States assistance for, and an
        increase in restrictions on, the Government of Uzbekistan until
        it accelerates democratic reforms and fulfills its human rights
        obligations.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2353 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second section 620G (as added by
        section 149 of Public Law 104-164 (110 Stat. 1436)) as section
        620J; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN.

    ``(a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
assistance under this Act or any other provision of law, other than
assistance under the provisions of law described in subsection (b), may
be provided to the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for a
fiscal year only if the President transmits to the appropriate
congressional committees a certification described in subsection (c)
for the fiscal year.
    ``(b) Provisions of Law Excluded.--The provisions of law described
in this subsection are the following:
            ``(1) Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of this Act (relating
        to insurance, reinsurance, guarantees or other assistance
        provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
            ``(2) Section 661 of this Act (relating to assistance
        provided by the Trade and Development Agency).
            ``(3) Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act, sections 1424 and
        1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
        Year 1997, and any other provision of law that authorizes the
        provision of non-proliferation assistance to foreign countries.
            ``(4) Any provision of law that authorizes activities of
        the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
            ``(5) The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
            ``(6) Any provision of law that authorizes the provision of
        humanitarian assistance.
    ``(c) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection
is a certification that contains a determination of the President
that--
            ``(1) the Government of Uzbekistan has permitted and is
        fully cooperating with and supporting an independent
        international inquiry into the violence in Andijan, Uzbekistan,
        has ceased pressuring the Government of Kyrgyzstan to return
        the refugees who fled after the massacre, and is prosecuting
        those individuals responsible for civilian deaths or injuries
        in the violence; and
            ``(2) the Government of Uzbekistan has accelerated
        democratic reforms and fulfilled its human rights obligations
        by--
                    ``(A) releasing from prison all individuals jailed
                for peaceful political activism or the nonviolent
                expression of their political or religious beliefs;
                    ``(B) fully investigating any credible allegations
                of torture and prosecuting those individuals
                responsible;
                    ``(C) permitting the free and unfettered
                functioning of independent media outlets, independent
                political parties, and nongovernmental organizations,
                whether officially registered or not;
                    ``(D) permitting the free exercise of religious
                beliefs and ceasing the persecution of members of
                religious groups and denominations not registered with
                the Government of Uzbekistan;
                    ``(E) holding internationally-observed, free,
                transparent, competitive, and fair elections; and
                    ``(F) making publicly available documentation of
                its revenues and expenditures and prosecuting those
                individuals engaged in official corruption.
    ``(d) Definition.--In this section, the term `appropriate
congressional committees' means--
            ``(1) the Committee on International Relations and the
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
        and
            ``(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee
        on Appropriations of the Senate.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The limitation on assistance to the Government
of Uzbekistan under section 620K of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to assistance for the
Government of Uzbekistan for fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal
years.

SEC. 5. RESTRICTION ON VISAS.

    A visa may not be issued to any official of the Government of
Uzbekistan who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or
participated in human rights abuses or corruption unless the Secretary
of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the
issuance of the visa is in the national security interests of the
United States.

SEC. 6. FREEZING OF ASSETS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall seek to identify and freeze
the financial assets and other economic resources in the United States
of any official of the Government of Uzbekistan, and their family
members, who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or
participated in human rights abuses, including the massacre in Andijan.
    (b) Lifting of Restrictions.--The President shall, on a case-by-
case basis, lift the freezing of financial assets or other economic
resources of any official or individual under this section if the
President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that
the official or individual has been properly investigated and cleared
of any wrongdoing and that the Government of the United States is
confident that the investigation was properly conducted, transparent,
and free of political influence.

SEC. 7. MUNITIONS EXPORT LICENSES.

    The President shall prohibit the export to Uzbekistan of any item,
including the issuance of a license for the export of any item under
section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778), on the
United States Munitions List or Commerce Control List or any dual use
item under the Export Administration Regulations unless the President
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees and the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that the Government of Uzbekistan meets the requirements of
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 620K(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as added by section 4 of this Act.

SEC. 8. EMERGENCY REFUGEE ADMISSION.

    The President shall expedite admission to the United States of any
national of Uzbekistan who is under threat of severe penalty as a
result of participating in pro-democracy activities, including those
citizens of Uzbekistan who have fled to Kyrgyzstan, and should
encourage other governments to accept Uzbek refugees for resettlement.

SEC. 9. PLAN TO MOVE UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a plan to move all existing United
States military operations in Uzbekistan to facilities outside that
country.

SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on International Relations and
                the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            (2) Commerce control list.--The term ``Commerce Control
        List'' means the list maintained under part 774 of title 15,
        Code of Federal Regulations.
            (3) Dual use.--The term ``dual use'' means, with respect to
        goods or technology, those goods or technology that are
        specifically designed or developed for civil purposes but which
        also may be used or deployed in a military or proliferation
        mode. Such term does not include purely commercial items.
            (4) Export administration regulation.--The term ``Export
        Administration Regulations'' means those regulations contained
        in sections 730 through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal
        Regulations (or successor regulations).
            (5) Item.--The term ``item'' means any good or technology,
        defense article or defense service subject to the export
        jurisdiction of the United States under law or regulation.
            (6) United states munitions list.--The term ``United States
        Munitions List'' means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1)
        of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)).

Output:
Uzbekistan Freedom Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance, with specified exceptions, to the government of Uzbekistan unless the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of Uzbekistan: (1) is cooperating with an independent international inquiry into the Andijan violence, has ceased pressuring the government of Kyrgyzstan to return the refugees who fled the massacre, and is prosecuting responsible individuals; and (2) has accelerated democratic reforms and fulfilled its human rights obligations.

Prohibits visa issuance to any official of the government of Uzbekistan who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or participated in human rights abuses or corruption unless the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the visa issuance is in U.S. national security interests.

Directs the President to: (1) freeze the financial assets and other economic resources in the United States of any official (or family member) of the government of Uzbekistan who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or participated in human rights abuses, including the massacre in Andijan. (Permits lifting of such freeze if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the official or individual has been properly investigated and cleared of any wrongdoing.); (2) prohibit munitions or dual use exports to Uzbekistan unless the President certifies that the government of Uzbekistan has met the requirements of the first paragraph above; (3) expedite U.S. admission of any Uzbekistan national who is under threat of severe penalty as a result of participating in pro-democracy activities, including Uzbekistan citizens who have fled to Kyrgyzstan; and (4) transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to move all U.S. military operations from Uzbekistan.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Lake Pontchartrain Basin forms one of the largest
        natural estuaries in the continental United States;
            (2) the Basin drains an area of almost 5,000 square miles
        from 16 Louisiana parishes and 4 Mississippi counties;
            (3) the ecology of the Basin provides the diverse essential
        habitat that supports countless species of fish, birds,
        mammals, and plants;
            (4) the extensive wetland of the Basin provides the primary
        nursery for much of the seafood harvested in the Gulf Coast;
            (5) conditions resulting from urbanization, increasing
        population growth and development, sewage and septic tank
        discharges, animal waste, herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers,
        stormwater runoff, sediments from construction, and sewage from
        fishing camps and residences should be addressed to improve the
        environment and ecology of the Basin;
            (6) a major source of pollution in the Basin is raw or
        partially treated human waste from--
                    (A) communities with poor sewer systems or without
                sewer systems; and
                    (B) septic tank systems that are not operating
                properly;
            (8) stormwater discharges that combine with effluent from
        sanitary discharges from broken lines are channeled directly
        into Lake Pontchartrain or adjacent bodies of water;
            (7) a number of local government agencies are working on
        restoration efforts that have a direct impact on water quality
        in the Basin, including the Department of Environmental Quality
        of Louisiana, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board,
        Jefferson Parish, and other governmental agencies;
            (8) a number of non-regulating organizations, such as the
        Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation and the University of New
        Orleans, are playing substantial, essential roles in
        restoration efforts;
            (9) the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, the University
        of New Orleans, and the Regional Planning Commission for
        Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany
        Parishes, Louisiana, have entered into a memorandum of
        understanding to better facilitate the restoration and
        preservation of water quality and habitats throughout the
        Basin; and
            (10) the programs and activities of the various Federal
        agencies involved with administration of laws, programs, and
        assets that affect the water quality of the Basin, including
        the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of
        Engineers, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the
        Interior, and other agencies, lack coordination and sufficient
        resources to measure and remediate water quality problems in
        the Basin.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to coordinate the restoration efforts of Federal,
        State, and local agencies and organizations in the restoration
        of the Basin;
            (2) to establish the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration
        Program in the office of the Environmental Protection Agency;
        and
            (3) to authorize and provide resources for restoration
        projects in the Basin.

SEC. 3. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN.

    Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 121. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Basin.--The term `Basin' means the Lake Pontchartrain
        Basin located in the State of Louisiana.
            ``(2) Council.--The term `Council' means the Lake
        Pontchartrain Executive Council established under subsection
        (b)(3)(A).
            ``(3) Management plan--The term `management plan' means the
        watershed management plan developed under subsection (b)(3)(B).
            ``(4) Program.--The term `program' means the Lake
        Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program established under
        subsection (b)(1).
    ``(b) Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the
        date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall
        establish within the Environmental Protection Agency the Lake
        Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program.
            ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program shall be--
                    ``(A) to coordinate efforts among and provide
                resources to the various Federal, State, and local
                governmental agencies and nonregulatory organizations
                to reduce pollution in the Basin; and
                    ``(B) to restore the Basin to ecological health.
            ``(3) Administration.--
                    ``(A) Lake pontchartrain executive council.--Not
                later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
                section, the Administrator shall establish the Lake
                Pontchartrain Executive Council, to be composed of--
                            ``(i) the Administrator;
                            ``(ii) the Governor of the State of
                        Louisiana;
                            ``(iii) the Chairman of the Regional
                        Planning Commission;
                            ``(iv) the Chancellor of the University of
                        New Orleans; and
                            ``(v) the Executive Director of the Lake
                        Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.
                    ``(B) Management plan.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days
                        after the date of enactment of this section,
                        the Administrator, in cooperation with
                        appropriate Federal, State, and local
                        authorities, shall assist the Council in
                        developing a comprehensive, multiuse, watershed
                        management plan for the restoration and
                        protection of the Basin.
                            ``(ii) Assistance.--Assistance provided by
                        the Administrator under subparagraph (A) shall
                        include grants for and technical assistance
                        in--
                                    ``(I) developing an annual work
                                plan endorsed by the Council;
                                    ``(II) supporting Basin-wide
                                environmental monitoring and research
                                to provide technical and scientific
                                information necessary to support
                                management decisions;
                                    ``(III) developing a comprehensive
                                research plan to address the technical
                                needs of the program; and
                                    ``(IV) recommending restoration
                                projects for implementation by the
                                State of Louisiana, parishes, and
                                nongovernmental entities.
    ``(c) Restoration Projects.--In accordance with the management
plan, the Administrator shall provide funding and oversight to carry
out voluntary restoration projects for the Basin that--
            ``(1) address human waste problems in the Basin by
        providing a cost-sharing construction and education program
        that offers incentives to parishes and local communities to
        improve sewage treatment facilities and procedures (including
        the continuation of funding for the inflow and infiltration
        projects of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, Louisiana);
            ``(2) provide critical assistance to agricultural operators
        designed to address and curb agricultural runoff into the
        Basin;
            ``(3) provide for the rerouting of discharges from selected
        pumping stations through adjacent wetland, using existing
        canals and small water control structures, in order to use
        natural wetland to filter pollutants from urban stormwater;
            ``(4) improve Basin water quality--
                    ``(A) by eliminating discharges of raw or partially
                treated sewage from fishing camps and residences;
                    ``(B) where there are approved municipal or
                community sewage systems, by providing tie-ins from
                those systems for fishing camps and residences; and
                    ``(C) by establishing new sanitation and sewage
                systems where needed;
            ``(5) reverse the trend of decreasing acreage of coastal
        wetland in the Basin by creating new sustainable wetland
        habitat; and
            ``(6) retain the integrity of natural structural elements
        in the coastal landscape, such as ridges and barrier islands,
        in order to reduce storm surge impacts to essential habitats
        and human infrastructure.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary, to remain available until
expended--
            ``(1) to continue to provide priority funding for the New
        Orleans Inflow and Infiltration Project sponsored by the New
        Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Jefferson Parish,
        Louisiana; and
            ``(2) to carry out subsections (b) and (c).''.

Output:
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program within EPA.
Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish the Lake Pontchartrain Executive Council; (2) assist the Council in developing a comprehensive, multi-use watershed management plan for the restoration and protection of the Basin; and (3) provide funding and oversight for voluntary restoration projects for the Basin.
Authorizes appropriations to: (1) continue to provide priority funding for the New Orleans Inflow and Infiltration Project sponsored by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; and (2) carry out this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prosperous and Secure Neighbor
Alliance Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) An alarming increase in illicit drugs and drug-related
        violence in Mexico and on the United States-Mexico border has
        made life gradually more difficult for Americans living in
        border communities.
            (2) The precarious security situation on the United States-
        Mexico border has also had a broader negative impact in the
        United States with illicit drugs continuing to get into the
        hands of our Nation's children.
            (3) United States Director of National Intelligence John
        Negroponte named Mexico in the Annual Threat Assessment of the
        Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select
        Committee on Intelligence (February 2, 2006) as a country of
        concern regarding the capacity of drug trafficking
        organizations to undermine already weak state authority.
            (4) As a neighbor and as the second largest trading partner
        of the United States, Mexico deserves the support of the United
        States in taking steps to improve security and promote economic
        development in Mexico.
    (b) Statement of Policy.--It is, therefore, the policy of the
United States to increase United States foreign assistance to improve
security and promote economic development in Mexico, both of which are
crucial to more effectively combat illicit drugs and drug-related
violence and other criminal activities in Mexico and the United States.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   ``CHAPTER 13--ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE SECURITY AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC
                         DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO

``SEC. 499H. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--The President, acting through the Director of
Foreign Assistance, shall provide assistance to improve security and
promote economic development in Mexico by--
            ``(1) professionalizing Mexican law enforcement personnel
        to prepare such law enforcement personnel to more effectively
        combat illicit drugs and drug-related violence and other
        criminal activities, including by providing funding to
        coordinate United States and Mexican efforts to find missing
        United States citizens and to carry out DNA testing and
        forensic examinations;
            ``(2) providing technology to assist Mexican law
        enforcement personnel to more effectively combat illicit drugs
        and drug-related violence;
            ``(3) strengthening the Mexican judicial branch through the
        training of judges and prosecutors;
            ``(4) supporting anti-corruption programs in Mexico,
        including the vetting of Mexican law enforcement personnel who
        are working with United States Government personnel; and
            ``(5) reducing poverty through targeted funding to enhance
        social development in Mexico, including micro-lending and trade
        capacity building.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--Assistance under this chapter may be
provided on such terms and conditions as the President may determine.

``SEC. 499I. EVALUATION.

    ``The President shall conduct an annual evaluation of the results
of the specific programs, projects, and activities carried out under
this chapter during the preceding year in order to ensure transparency
and accountability, including transparency and accountability of
recipients of assistance provided under this chapter.

``SEC. 499J. REPORT.

    ``The President shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and other appropriate congressional
committees an annual report on the specific programs, projects, and
activities carried out under this chapter during the preceding year,
including the evaluation conducted under section 499I.

``SEC. 499K. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
President to carry out this chapter $170,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2008 through 2012.
    ``(b) Additional Authorities.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) are authorized to remain available until expended;
        and
            ``(2) are in addition to amounts otherwise available for
        such purposes.
    ``(c) Funding Limitation.--Not more than 5 percent of the amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under
subsection (a) for a fiscal year may be used for administrative
expenses.
    ``(d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, of the
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
under subsection (a) for a fiscal year--
            ``(1) $40,000,000 should be made available to carry out
        section 499H(a)(1);
            ``(2) $50,000,000 should be made available to carry out
        section 499H(a)(2);
            ``(3) $20,000,000 should be made available to carry out
        section 499H(a)(3);
            ``(4) $10,000,000 should be made available to carry out
        section 499H(a)(4); and
            ``(5) $50,000,000 should be made available to carry out
        section 499H(a)(5).''.

SEC. 4. REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report that contains a description and analysis of the most
effective strategies to reduce the demand for illicit drugs in the
United States, specifically (but not limited to) strategies that reduce
the demand for illicit drugs produced in or transported through Mexico.

Output:
Prosperous and Secure Neighbor Alliance Act of 2007 - States that it is U.S. policy to increase U.S. foreign assistance to improve security and promote economic development in Mexico, both of which are crucial to combat illicit drugs and drug-related violence and other criminal activities in Mexico and the United States.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to provide assistance to improve security and promote economic development in Mexico by: (1) professionalizing Mexican law enforcement personnel; (2) providing technology to assist Mexican law enforcement personnel; (3) strengthening the Mexican judicial branch; (4) supporting anti-corruption programs in Mexico; and (5) reducing poverty through targeted funding to enhance social development in Mexico.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bias Crimes Compensation Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) bias-motivated crimes of violence constitute crimes in
        violation of the victim's right to be free from discrimination
        on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, gender,
        religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or
        physical or mental disability;
            (2) State and Federal criminal laws do not adequately
        protect against the bias element of bias-motivated crimes of
        violence, which separates these crimes from acts of random
        violence, nor do those laws adequately provide victims of bias-
        motivated crimes of violence the opportunity to vindicate their
        interests;
            (3) existing bias and discrimination in the criminal
        justice system often deprive victims of bias-motivated crimes
        of violence of equal protection of the laws and the redress to
        which they are entitled;
            (4) bias-motivated crimes of violence have a substantial
        adverse effect on interstate commerce, by deterring potential
        victims from traveling interstate, from engaging in employment
        in interstate business, and from transacting with business, and
        in places involved, in interstate commerce;
            (5) bias-motivated crimes of violence have a substantial
        adverse effect on interstate commerce, by diminishing national
        productivity, increasing medical and other costs, and
        decreasing the supply of and the demand for interstate
        products;
            (6) a Federal civil rights claim, as created in this
        section, is necessary to guarantee equal protection of the laws
        and to reduce the substantial adverse effects of bias-motivated
        crimes of violence on interstate commerce; and
            (7) victims of bias-motivated crimes of violence have a
        right to equal protection of the laws, including a system of
        justice that is unaffected by bias or discrimination and that,
        at every relevant stage, treats such crimes as seriously as
        other violent crimes.
    (b) Right.--All individuals within the United States, and the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,
shall have the right to be free from bias-motivated crimes of violence.
    (c) Claim.--Any person, including a person who acts under color of
any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, who
deprives an individual of the right secured by subsection (b) shall be
liable to the individual injured, in a civil action in any court of
competent jurisdiction, for compensatory damages of not less than
$100,000, punitive damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or
any combination thereof.
    (d) Limitation, Procedure, and Rule of Construction.--
            (1) Limitation.--Nothing in this section entitles an
        individual to a claim under subsection (c) for random acts of
        violence unrelated to bias or for acts that cannot be
        demonstrated, by a preponderance of the evidence, to be bias-
        motivated crimes of violence.
            (2) No prior criminal action.--Nothing in this section
        requires a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction
        to establish the necessary elements of a claim under subsection
        (c).
            (3) Concurrent jurisdiction.--The Federal and State courts
        shall have concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought
        pursuant to this section.
            (4) Rule of construction.--Neither section 1367 of title 28
        of the United States Code nor subsection (c) of this section
        shall be construed, by reason of a claim arising under such
        subsection, to confer on the courts of the United States
        supplemental jurisdiction of any State law claim seeking the
        establishment of a divorce, alimony, equitable distribution of
        marital property, or child custody decree.
    (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``bias-motivated'' means committed because of,
        on the basis of, and due to (at least in part) an animus based
        on, actual or perceived race, color, gender, religion, national
        origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or physical or mental
        disability of the victim;
            (2) the term ``crime of violence'' means--
                    (A) an act or series of acts that would constitute
                State or Federal offense of a kind described in section
                16 of title 18, United States Code, and punishable by a
                maximum term of imprisonment exceeding one year, but
                excludes an offense against property that presents no
                serious risk of physical or mental disability injury to
                an individual; or
                    (B) one or more actions that would constitute such
                offense but for the relationship between the person who
                takes such actions and the individual against whom such
                actions are taken;
        whether or not such offense or such actions result in criminal
        charges, prosecution, or conviction and whether or not such
        actions were taken within the United States or the special
        maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
            (3) the term ``disability'' has the meaning given it in
        section 3(2) of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
        U.S.C. 12102(2)); and
            (4) the term ``special maritime and territorial
        jurisdiction of the United States'' has the meaning given such
        term in section 7 of title 18, United States Code.
    (f) Limitation on Removal.--Section 1445 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) A civil action in any State court arising under section 2 of
the Bias Crimes Compensation Act of 1993 may not be removed to any
district court of the United States.''.
    (g) Authority To Award Attorney's Fee.--Section 722(b) of the
Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1988(b)) is amended by
inserting ``section 2 of the Bias Crimes Compensation Act of 1993,''
after ``Public Law 92-318,''.

Output: Bias Crimes Compensation Act of 1993 - States that all U.S. individuals shall have the right to be free from bias-motivated crimes of violence (crimes arising from differences in race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability).  Creates a Federal civil rights claim against anyone who deprives an individual of such right, with compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive or declaratory relief.  Provides limitations, procedures, and rules of construction, including the limitation that random acts of violence, as opposed to bias-motivated acts, shall not be a basis for such a claim.


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SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE MICROENTERPRISE FOR SELF-RELIANCE ACT OF
              2000.

    (a) Purposes.--Section 103 of the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-309) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``microentrepreneurs'' and
    inserting ``microenterprise households'';
        (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (3) in paragraph (5)--
            (A) by striking ``microfinance policy'' and inserting
        ``microenterprise policy'';
            (B) by striking ``the poorest of the poor'' and inserting
        ``the very poor''; and
            (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
        and''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(6) to ensure that in the implementation of this title at
    least 50 percent of all microenterprise assistance under this
    title, and the amendments made under this title, shall be targeted
    to the very poor.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 104 of such Act is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``for microentrepreneurs''
    and inserting ``to microentrepreneurs and their households''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Very poor.--The term `very poor' means individuals--
            ``(A) living in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty
        line established by the national government of the country in
        which those individuals live; or
            ``(B) living on the equivalent of less than $1 per day.''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
              CREDITS PROGRAM UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    (a) Findings and Policy.--Section 108(a)(2) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151f(a)(2)) is amended by striking
``the development of the enterprises of the poor'' and inserting ``the
access to financial services and the development of microenterprises''.
    (b) Program.--Section 108(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151f(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Program.--To carry out the policy set forth in subsection
(a), the President is authorized to provide assistance to increase the
availability of financial services to microenterprise households
lacking full access to credit, including through--
        ``(1) loans and guarantees to microfinance institutions for the
    purpose of expanding the availability of savings and credit to poor
    and low-income households;
        ``(2) training programs for microfinance institutions in order
    to enable them to better meet the financial services needs of their
    clients; and
        ``(3) training programs for clients in order to enable them to
    make better use of credit, increase their financial literacy, and
    to better manage their enterprises to improve their quality of
    life.''.
    (c) Eligibility Criteria.--Section 108(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2151f(c)) is amended--
        (1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph
    (1)--
            (A) by striking ``credit institutions'' and inserting
        ``microfinance institutions''; and
            (B) by striking ``micro- and small enterprises'' and
        inserting ``microenterprise households''; and
        (2) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``credit'' each
    place it appears and inserting ``financial services''.
    (d) Additional Requirement.--Section 108(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2151f(d)) is amended by striking ``micro- and small enterprise
programs'' and inserting ``programs for microenterprise households''.
    (e) Availability of Funds.--Section 108(f)(1) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2151f(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``for each of fiscal years
2001 and 2002'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2004''.
    (f) Conforming Amendment.--Section 108 of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2151f) is amended in the heading to read as follows:

``SEC. 108. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT ASSISTANCE
              PROGRAM UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    (a) Findings and Policy.--Section 131(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Findings and Policy.--Congress finds and declares that--
        ``(1) access to financial services and the development of
    microenterprise are vital factors in the stable growth of
    developing countries and in the development of free, open, and
    equitable international economic systems;
        ``(2) it is therefore in the best interest of the United States
    to facilitate access to financial services and assist the
    development of microenterprise in developing countries;
        ``(3) access to financial services and the development of
    microenterprises can be supported by programs providing credit,
    savings, training, technical assistance, business development
    services, and other financial and non-financial services; and
        ``(4) given the relatively high percentage of populations
    living in rural areas of developing countries, and the combined
    high incidence of poverty in rural areas and growing income
    inequality between rural and urban markets, microenterprise
    programs should target both rural and urban poor.''.
    (b) Authorization.--Section 131(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2152a(b))
is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking ``entrepreneurs'' and
    inserting ``clients''; and
        (2) in paragraph (4)(D)--
            (A) in clause (i), by striking ``very small loans'' and
        inserting ``financial services to poor entrepreneurs''; and
            (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``microfinance'' and
        inserting ``microenterprise''.
    (c) Monitoring System.--Section 131(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2152a(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
        ``(4) adopts the widespread use of proven and effective poverty
    assessment tools to successfully identify the very poor and ensure
    that they receive needed microenterprise loans, savings, and
    assistance.''.
    (d) Development and Application of Poverty Measurement Methods.--
Section 131 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2152a) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e)
    and (f), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Development and Certification of Poverty Measurement Methods;
Application of Methods.--
        ``(1) Development and certification.--(A) The Administrator of
    the United States Agency for International Development, in
    consultation with microenterprise institutions and other
    appropriate organizations, shall develop no fewer than two low-cost
    methods for partner institutions to use to assess the poverty
    levels of their current or prospective clients. The United States
    Agency for International Development shall develop poverty
    indicators that correlate with the circumstances of the very poor.
        ``(B) The Administrator shall field-test the methods developed
    under subparagraph (A). As part of the testing, institutions and
    programs may use the methods on a voluntary basis to demonstrate
    their ability to reach the very poor.
        ``(C) Not later than October 1, 2004, the Administrator shall,
    from among the low-cost poverty measurement methods developed under
    subparagraph (A), certify no fewer than two such methods as
    approved methods for measuring the poverty levels of current or
    prospective clients of microenterprise institutions for purposes of
    assistance under this section.
        ``(2) Application.--The Administrator shall require that, with
    reasonable exceptions, all organizations applying for
    microenterprise assistance under this Act use one of the certified
    methods, beginning no later than October 1, 2005, to determine and
    report the poverty levels of current or prospective clients.''.
    (e) Level of Assistance.--Section 131(e) of such Act, as
redesignated by subsection (d), is amended by inserting ``and
$175,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and $200,000,000 for fiscal year
2004'' after ``fiscal years 2001 and 2002''.
    (f) Definitions.--Section 131(f) of such Act, as redesignated by
subsection (d), is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Very poor.--The term `very poor' means those
    individuals--
            ``(A) living in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty
        line established by the national government of the country in
        which those individuals live; or
            ``(B) living on less than the equivalent of $1 per day.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than September 30, 2005, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
shall submit to Congress a report that documents the process of
developing and applying poverty assessment procedures with its
partners.
    (b) Reports for Fiscal Year 2006 and Beyond.--Beginning with fiscal
year 2006, the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development shall annually submit to Congress on a timely
basis a report that addresses the United States Agency for
International Development's compliance with the Microenterprise for
Self-Reliance Act of 2000 by documenting--
        (1) the percentage of its resources that were allocated to the
    very poor (as defined in paragraph (5) of section 131(f) of the
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152a(f)(5))) based on
    the data collected from its partners using the certified methods;
    and
        (2) the absolute number of the very poor reached.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Output: Amends the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 to make as one of its purposes that in implementation of this Act at least 50 percent of all microenterprise assistance be targeted to the very poor, that is, those persons living either in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty line or on less than the equivalent of one dollar per day. (Sec. 2) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise congressional findings and policy with respect to the micro- and small enterprise development credits program to declare that it is in the best interests of the United States to assist the access to financial services and the development of microenterprises in developing countries, and to engage the U.S. private sector in such process. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to increase the availability of financial services (not just credit) to microenterprise households lacking full access to credit, including through: (1) loans and guarantees to microfinance institutions for the purpose of expanding the availability of savings and credit to poor and low-income households; (2) training programs to enable microfinance institutions to better meet the financial services needs of their clients; and (3) training programs to enable clients to make better use of credit, increase their financial literacy, and to better manage their enterprises. Revises program eligibility criteria to require the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering such program to establish criteria for determining which microfinance institutions are eligible to carry out program activities with respect to microenterprise households assisted under this Act. Limits the use of such assistance to support programs for microenterprise households. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004. (Sec. 3) Revises congressional findings and policy with respect to the microenterprise development grant assistance program to declare that: (1) access to financial services and the development of microenterprise are vital factors in the stable growth of developing countries, and therefore it is in the best interest of the United States to facilitate access to financial services and assist the development of microenterprise in developing countries; (2) access to such services and the development of microenterprises can be supported by programs providing credit, savings, training, technical assistance, business development services, and other financial and non-financial services; and (3) microenterprise programs should target both rural and urban poor given the high percentage of population living, and incidence of poverty, in such areas. Urges the President to continue support for central mechanisms and missions that, among other things, support the development of nonprofit global microfinance networks, including credit union systems, that are able to deliver financial services to poor entrepreneurs through a significant grassroots infrastructure based on market principles, and act as wholesale intermediaries providing a range of services to microenterprise retail institutions. Declares that, in order to maximize the sustainable development impact of microenterprise development grant assistance, the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering such assistance shall establish a monitoring system that, among other things, adopts the widespread use of proven and effective poverty assessment tools to successfully identify the very poor and ensure that they receive needed microenterprise loans, savings, and assistance. Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) to develop and certify no fewer than two low-cost methods for partner institutions to use to assess the poverty levels of their current or prospective clients for purposes of the provision of microenterprise development grant assistance. Directs the Administrator to require all organizations applying for microenterprise assistance under this Act to use one of the certified methods to determine and report the poverty levels of such clients and to demonstrate their ability to reach the very poor. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004. (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress a report that documents the process of developing and applying poverty assessment procedures with its partners. Directs the Administrator to submit annually to Congress a report that addresses AID's compliance with the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 by documenting: (1) the percentage of its resources that were allocated to the very poor based on data collected from its partners using the certified methods; and (2) the absolute number of the very poor reached.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Lock-Box Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) fiscal pressures will mount as an aging population
        increases the Government's obligations to provide retirement
        income and health services;
            (2) Social Security surpluses should be reserved for
        strengthening and preserving the Social Security Trust Funds;
        and
            (3) preserving Social Security surpluses would restore
        confidence in the long-term financial integrity of Social
        Security.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to prevent the Social
Security Trust Funds from being used for any purpose other than
providing retirement security.

SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS.

    (a) Protection of Social Security.--Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

                     ``lock-box for social security

    ``Sec. 316. (a) Lock-Box for Social Security.--
            ``(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
                House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
                concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amendment
                thereto or conference report thereon, that would set
                forth totals for any fiscal year with respect to the
                Social Security Trust Funds that are less than the
                totals of the Social Security Trust Funds for that
                fiscal year as calculated in accordance with a current
                services baseline.
                    ``(B) Exception.--(i) Subparagraph (A) shall not
                apply to the extent that a violation of such
                subparagraph would result from an assumption in the
                resolution, amendment, or conference report, as
                applicable, of an increase in outlays or a decrease in
                revenues and disbursements relative to the baseline
                underlying that resolution for social security reform
                legislation for any such fiscal year.
                    ``(ii) If a concurrent resolution on the budget, or
                an amendment thereto or conference report thereon,
                would be in violation of subparagraph (A) because of an
                assumption of an increase in outlays or a decrease in
                revenue relative to the baseline underlying that
                resolution for social security reform legislation for
                any such fiscal year, then that resolution shall
                include a statement identifying any such increase in
                outlays or decrease in revenues and disbursements.
            ``(2) Spending and tax legislation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
                House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
                bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
                conference report if--
                            ``(i) the enactment of that bill or
                        resolution, as reported;
                            ``(ii) the adoption and enactment of that
                        amendment; or
                            ``(iii) the enactment of that bill or
                        resolution in the form recommended in that
                        conference report,
                would cause the totals for any fiscal year covered by
                the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on
                the budget with respect to the Social Security Trust
                Funds to be less than the totals of the Social Security
                Trust Funds for that fiscal year as calculated in
                accordance with the current services baseline.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
                to social security reform legislation.
    ``(b) Enforcement.--For purposes of enforcing any point of order
under subsection (a), the totals of the Social Security Trust Funds for
a fiscal year shall be the levels set forth in the later of the report
accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget (or, in the
absence of such a report, placed in the Congressional Record prior to
the consideration of such resolution) or in the joint explanatory
statement of managers accompanying such resolution.
    ``(c) Additional Content of Reports Accompanying Budget Resolutions
and of Joint Explanatory Statements.--The report accompanying any
concurrent resolution on the budget and the joint explanatory statement
accompanying the conference report on each such resolution shall
include the levels of the totals in the budget for each fiscal year set
forth in such resolution and of the revenues and disbursements in the
Social Security Trust Funds.
    ``(d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term `social
security reform legislation' means a bill or a joint resolution to save
social security that includes a provision stating the following: `For
purposes of section 316(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
this Act constitutes social security reform legislation.'.
    ``(e) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended
in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in
the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point
of order raised under this section.
    ``(f)  Effective Date.--This section shall cease to have any force
or effect upon the enactment of social security reform legislation.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended by adding after the item for section 315 the following:

``Sec. 316. Lock-box for social security.''.

SEC. 4. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    (a) Protection of Social Security.--If the budget of the United
States Government submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, recommends totals for any fiscal year
with respect to the Social Security Trust Funds that are less than the
totals of the Social Security Trust Funds for that fiscal year as
calculated in accordance with current services baseline, then it shall
include a detailed proposal for social security reform legislation.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall cease to have any force
or effect upon the enactment of social security reform legislation as
defined by section 316(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

Output:
Social Security Lock-Box Act of 2005 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order against consideration of any: (1) budget resolution that sets forth totals for any fiscal year with respect to the Social Security Trust Funds that are less than the totals of the Social Security Trust Funds for that fiscal year as calculated in accordance with a current services baseline; or (2) spending or tax legislation that would cause any totals to be less than the Funds totals for the covered fiscal year.

Makes the point of order described in (2) above inapplicable to Social Security reform legislation.

Requires any Federal budget submitted by the President that recommends totals for any fiscal year with respect to the Funds that are less than the totals of the Funds for that fiscal year to include a detailed proposal for Social Security reform legislation. Makes this Act inapplicable upon the enactment of such legislation. Defines "Social Security reform legislation" as a bill or joint resolution to save Social Security that specifies that it constitutes reform legislation.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Trust Fund Integrity Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1)(A) the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 split the Federal
        budgeting process into two budget categories, one for receipts
        and mandatory spending and the other for discretionary
        spending; and
            (B) each budget category has its own rules, procedures, and
        incentives;
            (2) the taxes deposited into the Highway Trust Fund are in
        the mandatory category, but most spending from the Highway
        Trust Fund is in the discretionary category;
            (3) since the Highway Trust Fund is split between the two
        budget categories, the link between Highway Trust Fund taxes
        and transportation spending is severed; and
            (4) to reestablish the link between the taxes and spending
        of the Highway Trust Fund, all the components of the Highway
        Trust Fund should be part of the same budget category and
        subject to the same budget rules and procedures.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    (a) Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.--
Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
            ``(22) Revenue constrained fund.--The term `revenue
        constrained fund'--
                    ``(A) means the budget authority, outlays, and
                receipts of the--
                            ``(i) the Highway Account of the Highway
                        Trust Fund as established by section 9503 of
                        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(B) shall not be--
                            ``(i) considered to be part of any category
                        (as defined in section 250(c)(4) of the
                        Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
                        Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4))) of
                        discretionary appropriations; or
                            ``(ii) subject to sequestration under
                        section 251(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 901(a));
                        and
                    ``(C) shall not be--
                            ``(i) considered to be part of direct
                        spending (as defined in section 250(c)(8) of
                        the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
                        Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(8))); or
                            ``(ii) subject to sequestration under
                        section 252(b) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 902(b)).''.
    (b) Congressional Budget Act of 1974.--Section 3 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following:
            ``(11) Revenue constrained fund.--The term `revenue
        constrained fund' has the meaning given that term in section
        250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
        of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)).''.

SEC. 4. BUDGETARY TREATMENT.

    (a) In General.--Part A of title IV of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

                      ``revenue constrained funds

    ``Sec. 408. It shall not be in order in either the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, conference report, or other measure if the effect of
the measure would have the effect of increasing any specific new budget
authority for a fiscal year for a revenue constrained fund above the
amount made available by section 251B(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.
    (b) Point of Order.--Subsections (c) and (d) of section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are each amended by inserting after
``306,'' the following: ``408,''.
    (c) Amendment to Table of Contents.--The table of contents for the
Congressional Budget Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
adding at the end of title IV the following:

``Sec. 408. Revenue constrained funds.''.

SEC. 5. SEQUESTER.

    (a) In General.--Part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 251A the following:

``SEC. 251B. SEQUESTRATION WITH RESPECT TO REVENUE CONSTRAINED FUNDS.

    ``(a) Budget Authority Limits.--Amounts available from a revenue
constrained fund shall be reduced by the amount necessary to eliminate
any amount by which budget authority in the budget year from the
revenue constrained fund exceed the amount deposited in the revenue
constrained fund in the previous fiscal year.
    ``(b) Amount Available.--
            ``(1) Initial estimate.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On October 1 of each year OMB
                shall estimate the total amount of revenues deposited
                into each revenue constrained fund during the previous
                fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Initial amount available.--An amount equal to
                40 percent of the total amount of revenues is estimated
                to be deposited in a revenue constrained fund under
                subparagraph (A) shall be available for obligation in
                the budget year on the date of the estimate under
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Final estimate.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On December 15 of each year OMB
                shall determine the total amount of revenues deposited
                into each revenue constrained fund during the previous
                fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Amount available.--An amount equal to the
                total amount of revenues determined to be deposited in
                a revenue constrained fund under subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) shall be the total amount available
                        for obligation in the budget year on the date
                        of the determination under subparagraph (A);
                        and
                            ``(ii) shall replace the amount made
                        available under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Look-Back.--If--
            ``(1) an appropriation for the fiscal year in progress is
        enacted that causes a budgetary excess in a revenue constrained
        fund as described in subsection (a) for that year; or
            ``(2) errors in the determination made pursuant to
        subsection (b)(2) cause a budgetary excess in a revenue
        constrained fund for the fiscal year in progress;
the level set forth in subsection (b)(2) for the next fiscal year shall
be reduced by the amount of that excess.''.
    (b) Amendment to Table of Contents.--The table of contents for the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
adding after the item for section 251A the following:

``Sec. 251B. Sequestration with respect to revenue constrained
                            funds.''.

SEC. 5. BUDGETARY IMPACT.

    (a) Findings and Purpose.--
            (1) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
                    (A) the United States has substantial surface
                transportation and infrastructure needs; and
                    (B) this Act will result in additional spending
                from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
                help address these substantial needs.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to clarify
        that any budgetary offset necessary because of the additional
        spending provided by this Act should not come from surface
        transportation programs.
    (b) Sequestration.--The budgetary impact of the amendments made by
this Act shall not be considered for purposes of sequestration under
sections 251 or 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901, 902).
    (c) Discretionary Spending Limitations.--OMB shall reduce
discretionary spending limits for budget authority and outlays in
accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 for each applicable fiscal year set forth in section
601(a)(2)--
            (1) for budget authority, by an amount equal to the total
        amount of discretionary budget authority provided from the
        Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund in the Department of
        Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997;
        and
            (2) for outlays, by an amount equal to an estimate of the
        amount of discretionary outlays that would be expended from the
        Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund assuming that the
        total amount of new budget authority and obligation authority
        from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund equaled the
        amounts of new budget authority and obligation authority
        provided from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund in
        the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
        Appropriations Act, 1997.

SEC. 6. STUDY TO ENSURE THAT THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND IS DEFICIT NEUTRAL.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) It is the policy of the United States Government that
        the Highway Trust Fund should not contribute to or reduce the
        Federal Government's annual budget deficit.
            (2) Under current budgetary scorekeeping conventions used
        by both the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of
        Management and Budget, increases in Highway Trust Fund revenue
        generated by tax increases are partially offset by a reduction
        in other Federal revenues that is equal to 25 percent of the
        increase in Highway Trust Fund revenue.
            (3) This 25 percent offset is a scorekeeping convention
        that applies to all excise taxes, and is not uniquely applied
        to Highway Trust Fund taxes.
            (4) An up-to-date examination of how this offset should be
        applied to Highway Trust Fund taxes is needed.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Treasury, in
        consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and
        Budget, shall submit a report to Congress on ensuring the
        deficit neutrality of the Highway Trust Fund.
            (2) Contents.--In the report, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) determine the extent to which each of the taxes
                deposited into the Highway Trust Fund is a deductible
                expense from other Federal taxes;
                    (B) provide an estimate of the amount of Highway
                Trust Fund taxes that were deducted from Federal income
                taxes or other taxes;
                    (C) provide an estimate of the annual revenue loss
                because Highway Trust Fund taxes are deductible from
                other Federal taxes;
                    (D) determine the appropriate scorekeeping
                convention that should apply to Highway Trust Fund
                taxes, or if needed, separately to each of the taxes
                now deposited into the Highway Trust Fund; and
                    (E) provide the Congress with policy options that
                would ensure that changes to the Highway Trust Fund
                taxes do not contribute to the deficit.

Output:
Highway Trust Fund Integrity Act of 1997 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to define "revenue constrained fund" (fund) as the budget authority, outlays, and receipts of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund.  States that such fund shall not be:  (1) considered part of any discretionary funding category or part of direct spending; or (2) subject to sequestration.
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit any House of Representatives or Senate measure that would increase fiscal year budget authority for a fund above an amount made available under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reduce available fund amounts so as not to exceed the previous year's deposited fund amounts.
States that any budgetary offset necessary because of additional spending provided by this Act should not come from surface transportation programs.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report on ensuring the deficit neutrality of the Highway Trust Fund.