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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Management Self-
Determination Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ESA.

    In this Act, the term ``ESA'' means the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the ESA was passed in 1973 as a means of protecting and
        recovering species and has not been substantially revised in
        over 25 years;
            (2) the ESA has not achieved its stated goal of recovering
        threatened species or endangered species;
            (3) of the species listed in accordance with the ESA, less
        than 1 percent of the total number of species in the United
        States have been recovered and removed from the list, largely
        due to data errors or other factors;
            (4) there is--
                    (A) no comprehensive independent study of the costs
                or benefits of the ESA;
                    (B) no full accounting of how much the Federal
                Government and State and local governments spend to
                implement, enforce, and comply with the ESA; and
                    (C) no meaningful effort to account for the costs
                the ESA imposes on the private sector;
            (5) the ESA effectively penalizes landowners for owning
        endangered species habitat by forcing them to bear the cost of
        conservation;
            (6) the regulatory listing process under the ESA has become
        a tool for environmentalists to undermine, slow down, or halt
        construction of infrastructure projects, hampering economic
        growth and employment; and
            (7) litigation stemming from the ESA and some resulting
        settlements between the litigants and the Federal Government
        have made the ESA even more unworkable, to the detriment of
        species.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATIONS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES.

    Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, with the
                consent of the Governor of each State in which the
                endangered species or threatened species is present,''
                after ``The Secretary''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by inserting ``, with
                the consent of the Governor of each State in which the
                endangered species or threatened species is present,''
                after ``, who'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as
                paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), strike
                ``paragraph (4), (5), or (6)'' and insert ``paragraph
                (3), (4), or (5)''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Definition of best scientific and commercial data.--
        In this subsection, the term `best scientific and commercial
        data' includes any scientific evidence made available to the
        Secretary by any State agency.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Lists.--
            ``(1) Definition of joint resolution.--In this subsection,
        the term `joint resolution' means only a joint resolution the
        matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: `That
        Congress approves the lists relating to endangered species and
        threatened species submitted by the Secretary of the Interior
        on ______.' (the blank space being appropriately filled in).
            ``(2) Lists submitted to congress.--The Secretary of the
        Interior shall submit to Congress--
                    ``(A) a list of all species determined by the
                Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce
                to be endangered species; and
                    ``(B) a list of all species determined by the
                Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce
                to be threatened species.
            ``(3) Congressional approval.--The lists described in
        paragraph (2) shall not take effect until a joint resolution
        described in paragraph (1) is enacted.
            ``(4) Contents of lists.--Each list described in paragraph
        (2) shall--
                    ``(A) refer to the species included on the list by
                any scientific and common name; and
                    ``(B) specify--
                            ``(i) with respect to the species over what
                        portion of the range of the species that the
                        species is endangered or threatened; and
                            ``(ii) any critical habitat within the
                        range.
            ``(5) Publication.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
        publish in the Federal Register each list approved in
        accordance with paragraph (3).
            ``(6) Automatic removal.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On the date that is 5 years
                after the date on which a joint resolution is enacted
                in accordance with this subsection, each species listed
                on a list approved by the joint resolution shall be
                removed from the list.
                    ``(B) Petition for relisting.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary of the
                        Interior, in consultation with the Governor of
                        each State in which the endangered species or
                        threatened species is present, may submit to
                        Congress a list that includes any species that
                        was removed under subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) Congressional approval.--The list
                        described in clause (i) shall not take effect
                        until a joint resolution described in paragraph
                        (1) is enacted.'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``Whenever
                any species'' and inserting ``Except as provided in
                subsection (j), whenever any species''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The
                Secretary may'' and inserting ``Except as provided in
                subsection (j), the Secretary may'';
            (5) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``The Secretary
        shall'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (j),
        the Secretary shall'';
            (6) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``The Secretary
        shall'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (j),
        the Secretary shall'';
            (7) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
                striking ``The Secretary shall'' and inserting ``Except
                as provided in subsection (j), the Secretary shall'';
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
            (8) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``or if the Secretary fails to
                adopt a regulation pursuant to an action petitioned by
                a State agency under subsection (b)(3),''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or petition''; and
            (9) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Intrastate Endangered Species or Threatened Species.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Governor of a state.--The term `Governor of a
                State' means the Governor of a State in which an
                intrastate endangered species or intrastate threatened
                species is present.
                    ``(B) Intrastate endangered species.--The term
                `intrastate endangered species' means an endangered
                species that the Governor of a State determines is
                present only within the State.
                    ``(C) Intrastate threatened species.--The term
                `intrastate threatened species' means a threatened
                species that the Governor of a State determines is
                present only within the State.
            ``(2) Currently listed species.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Governor of a State may
                regulate any intrastate endangered species or any
                intrastate threatened species listed under this section
                that is listed before the date of enactment of this
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Authority of governor.--If the Governor of a
                State elects to regulate an intrastate endangered
                species or an intrastate threatened species under
                subparagraph (A), the Governor of the State shall, with
                respect to the management of the intrastate endangered
                species or intrastate threatened species on any land
                within the State, have the exclusive authority to, in
                accordance with the purposes and policy of this Act--
                            ``(i) promulgate or enforce any regulation
                        or guidance;
                            ``(ii) designate a critical habitat;
                            ``(iii) issue a permit or license;
                            ``(iv) develop or implement a recovery
                        plan; and
                            ``(v) establish any goal with respect to
                        the recovery plan.
                    ``(C) Applicable law.--The management described in
                subparagraph (B) shall be subject to the law of the
                State in which the land, including public lands (as
                defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), is located.
            ``(3) Newly listed species.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Governor of a State may,
                before the Secretary or any other person, regulate any
                intrastate endangered species or any intrastate
                threatened species listed under this section that is
                listed on or after the date of enactment of this
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Applicability.--If the Governor of a State
                elects to regulate an intrastate endangered species or
                an intrastate threatened species under subparagraph
                (A), subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) shall
                apply.
                    ``(C) Judicial review.--Any action by the Governor
                of a State under this subsection shall not be subject
                to judicial review in any court of the United States or
                in any State court.''.

SEC. 5. COST ACCOUNTING.

    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is amended by inserting after
section 12 (16 U.S.C. 1541) the following:

``SEC. 12A. COST ACCOUNTING REPORT.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Direct costs.--The term `direct costs' includes--
                    ``(A) Federal agency obligations related to the
                cost of any study;
                    ``(B) capital, operation, maintenance, and
                replacement costs; and
                    ``(C) staffing costs.
            ``(2) Indirect costs.--The term `indirect costs' includes
        foregone power generation costs and replacement power costs,
        including the net costs of any transmission of power.
    ``(b) Cost of Compliance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except with respect to intrastate
        endangered species or intrastate threatened species regulated
        by a Governor of a State under section 4(j), the Administrator
        of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Administrator of
        the Southeastern Power Administration, the Administrator of the
        Southwestern Power Administration, and the Administrator of the
        Western Area Power Administration shall each include in a
        monthly billing statement submitted to each customer of the
        respective Administration the share of the direct and indirect
        costs to the customer incurred by the Administration related to
        complying with this Act.
            ``(2) Assistance in identifying costs.--The Director of the
        Bureau of Reclamation shall assist the administrators described
        in paragraph (1) with identifying the costs described in that
        paragraph.
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than January 30 of each year, each of the
administrators described in subsection (b)(1), in coordination with the
Director of the Bureau of Reclamation, shall submit to the Committee on
Environment of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives a report estimating the costs described in
subsection (b)(1)--
            ``(1) with respect to the Western Area Power
        Administration, on a project-by-project basis; and
            ``(2) with respect to the each of the Administrations
        described in subsection (b)(1) (except the Western Power
        Administration), on a systemwide basis.

``SEC. 12B. PROPERTY RIGHTS.

    ``(a) Determination of Proposed Use of Real Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any owner or lessee of any real property
        may submit to the Secretary of the Interior an application that
        includes any proposed use of the real property.
            ``(2) Determination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
                date on which the application described in paragraph
                (1) is submitted, the Secretary of the Interior shall
                submit to the owner or lessee in writing a
                determination as to whether the proposed use will
                violate any provision of this Act.
                    ``(B) Failure to respond.--If the Secretary of the
                Interior fails to respond before the expiration of the
                90-day period described in subparagraph (A), the
                proposed use shall be considered to not violate any
                provision of this Act.
            ``(3) Effect of determinations.--
                    ``(A) Affirmative defense.--It is an affirmative
                defense to any civil penalty assessed under section 11
                or to any civil action, civil suit, or prosecution
                brought under that section that the owner or lessee of
                real property reasonably relied on a determination,
                including a determination that resulted under paragraph
                (2)(B), that a proposed use will not violate any
                provision of this Act.
                    ``(B) Compensation for unfavorable
                determinations.--If the Secretary of the Interior
                determines that a proposed use will violate a provision
                of this Act, the owner or lessee of the real property
                may seek compensation in accordance with subsection
                (b).
    ``(b) Compensation for Agency Actions.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Agency action.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `agency action'
                        means any action taken by the Director of the
                        United States Fish and Wildlife Service in
                        accordance with this Act that diminishes the
                        fair market value of any real property by not
                        less than 50 percent with respect to the
                        intended use of the real property.
                            ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `agency action'
                        does not include any action taken with respect
                        to intrastate endangered species or intrastate
                        threatened species regulated by a Governor of a
                        State under section 4(j).
                    ``(B) Lessee.--The term `lessee' means a lessee of
                any real property affected by an agency action.
                    ``(C) Owner.--The term `owner' means an owner of
                any real property affected by an agency action.
            ``(2) Compensation.--Except as provided in paragraph
        (3)(B), not later than 180 days after the date on which an
        agency action takes place, the Secretary shall pay an owner or
        lessee an amount equal to 150 percent of the fair market value
        of the real property determined in accordance with paragraph
        (3).
            ``(3) Determination of fair market value.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The fair market value described
                in paragraph (2) shall be determined by 2 licensed
                independent appraisers of whom--
                            ``(i) 1 shall be chosen by the Secretary;
                        and
                            ``(ii) 1 shall be chosen by the owner or
                        lessee.
                    ``(B) Failure to agree on fair market value.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If the appraisers chosen
                        under subparagraph (A) fail to agree on the
                        same fair market value, the Secretary and the
                        owner shall jointly select an additional
                        licensed independent appraiser to determine the
                        fair market value.
                            ``(ii) Extension of time to make
                        determination.--The licensed independent
                        appraiser described in clause (i) shall
                        determine the fair market value not later than
                        270 days after the date on which the agency
                        action takes place.
                    ``(C) Costs.--The Secretary shall be responsible
                for all costs relating to the determination of fair
                market value made under this paragraph.''.

SEC. 6. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 11(g)(4) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1540(g)(4)) is amended by striking ``attorney and''.

SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 6(d)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1535(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``the status of candidate species
pursuant to subparagraph (C) of section 4(b)(3) and''.

Output: Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the consent of the governor of a state in which a species is present for: (1) a determination of endangered or threatened species status by regulation, and (2) listing of the species as endangered or threatened by the Secretary of the Interior upon a determination by the Secretary of Commerce. Eliminates a rulemaking procedure involving the petitioning by an interested person for adding a species to, or removing a species from, the lists of endangered and threatened species. Defines "best scientific and commercial data," for purposes of determinations, to include any scientific evidence made available by any state agency. Subjects determinations by the Secretaries of the Interior and of Commerce to list species as endangered or threatened to congressional approval by joint resolution.  Requires removal of each species listed on an approved list five years after the joint resolution is enacted. Provides a procedure for re-submission by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the governor of each state in which the endangered or threatened species is present, of a list including a species so removed and subjects that list to approval by joint resolution.  Eliminates the requirement for guidelines concerning petitions. Establishes a process for exclusive state regulation of endangered or threatened species determined by a state governor to be present only within that state. Precludes judicial review of any such action. Subjects the following to the process of intrastate regulation: (1) issuance of species conservation regulations, (2) recovery plan implementation, (3) species recovery monitoring, and (4) establishment of agency guidelines. Requires the Administrators of the Bonneville, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations, except with respect to intrastate species regulation, to include in customer monthly billing statements information on the share of costs to the customer incurred as a result of ESA compliance. Allows an owner or lessee of any real property to submit to the Secretary of the Interior an application that includes any proposed use of the real property for a determination of whether the use will violate ESA. Deems the use to be compliant if the Secretary fails to respond within 90 days. Allows the owner or lessee to seek compensation (150% of the property's fair market value) if the use is determined to violate ESA and an action of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service diminishes the fair market value of any real property by at least 50% with respect to the intended use. Eliminates the award of attorney fees in citizen suits under ESA.


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SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    There is established in the legislative branch the Independent
Commission on Intelligence about Iraq (in this Act referred to as the
``Commission'').

SEC. 2. DUTIES.

    The Commission shall carry out the following duties:
            (1) Examine and evaluate executive branch efforts to
        collect intelligence regarding the threats posed by Iraq,
        including Iraq's attempts to reconstitute its nuclear weapons
        program, develop and deploy chemical and biological weapons,
        and provide support for al Qaeda and other terrorist
        organizations.
            (2) Examine and evaluate executive branch efforts to assess
        the credibility and accuracy of intelligence regarding such
        threats, including the interpretation and conclusions developed
        by the intelligence community regarding such threats.
            (3) Examine and evaluate public representations and
        representations to Congress made by executive branch officials
        regarding such threats, including assessing the accuracy and
        completeness of such representations.
            (4) Examine and evaluate the effectiveness of collaborative
        arrangements between the United States and other countries and
        international organizations in collecting, assessing, and
        interpreting such threats.
            (5) Examine the extent to which Congress has imposed
        restrictions on the collection of intelligence that have
        limited the ability of the intelligence community to obtain
        complete and accurate intelligence regarding such threats, and
        evaluate whether the benefits of those restrictions outweigh
        the costs.
            (6) Review the findings, conclusions, and recommendations
        of other congressional, executive branch, or independent
        commission investigations, in a manner to build upon such
        related investigations and to avoid unnecessary duplication.
            (7) Report to Congress and the President on its findings
        and conclusions, as well as make recommendations to Congress
        and the President on measures that can be taken to enhance the
        accuracy of intelligence and the accuracy of representations of
        such intelligence.

SEC. 3. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Members.--The Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of
whom--
            (1) 1 member shall be appointed by the President, who shall
        serve as chairman of the Commission;
            (2) 1 member shall be jointly appointed by the minority
        leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of
        Representatives, who shall serve as vice chairman of the
        Commission;
            (3) 2 members shall be appointed by the majority leader of
        the Senate;
            (4) 2 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
        House of Representatives;
            (5) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority leader of
        the Senate; and
            (6) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority leader of
        the House of Representatives.
    (b) Qualifications; Initial Meeting.--
            (1) Nongovernmental appointees.--An individual appointed to
        the Commission may not be an officer or employee of the Federal
        Government or any State or local government.
            (2) Other qualifications.--Individuals that shall be
        appointed to the Commission should be prominent United States
        citizens, with national recognition and significant depth of
        experience in such professions as governmental service, law
        enforcement, the armed services, law, public administration,
        intelligence gathering, commerce (including aviation matters),
        and foreign affairs.
            (3) Deadline for appointment.--All members of the
        Commission shall be appointed within 45 days following the
        enactment of this Act.
            (4) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet and begin the
        operations of the Commission as soon as practicable. After its
        initial meeting, the Commission shall meet upon the call of the
        chairman or a majority of its members.
    (c) Quorum; Vacancies.--Six members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its
powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made.
    (d) Conflicts of Interest.--Each member appointed to the Commission
shall submit a financial disclosure report pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, notwithstanding the minimum required rate of
compensation or time period employed.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Hearings and evidence.--The Commission or, on the
        authority of the Commission, any subcommittee or member
        thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out this title--
                    (A) hold such hearings and sit and act at such
                times and places, take such testimony, receive such
                evidence, administer such oaths; and
                    (B) subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, by
                subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of
                such witnesses and the production of such books,
                records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and
                documents,
        as the Commission or such designated subcommittee or designated
        member may determine advisable.
            (2) Subpoenas.--
                    (A) Issuance.--
                            (i) In general.--A subpoena may be issued
                        under this subsection only--
                                    (I) by the agreement of the
                                chairman and the vice chairman; or
                                    (II) by the affirmative vote of 6
                                members of the Commission.
                            (ii) Signature.--Subject to clause (i),
                        subpoenas issued under this subsection may be
                        issued under the signature of the chairman or
                        any member designated by a majority of the
                        Commission, and may be served by any person
                        designated by the chairman or by a member
                        designated by a majority of the Commission.
                    (B) Enforcement.--
                            (i) In general.--In the case of contumacy
                        or failure to obey a subpoena issued under this
                        subsection, the United States district court
                        for the judicial district in which the
                        subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be
                        found, or where the subpoena is returnable, may
                        issue an order requiring such person to appear
                        at any designated place to testify or to
                        produce documentary or other evidence. Any
                        failure to obey the order of the court may be
                        punished by the court as a contempt of that
                        court.
                            (ii) Additional enforcement.--In the case
                        of any failure of any witness to comply with
                        any subpoena or to testify when summoned under
                        authority of this subsection, the Commission
                        may, by majority vote, certify a statement of
                        fact constituting such failure to the
                        appropriate United States attorney, who may
                        bring the matter before the grand jury for its
                        action, under the same statutory authority and
                        procedures as if the United States attorney had
                        received a certification under sections 102
                        through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the
                        United States (2 U.S.C. 192 through 194).
            (3) Scope.--In carrying out its duties under this Act, the
        Commission may examine the actions and representations of the
        current Administration as well as prior Administrations.
    (b) Contracting.--The Commission may, to such extent and in such
amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, enter into contracts to
enable the Commission to discharge its duties of this Act.
    (c) Information From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission may secure directly from
        any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission,
        office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the
        Federal Government, information, suggestions, estimates, and
        statistics for the purposes of this Act. Each department,
        bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent
        establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent
        authorized by law, furnish such information, suggestions,
        estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon
        request made by the chairman, the chairman of any subcommittee
        created by a majority of the Commission, or any member
        designated by a majority of the Commission.
            (2) Receipt, handling, storage, and dissemination.--
        Information shall only be received, handled, stored, and
        disseminated by members of the Commission and its staff
        consistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, and
        Executive Orders.
    (d) Assistance From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) General services administration.--The Administrator of
        General Services shall provide to the Commission on a
        reimbursable basis administrative support and other services
        for the performance of the Commission's functions.
            (2) Other departments and agencies.--In addition to the
        assistance prescribed in paragraph (1), departments and
        agencies of the United States may provide to the Commission
        such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support
        services as they may determine advisable and as may be
        authorized by law.
    (e) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or
donations of services or property.
    (f) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments
and agencies of the United States.

SEC. 5. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)
shall not apply to the Commission.
    (b) Public Meetings and Release of Public Versions of Reports.--The
Commission shall--
            (1) hold public hearings and meetings to the extent
        appropriate; and
            (2) release public versions of the reports required under
        section 10.
    (c) Public Hearings.--Any public hearings of the Commission shall
be conducted in a manner consistent with the protection of information
provided to or developed for or by the Commission as required by any
applicable statute, regulation, or Executive order.

SEC. 6. STAFF OF COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Appointment and compensation.--The chairman, in
        consultation with vice chairman, in accordance with rules
        agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the
        compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as
        may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
        functions, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
        States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,
        and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to
        classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no
        rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the
        equivalent of that payable for a position at level V of the
        Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States
        Code.
            (2) Personnel as federal employees.--
                    (A) In general.--The staff director and any
                personnel of the Commission who are employees shall be
                employees under section 2105 of title 5, United States
                Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87,
                89, and 90 of that title.
                    (B) Members of commission.--Subparagraph (A) shall
                not be construed to apply to members of the Commission.
    (b) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to
the Commission without reimbursement from the Commission, and such
detailee shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her
regular employment without interruption.
    (c) Consultant Services.--The Commission is authorized to procure
the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily
rate paid a person occupying a position at level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 7. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.

    (a) Compensation.--Each member of the Commission may be compensated
at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day during which that member is engaged in the actual performance of
the duties of the Commission.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places
of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members
of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed
intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under
section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 8. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the appropriate Federal
agencies or departments shall cooperate with the Commission in
expeditiously providing to the Commission members and staff appropriate
security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing
procedures and requirements.
    (b) Exception.-- No person shall be provided with access to
classified information under this title without the appropriate
required security clearance access.

SEC. 9. REPORTS OF COMMISSION; TERMINATION.

    (a) Interim Reports.--The Commission may submit to Congress and the
President interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and
recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a
majority of Commission members.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress and the
President a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and
recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a
majority of Commission members.
    (c) Form of Report.--Each report prepared under this section shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
    (d) Recommendation to Make Public Certain Classified Information.--
If the Commission determines that it is in the public interest that
some or all of the information contained in a classified annex of a
report under this section be made available to the public, the
Commission shall make a recommendation to the congressional
intelligence committees to make such information public, and the
congressional intelligence committees shall consider the recommendation
pursuant to the procedures under subsection (e).
    (e) Procedure for Declassifying Information.--
            (1) The procedures referred to in subsection (d) are the
        procedures described in--
                    (A) with respect to the Permanent Select Committee
                on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, clause
                11(g) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of
                Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress; and
                    (B) with respect to the Select Committee on
                Intelligence of the Senate, section 8 of Senate
                Resolution 400, Ninety-Fourth Congress.
            (2) In this section, the term ``congressional intelligence
        committees'' means--
                    (A) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
                of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
                Senate.

SEC. 10. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--The Commission, and all the authorities of this
Act, shall terminate 60 days after the date on which the final report
is submitted under subsection (b).
    (b) Administrative Activities Before Termination.--The Commission
may use the 60-day period referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose
of concluding its activities, including providing testimony to
committees of Congress concerning its reports and disseminating the
final report.

SEC. 11. FUNDING.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated funds not to exceed $5,000,000 for purposes of the
activities of the Commission under this Act.
    (b) Duration of Availability.--Amounts made available to the
Commission under subsection (a) shall remain available until the
termination of the Commission.

Output: Creates the Independent Commission on Intelligence about Iraq. Gives the Commission responsibility for: (1) evaluating executive branch intelligence collection, assessment, and representations concerning the threats posed by Iraq; (2) evaluating the effectiveness of collaborative arrangements between the United States and others in assessing such threats; (3) examining the extent to which Congress has imposed restrictions that have hampered the efforts of the intelligence community; (4) reviewing the work of other investigations; and (5) reporting its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to Congress and the President.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``North Korean Human Rights
Reauthorization Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) In 2014, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) on
    Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
    found that the grave human rights violations still being
    perpetrated against the people of North Korea, due to policies
    established at the highest level of the state, amount to crimes
    against humanity. Crimes include forced starvation, sexual violence
    against women and children, restrictions on freedom of movement,
    arbitrary detention, torture, executions, and enforced
    disappearances, among other hardships.
        (2) The COI also noted that the Government of the People's
    Republic of China is aiding and abetting in crimes against humanity
    by forcibly repatriating North Korean refugees back to the DPRK.
    Upon repatriation, North Koreans are sent to prison camps,
    tortured, or even executed. The Government of the People's Republic
    of China's forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees violates
    its obligation to uphold the principle of non-refoulement, under
    the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees,
    done at Geneva July 28, 1951 (as made applicable by the Protocol
    Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at New York January 31,
    1967 (19 UST 6223)).
        (3) Estimates from the COI suggest that between 80,000 and
    120,000 people are believed to be imprisoned in political prison
    camps in North Korea. Another 70,000 are believed to be held at
    other detention facilities. Prisoners in both situations are
    subject to harsh conditions, limited food, sexual abuse, and in
    most cases hard labor.
        (4) One of the findings of the COI report was the persecution
    of religious minorities, especially Christians. There is
    effectively no freedom of religion in North Korea, only worship of
    the Kim family. Christians are subjected to particularly acute
    persecution. It has been reported that Christians in North Korea
    have been tortured, forcibly detained, and even executed for
    possessing a Bible or professing Christianity.
        (5) North Korea profits from its human rights abuses. A 2014
    report from the Asian Institute for Policy Studies suggests that
    there are nearly 50,000 North Korean workers forced to labor
    overseas, sometimes without compensation, and for as much as 20
    hours at a time. Workers that received compensation were not to be
    paid more than $150 per month, which is between 10 to 20 percent of
    the value of the labor they performed. Based on this report, the
    regime may profit as much as $360,000,000 annually from just 50,000
    laborers.
        (6) On July 6, 2016, the United States imposed sanctions on
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other senior North Korean
    officials for human rights violations as required by the North
    Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
    122). This was the first time that the United States had designated
    North Korean officials for human rights abuses.
        (7) The North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of
    2016 (Public Law 114-122) requires the President to impose
    mandatory penalties under United States law on any person that
    ``knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates serious
    human rights abuses by the Government of North Korea''.
        (8) Although the United States Refugee Admissions Program
    remains the largest in the world by far, the United States has only
    resettled 212 refugees from North Korea since the date of the
    enactment of the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004 (Public Law
    108-333).
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
    It is the sense of Congress that--
        (1) the United States Government should continue to make it a
    priority to improve information access in North Korea by exploring
    the use of new and emerging technologies and expanding
    nongovernmental radio broadcasting to North Korea, including news
    and information;
        (2) the United Nations has a significant role to play in
    promoting and improving human rights in North Korea and should
    press for access for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
    human rights in North Korea as well as the United Nations High
    Commissioner for Human Rights;
        (3) because North Koreans fleeing into China face a well-
    founded fear of persecution upon their forcible repatriation, the
    United States should urge China to--
            (A) immediately halt the forcible repatriation of North
        Koreans;
            (B) allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
        unimpeded access to North Koreans inside China to determine
        whether such North Koreans require protection as refugees;
            (C) fulfill its obligations under the 1951 United Nations
        Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967
        Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the Agreement
        on the Upgrading of the UNHCR Mission in the People's Republic
        of China to UNHCR Branch Office in the People's Republic of
        China (signed December 1, 1995);
            (D) address the concerns of the United Nations Committee
        against Torture by incorporating the principle of non-
        refoulement into Chinese domestic legislation; and
            (E) recognize the legal status of North Korean women who
        marry or have children with Chinese citizens, and ensure that
        all such children are granted resident status and access to
        education and other public services in accordance with Chinese
        law and international standards;
        (4) the President should continue to designate all individuals
    found to have committed violations described in section 104(a) of
    the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22
    U.S.C. 2914(a)), regarding complicity in censorship and human right
    abuses;
        (5) the United States currently blocks United States passports
    from being used to travel to North Korea without a special
    validation from the Department of State, and the Department of
    State should continue to take steps to increase public awareness
    about the risks and dangers of travel by United States citizens to
    North Korea;
        (6) the United States should continue to seek cooperation from
    all foreign governments to allow the United Nations High
    Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) access to process North Korean
    refugees overseas for resettlement and to allow United States
    officials access to process refugees for resettlement in the United
    States (if that is the destination country of the refugees'
    choosing); and
        (7) the Secretary of State, through diplomacy by senior
    officials, including United States ambassadors to Asia-Pacific
    countries, and in close cooperation with South Korea, should make
    every effort to promote the protection of North Korean refugees and
    defectors.
SEC. 4. RADIO BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA.
    Section 103(a) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22
U.S.C. 7813(a)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``that the United States should facilitate''
    and inserting the following: ``that the United States should--
        ``(1) facilitate'';
        (2) in paragraph (1), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this
    section--
            (A) by striking ``radio broadcasting'' and inserting
        ``broadcasting, including news rebroadcasting,''; and
            (B) by striking ``increase broadcasts'' and inserting
        ``increase such broadcasts, including news rebroadcasts,''; and
            (C) by striking ``Voice of America.'' and inserting the
        following: ``Voice of America; and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) expand funding for nongovernmental organization
    broadcasting efforts, prioritizing organizations that engage North
    Korean defectors in programming and broadcast services.''.
SEC. 5. ACTIONS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION.
    Section 104(a) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22
U.S.C. 7814(a)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``The President'' and inserting the following:
        ``(1) In general.--The President'';
        (2) by inserting ``, USB drives, micro SD cards, audio players,
    video players, cell phones, wi-fi, wireless internet, web pages,
    internet, wireless telecommunications, and other electronic media
    that shares information'' before the period at the end; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Distribution.--In accordance with the sense of Congress
    described in section 103, the President, acting through the
    Secretary of State, is authorized to distribute or provide grants
    to distribute information receiving devices, electronically
    readable devices, and other informational sources into North Korea,
    including devices and informational sources specified in paragraph
    (1). To carry out this paragraph, the President is authorized to
    issue regulations to facilitate the free-flow of information into
    North Korea.
        ``(3) Research and development grant program.--In accordance
    with the authorization described in paragraphs (1) and (2) to
    increase the availability and distribution of sources of
    information inside North Korea, the President, acting through the
    Secretary of State, is authorized to establish a grant program to
    make grants to eligible entities to develop or distribute (or both)
    new products or methods to allow North Koreans easier access to
    outside information. Such program may involve public-private
    partnerships.
        ``(4) Culture.--In accordance with the sense of Congress
    described in section 103, the Broadcasting Board of Governors may
    broadcast American, Korean, Chinese, and other popular music,
    television, movies, and popular cultural references as part of its
    programming.
        ``(5) Rights and laws.--In accordance with the sense of
    Congress described in section 103, the Broadcasting Board of
    Governors should broadcast to North Korea in the Korean language
    information on rights, laws, and freedoms afforded through the
    North Korean Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human
    Rights, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in
    the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and any other applicable
    treaties or international agreements to which North Korea is bound.
        ``(6) Religious minorities.--Efforts to improve information
    access under this subsection should include religious communities
    and should be coordinated with the Office of International
    Religious Freedom to ensure maximum impact in improving the rights
    of religious persons in North Korea.
        ``(7) Broadcasting report.--Not later than--
            ``(A) 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
        paragraph, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
        Broadcasting Board of Governors, shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a report that sets forth a
        detailed plan for improving broadcasting content for the
        purpose of targeting new audiences and increasing listenership;
        and
            ``(B) 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
        paragraph, and annually thereafter for each of the next 5
        years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
        Broadcasting Board of Governors, shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a report including--
                ``(i) a description of the effectiveness of actions
            taken pursuant to this section, including data reflecting
            audience and listenership, device distribution and usage,
            and technological development and advancement usage;
                ``(ii) the amount of funds expended by the United
            States Government pursuant to section 403; and
                ``(iii) other appropriate information necessary to
            fully inform Congress of efforts related to this
            section.''.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION RELATED TO THE
KOREAN PENINSULA.
    Title III of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C.
7841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION RELATED
      TO THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
    ``It is the sense of Congress that--
        ``(1) any instability on the Korean Peninsula could have
    significant humanitarian and strategic impact on the region and for
    United States national interests; and
        ``(2) as such, the United States Government should work with
    countries sharing a land or maritime border with North Korea to
    develop long-term whole-of-government plans to coordinate efforts
    related to humanitarian assistance and human rights promotion and
    to effectively assimilate North Korean defectors.''.
SEC. 7. REAUTHORIZATION PROVISIONS.
    (a) Support for Human Rights and Democracy Programs.--Section 102
of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7812(b)(1)) is
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
    ``The President is also authorized to provide grants to entities to
    undertake research on North Korea's denial of human rights,
    including on the political and military chains of command
    responsible for authorizing and implementing systemic human rights
    abuses, including at prison camps and detention facilities where
    political prisoners are held.''; and
        (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``2017'' and inserting
    ``2022''.
    (b) Actions To Promote Freedom of Information.--Section 104 of the
North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
            (A) by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting
        ``$3,000,000''; and
            (B) by striking ``2017'' and inserting ``2022''; and
        (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``2017'' and inserting
    ``2022''.
    (c) Report by Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues.--
Section 107(d) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C.
7817(d)) is amended by striking ``2017'' and inserting ``2022''.
    (d) Report on United States Humanitarian Assistance.--Section 201
of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7831 is
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
    by striking ``2017'' and inserting ``2022'';
        (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
        (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
    subsection:
    ``(b) Needs Assessment.--The report shall include a needs
assessment to inform the distribution of humanitarian assistance inside
North Korea.''.
    (e) Assistance Provided Outside of North Korea.--Section 203(c)(1)
of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7833(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ``2013 through 2017'' and inserting ``2018 through
2022''.
    (f) Annual Reports.--Section 305(a) of the North Korean Human
Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7845(a)) is amended, in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``2017'' and inserting ``2022''.
SEC. 8. REPORT BY BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that--
        (1) describes the status of current United States broadcasting
    to North Korea and the extent to which the Board has achieved the
    goal of 12-hour-per-day broadcasting to North Korea, in accordance
    with section 103(a) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
    (22 U.S.C. 7813(a)); and
        (2) includes a strategy to overcome obstacles to such
    communication with the North Korean people, including through
    unrestricted, unmonitored, and inexpensive electronic means.
    (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
        (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
        (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
    Representatives; and
        (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
    Representatives.
SEC. 9. REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE AUTHORIZATIONS.
    Section 403 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act
of 2016 (Public Law 114-122; 22 U.S.C. 9253) is hereby repealed.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Output: North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017  (Sec. 4) This bill provides for increased dissemination of news and information access to North Korea. The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 is amended to include news rebroadcasting in supported broadcasting to North Korea.  (Sec. 5) The President may: (1) distribute or provide grants to distribute information receiving devices, electronically readable devices, and other informational sources into North Korea; and (2) provide grants to develop and distribute new products or methods to allow North Koreans easier access to outside information. The Broadcasting Board of Governors may broadcast American, Korean, Chinese, and other popular music, television, movies, and popular cultural references as part of its programming.  The board shall broadcast to North Korea in the Korean language information on rights, laws, and freedoms afforded through the North Korean Constitution and through human rights treaties or other international agreements.   The bill urges that information access efforts should include religious communities and be coordinated with the Office of International Religious Freedom.   (Sec. 7) The President may provide grants for research on North Korea's denial of human rights. The bill extends through FY2022: (1) programs that promote human rights, democracy, the rule of law, and the development of a market economy in North Korea; (2) actions to promote freedom of information in North Korea; and (3) humanitarian assistance to North Koreans who are outside of North Korea without the permission of the government.  The bill extends through 2022 annual reporting requirements regarding: (1) freedom of information, (2) North Korean human rights issues, (3) U.S. humanitarian assistance inside North Korea and to North Koreans outside of North Korea, and (4) the number of North Koreans seeking refugee status or political asylum in the United States.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES AT VETERANS HEALTH
              FACILITIES.

    (a) Acupuncturist Services.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38,
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
        following new section:
``Sec. 1720I. Provision of acupuncturist services
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to
provide acupuncturist services to veterans enrolled in the health care
system established under section 1705(a) of this title (without the
requirement of a referral).
    ``(b) Locations.--The program under subsection (a) shall be carried
out at in at least one facility of the Department in each Veterans
Integrated Service Network. In selecting such facilities, the Secretary
shall ensure that the program is carried out in both urban and rural
areas.
    ``(c) Services Available.--The Secretary shall ensure that the
acupuncturist services available under the program are able to address,
at a minimum, the following:
            ``(1) Chronic and acute pain.
            ``(2) Cancer pain.
            ``(3) Postoperative nausea and vomiting.
            ``(4) Postsurgical gastroparesis syndrome.
            ``(5) Opioid-induced constipation.
            ``(6) Opioid-induced pruritus.
            ``(7) Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy.
            ``(8) Aromatase inhibitor-associated joint pain.
            ``(9) Neck dissection-related pain and dysfunction.
            ``(10) Stress management.
            ``(11) Mental health conditions.
            ``(12) Substance abuse.
            ``(13) Symptoms relating to traumatic brain injury and
        post-traumatic stress.
    ``(d) Administration.--(1) The Secretary shall carry out the
program through--
            ``(A) qualified acupuncturists appointed as employees of
        the Department located at medical centers and clinics of the
        Department; and
            ``(B) through contract qualified acupuncturists if--
                    ``(i) the Secretary is unable to make appointments
                described in subparagraph (A);
                    ``(ii) a patient requires specialty care that an
                employee under such subparagraph is not able to provide
                to the patient; or
                    ``(iii) there is an emergency that requires the use
                of such a contract acupuncturist.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall provide training and materials to health
care providers of the Department who provide primary care to veterans
to explain the benefits of acupuncturist services.
    ``(3) In this section, the term `qualified acupuncturist' means,
with respect to the furnishing of services in a State, an individual
who licensed or certified in the State in which the services are
furnished, or, in the case of services furnished in a State that does
not provide for such licensure or certification, meets such criteria
(such as accreditation through an appropriate nationally recognized
certification authority for acupuncturists) as the Secretary may
specify. In specifying such requirements, the Secretary may use the
same requirements as those established by such a certification
authority.
    ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
carry out this section.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
        item relating to section 1720H the following new section:

``1720I. Provision of acupuncturist services.''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 1701(6) of such title is
        amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) Acupuncturist services in accordance with
                section 1720I of this title.''.
    (b) Advisory Committee.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 5 of such title
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 547. Advisory committee on acupuncturist services
    ``(a) Acupuncture Advisory Committee.--(1) The Secretary shall
establish an advisory committee to be known as the `Advisory Committee
on Acupuncturist Services' (in this section referred to as the
`Committee') to provide the Secretary with assistance and advice in the
development and implementation of the program established by section
1720I of this title.
    ``(2) The Committee shall consist of members appointed by the
Secretary from the general public, including--
            ``(A) not fewer than five practicing acupuncturists, of
        which at least four shall be State licensed acupuncturists;
            ``(B) one veteran from each of the Armed Forces; and
            ``(C) not fewer than two representatives from veterans
        service organizations.
    ``(b) Duties.--The Committee shall--
            ``(1) review and evaluate the ability of a veteran to
        access an acupuncturist at facilities of the Department;
            ``(2) advise the Secretary with respect to--
                    ``(A) protocols governing direct access to
                acupuncture care;
                    ``(B) protocols governing the scope of practice of
                acupuncture practitioners;
                    ``(C) the definitions of services to be provided by
                acupuncturists; and
                    ``(D) such other matters the Secretary determines
                appropriate; and
            ``(3) upon the determination of the Secretary that the
        program of acupuncturist services under section 1720I of this
        title has been fully implemented, submit to the Secretary a
        report containing the evaluation of the Committee of the
        implementation of such program.
    ``(c) Chairman.--The Secretary shall designate one member of the
Committee to serve as the chairman of the Committee.
    ``(d) Meetings.--The Committee shall meet at the call of the
Chairman, but not fewer than three times during each fiscal year,
beginning in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which this
section is enacted.
    ``(e) Report.--Following the date on which the Committee submits to
the Secretary the report under subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report containing the following:
            ``(1) A copy of the Committee report, together with the
        comments of the Secretary on the report.
            ``(2) An explanation of the criteria and rationale that the
        Secretary used to determine that the program of acupuncturist
        services under section 1720I of this title was fully
        implemented, as described in such subsection (b)(4).
            ``(3) The views of the Secretary regarding the future
        implementation of such program.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
        item relating to section 546 the following new item:

``547. Advisory committee on acupuncturist services.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Authority for appointments.--Section 7401(1) of title
        38, United States Code, is amended by inserting
        ``acupuncturists,'' after ``chiropractors,''.
            (2) Period of appointments.--Section 7403 of such title is
        amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(I) Acupuncturists.''.
            (3) Pay.--Section 7404 of such title is amended by adding
        at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) The position of acupuncturist specified in section 7401(1) of
this title shall be the grade of GS-12 or higher under the General
Schedule under section 5332 of title 5.''.
            (4) Malpractice and negligence suits.--Section 7316(a)(2)
        of such title is amended by inserting ``acupuncturist,'' after
        ``chiropractor,''.
            (5) Hours and conditions.--Section 7421(b) of such title is
        amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Acupuncturists.''.
            (6) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (4)
        apply with respect to services provided on or after the date
        that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Output: Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act This bill provides access to qualified acupuncturist services for veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.  The VA shall carry out such program at in at least one VA facility in each Veterans Integrated Service Network in both urban and rural areas.  The VA shall establish the Advisory Committee on Acupuncturist Services, which shall: (1) review and evaluate the ability of a veteran to access an acupuncturist at VA facilities, and (2) advise the VA on governing protocols.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop a multipurpose
cadastre of Federal real property to assist with Federal land
management, resource conservation, and development of real property,
including identification of any Federal land which is no longer
required to be owned by the Federal Government.
    (b) Cost Sharing.--The Secretary may enter into cost sharing
agreements with States to include any non-Federal lands in a State in
the cadastre. The Federal share of any such cost agreement shall not
exceed 50 percent of the total cost to a State for the development of
the cadastre of non-Federal lands in the State.
    (c) Consolidation and Report.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report
to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on--
            (1) the existing real property inventories or any
        components of any cadastre currently authorized by law or
        conducted by the Department of the Interior, the statutory
        authorization for such, and the amount expended by the Federal
        Government for each such activity in fiscal year 2004;
            (2) the existing real property inventories or any
        components of any cadastre currently authorized by law or
        conducted by the Department of the Interior that will be
        eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose cadastre
        authorized by this Act;
            (3) the existing real property inventories or any
        components of a cadastre currently authorized by law or
        conducted by the Department of the Interior that will not be
        eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose cadastre
        authorized by this Act, together with a justification for not
        terminating or consolidating such in the multipurpose cadastre
        authorized by this Act;
            (4) the cost savings that will be achieved by eliminating
        or consolidating duplicative or unneeded real property
        inventories or any components of a cadastre currently
        authorized by law or conducted by the Department of the
        Interior that will become part of the multipurpose cadastre
        authorized by this Act; and
            (5) recommendations for any legislation necessary to
        increase the cost savings and enhance the effectiveness and
        efficiency of replacing, eliminating, or consolidating real
        property inventories or any components of a cadastre currently
        authorized by law or conducted by the Department of the
        Interior.
    (d) Coordination.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) participate, pursuant to section 216 of Public
                Law 107-347, in the establishment of such standards and
                common protocols as are necessary to assure the
                interoperability of geospatial information pertaining
                to the cadastre for all users of such information;
                    (B) coordinate with, seek assistance and
                cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Federal
                Geographic Data Committee pursuant to Office of
                Management and Budget Circular A-16 and Executive Order
                12906;
                    (C) make the cadastre interoperable with the
                Federal Real Property Profile established pursuant to
                Executive Order 13327; and
                    (D) use contracts with the private sector, to the
                maximum extent practicable, to provide such products
                and services as are necessary to develop the cadastre.
            (2) Contracts considered surveying and mapping.--Contracts
        entered into under paragraph (1)(C) shall be considered
        ``surveying and mapping'' services as such term is used and as
        such contracts are awarded in accordance with the selection
        procedures in title IX of the Federal Property and
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (2) Cadastre.--The term ``cadastre'' means an inventory of
        real property of the Federal Government developed through
        collecting, storing, retrieving, or disseminating graphical or
        digital data depicting natural or man-made physical features,
        phenomena, or boundaries of the earth and any information
        related thereto, including surveys, maps, charts, satellite and
        airborne remote sensing data, images, and services, with
        services performed by professionals such as surveyors,
        photogrammetrists, hydrographers, geodesists, cartographers,
        and other such services of an architectural or engineering
        nature including the following data layers:
                    (A) A reference frame consisting of a geodetic
                network.
                    (B) A series of current, accurate large scale maps.
                    (C) A cadastral boundary overlay delineating all
                cadastral parcels.
                    (D) A system for indexing and identifying each
                cadastral parcel.
                    (E) A series of land data files, each including the
                parcel identifier, which can be used to retrieve
                information and cross reference between and among other
                data files, which contains information about the use,
                value, infrastructure, resources, and characteristics
                of each parcel.
            (3) Real property.--The term ``real property'' means real
        estate consisting of land, buildings, crops, forests, or other
        resources still attached to or within the land or improvements
        or fixtures permanently attached to the land or a structure on
        it, including any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in
        such property.

Output:
Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property (an inventory of real property of the Federal Government developed through the collection of geographical and digital data depicting natural or man-made physical features, phenomena, and boundaries of the earth and any related information) to assist with Federal land management, resource conservation, and development of real property, including any Federal land which is no longer required to be owned by the Government. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cost-sharing agreements with States to include any non-Federal lands in a State in such cadastre. Limits the Federal share of any such agreement to 50 percent of the total cost to a State for the development of the cadastre of the non-Federal lands in the State.

Requires the Secretary to submit a report on: (1) the existing real property inventories or any components of any cadastre currently authorized by law or conducted by the Department of the Interior; (2) the inventories and components that will be or will not be eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; (3) the cost savings that will be achieved; and (4) recommendations for any legislation necessary to increase cost savings and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, or consolidating real property inventories or any components of a cadastre currently authorized by law or conducted by the Department of the Interior.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Blue Ribbon Commission on
Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution Control Financing Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to establish a commission to oversee
development of a comprehensive plan to--
            (1) remove the Chesapeake Bay from the Environmental
        Protection Agency listing of impaired waterways by the year
        2010;
            (2) reduce the sediment and nutrient loadings to the
        Chesapeake Bay to meet the water quality goals of the
        Chesapeake 2000 Agreement;
            (3)(A) identify the availability of Federal, state, and
        local financial resources to achieve the reduction of sediment
        and nutrient loadings to the Chesapeake Bay; and
            (B) recommend the allocation of those financial resources;
        and
            (4) identify the private and public partnerships that may
        be established to provide resources to the effort to reduce
        sediment and nutrient loadings to the Chesapeake Bay.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall establish a commission to be known as the
``Special Blue Ribbon Commission on Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution
Control Financing'' (referred to in this Act as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Members.--The Commission shall be composed of 21
        members, including--
                    (A) each of the signatories to the Chesapeake Bay
                Agreement;
                    (B) each of the governors of the States of
                Delaware, New York, and West Virginia or their
                designees; and
                    (C) not later than 60 days after the date of
                enactment of this Act, 12 members appointed by the
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
                in consultation with the other members of the Executive
                Council of the Chesapeake Bay program, that--
                            (i) include at least 3 members representing
                        local governments in Maryland, Pennsylvania,
                        and Virginia;
                            (ii) include, from the Chesapeake Bay
                        watershed, at least--
                                    (I) 1 member from an academic,
                                technical, or scientific institution;
                                    (II) 1 member from the business
                                community;
                                    (III) 1 member from the
                                agricultural community; and
                                    (IV) 1 member from environmental
                                organizations; and
                            (iii) are balanced by area of expertise and
                        balanced geographically, to the extent
                        consistent with maintaining the highest level
                        of expertise on the Commission.
            (2) Chairperson.--The members of the Commission shall elect
        a chairperson from among the members of the Commission.
    (c) Meetings.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall meet at the call of
        the Chairperson.
            (2) Public meetings.--Any meetings of the Commission shall
        be open to the public.
            (3) Notice.--Notice of each meeting of the Commission shall
        be published in media outlets of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
        area in advance of the meeting.
            (4) Recordkeeping.--Minutes of any meetings of the
        Commission shall be kept by the Commission.
            (5) Initial meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date
        on which all members of the Commission have been appointed, the
        Commission shall hold the initial meeting of the Commission.
            (6) Required meetings.--The Commission shall hold not less
        than 1 meeting in each of--
                    (A) Virginia;
                    (B) Maryland; and
                    (C) Pennsylvania.

SEC. 4. DUTIES.

    (a) In General.--The Commission shall oversee development of a
comprehensive implementation plan to address--
            (1) the funding needs for reducing, by not later than 2010,
        nutrient pollution loads in the Chesapeake Bay to a level
        sufficient to comply with the nutrient and sediment reduction
        goals of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement;
            (2) the appropriate responsibilities of the Federal
        Government and State and local governments--
                    (A) in financing--
                            (i) sewage treatment plant upgrades;
                            (ii) agricultural and other nonpoint source
                        runoff controls; and
                            (iii) urban stormwater management; and
                    (B) in adopting, or facilitating the adoption of,
                an appropriate variety of financial incentives and
                regulatory measures to achieve that goal; and
            (3) opportunities for enhancing the role of the private
        sector in financial support for the restoration of the
        Chesapeake Bay, either directly or through public-private
        partnerships.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on
        which the Commission is established, the Commission shall
        submit to the President and Congress a report that contains--
                    (A) a detailed statement of the findings and
                conclusions of the Commission, including
                recommendations of the Commission for administrative or
                legislative actions at the Federal, State, and local
                levels that are necessary and expedient to implement
                the comprehensive plan described in section 4(a) to
                restore the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay; and
                    (B) a summary of the public comments received in
                accordance with the notice in paragraph (2).
            (2) Notice and public comment.--Before submitting the
        report in paragraph (1), the Commission shall publish in
        appropriate publications a notice that a draft report is
        available for public review and comment.

SEC. 5. POWERS.

    (a) Information From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission may secure directly from a
        Federal agency such information as the Commission considers
        necessary to carry out this Act.
            (2) Provision of information.--On request of the
        Chairperson of the Commission, the head of the agency shall
        provide the information to the Commission.
    (b) Multidisciplinary Science and Technical Advisory Panel.--
            (1) In general.--To assist the Commission in carrying out
        the duties of the Commission under section 4, the Commission
        may establish a multidisciplinary science and technical
        advisory panel composed of members appointed by the Commission
        that are experts in--
                    (A) the science and technology of--
                            (i) water quality improvement; or
                            (ii) sediment and nutrient removal; and
                    (B) public financing.
            (2) Use of best available data.--The science advisory panel
        shall ensure that the scientific information considered by the
        Commission is based on the best available scientific,
        technical, and public financing data.
    (c) Contracts.--The Commission may, subject to the availability of
appropriations, enter into such contracts as are necessary to carry out
the duties of the Commission.
    (d) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Chairperson of the Commission may,
        without regard to the civil service laws (including
        regulations), appoint and terminate an executive director and
        such other additional personnel as are necessary to enable the
        Commission to perform the duties of the Commission.
            (2) Confirmation of executive director.--The employment of
        an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the
        Commission.

SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the date on which the
Commission submits the final report of the Commission under section
4(b)(1).

Output: Special Blue Ribbon Commission on Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution Control Financing Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish the Special Blue Ribbon Commission on Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution Control Financing. Charges the commission with the duty to oversee development of a comprehensive implementation plan to address: (1) the funding needs for reducing, by not later than 2010, nutrient pollution loads in the Chesapeake Bay to a level sufficient to comply with the nutrient and sediment reduction goals of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement; (2) the appropriate responsibilities of the Federal Government and State and local governments in financing sewage treatment plant upgrades, nonpoint source runoff controls, and urban stormwater management and in adoption of an appropriate variety of financial incentives and regulatory measures to achieve that reduction goal; and (3) opportunities for enhancing the role of the private sector in financial support for the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Building Blocks of STEM Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The National Science Foundation has made the largest
        financial investment in STEM education of all Federal agencies,
        and plays a very powerful role in helping to set research and
        policy agendas.
            (2) Studies have found that children who engage in
        scientific activities from an early age develop positive
        attitudes toward science and are more likely to pursue STEM
        expertise and careers later on.
            (3) However, the majority of current research focuses on
        increasing STEM opportunities for students in middle school and
        older.
            (4) Women remain widely underrepresented in the STEM
        workforce and this gender disparity extends down through all
        levels of education. Strategic funding of programs is needed in
        order to understand and address the root cause of this gap.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
        the National Science Foundation.
            (2) Early childhood.--The term ``early childhood'' applies
        to children from birth through the age of 10.
            (3) Institution of higher education.--The term
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the
        term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
        U.S.C. 1001(a)).
            (4) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        7801), except that such term also includes preschools, after-
        school programs, and summer programs.
            (5) STEM.--The term ``STEM'' has the meaning given the term
        in section 2 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
        2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note).
            (6) Young girls.--The term ``young girls'' means female
        individuals who have not attained the age of 11.

SEC. 4. SUPPORTING STEM RESEARCH ON EARLY CHILDHOOD.

    In awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program,
the Director shall consider age distribution in order to more equitably
allocate funding for research studies with a focus on early childhood.

SEC. 5. SUPPORTING GIRLS IN STEM EDUCATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.

    (a) Research Grants.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall award grants, on a
        competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or
        nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or
        organizations), to accelerate research efforts to increase
        understanding of the factors that contribute to the
        participation of young girls in STEM activities.
            (2) Research areas.--Research areas funded by a grant under
        this subsection may include--
                    (A) the role of teacher training and professional
                development, including effective incentive structures
                to encourage teachers to participate in such training
                and professional development, in encouraging or
                discouraging young girls from participating in STEM
                activities;
                    (B) the role of teachers in shaping young girls'
                perceptions of STEM and discouraging such girls from
                participating in STEM activities;
                    (C) the role of other facets of the learning
                environment on the willingness of young girls to
                participate in STEM activities, including learning
                materials and textbooks, classroom decorations, seating
                arrangements, use of media and technology, classroom
                culture, and gender composition of students during
                group work;
                    (D) the role of parents and other caregivers in
                encouraging or discouraging young girls from
                participating in STEM activities;
                    (E) the types of STEM activities that elicit
                greater participation by young girls;
                    (F) the role of mentorship and best practices in
                finding and utilizing mentors;
                    (G) the role of informal and out-of-school STEM
                learning opportunities on girls' perception of and
                participation in STEM activities; and
                    (H) any other activity the Director determines will
                accomplish the goals of this subsection.
            (3) Grant recipient report.--An entity awarded a grant
        under this subsection shall report to the Director, at such
        time and in such manner as the Director may require, on the
        activities carried out and materials developed using such grant
        funds.
    (b) Development and Testing of Scalable Models for Increased
Engagement.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall award grants, on a
        competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or
        nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or
        organizations), to develop and evaluate interventions in pre-K
        and elementary school classrooms that increase participation of
        young girls in computer science activities.
            (2) Partnerships.--In order to be eligible to receive a
        grant under this subsection, an institute of higher education,
        nonprofit organization, or consortium, shall enter into a
        partnership with one or more local educational agency or State
        in carrying out the activities funded by such grant.
            (3) Uses of funds.--Grants awarded under this subsection
        shall be used for activities that draw upon the expertise of
        the partner entities described in paragraph (2) to increase
        participation of young girls in computer science activities,
        including--
                    (A) offering training and professional development
                programs, including summer or academic year institutes
                or workshops, designed to strengthen the capabilities
                of pre-K and elementary school teachers and to
                familiarize such teachers with the role of gender bias
                in the classroom;
                    (B) offering innovative preservice and in-service
                programs that instruct teachers on gender-inclusive
                practices for teaching computing concepts;
                    (C) developing distance learning programs for
                teachers or students, including developing curricular
                materials, play-based computing activities, and other
                resources for the in-service professional development
                of teachers that are made available to teachers through
                the Internet;
                    (D) developing a cadre of master teachers who will
                promote reform and the adoption of gender-inclusive
                practices in teaching computer science concepts in
                early childhood education;
                    (E) developing tools to evaluate activities
                conducted under this subsection;
                    (F) developing or adapting pre-K and elementary
                school computer science curricular materials that
                incorporate contemporary research on the science of
                learning, particularly with respect to gender
                inclusion;
                    (G) developing and offering gender-inclusive
                computer science enrichment programs for students,
                including after-school and summer programs;
                    (H) providing mentors for girls in person and
                through the Internet to support such girls in
                participating in computer science activities;
                    (I) engaging parents of girls about the
                difficulties faced by girls to maintain an interest and
                desire to participate in computer science activities,
                and enlisting the help of parents in overcoming these
                difficulties;
                    (J) acquainting girls with careers in computer
                science and encouraging girls to consider careers in
                such field; and
                    (K) any other activities the Director determines
                will accomplish the goals of this subsection.
            (4) Grant recipient report.--An entity awarded a grant
        under this subsection shall report to the Director, at such
        time and in such manner as the Director may require, on the
        activities carried out, materials developed using such grant
        funds, and the outcomes for students served by such grant.
            (5) Evaluation required.--Not later than 4 years after the
        date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall evaluate the
        grant program under this subsection. At a minimum, such
        evaluation shall--
                    (A) use a common set of benchmarks and assessment
                tools to identify best practices and materials
                developed and demonstrated by the partnerships
                described in paragraph (2); and
                    (B) to the extent practicable, compare the
                effectiveness of practices and materials developed and
                demonstrated by such partnerships with those of
                partnerships funded by other local or State government
                or Federal Government programs.
            (6) Dissemination of results.--
                    (A) Evaluation results.--The Director shall make
                publicly available free of charge on an Internet
                website and shall submit to Congress the results of the
                evaluation required under paragraph (5).
                    (B) Materials.--The Director shall ensure that
                materials developed under a program funded by a grant
                under this subsection, that are demonstrated to be
                effective in achieving the goals of this subsection (as
                determined by the Director), are made publicly
                available free of charge on an Internet website,
                including through an arrangement with an outside
                entity.
            (7) Annual meeting.--The Director may convene an annual
        meeting of the partnerships participating in a program funded
        by a grant under this subsection, for the purpose of fostering
        greater national collaboration.
            (8) Technical assistance.--At the request of a partnership
        seeking a grant under this subsection, the Director shall
        provide the partnership with technical assistance in meeting
        any requirement of this subsection.

SEC. 6. COMPUTER SCIENCE IN THE ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP
              PROGRAM.

    Section 10 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of
2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-1) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and mathematics'' each place it appears
        and inserting ``mathematics, informatics, and computer
        science'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking ``or mathematics''
        and inserting ``mathematics, informatics, and computer
        science'';
            (3) in subsections (b)(1)(D)(i), (c)(1)(A), (d)(1), and
        (i)(7), by striking ``or mathematics'' each place it appears
        and inserting ``mathematics, informatics, or computer
        science''; and
            (4) in subsection (i)(5), by striking ``or mathematics''
        and inserting ``mathematics, or computer science''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Building Blocks of STEM Act This bill instructs the National Science Foundation, when awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program, to consider age distribution in order to more equitably allocate funding for research studies with a focus on early childhood.