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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Victim Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. VICTIM COMPENSATION FROM PERSONS WHO UNLAWFULLY PROVIDE
              FIREARMS TO JUVENILES, FELONS, AND OTHER DISQUALIFIED
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Victim Compensation.--Section 924 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j)  Victim Compensation.--
            ``(1)  In general.--Any person who sells, delivers, or
        otherwise transfers--
                    ``(A) a firearm in violation of section 922(d) or
                section 922(b)(1); or
                    ``(B) a handgun to a person who the transferor
                knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile,
                except as provided in paragraph (6),
        shall be liable for damages caused by a discharge of the
        transferred firearm by the transferee.
            ``(2) Civil action.--An action to recover damages under
        paragraph (1) may be brought in a United States district court
        by, or on behalf of, any person, or the estate of any person,
        who suffers damages resulting from bodily injury to or the
        death of any person caused by a discharge of the transferred
        firearm by the transferee.
            ``(3) Disentitlement to recovery.--There shall be no
        liability under this subsection if it is established by a
        preponderance of the evidence that--
                    ``(A) the damages were suffered by a person who was
                engaged in a criminal act against the person or
                property of another at the time of the injury; or
                    ``(B) the injury was self-inflicted, unless the
                plaintiff establishes that, at the time of the
                transfer, the transferor knew or had reasonable cause
                to believe that the transferee had not attained the age
                of 18 years or had been adjudicated as a mental
                defective or committed to a mental institution.
            ``(4) Period of liability.--No action under this subsection
        may be brought for damages that are caused more than 5 years
        after the date of the transfer of a firearm upon which an
        action could otherwise be based.
            ``(5)  Attorney's fees and punitive damages.--A prevailing
        plaintiff in an action under this subsection--
                    ``(A) shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees
                and costs, and
                    ``(B) may be awarded punitive damages.
            ``(6) Juveniles.--Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply to--
                    ``(A) a temporary transfer of a handgun to a
                juvenile if the handgun is used by the juvenile--
                            ``(i) in the course of employment, in the
                        course of ranching or farming related to
                        activities at the residence of the juvenile (or
                        on property used for ranching or farming at
                        which the juvenile, with the permission of the
                        property owner or lessee, is performing
                        activities related to the operation of the farm
                        or ranch), target practice, hunting, or a
                        course of instruction in the safe and lawful
                        use of a handgun;
                            ``(ii) with the prior written consent of
                        the juvenile's parent or guardian who is not
                        prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from
                        possessing a firearm, except--
                                    ``(I) during transportation by the
                                juvenile of an unloaded handgun in a
                                locked container directly from the
                                place of transfer to a place at which
                                an activity described in clause (i) is
                                to take place and transportation by the
                                juvenile of that handgun, unloaded and
                                in a locked container, directly from
                                the place at which such an activity
                                took place to the transferor; or
                                    ``(II) with respect to ranching or
                                farming activities as described in
                                clause (i), with the prior written
                                approval of the juvenile's parent or
                                legal guardian and at the direction of
                                an adult who is not prohibited by
                                Federal, State, or local law from
                                possessing a firearm;
                            ``(iii) if the juvenile keeps the prior
                        written consent in the juvenile's possession at
                        all times when a handgun is in the possession
                        of the juvenile; and
                            ``(iv) in accordance with State and local
                        law;
                    ``(B) issuance of a handgun to a juvenile who is a
                member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the
                National Guard who possesses or is armed with the
                handgun in the line of duty;
                    ``(C) a transfer by inheritance of title (but not
                possession) of a handgun to a juvenile;
                    ``(D) a delivery of a handgun by a juvenile to be
                used in defense of the juvenile or other persons
                against an intruder into the residence of the juvenile
                or a residence in which the juvenile is an invited
                guest; or
                    ``(E) a transfer of a handgun for consideration if
                the transfer is made in accordance with State and local
                law and with the prior consent of the juvenile's parent
                or legal guardian who is not prohibited by Federal,
                State, or local law from possessing a firearm.
            ``(7) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
        shall be construed to limit or have any other effect on any
        other cause of action available to any person.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(30) The term `juvenile' means a person who is less than 18 years
of age.''.
    (c) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to damages resulting from a firearm that was transferred as
described in section 924(j)(1) of title 18, on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.

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Gun Victim Compensation Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to make any person who sells, delivers, or otherwise transfers a firearm to a juvenile, felon, or other disqualified individual, or a handgun to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile liable for damages caused by a discharge of the transferred firearm by the transferee.  Makes exceptions, including for certain temporary transfers to a juvenile who uses a handgun in the course of employment relating to ranching or farming with the prior written consent of a parent or guardian and for the issuance of a handgun to a juvenile who is a member of the armed forces or National Guard.
Authorizes an action for damages to be brought in a U.S.  district court by, or on behalf of, any person who suffers damages resulting from bodily injury or death caused by a discharge of the transferred firearm by the transferee.
Specifies that there shall be no liability under this Act if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that:  (1) the damages were suffered by an individual who was engaged in a criminal act against the person or property of another at the time of the injury; or (2) the injury was self-inflicted unless the plaintiff establishes that, at the time of the transfer, the transferor knew or had reasonable cause to believe that the transferee had not attained age 18 or had been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution.
Limits actions to those brought within five years after the date of the transfer of the firearm.
Requires that a prevailing plaintiff be awarded attorney's fees. Permits the award of punitive damages.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reserve Education
Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE
              SELECTED RESERVE AS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Increase in Rate of Assistance.--Subsection (b)(1) of section
16131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$251'' and inserting
        ``$400'';
            (2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C);
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (B);
        and
            (4) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking
        ``for each month of less than half-time pursuit'' and inserting
        ``for each month of less than full-time pursuit''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to months beginning after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
    (c) No CPI Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2005.--Paragraph (2) of
section 16131(b) of such title shall not apply to rates of basic
educational assistance paid under such section during fiscal year 2005.

SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED
              RESERVE CALLED UP FOR SERVICE FOR CUMULATIVE PERIOD OF
              180 DAYS OR MORE AT THE RATE APPLICABLE UNDER CHAPTER 30
              OF TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Increase.--Section 16131 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) In the case of a person described in paragraph (2), the
rate payable under subsection (b) or subsection (c) to such person for
such educational assistance for each month shall be paid at the rate
applicable under section 3015(b) of title 38.
    ``(2) A person referred to in paragraph (1) is a person who is
entitled to educational assistance under this chapter--
            ``(A) who, on or after September 11, 2001, serves a period
        of active duty of at least 180 days of active duty pursuant to
        an order to serve on active duty under section 12301(a),
        12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of this title during a five
        year period, or
            ``(B) in the case of a member of the Army National Guard of
        the United States or Air National Guard of the United States,
        who, on or after September 11, 2001, performed full time
        National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32 for at
        least 180 days during a five year period when authorized by the
        President or Secretary of Defense for the purpose of responding
        to a national emergency declared by the President and supported
        by Federal funds.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to payments of educational assistance under chapter
1606 of such title for months beginning after September 30, 2004.

SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF DELIMITING DATE FOR USE OF ENTITLEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 16133 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and
        inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) In the case of a person described in section 16131(j)(2) of
this title, the period during which such person may use such person's
entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter expires at the
end of the 14-year period beginning on the date that is the last day of
the person's last duty referred to in such section.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on September 30, 2004, and shall apply to members of the
Selected Reserve entitled to educational assistance under chapter 1606
of title 10, United States Code, on or after that date.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE ENTITLED TO
              RETIRED PAY TO TRANSFER ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC EDUCATIONAL
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Establishment of Authority to Transfer Entitlement.--(1)
Chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
``Sec. 16138. Transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance
              by members of the Selected Reserve entitled to retired
              pay
    ``(a) In General.--Subject to the provisions of this section, each
Secretary concerned may permit an individual described in subsection
(b) who is entitled to basic educational assistance under this chapter
to elect to transfer to one or more of the dependents specified in
subsection (c) a portion of such individual's entitlement to such
assistance.
    ``(b) Eligible Individuals.--An individual referred to in
subsection (a) is an individual who--
            ``(1) is entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223; and
            ``(2) is entitled to educational assistance under this
        chapter.
    ``(c) Eligible Dependents.--An individual approved to transfer an
entitlement to basic educational assistance under this section may
transfer the individual's entitlement as follows:
            ``(1) To the individual's spouse.
            ``(2) To one or more of the individual's children.
            ``(3) To a combination of the individuals referred to in
        paragraphs (1) and (2).
    ``(d) Designation of Transferee.--An individual transferring an
entitlement to basic educational assistance under this section shall--
            ``(1) designate the dependent or dependents to whom such
        entitlement is being transferred;
            ``(2) designate the number of months of such entitlement to
        be transferred to each such dependent; and
            ``(3) specify the period for which the transfer shall be
        effective for each dependent designated under paragraph (1).
Each designation under this section shall be made in writing and shall
be transmitted to the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
    ``(e) Time for Transfer; Revocation and Modification.--(1) Subject
to the time limitation for use of entitlement under section 16133 of
this title, an individual approved to transfer entitlement to basic
educational assistance under this section may transfer such entitlement
at any time after the approval of the individual's request to transfer
such entitlement without regard to whether the individual is a member
of the Armed Forces when the transfer is executed.
    ``(2)(A) An individual transferring entitlement under this section
may modify or revoke at any time the transfer of any unused portion of
the entitlement so transferred.
    ``(B) The modification or revocation of the transfer of entitlement
under this paragraph shall be made by the submittal of written notice
of the action to both the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
    ``(f) Commencement of Use.--In the case of entitlement transferred
to a child to whom entitlement to basic educational assistance is
transferred under this section, the child may not commence the use of
the transferred entitlement until either--
            ``(1) the completion by the child of the requirements of a
        secondary school diploma (or equivalency certificate); or
            ``(2) the attainment by the child of 18 years of age.
    ``(g) Additional Administrative Matters.--(1) The use of any
entitlement to basic educational assistance transferred under this
section shall be charged against the entitlement of the individual
making the transfer at the rate of one month for each month of
transferred entitlement that is used.
    ``(2) Except as provided under subsection (d)(2) and subject to
paragraphs (4) and (5), a dependent to whom entitlement is transferred
under this section is entitled to basic educational assistance under
this chapter in the same manner and at the same rate as the individual
from whom the entitlement was transferred.
    ``(3)(A) The death of an individual transferring an entitlement
under this section shall not affect the use of the entitlement by the
dependent to whom the entitlement is transferred.
    ``(B) Entitlement may only be transferred under this section before
the date of death of the individual making the transfer.
    ``(4) A child to whom entitlement is transferred under this section
may not use any entitlement so transferred after attaining the age of
26 years.
    ``(5) The administrative provisions of chapter 30 of title 38
(including the provisions set forth in section 3034(a)(1) of that
title) shall apply to the use of entitlement transferred under this
section, except that the dependent to whom the entitlement is
transferred shall be treated as the eligible veteran for purposes of
such provisions.
    ``(6) The purposes for which a dependent to whom entitlement is
transferred under this section may use such entitlement shall include
the pursuit and completion of the requirements of a secondary school
diploma (or equivalency certificate).
    ``(h) Overpayment.--In the event of an overpayment of basic
educational assistance with respect to a dependent to whom entitlement
is transferred under this section, the dependent and the individual
making the transfer shall be jointly and severally liable to the United
States for the amount of the overpayment for purposes of section 3685
of title 38.
    ``(i) Approvals of Transfer Subject to Availability of
Appropriations.--The Secretary concerned may approve transfers of
entitlement to basic educational assistance under this section in a
fiscal year only to the extent that appropriations for military
personnel are available in that fiscal year for purposes of making
deposits in the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund under
section 2006 of this title in that fiscal year to cover the present
value of future benefits payable from the Fund for the Department of
Defense portion of payments of basic educational assistance
attributable to increased usage of benefits as a result of such
transfers of entitlement in that fiscal year.
    ``(j) Regulations.--After consultation with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations
for purposes of this section. Such regulations shall specify the manner
and effect of an election to modify or revoke a transfer of entitlement
under subsection (e)(2) and shall specify the manner of the
applicability of the administrative provisions referred to in
subsection (g)(5) to a dependent to whom entitlement is transferred
under this section.
    ``(k) Annual Report.--(1) As part of the report required under
section 3020(l) of title 38, (beginning in 2006), the Secretary of
Defense shall include information on the transfers of entitlement to
basic educational assistance under this section that were approved by
each Secretary concerned during the preceding fiscal year.
    ``(2) Each report shall set forth--
            ``(A) the number of transfers of entitlement under this
        section that were approved by such Secretary during the
        preceding fiscal year; or
            ``(B) if no transfers of entitlement under this section
        were approved by such Secretary during that fiscal year, a
        justification for such Secretary's decision not to approve any
        such transfers of entitlement during that fiscal year.''.
    (2) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``16138. Transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance by
                            members of the Selected Reserve entitled to
                            retired pay.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3020 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following new
        subsection:
    ``(m) Coordination With Authority for Transfers Under the Reserve
Montgomery GI Bill.--In carrying out this section and section 16138 of
title 10, each Secretary concerned shall take such steps as may be
necessary to ensure that a transfer of entitlement under each such
section is made pursuant to the applicable requirements of such
sections.''.

SEC. 7. REQUIREMENT FOR THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO REPORT TO
              CONGRESS ON TRANSFERS OF ENTITLEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE
              SELECTED RESERVE ENTITLED TO RETIRED PAY.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 30 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3020A. Annual report on transfers of entitlement to basic
              educational assistance by members of the Selected Reserve
              entitled to retired pay
    ``(a) Inclusion in Annual Report.--As part of the annual report
submitted to the Congress under section 529 of this title, the
Secretary shall include a description of the operation of the program
for transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance by members
of the selected reserve entitled to retired pay under section 16138 of
title 10.
    ``(b) Specific Information Required.--The Secretary shall include
in the description required under subsection (a) the following
information:
            ``(1) The aggregate number of transfers of entitlement made
        during the preceding year.
            ``(2) The type of programs of education pursued by
        dependents to whom entitlement was so transferred.
            ``(3) The number of spouses to whom entitlement was so
        transferred.
            ``(4) The number of dependent children to whom entitlement
        was so transferred.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

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National Guard and Reserve Education Act of 2004 - Increases the monthly rate of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve who pursue full-time studies. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe by regulation the rate of assistance for less than full-time studies.

Establishes an educational assistance benefit for reservists and National Guard members who, on or after September 11, 2001, serve at least 180 days within a five-year period of active duty in a contingency operation. Authorizes such persons to use their educational assistance entitlement during a 14-year period beginning on the last day of duty.

Authorizes members of the Selected Reserve who are entitled to retired pay and basic educational assistance to transfer a portion of their educational entitlement to eligible dependents. Requires the Secretary to report on such transfers in the Secretary's annual report to Congress.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Relief and Job
Creation Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Small Business Credit for Hiring Certain Unemployed
Individuals During 2018 and 2019.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of an eligible unemployed
        individual who begins work for an eligible small business
        during 2018 or 2019, the taxpayer may elect to treat such
        individual as a member of a targeted group for purposes of this
        subpart, subject to the modifications in paragraph (5) and in
        lieu of treating such individual as a member of any other
        targeted group.
            ``(2) Eligible small business.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `eligible small business' means any person
        if--
                    ``(A) either--
                            ``(i) the gross receipts of such person for
                        the preceding taxable year did not exceed
                        $20,000,000, or
                            ``(ii) in the case of a person to which
                        subparagraph (A) does not apply, such person
                        employed not more than 100 full-time employees
                        during the preceding taxable year, and
                    ``(B) such person elects the application of this
                subsection for the taxable year.
        For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), an employee shall be
        considered full-time if such employee is employed at least 30
        hours per week for 35 or more calendar weeks in the taxable
        year.
            ``(3) Eligible unemployed individual.--For purposes of this
        section, the term `eligible unemployed individual' means any
        individual--
                    ``(A) who is certified by the designated local
                agency as being eligible to receive unemployment
                compensation under State or Federal law during the 1-
                year period ending on the hiring date, or
                    ``(B) whose employment with the employer was
                terminated before January 1, 2018.
            ``(4) Employee must be full-time.--No wages shall be taken
        into account with respect to any individual for any taxable
        year unless such individual is employed by the employer an
        average of at least 30 hours per week in the taxable year (in
        the case of the taxable year during which the individual begins
        work, beginning with the day the individual begins work).
            ``(5) Modifications.--For purposes of this subsection, the
        modifications described in this paragraph are as follows:
                    ``(A) Percentage of wages.--Subsection (a) shall be
                applied--
                            ``(i) in the case of wages paid or incurred
                        by the employer during 2018, by substituting
                        `7.5 percent' for `40 percent', and
                            ``(ii) in the case of wages paid or
                        incurred by the employer during 2019, by
                        substituting `5 percent' for `40 percent'.
                    ``(B) Qualified wages during 2018 and 2019 taken
                into account.--Subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by
                substituting `during 2018 and 2019' for `during the 1-
                year period beginning with the day the individual
                begins work for the employer'.
                    ``(C) $75,000 wage limitation.--Subsection (b)(3)
                shall be applied by substituting `$75,000' for
                `$6,000'.
                    ``(D) Double credit in counties with high
                unemployment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of an
                        employer located in a county which is a high
                        unemployment county for the month during which
                        the employee begins work for the employer,
                        clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall
                        be applied by substituting `15 percent' and `10
                        percent' for `7.5 percent' and `5 percent',
                        respectively.
                            ``(ii) High unemployment county.--For
                        purposes of this subparagraph, the term `high
                        unemployment county' means, with respect to any
                        month, a county for which the rate of
                        unemployment exceeds the national rate of
                        unemployment (as determined by the Bureau of
                        Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor).
                    ``(E) Credit to apply for all 2018 and 2019.--This
                subsection shall be applied without regard to
                subsection (c)(4).
                    ``(F) Certain rehires eligible.--Subsection (i)(2)
                shall not apply to an individual whose employment with
                the employer was terminated before January 1, 2018.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to employees hired after December 31, 2017.

Output: Small Business Relief and Job Creation Act  This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business employers whose gross receipts in the preceding taxable year did not exceed $20 million or who did not employ more than 100 full-time employees during the preceding taxable year a work opportunity tax credit for hiring unemployed individuals as full-time employees (at least 30 hours per week for 35 or more calendar weeks in the taxable year) during 2018 or 2019. The bill doubles the rate of such credit for employers located in counties with unemployment rates that exceed the national rate of unemployment.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the Sale of Murderabilia Act of
2013''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON THE MAILING AND DELIVERY PRIVILEGES OF STATE
              AND FEDERAL PRISONERS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 87 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1794. Restrictions on the mailing and delivery privileges of
              State and Federal prisoners for commercial purposes
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d), an inmate
of a prison convicted of a crime of violence who knowingly deposits for
mailing or delivery, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail, any
property, article, or object, with intent that the property, article,
or object be placed in interstate or foreign commerce, shall be fined
under this title and imprisoned not less than 6 months and not more
than 10 years. Any term of imprisonment imposed under this subsection
shall run consecutive to any other term of imprisonment.
    ``(b) Period of Limitations.--An indictment for any offense
punishable under this section may be found at any time without
limitation.
    ``(c) Guidelines.--The Director of the Bureau of Prisons and the
head of the department of corrections, or other similar agency, for any
State may promulgate uniform guidelines to restrict the privileges of
any inmate of a prison that violates this section.
    ``(d) Exception.--An inmate of a prison may mail or deliver or
cause to be delivered by mail title to real property, title to motor
vehicles, or a security if--
            ``(1) the mailing or delivery is to satisfy debt that is--
                    ``(A) imposed by law or a court order, including--
                            ``(i) support obligations;
                            ``(ii) property taxes;
                            ``(iii) income taxes;
                            ``(iv) back taxes;
                            ``(v) a legal judgment, fine, or
                        restitution;
                            ``(vi) fees to cover the cost of
                        incarceration, including fees for health care
                        while incarcerated imposed under section 4048;
                        and
                            ``(vii) other financial obligations
                        mandated by law or a court order; or
                    ``(B) incurred through a contract for--
                            ``(i) legal services;
                            ``(ii) a mortgage on the primary residence
                        of the immediate family of the inmate;
                            ``(iii) the education or medical care of
                        the inmate or a member of the immediate family
                        of the inmate; or
                            ``(iv) life, health, home, or car
                        insurance; or
            ``(2) the consent of the inmate is required by law to
        transfer title for real property, a motor vehicle, or security,
        where a person who is not incarcerated in a prison is the owner
        or a co-owner of that real property, motor vehicle, or
        security.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `prison'--
                    ``(A) means a Federal or State correctional,
                detention, or penal facility or any prison,
                institution, or facility in which persons are held in
                custody by direction of, or pursuant to a contract or
                agreement with, the Attorney General of the United
                States or a State; and
                    ``(B) does not include a halfway house or location
                where an individual is under home confinement;
            ``(2) the term `security' means--
                    ``(A) a note, stock certificate, treasury stock
                certificate, bond, treasury bond, debenture,
                certificate of deposit, interest coupon, bill, check,
                draft, warrant, debit instrument (as that term is
                defined in section 916(c) of the Electronic Fund
                Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693n(c))), money order,
                traveler's check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt,
                negotiable bill of lading, evidence of indebtedness,
                certificate of interest in or participation in a
                profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate,
                pre-reorganization certificate of subscription,
                transferable share, investment contract, or voting
                trust certificate;
                    ``(B) a certificate of interest in, certificate of
                participation in, certificate for, receipt for, or
                warrant or option or other right to subscribe to or
                purchase any item described in subparagraph (A); or
                    ``(C) a blank form of any item described in
                subparagraph (A) or (B); and
            ``(3) the terms `State' and `support obligation' have the
        meanings given those terms in section 228.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 87 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

``1794. Restrictions on the mailing and delivery privileges of State
                            and Federal prisoners for commercial
                            purposes.''.

SEC. 3. CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.

    Section 982(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(9) The court, in sentencing a defendant convicted of an offense
under section 1794, or of a conspiracy to commit such an offense, shall
order that the defendant forfeit to the United States any real or
personal property--
            ``(A) used or intended to be used to commit, facilitate, or
        promote the commission of such offense; and
            ``(B) constituting, derived from, or traceable to the gross
        proceeds that the defendant obtained directly or indirectly as
        a result of the offense.''.

SEC. 4. CIVIL FORFEITURE.

    Any property subject to forfeiture under section 982(a)(9) of title
18, United States Code, as added by this Act, may be forfeited to the
United States in a civil action in accordance with the procedures set
forth in chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code.

SEC. 5. CIVIL REMEDIES.

    (a) In General.--Any person aggrieved by reason of conduct
prohibited under section 1794 of title 18, United States Code, as added
by this Act, may bring a civil action in an appropriate United States
district court for the relief described in subsection (b).
    (b) Relief.--In any civil action brought under subsection (a), the
court may award appropriate relief, including--
            (1) temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief;
            (2) compensatory and punitive damages; and
            (3) the costs of the civil action and reasonable fees for
        attorneys and expert witnesses.

Output: Stop the Sale of Murderabilia Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a federal or state prison inmate convicted of a crime of violence from knowingly placing in the mail or causing to be delivered in interstate or foreign commerce any property, article, or object. Sets forth exceptions for a mailing or delivery of title to real property, title to motor vehicles, or a security to satisfy debt that is: (1) imposed by law or a court order; or (2) incurred through a contract for legal services, a mortgage on the primary residence of the immediate family of the inmate, the education or medical care of the inmate or a member of the immediate family of the inmate, or life, health, home, or car insurance.  Provides for civil and criminal forfeiture of real or personal property used to commit such a crime or obtained as a result of such crime. Provides civil remedies, including injunctions, damages, and attorney fees, for persons aggrieved by prisoners using the mail in violation of this Act.


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SECTION 1. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a
process to expedite access to Federal lands under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary for eligible organizations and eligible
individuals to request access to Federal lands to conduct good
Samaritan search-and-recovery missions. The process developed and
implemented pursuant to this subsection shall include provisions that
clarify that--
            (1) an eligible organization or eligible individual granted
        access under this section shall be acting for private purposes
        and shall not be considered a Federal volunteer;
            (2) an eligible organization or eligible individual
        conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under
        this section shall not be considered a volunteer under section
        3 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C. 18i);
            (3) the Federal Torts Claim Act shall not apply to an
        eligible organization or eligible individual carrying out a
        privately requested good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission
        under this section; and
            (4) the Federal Employee Compensation Act shall not apply
        to an eligible organization or eligible individual conducting
        good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under this section
        and such activities shall not constitute civilian employment.
    (b) Release of the Federal Government From Liability.--The
Secretary shall not require an eligible organization or an eligible
individual to have liability insurance as a condition of accessing
Federal lands under this section if the eligible organization or
eligible individual--
            (1) acknowledges and consents, in writing, to the
        provisions listed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection
        (a); and
            (2) signs a waiver releasing the Federal Government from
        all liability related to the access granted under this section.
    (c) Approval and Denial of Requests.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall notify an eligible
        organization and eligible individual of the approval or denial
        of a request by that eligible organization and eligible
        individual to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery
        mission under this section not more than 48 hours after the
        request is made.
            (2) Denials.--If the Secretary denies a request from an
        eligible organization or eligible individual to carry out a
        good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under this section,
        the Secretary shall notify the eligible organization or
        eligible individual of--
                    (A) the reason for the denial request; and
                    (B) any actions that eligible organization or
                eligible individual can take to meet the requirements
                for the request to be approved.
    (d) Partnerships.--The Secretary shall develop search-and-recovery
focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations to--
            (1) coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions
        on Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the
        Secretary; and
            (2) expedite and accelerate good Samaritan search-and-
        recovery mission efforts for missing individuals on Federal
        lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a joint report to
Congress describing--
            (1) plans to develop partnerships described in subsection
        (c)(1); and
            (2) efforts being taken to expedite and accelerate good
        Samaritan search-and-recovery mission efforts for missing
        individuals on Federal lands under the administrative
        jurisdiction of the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
    (f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
            (1) Eligible organization and eligible individual.--The
        terms ``eligible organization'' and ``eligible individual''
        means an organization or individual, respectively, that--
                    (A) is acting in a not-for-profit capacity; and
                    (B) is certificated in training that meets or
                exceeds standards established by the American Society
                for Testing and Materials.
            (2) Good samaritan search-and-recovery mission.--The term
        ``good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission'' means a search
        for one or more missing individuals believed to be deceased at
        the time that the search is initiated.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as
        appropriate.

Output: Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a process to provide eligible organizations and individuals expedited access to federal lands to conduct good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions.  Sets forth procedures for the approval or denial of requests made by eligible organizations or individuals to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission.  Requires the Secretaries to develop search-and-recovery focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations to: (1) coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions on such lands, and (2) expedite and accelerate mission efforts for missing individuals on such lands.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS; SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The workers who mine American coal have fueled nearly 2
        centuries of industrial development, and are crucial to the
        Nation's economic well-being.
            (2) The Federal Government has had a central role with
        regard to both the coal industry and the health and welfare of
        coal miners. Both the Congress and the executive branch have
        frequently intervened in the coal industry to protect the
        interests of both coal miners and the industry itself. For
        example--
                    (A) the Congress enacted legislation--
                            (i) regulating the coal industry to protect
                        the health and safety of coal miners; and
                            (ii) guaranteeing health care for coal
                        miners and their families, and providing
                        benefits to victims of black lung disease; and
                    (B) the Executive Branch has seized the Nation's
                coal mines for the purpose of negotiating a collective
                bargaining agreement on the mine owners' behalf, has
                otherwise frequently intervened in collective
                bargaining in the coal industry, and has created
                numerous panels and commissions to study problems and
                issues unique to coal mining communities and the coal
                Industry.
            (3) Because coal is an abundant domestic resource, a strong
        coal industry serves to reduce American dependence upon foreign
        oil and is vital both to commerce and to the defense of the
        United States.
            (4) As the result of the abuse of the provisions of
        bankruptcy law, certain coal industry employers have been able
        to gain unfair advantages over their competitors, primarily at
        the expense of their employees.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.-- It is the sense of the Congress that
the abuse of the provisions of bankruptcy law by certain coal industry
employers is damaging to the economic health of the United States, as
well as to the employees who are directly harmed by such legal abuses.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.

    Title 11 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) in section 101 by inserting after paragraph (5) the
        following:
            ``(5A) Coal industry employer.--The term `coal industry
        employer' means an employer in the coal industry, and all
        members of the employer's controlled group of corporations and
        all trades and businesses under common control (within the
        meaning of sections 52(a) and 52(b) of the Internal Revenue
        Code of 1986).
            ``(5B) Covered facility of a coal industry employer.--The
        term `covered facility of a coal industry employer' means any
        facility owned or operated by a coal industry employer that is
        involved in the production, processing, or transportation of
        coal.'';
            (2) in section 363 by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Notwithstanding subsection (f), a covered facility of a
debtor that is coal industry employer that is sold by the trustee shall
remain subject to the labor rights of the current and former employees
of the debtor. For purposes of this subsection, the term `labor rights'
means--
            ``(1) if the employees at a covered facility of a coal
        industry employer to be sold are covered under the terms of a
        current collective bargaining agreement (other than an
        agreement that has been rejected pursuant to the terms of
        sections 365 or 1113), the obligations of the debtor arising
        under that agreement or under the National Labor Relations Act;
        or
            ``(2) if the employees at a covered facility of a coal
        industry employer to be sold are represented by a labor
        organization but are not covered under the terms of an current
        collective bargaining agreement, the obligations of the debtor
        arising under the National Labor Relations Act.
Furthermore, in the case of the sale of a covered facility of a coal
industry employer at which employees are represented by a labor
organization, such labor organization shall be conclusively presumed to
enjoy majority support for a period of 1 year from the date of such
sale, or such longer period as required by applicable nonbankruptcy
law.'';
            (3) in section 1113 by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no
application for the rejection of a collective bargaining agreement
between a coal industry employer relating to a covered facility of such
coal industry employer shall be approved unless the following
additional conditions are met:
            ``(A) The information provided pursuant to subsection
        (b)(1)(B) has been personally verified by the principal
        officers (including the principal executive officer and
        principal financial officer) of the debtor under penalty of
        perjury.
            ``(B) As soon as practicable after the filing of an
        application under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall
        submit a list of five disinterested individuals who are
        qualified and willing to serve as trustees in the case. The
        United States trustee shall appoint one of such individuals to
        serve as trustee in the case.
            ``(C) The court finds that the executive management of the
        debtor has not received any wage increases or bonuses during
        the period that the case is pending under this title, or within
        the year preceding the filing of the petition, or that any such
        wage increases or bonuses have been disgorged and refunded to
        the debtor.
            ``(D) The court finds that the proposal made pursuant to
        subsection (b)(1)(A)--
                    ``(i) does not purport to relieve the debtor, or
                the purchaser of a covered facility of a coal industry
                employer, from any obligations otherwise arising under
                the National Labor Relations Act;
                    ``(ii) provides that the purchaser of any facility
                owned by the debtor is to be considered a `successor'
                under the National Labor Relations Act;
                    ``(iii) does not abridge labor rights, as defined
                in section 363(p); and
                    ``(iv) provides that existing employees retain all
                noneconomic employment rights provided under the terms
                of the collective bargaining agreement (including the
                right to not be terminated without cause and any recall
                rights following a layoff), both with regard to the
                debtor and the purchaser of a covered facility of a
                coal industry employer.
    ``(2) Any obligations arising under the terms of a collective
bargaining agreement prior to the entry of relief under this section
shall be secured by a lien on all of the assets of the debtor.''; and
            (4) in section 1114 by adding the following at the end:
    ``(m) If the court enters an order approving an application for the
modification of retiree benefits owed by a coal industry employer
relating to a covered facility of such coal industry employer, all
members of the debtor's controlled group of corporations and all trades
and businesses under common control (within the meaning of sections
52(a) and 52(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall be jointly
and severally liable for all damages arising as the result of the entry
of such order, and all such claims shall be entitled to priority
pursuant to section 507(a)(1).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code before, on, or
after such date.

Output:
Expresses the sense of Congress that the abuse of the provisions of bankruptcy law by certain coal industry employers is damaging to the economic health of the United States, as well as to the employees who are directly harmed by such legal abuses.

Amends Federal bankruptcy law to declare that sale by the bankruptcy trustee of a facility owned or operated by a coal industry employer involved in coal production, processing, or transportation is subject to the labor rights of the current and former employees of the debtor.

States that if employees at such facility are represented by a labor organization, such organization is conclusively presumed to enjoy majority support for a period of one year from the date of such sale, or such longer period as required by applicable nonbankruptcy law.

Sets forth criteria for approval of an application to reject a collective bargaining agreement by a coal industry employer relating to a covered facility.

States that obligations arising under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement before the entry of bankruptcy relief are secured by a lien on all of the debtor's assets.

Declares that all members of a debtor's controlled group of corporations are jointly and severally liable for damages arising as the result of the court-approved application for the modification of retiree benefits owed by a coal industry employer relating to a covered facility. Declares all such claims entitled to priority status.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``MMA Territorial Equity for Low-
Income Individuals Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF RESIDENTS OF TERRITORIES UNDER MEDICARE
              PRESCRIPTION DRUG TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 1860D-31 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-141) is amended by inserting after
``or the District of Columbia'' the following: ``or in Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands''.
    (b) Conforming Change in Availability of Funds.--Subsection (j)(2)
of such section is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for the entire period of the operation of
        this section'' and inserting ``for 2004''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Additional Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (b) of such
section is amended--
            (A) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) the following:
        ``The poverty line to be applied under this subparagraph to an
        individual residing in a territory shall be the same as the
        poverty line applicable to individuals residing in the
        continental United States.''; and
            (B) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following:
        ``The poverty line to be applied under this paragraph to an
        individual residing in a territory shall be the same as the
        poverty line applicable to individuals residing in the
        continental United States.''.
    (2) Subsection (f)(3)(C)(ii) of such section is amended by striking
``that is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 3. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF RESIDENTS OF TERRITORIES IN PREMIUM AND
              COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES UNDER MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-14(a)(3) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1935 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396v) is amended--
                    (A) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by striking
                ``subject to subsection (e)'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ``Each of
                the 50 States and the District of Columbia'' and
                inserting ``Each State'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), by striking ``and''
                at the end of subclause (I), and by adding after
                subclause (II) the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) in the case of a territory
                                subject to a limitation on payments
                                under this title under subsections (f)
                                and (g) of section 1108, the ratio of
                                the total amounts of the payment
                                limitations under such subsections for
                                such territory for fiscal year 2003, to
                                the total amounts that would be payable
                                to such territory under this title for
                                such fiscal year but for such payment
                                limitations; and''; and
                    (D) by striking subsection (e).
            (2) Section 1108(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(f)) is
        amended by striking ``and section 1935(e)(1)(B)''.
            (3) Section 1860D-14(a)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
        114(a)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``The poverty line to be applied in the territories shall be
        the same as the poverty line applied to States in the
        continental United States.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be
effective as if included in the enactment of the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).

SEC. 4. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT ON ACCESS OF MEDICARE
              BENEFICIARIES IN TERRITORIES TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
to undertake a study that examines the access of medicare beneficiaries
residing in the United States territories to prescription drugs during
each of 3 periods:
            (1) Before mma.--The period before the date of the
        enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
        Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).
            (2) Discount card and transitional assistance.--The period
        during the implementation of the discount card and transitional
        assistance program (under section 1860D-31 of the Social
        Security Act).
            (3) Implementation of prescription drug benefit.--The
        period beginning on January 1, 2006.
    (b) Report.--The study under subsection (a) shall include a report
to the Secretary, the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate, on the results of such study. Such report shall include
information on--
            (1) the relative cost of prescription drugs to medicare
        beneficiaries residing in the territories, both retail and as
        affected through benefit changes effected under the Medicare
        Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
        (Public Law 108-173); and
            (2) statistical health improvements of such beneficiaries
        as a result of the enactment of such law.

Output:
MMA Territorial Equity for Low-Income Individuals Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat Medicare-eligible citizens of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the same as low-income citizens in the 50 States and the District of Columbia with respect to the Medicare prescription drug transitional assistance program, and premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug program.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Himan Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to undertake a study for a report to the Secretary and Congress on access of Medicare beneficiaries in territories to prescription drugs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer First Responder Housing
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Bona fide volunteer; eligible employer; qualified
        services.--The terms ``bona fide volunteer'', ``eligible
        employer'', and ``qualified services'' have the meanings given
        those terms in section 457(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
            (3) Qualified volunteer first responder.--The term
        ``qualified volunteer first responder'' means any individual
        who--
                    (A) is a bona fide volunteer performing qualified
                services for an eligible employer;
                    (B) has volunteered for not less than 2 continuous
                years for an eligible employer;
                    (C) during each of the 2 years described in
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) met the minimum requirements for active
                        membership established by the eligible
                        employer; or
                            (ii) if the eligible employer did not
                        establish minimum requirements, volunteered for
                        not less than 200 hours; and
                    (D) is certified as a firefighter or other
                responder in the State, unit of general local
                government, or Indian tribe in which the individual is
                serving as volunteer.

SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING GUARANTEED LOAN
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--A qualified volunteer first responder who submits
to the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the
``Secretary'') a verification letter in accordance with subsection (b)
shall be eligible for a verified adjustment in annual income under
section 3555.152(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or
successor regulations), in the amount of $18,000.
    (b) Verification Letter.--To be eligible for a verified deduction
under subsection (a), a qualified volunteer first responder shall
submit to the Secretary a verification letter from the head of the
eligible employer for which the qualified volunteer first responder
volunteers, which shall--
            (1) include the date on which the qualified volunteer first
        responder joined the eligible employer as a volunteer;
            (2) attest to the Secretary that the qualified volunteer
        first responder--
                    (A) continuously served as a volunteer for the
                eligible employer during the 2-year period preceding
                the date of the verification letter; and
                    (B) during each of the 2 years described in
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) met the minimum requirements for active
                        membership established by the eligible
                        employer; or
                            (ii) if the eligible employer did not
                        establish minimum requirements, volunteered for
                        not less than 200 hours; and
            (3) include a copy of the certification of the qualified
        volunteer first responder as a firefighter or other responder
        in the State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe
        in which the individual served as a volunteer.

SEC. 4. GOOD NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR SALES PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
        Department of Housing and Urban Development.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Housing and Urban Development.
    (b) Amendments.--The Secretary shall amend--
            (1) section 291.530 of title 24, Code of Federal
        Regulations, to provide that a qualified volunteer first
        responder qualifies as a firefighter or emergency medical
        technician for purposes of the Good Neighbor Next Door Sales
        Program of the Department; and
            (2) section 291.515 of title 24, Code of Federal
        Regulations, to provide that, to qualify to purchase a home
        through the Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program of the
        Department, a qualified volunteer first responder shall submit
        to the Secretary a verification letter from the head of the
        eligible employer for which the qualified volunteer first
        responder volunteers, which shall--
                    (A) include the date on which the qualified
                volunteer first responder joined the eligible employer
                as a volunteer;
                    (B) attest to the Secretary that the qualified
                volunteer first responder--
                            (i) continuously served as a volunteer for
                        the eligible employer during the 2-year period
                        preceding the date of the verification letter;
                        and
                            (ii) during each of the 2 years described
                        in clause (i)--
                                    (I) met the minimum requirements
                                for active membership established by
                                the eligible employer; or
                                    (II) if the eligible employer did
                                not establish minimum requirements,
                                volunteered for not less than 200
                                hours; and
                    (C) include a copy of the certification of the
                qualified volunteer first responder as a firefighter or
                other responder in the State, unit of general local
                government, or Indian tribe in which the individual
                served as a volunteer.

Output: Volunteer First Responder Housing Act This bill expands eligibility for assistance under the Department of Agriculture Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program with respect to qualified volunteer first responders.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Sexual harassment in employment persists widely in the
        workplace, although it violates title VII of the Civil Rights
        Act of 1964 and adversely affects employees.
            (2) According to guidelines issued by the Equal Employment
        Opportunity Commission in 1980, the most effective tool for
        eliminating sexual harassment is prevention.
            (3) The United States Merit Systems Protection Board found
        in 1981 and 1988 surveys of Federal Government employees that
        42 percent of female employees and 14 percent of male employees
        questioned had experienced some kind of harassment in
        employment. The American Psychological Association estimates
        that at least \1/2\ of all working women have been sexually
        harassed at the workplace during their careers.
            (4) The vast majority of sexual harassment episodes go
        unreported to a supervisory employee or other individual
        designated by the employer. Only 5 percent of the Government
        employees who indicated in the 1988 Merit Systems Protection
        Board survey that they had been harassed filed a formal
        complaint or requested an investigation of the harassment.
            (5) Sexual harassment has a significant cost for employees
        and employers. A 1988 study by Working Woman Magazine shows
        that sexual harassment costs a typical ``Fortune 500'' employer
        $6,000,000, or $292.53 per employee, each year. The same study
        estimates that it is 34 times more expensive for such an
        employer to ignore the problem than it is to establish
        effective programs and policies to address the problem.
            (6) Most job growth over the next decade is expected to
        occur in employment by small employers. Sixty-six percent of
        the individuals who will enter the work force during this
        period are expected to be female. The establishment of programs
        and policies in small-business environments, at a low cost to
        employers, will be a key prevention priority to reduce sexual
        harassment in employment.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to establish workplace requirements that will reduce
        the incidence of sexual harassment in employment,
            (2) to provide a low-cost system to assist employers to
        establish programs and policies to prevent sexual harassment in
        employment,
            (3) to raise the awareness of employees of the definition
        of sexual harassment and of available avenues of redress, and
            (4) to increase the authority and capacity of the Equal
        Employment Opportunity Commission to assist in preventing
        sexual harassment in employment.

SEC. 3. EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Posting of Notice in the Workplace.--Each employer shall post
and keep posted in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices
to employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, a
notice that shall be prepared or approved by the Commission and shall
set forth--
            (1) the definition of sexual harassment found in section
        1604.11(a) of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (July
        1, 1992),
            (2) the fact that sexual harassment in employment is a
        violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
            (3) information describing how to file with the Commission
        a complaint alleging such harassment, including information on
        the time periods within which an alleged victim of
        discrimination (including sexual harassment) must file a charge
        with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or a State or
        local fair employment agency, in order to satisfy the statute
        of limitations applicable to claims under title VII,
            (4) an address, and the toll-free telephone number, to be
        used to contact the Commission regarding such harassment or
        compliance with the requirements of this Act, and
            (5) such other information as the Commission may require.
    (b) Separate Notice to Individual Employees.--Each employer shall
provide annually to each employee separately a written notice that
includes--
            (1) the matters specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of
        subsection (a),
            (2) a description of the procedures established by such
        employer to resolve allegations of sexual harassment in
        employment, and
            (3) such other information as the Commission may require.
Such notice shall be provided in a manner that ensures that such
employee actually receives such notice.
    (c) Management Information for Supervisory Employees.--Not later
than 60 days after an employer places an individual in a supervisory
employment position or 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, such employer shall provide to the
supervisory employee information specifying the responsibilities of,
and the methods to be used by, such employee to ensure that immediate
and corrective action is taken to address allegations of sexual
harassment in employment.
    (d) Civil Penalty.--A willful violation of this section shall be
punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each separate
violation.

SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Technical Assistance Materials.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prepare,
revise from time to time as needed, and make available to employers at
no cost (by publication in the Federal Register or other means)--
            (1) a model notice of the kind required by section 3(a) to
        be posted,
            (2) a model notice of the kind required by section 3(b) to
        be provided to employees, and
            (3) voluntary guidelines for the establishment of policies
        and procedures by employers to address allegations of
        discrimination (including sexual harassment) in employment.
    (b) Toll-Free Telephone Number.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall provide a toll-
free telephone number for use by employees and employers in the United
States to obtain--
            (1) information regarding compliance with this Act, and
            (2) the model notices and guidelines prepared under
        subsection (a).

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 3 shall be enforced--
            (1) by the Commission with respect to violations alleged by
        employees as defined in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (E) of
        section 6(2),
            (2) by the House of Representatives in the manner described
        in section 117(a)(2)(B) of the Civil Rights Act of 1992 (2
        U.S.C. 60l) with respect to violations alleged by employees as
        defined in section 6(2)(C) of this Act, and
            (3) by the Senate in the manner described in the Government
        Employee Rights Act of 1992 (2 U.S. 120 et seq.) with respect
        to violations alleged by employees as defined in section
        6(2)(D) of this Act.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Commission'' means the Equal Employment
        Opportunity Commission,
            (2) the term ``employee'' means--
                    (A) an employee as defined in section 701(f) of the
                Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(f)),
                    (B) an employee referred to in section 717(a) of
                such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(a)),
                    (C) an employee in an employment position of the
                House of Representatives,
                    (D) a Senate employee as defined in section
                301(c)(1) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991
                (2 U.S.C. 1201(c)(1)), or
                    (E) an employee (other than a Senate employee) in
                an employment position of an instrumentality of the
                Congress,
            (3) the term ``employer'' means--
                    (A) an employer as defined in section 701(b) of the
                Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(b)),
                    (B) a Federal entity to which section 717(a) of the
                Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-716(a))
                applies, or
                    (C) an employing authority of the House of
                Representatives, of the Senate, or of an
                instrumentality of the Congress,
            (4) the term ``instrumentality of the Congress'' means the
        Architect of the Capitol, the Congressional Budget Office, the
        Office of Technology Assessment, the United States Botanic
        Garden, and those units of the Government Printing Office with
        positions in the excepted service, and
            (5) the term ``sexual harassment'' has the same meaning as
        such term has for purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act
        of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2000e-17).

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) General Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Effective Date of Section 3.--Section 3 shall take effect 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output:
Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1993 - Directs employers (including Federal and congressional agencies) to keep posted in conspicuous places a notice prepared or approved by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that sets forth:  (1) the definition of sexual harassment found in the Code of Federal Regulations; (2) the fact that sexual harassment is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (3) information describing how to file a complaint with the Commission alleging such harassment; (4) an address and toll-free number to be used to contact the Commission; and (5) other information required by the Commission.
Provides for annual notices by employers to individual employees which provide such information and a description of the procedures used by the employers to resolve allegations of sexual harassment.
Requires employers to provide to each supervisory employee information specifying the responsibility of, and the methods to be used by, such employee to ensure that immediate and corrective action is taken to address allegations of sexual harassment.
Prescribes civil penalties for willful violations of this Act.
Directs the Commission to make model notices and voluntary guidelines for procedures dealing with allegations of sexual harassment available to employers at no cost as well as a toll-free number for information regarding this Act.


Input:
SECTION 1. ROCKLAND HARBOR, MAINE.

    As of the date of enactment of this Act, the portion of the project
for navigation, Rockland Harbor, Maine, authorized by the Act of June
3, 1896 (29 Stat. 202, chapter 314), consisting of a 14-foot channel
located in Lermond Cove and beginning at a point with coordinates N.
99977.37, E. 340290.02, thence running easterly about 200.00 feet to a
point with coordinates N. 99978.49, E. 340490.02, thence running
northerly about 138.00 feet to a point with coordinates N. 100116.49,
E. 340289.25, thence running westerly about 200.00 feet to a point with
coordinates N. 100115.37, E. 340289.25, thence running southerly about
138.00 feet to the point of origin, is not authorized.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, SACO RIVER, MAINE.

    The portion of the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine,
authorized under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33
U.S.C. 577) and described as a 6-foot deep, 10-acre maneuvering basin
located at the head of navigation, is redesignated as an anchorage
area.

SEC. 3. HERBERT HOOVER DIKE SUPPLEMENTAL MAJOR REHABILITATION REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than May 31, 2007, the Secretary shall
publish a supplement to the major rehabilitation report for the Herbert
Hoover Dike system, approved by the Chief of Engineers in November
2000.
    (b) Inclusions.--The supplemental report under subsection (a) shall
include--
            (1) an evaluation of existing conditions at the Herbert
        Hoover Dike system;
            (2) an identification of additional risks associated with
        flood events at the system that are equal to or greater than
        the standard projected flood risks;
            (3) an evaluation of the potential to integrate projects of
        the Corps of Engineers into an enhanced flood protection system
        for Lake Okeechobee, including--
                    (A) the potential for additional water storage
                north of Lake Okeechobee; and
                    (B) an analysis of other project features included
                in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; and
            (4) a review of the report prepared for the South Florida
        Water Management District dated April 2006.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000.

SEC. 4. ILLINOIS WATERWAY, SOUTH FORK OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE
              CHICAGO RIVER, ILLINOIS.

    (a) In General.--The portion of the Illinois Waterway project
authorized by the Act of January 21, 1927 (commonly known as the
``River and Harbor Act of 1927'') (44 Stat. 1013), in the South Fork of
the South Branch of the Chicago River, as identified in subsection (b)
is not authorized.
    (b) Description of Project Portion.--The portion of the project
referred to in subsection (a) is the portion of the SW \1/4\ of sec.
29, T. 39 N., R. 14 E., Third Principal Meridian, Cook County,
Illinois, and more particularly described as follows:
            (1) Commencing at the SW corner of the SW \1/4\.
            (2) Thence north 1 degree, 32 minutes, 31 seconds west,
        bearing based on the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System,
        NAD 83 east zone, along the west line of that quarter, 1810.16
        feet to the southerly line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
            (3) Thence north 50 degrees, 41 minutes, 55 seconds east
        along that southerly line 62.91 feet to the easterly line of
        South Ashland Avenue, as widened by the ordinance dated
        November 24, 1920, which is also the east line of an easement
        to the State of Illinois for highway purposes numbered 12340342
        and recorded July 13, 1939, for a point of beginnings.
            (4) Thence continuing north 50 degrees, 41 minutes, 55
        seconds east along that southerly line 70.13 feet to the
        southerly line of the South Branch Turning Basin per for the
        plat numbered 3645392 and recorded January 19, 1905.
            (5) Thence south 67 degrees, 18 minutes, 31 seconds east
        along that southerly line 245.50 feet.
            (6) Thence north 14 degrees, 35 minutes, 13 seconds east
        145.38 feet.
            (7) Thence north 10 degrees, 57 minutes, 15 seconds east
        326.87 feet.
            (8) Thence north 17 degrees, 52 minutes, 44 seconds west
        56.20 feet.
            (9) Thence north 52 degrees, 7 minutes, 32 seconds west
        78.69 feet.
            (10) Thence north 69 degrees, 26 minutes, 35 seconds west
        58.97 feet.
            (11) Thence north 90 degrees, 00 minutes, 00 seconds west
        259.02 feet to the east line of South Ashland Avenue.
            (12) Thence south 1 degree, 32 minutes, 31 seconds east
        along that east line 322.46 feet.
            (13) Thence south 00 degrees, 14 minutes, 35 seconds east
        along that east line 11.56 feet to the point of beginnings.

Output:
Deauthorizes: (1) a portion of the project for navigation at Rockland Harbor, Maine; and (2) the portion of the Illinois Waterway project authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1927 in the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River.

Redesignates a portion of the navigation project, Saco River, Maine, described as a maneuvering basin as an anchorage area.

Directs the Secretary of the Army, by May 31, 2007, to publish a supplement to the major rehabilitation report for the Herbert Hoover Dike system, approved by the Chief of Engineers in November 2000, which shall: (1) evaluate existing conditions at the Herbert Hoover Dike system; (2) identify additional risks associated with flood events at the system that are equal to or greater than the standard projected flood risks; (3) evaluate the potential to integrate Corps of Engineers projects into an enhanced flood protection system for Lake Okeechobee, including the potential for additional water storage north of that lake and an analysis of other project features included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; and (4) review the report prepared for the South Florida Water Management District dated April 2006.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Roads-Community Right-To-Know
Act''.

SEC. 2. FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR
              PERMANENT CLOSURE OF FOREST ROADS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Permanent closure.--The term ``permanent closure'',
        with respect to a forest road, means the closure of the road to
        vehicular traffic for a continuous period of more than one
        year. The term includes a road closure of one year or less, or
        of an unspecified duration, unless the Secretary concerned
        certifies at the time of the closure that the closure will not
        extend beyond one year.
            (2) Forest road.--The term ``forest road'' means any road
        on Federal lands.
            (3) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' means--
                    (A) lands administered by the Bureau of Land
                Management; and
                    (B) lands within units of the National Forest
                System.
            (4) State and local government officials.--The term ``State
        and local government officials'' means elected officials of
        States and counties within which Federal lands are located.
            (5) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
        means--
                    (A) with respect to the Federal lands described in
                paragraph (3)(A), the Secretary of the Interior; and
                    (B) with respect to the Federal lands described in
                paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Advance Notice of Permanent Road Closures to State and Local
Government Officials.--
            (1) Purpose.--The purpose of this subsection is to ensure
        that the Secretary concerned involves State and local
        government officials in the process by which the Secretary
        concerned considers and plans for the potential permanent
        closure of forest roads on Federal lands.
            (2) Annual meetings required.--At least once each fiscal
        year, the Secretary concerned shall meet with appropriate State
        and local government officials to describe all agency plans or
        proposals that, within the next two fiscal years, will or may
        result in the permanent closure of forest roads on Federal
        lands. Such agency plans or proposals include project
        proposals, land management plan amendments or revisions,
        resource management plan amendments or revisions, and regional
        or subregional plans or proposals
            (3) Elements of notice.--At a meeting under paragraph (2),
        the Secretary concerned shall provide information, using maps
        and other means, that at a minimum--
                    (A) shows forest roads selected or proposed for
                permanent closure;
                    (B) shows traffic patterns and volumes on the roads
                over the previous five years; and
                    (C) explains how users of the roads will be
                adversely affected with longer travel times or adverse
                travel conditions by the permanent closure of the
                roads.
            (4) Special rule for first meeting.--At the first meeting
        conducted under paragraph (2) for a State or local government,
        the Secretary concerned shall also provide information on all
        forest roads that have been subject to permanent closure in
        that State during the previous five years. The information
        shall include a map showing the location of the forest
roads and a description of the methods and costs of the permanent
closure of the forest roads.
    (c) Public Notice and Comment Requirements.--
            (1) Local notice.--Before proceeding with the permanent
        closure of a forest road, the Secretary concerned shall publish
        an announcement describing the proposed closure in the local
        newspaper of record for the area likely to be affected by the
        permanent closure of the road. The announcement shall include a
        description and map of the forest road selected or proposed for
        permanent closure and a description of any comments generated
        regarding the closure in meetings with State and local
        government officials under subsection (b).
            (2) Comment period.--The permanent closure of a forest road
        may not take effect until after the end of the 90-day period
        beginning on the date that the announcement under paragraph (1)
        was published regarding that road so as to permit the public to
        submit comments regarding the decision to select or propose the
        forest road for permanent closure.
    (d) Prohibition on Permanent Road Closures.--The permanent closure
of a forest road is prohibited unless--
            (1) advance notice of the permanent closure of the road is
        provided to the appropriate State and local government
        officials in the manner provided in subsection (b); and
            (2) the Secretary complies with the public notice and
        comment requirements under subsection (c).
    (e) Application of Requirements.--The requirements of this section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that
the prohibition contained in subsection (d)(1) shall not apply to
prohibit the permanent closure of any forest road implemented during
the fiscal year in which this section is enacted.
    (f) Effect on Valid and Existing Rights.--Nothing in this section
shall invalidate rights-of-way designated under section 2477 of the
Revised Statutes of 1878 (43 U.S.C. 932) or other valid and existing
rights, including rights of ingress and egress.
    (g) Compliance With State Laws.--In carrying out this section with
respect to a forest road, the Secretary concerned shall comply with the
applicable laws of the State in which the forest road is located.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCIES.

    (a) Emergency Road Closures.--Subject to subsection (b), the
requirements of section 2 shall not apply to emergency road closures
where life or property would be endangered or threatened in the absence
of the road closure.
    (b) Length of Closure.--If an emergency road closure will extend
beyond one year, the Secretary concerned shall comply with the
requirements of section 2 within three months after the date on which
the emergency road closure commenced.

Output:
Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, prior to making permanent road closings on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands, respectively, to: (1) provide affected State and local officials with advance notice showing affected roads and traffic patterns; and (2) provide for public notice and comment.
Requires: (1) the Secretaries to meet annually with State and local officials to describe agency proposals that will or may result in permanent road closures within the coming two fiscal years; and (2) information to be provided at the first meeting respecting the previous five years' road closings.