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SECTION 1. NATIONAL ESTUARY POLLUTION PREVENTION.

    Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1330) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following:
    ``(k) Pollution Prevention Demonstration Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Administrator, in coordination
        with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
        Technology and appropriate officials of those States which have
        any portion of an estuary for which a conservation and
        management plan has been approved under this section located in
        their boundaries, shall establish a multimedia national estuary
        pollution prevention demonstration program to increase the use
        of modernizing industrial source reduction practices (as
        defined in section 6603(5) of the Pollution Prevention Act of
        1990 (42 U.S.C. 13102(5)) through demonstrations in such
        estuaries.
            ``(2) Registry of technologies.--The Administrator, in
        consultation with the appropriate officials of State technical
        assistance offices and the Director of the National Institute
        of Standards and Technology, shall maintain a registry of
        modernizing toxic use and waste reduction technologies
        requiring demonstration.
            ``(3) Participation.--Any person with a permit issued under
        section 402 to discharge into an estuary for which a
        conservation and management plan has been approved under this
        section may participate in the demonstration program through--
                    ``(A) the institution of a source reduction
                practice from the registry developed under paragraph
                (2) if the conservation and management plan identified
                the source to be reduced as a problem; or
                    ``(B) the institution of any other innovative
                source reduction practice that the Administrator
                determines--
                            ``(i) has the potential to significantly
                        reduce pollutant discharges to water and other
                        environmental media without significantly
                        increasing pollutant discharges to any
                        environmental medium; and
                            ``(ii) should be demonstrated.
            ``(4) Requirements.--Any participant in the demonstration
        program--
                    ``(A) shall be exempt from the requirement under
                section 308 to pay a fee for the development of revised
                effluent guidelines; and
                    ``(B) may be granted an additional year to comply
                with any new or revised effluent standards issued under
                section 301(b) of this Act if, in the judgment of the
                Administrator, the extension is necessary and
                appropriate.
            ``(5) Pollution prevention extension service.--The
        Administrator, in cooperation with the Director of the National
        Institute of Standards and Technology and appropriate officials
        of State technical assistance offices, shall establish a
        pollution prevention extension service to provide an active
        outreach effort to advise, inform, and encourage pollution
        prevention by industrial discharges to estuaries for which
        conservation and management plans have been approved under this
        section.
            ``(6) Pollution prevention clearinghouse.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--The Administrator shall
                establish a national estuary pollution prevention
                clearinghouse.
                    ``(B) Use.--The clearinghouse shall utilize the
                results of--
                            ``(i) research from the Environmental
                        Protection Agency Risk Reduction Engineering
                        Laboratory; and
                            ``(ii) demonstrations conducted pursuant to
                        this subsection;
                to provide information to municipal and industrial
                dischargers and sources of nonpoint pollution within
                the estuaries referred to in subsection (a)(2)(B) on
                source reduction methods, measures, techniques, and
                technologies.
            ``(7) Pollution prevention for cities program.--
                    ``(A) Application for technical assistance.--A
                municipality located within the watershed of an estuary
                for which a conservation and management plan has been
                approved under this section may apply for technical and
                financial assistance from the Administrator for the
                purposes of--
                            ``(i) implementing source reduction of
                        toxic pollutants in urban runoff, wastewater,
                        and stormwater and to address any problem
                        resulting from failure of an underground septic
                        system; or
                            ``(ii) studying the impacts of separating
                        combined sanitary/stormwater systems in
                        municipalities which have combined systems.
                    ``(B) Eligibility.--To be eligible for assistance
                under this paragraph, a municipality shall apply to the
                Administrator with a statement--
                            ``(i) stating pollutant reduction goals;
                        and
                            ``(ii) documenting stakeholder interest in
                        implementing voluntary pollutant reduction
                        measures.
                    ``(C) Assistance.--The Administrator shall, for
                each municipality with an approved application
                statement--
                            ``(i) provide technical assistance in the
                        development of a municipal source reduction
                        action plan; and
                            ``(ii) authorize the expenditure of State
                        revolving fund moneys pursuant to title VI for
                        the implementation of an approved source
                        reduction plan.''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FROM STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM.

    Sections 601(a) and 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1381(a) and 1383(c)) are each amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (2); and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end of the first
        sentence the following: ``, and (4) notwithstanding section
        602(b)(5) of this Act, for carrying out activities relating to
        estuaries under section 320(k), including implementing a source
        reduction action plan that has been approved by the
        Administrator pursuant to section 320(k)(7)''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 607 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1387) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``sums'';
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year
        beginning after September 30, 1994.''.

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Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a multimedia national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program to increase the use of modernizing industrial source reduction practices through demonstrations in estuaries.  Requires the Administrator to maintain a registry of modernizing toxic use and waste reduction technologies requiring demonstration.
Authorizes persons with permits to discharge into estuaries with approved conservation and management plans to participate in the demonstration program through the institution of:  (1) a source reduction practice from the registry if the plan identified the source to be reduced as a problem; or (2) any other innovative source reduction practice subject to a specified determination by the Administrator.
Exempts demonstration program participants from fees for the development of revised effluent guidelines.  Grants participants an additional year to comply with new or revised effluent standards as necessary and appropriate.
Directs the Administrator to establish:  (1) a pollution prevention extension service to provide an outreach effort to encourage pollution prevention by industrial discharges to estuaries with approved conservation and management plans; and (2) a national estuary pollution prevention clearinghouse.
Permits municipalities located within the watershed of an estuary with an approved plan to apply for technical and financial assistance for:  (1) implementing source reduction of toxic pollutants in urban runoff, wastewater, and stormwater and to address problems resulting from failures of underground septic systems; or (2) studying the impacts of separating combined sanitary/stormwater systems in municipalities which have combined systems.  Sets forth assistance eligibility requirements.
Authorizes the use of State revolving loan funds for such assistance.  Authorizes appropriations.


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MECHANISMS.

    (a) Establishment by States.--Each State is encouraged to establish
or maintain alternative dispute resolution mechanisms that promote the
resolution of health care liability claims in a manner that--
            (1) is affordable for the parties involved in the claims;
            (2) provides for the timely resolution of claims; and
            (3) provides the parties with convenient access to the
        dispute resolution process.
    (b) Guidelines.--The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary and the Administrative Conference of the United States, shall
develop guidelines with respect to alternative dispute resolution
mechanisms that may be established by States for the resolution of
health care liability claims. Such guidelines shall include procedures
with respect to the following methods of alternative dispute
resolution:
            (1) Arbitration.--The use of arbitration, a nonjury
        adversarial dispute resolution process which may, subject to
        subsection (d), result in a final decision as to facts, law,
        liability or damages. The parties may elect binding
        arbitration.
            (2) Mediation.--The use of mediation, a settlement process
        coordinated by a neutral third party without the ultimate
        rendering of a formal opinion as to factual or legal findings.
            (3) Early neutral evaluation.--The use of early neutral
        evaluation, in which the parties make a presentation to a
        neutral attorney or other neutral evaluator for an assessment
        of the merits, to encourage settlement. If the parties do not
        settle as a result of assessment and proceed to trial, the
        neutral evaluator's opinion shall be kept confidential.
            (4) Early offer and recovery mechanism.--The use of early
        offer and recovery mechanisms under which a health care
        provider, health care organization, or any other alleged
        responsible defendant may offer to compensate a claimant for
        his or her reasonable economic damages, including future
        economic damages, less amounts available from collateral
        sources.
            (5) Certificate of merit.--The requirement that a claimant
        in a health care liability action submit to the court before
        trial a written report by a qualified specialist that includes
        the specialist's determination that, after a review of the
        available medical record and other relevant material, there is
        a reasonable and meritorious cause for the filing of the action
        against the defendant.
            (6) No-fault.--The use of a no-fault statute under which
        certain health care liability actions are barred and claimants
        are compensated for injuries through their health plans or
        through other appropriate mechanisms.
    (c) Further Redress.--
            (1) In general.--The extent to which any party may seek
        further redress (subsequent to a decision of an alternative
        dispute resolution method established by a State under this
        section) concerning a health care liability claim in a Federal
        or State court shall be dependent upon the methods of
        alternative dispute resolution adopted by the State involved.
            (2) Claimant.--With respect to further redress described in
        paragraph (1), if the party initiating such court action is the
        claimant and the claimant receives a level of damages that is
        at least 25 percent less under the decision of the court than
        under the State alternative dispute resolution method, such
        party shall bear the reasonable costs, including legal fees,
        incurred in the court action by the other party or parties to
        such action.
            (3) Provider or other defendant.--With respect to further
        redress described in paragraph (1), if the party initiating a
        court action is the health care professional or health care
        provider, or other defendant in a health care liability action
        and the health care professional, health care provider, or
        other defendant is found liable for a level of damages that is
        at least 25 percent more under the decision of the court than
        under the State alternative dispute resolution method, such
        party shall bear the reasonable costs, including legal fees,
        incurred in the court action by the other party or parties to
        such action.
    (d) Technical Assistance and Evaluations.--
            (1) Technical assistance.--The Attorney General may provide
        States with technical assistance in establishing or maintaining
        alternative dispute resolution mechanisms under this section.
            (2) Evaluations.--The Attorney General, in consultation
        with the Secretary and the Administrative Conference of the
        United States, shall monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of
        State alternative dispute resolution mechanisms established or
        maintained under this section.

SEC. 13. APPLICABILITY.

    This Act shall apply to all civil actions covered under this Act
that are commenced on or after the date of enactment of this Act,
including any such action with respect to which the harm asserted in
the action or the conduct that caused the harm occurred before the date
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 14. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the
application of such provision or amendment to any person or
circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act,
the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions
of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

Output: Common Sense Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2001 - Declares that, in a health care liability action that is subject to this Act: (1) the action may not be initiated unless a complaint is filed within two years, with exceptions; (2) the amount of non-economic damages shall not exceed $250,000; and (3) an award for punitive damages may only be made if proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant intended to injure the claimant for a reason unrelated to the provision of health care services; understood the claimant was substantially certain to suffer unnecessary injury and deliberately failed to avoid such injury; or acted with a conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk of unnecessary injury which the defendant failed to avoid in a manner which constitutes a gross deviation from the normal standard of conduct.Establishes additional limitations on punitive damages, including specified requirements for the pleading of punitive damages, and a requirement (at the request of any defendant in a health care liability action) that the trier of fact consider the issue of punitive damages in a separate proceeding.Sets forth provisions regarding periodic payments, the scope of liability (the liability of each defendant shall be several only and not joint), mandatory offsets for damages paid by a collateral source, and a cap on attorney's fees (limited to 25 percent of any judgement or settlement recovered).Encourages each State to establish or maintain ADR mechanisms. Directs the Attorney General to develop guidelines regarding such mechanisms.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Collegiate and Amateur
Athletic Protection Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. TASK FORCE ON ILLEGAL WAGERING ON AMATEUR AND COLLEGIATE
              SPORTING EVENTS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish a
prosecutorial task force on illegal wagering on amateur and collegiate
sporting events (referred to in this section as the ``task force'').
    (b) Duties.--The task force shall--
            (1) coordinate enforcement of Federal laws that prohibit
        gambling relating to amateur and collegiate athletic events;
        and
            (2) submit annually, to the House of Representatives and
        the Senate a report describing specific violations of such
        laws, prosecutions commenced, and convictions obtained.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2002
and $6,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006.

SEC. 3. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL SPORTS GAMBLING.

    (a) Interstate Transmission of Bets or Information Assisting in
Placing Bets on Sporting Events.--Section 1084(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``two'' and inserting ``5''.
    (b) Interstate Transportation of Wagering Paraphernalia.--Section
1953(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following: ``If the matter carried or sent in interstate or
foreign commerce was intended by the defendant to be used to assist in
the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, the
maximum term of imprisonment for the offense shall be 10 years.''.
    (c) Illegal Gambling Business.--Section 1955(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``If the
gambling business included the placing of bets or wagers on any
sporting event or contest, the maximum term of imprisonment for the
offense shall be 10 years.''.
    (d) Interstate Travel To Promote and Conduct an Illegal Gambling
Business.--Section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) If the offense violated paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection
(a) and the illegal activity included the placing of bets or wagers on
any sporting event or contest, the maximum term of imprisonment for the
offense shall be 10 years.''.
    (e) Sports Bribery.--Section 224(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``If the purpose
of the bribery is to affect the outcome of a bet or wager placed on any
sporting event or contest, the maximum term of imprisonment for the
offense shall be 10 years.''.

SEC. 4. STUDY ON ILLEGAL SPORTS GAMBLING BEHAVIOR AMONG MINORS.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute of Justice
shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which minor persons
participate in illegal sports gambling activities.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Justice shall
submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President
pro tempore of the Senate, a report--
            (1) describing the extent to which minor persons
        participate in illegal sports gambling activities; and
            (2) making recommendations on actions that should be taken
        to curtail participation by minor persons in sports gambling
        activities.

SEC. 5. STUDY OF GAMBLING ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES.

    (a) Establishment of Panel.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a panel,
which shall be composed of Federal, State, and local government law
enforcement officials, to conduct a study of illegal college sports
gambling.
    (b) Contents of Study.--The study conducted by the panel
established under subsection (a) shall include an analysis of--
            (1) the scope and prevalence of illegal college sports
        gambling, including unlawful sports gambling (as defined in
        section 3702 of title 28, United States Code);
            (2) the role of organized crime in illegal gambling on
        college sports;
            (3) the role of State regulators and the legal sports books
        in Nevada in assisting law enforcement to uncover illegal
        sports gambling and related illegal activities;
            (4) the enforcement and implementation of the Professional
        and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, including whether it
        has been adequately enforced;
            (5) the effectiveness of steps taken by institutions of
        higher education to date, whether individually or through
        national organizations, to reduce the problem of illegal
        gambling on college sports;
            (6) the factors that influence the attitudes or levels of
        awareness of administrators, professors, and students,
        including student athletes, about illegal gambling on college
        sports;
            (7) the effectiveness of new countermeasures to reduce
        illegal gambling on college sports, including related
        requirements for institutions of higher education and persons
        receiving Federal education funds;
            (8) potential actions that could be taken by the National
        Collegiate Athletic Association to address illegal gambling on
        college and university campuses; and
            (9) other matters relevant to the issue of illegal gambling
        on college sports as determined by the Attorney General.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 12 months after the
establishment of the panel under this section, the Attorney General
shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under this
section, which shall include--
            (1) recommendations for actions colleges, universities, and
        the National Collegiate Athletic Association should implement
        to address the issue of illegal gambling on college sports;
            (2) recommendations for intensive educational campaigns
        which the National Collegiate Athletic Association could
        implement to assist in the effort to prevent illegal gambling
        on college sports;
            (3) recommendations for any Federal and State legislative
        actions to address the issue of illegal gambling on college
        sports; and
            (4) recommendations for any administrative or private
        sector actions to address the issue of illegal gambling on
        college sports.

SEC. 6. REDUCTION OF GAMBLING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

    (a) College Programs to Reduce Illegal Gambling.--
            (1) Comprehensive program.--Each institution of higher
        education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1001)) shall designate 1 or more full-time
        senior officers of the institution to coordinate the
        implementation of a comprehensive program, as determined by the
        Secretary of Education, to reduce illegal gambling and gambling
        control disorders by students and employees of the institution.
            (2) Annual reporting.--An institution described in
        paragraph (1) shall annually prepare and submit to the
        Secretary of Education a report, in a form and manner
        prescribed by the Secretary, concerning the progress made by
        the institution to reduce illegal gambling by students and
        employees of the institution.
            (3) Continued eligibility.--An institution described in
        paragraph (1) shall make reasonable further progress (as
        defined by the Secretary of Education) toward the elimination
        of illegal gambling at the institution as a condition of the
        institution remaining eligible for assistance and participation
        in other programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (b) Gambling Enforcement Information and Policies.--
            (1) In general.--Each institution described in subsection
        (a)(1) shall include--
                    (A) statistics and other information on illegal
                gambling, including gambling over the Internet, in
                addition to the other criminal offense on which such
                institution must report pursuant to section 485(f) of
                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) in
                the form and manner so prescribed; and
                    (B) a statement of policy regarding underage and
                other illegal gambling activity at the institution, in
                the form and manner prescribed for statements of policy
                on alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs pursuant to
                such section 485(f), including a description of any
                gambling abuse education programs available to students
                and employees of the institution.
            (2) Review of procedures.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of
        section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        1092(f)), the Attorney General, in consultation with the
        Secretary of Education, shall periodically review the policies,
        procedures, and practices of institutions described in
        subsection (a)(1) with respect to campus crimes and security
        related directly or indirectly to illegal gambling, including
        the integrity of the athletic contests in which students of the
        institution participate.
    (c) Zero Tolerance of Illegal Gambling.--
            (1) Revocation of aid.--A recipient of athletically related
        student aid (as defined in section 485(e)(8) of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(e)(8)) shall cease to be
        eligible for such aid upon a determination by either the
        institution of higher education providing such aid, or the
        applicable amateur sports organization, that the recipient has
        engaged in illegal gambling activity, including sports bribery,
        in violation of the policies or by-laws of the institution or
        organization.
            (2) Report.--An institution of higher education that
        provides athletically related student aid, and an amateur
        sports organization that sanctions a competitive game or
        performance in which 1 or more competitors receives such aid,
        shall annually report to the Attorney General and the Secretary
        of Education on actions taken to implement this subsection.

SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) illegal sports gambling poses a significant threat to
        youth on college campuses and in society in general;
            (2) State and local governments, the National Collegiate
        Athletic Association, and other youth, school, and collegiate
        organizations should provide educational and prevention
        programs to help youth recognize the dangers of illegal sports
        gambling and the serious consequences it can have;
            (3) such programs should include public service
        announcements, especially during tournament and bowl game
        coverage;
            (4) the National Collegiate Athletic Association and other
        amateur sports governing bodies should adopt mandatory codes of
        conduct regarding the avoidance and prevention of illegal
        sports gambling among our youth; and
            (5) the National Collegiate Athletic Association should
        enlist universities in the United States to develop scientific
        research on youth sports gambling, and related matters.

Output: National Collegiate and Amateur Athletic Protection Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a prosecutorial task force on illegal wagering on amateur and collegiate sporting events. Increases penalties for illegal sports gambling.Requires: (1) the Director of the National Institute of Justice to study the extent to which minors participate in illegal sports gambling activities; and (2) the Attorney General to establish a panel to study illegal college sports gambling.Requires each institution of higher education to: (1) designate one or more full-time senior officers of the institution to coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive program to reduce illegal gambling and gambling control disorders by students and employees; (2) annually prepare and submit to the Secretary of Education a report concerning progress made; (3) make reasonable further progress as a condition of remaining eligible for assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (4) submit statistics and other information on illegal gambling and a policy statement regarding underage and other illegal gambling activity at the institution.Makes a recipient of athletically related student aid ineligible for such aid upon a determination by either the institution of higher education or the applicable amateur sports organization that the recipient has engaged in illegal gambling activity. Requires such an institution, and such an organization that sanctions a competitive game or performance in which one or more competitors receive such aid, to report annually to the Attorney General and the Secretary.Expresses the sense of Congress that illegal sports gambling poses a significant threat to youth.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Environmental Protection
Act''.

SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

            ``TITLE V--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN

``SEC. 501. FINDINGS AND POLICY.

    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            ``(1) public health and safety depends on citizens and
        local officials knowing the toxic dangers that exist in their
        homes, communities, and neighborhoods;
            ``(2) children eat more food, drink more fluids, and
        breathe more air in proportion to their body weight than
        adults;
            ``(3) these factors put children at greater risk from
        environmental pollutants than adults, and as a result children
        face unique health threats that need special attention;
            ``(4) risk assessments of pesticides and other
        environmental pollutants conducted by the Environmental
        Protection Agency do not clearly differentiate between the
        risks to children and the risks to adults;
            ``(5) a study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences
        on the effects of pesticides in the diets of infants and
        children concluded that approaches to risk assessment typically
        do not consider risks to children and, as a result, current
        standards and tolerances often fail to adequately protect
        infants and children;
            ``(6) data are lacking that would allow adequate
        quantification and evaluation of child-specific and other
        vulnerable subpopulation-specific susceptibility and exposure
        to environmental pollutants;
            ``(7) data are lacking that would allow adequate
        quantification and evaluation of child-specific and other
        vulnerable subpopulation-specific bioaccumulation of
        environmental pollutants;
            ``(8) the absence of data precludes effective government
        regulation of environmental pollutants, and denies individuals
        the ability to exercise a right to know and make informed
        decisions to protect their families; and
            ``(9) research must be coordinated within the Environmental
        Protection Agency and other Federal agencies to identify key
        data needs to ensure the best science and to enhance the
        Nation's understanding of environmental health and safety
        threats to children.
    ``(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States that--
            ``(1) policies, programs, activities, and standards of the
        Environmental Protection Agency must address disproportionate
        risks to children that result from environmental health risks;
            ``(2) information, including a safer-for-children product
        list, should be made readily available by the Environmental
        Protection Agency to the general public and relevant Federal
        and State agencies to advance the public's right-to-know, and
        allow the public to avoid unnecessary and involuntary exposure;
        and
            ``(3) scientific research opportunities should be
        identified by the Environmental Protection Agency, the
        Department of Health and Human Services (including the National
        Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for
        Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), the National Institutes
        of Health, and other Federal agencies, to study the short-term
        and long-term health effects of cumulative, simultaneous, and
        synergistic exposures of children and other vulnerable
        subpopulations to environmental pollutants.

``SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Areas that are reasonably accessible to children.--
        The term `areas that are reasonably accessible to children'
        means homes, schools, day care centers, shopping malls, movie
        theaters, and parks.
            ``(2) Children.--The term `children' means individuals who
        are 18 years of age or younger.
            ``(3) Environmental pollutant.--The term `environmental
        pollutant' means a hazardous substance, as defined in section
        101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
        and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601), or a pesticide, as
        defined in section 2 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
        Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136).
            ``(4) Federal properties and areas.--The term `Federal
        properties and areas' means areas owned or controlled by the
        United States.
            ``(5) Vulnerable subpopulations.--The term `vulnerable
        subpopulations' means children, pregnant women, the elderly,
        individuals with a history of serious illness, and other
        subpopulations identified by the Administrator as likely to
        experience elevated health risks from environmental pollutants.

``SEC. 503. SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND OTHER VULNERABLE SUBPOPULATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall--
            ``(1) consistently and explicitly evaluate and consider
        environmental health risks to vulnerable subpopulations in all
        of the risk assessments, risk characterizations, environmental
        and public health standards, and regulatory decisions carried
        out by the Administrator;
            ``(2) ensure that all Environmental Protection Agency
        standards protect children and other vulnerable subpopulations
        with an adequate margin of safety; and
            ``(3) develop and use a separate assessment or finding of
        risks to vulnerable subpopulations or publish in the Federal
        Register an explanation of why the separate assessment or
        finding is not used.
    ``(b) Reevaluation of Current Public Health and Environmental
Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--As part of any risk assessment, risk
        characterization, environmental or public health standard or
        regulation, or general regulatory decision carried out by the
        Administrator, the Administrator shall evaluate and consider
        the environmental health risks to children and other vulnerable
        subpopulations.
            ``(2) Implementation.--In carrying out paragraph (1), not
        later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title,
        the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) develop an administrative strategy and an
                administrative process for reviewing standards;
                    ``(B) publish in the Federal Register a list of
                standards that may need revision to ensure the
                protection of children and vulnerable subpopulations;
                    ``(C) prioritize the list according to the
                standards that are most important for expedited review
                to protect children and vulnerable subpopulations;
                    ``(D) identify which standards on the list will
                require additional research in order to be reevaluated
                and outline the time and resources required to carry
                out the research; and
                    ``(E) identify, through public input and peer
                review, not fewer than 20 public health and
                environmental standards of the Environmental Protection
                Agency to be repromulgated on an expedited basis to
                meet the criteria of this subsection.
            ``(3) Revised standards.--Not later than 6 years after the
        date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall
        propose not fewer than 20 revised standards that meet the
        criteria of this subsection.
            ``(4) Completed revision of standards.--Not later than 15
        years after the date of enactment of this title, the
        Administrator shall complete the revision of all standards in
        accordance with this subsection.
            ``(5) Report.--The Administrator shall report to Congress
        on an annual basis on progress made by the Administrator in
        carrying out the objectives and policy of this subsection.

``SEC. 504. SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN.

    ``Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title,
the Administrator shall--
            ``(1) identify environmental pollutants commonly used or
        found in areas that are reasonably accessible to children;
            ``(2) create a scientifically peer reviewed list of
        substances identified under paragraph (1) with known, likely,
        or suspected health risks to children;
            ``(3) create a scientifically peer reviewed list of safer-
        for-children substances and products recommended by the
        Administrator for use in areas that are reasonably accessible
        to children that, when applied as recommended by the
        manufacturer, will minimize potential risks to children from
        exposure to environmental pollutants;
            ``(4) establish guidelines to help reduce and eliminate
        exposure of children to environmental pollutants in areas
        reasonably accessible to children, including advice on how to
        establish an integrated pest management program;
            ``(5) create a family right-to-know information kit that
        includes a summary of helpful information and guidance to
        families, such as the information created under paragraph (3),
        the guidelines established under paragraph (4), information on
        the potential health effects of environmental pollutants,
        practical suggestions on how parents may reduce their
        children's exposure to environmental pollutants, and other
        relevant information, as determined by the Administrator in
        cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control;
            ``(6) make all information created pursuant to this
        subsection available to Federal and State agencies, the public,
        and on the Internet; and
            ``(7) review and update the lists created under paragraphs
        (2) and (3) at least once each year.

``SEC. 505. RESEARCH TO IMPROVE INFORMATION ON EFFECTS ON CHILDREN.

    ``(a) Toxicity Data.--The Administrator, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
coordinate and support the development and implementation of basic and
applied research initiatives to examine the health effects and toxicity
of pesticides (including active and inert ingredients) and other
environmental pollutants on children and other vulnerable
subpopulations.
    ``(b) Biennial Reports.--The Administrator, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit biennial reports to Congress on actions taken to carry out this
section.

``SEC. 506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this title.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (contained in section 1 of such Act) is amended
by adding at the end the following:

            ``TITLE V--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN

``Sec. 501. Findings and policy.
``Sec. 502. Definitions.
``Sec. 503. Safeguarding children and other vulnerable subpopulations.
``Sec. 504. Safer environment for children.
``Sec. 505. Research to improve information on effects on children.
``Sec. 506. Authorization of appropriations.''.

Output:
Children's Environmental Protection Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to state U.S. policy regarding protection of vulnerable subpopulations from exposure to environmental pollutants. Defines "vulnerable subpopulations" as children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, and other subpopulations identified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as likely to experience elevated health risks from environmental pollutants.
Directs the Administrator to:  (1) consistently and explicitly evaluate environmental health risks to vulnerable subpopulations in all risk assessments and characterizations, environmental and public health standards, and general regulatory decisions; (2) ensure that all EPA standards protect such subpopulations with an adequate margin of safety; (3) develop and use a separate assessment with respect to such subpopulations; and (4) issue revised standards, after reevaluation, that meet the criteria of this Act.
Requires the Administrator to:  (1) identify pollutants commonly used or found in areas reasonably accessible to children; (2) create and review at least annually a list of substances with known, likely, or suspected health risks to children and a list of safer-for-children substances and products for use in such areas; (3) establish guidelines to reduce and eliminate exposure to pollutants in such areas, including advice on integrated pest management; (4) create a family right-to-know information kit; and (5) make all information described above publicly available.
Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services to:  (1) coordinate and support the development and implementation of research initiatives to examine the health effects and toxicity of pesticides and other pollutants on vulnerable subpopulations; and (2) report to the Congress.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pitkin County Land Exchange Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to authorize, direct, expedite and
facilitate the exchange and consolidation of lands between Pitkin
County, Colorado, the Aspen Valley Land Trust and the United States in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) The term ``Federal land'' means the land to be
        transferred to Pitkin County, Colorado, by the United States
        pursuant to this Act.
            (2) The term ``non-Federal land'' means the land to be
        transferred to the United States by Pitkin County, Colorado,
        pursuant to this Act.
            (3) The term ``Pitkin County'' means the county of Pitkin,
        Colorado.
            (4) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
        Agriculture, unless otherwise specified.
            (5) The term ``Aspen Valley Land Trust'' means the non-
        profit Aspen Valley Land Trust, a charitable organization as
        described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 (26 U.S.C. 501), or its successors, heirs, or assigns.

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) In General.--Upon receipt of title to the non-Federal lands
described in subsection (b), the Secretary and the Secretary of the
Interior shall simultaneously convey to Pitkin County, or to the Aspen
Valley Land Trust, if Pitkin County so requests, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to the Federal lands described in
subsection (b), subject to valid existing rights or encumbrances and
the requirements of subsections 5(a) and (b).
    (b) Conveyance of Non-Federal Lands to the United States.--The non-
Federal lands to be conveyed to the United States pursuant to this Act
are the following:
            (1) Certain lands located in Pitkin County, Colorado,
        comprising approximately 35 acres, as generally depicted on a
        map entitled ``Ryan Land Exchange--Ryan Property Conveyance to
        Forest Service'', dated August 2004.
            (2) Certain lands located on Smuggler Mountain in Pitkin
        County, Colorado, comprising approximately 18.2 acres, as
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Ryan Land Exchange--
        Smuggler Mountain--Grand Turk and Pontiac Claims Conveyance to
        Forest Service'', dated ________.
    (c) Federal Land Conveyance to Pitkin County.--The Federal lands to
be conveyed to Pitkin County, or to the Aspen Valley Land Trust, if
Pitkin County so requests, pursuant to this Act are the following:
            (1) Certain National Forest lands located in Pitkin County,
        Colorado, comprising approximately 5.5 acres, as generally
        depicted on a map entitled ``Ryan Land Exchange--Wildwood
        Parcel Conveyance to Pitkin County'', dated August 2004.
            (2) Certain National Forest lands located in Pitkin County,
        comprising 12 separate parcels totaling approximately 5.92
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Ryan Land
        Exchange--Smuggler Mountain Patent Remnants--Conveyance to
        Pitkin County'', dated August 2004.
            (3) Certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
        Land Management located in Pitkin County, Colorado, and
        comprising approximately 40 acres, as generally depicted on a
        map entitled ``Ryan Land Exchange--Crystal River Parcel
        Conveyance to Pitkin County''.

SEC. 5. EXCHANGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) Crystal River Parcel Conveyance.--The parcel identified in
subsection 4(c)(3) shall not be conveyed to Pitkin County unless and
until the County grants to the Aspen Valley Land Trust, the Roaring
Fork Conservancy, or both, or to another entity mutually agreeable to
the County and the Secretary of the Interior, a permanent conservation
easement, the terms of which are acceptable to the Secretary of the
Interior and which provides public access to the parcel and limits
future use of the parcel to recreational, fish, and wildlife
conservation, and open space purposes. The requirement for such
easement shall not affect the value of the parcel for purposes the
appraisals to be prepared pursuant to subsection (c). In the deed of
conveyance to the County, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide
that in the event the parcel is ever used for other than such purposes,
or Pitkin County or the entity or entities holding the conservation
easement no longer wish to administer the parcel, title to the parcel
shall back revert to the United States at no cost to the United States
if the Secretary of the Interior determines that such a reversion is in
the best interests of the United States.
    (b) Wildwood Parcel Conveyance and Reservation.--Prior to the
conveyance to Pitkin County of the parcel identified in subsection
4(c)(1), Pitkin County, at its expense, shall deliver to the Secretary
a quitclaim deed to the parcel from any party who, prior to
introduction of this Act, had asserted a claim of any right, title, or
interest in such parcel, and shall permanently relinquish any such
claim against the United States in or to the parcel. In the deed of
conveyance of such parcel to Pitkin County (or to the Aspen Valley Land
Trust if Pitkin County so requests) the Secretary shall reserve to the
United States a permanent easement, as determined appropriate by the
Secretary in consultation with Pitkin County, for location,
construction, and public use of the East of Aspen Trail.
    (c) Exchange Valuation.--The values of the Federal and non-Federal
lands directed for exchange by this Act shall be equal as determined by
the Secretary through appraisals performed in accordance with the
Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions, the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, and Forest Service
appraisal instructions. If the values as determined by the appraisals
are not equal, equalization shall be achieved as follows:
            (1) If value is owed by the United States, the County shall
        donate the excess value to the United States, and such donation
        will be considered as a donation for all purposes of law.
            (2) If value is owed by Pitkin County, the County shall
        equalize value by either--
                    (A) making a cash equalization payment to the
                Secretary, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in
                the fund established by Public Law 90-171 (commonly
                known as the ``Sisk Act'') and be available to the
                Secretary, without further appropriation, for the
                acquisition of land or interests in land for addition
                to the National Forest System in the State of Colorado;
                    (B) conveying to the Secretary certain lands
                located in Pitkin County, Colorado, and comprising
                approximately 160 acres, as generally depicted on a map
                entitled ``Sellar Park Parcel'', dated August 2004; or
                    (C) any combination of (A) and (B) above to which
                the County and the Secretary mutually agree.
    (d) Exchange Timing.--It is the intention of Congress that the land
exchange directed by this Act be consummated no later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary and the
Secretary of the Interior and Pitkin County mutually agree otherwise.

SEC. 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Management of Acquired Lands.--Lands acquired by the Secretary
of Agriculture pursuant to this Act shall become part of the White
River National Forest and be administered in accordance with the laws,
rules, and regulations generally applicable to the National Forest
System. For purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the White River
National Forest shall be deemed to be the boundaries of such forest as
of January 1, 1965.
    (b) Withdrawal and Revocation of Orders.--Immediately upon
enactment of this Act, if the Federal land parcels are not already
withdrawn or segregated from entry or appropriation under the public
land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws and Geothermal
Steam Act of l970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) they are hereby so
withdrawn, subject to any valid existing rights, until the date of
their conveyance to Pitkin County. In addition, any previously existing
public land orders withdrawing the Federal land from appropriation or
disposal under the public land laws are hereby revoked to the extent
necessary to permit disposal of the Federal land as directed by this
Act.
    (c) Withdrawal of Acquired Land.--Upon their acquisition by the
United States, the non-Federal lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant
to this Act are hereby, and without further action required by the
Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior, permanently withdrawn from
all forms of appropriation and disposition under the public land laws,
including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and the Geothermal Steam
Act of 1970.
    (d) Boundary Adjustments, Maps and Legal Descriptions.--The
Secretary concerned and Pitkin County may mutually agree to make minor
adjustments in the boundaries of the Federal and non-Federal lands to
be conveyed pursuant to this Act, and may also, at their sole
discretion, mutually agree to modifications or deletions of the Federal
or non-Federal land parcels and mining claim remnants to be exchanged
on Smuggler Mountain. In the event of any discrepancy between a map,
acreage estimate and legal or other description of the lands involved
in the exchange, the map shall prevail unless the Secretary concerned
and Pitkin County mutually agree otherwise.

Output:
Pitkin County Land Exchange Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of title to certain lands located in Pitkin County, Colorado, and certain lands located on Smuggler Mountain in the County, to convey to the County or to the Aspen Valley Land Trust, if the County so requests, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands located in the County.

Prohibits the conveyance of a specified parcel to the County unless and until the County grants to the Aspen Valley Land Trust, the Roaring Fork Conservancy, or both, or to another entity mutually agreeable to the County and the Secretary of the Interior, a permanent conservation easement which provides public access to the parcel and limits future use of the parcel to recreational, fish, and wildlife conservation, and open space purposes.

States that, prior to the conveyance to the County of a specified parcel, the County shall deliver to the Secretary a quitclaim deed to the parcel from any party who, prior to the introduction of this Act, had asserted a claim of any right, title, or interest in such parcel, and shall permanently relinquish any such claim against the United States in or to the parcel.

States that lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant to this Act shall become part of White River National Forest.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Regulated Investment
Company Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter N of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating part V as part VI and
inserting after part IV the following new part:

         ``PART V--INTERNATIONAL REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES

``Sec. 998. Definition of international regulated investment company.
``Sec. 998A. Taxation of IRICs.
``Sec. 998B. Other rules.

``SEC. 998. DEFINITION OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of this title, the terms
`international regulated investment company' and `IRIC' mean, with
respect to any taxable year, a domestic corporation which, at all times
during the taxable year, meets the following requirements:
            ``(1) The corporation is registered under the Investment
        Company Act of 1940.
            ``(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), the corporation
        holds no assets other than the stock of a single regulated
        investment company--
                    ``(A) to which part I of subchapter M applies, and
                    ``(B) which is not a qualified investment entity
                (as defined in section 897(h)(4)(A)(ii)).
            ``(3) All outstanding stock of the corporation is held by
        nonresident alien individuals (and their foreign estates) and
        qualified foreign pension funds (within the meaning of section
        897(l)(2)).
            ``(4) The corporation has in effect an election to be
        treated as an IRIC.
    ``(b) Election.--An election to be treated as an IRIC shall apply
to the taxable year for which made and all subsequent taxable years
until terminated. Such election shall be made for any taxable year not
later than the due date (with extensions) for the return of tax imposed
by this subtitle for the taxable year.
    ``(c) Permitted Assets.--For purposes of subsection (a)(2), an IRIC
may hold--
            ``(1) an amount of cash and cash equivalents reasonably
        necessary or appropriate for the corporation to conduct its
        normal affairs, and
            ``(2) such other assets as are incidental to the
        corporation's conduct of its normal affairs or otherwise
        allowed by the Secretary.
    ``(d) Termination.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), if
        a corporation fails to meet the requirements of subsection (a)
        at any time during the taxable year, the corporation shall not
        be treated as an IRIC for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Inadvertent failure.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A corporation which fails to
                meet the requirements of subsection (a) for any taxable
                year shall nevertheless be considered to have satisfied
                the requirements of such subsection for such taxable
                year if--
                            ``(i) the failure was due to reasonable
                        cause and not due to willful neglect,
                            ``(ii) no later than 30 days after the
                        discovery of the event causing such failure,
                        the corporation meets the requirements of
                        subsection (a),
                            ``(iii) in the case of a failure to meet
                        the requirements of subsection (a)(3) for any
                        period, the failure was caused by persons not
                        described therein holding, in the aggregate,
                        less than 1 percent of the stock (by value) of
                        the corporation, and
                            ``(iv) the corporation pays the additional
                        tax imposed by reason of subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Imposition of additional tax on certain
                failures.--In the case of a failure described in
                subparagraph (A)(iii) for any taxable year, the tax
                imposed by section 998A(a) on the IRIC shall be equal
                to the sum of--
                            ``(i) the tax determined under such section
                        (without regard to this subparagraph) on
                        amounts received by the IRIC for the taxable
                        year other than amounts so received which are
                        attributable to stock held by persons not
                        described in subsection (a)(3) for the period
                        so held, plus
                            ``(ii) 100 percent of the amounts received
                        which are so attributable.
                The Secretary shall prescribe rules for the proper
                allocation of deductions to amounts described in this
                subparagraph.

``SEC. 998A. TAXATION OF IRICS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an IRIC, there shall be imposed,
in lieu of the tax imposed by section 11, a tax equal to 30 percent of
the excess of--
            ``(1) the amounts received by the IRIC which (before the
        application of any treaty) would be subject to tax under
        section 871(a) if received by a nonresident alien individual,
        over
            ``(2) the deductions properly allocable to such amounts
        (other than deductions allowed under sections 163, 172, 243,
        and such other provisions as the Secretary may prescribe in
        regulations to prevent abuse).
    ``(b) Treaties.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a treaty IRIC, subsection
        (a) shall be applied by substituting `15 percent' for `30
        percent'.
            ``(2) Treaty iric.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
        `treaty IRIC' means an IRIC--
                    ``(A) all the outstanding stock of which is held by
                persons resident in a country that has in effect with
                the United States an income tax treaty pursuant to
                which such persons would, by reason of section 894(a),
                be subject to tax under section 871(a) on dividends at
                a rate not greater than 15 percent, and
                    ``(B) which elects to be a treaty IRIC.
        Rules similar to the rules of section 998(b) shall apply to an
        election under subparagraph (B).

``SEC. 998B. OTHER RULES.

    ``(a) Coordination With Subchapter M.--Except as provided in
subsection (e), an IRIC shall not be treated as a regulated investment
company for purposes of this title.
    ``(b) No Carryovers.--
            ``(1) Carryovers to iric years.--No carryforward, and no
        carryback, arising for a taxable year for which the corporation
        is not an IRIC may be carried to a taxable year for which such
        corporation is an IRIC.
            ``(2) Carryovers from iric years.--No carryforward, and no
        carryback, shall arise for a taxable year for which a
        corporation is an IRIC.
    ``(c) Certain Taxes Not To Apply.--Sections 55, 531, and 541 shall
not apply to an IRIC.
    ``(d) Credits Not Allowed.--No credits under this chapter shall be
allowed to an IRIC.
    ``(e) Redemptions.--In applying section 302(b)(5), an IRIC shall be
treated as a publicly offered regulated investment company.
    ``(f) Reliance on Certification.--
            ``(1) Reliance.--With respect to the requirement in
        sections 998(a)(3) and 998A(b)(2)(A), a corporation may rely on
        the certification of its shareholders, unless or until such
        time that the corporation has reason to know that the
        certification is false or is no longer true.
            ``(2) Redemption upon false certification.--If a
        corporation has reason to know that the certification made by
        one of its shareholders is false or is no longer true, the
        corporation must redeem the stock held by such shareholder as
        soon as reasonably practicable (and in no case more than 30
        days after the corporation obtains such reason to know).
        Failure to redeem such stock in a timely manner shall result in
        the corporation failing the requirement of section 998(a)(3) or
        998A(b)(2)(A), whichever is applicable.
            ``(3) Certification by certain institutions.--For purposes
        of this subsection, a certification with regard to a person
        which is made by an institution described in section
        871(h)(5)(B) in a form satisfactory to the Secretary under
        section 871(h) shall be deemed to be a certification by such
        person.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of parts for subchapter N of
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
redesignating the item relating to part V as relating to part VI and
inserting after the item relating to part IV the following new item:

       ``Part V--International Regulated Investment Companies''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

Output: International Regulated Investment Company Act of 2017  This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for international regulated investment companies (IRICs) and specify rules for the taxation of IRICs. An IRIC is a regulated investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) that has all of its outstanding stock held by foreign shareholders, including nonresident alien individuals (and their foreign estates) and qualified foreign pension funds, and meets other specified requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens
Restoration Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF QUALIFIED ALIENS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)) (as
amended by section 5301, 5302(a), 5303(a), and 5304 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 597, 598, 600)) is
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking clause (ii);
                            (ii) by striking ``Asylees.--'' and all
                        that follows through ``paragraph (3)(A)'' and
                        inserting ``Asylees.--With respect to the
                        specified Federal program described in
                        paragraph (3)''; and
                            (iii) by redesignating subclauses (I)
                        through (IV) as clauses (i) through (iv) and
                        indenting appropriately;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by striking clause (ii); and
                            (ii) in clause (i)--
                                    (I) by striking ``(i) SSI.--'' and
                                all that follows through ``paragraph
                                (3)(A)'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--With respect to the
                        specified Federal program described in
                        paragraph (3)'';
                                    (II) by redesignating subclauses
                                (II) through (IV) as clauses (ii)
                                through (iv) and indenting
                                appropriately;
                                    (III) by striking ``subclause (I)''
                                each place it appears and inserting
                                ``clause (i)''; and
                                    (IV) in clause (iv) (as
                                redesignated by subclause (II)), by
                                striking ``this clause'' and inserting
                                ``this subparagraph''; and
                    (C) in subparagraphs (E) through (H), by striking
                ``paragraph (3)(A)'' each place it appears and
                inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``means any'' and all that follows
                through ``The supplemental'' and inserting ``means the
                supplemental''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 402(b)(2)(F) of the Personal Responsibility and
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
        1612(b)(2)(F)) (as added by section 5305(b) of the Balanced
        Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 601)) is
        amended by striking ``subsection (a)(3)(A)'' and inserting
        ``subsection (a)(3)''.
            (2) Section 403(d) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
        Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(d)) (as
        added by section 5303(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
        (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 600)) is amended by striking
        ``subsections (a)(3)(A)'' and inserting ``subsections (a)(3)''.

SEC. 3. FIVE-YEAR LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF QUALIFIED ALIENS FOR FEDERAL
              MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFIT.

    Section 403(c)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(L) Assistance or benefits under the Food Stamp
                Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq).''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR STATES TO PROVIDE FOR ATTRIBUTION OF SPONSORS
              INCOME AND RESOURCES TO THE ALIEN WITH RESPECT TO STATE
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 422(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1632(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
            ``(8) Programs comparable to assistance or benefits under
        the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq).''.

SEC. 5. DERIVATIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.

    Section 436 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1646) (as added by section 5305(a)
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 601))
is repealed.

SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR SPONSOR'S AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT.

    Section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1183a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ``(as defined in
        subsection (e) of this section)''; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Means-Tested Public Benefit Defined.--In this section, the
term `means-tested public benefit' does not include assistance or
benefits provided under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq).''.

SEC. 7. STATUS OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN ENTRANTS.

    Section 6(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(f)) is
amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ``; or (G) an alien who is a Cuban and Haitian entrant
(as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act
of 1980 (Public Law 96-422; 8 U.S.C. 1522 note))''.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall be effective as
if included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat.
2105).

Output:
Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to eliminate specified eligibility restrictions for qualified aliens (as defined in such Acts) with respect to:  (1)  food stamps; and (2) Federal means- tested public benefits.
(Sec. 4) Prohibits States from attributing sponsor or spousal income and resources in determining an alien's food stamp or comparable program eligibility or benefits.
(Sec. 5) Repeals the prohibition on an alien's derivative food stamp eligibility based upon supplemental security income eligibility.
(Sec. 6) States that with respect to a sponsor affidavit of support means-tested public benefit does not include food stamps.
(Sec. 7) Amends the Food Stamp Act to make Cuban or Haitian refugee entrants eligible for food stamps.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Rape Victims and
Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. INCENTIVE FUNDS UNDER THE BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATES AND
              UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES
              TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

    Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3754) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(i) Incentive Funds for Providing Certain Services to Victims of
Sexual Assault and Establishing Rape Kit Databases.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amounts allocated under this section
        to a State or unit of local government for a fiscal year
        (beginning with the first fiscal year that begins at least one
        year from the date of the enactment of this subsection) shall
        be increased by 10 percent if such State or unit of local
        government provides and certifies in accordance with such
        standards as the Attorney General may require, that the State
        or unit of local government had in effect, for the previous
        fiscal year, each of the following:
                    ``(A) Examination and testing of rape kit.--A
                process to provide to each victim of sexual assault,
                with respect to an act of sexual assault over which the
                State or unit of local government has jurisdiction,
                each of the following:
                            ``(i) Examination by a qualified sexual
                        assault nurse examiner to collect a rape kit
                        from such victim.
                            ``(ii) Testing of any rape kit collected
                        from such victim and the furnishing of any
                        results from such test to the victim not later
                        than 180 days after the date on which such
                        testing was requested.
                    ``(B) Rape kit database.--A database developed and
                maintained by such State or unit of local government
                related to rape kits collected, in connection with acts
                of sexual assault over which the State or unit of local
                government has jurisdiction, from victims of such acts
                that complies with the following requirements:
                            ``(i) The database, for each rape kit
                        collected from each victim of sexual assault,
                        provides for the following:
                                    ``(I) Identifies such rape kit by a
                                unique identifying number.
                                    ``(II) The database contains
                                information on the date and location of
                                each of the following:
                                            ``(aa) The act of sexual
                                        assault for which such rape kit
                                        was collected.
                                            ``(bb) The medical
                                        examination conducted from
                                        which such rape kit was
                                        collected.
                                            ``(cc) The testing of such
                                        rape kit.
                                    ``(III) The database contains
                                information on the real-time physical
                                location of such rape kit, including
                                street address, locality, and State.
                                    ``(IV) The database contains
                                information on the results of any
                                testing of such rape kit.
                            ``(ii) Information contained in the
                        database, with respect to a rape kit, may be
                        made available only as follows:
                                    ``(I) On a publically available
                                Internet site but only to the extent
                                that such information does not include
                                any personally identifiable information
                                (including the name of the victim
                                associated with a unique identifying
                                number).
                                    ``(II) To criminal justice agencies
                                for law enforcement identification
                                purposes.
                                    ``(III) In judicial proceedings, if
                                otherwise admissible pursuant to
                                applicable statutes or rules.
                                    ``(IV) To a physican or nurse who
                                is treating a victim of sexual assault
                                from whom the rape kit was collected
                                for injuries resulting from the sexual
                                assault of such victim or with respect
                                to the collection of such rape kit, but
                                only insofar as the information relates
                                to such treatment.
                                    ``(V) To the victim of sexual
                                assault from whom the rape kit was
                                collected, if the information made
                                available is limited to information
                                relating to the rape kit collected from
                                such victim.
                            ``(iii) Information contained in such
                        database shall be searchable by any of the
                        criteria specified in clause (i), subject to
                        the availability of such information under
                        clause (ii).
                            ``(iv) Access for purposes of data entry
                        and editing (including updating) of such
                        database shall be limited to appropriate
                        individuals of a State or local law enforcement
                        agency.
            ``(2) Funding.--
                    ``(A) Ratable reduction for insufficient funds.--If
                there are insufficient funds for a fiscal year to
                allocate to each State or unit of local government the
                amount of incentive funds that such State or unit of
                local government is otherwise eligible to receive under
                this subsection, the Attorney General shall ratably
                reduce the allotment to all States and units of local
                government based on the proportionate share each State
                or unit of local government received under this section
                (before the application of this subsection) for the
                preceding fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition
                to funds made available under section 508, there is
                authorized to be appropriated for incentive funds under
                this subsection such sums as may be necessary for each
                of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015.
            ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) The term `sexual assault' has the meaning
                given such term in section 40002(a) of the Violence
                Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925a(a)).
                    ``(B) The term `victim of sexual assault' means an
                individual who seeks medical treatment or care for an
                injury sustained as a result of sexual assault and
                reports such injury to a local or State law enforcement
                officer or agency.
                    ``(C) The term `rape kit' means DNA evidence
                obtained related to sexual assault.
                    ``(D) The term `qualified sexual assault nurse
                examiner' means a nurse that has obtained certification
                from a hospital, governmental entity, or an appopriate
                institution of higher education (as defined in section
                102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                1002)), for the collection of rape kits from victims of
                sexual assault.
                    ``(E) The term `tested' means, with respect to a
                rape kit, that such rape kit has undergone forensic
                analysis.
                    ``(F) The term `unique identifying number' means a
                series of letters, numbers, or a combination thereof,
                that a law enforcement agency assigns to a rape kit
                that--
                            ``(i) such agency receives in connection
                        with an act of sexual assault; and
                            ``(ii) is used in place of the name of a
                        victim of sexual assault in the database
                        established under this subsection except if the
                        person accessing the database is the victim of
                        sexual assault or a member of a law enforcement
                        agency.''.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT ON DNA BACKLOG.

    Subsection (g) of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(g)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
            (2) by moving subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) (as so
        redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section) two ems to the
        right;
            (3) by striking ``(g) Reports to Congress--Not'' and
        inserting the following:
    ``(g) Reports to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Study and report to congress on dna backlog.--
                    ``(A) Study.--The Attorney General shall conduct a
                study to determine the extent of the backlog in the
                United States relating to the analysis of DNA samples
                collected from crime scenes, victims, suspects,
                arrestees, and convicted offenders. Such study shall
                determine the following:
                            ``(i) The number of each of the following:
                                    ``(I) DNA samples that have been
                                prepared to be sent to a public or
                                private crime laboratory for forensic
                                analysis but have not been sent to such
                                laboratory.
                                    ``(II) Investigations for which DNA
                                samples described in subclause (I) have
                                been collected.
                                    ``(III) DNA samples that have been
                                received by a public or private crime
                                laboratory for forensic analysis but
                                have not yet been tested at such
                                laboratory.
                                    ``(IV) Investigations for which DNA
                                samples described in subclause (III)
                                have been collected.
                            ``(ii) For each DNA sample and for each
                        investigation for which such samples exist, the
                        average duration of the following periods:
                                    ``(I) The period beginning on the
                                date that is 30 days after the date
                                each sample is collected from victims
                                of sexual assault and ending on the
                                date each sample is sent to a public or
                                private crime laboratory to be tested.
                                    ``(II) The period beginning on the
                                date that is 30 days after the date
                                each sample is received by a public or
                                private crime laboratory and ending on
                                the date each sample is tested at each
                                such laboratory.
                    ``(B) Report.--Not later than two years after the
                date of the enactment of this Act and for each year
                thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to
                Congress a report containing--
                            ``(i) the results of the study conducted
                        under subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) a statistical analysis of the data
                        contained in such study, disaggregated by
                        jurisdiction, criminal offense, type of DNA
                        evidence tested, if available, and any other
                        category of information the Attorney General
                        may require; and
                            ``(iii) recommendations on how to reduce--
                                    ``(I) the number of DNA samples and
                                investigations that are subject to the
                                conditions described in subparagraph
                                (A)(i); and
                                    ``(II) the average duration of the
                                periods described in subparagraph
                                (A)(ii).
                    ``(C) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph:
                            ``(i) The term `DNA sample' means evidence
                        containing human DNA collected by Federal,
                        State, local, or tribal law enforcement
                        agencies.
                            ``(ii) The term `investigation' includes
                        any investigatory action taken by a Federal,
                        State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency
                        relating to an act of sexual assault after such
                        agency receives a report of such act.
                            ``(iii) The term `tested' means, with
                        respect to a DNA sample that such sample has
                        undergone forensic analysis.''.

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Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 10% grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for states or local governments that had in effect for the previous fiscal year: (1) a process to provide a victim of sexual assault with an examination by a qualified sexual assault nurse examiner for purposes of collecting a rape kit from such victim and to provide the results of rape kit testing to the victim within 180 days; and (2) an online rape kit database containing specified information.

Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to require the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the extent of the backlog in the United States relating to the analysis of DNA samples collected from crime scenes, victims, suspects, arrestees, and convicted offenders.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. REFORM OF USERRA COMPLAINT PROCESS.

    (a) Notification of Rights With Respect to Complaints.--Subsection
(c) of section 4322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
    ``(c)(1) Not later than 5 days after the Secretary receives a
complaint submitted by a person under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall notify such person of his or her rights with respect to such
complaint under this section and section 4223 or 4224, as the case may
be.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall, upon request, provide technical
assistance to a potential claimant with respect to a complaint under
this subsection, and when appropriate, to such claimant's employer.''.
    (b) Expedition of Attempts To Investigate and Resolve Complaints.--
Section 4322 of such title is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
        subsection (f):
    ``(f) Any action required by subsections (d) and (e) with respect
to a complaint submitted by a person to the Secretary under subsection
(a) shall be completed by the Secretary not later than 90 days after
receipt of such complaint.''.
    (c) Expedition of Referrals.--
            (1) Expedition of referrals to attorney general.--Section
        4323(a)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ``Not later
        than 15 days after the Secretary receives such a request with
        respect to a complaint, the Secretary shall refer the complaint
        to the Attorney General.'' after ``to the Attorney General.''.
            (2) Expedition of referrals to special counsel.--Section
        4324(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking ``The Secretary
        shall refer'' and inserting ``Not later than 15 days after the
        date the Secretary receives such a request, the Secretary shall
        refer''.
    (d) Notification of Representation.--
            (1) Notification by attorney general.--Section 4323(a) of
        such title is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
                (3); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
                new paragraph (2):
    ``(2) Not later than 45 days after the date the Attorney General
receives a referral under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall--
            ``(A) make a decision whether to appear on behalf of, and
        act as attorney for, the person on whose behalf the complaint
        is submitted; and
            ``(B) notify such person of such decision.''.
            (2) Notification by special counsel.--Section 4324(a)(2)(B)
        of such title is amended to read as follows:
    ``(B) Not later than 45 days after the date the Special Counsel
receives a referral under paragraph (1), the Special Counsel shall--
            ``(i) make a decision whether to initiate an action and
        represent a person before the Merit Systems Protection Board
        under subparagraph (A); and
            ``(ii) notify such person of such decision.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ENFORCEMENT
              OF USERRA.

    (a) Modification of Annual Report by Secretary.--Section 4332 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary shall'' and inserting ``(a)
        Annual Report by Secretary.--The Secretary shall'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as
        paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively, and inserting after
        paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs (4), (5), and (6):
            ``(4) The number of cases reviewed by the Secretary of
        Defense through the National Committee for Employer Support of
        the Guard and Reserve of the Department of Defense during such
        fiscal year.
            ``(5) The number of cases reviewed by the Secretary and the
        Secretary of Defense through the National Committee for
        Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve of the Department of
        Defense that involve the same person seeking employment or
        reemployment.
            ``(6) With respect to the cases reported on pursuant to
        paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5)--
                    ``(A) the number of such cases that involve a
                disability-related issue;
                    ``(B) the number of such cases not described by
                subparagraph (A) that involve a person seeking
                employment or reemployment who has a disability; and
                    ``(C) with respect to subparagraphs (A) and (B)
                separately, the number of each type of such
                disabilities.'';
            (3) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking ``or
        (3)'' and inserting ``(3), (4), or (5)''; and
            (4) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), by
        striking ``transmit to the Congress'' and inserting ``submit to
        Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans
        Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel,''.
    (b) Quarterly Report by Comptroller General.--Such section 4332 is
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Quarterly Report by Comptroller General.--The Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit each quarter to Congress, the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Attorney
General, and the Special Counsel a report setting forth, for the
previous full quarter, the following:
            ``(1) The number of cases for which the Secretary did not
        meet the requirements of section 4322(f) of this title.
            ``(2) The number of cases for which the Secretary received
        a request for a referral under paragraph (1) of section 4323(a)
        of this title but did not make such referral within the time
        period required by such paragraph.
            ``(3) The number of cases for which the Secretary received
        a request for a referral under paragraph (1) of section 4324(a)
        of this title but did not make such referral within the time
        period required by such paragraph.
            ``(4) The number of cases for which the Attorney General
        received a referral under paragraph (1) of section 4323(a) of
        this title but did not meet the requirements of paragraph (2)
        of such section 4323(a) for such referral.
            ``(5) The number of cases for which the Special Counsel
        received a referral under paragraph (1) of section 4324(a) of
        this title but did not meet the requirements of paragraph
        (2)(B) of such section 4324(a) for such referral.''.
    (c) Uniform Categorization of Data.--Such section 4332 is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Uniform Categorization of Data.--The Secretary shall
coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel to ensure that--
            ``(1) the information in the reports required by this
        section is categorized in a uniform way; and
            ``(2) the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, the
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General, and the
        Special Counsel each have electronic access to the case files
        reviewed under this chapter by the Secretary, the Secretary of
        Defense, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to each report required under such section 4332
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends provisions concerning uniformed services members' employment or reemployment rights or benefits to: (1) require complainants to be notified of their rights within five days after receipt of the complaint by the Secretary of Labor; (2) require investigation and resolution of complaints to be completed no later than 90 days after receipt of the complaint; and (3) impose a 15-day deadline on referral to the Attorney General or to the Office of Special Counsel of an unsuccessful effort to resolve a complaint against a state or private employer or a federal executive agency, respectively. Requires the Attorney General or the Special Counsel, as appropriate, to make a decision and provide notification concerning representation of a complainant within 45 days of a referral.

Modifies requirements for annual case reporting by the Secretary to include data of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and data concerning those with disabilities.

Requires the Comptroller General to make quarterly reports on claims processing.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that: (1) report information is categorized in a uniform way; and (2) the Secretary and the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel each have electronic access to case files reviewed under the uniformed services employment and reemployment rights provisions.