Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Business Supply Chain Transparency
on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 2012, the Department of Labor identified 134 goods
        from 74 countries around the world made by forced labor and
        child labor.
            (2) The United States is the world's largest importer, and
        in the 21st century, investors, consumers, and broader civil
        society increasingly demand information about the human rights
        impact of products in the United States market.
            (3) Courts have also ruled that consumers do not have
        standing to bring a civil action in United States courts for
        enforcement of this provision of the Tariff Act, because the
        legislative intent was to protect American manufacturers from
        unfairly priced goods, not to protect consumers from tainted
        goods, consequently, there are fewer than 40 enforcement
        actions on record in the past 80 years.
            (4) Mechanisms under Federal law related to forced labor,
        slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of child labor
        in the stream of commerce suffer from similar problems of
        limited scope, broad expectations, and inability to provide
        information about specific supplies whose goods are tainted.
            (5) The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and
        Human Rights affirm that business enterprises have a
        responsibility to respect human rights, and that States have a
        duty to ensure these rights are protected. Such Guiding
        Principles also clarify that the duty to protect against
        business-related human rights abuses requires States to take
        the necessary steps to prevent and address human rights abuses
        to workers through effective policies and regulation.
            (6) The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
        of 2003 (Public Law 108-193) together with the Trafficking
        Victims Protection Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164) provide for
        the termination of Federal contracts where a Federal contractor
        or subcontractor engages in severe forms of trafficking in
        persons or has procured a commercial sex act during the period
        of time that the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement is
        in effect, or uses forced labor in the performance of the
        grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. The Trafficking
        Victims Protection Act of 2005 also provide United States
        courts with criminal jurisdiction abroad over Federal
        employees, contractors, or subcontractors who participate in
        severe forms of trafficking in persons or forced labor.
            (7) Executive Order 13126, Prohibition of Acquisition of
        Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor,
        Executive Order 13627, Strengthening Protections Against
        Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts, and title XVII of
        the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
        (Public Law 112-239) have prohibited Federal contractors,
        subcontractors, and their employees from engaging in the
        following trafficking-related activities: charging labor
        recruitment fees; confiscating passports and other identity
        documents of workers; and using fraudulent recruitment
        practices, including failing to disclose basic information or
        making material misrepresentations about the terms and
        conditions of employment. Such Executive order and Acts also
        require Federal contractors, subcontractors, and their
        employees to maintain an anti-trafficking compliance plan that
        includes, among other elements, a complaint mechanism and
        procedures to prevent subcontractors at any tier from engaging
        in trafficking in persons.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst
        forms of child labor are among the most egregious forms of
        abuse that humans commit against each other, for the sake of
        commercial profit;
            (2) the legislative and regulatory framework to prevent
        goods produced by forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and
        the worst forms of child labor from passing into the stream of
        commerce in the United States is gravely inadequate;
            (3) legislation is necessary to provide consumers
        information on products that are free of child labor, forced
        labor, slavery, and human trafficking; and
            (4) through publicly available disclosures, businesses and
        consumers can avoid inadvertently promoting or sanctioning
        these crimes through production and purchase of goods and
        products that have been tainted in the supply chains.

SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE USE
              OF FORCED LABOR, SLAVERY, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, OR THE
              WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR.

    Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(s) Disclosures Relating to Efforts To Combat the Use of Forced
Labor, Slavery, Trafficking in Persons, or the Worst Forms of Child
Labor.--
            ``(1) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of the Global Supply Chain Transparency for
        Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Child Labor Eradication Act, the
        Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall
        promulgate regulations to require that any covered issuer
        required to file reports with the Commission under this section
        to include annually in such reports, a disclosure whether the
        covered issuer has taken any measures during the year for which
        such reporting is required to identify and address conditions
        of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst
        forms of child labor within the covered issuer's supply chain,
        and a description of such measures taken. Such disclosure shall
        include, under the heading `Policies to Address Forced Labor,
        Slavery, Human Trafficking, and the Worst Forms of Child
        Labor', information describing to what extent, if any, the
        covered issuer conducts any of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Whether the covered issuer maintains a policy
                to identify and eliminate the risks of forced labor,
                slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of
                child labor within the covered issuer's supply chain
                (such disclosure to include the text of the policy or
                substantive description of the elements of the policy),
                and actions the covered issuer has taken pursuant to or
                in the absence of such policy.
                    ``(B) Whether the covered issuer maintains a policy
                prohibiting its employees and employees of entities
                associated with its supply chain for engaging in
                commercial sex acts with a minor.
                    ``(C) The efforts of the covered issuer to evaluate
                and address the risks of forced labor, slavery, human
                trafficking, and the worst forms of child labor in the
                product supply chain. If such efforts have been made,
                such disclosure shall--
                            ``(i) describe any risks identified within
                        the supply chain, and the measures taken toward
                        eliminating those risks;
                            ``(ii) specify whether the evaluation was
                        or was not conducted by a third party;
                            ``(iii) specify whether the process
                        includes consultation with the independent
                        labor organizations (as such term is defined in
                        section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act
                        (29 U.S.C. 152)), workers' associations, or
                        workers within workplaces and incorporates the
                        resulting input or written comments from such
                        independent labor organizations, workers'
                        associations, or workers and if so, the
                        disclosure shall describe the entities
                        consulted and specify the method of such
                        consultation; and
                            ``(iv) specify the extent to which the
                        process covers entities within the supply
                        chain, including entities upstream in the
                        product supply chain and entities across lines
                        of products or services.
                    ``(D) The efforts of the covered issuer to ensure
                that audits of suppliers within the supply chain of the
                covered issuer are conducted to--
                            ``(i) investigate the working conditions
                        and labor practices of such suppliers;
                            ``(ii) verify whether such suppliers have
                        in place appropriate systems to identify risks
                        of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking,
                        and the worst forms of child labor within their
                        own supply chain; and
                            ``(iii) evaluate whether such systems are
                        in compliance with the policies of the covered
                        issuer or efforts in absence of such policies.
                    ``(E) The efforts of the covered issuer to--
                            ``(i) require suppliers in the supply chain
                        to attest that the manufacture of materials
                        incorporated into any product and the
                        recruitment of labor are carried out in
                        compliance with the laws regarding forced
                        labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the
                        worst forms of child labor of the country or
                        countries in which the covered issuer is doing
                        business;
                            ``(ii) maintain internal accountability
                        standards, supply chain management, and
                        procurement systems, and procedures for
                        employees, suppliers, contractors, or other
                        entities within its supply chain failing to
                        meet the covered issuer's standards regarding
                        forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and
                        the worst forms of child labor, including a
                        description of such standards, systems, and
                        procedures;
                            ``(iii) train the employees and management
                        who have direct responsibility for supply chain
                        management on issues related to forced labor,
                        slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms
                        of child labor, particularly with respect to
                        mitigating risks within the supply chains of
                        products; and
                            ``(iv) ensure that labor recruitment
                        practices at all suppliers associated with the
                        supply chain comply with the covered issuer's
                        policies or efforts in absence of such policies
                        for eliminating exploitive labor practices that
                        contribute to forced labor, slavery, human
                        trafficking, and the worst forms of child
                        labor, including by complying with audits of
                        labor recruiters and disclosing the results of
                        such audits.
                    ``(F) The efforts of the covered issuer in cases
                where forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the
                worst forms of child labor have been identified within
                the supply chain, to ensure that remedial action is
                provided to those who have identified as victims,
                including support for programs designed to prevent the
                recurrence of those events within the industry or
                sector in which they have been identified.
            ``(2) Requirements for availability of information.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The regulations promulgated
                under paragraph (1) shall require--
                            ``(i) that the required information be
                        disclosed by the covered issuer on the Internet
                        website of the covered issuer through a
                        conspicuous and easily understandable link to
                        the relevant information that shall be labeled
                        `Global Supply Chain Transparency'; and
                            ``(ii) if an individual submits a written
                        request to the covered issuer for such
                        information, that the covered issuer provides
                        the individual with a written disclosure of the
                        required information under this section within
                        30 days of the receipt of such request.
                    ``(B) Disclosure.--The Commission shall make
                available to the public in a searchable format on the
                Commission's website--
                            ``(i) a list of covered issuers required to
                        disclose any measures taken by the company to
                        identify and address conditions of forced
                        labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the
                        worst forms of child labor within the covered
                        issuer's supply chain, as required by this
                        subsection; and
                            ``(ii) a compilation of the information
                        submitted under the rules issued under
                        paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `covered issuer' means an issuer
                that has annual worldwide global receipts in excess of
                $100,000,000;
                    ``(B) the terms `forced labor', `slavery', and
                `human trafficking' mean any labor practice or human
                trafficking activity in violation of national and
                international standards, including International Labor
                Organization Convention No. 182, the Trafficking
                Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386),
                and acts that would violate the criminal provisions
                related to slavery and human trafficking under chapter
                77 of title 18, United States Code, if they had been
                committed within the jurisdiction of the United States;
                    ``(C) the terms `remediation' and `remedial action'
                mean the activities or systems that an issuer puts in
                place to address non-compliance with the standards
                identified through monitoring or verification, which
                may apply to individuals adversely affected by the non-
                compliant conduct or address broader systematic
                processes;
                    ``(D) the term `supply chain', with respect to a
                covered issuer disclosing the information required
                under the regulations promulgated under this section,
                means all labor recruiters, suppliers of products,
                component parts of products, and raw materials used by
                such entity in the manufacturing of such entity's
                products whether or not such entity has a direct
                relationship with the supplier; and
                    ``(E) the term `the worst forms of child labor'
                means child labor in violation of national and
                international standards, including International Labor
                Organization Convention No. 182.''.

SEC. 4. DISCLOSURES ON WEBSITE OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor shall make available to the
public in a searchable format on the Department of Labor's website--
            (1) a list of companies required to disclose any measures
        taken by the company to identify and address conditions of
        forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms
        of child labor within the covered issuer's supply chain, as
        required by section 13(s) of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934, as added by section 3; and
            (2) a compilation of the information disclosed pursuant to
        such requirements.
    (b) Top 100 List.--The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and other appropriate Federal and international
agencies, independent labor evaluators, and human rights groups, shall
annually develop and publish on the Internet website of the Department
of Labor a list of top 100 companies adhering to supply chain labor
standards, as established under relevant Federal and international
guidelines.

Output: Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) legislation is necessary to provide consumers information on products that are free of child labor, forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking; and (2) businesses and consumers, by means of publicly available disclosures, can avoid inadvertently promoting or sanctioning these crimes through production and purchase of goods and products that have been tainted in the supply chains. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), within one year after enactment of the Global Supply Chain Transparency for Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Child Labor Eradication Act, to promulgate regulations requiring that mandatory annual reports include a disclosure whether the covered issuer has taken any measures during the year to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of child labor within the issuer's supply chains. Requires any business entity filing such disclosures to make them available on its Internet website.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and publish annually on the Internet website of the Department of Labor a list of top 100 companies adhering to supply chain labor standards, as established under federal and international guidelines.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In the NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of
        Public Law 103-447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress declared
        that ``full and active participants in the Partnership for
        Peace in a position to further the principles of the North
        Atlantic Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North
        Atlantic area should be invited to become full NATO members in
        accordance with Article 10 of such Treaty at an early
        date...''.
            (2) In the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (title
        VI of section 101(c) of title I of division A of Public Law
        104-208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress called for the prompt
        admission of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia
        to NATO, and declared that ``in order to promote economic
        stability and security in Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
        Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine...the process
        of enlarging NATO to include emerging democracies in Central
        and Eastern Europe should not be limited to consideration of
        admitting Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia as
        full members of the NATO Alliance''.
            (3) In the European Security Act of 1998 (title XXVII of
        division G of Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note),
        Congress declared that ``Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
        Republic should not be the last emerging democracies in Central
        and Eastern Europe invited to join NATO'' and that ``Romania,
        Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria...would make an
        outstanding contribution to furthering the goals of NATO and
        enhancing stability, freedom, and peace in Europe should they
        become NATO members [and] upon complete satisfaction of all
        relevant criteria should be invited to become full NATO members
        at the earliest possible date''.
            (4) At the Madrid Summit of the NATO Alliance in July 1997,
        Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic were invited to join
        the Alliance in the first round of NATO enlargement, and the
        NATO heads of state and government issued a declaration stating
        ``[t]he Alliance expects to extend further invitations in
        coming years to nations willing and able to assume the
        responsibilities and obligations of membership...[n]o European
        democratic country whose admission would fulfill the objectives
        of the [North Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded from
        consideration''.
            (5) At the Washington Summit of the NATO Alliance in April
        1999, the NATO heads of state and government issued a
        communique declaring ``[w]e pledge that NATO will continue to
        welcome new members in a position to further the principles of
        the [North Atlantic] Treaty and contribute to peace and
        security in the Euro-Atlantic area...[t]he three new members
        will not be the last...[n]o European democratic country whose
        admission would fulfill the objectives of the Treaty will be
        excluded from consideration, regardless of its geographic
        location...''.
            (6) In late 2002, NATO will hold a summit in Prague, the
        Czech Republic, at which it will decide which additional
        emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe to invite to
        join the Alliance in the next round of NATO enlargement.
            (7) In May 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the foreign
        ministers of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the
        Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and
        Slovenia issued a statement (later joined by Croatia) declaring
        that their countries will cooperate in jointly seeking NATO
        membership in the next round of NATO enlargement, that the
        realization of NATO membership by one or more of these
        countries would be a success for all, and that eventual NATO
        membership for all of these countries would be a success for
        Europe and NATO.
            (8) On June 15, 2001, in a speech in Warsaw, Poland,
        President George W. Bush stated ``[a]ll of Europe's new
        democracies, from the Baltic to the Black Sea and all that lie
between, should have the same chance for security and freedom--and the
same chance to join the institutions of Europe--as Europe's old
democracies have...I believe in NATO membership for all of Europe's
democracies that seek it and are ready to share the responsibilities
that NATO brings...[a]s we plan to enlarge NATO, no nation should be
used as a pawn in the agenda of others...[w]e will not trade away the
fate of free European peoples...[n]o more Munichs...[n]o more
Yaltas...[a]s we plan the Prague Summit, we should not calculate how
little we can get away with, but how much we can do to advance the
cause of freedom''.
            (9) On October 22, 1996, in a speech in Detroit, Michigan,
        former President William J. Clinton stated ``NATO's doors will
        not close behind its first new members...NATO should remain
        open to all of Europe's emerging democracies who are ready to
        shoulder the responsibilities of membership...[n]o nation will
        be automatically excluded...[n]o country outside NATO will have
        a veto...[a] gray zone of insecurity must not reemerge in
        Europe''.

SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.

    Congress--
            (1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support for
        continued enlargement of the NATO Alliance contained in the
        NATO Participation Act of 1994, the NATO Enlargement
        Facilitation Act of 1996, and the European Security Act of
        1998;
            (2) supports the commitment to further enlargement of the
        NATO Alliance expressed by the Alliance in its Madrid
        Declaration of 1997 and its Washington Summit Communique of
        1999; and
            (3) endorses the vision of further enlargement of the NATO
        Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15,
        2001, and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22,
        1996, and urges our NATO allies to work with the United States
        to realize this vision at the Prague Summit in 2002.

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF SLOVAKIA TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE NATO
              PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.

    (a) In General.--Slovakia is designated as eligible to receive
assistance under the program established under section 203(a) of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103-447; 22
U.S.C. 1928 note) and shall be deemed to have been so designated
pursuant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--The designation of Slovakia pursuant to
subsection (a) as eligible to receive assistance under the program
established under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of
1994--
            (1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary,
        the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to section 606 of the
        NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (title VI of section
        101(c) of title I of division A of Public Law 104-208; 22
        U.S.C. 1928 note) and the designation of Romania, Estonia,
        Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to section 2703(b) of
        the European Security Act of 1998 (title VII of division G of
        Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) as eligible to receive
        assistance under the program established under section 203(a)
        of the NATO Participation Act of 1994; and
            (2) shall not preclude the designation by the President of
        other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe
        pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of the NATO Participation Act of
        1994 as eligible to receive assistance under the program
        established under section 203(a) of such Act.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES DESIGNATED
              UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.

    (a) Authorization of Foreign Military Financing.--Of the amounts
made available for fiscal year 2002 under section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)--
            (1) $6,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Estonia;
            (2) $7,000,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Latvia;
            (3) $7,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Lithuania;
            (4) $8,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Slovakia;
            (5) $4,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Slovenia;
            (6) $10,000,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Bulgaria; and
            (7) $11,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
        basis for Romania.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 515 of the
Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-280) is amended by
striking paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7), and (8) and redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (9) as paragraphs (1) through (4),
respectively.

Output: Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001 - Reaffirms support for continued enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance.Designates Slovakia for participation in the Partnership for Peace and eligible to receive certain security assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.Authorizes specified amounts of security assistance for FY 2002 for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Romania.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America's Youth Commission Act of
2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) American youth, up to 18 years of age, represent the
        freest, most educated, most affluent generation this Nation has
        known. A majority will graduate from high school, will come
        from families in which the parents or guardians are employed
        and own property, and will come from a society which has
        achieved unparalleled national economic and social opportunity
        in a world largely at peace.
            (2) The potential for this generation of American youth to
        make lasting contributions to freedom's cause is unparalleled.
        Yet, despite this favorable domestic and international climate,
        some serious flaws have appeared in America's social and
        cultural fabric, characterized by destructive behaviors among
        some of our youth that are damaging our Nation and the ability
        of this generation to achieve its full potential.
            (3) While most of America's youth are achieving
        academically and developing wholesome constructive pursuits,
        youth violence in places like Littleton, Colorado, Springfield,
        Oregon, and Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the rash of copycat
        incidents, threatened or real, across the Nation has brought to
        the fore a troubling lack of respect by some for other
        individuals that lies at the heart of a free society.
            (4) Across our Nation, school ``pranks'' have in many cases
        been destructive to schools and property and reveal a serious
        lack of understanding by the perpetrators of the true costs of
        their actions.
            (5) Equally serious are the consistently high and
        personally destructive levels of alcohol and drug use by
        American youth, sometimes coupled with gun violence, as well as
        increasing levels of teenage suicide and eating disorders, such
        as bulimia and anorexia.
            (6) Upholding human dignity faces challenges in the media
        as well. By the time children in the United States have passed
        through the eighth grade, they will have witnessed an average
        of 8,000 murders and over 100,000 other acts of violence
        through the media. In addition, many video games, music, films,
        and Internet websites present material so degrading to human
        dignity that they undermine the value of human life and elevate
        the bizarre to normal. Some have characterized this as a
        ``culture of death'' that permeates the consciousness of
        American youth.
            (7) The structure of family, neighborhoods, work, and
        community in the United States has been transformed in the last
        30 years as economic growth and mobility have impacted
        families' aspirations and livelihoods. The static purchasing
        power of families, mergers, and dislocation of production,
        higher family mobility and suburbanization, rising levels of
        foster children, all have contributed to a more fluid social
        structure and less continuity for youth in permanent nurturing
        relationships with family and community. The social
        consequences of these changes, along with the pervasive
        influence of media, demand attention, for developmental
        attachments by adults toward youth that characterized previous
        generations have become more tenuous in today's society.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established a commission to be known as the ``National
Commission on the Impact of United States Culture on America's Youth''
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').

SEC. 4. DUTY OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall investigate and make findings and
recommendations with respect to--
            (1) the condition and status of contemporary youth in
        America compared to prior generations, with particular
        attention to family, neighborhood, schools, scholastic
        attainment, work, and community involvement;
            (2) the nature, origins, and trends of antisocial and
        violent behavior among American youth, including--
                    (A) an analysis of the trends in violent acts in
                families, neighborhoods, and schools; and
                    (B) the influence of organizations, other cultural
                elements, and individuals contributing to the
                incitement or encouragement of violent behaviors;
            (3) identification of successful initiatives that involve
        youth in positive development and experiences that curb
        antisocial behavior among youth;
            (4) recommendations for averting and reducing violence
        among American youth; and
            (5) recommendations for parents, families, nongovernmental
        and private sector organizations and Federal, State, and local
        authorities in building positive developmental experiences
        among American youth.

SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 11
members appointed as follows:
            (1) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
        Representatives.
            (2) Two members appointed by the majority leader of the
        Senate.
            (3) Two members appointed by the minority leader of the
        House of Representatives.
            (4) Two members appointed by the minority leader of the
        Senate.
            (5) Three members appointed by the President.
    (b) Qualifications.--The members shall--
            (1) not be incumbent Members of Congress; and
            (2) be specially qualified to serve on the Commission by
        reason of education, training, or experience.
    (c) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of the
Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner
in which the original appointment was made.
    (d) Basic Pay.--Members shall serve without pay.
    (e) Travel Expenses.--Each member shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with section
5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (f) Quorum.--Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a
quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.
    (g) Chair.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall be designated
by the President at the time of the appointment.

SEC. 6. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places,
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers
appropriate. The Commission shall ensure that its hearings and sessions
are open to the public, with significant opportunities for testimony
from members of the general public.
    (b) Powers of Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the
Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action which
the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
    (c) Obtaining Official Data.--The Commission may secure directly
from any department or agency of the United States information
necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the
Chairperson of the Commission, the head of that department or agency
shall cooperate with the Commission in providing that information.
    (d) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of the
Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the
Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support
services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities
under this Act.
    (e) Contract Authority.--The Commission may contract with and
compensate Government or private agencies or persons for supplies or
services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41
U.S.C. 5).

SEC. 7. REPORTS.

    (a) Interim Report.--The Commission shall transmit an interim
report to the President and the Congress not later than 180 days after
the date the Commission is duly organized.
    (b) Final Report.--The Commission shall transmit a final report to
the President and the Congress not later than one year after the date
the Commission is duly organized. The final report shall contain a
detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission,
together with its recommendations for legislation.

SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall terminate 30 days after transmitting its final
report under section 7(b).

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2002 to carry out this Act, to remain available until expended.

Output: America's Youth Commission Act of 2001 - Establishes the National Commission on the Impact of United States Culture on America's Youth.


Input:
That this Act may be
cited as the ``Line-Item Rescission Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating sections
1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, respectively, and
inserting after section 1012 the following new section:

       ``expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions

    ``Sec. 1013. (a) Transmittal of Special Message.--The President
may, on the same calendar day the President approves any appropriation
bill, transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for consideration in
accordance with this section, one or more special messages proposing to
rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in the
appropriation bill.
    ``(b) Contents of Special Message.--
            ``(1) No special message may be considered in accordance
        with this section if the special message proposes to rescind
        more than one item of budget authority.
            ``(2) Each special message transmitted under subsection (a)
        shall specify, with respect to the item of budget authority (or
        part thereof) proposed by the message to be rescinded, the
        matters referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section
        1012(a).
            ``(3) Each special message transmitted under subsection (a)
        shall be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that
        would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be
        rescinded.
    ``(c) Procedures.--
            ``(1)(A) On the day on which a special message proposing to
        rescind an item of budget authority is transmitted to the House
        of Representatives and the Senate under subsection (a), the
        draft bill or joint resolution accompanying such special
        message shall be introduced (by request) by the majority leader
        of the House of the Congress in which the appropriation Act
        providing the budget authority originated. If such House is not
        in session on the day on which a special message is
        transmitted, the draft bill or joint resolution shall be
        introduced in such House, as provided in the preceding
        sentence, on the first day thereafter on which such House is in
        session.
            ``(B) A draft bill or joint resolution introduced in the
        House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to subparagraph
        (A) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of
        such House. The committee shall report the bill or joint
        resolution without substantive revision (and with or without
        recommendation) not later than 20 calendar days of continuous
        session of the Congress after the date on which the bill or
        joint resolution is introduced. A committee failing to report a
        bill or joint resolution within the 20-day period referred to
        in the preceding sentence shall be automatically discharged
        from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the
        bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate
        calendar.
            ``(C) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution
        introduced in a House of the Congress pursuant to subparagraph
        (A) shall be taken on or before the close of the 30th calendar
        day of continuous session of the Congress after the date of the
        introduction of the bill or joint resolution in such House. If
        the bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the
        House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or joint
        resolution agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the
        Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint
        resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the bill or
        joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and transmitted to
        the other House of the Congress on the same calendar day on
        which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
            ``(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to the
        House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to subparagraph
        (C) of paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Committee on
        Appropriations of such House. The committee shall report the
        bill or joint resolution without substantive revision (and with
        or without recommendation) not later than 20 calendar days of
        continuous session of the Congress after the bill or joint
        resolution is transmitted to such House. A committee failing to
        report the bill or joint resolution within the 20-day period
        referred to in the preceding sentence shall be automatically
        discharged from consideration of the bill or joint resolution,
        and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the
        appropriate calendar.
            ``(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution
        transmitted to a House of the Congress pursuant to subparagraph
        (C) of paragraph (1) shall be taken on or before the close of
        the 30th calendar day of continuous session of the Congress
        after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is
        transmitted to such House. If the bill or joint resolution is
        agreed to in such House, the Clerk of the House of
        Representatives (in the case of a bill or joint resolution
        agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of
        the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to
        in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed bill or joint
        resolution to be returned to the House in which the bill or
        joint resolution originated, together with a statement of the
        action taken by the House acting under this paragraph.
            ``(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to
        proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint resolution
        under this section shall be highly privileged and not
        debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order,
        nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by
        which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a bill or
        joint resolution under this section shall be limited to not
        more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between
        those favoring and those opposing the bill or joint resolution.
        A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. It
        shall not be in order to move to recommit a bill or joint
        resolution under this section or to move to reconsider the vote
        by which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed
        to.
            ``(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House of
        Representatives with respect to the consideration of a bill or
        joint resolution under this section, and motions to proceed to
        the consideration of other business, shall be decided without
        debate.
            ``(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating
        to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives
        to the procedure relating to a bill or joint resolution under
        this section shall be decided without debate.
            ``(E) Except to the extent specifically provided in the
        preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a
        bill or joint resolution under this section shall be governed
        by the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to
        other bills and joint resolutions in similar circumstances.
            ``(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the
        consideration of a bill or joint resolution under this section
        shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the
        motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move
        to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
        disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint resolution
        under this section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
        connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10
        hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and
        controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
        their designees.
            ``(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or
        appeal in connection with a bill or joint resolution under this
        section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally
        divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager
        of the bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the
        manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of any such
        motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be
        controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such
        leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control
        on the passage of a bill or joint resolution, allot additional
        time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable
        motion or appeal.
            ``(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a
        bill or joint resolution under this section is not debatable. A
        motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this
        section is not in order.
    ``(d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a bill or joint
resolution considered under this section shall be in order in either
the House of Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the
application of this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor
shall it be in order in either House for the Presiding Officer to
entertain a request to suspend the application of this subsection by
unanimous consent.
    ``(e) Requirement to Make Available for Obligation.--Any item of
budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message
transmitted to the Congress in accordance with subsection (a) shall be
made available for obligation unless, not more than 60 days after the
transmittal of the special message, both Houses of the Congress have
agreed to the bill or joint resolution accompanying such special
message.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term--
            ``(1) `item' means any numerically expressed amount of
        budget authority set forth in an appropriation bill;
            ``(2) `appropriation bill' means any general or special
        appropriation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making
        supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations; and
            ``(3) `appropriation Act' means any appropriation bill that
        has been approved by the President and become law.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1011(5) of the Congressional Budget and
        Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended--
                    (A) by striking out ``1012, and'' and inserting in
                lieu thereof ``1012, the 20-day periods referred to in
                paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A) of section 1013(c), the
                60-day period referred to in section 1013(e) and'';
                    (B) by striking out ``1012 during'' and inserting
                in lieu thereof ``1012 or 1013 during'';
                    (C) by striking out ``of 45'' and inserting in lieu
                thereof ``of the applicable number of''; and
                    (D) by striking out ``45-day period referred to in
                paragraph (3) of this section and in section 1012'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``period or periods of time
                applicable under such section''.
            (2)(A) Section 1011 of such Act is further amended--
                    (i) in paragraph (4) by striking out ``1013'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``1014''; and
                    (ii) in paragraph (5)--
                            (I) by striking out ``1016'' and inserting
                        in lieu thereof ``1017''; and
                            (II) by striking out ``1017(b)(1)'' and
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``1018(b)(1)''.
            (B) Section 1012 of such Act is amended--
                    (i) by striking out ``1012 or 1013'' each place it
                appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``1012, 1013, or
                1014'';
                    (ii) in subsection (b)(1) by striking out ``1012''
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``1012 or 1013'';
                    (iii) in subsection (b)(2) by striking out ``1013''
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``1014''; and
                    (iv) in subsection (e)(2)--
                            (I) by striking out ``and'' at the end of
                        subparagraph (A),
                            (II) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
                        subparagraph (C),
                            (III) by striking out ``1013'' in
                        subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), and
                            (IV) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
                        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) he has transmitted a special message under
                section 1013 with respect to a proposed rescission;
                and''.
            (C) Section 1015 of such Act is amended by striking out
        ``1012 or 1013'' each place it appears and inserting in lieu
        thereof ``1012, 1013, or 1014''.
            (D) Section 1016 of such Act is amended by striking out
        ``or 1013(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, 1013(e), or
        1014(b)''.
            (E) Section 1012(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the
        end thereof the following new sentence: ``The preceding
        sentence shall not apply to any item of budget authority
        proposed by the President to be rescinded under this section
        that the President has also proposed to rescind under section
        1013 and with respect to which the 60-day period referred to in
        subsection (e) of such section has not expired.''.
            (3) The table of sections for subpart B of title X of the
        Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections
                1013 through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014
                through 1018; and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to section
                1012 the following new item:

``Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed
                            rescissions.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION.

    The amendments made by this section shall apply to items of budget
authority (as defined in subsection (f)(1) of section 1013 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as added by
section 2 of this Act) provided by appropriation Acts (as defined in
subsection (f)(3) of such section) that become law after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

Output:
Line-Item Rescission Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to allow the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill.
Requires that such special message be transmitted on the same calendar day the President approves the appropriation bill and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded.
Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.  Requires the item of budget authority proposed to be rescinded to be made available for obligation unless both Houses adopt the bill rescinding such item within 60 days.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Setting New Priorities in Education
Spending Act''.

SEC. 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Repeals.--The following provisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) are repealed:
            (1) Subpart 2 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6371 et seq.;
        relating to Early Reading First).
            (2) Subpart 3 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.;
        relating to the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy
        programs).
            (3) Subpart 4 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6383;
        relating to improving literacy through school libraries).
            (4) Section 1502 (20 U.S.C. 6492; relating to
        demonstrations of innovative practices).
            (5) Section 1504 (20 U.S.C. 6494; relating to the Close Up
        Fellowship program).
            (6) Part F of title I (20 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.; relating to
        comprehensive school reform).
            (7) Part H of title I (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.; relating to
        school dropout prevention).
            (8) Section 2151(b) (20 U.S.C. 6651(b); relating to school
        leadership).
            (9) Section 2151(c) (20 U.S.C. 6651(c); relating to
        advanced certification or advanced credentialing).
            (10) Section 2151(d) (20 U.S.C. 6651(d); relating to
        special education teacher training).
            (11) Section 2151(e) (20 U.S.C. 6651(e); relating to early
        childhood educator professional development).
            (12) Section 2151(f) (20 U.S.C. 6651(f); relating to
        teacher mobility).
            (13) Subpart 2 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 6701 et
        seq.; relating to the National Writing Project).
            (14) Subpart 4 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 6721 et
        seq.; relating to the teaching of traditional American
        history).
            (15) Part D of title II (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.; relating
        to enhancing education through technology).
            (16) Part B of title III (20 U.S.C. 6891 et seq.; commonly
        referred to as the ``Improving Language Instruction Educational
        Programs for Academic Achievement Act'').
            (17) Section 4003(1) (20 U.S.C. 7103(1); relating to
        subpart 1 of part A of title IV).
            (18) Subpart 1 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et
        seq.; relating to State grants for safe and drug-free schools
        and communities).
            (19) Section 4129 (20 U.S.C. 7139; relating to grants to
        reduce alcohol abuse).
            (20) Section 4130 (20 U.S.C. 7140; relating to mentoring
        programs).
            (21) Subpart 2 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7245;
        relating to elementary and secondary school counseling
        programs).
            (22) Subpart 3 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7247;
        relating to partnerships in character education).
            (23) Subpart 4 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7249;
        relating to smaller learning communities).
            (24) Subpart 5 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7251;
        relating to the Reading is Fundamental--Inexpensive Book
        Distribution program).
            (25) Subpart 6 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7253 et
        seq.; relating to gifted and talented students).
            (26) Subpart 7 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7255 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Star Schools Act'').
            (27) Subpart 8 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7257 et
        seq.; relating to the Ready to Teach program).
            (28) Subpart 9 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7259 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Foreign Language Assistance
        Act of 2001'').
            (29) Subpart 10 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7261 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Carol M. White Physical
        Education Program'').
            (30) Subpart 11 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7263 et
        seq.; relating to community technology centers).
            (31) Subpart 12 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7265 et
        seq.; relating to educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and
        exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and
        their historical whaling and trading partners in
        Massachusetts).
            (32) Subpart 13 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7267 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Excellence in Economic
        Education Act of 2001'').
            (33) Subpart 14 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7269 et
        seq.; relating to grants to improve the mental health of
        children).
            (34) Subpart 15 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7271;
        relating to arts in education).
            (35) Subpart 17 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7275;
        relating to combatting domestic violence).
            (36) Subpart 18 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7277 et
        seq.; relating to healthy, high-performance schools).
            (37) Subpart 20 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7281 et
        seq.; relating to additional assistance for certain local
        educational agencies impacted by Federal property acquisition).
            (38) Subpart 21 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7283 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Women's Educational Equity
        Act of 2001'').
            (39) Part B of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.; commonly
        referred to as the ``Native Hawaiian Education Act'').
            (40) Part C of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.; commonly
        referred to as the ``Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support,
        and Assistance Act'').
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Title i.--
                    (A) Section 1002.--Section 1002 of the Elementary
                and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is
                amended--
                            (i) in subsection (b)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraphs (2)
                                through (4); and
                                    (II) by striking the following:
    ``(b) Reading First.--
            ``(1) Reading first.--For'', and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Reading First.--For'';
                            (ii) in subsection (e)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraph (2); and
                                    (II) by striking the following:
    ``(e) Federal Activities.--
            ``(1) Sections 1501 and 1502.--For the purpose of carrying
        out sections 1501 and 1502,'', and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Federal Activities.--For the purpose of carrying out section
1501,'';
                            (iii) by striking subsection (f);
                            (iv) by redesignating subsections (g)
                        through (i) as subsections (f) through (h),
                        respectively;
                            (v) by striking subsection (g) (as so
                        redesignated); and
                            (vi) by redesignating subsection (h) (as so
                        redesignated) as subsection (g).
                    (B) Section 1116.--Section 1116(b)(3)(A)(i) of such
                Act (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking
                ``, and may include'' and all that follows through
                ``part F''.
                    (C) Section 1202.--Section 1202 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 6362) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking
                        ``section 1002(b)(1)'' and inserting ``section
                        1002(b)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(7)(A)(vii), by
                        striking ``, including coordination'' and all
                        that follows through ``where applicable''.
                    (D) Section 1703.--Section 1703 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 6533) is amended by striking ``section 1002(g)''
                and inserting ``section 1002(f)''.
            (2) Title ii.--
                    (A) Section 2103.--Section 2103 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 6603) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking
                        ``subpart 5'' and inserting ``section
                        2151(a)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (b), by striking
                        ``subpart 5'' and inserting ``section
                        2151(a)''.
                    (B) Section 2123.--Section 2123(a)(5)(A) of such
                Act (20 U.S.C. 6623(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking
                ``, and are coordinated'' and all that follows through
                ``part D''.
            (3) Title iii.--Section 3001 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6801)
        is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``,
                        except for subpart 4 of part B'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (iii) by striking the following:
    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject'', and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subject'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking
                        ``paragraphs (1) and (2) of'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (iii) by striking the following:
    ``(b) Conditions on Effectiveness of Parts A and B.--
            ``(1) Part a.--Part A'', and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Conditions on Effectiveness of Part A.--Part A''; and
                    (C) by striking subsection (c).
            (4) Title iv.--Section 4003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7103)
        (as amended by subsection (a)(17)), is further amended by
        striking ``appropriated--'' and all that follows through
        ``such'' and inserting ``appropriated such''.
            (5) Title vi.--Section 6222(a)(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
        7351a(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``, as described in part D
        of title II''.
            (6) Title ix.--
                    (A) Section 9101.--Section 9101 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 7801) is amended--
                            (i) by amending paragraph (13) to read as
                        follows:
            ``(13) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means
        each of the programs authorized by--
                    ``(A) part A of title I;
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) part D of title I;
                    ``(D) part A of title II;
                    ``(E) part A of title III;
                    ``(F) part A of title IV;
                    ``(G) part B of title IV;
                    ``(H) part A of title V; and
                    ``(I) subpart 2 of part B of title VI.''; and
                            (ii) by amending paragraph (34)(A)(vii)(I)
                        by striking ``(except'' and all that follows
                        through ``part D of title II)''.
                    (B) Section 9501.--Paragraph (1) of section 9501(b)
                of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7881(b)(1)) is amended to read
                as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--This section applies to programs under--
                    ``(A) subpart 1 of part B of title I;
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) part A of title II, to the extent provided in
                paragraph (3);
                    ``(D) part B of title II;
                    ``(E) part A of title III;
                    ``(F) part A of title IV; and
                    ``(G) part B of title IV.''.

Output:
Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act - Repeals specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Lists the repealed provisions as those pertaining to:

 the Early Reading First program, under subpart 2 of part B of title I; the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy programs, under subpart 3 of part B of title I; improving literacy through school libraries, under subpart 4 of part B of title I; demonstration projects of innovative practices for enabling children to meet state academic content and achievement standards, under part E of title I; the Close Up Fellowship program, under part E of title I; comprehensive school reform, under part F of title I; school dropout prevention, under part H of title I; school leadership, under subpart 5 of part A of title II; advanced certification or advanced credentialing for teachers, under subpart 5 of part A of title II; special education teacher training, under subpart 5 of part A of title II; early childhood educator professional development, under subpart 5 of part A of title II; teacher mobility, under subpart 5 of part A of title II; the National Writing Project, under subpart 2 of part C of title II; the teaching of traditional American history, under subpart 4 of part C of title II; enhancing education through technology, under part D of title II; programs to improve language instruction for limited English proficient children, under part B of title III; state grants for safe and drug-free schools and communities, under subpart 1 of part A of title IV; grants to reduce alcohol abuse, under subpart 2 of part A of title IV; mentoring programs, under subpart 2 of part A of title IV; elementary and secondary school counseling programs, under subpart 2 of part D of title V; partnerships in character education, under subpart 3 of part D of title V; smaller learning communities, under subpart 4 of part D of title V; the Reading is Fundamental--Inexpensive Book Distribution program, under subpart 5 of part D of title V; gifted and talented students, under subpart 6 of part D of title V; the Star Schools program, under subpart 7 of part D of title V; the Ready to Teach program, under subpart 8 of part D of title V; the Foreign Language Assistance program, under subpart 9 of part D of title V; the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, under subpart 10 of part D of title V; community technology centers, under subpart 11 of part D of title V; educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling and trading partners in Massachusetts, under subpart 12 of part D of title V; excellence in economic education, under subpart 13 of part D of title V; grants to improve the mental health of children, under subpart 14 of part D of title V; arts in education, under subpart 15 of part D of title V; combatting domestic violence, under subpart 17 of part D of title V; healthy, high-performance schools, under subpart 18 of part D of title V; additional assistance for certain local educational agencies impacted by federal property acquisition, under subpart 20 of part D of title V; the Women's Educational Equity Act, under subpart 21 of part D of title V; the Native Hawaiian Education program, under part B of title VII; and the Alaska Native Education program, under part C of title VII.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Renewable
Energy Lands Act of 2002''.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``renewable energy'' means electric energy
        generated by solar, wind, or geothermal power.
            (2) The term ``candidate sites'' means sites identified
        under section 4 as candidates for the siting of renewable
        energy production facilities.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The expedited development and deployment of energy
        efficiency and renewable energy technologies and resources in
        the United States will both increase our energy independence
        and contribute to ensuring our energy security.
            (2) Renewable energy facilities produce cleaner energy and
        have much less impact on the environment than conventional
        energy facilities and fuels in terms of air pollution, acid
        rain, and greenhouse gases.
            (3) The United States has abundant solar, wind, and
        geothermal resources on Federal lands providing, a tremendous
        potential for the development and deployment of renewable
        energy power.
            (4) The use of solar, wind, and geothermal technologies and
        resources can be enhanced through the use of integrated
        hydroelectric storage systems.
            (5) The development and deployment of renewable energy
        technologies and resources on Federal lands can be done in an
        expedited fashion consistent with the requirements of the
        Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976 and the National
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

SEC. 3. EVALUATION OF FEDERAL HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY CANDIDATE SITES.

    The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, and in consultation with
the Federal Power Marketing Administrations and other appropriate
Federal agencies, shall evaluate all Federal hydroelectric facilities
on Federal lands and, within 1 year after the enactment of this Act,
identify facilities that are candidates for interconnection with
potential renewable energy generation facilities. Evaluation criteria
to identify candidate facilities shall include--
            (1) proximity of the hydroelectric facilities to Federal
        lands suitable for renewable energy projects;
            (2) existing transmission capacity infrastructure in
        proximity to the hydroelectric facilities;
            (3) the need for, and value of, enhanced peaking power
        production capability in conjunction with the hydroelectric
        facilities;
            (4) the value of increased Department of the Interior
        ability to address varied multiple-use concerns, such as water
        resource management, recreational and wildlife uses, deriving
        from the additional margins of generation potentially provided
        by collocated renewable energy production facilities; and
            (5) other criteria to be determined.

SEC. 4. EVALUATION OF FEDERAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION CANDIDATE
              SITES.

    The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, and in consultation with
the Federal Power Marketing Administrations and other appropriate
Federal agencies, shall, within 1 year after the enactment of this Act,
evaluate and identify potential renewable energy production sites on
Federal lands. Evaluation criteria to identify candidate sites shall
include each of the following:
            (1) Proximity to (A) hydroelectric facilities that are
        identified under section 3 as candidates for interconnection
        with potential renewable energy generation facilities, or (B)
        support infrastructure, including roadways, transmission lines,
        and other facilities.
            (2) Topography appropriate for solar, wind, or geothermal
        generation systems.
            (3) The absence of cultural or historic resources.
            (4) The impact of facilities on wildlife including the
        likelihood of interference with federally listed threatened or
        endangered species and their habitats.
            (5) The absence of any other potential impediments to the
        development of electric energy generation and transmission
        facilities.
Upon completion of the evaluation, the Secretary shall publish a list
of the sites that the Secretary finds to be qualified for the location
of renewable energy facilities. Such list shall be made available for
public comment for a period of at least 90 days.

SEC. 5. ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.

    The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, and in consultation with
other appropriate Federal agencies, shall complete an engineering
feasibility analysis for sites that are identified under section 4 as
candidate sites setting forth each of the following:
            (1) The capability and cost estimates of additional hydro-
        related transmission equipment additions (if any) based on pro
        forma power production increases in 1-percent increments up to
        a total of 10 percent of the subject hydrofacilities current
        production capacity.
            (2) An analysis of the potential financial benefits of
        coordinated operation of the potential renewable energy
        facilities located at the candidate sites with hydroelectric
        facilities on Federal lands.
            (3) An analysis of the potential environmental benefits to
        affected aquatic ecosystems arising from improved flexibility
        in hydrofacility water management attributable to collocated
        renewable energy systems.

SEC. 6. LEASING.

    (a) In General.--Upon the completion of the engineering feasibility
analysis under section 5 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall
expeditiously make the most promising of the candidate sites identified
under section 4 available for long-term lease pursuant to a competitive
bidding process to qualified renewable energy development firms. In
identifying the candidate areas to be made available for leasing under
this section, the Secretary shall locate such areas and determine the
size of such areas in such manner as will (1) minimize the need for
additional rights of way for transmission and for transportation, and
(2) provide such lands to enable the lessee to expand the size of any
initial facility to be constructed on the lease lands.
    (b) Advertising.--The Director of the Bureau of Land Management
shall publicly advertise the terms and conditions of potential long-
term lease agreements for the candidate sites.
    (c) Request for Proposals.--The Director of the Bureau of Land
Management shall prepare a request for proposals to develop the
candidate sites identified under section 4.
    (d) Issuance of Leases.--The leases issued under this section shall
be for a period of not less than 30 years.
    (e) Commencement of Construction and Operation.--As a condition of
any lease under this section, the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management shall require lessees to commence construction of a
renewable energy production facility within 24 months of the signing of
the lease and be fully capable of producing electric energy for sale
within 36 months of the signing of the lease for the public lands site.

SEC. 7. GAO REPORT.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall undertake an
investigation of, and prepare and submit to the Congress a report on,
the existing impediments to the construction of renewable energy
projects on Federal lands and the measures, including legislative
measures, necessary to expedite the development of such projects.

SEC. 8. CONTRACT EXPIRATION.

    Upon expiration and renegotiation of any contract for the sale of
electric energy generated by a Federal hydroelectric facility on
Federal land, the interconnection of potential renewable energy sources
to such facility shall be evaluated and implemented in accordance with
the evaluation criteria as defined in section 3 of this Act.

Output: National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, to: (1) evaluate all Federal hydroelectric facilities on Federal lands and identify candidates for interconnection with potential renewable energy generation facilities; (2) evaluate and identify renewable energy production candidate sites on Federal lands; (3) complete an engineering feasibility analysis for such sites; and (4) expeditiously make the most promising of the candidate sites available for long-term lease pursuant to a competitive bidding process to qualified renewable energy development firms.Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to Congress on the existing impediments to construction of renewable energy projects on Federal lands and the measures necessary to expedite project development.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Employees and Retirees in
Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPALITY ELIGIBILITY TO BE A DEBTOR UNDER
              CHAPTER 9 OF TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Requirements.--Section 109(c) of title 11, United States Code,
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``(but with
                respect to creditors who are employees or retirees of
                such entity, the term `good faith' shall have the same
                meaning as such term has in the National Labor
                Relations Act)'' after ``creditors'' the first place it
                appears,
                    (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking
                ``impracticable'' and inserting ``impossible'', and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D) by striking the period at
                the end and inserting a semicolon, and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
``and establishes by clear and convincing evidence that it satisfies
the requirements of this subsection.''.
    (b) Repeal of Limitation on Authority To Issue Stay Pending
Appeal.--The first sentence of section 921(e) of title 11, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``; nor'' and all that follows
through ``appeal''.
    (c) Direct Immediate Appeal to Court of Appeals.--Section 158(d) of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(3) The appropriate court of appeals shall have jurisdiction of
an appeal of a determination made by a bankruptcy court under section
109(c) of title 11 that an entity is eligible to be a debtor under
chapter 9 of title 11 and shall consider and determine such appeal on
an expedited basis. Such appeal shall be a direct appeal to be reviewed
and heard de novo on the merits. The doctrine of equitable mootness
shall not apply to appeals under this paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. PROTECTING EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES.

    Section 943 of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6) by striking ``and'' at the
                end,
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph
                (8), and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) in a case in which the plan modifies a collective
        bargaining agreement, or modifies a retiree benefit, including
        an accrued pension, retiree health, or other retirement benefit
        otherwise protected by State or municipal law, or a retiree
        benefit as defined in section 1114(a), in any manner otherwise
        prohibited by nonbankruptcy law, the authorized representative
        of the employees covered by such agreement, or the authorized
        representative of individuals receiving the retiree benefits,
        as the case may be, agrees to the plan; and'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1) For purposes of this section, and except as provided in
paragraphs (2) and (3), the authorized representative of those
individuals receiving any retiree benefit covered by any collective
bargaining agreement shall be the labor organization that is signatory
to such agreement unless such organization no longer represents active
employees in the bargaining unit the retirees belonged to when they
were active employees. In such case, the labor organization that
currently represents active employees in that bargaining unit shall be
the authorized representative of such individuals.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if--
            ``(A) such labor organization elects not to serve as the
        authorized representative of such individuals; or
            ``(B) the court, upon a motion by a party in interest,
        after notice and hearing, determines that different
        representation of such individuals is appropriate.
    ``(3) In a case in which the labor organization referred to in
paragraph (2) elects not to serve as the authorized representative of
those individuals receiving any retiree benefits covered by any
collective bargaining agreement to which that labor organization is
signatory, or in a case where the court, pursuant to paragraph (2)
finds different representation of such individuals appropriate, the
court, upon a motion by a party in interest, and after notice and a
hearing, shall order the United States trustee to appoint a committee
of retired employees if the debtor seeks to modify or not pay the
retiree benefits or if the court otherwise determines that it is
appropriate, from among such individuals, to serve as the authorized
representative of such individuals under this section. The party
requesting such relief has the burden of proof.
    ``(d) For retired employees not covered by a collective bargaining
agreement, the court, upon a motion by a party in interest, and after
notice and a hearing, shall issue an order requiring the United States
trustee to appoint a committee of retired employees if the debtor seeks
to modify or not pay the retiree benefits, or if the court otherwise
determines that it is appropriate, to serve as the authorized
representative under this section of such employees. Such party has the
burden of proof with respect to such motion.
    ``(e) To comply with an order issued under subsection (c)(3) or
(d), notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the United
States trustee shall appoint, on a proportional basis per capita based
on organization membership, individuals chosen from among members of
organizations that represent the retirees with respect to whom such
order is entered.
    ``(f) Members of a committee appointed under subsection (c)(3) or
(d) may not recommend modification of any right to a retiree benefit
unless not less than \2/3\ of such members vote in support of such
recommendation.''.

Output: Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2014 - Amends federal bankruptcy law with respect to the requirement for a municipality to be a debtor under Chapter 9 (Adjustment of Debts of a Municipality) that the municipality has negotiated in good faith with creditors and failed to obtain the agreement of those holding at least a majority in amount of the claims of each class that the municipality intends to impair under a plan. Requires that, with respect to creditors who are the municipality's employees or retirees, "good faith" has the same meaning as it does in the National Labor Relations Act.  Requires the municipality also to establish by clear and convincing evidence that it satisfies all eligibility criteria. Repeals the limitation placed upon on court authority to issue a stay pending an appeal of an order for relief.  Amends the Judicial Code to confer upon the appropriate court of appeals jurisdiction of any appeal of a bankruptcy court determination that an entity is eligible to be a municipal debtor. Requires the appellate court to consider and determine such appeal on an expedited basis as a direct appeal, which shall be reviewed and heard de novo on the merits.  Requires the court to confirm the bankruptcy plan of a municipality which modifies a collective bargaining agreement or a retiree benefit in any manner otherwise prohibited by nonbankruptcy law if the plan is agreed to by the authorized representative of either the employees covered by collective bargaining or the individuals receiving the retiree benefits.  Designates the labor organization signatory to a collective bargaining agreement as the authorized representative of individuals receiving retiree benefits covered by that agreement.  Sets forth procedures for court appointment of an authorized representative if a labor organization elects not to serve as one, or if the retired employees are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.


Input:
SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN STATE
              AND LOCAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Notification.--Paragraph (5) of section 527(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to organizations must notify Secretary
that they are section 527 organizations) is amended by striking ``or''
at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the
following:
                    ``(C) which is a political committee of a State or
                local candidate, or a local committee of a political
                party, as defined by State law.''.
    (b) Exemption for Certain State and Local Political Committees From
Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 527(j) of such
        Code (relating to required disclosures of expenditures and
        contributions) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (C),
        (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively,
        and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) to any organization which is an exempt State
                or local political organization,''.
            (2) Exempt state or local political organization.--
        Subsection (e) of section 527 of such Code (relating to other
        definitions) is amended by adding at the end the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(5) Exempt state or local political organization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `exempt State or local
                political organization' means a political
                organization--
                            ``(i) which does not engage in any exempt
                        function other than to influence or to attempt
                        to influence the selection, nomination,
                        election, or appointment of any individual to
                        any State or local public office or office in a
                        State or local political organization,
                            ``(ii) which is subject to State or local
                        requirements to submit reports containing
                        information--
                                    ``(I) regarding individual
                                expenditures from and contributions to
                                such organization, and
                                    ``(II) regarding the person who
                                makes such contributions or receives
                                such expenditures,
                        which is substantially similar to the
                        information which would otherwise be required
                        to be reported under this section, and
                            ``(iii) with respect to which the reports
                        referred to in clause (ii) are made public by
                        the agency with which such reports are filed
                        and are publicly available for inspection in a
                        manner similar to that required by section
                        6104(d)(1).
                    ``(B) Participation of federal candidate or office
                holder.--The term `exempt State or local political
                organization' shall not include any organization
                otherwise described in subparagraph (A) if a candidate
                for nomination or election to Federal elective office
                or an individual who holds such office--
                            ``(i) controls or materially participates
                        in the direction of the organization, or
                            ``(ii) directs, in whole or in part,
                        expenditures or fundraising activities of the
                        organization.''.
    (c) Annual Return Requirements.--
            (1) Income tax returns required only where political
        organization taxable income.--Paragraph (6) of section 6012(a)
        of such Code (relating to general rule of persons required to
        make returns of income) is amended by striking ``or which has
        gross receipts of $25,000 or more for the taxable year (other
        than an organization to which section 527 applies solely by
        reason of subsection (f)(1) of such section)''.
            (2) Information returns.--Subsection (g) of section 6033 of
        such Code (relating to returns required by political
        organizations) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Returns Required by Political Organizations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Every political organization (within the
        meaning of section 527(e)(1)), and every fund treated under
        section 527(g) as if it constituted a political organization,
        which has gross receipts of $25,000 or more for the taxable
        year shall file a return--
                    ``(A) containing the information required, and
                complying with the other requirements, under subsection
                (a)(1) for organizations exempt from taxation under
                section 501(a), and
                    ``(B) containing such other information as the
                Secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions
                of this subsection.
            ``(2) Exceptions from filing.--
                    ``(A) Mandatory exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall
                not apply to an organization--
                            ``(i) which is an exempt State or local
                        political organization (as defined in section
                        527(e)(5)),
                            ``(ii) which is a State or local committee
                        of a political party, or political committee of
                        a State or local candidate, as defined by State
                        law,
                            ``(iii) which is a caucus or association of
                        State or local elected officials,
                            ``(iv) which is a national association of
                        State or local officials,
                            ``(v) which is an authorized committee (as
                        defined in section 301(6) of the Federal
                        Election Campaign Act of 1971) of a candidate
                        for Federal office,
                            ``(vi) which is a national committee (as
                        defined in section 301(14) of the Federal
                        Election Campaign Act of 1971) of a political
                        party, or
                            ``(vii) to which section 527 applies for
                        the taxable year solely by reason of subsection
                        (f)(1) of such section.
                    ``(B) Discretionary exception.--The Secretary may
                relieve any organization required under paragraph (1)
                to file an information return from filing such a return
                where he determines that such filing is not necessary
                to the efficient administration of the internal revenue
                laws.''.
    (d) Waiver of Penalties.--Section 527 of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Authority To Waive.--The Secretary may waive all or any
portion of the--
            ``(1) tax assessed on an organization by reason of the
        failure of the organization to give notice under subsection
        (i), or
            ``(2) penalty imposed under subsection (j) for a failure to
        file a report,
on a showing that such failure was due to reasonable cause and not due
to willful neglect.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendments made by Public Law 106-230.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF INTERACTION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Federal Election Commission, shall publicize information on--
            (1) the effect of the amendments made by this Act, and
            (2) the interaction of requirements to file a notification
        or report under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 and reports under the Federal Election Campaign Act of
        1971.
    (b) Information.--Information provided under subsection (a) shall
be included in any appropriate form, instruction, notice, or other
guidance issued to the public by the Secretary of the Treasury or the
Federal Election Commission regarding reporting requirements of
political organizations (as defined in section 527 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986) or reporting requirements under the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO SECTION 527 ORGANIZATION DISCLOSURE
              PROVISIONS.

    (a) Unsegregated Funds Not To Avoid Tax.--Paragraph (4) of section
527(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to failure to
notify) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term `exempt function
income' means any amount described in a subparagraph of subsection
(c)(3), whether or not segregated for use for an exempt function.''.
    (b) Procedures for Assessment and Collection of Penalty.--Paragraph
(1) of section 527(j) of such Code (relating to required disclosure of
expenditures and contributions) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``For purposes of subtitle F, the penalty
imposed by this paragraph shall be assessed and collected in the same
manner as penalties imposed by section 6652(c).''.
    (c) Application of Fraud Penalty.--Section 7207 of such Code
(relating to fraudulent returns, statements, and other documents) is
amended by striking ``pursuant to subsection (b) of section 6047 or
pursuant to subsection (d) of section 6104'' and inserting ``pursuant
to section 6047(b), section 6104(d), or subsection (i) or (j) of
section 527''.
    (d) Duplicate Electronic and Written Filings Not Required.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 527(i)(1) of such Code is
        amended by striking ``, electronically and in writing,''.
            (2) Subsection (i) of section 527 of such Code is amended
        by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Electronic filing.--The Secretary shall develop
        procedures for submission in electronic form of notices
        required to be filed under this subsection and reports required
        to be filed under subsection (j).''.
    (e) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Subsections (a) and (b).--The amendments made by
        subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to failures occurring on or
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Subsections (c) and (d).--The amendments made by
        subsections (c) and (d) shall take effect as if included in the
        amendments made by Public Law 106-230.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt State and local candidate committees, as well as local committees of political parties, from specified notification requirements; (2) exempt certain State and local political organizations from specified reporting requirements; (3) remove language dictating that certain political organizations with gross receipts of $25,000 or more for a taxable year and specified political newsletter funds with such receipts shall file income tax returns; (4) mandate that, with certain designated exceptions, every political organization with gross receipts of $25,000 or more for a taxable year and specified political newsletter funds with such receipts file information returns with specified information including income, receipts and disbursements, as well as facts deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury; (5) authorize the Secretary to waive certain related penalties; and (6) amend related penalty provisions.