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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Paperwork Elimination
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF OMB TO PROVIDE FOR ACQUISITION AND USE OF
              ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES BY EXECUTIVE
              AGENCIES.

    Section 3504(a)(1)(B)(vi) of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
                            ``(vi) the acquisition and use of
                        information technology, including alternative
                        information technologies that provide for
                        electronic submission, maintenance, or
                        disclosure of information as a substitute for
                        paper and for the use and acceptance of
                        electronic signatures.''.

SEC. 3. PROCEDURES FOR USE AND ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES BY
              EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--In order to fulfill the responsibility to
administer the functions assigned under chapter 35 of title 44, United
States Code, the provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions
D and E of Public Law 104-106) and the amendments made by that Act, and
the provisions of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall, in consultation with the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration and not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, develop procedures for the use and
acceptance of electronic signatures by Executive agencies.
    (b) Requirements for Procedures.--(1) The procedures developed
under subsection (a)--
            (A) shall be compatible with standards and technology for
        electronic signatures that are generally used in commerce and
        industry and by State governments;
            (B) may not inappropriately favor one industry or
        technology;
            (C) shall ensure that electronic signatures are as reliable
        as is appropriate for the purpose in question and keep intact
        the information submitted;
            (D) shall provide for the electronic acknowledgment of
        electronic forms that are successfully submitted; and
            (E) shall, to the extent feasible and appropriate, require
        an Executive agency that anticipates receipt by electronic
        means of 50,000 or more submittals of a particular form to take
        all steps necessary to ensure that multiple methods of
        electronic signatures are available for the submittal of such
        form.
    (2) The Director shall ensure the compatibility of the procedures
under paragraph (1)(A) in consultation with appropriate private bodies
and State government entities that set standards for the use and
acceptance of electronic signatures.

SEC. 4. DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY EXECUTIVE AGENCIES OF PROCEDURES
              FOR USE AND ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.

    In order to fulfill the responsibility to administer the functions
assigned under chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, the
provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of
Public Law 104-106) and the amendments made by that Act, and the
provisions of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall ensure that, commencing not later than five years after
the date of enactment of this Act, Executive agencies provide--
            (1) for the option of the electronic maintenance,
        submission, or disclosure of information, when practicable as a
        substitute for paper; and
            (2) for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures,
        when practicable.

SEC. 5. ELECTRONIC STORAGE AND FILING OF EMPLOYMENT FORMS.

    In order to fulfill the responsibility to administer the functions
assigned under chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, the
provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of
Public Law 104-106) and the amendments made by that Act, and the
provisions of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, develop procedures to permit private employers to store and
file electronically with Executive agencies forms containing
information pertaining to the employees of such employers.

SEC. 6. STUDY ON USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.

    (a) Ongoing Study Required.--In order to fulfill the responsibility
to administer the functions assigned under chapter 35 of title 44,
United States Code, the provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996
(divisions D and E of Public Law 104-106) and the amendments made by
that Act, and the provisions of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall, in cooperation with the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, conduct an ongoing
study of the use of electronic signatures under this title on--
            (1) paperwork reduction and electronic commerce;
            (2) individual privacy; and
            (3) the security and authenticity of transactions.
    (b) Reports.--The Director shall submit to Congress on a periodic
basis a report describing the results of the study carried out under
subsection (a).

SEC. 7. ENFORCEABILITY AND LEGAL EFFECT OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS.

    Electronic records submitted or maintained in accordance with
procedures developed under this Act, or electronic signatures or other
forms of electronic authentication used in accordance with such
procedures, shall not be denied legal effect, validity, or
enforceability because such records are in electronic form.

SEC. 8. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.

    Except as provided by law, information collected in the provision
of electronic signature services for communications with an executive
agency, as provided by this Act, shall only be used or disclosed by
persons who obtain, collect, or maintain such information as a business
or government practice, for the purpose of facilitating such
communications, or with the prior affirmative consent of the person
about whom the information pertains.

SEC. 9. APPLICATION WITH INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS.

    No provision of this Act shall apply to the Department of the
Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service to the extent that such
provision--
            (1) involves the administration of the internal revenue
        laws; or
            (2) conflicts with any provision of the Internal Revenue
        Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 or the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Electronic signature.--The term ``electronic
        signature'' means a method of signing an electronic message
        that--
                    (A) identifies and authenticates a particular
                person as the source of the electronic message; and
                    (B) indicates such person's approval of the
                information contained in the electronic message.
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has
        the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United
        States Code.

            Passed the Senate October 15 (legislative day, October 2),
      1998.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.

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Government Paperwork Elimination Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:  (1) in providing direction and overseeing the acquisition and use of information technology, to include alternative information technologies that provide for electronic submission, maintenance, or disclosure of information as a substitute for paper and for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures; (2) to develop procedures for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures by executive agencies; (3) to ensure that, within five years, executive agencies provide for the option of electronic maintenance, submission, or disclosure of information as a substitute for paper and for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures, when practicable; (4) to develop procedures to permit private employers to store and file electronically with executive agencies forms containing information pertaining to employees; and (5) in cooperation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to conduct and report to Congress on an ongoing study of the use of electronic signatures on paperwork reduction and electronic commerce, individual privacy, and the security and authenticity of transactions.
Provides for:  (1) the enforceability and legal effect of electronic records and signatures; (2) protection from disclosure of information collected in the provision of electronic signature services for executive agencies; and (3) applicability exceptions with respect to administration of the internal revenue laws.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Energy Production
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF CARBON EMISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make available
to the public through the Internet--
            (1) information that describes for all covered operations--
                    (A) the aggregate amount of each fossil fuel, by
                type and by State, produced under Federal leases; and
                    (B) for gas reported, the portion and source of
                such amount that was released by each of venting,
                flaring, and fugitive release;
            (2) information that accurately describes the estimated
        amounts of existing fossil fuel resources on Federal lands
        under lease for the production of fossil fuels, and of Federal
        lands that have potential for such leasing; and
            (3) information that describes the amount and sources of
        energy, in megawatts, produced from operating solar, wind, and
        geothermal projects on Federal lands under lease for the
        production of renewable energy.
    (b) Format.--Information made available under this section shall be
presented in a format that--
            (1) translates such amounts and portions into emissions of
        metric tons of greenhouse gases expressed in carbon dioxide
        equivalent using both the 20-year and 100-year Global Warming
        Potential-weighted emission values;
            (2) for energy produced from solar, wind, and geothermal
        projects, includes an estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions
        that would result from production of the same amount of energy
        from fossil fuel resources; and
            (3) allows--
                    (A) downloading in a machine readable format; and
                    (B) accessing the information without payment of
                any fee or other charge.
    (c) Data Publication Frequency.--The data made available under this
section shall be updated at least annually.

SEC. 3. ACCURATE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING OF METHANE EMISSIONS FROM
              FEDERAL LANDS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, if the Secretary of the Interior determines that
revisions or promulgation of rules are needed to implement section 2
with regard to methane emissions, the Secretary shall initiate a
process under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982
(30 U.S.C. 1711 et seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.), or other applicable law to promulgate regulations to require
accurate measuring and reporting to the Secretary, by each holder of a
lease for the production of fossil fuels on Federal land, of the actual
amount of methane gas produced under such lease, including all such gas
not sold by or on behalf of the lessee.
    (b) Reporting of Gases.--The rules shall include requirements for
reporting by holders of leases, to the maximum extent possible, the
amount and source of all vented, flared, and fugitive releases of gas
resulting from the production of fossil fuels from Federal lands.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Every 2 years, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that
includes--
            (1) efforts underway by the Department of the Interior to
        decrease greenhouse gas emissions from covered operations on
        Federal lands and waters; and
            (2) plans for future reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
        from covered operations on Federal lands and waters.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered operations.--The term ``covered operations''
        means all fossil fuel operations that are subject to the
        mineral leasing laws or title V of the Federal Land Policy and
        Management Act of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.), regardless of
        size, including production, storage, gathering, processing,
        transportation, and handling operations.
            (2) Flaring.--The term ``flaring'' means the intentional
        and controlled burning of gas that occurs in the course of oil
        and gas or coal operations.
            (3) Fossil fuel.--The term ``fossil fuel'' means all
        natural fuels, including oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids,
        and coal.
            (4) Fugitive release.--The term ``fugitive release'' means
        the unintentional and uncontrolled release of gas into the
        atmosphere in the course of oil and gas or coal operations.
            (5) Global warming potential-weighted emission.--The term
        ``Global Warming Potential-weighted emission'' means the ratio
        of the time-integrated radiative forcing from the instantaneous
        release of 1 kilogram of a trace substance relative to that of
        1 kilogram of carbon dioxide, measured in metric tons of carbon
        dioxide equivalent for each greenhouse gas according to the
        most recent, and any subsequent, decisions by the
        Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regarding global
        warming potentials.
            (6) Resources.--The term ``resources'' means oil, gas, and
        coal resources, both identified and inferred, that are both
        technically recoverable and economically recoverable using the
        range of past, and predicted future, commodity prices.
            (7) Venting.--The term ``venting'' means the intentional
        and controlled release of gas into the atmosphere in the course
        of oil and gas operations.
            (8) Produced and production.--The terms ``produced'' and
        ``production'' mean extracted, mined, withdrawn, sold, stored,
        released (including release by venting, flaring, or fugitive
        release), flared, used for beneficial purposes, or otherwise
        emitted during production.

Output: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to publicly disclose the amounts of fossil fuel production, including amounts of gas released (as by flaring), and renewable energy production on public lands. The data shall present amounts of greenhouse gas emissions using the 20- and 100-year Global Warming Potential-weighted emission values and, for renewable energy production, compare fossil fuel-generated emissions resulting from the same amount of energy.   As determined necessary to implement this bill, Interior shall promulgate regulations regarding accurate measurement and reporting of methane emissions.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Clark
        Field, Luzon, Philippines Islands.
            (2) By May 6, 1942, military personnel from the United
        States and the Philippines had bravely and staunchly fought off
        enemy attacks for more than 5 months under strenuous conditions
        that resulted in starvation and disease.
            (3) By maintaining their position and engaging the enemy
        for as long as they did, the soldiers at Bataan were able to
        redefine the momentum of the war and provide other United
        States and Allied forces throughout the Pacific with time to
        plan and prepare for subsequent crucial battles.
            (4) On April 9, 1942, then-Brigadier General Edward King
        surrendered the combined forces of the United States and the
        Philippines on the Bataan Peninsula into enemy hands.
            (5) Over the next week, the soldiers from the United States
        and the Philippines were taken prisoner and forced to march 65
        miles without any food, water, or medical care in what came to
        be know as the Bataan Death March.
            (6) During this forced march, thousands of soldiers died,
        either from starvation, lack of medical care, sheer exhaustion,
        or abuse by their captors.
            (7) Within the first 40 days at Camp O'Donnell, 1,600 more
        prisoners from the United States died.
            (8) On May 6, 1942, then-Lieutenant General Jonathan M.
        Wainwright surrendered the island fortress of Corregidor and
        its fortified islands into enemy hands.
            (9) Over the next 10 days, prisoners from Corregidor were
        held in the open, exposed to the elements with little or no
        food or water.
            (10) They were subsequently transported to the old Bilibid
        Prison in Manila and held several more days until they were
        loaded into cattle rail cars for transport, followed by a
        forced march of over 20 miles to Cabanatuan.
            (11) The conditions at the camp were substandard, leading
        to increased disease and malnutrition among the prisoners.
            (12) On June 6, 1942, United States prisoners were
        transferred from Camp O'Donnell to Cabanatuan.
            (13) In July 1942, all Filipino prisoners were paroled.
            (14) The prisoners who remained in the camps suffered from
        continued mistreatment, malnutrition, lack of medical care, and
        horrific conditions.
            (15) In 1945, all prisoners were liberated.
            (16) Over the subsequent decades, these prisoners formed
        support groups, were honored in local and State memorials, and
        told their story to all people of the United States.
            (17) Many of these soldiers have now passed away, and those
        who remain continue to tell their story.
            (18) The people of the United States are forever indebted
        to these men for--
                    (A) the courage they demonstrated during the first
                5 months of World War II in fighting against enemy
                soldiers; and
                    (B) the perseverance they demonstrated during 3 1/2
                years of capture, imprisonment, and atrocious
                conditions, while maintaining dignity, honor,
                patriotism, and loyalty.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate
arrangements for the award, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold
medal of appropriate design in honor of the soldiers from the United
States who were prisoners of war at Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon,
collectively, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to
their country.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the award under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike the gold medal with
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.
    (c) Smithsonian Institution.--
            (1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in
        honor of the prisoners of war at Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon under
        subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the
        Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed as
        appropriate and made available for research.
            (2) Sense of the congress.--It is the sense of the Congress
        that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal
        received under paragraph (1) available for display at other
        locations, particularly such locations as are associated with
        those who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon and the
        prisoners of war.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    (a) Striking of Duplicates.--Under such regulations as the
Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicates in bronze
of the gold medal struck under section 2.
    (b) Selling of Duplicates.--The Secretary may sell such duplicates
under subsection (a) at a price sufficient to cover the costs of such
duplicates, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    Medals struck pursuant to this Act are National medals for purposes
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, an
amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medal
authorized under section 2.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

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Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the American soldiers who were prisoners of war at Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon during World War II, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country. Provides for the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with those who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon and the prisoners of war.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown Accountability
and Economic Report Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN EVENT OF GOVERNMENT
              SHUTDOWN.

    (a) Prohibition of Pay.--
            (1) In general.--If on any day during a pay period a
        Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of
        each House of Congress shall exclude from the payments
        otherwise required to be made with respect to that pay period
        for the compensation of each Member of Congress who serves in
        that House of Congress an amount equal to the product of--
                    (A) an amount equal to one day's worth of pay under
                the annual rate of pay applicable to the Member under
                section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
                1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and
                    (B) the number of 24-hour periods during which the
                Government shutdown is in effect which occur during the
                pay period.
            (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with
        respect to days occurring after the date of the regularly
        scheduled general election for Federal office held in November
        2018.
    (b) Special Rule for One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.--
            (1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If on any day during the
        One Hundred Fifteenth Congress a Government shutdown is in
        effect, the payroll administrator of that House of Congress
        shall--
                    (A) withhold from the payments otherwise required
                to be made with respect to a pay period for the
                compensation of each Member of Congress who serves in
                that House of Congress an amount equal to the product
                of--
                            (i) an amount equal to one day's worth of
                        pay under the annual rate of pay applicable to
                        the Member under section 601(a) of the
                        Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
                        U.S.C. 4501); and
                            (ii) the number of 24-hour periods during
                        which the Government shutdown is in effect
                        which occur during the pay period; and
                    (B) deposit in an escrow account all amounts
                withheld under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Release of amounts at end of the congress.--In order to
        ensure that this subsection is carried out in a manner that
        shall not vary the compensation of Senators or Representatives
        in violation of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the
        Constitution of the United States, the payroll administrator of
        a House of Congress shall release for payments to Members of
        that House of Congress any amounts remaining in any escrow
        account under this subsection on the last day of the One
        Hundred Fifteenth Congress.
            (3) Exception for days occurring after general election.--
        This subsection does not apply with respect to any day during
        the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress which occurs after the date
        of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
        held in November 2018.
    (c) Role of Secretary of the Treasury.--The Secretary of the
Treasury shall provide the payroll administrators of the Houses of
Congress with such assistance as may be necessary to enable the payroll
administrators to carry out this section.
    (d) Payroll Administrator Defined.--In this section, the ``payroll
administrator'' of a House of Congress means--
            (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, the Chief
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or an
        employee of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who
        is designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out
        this section; and
            (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate,
        or an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who
        is designated by the Secretary to carry out this section.
    (e) Member of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term ``Member
of Congress'' means an individual serving in a position under
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501).

SEC. 3. REPORTS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ON ECONOMIC COSTS AND
              COSTS TO TAXPAYERS OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    Not later than 24 hours after each day on which a Government
shutdown is in effect, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
shall submit a report to Congress containing information on each of the
following, based on the most recent information available to the
Director:
            (1) An estimate of the economic output lost on that day as
        the result of the Government shutdown.
            (2) An estimate of any decrease in gross domestic product
        for the quarter that will occur as the result of the Government
        shutdown.
            (3) The value of any assistance, including loans, grants,
        and contracts, that the Small Business Administration was
        unable to provide as the result of the Government shutdown.
            (4) The amount of any revenue for the National Park Service
        that was lost on that day as the result of the closure of
        National Park Service lands and historic sites.
            (5) An estimate of revenue lost on that day because of the
        effects of the Government shutdown on tourism and travel to and
        within the United States, including travel by foreign tourists.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    For purposes of this Act, a Government shutdown shall be considered
to be in effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal
agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular
appropriations bill or continuing resolution.

Output: Government Shutdown Accountability and Economic Report Act of 2017  This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid salaries during a pay period in which a government shutdown is in effect after the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2018. For the purpose of this bill, a government shutdown is considered to be in effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.  If a government shutdown occurs during the 115th Congress, congressional salaries must be withheld during the shutdown and released to Members of Congress at the end of the Congress, subject to an exception for any day during the 115th Congress which occurs after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2018. During a government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office must submit specified reports to Congress regarding the costs and economic effects of the shutdown.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Banking Regulatory
Relief Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SAVINGS AND DEMAND DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AT
              DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) Interest-Bearing Transaction Accounts Authorized for All
Businesses.--Section 2 of Public Law 93-100 (12 U.S.C. 1832) is
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
        (c) and (d), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Interaccount Transfers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        law, any depository institution may permit the owner of any
        deposit or account on which interest or dividends are paid to
        make up to 24 transfers per month, for any purpose, to another
        account of the owner in the same institution.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--No provision of this
        subsection shall be construed as preventing an account offered
        pursuant to this subsection from being considered a transaction
        account (as defined in section 19(b) of the Federal Reserve Act
        (12 U.S.C. 461(b)) for purposes of such Act.''.
    (b) Now Accounts Authorized for All Businesses After September 30,
2001.--
            (1) In general.--Effective on the date provided in
        paragraph (3), section 2 of Public Law 93-100 (12 U.S.C. 1832)
        (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) is amended to
        read as follows:

``SEC. 2. WITHDRAWALS BY NEGOTIABLE OR TRANSFERABLE INSTRUMENTS FOR
              TRANSFERS TO THIRD PARTIES.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
depository institution (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act) may permit the owner of any deposit or account to make
withdrawals from such deposit or account by negotiable or transferable
instruments for the purpose of making payments to third parties.
    ``(b) Escrow Accounts.--With respect to an escrow account, a lender
or servicer shall pay interest on such account only if such payments
are required by--
            ``(1) a contract between the lender or servicer and the
        borrower; or
            ``(2) a specific statutory provision of the law in effect
        in the State in which the property which is secured by the loan
        is located requires the lender or servicer to make such
        payments.''.
            (2) Repeal of prohibition on payment of interest on demand
        deposits.--
                    (A) Federal reserve act.--Section 19(i) of the
                Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 371a(i)) is amended to
                read as follows:
    ``(i) [Repealed]''.
                    (B) Home owners' loan act.--The 1st sentence of
                section 5(b)(1)(B) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12
                U.S.C. 1464(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``savings
                association may not--'' and all that follows through
                ``(ii) permit any'' and inserting ``savings association
                may not permit any''.
                    (C) Federal deposit insurance act.--Section 18(g)
                of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
                1828(g)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) [Repealed]''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall take effect on October 1, 2001.

SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON RESERVES AT FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.

    (a) In General.--Section 19(b) of the Federal Reserve Act (12
U.S.C. 461(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
            ``(12) Earnings on reserves.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Balances maintained at a Federal
                reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository
                institution to meet the reserve requirements of this
                subsection applicable with respect to such depository
                institution shall receive earnings to be paid by the
                Federal reserve bank at least once each calendar
                quarter at a rate not to exceed the rate earned on the
                securities portfolio of the Federal Reserve System
                during the preceding quarter.
                    ``(B) Regulations relating to payments and
                distribution.--The Board may prescribe regulations
                concerning--
                            ``(i) the payment of earnings in accordance
                        with this paragraph;
                            ``(ii) the distribution of such earnings to
                        the depository institutions which maintain
                        balances at such banks or on whose behalf such
                        balances are maintained; and
                            ``(iii) the responsibilities of depository
                        institutions, Federal home loan banks, and the
                        National Credit Union Administration Central
                        Liquidity Facility with respect to the
                        crediting and distribution of earnings
                        attributable to balances maintained, in
                        accordance with subsection (c)(1)(B), in a
                        Federal reserve bank by any such entity on
                        behalf of depository institutions which are not
                        member banks.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 19(b)(4) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C.
        461(b)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
            (2) Section 19(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act (12
        U.S.C. 461(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``subsection
        (b)(4)(C)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)''.

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Small Business Banking Regulatory Relief Act of 1999 - Amends Federal banking law with respect to a depository institution's authority to permit the holder of any interest-earning or dividend-earning deposit or account (negotiable order of withdrawal or NOW account) to make withdrawals from such account by negotiable or transferable instrument in order to make payments to third parties. Allows the owner of such an account to make up to 24 transfers per month, for any purpose, to another account in the same institution.
Allows any depository institution to permit the owner of any deposit or account (currently limited to individuals, nonprofit organizations, and Federal, State, and local governments) to make withdrawals for making payments to third parties.  Provides conditions under which a lender or servicer shall pay interest on an escrow account.
Repeals Federal provisions which prohibit the payment of interest on demand deposits.
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to provide for the payment of earnings by Federal reserve banks on balances maintained at such banks by or on behalf of a depository institution in order to meet Federal reserve requirements.  Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe regulations with regard to such payments and their distribution and crediting.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Detention of Enemy Combatants Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The al Qaeda terrorist organization and its leaders
        have committed unlawful attacks against the United States,
        including the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States
        Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the
        October 12, 2000, attack on the U.S.S. COLE (DDG-67), and the
        September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
            (2) The al Qaeda terrorist organization and its leaders
        have threatened renewed attacks on the United States and have
        threatened the use of weapons of mass destruction.
            (3) The United Nations Security Council, in Resolutions
        1368 and 1373, declared in September 2001 that the September 11
        attacks against the United States constitute a threat to
        international peace and security.
            (4) The United States is justified in exercising its right
        of self-defense pursuant to international law and the United
        Nations Charter.
            (5) Congress authorized the President on September 18,
        2001, to use all necessary and appropriate force against those
        nations, organizations, or persons that he determines to have
        planned, authorized, committed, or aided the September 11
        terrorist attacks or harbored such organizations or persons, in
        order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism
        against the United States, within the meaning of section 5(b)
        of the War Powers Resolution.
            (6) The United States and its allies are engaged in armed
        conflict with al Qaeda.
            (7) Al Qaeda and its terrorist allies have a presence in
        more than 60 nations around the world, including the United
        States. United States citizens and residents have been detained
        as enemy combatants in the struggle against al Qaeda.
            (8) The term ``enemy combatant'' has historically referred
        to all of the citizens of a state with which the Nation is at
        war, and who are members of the armed force of that enemy
        state. Enemy combatants in the present conflict, however, come
        from many nations, wear no uniforms, and use unconventional
        weapons. Enemy combatants in the war on terrorism are not
        defined by simple, readily apparent criteria, such as
        citizenship or military uniform. And the power to name a
        citizen as an ``enemy combatant'' is therefore extraordinarily
        broad.
            (9) There is precedent for detaining American citizens as
        enemy combatants. In Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), 2 of
        the 8 German soldiers who planned acts of sabotage within the
        United States claimed American citizenship. Detention of enemy
        combatants who are United States citizens is appropriate to
        protect the safety of the public and those involved in the
        investigation and prosecution of terrorism, to facilitate the
        use of classified information as evidence without compromising
        intelligence or military efforts, to gather unimpeded vital
        information from the detainee, and otherwise to protect
        national security interests.
            (10) The Executive must be allowed broad latitude to
        establish by regulation and Executive order the process,
        standards, and conditions in which a United States citizen or
        lawful resident may be detained as an enemy combatant. Courts
        must give broad deference to military judgment concerning the
        determination of enemy combatant status, POW status, and
        related questions.
            (11) Section 4001(a) of title 18, United States Code,
        provides that ``no citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise
        detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of
        Congress''. Section 4001 was designed to repeal the Emergency
        Detention Act of 1950, and ensure that there was a statutory
        basis for any detention. As Chief Justice Burger wrote in Howe
        v. Smith, 452 U.S. 473 (1981), ``the plain language of section
        4001(a) proscribes detention of any kind by the United States,
        absent a congressional grant of authority to detain''.
            (12) By this Act, the Congress authorizes the President to
        detain enemy combatants who are United States persons or
        residents who are members of al Qaeda, or knowingly cooperated
        with members of al Qaeda in the planning, authorizing,
        committing, aiding, or abetting of one or more terrorist acts
        against the United States.
            (13) During wartime, a nation must take extraordinary steps
        to protect itself, including measures that would never be
        acceptable during peacetime. Nonetheless, ``the Constitution of
        the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in
        war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection
        all classes of men, at all times, and under all
        circumstances.'' Ex Parte Milligan.
            (14) Nothing in this Act permits the Government, even in
        wartime, to detain American citizens or other persons lawfully
        in the United States as enemy combatants indefinitely without
        charges and hold them incommunicado without a hearing and
        without access to counsel on the basis of a unilateral
        determination that the person may be connected with an
        organization that intends harm to the United States. The
        Supreme Court has held that a citizen held in the United States
        as an enemy combatant must be given a meaningful opportunity to
        challenge the factual basis for that detention before a neutral
        decisionmaker. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 1 (2004). The
        Supreme Court has held that even enemy aliens within the United
        States are entitled to habeas review of their conviction. Ex
        Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942); Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339
        U.S. 763 (1950).
            (15) The validity of the detention of citizens as enemy
        combatants may be challenged by a writ of habeas corpus. As the
        right of habeas corpus may be effectively nullified by denial
        of the assistance of counsel, a citizen detained as an enemy
        combatant may not be indefinitely denied access to counsel.
            (16) The Congress has a responsibility for maintaining
        vigorous oversight of detention of United States citizens and
        lawful residents to assure that such detentions are consistent
        with due process.

SEC. 3. DETENTION OF ENEMY COMBATANTS.

    (a) Authority.--A United States person or resident may be detained
as an enemy combatant in accordance with this Act if the United States
person or resident is a member of al Qaeda, or knowingly cooperated
with a member of al Qaeda in the planning, authorizing, committing,
aiding, or abetting of one or more terrorist acts against the United
States. Nothing in this Act shall apply to a United States person or
resident who is a prisoner of war within the meaning of the Geneva
Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, signed at
Geneva on August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3316).
    (b) Authority to Establish Procedural Rules.--The Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, and
report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, the standards, process, and criteria to be used for
the determination that an American citizen or lawful resident is an
enemy combatant under subsection (a) and for the detention of such an
enemy combatant.

SEC. 4. PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.

    The rules prescribed for the detention of enemy combatants shall
establish clear standards and procedures governing detention of a
United States person or resident that preserve the Government's ability
to detain those who may threaten the United States, assist in the
gathering of vital intelligence, and protect the confidentiality of
that information or any other information which, if released, could
impede the Government's investigation of terrorism. Such rules shall
also guarantee timely access to judicial review to challenge the basis
for a detention, and permit the detainee access to counsel.

SEC. 5. DETENTION.

    (a) Duration of Detention.--
            (1) Limitation.--A United States person or resident may be
        detained under subsection (a) of section 3 only while there is
        in effect for the purposes of this section a certification by
        the President that--
                    (A) the United States Armed Forces are engaged in a
                state of armed conflict with al Qaeda and an
                investigation with a view toward prosecution, a
                prosecution, or a post-trial proceeding in the case of
                such person or resident is ongoing; or
                    (B) detention is warranted in order to prevent such
                person or resident from aiding persons attempting to
                commit terrorist acts against the United States.
            (2) Certification and recertification.--A certification
        referred to in paragraph (1) shall be effective for 180 days.
        The President may make successive certifications under that
        paragraph.
    (b) Detention Review.--The United States District Court for the
District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction to review any
detention under this Act to ensure that the requirements of this Act
for detaining an accused are satisfied.
    (c) Conditions of Detention.--A person detained under this Act
shall be--
            (1) detained at an appropriate location designated by the
        Secretary of Defense;
            (2) treated humanely, without any adverse distinction based
        on race, color, religion, gender, birth, wealth, or any similar
        criteria;
            (3) afforded adequate food, drinking water, shelter,
        clothing, and medical treatment;
            (4) sheltered under hygienic conditions and provided
        necessary means of personal hygiene; and
            (5) allowed the free exercise of religion consistent with
        the requirements of such detention.

SEC. 6. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    Not less often than once every 12 months, the President shall
submit to the Congress a report on the use of the authority provided by
this Act. Each such report shall specify each individual subject to, or
detained pursuant to, the authority provided by this Act.

SEC. 7. UNITED STATES PERSON OR RESIDENT DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``United States person or resident'' means--
            (1) a United States person, as such term is defined in
        section 101(i) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
        1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(i)); or
            (2) an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for
        permanent residence.

SEC. 8. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The authority under this Act may not be exercised after December
31, 2007.

Output: Detention of Enemy Combatants Act - Authorizes the detention of a U.S. person or resident (excluding a prisoner of war) as an enemy combatant if that individual is an al Qaeda member or knowingly cooperated with an al Qaeda member in planning, authorizing, committing, aiding, or abetting a terrorist act against the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe, publish, and report the standards, process, and criteria: (1) to be used in determining that an American citizen or lawful resident is an enemy combatant; and (2) for that individual's detention. Requires rules for the detention of enemy combatants to: (1) establish clear standards and procedures that meet specified requirements, including preserving the Government's ability to detain those who may threaten the United States; and (2) guarantee timely access to judicial review and permit the detainee access to counsel.Authorizes a U.S. person to be detained as an enemy combatant only while there is in effect a presidential certification that: (1) the U.S. armed forces are in a state of armed conflict with al Qaeda and an investigation, prosecution, or post-trial proceeding regarding such person is ongoing; or (2) detention is warranted to prevent such individual from aiding persons attempting to commit terrorist acts against the United States.Grants the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction to review any detention under this Act.Requires that detainees be: (1) detained at an appropriate location; (2) treated humanely; (3) afforded adequate food, water, shelter, clothing, and medical treatment; (4) sheltered under hygienic conditions; and (5) allowed the free exercise of religion consistent with specified requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marijuana Businesses Access to
Banking Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.

    A Federal banking regulator may not--
                    (1) terminate or limit the deposit insurance or
                share insurance of a depository institution under the
                Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.)
                or the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et
                seq.) solely because the depository institution
                provides or has provided financial services to a
                marijuana-related legitimate business;
                    (2) prohibit, penalize, or otherwise discourage a
                depository institution from providing financial
                services to a marijuana-related legitimate business;
                    (3) recommend, incentivize, or encourage a
                depository institution not to offer financial services
                to an individual, or to downgrade or cancel the
                financial services offered to an individual solely
                because--
                            (A) the individual is a manufacturer or
                        producer, or is the owner or operator of a
                        marijuana-related legitimate business;
                            (B) the individual later becomes an owner
                        or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business; or
                            (C) the depository institution was not
                        aware that the individual is the owner or
                        operator of a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business; and
                    (4) take any adverse or corrective supervisory
                action on a loan made to an owner or operator of--
                            (A) a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business, solely because the owner or operator
                        owns or operates a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business; or
                            (B) real estate or equipment that is leased
                        to a marijuana-related legitimate business,
                        solely because the owner or operator of the
                        real estate or equipment leased the equipment
                        or real estate to a marijuana-related
                        legitimate business.

SEC. 3. PROTECTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

    (a) In General.--In a State or political subdivision of a State
that allows the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale,
transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or purchase of
marijuana pursuant to a law or regulation of such State or political
subdivision, a depository institution that provides financial services
to a marijuana-related legitimate business, and the officers,
directors, and employees of that depository institution may not be held
liable pursuant to any Federal law or regulation--
            (1) solely for providing such financial services pursuant
        to the law or regulation of such State or political
        subdivision; or
            (2) for further investing any income derived from such
        financial services.
    (b) Forfeiture.--A depository institution that has a legal interest
in the collateral for a loan made to an owner or operator of a
marijuana-related legitimate business, or to an owner or operator of
real estate or equipment that is leased to a marijuana-related
legitimate business, shall not be subject to criminal, civil, or
administrative forfeiture of that legal interest pursuant to any
Federal law for providing such loan.

SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall require a depository institution to
provide financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS.

    Section 5318(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Requirements for marijuana-related businesses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a financial institution or
                any director, officer, employee, or agent of a
                financial institution reports a suspicious transaction
                pursuant to this subsection, and the reason for the
                report relates to a marijuana-related business, the
                Secretary shall require that such report complies with
                the requirements of the guidance issued by the
                Financial Crimes Enforcement Network titled `BSA
                Expectations Regarding Marijuana-Related Businesses'
                (FIN-2014-G001; published on February 14, 2014). The
                Secretary may issue additional regulations or guidance
                as necessary to ensure that reports of suspicious
                transactions do not inhibit the provision of financial
                services to marijuana-related legitimate businesses in
                a State or political subdivision of a State that has
                allowed the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale,
                transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or
                purchase of marijuana pursuant to law or regulation of
                such State or political subdivision.
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
                `marijuana-related legitimate business' has the meaning
                given such term in the Marijuana Businesses Access to
                Banking Act of 2015.''.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Depository institution.--The term ``depository
        institution'' means--
                    (A) a depository institution as defined in section
                3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
                1813(c));
                    (B) a Federal credit union as defined in section
                101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752);
                or
                    (C) a State credit union as defined in section 101
                of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
            (2) Federal banking regulator.--The term ``Federal banking
        regulator'' means each of the Board of Governors of the Federal
        Reserve System, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection,
        the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the
        Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union
        Administration, or any Federal agency or department that
        regulates banking or financial services, as determined by the
        Secretary of the Treasury.
            (3) Financial service.--The term ``financial service''
        means a financial product or service as defined in section 1002
        of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
        Act (12 U.S.C. 5481).
            (4) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' means a person
        who manufactures, compounds, converts, processes, prepares, or
        packages marijuana or marijuana products.
            (5) Marijuana-related legitimate business.--The term
        ``marijuana-related legitimate business'' means a manufacturer,
        producer, or any person that--
                    (A) participates in any business or organized
                activity that involves handling marijuana or marijuana
                products, including cultivating, producing,
                manufacturing, selling, transporting, displaying,
                dispensing, distributing, or purchasing marijuana or
                marijuana products; and
                    (B) engages in such activity pursuant to a law or
                regulation of by a State or a political subdivision of
                a State.
            (6) Marijuana.--The term ``marijuana'' has the meaning
        given the term ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
            (7) Marijuana product.--The term ``marijuana product''
        means any article which contains marijuana, including an
        article which is a concentrate, an edible, a tincture, a
        marijuana-infused product, or a topical.
            (8) Producer.--The term ``producer'' means a person who
        plants, cultivates, harvests, or in any way facilitates the
        natural growth of marijuana.
            (9) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several
        States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any
        territory or possession of the United States.

Output: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015 This bill provides a safe harbor for depository institutions providing financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business insofar as it prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit or share insurance of a depository institution solely because it provides financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering such services. A federal banking regulator may neither recommend, motivate, provide incentives, nor encourage a depository institution to refuse to offer financial services to an individual, nor downgrade or cancel financial services offered to an individual, solely because the individual: (1) is a manufacturer, producer, owner or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) the depository institution was not aware that the individual is the owner or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate business.   A federal banking regulator may not take any adverse or corrective supervisory action, solely because of the business involved, on a loan made to an owner or operator of: (1) a marijuana-related legitimate business, or (2) real estate or equipment that is leased to a marijuana-related legitimate business. Immunity from federal criminal prosecution or investigation is granted, subject to certain conditions, to a depository institution that provides financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business in a state or one of its political subdivisions that allows the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or purchase of marijuana. Neither the depository institution nor its officers, directors, nor employees may be held liable under federal law or regulation solely for providing such financial services or further investing income derived from those services. The Department of the Treasury must require any suspicious activity report filed by a financial institution regarding a marijuana-based business to comply with specified guidance of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Border Security
and Elimination of Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens Act of 2007''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The illegal entry into the United States of dangerous
        gang members, such as MS-13, is a direct threat to the security
        of the United States.
            (2) The continuing rise of illegal immigration increases
        the chances that a terrorist will gain entry into the United
        States undetected.
            (3) The rising cost to United States taxpayers to support
        housing, health care, education expenses, and criminal justice
        for illegal aliens has reached between $11,000,000,000 and
        $22,000,000,000 per year.
            (4) Any attempt to deal with illegal aliens currently
        living in the United States must start with the United States
        securing its borders.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the worsening crisis of illegal
immigration must be solved.

SEC. 4. BORDER SECURITY.

    (a) Full-Time Active-Duty Border Patrol Agents.--In order to
fulfill the requirement under section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458; 118 Stat.
3734) (relating to an increase in the number of positions for full-time
active-duty border patrol agents within the Department of Homeland
Security), and subject to the availability of appropriations for such
purpose, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) increase incentives to recruit individuals to become
        such agents by offering such individuals repayment of higher
        education loans, not to exceed $6,000 per year and a maximum of
        $40,000; and
            (2) develop incentives to retain experienced border patrol
        agents through the establishment of a retention program.
    (b) Deployment of Technology.--In accordance with section 2(a)(1)
of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-367; 8 U.S.C. 1701
note), the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to deploy
newly-developed and cutting-edge technologies to secure the
international land and maritime borders of the United States.
    (c) Construction of Border Fence.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall--
            (1) make a priority the construction of the border fencing
        required under section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform
        and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note);
        and
            (2) not later than June 30, 2008, submit to Congress a
        report on the progress and expected completion date of such
        construction.

SEC. 5. MANDATED COLLABORATION TO END SANCTUARY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.

    If an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States is
arrested for any offense by a State or local law enforcement agency,
the head of such agency shall immediately notify United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of such arrest and the
identity of such alien.

SEC. 6. EXPEDITED REMOVAL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES OF CRIMINAL ALIENS.

    (a) Action by ICE; Expedited Removal.--Upon notification under
section 5, the alien arrested under such section shall be immediately
detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and
presented before an immigration judge (as defined in section 101(b)(4)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(4))), the name
and fingerprints of such alien shall be added to an appropriate watch
list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security concerning
aliens who have been unlawfully present in the United States, and such
immigration judge shall order such alien immediately removed from the
United States without being released from detention and without further
hearing or review in the same manner as an alien described in
subparagraph (A)(i) of section 235(b)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1225(b)(1)) is subject to immediate removal from the United States
under the provisions of such section.
    (b) Permanent Ineligibility for Admission to United States.--
Section 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C)(i)(I)) is amended by striking ``for an aggregate
period of more than 1 year'' and inserting ``for any period of time''.
    (c) Criminal Penalties for Subsequent Unlawful Presence.--An alien
who is removed from the United States under subsection (a) and who is
subsequently determined to be unlawfully present in the United States
shall be imprisoned for not more than five years and fined in
accordance with title 18, United States Code, and shall be removed from
the United States in accordance with the expedited removal proceedings
described in such subsection after the completion of such alien's term
of imprisonment.

Output:
Border Security and Elimination of Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the worsening crisis of illegal immigration must be solved.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) increase incentives to recruit Border Patrol agents through repayment of higher education loans; (2) establish a retention program; and (3) make construction of border fencing a priority.

Authorizes the Secretary to deploy newly-developed technology along the land and maritime borders.

Requires that a state or local law enforcement agency that arrests an alien unlawfully in the United States for any reason shall notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement respecting such arrest and provide the identity of the arrested person. Provides for: (1) such person's expedited removal from the United States, and (2) criminal penalties and expedited removal for a subsequent unlawful presence.

Makes inadmissible to the United States an alien who has been unlawfully present in the United States and who attempts to illegally enter or reenter the United States. (Under current law, such person must be unlawfully in the United States for an aggregate period exceeding one year.)


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) A well-trained workforce is essential to meeting the
        Nation's growing cybersecurity needs.
            (2) A 2015 report by the National Academy of Public
        Administration found that the United States faces a severe
        shortage of properly trained and equipped cybersecurity
        professionals.
            (3) A 2015 study of the information security workforce
        found that the information security workforce shortfall is
        widening.
            (4) The National Science Foundation's CyberCorps:
        Scholarship-for-Service program is a successful effort to
        support capacity building in institutions of higher education
        and scholarships for students to pursue cybersecurity careers.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM.

    Section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C.
7442) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
        ``Scholarship recipients shall include eligible students who
        are pursuing an associate's degree in a cybersecurity field
        without the intent of transferring to a bachelor's degree
        program and either have a bachelor's degree already or are
        veterans of the Armed Forces.'';
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
        ``In the case of a scholarship recipient who is pursuing a
        doctoral or master's degree, such agreement may include (if
        determined on a case-by-case basis by the Director of the
        National Science Foundation to be appropriate and to further
        the goals of the scholarship-for-service program) an agreement
        for the recipient to work at an institution of higher education
        or for a local educational agency teaching cybersecurity skills
        for a period equal to the length of the scholarship following
        receipt of such degree.'';
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
                following:
            ``(3) have demonstrated a high level of competency in
        relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities, as described in the
        national cybersecurity awareness and education program under
        section 401;''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
                following:
            ``(4) be a student in an eligible degree program at a
        qualified institution of higher education, as determined by the
        Director of the National Science Foundation, who is--
                    ``(A) a full-time student; or
                    ``(B) a student who is enrolled for study leading
                to a degree on a less than full-time basis but not less
                than half-time basis; and'';
            (4) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following:
    ``(m) Evaluation and Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the National Science
        Foundation shall evaluate and make public, in a manner that
        protects the personally identifiable information of scholarship
        recipients, information on the success of recruiting
        individuals for scholarships under this section and on hiring
        and retaining those individuals in the public sector workforce,
        including on--
                    ``(A) placement rates;
                    ``(B) where students are placed;
                    ``(C) student salary ranges for students not
                released from obligations under this section;
                    ``(D) how long after graduation they are placed;
                    ``(E) how long they stay in the positions they
                enter upon graduation;
                    ``(F) how many students are released from
                obligations;
                    ``(G) what (if any) remedial training needs are
                required; and
                    ``(H) the number of determinations permitting
                scholarship recipients to fulfill their obligations at
                an institution of higher education or local educational
                agency pursuant to subsection (d) or in a critical
                infrastructure position pursuant to subsection (p)(1),
                and the reason for each such determination.
            ``(2) Regular reports.--The Director of the National
        Science Foundation shall submit to Congress a report containing
        the information described in paragraph (1) not later than 180
        days after the date of enactment of the Cyber Scholarship
        Opportunities Act of 2017 and not less than once every 2 years
        thereafter.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Resources.--The Director of the National Science Foundation
shall work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to
establish an online resource center for the CyberCorps community that
consolidates or eliminates other relevant websites, if possible. Such
online resource center shall--
            ``(1) present up-to-date, accurate information about
        existing scholarship programs and job opportunities;
            ``(2) present a modernized view of cybersecurity careers;
            ``(3) improve user friendliness; and
            ``(4) allow prospective job applicants to search positions
        by State, salary, and title.
    ``(o) Cybersecurity at Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Level.--The
Director of the National Science Foundation, in coordination with other
Federal agencies as necessary, shall carry out a program to grow and
improve cybersecurity education at the kindergarten through grade 12
level that--
            ``(1) increases interest in cybersecurity careers;
            ``(2) helps students practice correct and safe online
        behavior and understand the foundational principles of
        cybersecurity; and
            ``(3) improves teaching methods for delivering
        cybersecurity content for kindergarten through grade 12
        computer science curricula.
    ``(p) Critical Infrastructure Protection.--Due to the need for
skilled cybersecurity professionals to protect the Nation's critical
infrastructure, the Director of the National Science Foundation may--
            ``(1) grant exceptions to students for fulfilling post-
        award employment obligations under this section (on a case-by-
        case basis and in coordination with other Federal agencies) who
        agree to work in a critical infrastructure mission at a Federal
        Government corporation or a State, local, or tribal government-
        affiliated asset, system, or network that is considered to be
        part of a critical infrastructure sector as described in
        Presidential Policy Directive-21, issued February 12, 2013
        (related to critical infrastructure security and resilience),
        or any successor; and
            ``(2) develop a pilot program to enhance critical
        infrastructure protection training for students pursuing
        careers in cybersecurity.
    ``(q) Studies.--The Director of the National Science Foundation, in
coordination with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
shall assess--
            ``(1) the potential benefits and feasibility of granting
        scholarship awards under this section to students who do not
        possess a bachelor's degree to pursue an associate's degree or
        an industry-recognized credential in a cybersecurity field; and
            ``(2) how scholarship recipients with an agreement to work
        at an institution of higher education or local educational
        agency are supporting the cyber workforce pipeline.''.

Output: Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to require the federal cyber scholarship-for-service program that the National Science Foundation (NSF) coordinates with the Department of Homeland Security to include scholarship recipients who are students pursuing an associate's degree in a cybersecurity field without the intent of transferring to a bachelor's degree program and who either have a bachelor's degree already or are veterans of the Armed Forces. The post-award employment obligations of scholarship recipients pursuing a doctoral or master's degree may include work at an institution of higher education or for a local educational agency teaching cybersecurity skills. Scholarship eligibility factors are revised to include: (1) an individual's skills and abilities under the National Institute of Standards and Technology's national cybersecurity awareness and education program, and (2) students pursuing a degree on a less than full-time but not less than half-time basis. The NSF must work with the Office of Personnel Management to consolidate information about cyber scholarships programs and job opportunities into a single online resource center.  The NSF may carry out a program to improve cybersecurity education at the K-12 level. The NSF may: (1) grant exceptions from the post-award employment obligations to students who agree to work in a critical infrastructure mission at a federal government corporation or a state, local, or tribal government-affiliated component of a critical infrastructure sector; or (2) develop a pilot program to enhance critical infrastructure protection training for students pursuing careers in cybersecurity.


Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Campus Sexual Violence Elimination
Act''.

SEC. 2. CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND
              STALKING EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking the
                period at the end and inserting ``, when the victim of
                such crime elects or is unable to make such a
                report.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (F)--
                            (i) in clause (i)(VIII), by striking
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (ii)--
                                    (I) by striking ``sexual
                                orientation'' and inserting ``national
                                origin, sexual orientation, gender
                                identity,''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period and
                                inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) of domestic violence, dating
                        violence, and stalking incidents that were
                        reported to campus security authorities or
                        local police agencies.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, that withholds the
        names of victims as confidential,'' after ``that is timely'';
            (3) in paragraph (6)(A)--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii)
                as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before clause (ii), as
                redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following:
            ``(i) The terms `dating violence', `domestic violence', and
        `stalking' have the meaning given such terms in section
        40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
        13925(a)).''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (iv), as redesignated
                by subparagraph (A), the following:
            ``(v) The term `sexual assault' means an offense classified
        as a forcible or nonforcible sex offense under the uniform
        crime reporting system of the Federal Bureau of
        Investigation.'';
            (4) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) by striking ``paragraph (1)(F)'' and inserting
                ``clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(F)''; and
                    (B) by inserting after ``Hate Crime Statistics
                Act.'' the following: ``For the offenses of domestic
                violence, dating violence, and stalking, such
                statistics shall be compiled in accordance with the
                definitions used in section 40002(a) of the Violence
                Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)).'';
            (5) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
    ``(8)(A) Each institution of higher education participating in any
program under this title, other than a foreign institution of higher
education, shall develop and distribute as part of the report described
in paragraph (1) a statement of policy regarding--
            ``(i) such institution's programs to prevent domestic
        violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and
            ``(ii) the procedures that such institution will follow
        once an incident of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
        assault, or stalking has been reported, including a statement
        of the standard of evidence that will be used during any
        institutional conduct proceeding arising from such a report.
    ``(B) The policy described in subparagraph (A) shall address the
following areas:
            ``(i) Education programs to promote the awareness of rape,
        acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
        assault, and stalking, which shall include--
                    ``(I) primary prevention and awareness programs for
                all incoming students and new employees, which shall
                include--
                            ``(aa) a statement that the institution of
                        higher education prohibits the offenses of
                        domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
                        assault, and stalking;
                            ``(bb) the definition of domestic violence,
                        dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
                        in the applicable jurisdiction;
                            ``(cc) the definition of consent, in
                        reference to sexual activity, in the applicable
                        jurisdiction;
                            ``(dd) safe and positive options for
                        bystander intervention that may be carried out
                        by an individual to prevent harm or intervene
                        when there is a risk of domestic violence,
                        dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
                        against a person other than such individual;
                            ``(ee) information on risk reduction to
                        recognize warning signs of abusive behavior and
                        how to avoid potential attacks; and
                            ``(ff) the information described in clauses
                        (ii) through (vii); and
                    ``(II) ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns
                for students and faculty, including information
                described in items (aa) through (ff) of subclause (I).
            ``(ii) Possible sanctions or protective measures that such
        institution may impose following a final determination of an
        institutional disciplinary procedure regarding rape,
        acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
        assault, or stalking.
            ``(iii) Procedures victims should follow if a sex offense,
        domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
        has occurred, including information in writing about--
                    ``(I) the importance of preserving evidence as may
                be necessary to the proof of criminal domestic
                violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking,
                or in obtaining a protection order;
                    ``(II) to whom the alleged offense should be
                reported;
                    ``(III) options regarding law enforcement and
                campus authorities, including notification of the
                victim's option to--
                            ``(aa) notify proper law enforcement
                        authorities, including on-campus and local
                        police;
                            ``(bb) be assisted by campus authorities in
                        notifying law enforcement authorities if the
                        victim so chooses; and
                            ``(cc) decline to notify such authorities;
                        and
                    ``(IV) where applicable, the rights of victims and
                the institution's responsibilities regarding orders of
                protection, no contact orders, restraining orders, or
                similar lawful orders issued by a criminal, civil, or
                tribal court.
            ``(iv) Procedures for institutional disciplinary action in
        cases of alleged domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
        assault, or stalking, which shall include a clear statement
        that--
                    ``(I) such proceedings shall--
                            ``(aa) provide a prompt, fair, and
                        impartial investigation and resolution;
                            ``(bb) be conducted by officials who
                        receive annual training on the issues related
                        to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
                        assault, and stalking and how to conduct an
                        investigation and hearing process that protects
                        the safety of victims and promotes
                        accountability; and
                            ``(cc) use the preponderance of the
                        evidence standard;
                    ``(II) the accuser and the accused are entitled to
                the same opportunities to have others present during an
                institutional disciplinary proceeding, including the
                opportunity to be accompanied to any related meeting or
                proceeding by an advisor of their choice; and
                    ``(III) both the accuser and the accused shall be
                simultaneously informed, in writing, of--
                            ``(aa) the outcome of any institutional
                        disciplinary proceeding that arises from an
                        allegation of domestic violence, dating
                        violence, sexual assault, or stalking;
                            ``(bb) the institution's procedures for the
                        accused and the victim to appeal the results of
                        the institutional disciplinary proceeding;
                            ``(cc) any change to the results that
                        occurs prior to the time that such results
                        become final; and
                            ``(dd) when such results become final.
            ``(v) Information about how the institution will protect
        the confidentiality of victims, including how publicly
        available recordkeeping will be accomplished without the
        inclusion of identifying information about the victim, to the
        extent permissible by law.
            ``(vi) Written notification of students and employees about
        existing counseling, health, mental health, victim advocacy,
        legal assistance, and other services available for victims both
        on-campus and in the community.
            ``(vii) Written notification of victims about options for,
        and available assistance in, changing academic, living,
        transportation, and working situations, if so requested by the
        victim and if such accommodations are reasonably available,
        regardless of whether the victim chooses to report the crime to
        campus police or local law enforcement.
    ``(C) A student or employee who reports to an institution of higher
education that the student or employee has been a victim of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, whether the
offense occurred on or off campus, shall be provided with a written
explanation of the student or employee's rights and options, as
described in clauses (ii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B).'';
            (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ``The Secretary'' and
        inserting ``The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney
        General of the United States,'';
            (7) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting the following:
    ``(16)(A) The Secretary shall seek the advice and counsel of the
Attorney General of the United States concerning the development, and
dissemination to institutions of higher education, of best practices
information about campus safety and emergencies.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall seek the advice and counsel of the
Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services concerning the development, and dissemination to
institutions of higher education, of best practices information about
preventing and responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including elements of
institutional policies that have proven successful based on evidence-
based outcome measurements.''; and
            (8) by striking paragraph (17) and inserting the following:
    ``(17) No officer, employee, or agent of an institution
participating in any program under this title shall retaliate,
intimidate, threaten, coerce, or otherwise discriminate against any
individual for exercising their rights or responsibilities under any
provision of this subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect with respect to the annual security report under section
485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1))
prepared by an institution of higher education 1 calendar year after
the date of enactment of this Act, and each subsequent calendar year.

Output: Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to include in their annual security report policies encouraging the accurate and prompt reporting of all crimes to campus police and appropriate law enforcement agencies when crime victims elect to, or are unable to, report the crimes.  Requires that report to include: (1) data on the occurrence of certain violent crimes that are motivated by the victim's nationality; and (2) statistics concerning the occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking incidents reported to campus security authorities or local police. Requires schools to protect victim confidentiality when reporting criminal threats to the campus community. Directs IHEs to include in their annual security report a statement of policy regarding their programs to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and the procedures they follow when such an offense is reported. Requires an IHE's policy regarding those offenses to include:    education that promotes awareness of the offenses;   possible sanctions or protective measures imposed following disciplinary action;   procedures victims should follow after such an offense occurs;   institutional disciplinary procedures;   information about how the IHE will protect victim confidentiality;   the written notification of students and employees concerning on-campus and community services available for victims; and   the written notification of victims regarding their options for, and assistance in, changing academic, living, transportation, and working situations, regardless of whether or not they choose to report the crime.  Requires students and employees who report having been the victim of such an offense to their IHE, whether it occurred on or off campus, to receive a written notification of their rights and options under the IHE's policy. Directs the Secretary of Education to seek the counsel of the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the development, and dissemination to IHEs, of best practices for preventing and responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.