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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Science Research
Investment Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Office of Science is the largest Federal sponsor of
        civilian research in the physical sciences and plays a major
        role in supporting interdisciplinary research that contributes
        to other scientific fields, including the life sciences,
        mathematics, computer science, engineering, and the
        environmental sciences.
            (2) The Department of Energy's laboratories have scientific
        capabilities that are unmatched in typical academic or
        industrial institutions. Their scientific teams can develop
        integrated approaches to grand scientific challenges that are
        often beyond the reach of individual experimenters. The Human
        Genome Project exemplifies this capability.
            (3) The facilities at the Department of Energy's
        laboratories are invaluable to scientists across disciplines,
        including those from academia, industry, and government.
            (4) For more than half a century, science research has had
        an extraordinary impact on the economy, national security,
        medicine, energy, life sciences, and the environment. In the
        economic arena, studies show that about half of all United
        States post-World War II economic growth is a direct result of
        technological innovation stemming from scientific research.
            (5) The Department of Energy's Office of Science programs,
        in constant dollars, have been flat funded for more than a
        decade, placing our scientific leadership in jeopardy and
        limiting the generation of ideas that will enhance our security
        and drive future economic growth.
            (6) Because the cost of doing research increases at a
        faster rate than the Consumer Price Index, flat funding for the
        Office of Science has led to a decline in the number of grants
        awarded, students trained, and scientists supported. Flat and
        erratic funding has also led to an underutilization of the
        facilities that the United States has invested hundreds of
        millions of dollars to construct.
            (7) Higher funding levels for the Office of Science will
        provide more opportunities for young Americans to enter the
        fields of mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences,
        helping to alleviate an increasing over-reliance on foreign
        talent in these fields.

                TITLE I--OFFICE OF SCIENCE AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Program Direction.--The Secretary of Energy, acting through the
Office of Science, shall--
            (1) conduct a comprehensive program of fundamental
        research, including research on chemical sciences, physics,
        materials sciences, biological and environmental sciences,
        geosciences, engineering sciences, plasma sciences,
        mathematics, and advanced scientific computing;
            (2) maintain, upgrade, and expand the scientific user
        facilities maintained by the Office of Science and ensure that
        they are an integral part of the departmental mission for
        exploring the frontiers of fundamental science;
            (3) maintain a leading-edge research capability in the
        energy-related aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology,
        advanced scientific computing and genome research; and
            (4) ensure that its fundamental science programs, where
        appropriate, help inform the applied research and development
        programs of the Department.
    (b) Fiscal Year 2004.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
        the Office of Science $3,624,454,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (2) Specific allocations.--The amount authorized under
        paragraph (1) shall be allocated as follows:
                    (A) General research activities (including
                university programs, facilities operations, national
                laboratory programs, accelerator research and
                development, workforce development, construction
                carryovers from years prior to fiscal year 2004, and
                program administration): $3,494,454,000.
                    (B) Initiatives consistent with interagency
                guidance (among them nanoscience centers, advanced
                complex-simulation computing, and Genomes-to-Life
                centers): $80,000,000.
                    (C) New construction: $50,000,000.
    (c) Fiscal Year 2005.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
        the Office of Science $4,015,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (2) Specific allocations.--The amount authorized under
        paragraph (1) shall be allocated as follows:
                    (A) General research activities (including
                university programs, facilities operations, national
                laboratory programs, accelerator research and
                development, workforce development, construction
                carryovers from years prior to fiscal year 2004, and
                program administration): $3,820,000,000.
                    (B) Initiatives consistent with interagency
                guidance (among them nanoscience centers, advanced
                complex-simulation computing, and Genomes-to-Life
                centers): $130,000,000.
                    (C) New construction: $65,000,000.
    (d) Fiscal Year 2006.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
        the Office of Science $4,618,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
            (2) Specific allocations.--The amount authorized under
        paragraph (1) shall be allocated as follows:
                    (A) General research activities (including
                university programs, facilities operations, national
                laboratory programs, accelerator research and
                development, workforce development, construction
                carryovers from years prior to fiscal year 2004, and
                program administration): $4,243,000,000.
                    (B) Initiatives consistent with interagency
                guidance (among them nanoscience centers, advanced
                complex-simulation computing, and Genomes-to-Life
                centers): $205,000,000.
                    (C) New construction: $170,000,000.
    (e) Fiscal Year 2007.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
        the Office of Science $5,310,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
            (2) Specific allocations.--The amount authorized under
        paragraph (1) shall be allocated as follows:
                    (A) General research activities (including
                university programs, facilities operations, national
                laboratory programs, accelerator research and
                development, workforce development, construction
                carryovers from years prior to fiscal year 2004, and
                program administration): $4,815,000,000.
                    (B) Initiatives consistent with interagency
                guidance (among them nanoscience centers, advanced
                complex-simulation computing, and Genomes-to-Life
                centers): $215,000,000.
                    (C) New construction: $280,000,000.

SEC. 102. REPORTING.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of legislation
providing for the annual appropriation of funds for the Office of
Science, the Director of the Office of Science, henceforth referred to
as the Assistant Secretary of Science, in accordance with section
201(b) of this Act, shall submit to the Committee on Science of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate a plan for the allocation of funds authorized
by this Act for the corresponding fiscal year. The plan shall include a
description of how the allocation of funding will--
            (1) affect trends in research support for major fields and
        subfields of the physical sciences, mathematics, and
        engineering, including emerging multidisciplinary areas;
            (2) affect the utilization of the Department's facilities;
            (3) address the workforce needs by field of science,
        mathematics, and engineering; and
            (4) ensure that research in the physical sciences,
        mathematics, and engineering is adequate to address important
        research opportunities in these fields.

                      TITLE II--SCIENCE MANAGEMENT

SEC. 201. IMPROVED COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CIVILIAN SCIENCE AND
              TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.

    (a) Effective Top-Level Coordination of Research and Development
Programs.--Section 202(b) of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7132(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary for
Energy Research and Science, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary
shall be compensated at the rate provided for at level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(2) The Under Secretary for Energy Research and Science shall be
appointed from among persons who--
            ``(A) have extensive background in scientific or
        engineering fields; and
            ``(B) are well qualified to manage the civilian research
        and development programs of the Department of Energy.
    ``(3) The Under Secretary for Energy Research and Science shall--
            ``(A) serve as the Science and Technology Advisor to the
        Secretary;
            ``(B) monitor the Department's research and development
        programs in order to advise the Secretary with respect to any
        undesirable duplication or gaps in such programs;
            ``(C) advise the Secretary with respect to the well-being
        and management of the science laboratories under the
        jurisdiction of the Department;
            ``(D) advise the Secretary with respect to education and
        training activities required for effective short- and long-term
        basic and applied research activities of the Department;
            ``(E) advise the Secretary with respect to grants and other
        forms of financial assistance required for effective short- and
        long-term basic and applied research activities of the
        Department; and
            ``(F) exercise authority and responsibility over Assistant
        Secretaries carrying out energy research and development and
        energy technology functions under sections 203 and 209, as well
        as other elements of the Department assigned by the
        Secretary.''.
    (b) Reconfiguration of Position of Director of the Office of
Science.--Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (41
U.S.C. 7139) is amended to read as follows:

                          ``office of science

    ``Sec. 209. (a) There shall be within the Department an Office of
Science, to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Science, who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code.
    ``(b) The Assistant Secretary of Science shall be in addition to
the Assistant Secretaries provided for under section 203 of this Act.
    ``(c) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Assistant
Secretary of Science to carry out the fundamental science and
engineering research functions of the Department, including the
responsibility for policy and management of such research, as well as
other functions vested in the Secretary which he may assign to the
Assistant Secretary.''.
    (c) Additional Assistant Secretary Position To Enable Improved
Management of Nuclear Energy Issues.--(1) Section 203(a) of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7133(a)) is amended by
striking ``There shall be in the Department six Assistant Secretaries''
and inserting ``Except as provided in section 209, there shall be in
the Department seven Assistant Secretaries''.
    (2) It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the
leadership for departmental missions in nuclear energy should be at the
Assistant Secretary level.
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 202 of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132) is further
amended by adding the following at the end:
    ``(d) There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, and who shall perform such functions and duties as the
Secretary shall prescribe, consistent with this section. The Under
Secretary shall be compensated at the rate provided for level III of
the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States
Code.
    ``(e) There shall be in the Department a General Counsel, who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. The General Counsel shall be compensated at the rate
provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code.''.
    (2) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``Under Secretaries of Energy (2)'' and inserting ``Under
Secretaries of Energy (3)''.
    (3) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by--
            (A) striking ``Director, Office of Science, Department of
        Energy.''; and
            (B) striking ``Assistant Secretaries of Energy (6)'' and
        inserting ``Assistant Secretaries of Energy (8)''.
    (4) The table of contents for the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``Section 209'' and inserting ``Sec. 209'';
            (B) by striking ``213.'' and inserting ``Sec. 213.'';
            (C) by striking ``214.'' and inserting ``Sec. 214.'';
            (D) by striking ``215.'' and inserting ``Sec. 215.''; and
            (E) by striking ``216.'' and inserting ``Sec. 216.''.

SEC. 202. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There shall be in the Office of Science a
Science Advisory Board, comprising the chairs of the advisory panels
for each of the programs.
    (b) Responsibilities.--The Science Advisory Board shall--
            (1) serve as the science advisor to the Assistant Secretary
        of Science;
            (2) advise the Assistant Secretary with respect to the
        well-being and management of the multipurpose laboratories;
            (3) advise the Assistant Secretary with respect to
        education and workforce-training activities required for
        effective short- and long-term basic and applied research
        activities of the Office of Science; and
            (4) advise the Assistant Secretary with respect to the
        well-being of the university research programs supported by the
        Office of Science.

Output: Energy and Science Research Investment Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a comprehensive fundamental research program in designated sciences; and (2) upgrade and expand scientific user facilities maintained by the Office of Science in order to ensure that fundamental science programs aid the applied research and development programs of the Department of Energy (DOE).Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2007.Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE: (1) an Under Secretary for Energy Research and Science, to serve as the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary, and to exercise authority and responsibility over Assistant Secretaries implementing energy research and development, and energy technology functions; (2) an Assistant Secretary of Science to head the Office of Science (currently headed by a Director); (3) an additional position for Assistant Secretary; (4) the position of General Counsel; and (5) a Science Advisory Board composed of the chairs of the advisory panels for each of the programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lebanon and Syria
Liberation Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
    TITLE I--STRENGTHENING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA

Sec. 101. Declarations of policy.
Sec. 102. Codification of existing sanctions.
Sec. 103. Sanctions against certain persons.
Sec. 104. Sanctions against certain foreign countries.
Sec. 105. Diplomatic efforts.
Sec. 106. Report on assistance to, and commerce with, Syria.
TITLE II--ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY IN SYRIA AND SOVEREIGNTY AND
                          DEMOCRACY IN LEBANON

Sec. 201. Declarations of policy.
Sec. 202. Assistance to support a transition to democracy in Syria and
                            restoration of sovereign democratic
                            governance in Lebanon.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on International Relations and
                the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            (2) Person.--The term ``person'' means any United States or
        foreign individual, partnership, corporation, or other form of
        association, or any of their successor entities, parents or
        subsidiaries.
            (3) Syria.--The term ``Syria'' includes any agency or
        instrumentality of Syria.
            (4) United states assistance.--The term ``United States
        assistance'' means--
                    (A) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act
                of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.), other than urgent
                humanitarian assistance or medicine;
                    (B) sales and assistance under the Arms Export
                Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
                    (C) financing by the Commodity Credit Corporation
                for export sales of agricultural commodities; and
                    (D) financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of
                1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.).

    TITLE I--STRENGTHENING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA

SEC. 101. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.

    Congress makes the following declarations of policy:
            (1) The actions of the Government of the Syrian Arab
        Republic, including its support for terrorism, its development
        of long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction programs
        and capabilities, its continued occupation of the Lebanese
        Republic in violation of its international obligations, its
        support for, and facilitation of, all terrorist activities
        inside of Iraq, and its massive, systematic, and extraordinary
        violations of human rights of both the Syrian and Lebanese
        people, are a threat to the national security interests of the
        United States and international peace.
            (2) The policy of the United States shall be to deny Syria
        the ability to carry out the following:
                    (A) To finance, provide safe-haven, or otherwise
                support terrorist organizations.
                    (B) To develop biological, chemical, or nuclear
                weapons and long-range ballistic missiles.
                    (C) To continue to occupy and otherwise interfere
                in the affairs of the Government of Lebanon in
                contravention of United Nations Security Council
                Resolutions 425 (1978), 426 (1978), 520 (1982), and
                1559 (2004), and other pertinent obligations.
                    (D) To continue to oppress the people of Syria.
            (3) The President should advocate for, and should instruct
        the United States Permanent Representative to the United
        Nations to propose and seek within the United Nations Security
        Council, a mandatory international embargo against the
        Government of Syria, pursuant to Article 41 of the Charter of
        the United Nations.
            (4) Any effort by a country that is a recipient of United
        States foreign assistance to facilitate, directly or
        indirectly, the development of Syria's nuclear, biological, or
        chemical weapons capabilities, long-range ballistic missile
        development programs, or to help make operational any nuclear
        facility in Syria will have a detrimental impact on United
        States assistance to such country.

SEC. 102. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING SANCTIONS.

    United States sanctions, controls, and regulations relating to
Syria and persons who are determined to be facilitating the Government
of Syria, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall
remain in effect until the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that--
            (1) a government exists in Syria that--
                    (A) has ceased any and all support for terrorism;
                    (B) has permanently dismantled Syria's biological,
                chemical, or nuclear weapons programs and has committed
                to combat the proliferation of such weapons;
                    (C) has withdrawn from Lebanon and respects the
                boundaries and sovereignty of all neighboring
                countries; and
                    (D) upholds and defends human rights and civil
                liberties; and
            (2) sovereignty has been restored to Lebanon and there
        exists a freely-elected, internationally recognized democratic
        government in Lebanon.

SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--If any person knowingly transfers or retransfers
goods or technology so as to contribute to the efforts by Syria to
acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types of advanced
conventional weapons, or to acquire, develop, produce, or stockpile
biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic
missiles, then the sanctions described in subsection (b) shall be
imposed.
    (b) Sanctions.--The sanctions to be imposed pursuant to subsection
(a) are as follows:
            (1) Procurement sanction.--The United States Government
        shall not procure, or enter into any contract for the
        procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned
        person.
            (2) Export sanction.--The United States Government shall
        not issue any license for any export by or to the sanctioned
        person.
            (3) Import sanction.--The President shall ban the
        importation of any article that is a product of the sanctioned
        person.

SEC. 104. SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--If the President determines that the government
of any foreign country knowingly transfers or retransfers goods or
technology, or provides assistance, so as to contribute to the efforts
by Syria to acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types of
advanced conventional weapons, or to acquire, develop, produce, or
stockpile biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons and long-range
ballistic missiles, then two or more of the sanctions described in
subsection (b), and the sanctions described in subsection (c), shall be
imposed.
    (b) Sanctions.--The sanctions referred to in subsection (a) are as
follows:
            (1) Suspension of united states assistance.--The United
        States Government shall suspend United States assistance to the
        sanctioned country.
            (2) Export sanction.--The United States Government shall
        not issue any license for any export by or to the sanctioned
        country.
            (3) Import sanction.--The President shall ban the
        importation of any article that is a product of the sanctioned
        country.
            (4) International financial institution assistance.--The
        Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
        Executive Director at each international financial institution
        (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International
        Financial Institutions Act) to oppose and vote against the
        extension by such institution of any financial or technical
        assistance to the sanctioned country.
            (5) Suspension of codevelopment or coproduction
        agreements.--The United States shall suspend compliance with
        its obligations under any memorandum of understanding with the
        sanctioned country for the codevelopment or coproduction of any
        item on the United States Munitions List (established under
        section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)),
        including any obligation for implementation of the memorandum
        of understanding through the sale to the sanctioned country of
        technical data or assistance or the licensing for export to the
        sanctioned country of any component part.
            (6) United states munitions list.--No item on the United
        States Munitions List (established pursuant to section 38 of
        the Arms Export Control Act) may be exported to the sanctioned
        country.
    (c) Suspension of Military and Dual-Use Technical Exchange
Agreements.--The United States shall suspend compliance with its
obligations under any technical exchange agreement involving military
and dual-use technology between the United States and the sanctioned
country that does not directly contribute to the security of the United
States, and no military or dual-use technology may be exported from the
United States to the sanctioned country pursuant to that agreement
during that period.

SEC. 105. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.

    (a) Bilateral Efforts.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of State should ensure that United States diplomatic
personnel abroad understand and, in their contacts with foreign
officials, are communicating the reasons for United States policy and
sanctions against the Government of Syria, and are urging foreign
governments to cooperate more effectively with the Government of the
United States.
    (b) United Nations System.--The President shall direct the United
States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Nations
organizations and entities, and United Nations affiliated agencies and
bodies, to continue to use the voice and vote of the United States to
oppose Syria's membership and candidacy for leadership posts in such
institutions, and engage in diplomatic efforts to secure multilateral
support for such efforts.
    (c) United Nations Commission on Human Rights.--The President shall
take the necessary steps to secure support for a resolution at the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights holding the the Government of
Syria accountable for its systematic violations of human rights of
Syrian and Lebanese citizens and calling for the appointment of a
United Nations Special Rapporteur to investigate these human rights
violations.
    (d) International Financial Institutions.--The President shall
instruct the United States Executive Director at each international
financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the
International Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice and vote of
the United States to oppose any loan or other assistance to Syria and
to oppose Syria's membership in the institution.
    (e) International Atomic Energy Agency.--The President shall
instruct the United States Permanent Representative to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to seek the adoption of a
resolution calling on Syria to declare all nuclear related facilities,
immediately and unconditionally suspend any activity which could be
used to develop nuclear weapons capability, and provide full access to
IAEA inspectors to its nuclear-related facilities.
    (f) United States and Regional Contact Groups.--The President shall
seek to establish contact groups with relevant countries in the Middle
East to provide forums in which United States officials who are
responsible for counter-proliferation efforts are able to meet, at
least twice each year, with their counterpart from such countries to--
            (1) discuss the global threats presented by Iranian nuclear
        proliferation and sponsorship of international terrorism; and
            (2) develop strategies to effectively address these
        threats.

SEC. 106. REPORT ON ASSISTANCE TO, AND COMMERCE WITH, SYRIA.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the President shall
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
assistance to, and commerce with, Syria by other foreign countries
during the preceding 12-month period.
    (b) Contents.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall, for
the period covered by the report, contain the following information, to
the extent such information is available:
            (1) A description of all bilateral assistance provided to
        Syria by other foreign countries, including humanitarian
        assistance.
            (2) A description of Syria's commerce with foreign
        countries, including an identification of Syria's trading
        partners and the extent of such trade.
            (3) A description of the joint ventures completed, or under
        consideration, by foreign nationals and business firms
        involving facilities in Syria, including an identification of
        the location of the facilities involved and a description of
        the terms of agreement of the joint ventures and the names of
        the parties that are involved.
            (4) A determination of the amount of debt of the Government
        of Syria that is owed to each foreign country, including--
                    (A) the amount of debt exchanged, forgiven, or
                reduced under the terms of each investment or operation
                in Syria involving foreign nationals; and
                    (B) the amount of debt owed to the foreign country
                that has been exchanged, forgiven, or reduced in return
                for a grant by the Syrian Government of an equity
                interest in a property, investment, or operation of the
                Syrian Government or of a Syrian national.
            (5) A description of the steps taken to assure that raw
        materials and semifinished or finished goods produced by
        facilities in Syria involving foreign nationals do not enter
        the United States market, either directly or through third
        countries or parties.
            (6) An identification of countries and entities that
        provide, or have provided, arms or military supplies from Syria
        or that otherwise have entered into agreements with Syria that
        could have a military application, including--
                    (A) a description of the military supplies,
                equipment, or other material sold, bartered, or
                exchanged between Syria and such countries;
                    (B) a listing of the goods, services, credits, or
                other consideration received by Syria in exchange for
                military supplies, equipment, or material; and
                    (C) the terms or conditions of any such agreement.
    (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall be in
unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

TITLE II--ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY IN SYRIA AND SOVEREIGNTY AND
                          DEMOCRACY IN LEBANON

SEC. 201. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.

    (a) Syria.--It shall be the policy of the United States to support
independent human rights and pro-democracy forces in Syria to promote
the emergence of a democratic government that--
            (1) will denounce and combat terrorism;
            (2) will dismantle its biological, chemical, and nuclear
        weapons programs and commit to combat the proliferation of such
        weapons;
            (3) will respect the boundaries and sovereignty of its
        neighbors and live in peace and security with all the countries
        in the region; and
            (4) will uphold and defend the human rights and civil
        liberties of its citizens.
    (b) Lebanon.--It shall be the policy of the United States to
initiate efforts to restore Lebanese sovereignty, including the
immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Syrian personnel from
Lebanon, and to support Lebanese civil society and pro-democracy forces
in restoring a freely-elected, internationally recognized democratic
government in Lebanon.

SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT A TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN SYRIA AND
              RESTORATION OF SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN
              LEBANON.

    (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
President is authorized to provide assistance and other support for
individuals and independent nongovernmental organizations to support a
transition to a freely-elected, internationally recognized democratic
government in Syria and the restoration of sovereign, democratic rule
in Lebanon.
    (b) Activities Supported.--Assistance provided under subsection (a)
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be used to carry out the
following activities:
            (1) Democracy-building and civil society efforts in Syria
        and Lebanon, including the provision of assistance to
        organizations certified by the President to be independent
        democratic organizations, victims of political repression and
        their families, and prisoners of conscience and their families.
            (2) Radio and television broadcasting to Syria and Lebanon
        to support democracy-building and civil society efforts in
        Syria and Lebanon.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the President to carry out this section such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year.

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Lebanon and Syria Liberation Act - States that U.S. sanctions, controls, and regulations relating to Syria shall remain in effect until the President certifies that: (1) Syria has ceased support for terrorism, has dismantled biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons programs and has committed to combat their proliferation, has withdrawn from Lebanon and respects the boundaries and sovereignty of all neighboring countries, and upholds human rights and civil liberties; and (2) sovereignty has been restored to Lebanon.

Imposes specified trade, assistance, and military sanctions, as appropriate, on persons or countries that transfer goods or technology so as to contribute to Syria's biological, chemical, nuclear, or advanced conventional weapons programs.

Sets forth diplomatic measures intended to achieve such nonproliferation.

Directs the President to provide assistance to support a democratic transition in Syria and the restoration of sovereign, democratic rule in Lebanon. Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Atchafalaya Basin area of Louisiana, designated by
        the Louisiana Legislature as the ``Atchafalaya Trace State
        Heritage Area'' and consisting of the area described in section
        5(b), is an area in which natural, scenic, cultural, and
        historic resources form a cohesive and nationally distinctive
        landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by
        geography.
            (2) The significance of the area is enhanced by the
        continued use of the area by people whose traditions have
        helped shape the landscape.
            (3) There is a national interest in conserving, restoring,
        promoting, and interpreting the benefits of the area for the
        residents of, and visitors to, the area.
            (4) The area represents an assemblage of rich and varied
        resources forming a unique aspect of the heritage of the United
        States.
            (5) The area reflects a complex mixture of people and their
        origins, traditions, customs, beliefs, and folkways of interest
        to the public.
            (6) The land and water of the area offer outstanding
        recreational opportunities, educational experiences, and
        potential for interpretation and scientific research.
            (7) Local governments of the area support the establishment
        of a national heritage area.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to conserve, restore, promote, and interpret the
        significant resource values and functions of the Atchafalaya
        Basin area and advance sustainable economic development of the
        area;
            (2) to foster a close working relationship with all levels
        of government, the private sector, and the local communities in
        the area so as to enable those communities to conserve their
        heritage while continuing to pursue economic opportunities; and
            (3) to establish, in partnership with the State, local
        communities, preservation organizations, private corporations,
        and landowners in the Heritage Area, the Atchafalaya Trace
        State Heritage Area, as eligible parishes designated by the
        Louisiana Legislature, as the Atchafalaya National Heritage
        Area.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
        Atchafalaya National Heritage Area established by section 5(a).
            (2) Local coordinating entity.--The term ``local
        coordinating entity'' means the local coordinating entity for
        the Heritage Area designated by section 5(c).
            (3) Management plan.--The term ``management plan'' means
        the management plan for the Heritage Area developed under
        section 7.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of
        Louisiana.

SEC. 5. ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the State the
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area.
    (b) Boundaries.--The Heritage Area shall consist of parishes that
are consistent with the tradition, purposes, goals, and culture of the
Heritage Area as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the
State. The Secretary shall give priority consideration to those
parishes in Atchafalaya State Heritage Area.
    (c) Local Coordinating Entity.--
            (1) In general.--The Atchafalaya Trace Commission shall be
        the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.
            (2) Composition.--The local coordinating entity shall be
        composed of 1 member appointed by the governing authority of
        each parish within the Heritage Area.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.

    (a) Authorities.--For the purposes of developing and implementing
the management plan approved by the Secretary, the local coordinating
entity may--
            (1) make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements
        with, the State, units of local government, and private
        organizations;
            (2) hire and compensate staff; and
            (3) enter into contracts for goods and services.
    (b) Duties.--The local coordinating entity shall--
            (1) submit to the Secretary for approval a management plan;
            (2) implement the management plan, including providing
        assistance to units of government and others in--
                    (A) carrying out programs that recognize important
                resource values within the Heritage Area;
                    (B) encouraging sustainable economic development
                within the Heritage Area;
                    (C) establishing and maintaining interpretive sites
                within the Heritage Area; and
                    (D) increasing public awareness and appreciation
                for the natural, historic, and cultural resources of
                the Heritage Area;
            (3) adopt bylaws governing the conduct of the local
        coordinating entity; and
            (4) for any year for which Federal funds are received under
        this Act, submit to the Secretary a report that describes, for
        the year--
                    (A) the accomplishments of the local coordinating
                entity; and
                    (B) the expenses and income of the local
                coordinating entity.
    (c) Acquisition of Real Property.--No Federal funds authorized
under this Act may be used to acquire real property or any interest in
real property.
    (d) Public Meetings.--The local coordinating entity shall conduct
public meetings at least quarterly.

SEC. 7. MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The local coordinating entity shall develop a
management plan for the Heritage Area that incorporates an integrated
and cooperative approach to conserve, interpret, and enhance the
natural, scenic, cultural, historic, and recreational resources of the
Heritage Area consistent with local, State and Federal land use laws
and compatible with the economic viability of the Heritage Area.
    (b) Consideration of Other Plans and Actions.--In developing the
management plan, the local coordinating entity shall--
            (1) take into consideration Federal, State, and local plans
        land use, laws, and plans; and
            (2) invite the participation of residents, public agencies,
        and private organizations in the Heritage Area.
    (c) Contents.--The management plan shall include--
            (1) an inventory of the resources in the Heritage Area,
        including--
                    (A) a list of property in the Heritage Area that--
                            (i) relates to the purposes of the Heritage
                        Area; and
                            (ii) should be preserved, restored,
                        managed, or maintained because of the
                        significance of the property; and
                    (B) an assessment of cultural landscapes within the
                Heritage Area;
            (2) provisions for the conservation, interpretation, and
        enjoyment of the resources of the Heritage Area identified in
        the management plan and found by the Secretary to be consistent
        with this Act and consistent with economic viability of the
        Heritage Area;
            (3) an interpretation plan for the Heritage Area; and
            (4) a program for implementation of the management plan
        that includes--
                    (A) actions that may be carried out by units of
                government, private organizations, and public-private
                partnerships to protect the resources of the Heritage
                Area; and
                    (B) the identification of existing and potential
                sources of funding for implementing the plan.
    (d) Submission to Secretary for Approval.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the local coordinating entity shall
        submit the management plan to the Secretary for approval.
            (2) Effect of failure to submit.--If a management plan is
        not submitted to the Secretary by the date specified in
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not provide any additional
        funding under this Act until a management plan for the Heritage
        Area is submitted to the Secretary.
    (e) Approval.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after receiving the
        management plan submitted under subsection (d)(1), the
        Secretary, in consultation with the State, shall approve or
        disapprove the management plan.
            (2) Action following disapproval.--
                    (A) In general.--If the Secretary disapproves a
                management plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary
                shall--
                            (i) advise the local coordinating entity in
                        writing of the reasons for the disapproval;
                            (ii) make recommendations for revisions to
                        the management plan; and
                            (iii) allow the local coordinating entity
                        to submit to the Secretary revisions to the
                        management plan.
                    (B) Deadline for approval of revision.--Not later
                than 90 days after the date on which a revision is
                submitted under subparagraph (A)(iii), the Secretary
                shall approve or disapprove the revision.
    (f) Revision.--
            (1) In general.--After approval by the Secretary of a
        management plan, the local coordinating entity shall
        periodically--
                    (A) review the management plan; and
                    (B) submit to the Secretary, for review and
                approval by the Secretary, the recommendations of the
                local coordinating entity for any revisions to the
                management plan that the local coordinating entity
                considers to be appropriate.
            (2) Expenditure of funds.--Funds made available under this
        Act shall be used only to implement the approved management
        plan.

SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.

    (a) Notification and Consent of Property Owners Required.--No
privately owned property shall be preserved, conserved, or promoted by
the management plan for the Heritage Area until the owner of that
private property has been notified in writing by the management entity
and has given written consent to the management entity for such
preservation, conservation, or promotion.
    (b) Landowner Withdraw.--Any owner of private property included
within the boundary of the Heritage Area shall have that private
property immediately removed from the boundary by submitting a written
request to the management entity.

SEC. 9. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.

    (a) Access to Private Property.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to--
            (1) require any private property owner to allow public
        access (including Federal, State, or local government access)
        to such private property; or
            (2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law
        with regard to public access to or use of private property.
    (b) Liability.--Designation of the Heritage Area shall not be
considered to create any liability, or to have any effect on any
liability under any other law, of any private property owner with
respect to any persons injured on that private property.
    (c) Participation of Private Property Owners in Heritage Area.--
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the owner of any
private property located within the boundaries of the Heritage Area to
participate in or be associated with the Heritage Area.

SEC. 10. EFFECT OF ACT.

    Nothing in this Act--
            (1) grants any Federal agency regulatory authority over any
        interest in the Heritage Area, unless cooperatively agreed to
        by all involved parties;
            (2) modifies, enlarges, or diminishes any authority of the
        Federal, or State, or local government to regulate any use of
        land as provided for by law (including regulations) in
        existence on the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (3) grants any power of zoning or land use to the local
        coordinating entity;
            (4) imposes any environmental, occupational, safety, or
        other rule, standard, or permitting process that is different
        from those in effect on the date of enactment of this Act that
        would be applicable had the Heritage Area not been established;
            (5) imposes any change in Federal environmental quality
        standards;
            (6) abridges, restricts, or alters any applicable rule,
        standard, or review procedure for permitting of facilities
        within or adjacent to the Heritage Area; or
            (7) affects the continuing use and operation, where located
        on the date of enactment of this Act, of any public or private
        facility, including any public utility or common carrier.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$10,000,000, of which not more than $1,000,000 shall be made available
for any fiscal year.

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Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area in Louisiana.

Designates the Atchafalaya Trace Commission as the local coordinating entity of the Heritage Area.

Prohibits the use of Federal funds authorized under this Act to acquire real property.

Requires the Commission to develop and implement a management plan, subject to the Secretary of the Interior's approval, that incorporates an integrated and cooperative approach to conserve, interpret, and enhance the resources of the Heritage Area.

Establishes a procedure for the voluntary inclusion of private property in the Heritage Area.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Family Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS THROUGH MONTH OF BENEFICIARY'S DEATH.

    (a) Old-Age Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(a)) is amended by striking ``the month
preceding'' in the matter following subparagraph (B).
    (b) Wife's Insurance Benefits.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        402(b)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and ending with the month'' in
                the matter immediately following clause (ii) and
                inserting ``and ending with the month in which she dies
                or (if earlier) with the month'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (E); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (K)
                as subparagraphs (E) through (J).
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 202(b)(5)(B) of such
        Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(5)(B)) is amended by striking ``(E), (F),
        (H), or (J)'' and inserting ``(E), (G), or (I)''.
    (c) Husband's Insurance Benefits.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        402(c)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and ending with the month'' in
                the matter immediately following clause (ii) and
                inserting ``and ending with the month in which he dies
                or (if earlier) with the month'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (E); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (K)
                as subparagraphs (E) through (J), respectively.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 202(c)(5)(B) of such
        Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(5)(B)) is amended by striking ``(E), (F),
        (H), or (J)'' and inserting ``(E), (G), or (I)'', respectively.
    (d) Child's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(d)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and ending with the month'' in the matter
        immediately preceding subparagraph (D) and inserting ``and
        ending with the month in which such child dies or (if earlier)
        with the month''; and
            (2) by striking ``dies, or'' in subparagraph (D).
    (e) Widow's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(e)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``ending with the month
preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: she
remarries, dies,'' in the matter following subparagraph (F) and
inserting ``ending with the month in which she dies or (if earlier)
with the month preceding the first month in which she remarries or''.
    (f) Widower's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(f)(1) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``ending with the month
preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: he
remarries, dies,'' in the matter following subparagraph (F) and
inserting ``ending with the month in which he dies or (if earlier) with
the month preceding the first month in which he remarries''.
    (g) Mother's and Father's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(g)(1) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``with the month in which he or she dies
        or (if earlier)'' after ``and ending'' in the matter following
        subparagraph (F); and
            (2) by striking ``he or she remarries, or he or she dies''
        and inserting ``or he or she remarries''.
    (h) Parent's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(h)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(h)(1)) is amended by striking ``ending with the month
preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: such
parent dies, marries,'' in the matter following subparagraph (E) and
inserting ``ending with the month in which such parent dies or (if
earlier) with the month preceding the first month in which such parent
marries, or such parent''.
    (i) Disability Insurance Benefits.--Section 223(a)(1) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``ending with the month
preceding whichever of the following months is the earliest: the month
in which he dies,'' in the matter following subparagraph (D) and
inserting the following: ``ending with the month in which he dies or
(if earlier) with the month preceding the earlier of'' and by striking
the comma after ``216(l))''.
    (j) Benefits at Age 72 for Certain Uninsured Individuals.--Section
228(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 428(a)) is amended by striking ``the
month preceding'' in the matter following paragraph (4).

SEC. 3. COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF LAST MONTHLY PAYMENT.

    (a) Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Benefits.--Section 202 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:

    ``Last Payment of Monthly Insurance Benefit Terminated by Death

    ``(y) The amount of any individual's monthly insurance benefit
under this section paid for the month in which the individual dies
shall be an amount equal to--
            ``(1) the amount of such benefit (as determined without
        regard to this subsection), multiplied by
            ``(2) a fraction--
                    ``(A) the numerator of which is the number of days
                in such month preceding the date of such individual's
                death, and
                    ``(B) the denominator of which is the number of
                days in such month,
rounded, if not a multiple of $1, to the next lower multiple of $1.
This subsection shall apply with respect to such benefit after all
other adjustments with respect to such benefit provided by this title
have been made. Payment of such benefit for such month shall be made as
provided in section 204(d).''.
    (b) Disability Insurance Benefits.--Section 223 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 423) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:

             ``Last Payment of Benefit Terminated by Death

    ``(j) The amount of any individual's monthly benefit under this
section paid for the month in which the individual dies shall be an
amount equal to--
            ``(1) the amount of such benefit (as determined without
        regard to this subsection), multiplied by
            ``(2) a fraction--
                    ``(A) the numerator of which is the number of days
                in such month preceding the date of such individual's
                death, and
                    ``(B) the denominator of which is the number of
                days in such month,
rounded, if not a multiple of $1, to the next lower multiple of $1.
This subsection shall apply with respect to such benefit after all
other adjustments with respect to such benefit provided by this title
have been made. Payment of such benefit for such month shall be made as
provided in section 204(d).''.
    (c) Benefits at Age 72 for Certain Uninsured Individuals.--Section
228 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 428) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:

             ``Last Payment of Benefit Terminated by Death

    ``(i) The amount of any individual's monthly benefit under this
section paid for the month in which the individual dies shall be an
amount equal to--
            ``(1) the amount of such benefit (as determined without
        regard to this subsection), multiplied by
            ``(2) a fraction--
                    ``(A) the numerator of which is the number of days
                in such month preceding the date of such individual's
                death, and
                    ``(B) the denominator of which is the number of
                days in such month,
rounded, if not a multiple of $1, to the next lower multiple of $1.
This subsection shall apply with respect to such benefit after all
other adjustments with respect to such benefit provided by this title
have been made. Payment of such benefit for such month shall be made as
provided in section 204(d).''.

SEC. 4. DISREGARD OF BENEFIT FOR MONTH OF DEATH UNDER FAMILY MAXIMUM
              PROVISIONS.

    Section 203(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in applying
the preceding provisions of this subsection (and determining maximum
family benefits under column V of the table in or deemed to be in
section 215(a) as in effect in December 1978) with respect to the month
in which the insured individual's death occurs, the benefit payable to
such individual for that month shall be disregarded.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to deaths
occurring after the month in which this Act is enacted.

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Provides that such individual's benefit shall be payable for such month only in proportion to the number of days preceding the date of death.
Provides for disregard of such benefits for the month of death in determining maximum family benefits.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Neighborhoods from Oil
Pollution Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. OIL STORAGE AND PROCESSING FACILITIES.

    Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1321) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Oil Storage and Processing Facilities.--
            ``(1) Closure.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
        enactment of the Protecting Neighborhoods from Oil Pollution
        Act of 2011, the Administrator shall issue final regulations
        requiring an owner or operator of an oil storage or processing
        facility to permanently close the oil storage or processing
        facility if one or both of the following conditions apply:
                    ``(A) The oil storage or processing facility is
                located within 1 mile of 100 or more residential units,
                and 2 or more covered discharges occur at the oil
                storage or processing facility within any 10-year
                period.
                    ``(B) The oil storage or processing facility is the
                source of groundwater contamination affecting 100 or
                more residential units.
            ``(2) Regulations.--The Administrator shall include in
        regulations issued under paragraph (1) the following:
                    ``(A) A definition of the term `permanently close',
                to include requirements that--
                            ``(i) all liquid and sludge are removed
                        from each container and connecting line
                        associated with the oil storage or processing
                        facility;
                            ``(ii) all connecting lines and piping
                        associated with the oil storage or processing
                        facility are disconnected from each such
                        container and blanked off, all valves (except
                        for ventilation valves) are closed and locked,
                        and conspicuous signs are posted on each such
                        container stating that it is a permanently
                        closed container and noting the date of
                        closure; and
                            ``(iii) all other applicable Federal laws
                        and regulations are followed with respect to
                        clean up and remediation of any other
                        contamination at, or originating from, the oil
                        storage or processing facility.
                    ``(B) Any additional closure and post-closure
                requirements the Administrator determines appropriate.
                    ``(C) A requirement that closure of an oil storage
                or processing facility be completed by one of the
                following deadlines, as applicable:
                            ``(i) Not later than 1 year after the date
                        of enactment of the Protecting Neighborhoods
                        from Oil Pollution Act of 2011, in the case of
                        an oil storage or processing facility at which
                        2 or more covered discharges have occurred on
                        or before such date of enactment.
                            ``(ii) Not later than 1 year after the date
                        on which a second covered discharge occurs at
                        the oil storage or processing facility within
                        any 10-year period, in the case of any oil
                        storage or processing facility not described in
                        clause (i).
                            ``(iii) Not later than 1 year after the
                        date on which the Administrator determines that
                        the oil storage or processing facility is the
                        source of groundwater contamination affecting
                        100 or more residential units.
                    ``(D) Any other requirements the Administrator
                determines appropriate.
            ``(3) Prohibited exemptions.--The Administrator may not
        include in regulations issued under paragraph (1) exemptions to
        any of the requirements of this subsection for covered
        discharges resulting from an act of God, an act of war, or
        negligence on the part of the United States Government.
            ``(4) Waiver and extension authority.--The Administrator
        may waive the requirement for closure of an oil storage or
        processing facility under this subsection, or grant an
        extension of the deadline for such closure, if the
        Administrator determines that the owner or operator of the
        facility has taken or is taking all practicable steps to
        remediate the condition requiring closure under paragraph (1).
            ``(5) Health and welfare authority.--A condition requiring
        closure under paragraph (1) shall be considered to be--
                    ``(A) a substantial threat to the public health or
                welfare of the United States for the purposes of
                subsections (c) and (e); and
                    ``(B) an imminent and substantial endangerment to
                the health of persons or to the welfare of persons for
                the purposes of section 504.
            ``(6) Definitions.--For the purposes of this subsection,
        the following definitions apply:
                    ``(A) Covered discharge.--The term `covered
                discharge' means a discharge of oil greater than 40
                gallons from any source.
                    ``(B) Oil storage or processing facility.--The term
                `oil storage or processing facility' means any
                structure, group of structures, equipment, or device,
                including any associated property, that is used for
                producing, storing, handling, transferring, processing,
                or transporting oil.
            ``(7) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
        shall be construed to restrict any other Federal or State
        authority regarding the remediation of, or other response to, a
        covered discharge.''.

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Protecting Neighborhoods from Oil Pollution Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue final regulations requiring an owner or operator to permanently close any oil storage or processing facility that: (1) is located within one mile of 100 or more residential units if two or more discharges of more than 40 gallons of oil occur at such facility within any 10-year period, or (2) is the source of groundwater contamination affecting 100 or more residential units. Requires such closures to be completed by specified deadlines.

Requires such regulations to define "permanently close" to require: (1) all liquid and sludge to be removed from each container and connecting line associated with such facilities; (2) all such connecting lines and piping to be disconnected from such containers and blanked off, all valves (except for ventilation valves) to be closed and locked, and conspicuous signs to be posted on each container stating that it is a permanently closed container and noting the date of closure; and (3) other applicable laws to be followed with respect to clean up and remediation of any other contamination at, or originating from, such facilities.

Prohibits the Administrator from including in such regulations exemptions to any of the requirements of this Act for discharges resulting from an act of God, an act of war, or U.S. negligence.

Authorizes the Administrator to waive the requirement for closure of such facilities or grant an extension of the closure deadline if the Administrator determines that such owners or operators have taken or are taking all practicable steps to remediate the condition requiring closure.

Requires such conditions requiring closure to be considered to be: (1) a substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States for the purposes of federal removal authority and civil enforcement, or (2) an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons or to the welfare of persons for the purposes of emergency powers.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Employment Through
Technology Education Courses Act'' or the ``VET TEC Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HIGH TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry
out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall provide eligible
veterans with the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of
education.
    (b) Eligibility.--For purposes of the pilot program under this
section, an eligible veteran is a veteran who is entitled to
educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary.
    (c) Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of carrying out subsection
        (a), by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
        of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into contracts
        with multiple qualified providers of high technology programs
        of education for the provision of such programs to eligible
        veterans under the pilot program.
            (2) Payment of contractors.--A contract under this
        subsection shall provide that the Secretary shall pay to a
        provider--
                    (A) 25 percent of the cost of providing the program
                of education upon the enrollment of an eligible veteran
                in the program;
                    (B) 25 percent of such cost upon the completion of
                the program by the veteran; and
                    (C) 50 percent of such cost upon the employment of
                the veteran following completion of the program.
            (3) Qualified providers.--For purposes of the pilot
        program, a provider of a high technology program of education
        is qualified if the provider has been operational for at least
        two years.
            (4) Tuition reimbursement.--In entering into contracts to
        carry out the pilot program, the Secretary shall give
        preference to a qualified provider that offers tuition
        reimbursement for any student who--
                    (A) completes a program of education offered by the
                provider; and
                    (B) does not find full-time meaningful employment
                within the 180-day period beginning on the date the
                student completes the program.
    (d) Housing Stipend.--The Secretary shall pay to each eligible
veteran who is enrolled in a high technology program of education under
the pilot program on a full-time basis a monthly housing stipend equal
to the product--
            (1) of--
                    (A) in the case of a veteran pursuing resident
                training, the monthly amount of the basic allowance for
                housing payable under section 403 of title 37, United
                States Code, for a member with dependents in pay grade
                E-5 residing in the military housing area that
                encompasses all or the majority portion of the ZIP code
                area in which is located the institution at which the
                individual is enrolled; or
                    (B) in the case of a veteran pursuing a program of
                education through distance learning, a monthly amount
                equal to 50 percent of the amount payable under
                subparagraph (A), multiplied by
            (2) the lesser of--
                    (A) 1.0; or
                    (B) the number of course hours borne by the
                individual in pursuit of the program of education
                involved, divided by the minimum number of course hours
                required for full-time pursuit of such program of
                education, rounded to the nearest multiple of 10.
    (e) High Technology Program of Education Defined.--In this section,
the term ``high technology program of education'' means a program of
education that--
            (1) is offered by an entity other than an institution of
        higher learning;
            (2) does not lead to a degree; and
            (3) provides instruction in computer programming, computer
        software, media application, data processing, or information
        sciences.
    (f) Reports.--
            (1) Secretary of veterans affairs.--Not later than one year
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
        thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on
        the pilot program under this section.
            (2) Comptroller general.--
                    (A) Interim report.--Not later than three years
                after the date on which the Secretary first enters into
                a contract under this section, the Comptroller General
                of the United States shall submit to Congress a report
                containing the results of the interim assessment of the
                Comptroller General. Such report shall include the
                recommendations of the Comptroller General for
                improving the pilot program and an assessment of each
                of the following:
                            (i) The technology experience of the
                        directors and instructors of the providers of
                        high technology programs of education under the
                        pilot program.
                            (ii) Whether the providers cooperated with
                        the technology industry to create the
                        curriculum for the program of education.
                            (iii) Whether the providers use an open
                        source curriculum for the program of education.
                            (iv) The admittance rate into the pilot
                        program.
                            (v) The job placement rate for veterans who
                        completed a program of education under the
                        pilot program.
                            (vi) The average salary of veterans who
                        completed a program of education under the
                        pilot program and were subsequently employed.
                            (vii) The average age of veterans who
                        participated in the pilot program.
                    (B) Final report.--Not later than five years after
                the date on which the Secretary first enters into a
                contract under this section, the Comptroller General
                shall submit to Congress a final report on the pilot
                program. Such report shall include the recommendation
                of the Comptroller General with respect to whether the
                program should be extended and an assessment of each of
                the following:
                            (i) Each item described in clauses (i)
                        through (vii) of subparagraph (A).
                            (ii) The percentage of veterans who
                        completed a program of education under the
                        pilot program who were subsequently employed
                        for a period of six months or longer.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs $15,000,000 for each
fiscal year during which the Secretary carries out a pilot program
under this section.
    (h) Termination.--The authority to carry out a pilot program under
this section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the
date on which the Secretary first enters into a contract under this
section.

Output: Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses Act or the VET TEC Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year pilot program to provide eligible veterans with the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education.  An "eligible veteran" is one who is entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the VA.  A "high technology program of education" is one that is offered by an entity other than an institution of higher learning, does not lead to a degree, and provides instruction in computer programming, computer software, media application, data processing, or information sciences. The VA shall enter into contracts with multiple qualified providers of such programs, under which the VA shall pay: (1) 25% of the cost of providing the program upon the enrollment of an eligible veteran, (2) 25% of such cost when the veteran completes the program, and (3) 50% of such cost upon the veteran's employment following completion. The VA shall give preference to a qualified provider that offers tuition reimbursement for any student who completes the program and does not find full-time meaningful employment within 180 days. The VA shall pay a monthly housing stipend to each eligible veteran enrolled full-time in such a program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Retailers and Entertainers Lacey
Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act'' or the ``RELIEF Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Amendments to the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 were
        enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
        2008 (Public Law 110-246).
            (2) The 2008 amendments were intended to level the playing
        field for American businesses engaged in the responsible
        harvest, shipment, manufacture, and trade of plants and plant
        products whose prices had been undercut by a black market
        fueled by irresponsible and illegal taking of protected plants
        around the globe.
            (3) The 2008 amendments were overly broad and their
        enforcement as enacted could criminalize actions of a good-
        faith owner, purchaser, or retailer of a plant or plant
        product, subjecting them to penalties that include forfeiture,
        fines, and imprisonment.
            (4) Sanctions for violating the 2008 amendments should be
        proportional to the act in violation. An individual who is not
        in the commercial shipping business should not be held to the
        same standard of compliance under that Act.
            (5) Individuals fear that they risk incurring those
        penalties by merely owning or traveling with a vintage musical
        instrument, antique furniture, or another wood product.
            (6) The Department of the Interior and Department of
        Justice have stated ``people who unknowingly possess a musical
        instrument or other object containing wood that was illegally
        taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of law and
        who, in the exercise of due care would not have known that it
        was illegal, do not have criminal exposure.''.
            (7) It is necessary to clarify the 2008 amendments so that
        legally harvested new plant products can enter the market
        place.
            (8) Declaration requirements for plant products imported or
        manufactured prior to May 22, 2008, are unreasonable since the
        sourcing of plant products was not previously required by law.
            (9) Federal law enforcement officials should not engage in
        overzealous enforcement action under the 2008 amendments.
            (10) It is important to ensure that the appropriate
        agencies have the necessary funding to implement the current
        phases of the declaration requirement before considering any
        future phases.
            (11) The appropriate agencies have the responsibility of
        providing a publicly accessible database so that everyone can
        be notified of the foreign laws of countries as they apply to
        the importation of plants.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS UNDER LACEY ACT
              AMENDMENTS OF 1981.

    (a) Limitation on Application of Act to Certain Plants and Plant
Products.--The Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) is
amended by redesignating section 9 as section 10, and by inserting
after section 8 the following:

``SEC. 9. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION TO CERTAIN PLANTS AND PLANT
              PRODUCTS.

    ``This Act does not apply with respect to--
            ``(1) any plant that was imported into the United States
        before May 22, 2008; or
            ``(2) any finished plant or plant product the assembly and
        processing of which was completed before May 22, 2008.''.
    (b) Limitations on Application of Plant Declaration Requirement.--
Section 3(f) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3372(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``that is entered for
        consumption (as that term is defined in part 141.0a of title
        19, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of
        enactment of the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey
        Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act)'' after ``plant'';
        and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Paragraphs (1)'';
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B)(i) In the case of a plant product that is derived
        from a tree, a declaration under paragraph (1) or (2) is not
        required to include information referred to in subparagraph
        (A), (B), or (C) of that paragraph unless the plant product is
        solid wood.
            ``(ii) The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health
        Inspection Service shall issue regulations that define the term
        `solid wood' for purposes of this subparagraph.''.
    (c) Application of Civil Forfeiture Laws.--Section 5(d) of such Act
(16 U.S.C. 3374(d)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Civil'';
            (2) by inserting ``, except as provided in paragraphs (2)
        and (3) of this subsection'' before the period at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Subsection (d)(4) of section 983 of such chapter, and the
second sentence of subsection (a)(1)(F) of such section, shall not
apply to plants or plant products.
    ``(3) This section is the sole authority for civil seizure or
forfeiture actions alleging, or predicated upon, a violation of section
3.''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAWS.

    (a) Prohibited Acts.--Section 3(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3372(a))
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B), in clause (ii) and in clause
        (iii), by striking ``foreign law'' and inserting ``foreign law
        that is directed at the protection, conservation, and
        management of plants''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B), in clause (ii) and in clause
        (iii), by striking ``foreign law'' and inserting ``foreign law
        that is directed at the protection, conservation, and
        management of plants''.
    (b) Civil Penalties.--Section 4(a)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C.
3373(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``foreign law'' and inserting
``foreign law that is directed at the protection, conservation, and
management of plants''.

SEC. 5. REVIEW AND REPORT.

    Section 3(f) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3372(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Not later than two
        years after the date of enactment of this subsection,'' and
        inserting ``Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
        of the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and
        Enforcement Fairness Act,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking ``Not later than 180 days after the
                date on which the Secretary completes the review under
                paragraph (4), the Secretary'' and inserting ``Not
                later than 180 days after the date the Secretary
                completes the review under paragraph (4), the Director
                of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service'';
                    (B) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the
                end of subparagraph (B);
                    (C) by striking the period at the end of
                subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) an evaluation of the feasibility of creating
                and maintaining a publicly available database of laws
                of foreign countries from which plants are exported.''.

Output:
Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act or the RELIEF Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to: (1) make such Act inapplicable to any plant that was imported into the United States before May 22, 2008, or any finished plant or plant product the assembly and processing of which was completed before such date; (2) limit the application of plant importation declaration requirements to plants that are entered for consumption; and (3) exclude from declaration requirements a plant product that is derived from a tree unless the product is solid wood (requires the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to issue regulations that define the term "solid wood" for such purpose).

Provides that: (1) civil forfeiture provisions that prohibit any person from asserting an ownership interest in contraband or other property that it is illegal to possess, or that prohibit the federal government from being required to return contraband or other property that the person from whom the property was seized may not legally possess, shall not apply to plants or plant products; and (2) civil forfeiture provisions of such Act are the sole authority for civil seizure or forfeiture actions alleging, or predicated upon, a violation of such Act.

(Sec. 4) Prohibits any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce, or any person within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States from possessing, a plant taken, possessed, transported, or sold: (1) without the payment of appropriate royalties, taxes, or stumpage fees required for the plant by any law or regulation of any state or any foreign law that is directed at the protection, conservation, and management of plants; and (2) in violation of any limitation under any law or regulation of any state, or under foreign law, governing the export or transshipment of plants and that is directed at the protection, conservation, and management of plants

Limits the application of a civil penalty under such Act for violations of foreign laws to violations of foreign laws that are directed at the protection, conservation, and management of plants.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as program responsibilities are vested pursuant to the provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered 4 of 1970, to review the implementation of plant declarations with 180 days. Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (currently, the Secretary of Commerce) to report on plant declaration requirements, including an evaluation of the feasibility of creating a publicly available database of laws of foreign countries from which plants are exported.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild
Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Frank Moore has committed his life to family, friends,
        his country, and fly fishing;
            (2) Frank Moore is a World War II veteran who stormed the
        beaches of Normandy along with 150,000 troops during the D-Day
        Allied invasion and was awarded the Chevalier of the French
        Legion of Honor for his bravery;
            (3) Frank Moore returned home after the war, started a
        family, and pursued his passion of fishing on the winding
        rivers in Oregon;
            (4) as the proprietor of the Steamboat Inn along the North
        Umpqua River in Oregon for nearly 20 years, Frank Moore, along
        with his wife Jeanne, shared his love of fishing, the flowing
        river, and the great outdoors, with visitors from all over the
        United States and the world;
            (5) Frank Moore has spent most of his life fishing the vast
        rivers of Oregon, during which time he has contributed
        significantly to efforts to conserve fish habitats and protect
        river health, including serving on the State of Oregon Fish and
        Wildlife Commission;
            (6) Frank Moore has been recognized for his conservation
        work with the National Wildlife Federation Conservationist of
        the Year award, the Wild Steelhead Coalition Conservation
        Award, and his 2010 induction into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall
        of Fame; and
            (7) in honor of the many accomplishments of Frank Moore,
        both on and off the river, approximately 99,653 acres of Forest
        Service land in the State of Oregon should be designated as the
        ``Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management
        Area''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Frank
        Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act''
        and dated June 23, 2016.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
            (3) Special management area.--The term ``Special Management
        Area'' means the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special
        Management Area designated by section 4(a).
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon.

SEC. 4. FRANK AND JEANNE MOORE WILD STEELHEAD SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA,
              OREGON.

    (a) Designation.--The approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service
land in the State, as generally depicted on the Map, is designated as
the ``Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area''.
    (b) Map; Legal Description.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and
        legal description of the Special Management Area.
            (2) Force of law.--The map and legal description prepared
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct
        clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal
        description.
            (3) Availability.--The map and legal description prepared
        under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public
        inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
    (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Special
Management Area shall be administered by the Secretary--
            (1) in accordance with all laws (including regulations)
        applicable to the National Forest System; and
            (2) in a manner that--
                    (A) conserves and enhances the natural character,
                scientific use, and the botanical, recreational,
                ecological, fish and wildlife, scenic, drinking water,
                and cultural values of the Special Management Area;
                    (B) maintains and seeks to enhance the wild
                salmonid habitat of the Special Management Area;
                    (C) maintains or enhances the watershed as a
                thermal refuge for wild salmonids; and
                    (D) preserves opportunities for recreation,
                including primitive recreation.
    (d) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this section affects the
jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to fish and
wildlife in the State.
    (e) Adjacent Management.--Nothing in this section--
            (1) creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone around
        the Special Management Area; or
            (2) modifies the applicable travel management plan for the
        Special Management Area.
    (f) Wildfire Management.--Nothing in this section prohibits the
Secretary, in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local
agencies, as appropriate, from conducting wildland fire operations in
the Special Management Area, consistent with the purposes of this Act,
including the use of aircraft, machinery, mechanized equipment, fire
breaks, backfires, and retardant.
    (g) Vegetation Management.--Nothing in this section prohibits the
Secretary from conducting vegetation management projects within the
Special Management Area in a manner consistent with--
            (1) the purposes described in subsection (c); and
            (2) the applicable forest plan.
    (h) Protection of Tribal Rights.--Nothing in this section
diminishes any treaty rights of an Indian tribe.
    (i) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land
within the boundaries of the Special Management Area river segments
designated by subsection (a) is withdrawn from all forms of--
            (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land
        laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and
        geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

Output: .  Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act   (Sec. 4) This bill designates approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon as the "Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area." The special management area shall be administered by the Forest Service to:   conserve and enhance the natural character, scientific use, and the botanical, recreational, ecological, fish and wildlife, scenic, drinking water, and cultural values of the special management area;  maintain and seek to enhance the wild salmonid habitat of the special management area;  maintain or enhance the watershed as a thermal refuge for wild salmonids; and  preserve opportunities for recreation, including primitive recreation.    The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the special management area's river segments from:   entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;  location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and  disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.