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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Choice in Health
Options Insures Care for Everyone (CHOICE) Act of 2009''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment of American Trust Health Plan; administrative
                            structure.
Sec. 3. Finances.
Sec. 4. Eligibility and enrollment.
Sec. 5. Providers.
Sec. 6. Benefits.
Sec. 7. Premiums.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN TRUST HEALTH PLAN; ADMINISTRATIVE
              STRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--There is established an American Trust Health Plan
(in this Act referred to as the ``American Trust Health Plan'' or the
``Plan'') or to provide for the offering to eligible individuals of
health benefits coverage throughout the United States, including its
territories.
    (b) Compliance With Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The American Trust Health Plan shall
        comply with all requirements that are applicable with respect
        to other health benefits plans to be offered through a National
        Health Insurance Exchange (as defined in subsection (e)),
        including (as specified in this Act) minimum benefit and cost-
        sharing requirements and premium rating requirements.
            (2) Exemption from state insurance regulations.--As a
        Federal health program, the American Trust Health Plan is not
        required to comply with the insurance regulations of the States
        to the extent health benefits plans offered through the
        National Health Insurance Exchange are exempt from such
        regulations.
            (3) Satisfaction of individual mandate requirement.--An
        individual's enrollment with the Plan shall be treated as
        satisfying any requirement under Federal law for the individual
        to demonstrate enrollment in health insurance or benefits
        coverage.
    (c) Plan Administration.--
            (1) Administrator.--The American Trust Health Plan shall be
        administered by an Office of American Trust Health
        Administration (in this Act referred to as the ``Office'')
        within the Department of Health and Human Services. The Office
        shall be headed by an Administrator (in this Act referred to as
        the ``Administrator'') who shall be appointed by the President,
        by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
            (2) Compensation.--The Administrator shall be entitled to
        compensation at the level II of the Executive Schedule (under
        section 5313 of title 5, United States Code).
            (3) Limitation.--The Administrator and the Office shall not
        participate in the administration of any regulation regarding
        the health insurance market or in the administration of the
        National Health Insurance Exchange.
            (4) General authority.--The Administrator shall have the
        same general authorities with respect to personnel and
        operations of the Office as the heads of other agencies and
        departments of the Federal Government have with respect to such
        agencies and departments.
    (d) Advisory Board.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall be advised by an
        Advisory Board (in this Act referred to as the ``Advisory
        Board'') composed of 7 individuals appointed by the President.
        The President shall nominate individuals to serve on the
        Advisory Board in a manner that provides for inclusion on the
        Board of individuals who--
                    (A) represent the interests of patients or
                consumers;
                    (B) represent the interests health care providers,
                at least one of whom is a physician; and
                    (C) are experts in health care quality measurements
                and reporting.
            (2) Duties.--The Advisory Board shall advise the
        Administrator regarding the operation of the American Trust
        Health Plan and the Administrator shall consult with the
        Advisory Board not less often than quarterly and before making
        any annual changes in benefits under Plan.
            (3) Terms, compensation, chair, meetings, etc.--The
        provisions of paragraphs (2)(D), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of
        section 1805(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-
        6(c)) shall apply with respect to the Advisory Board and the
        President under this section in the same manner as such
        provisions apply to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
        and the Comptroller General, respectively, under section 1805
        of such Act.
            (4) Financing.--Within the budget established for the
        operation of the Plan, the Administrator shall provide for
        payment for the costs of operation of the Advisory Board.
    (e) National Health Insurance Exchange Defined.--In this Act, the
term ``National Health Insurance Exchange'' means a mechanism
established or recognized under Federal law for coordinating the
offering of health benefits coverage to individuals in the United
States (and includes such a mechanism that may be operated at a State
or regional level) through the establishment of standards for benefits
and cost-sharing and for premiums for such health benefits coverage.

SEC. 3. FINANCES.

    (a) Self-Financing.--The American Trust Health Plan shall be
financially self-sustaining insofar as funds to operate the Plan,
including costs of benefits, administration, and marketing, shall be
derived from premiums for individuals enrolled under the Plan. The Plan
is eligible to accept subsidies, including subsidies for the enrollment
of such individuals, in the same manner and to the same extent as other
health benefits plans offered through a National Health Insurance
Exchange are eligible to accept subsidies.
    (b) Contingency Reserve.--The Administrator shall establish and
fund a contingency reserve for the Plan in a form similar to that of a
contingency reserve for health benefits plans under the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program under chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT.

    (a) Eligibility.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual who is made eligible to
        purchase coverage with a health benefits plan through the
        National Health Insurance Exchange is eligible to enroll with
        the American Health Trust Plan.
            (2) Employer enrollment.--To the extent provided by the
        National Health Insurance Exchange with respect to health
        benefits coverage offered through the Exchange, employers are
        eligible to purchase coverage for, and enroll their employees
        and dependents with, the Plan.
    (b) Annual Open Enrollment Period.--The Administrator shall
determine a yearly period of open enrollment for eligible individuals
of not less than four consecutive weeks. Such a period shall be
consistent with any similar annual open enrollment period established
by the National Health Insurance Exchange for health benefits plans
offered through the Exchange.
    (c) Notices of Significant Changes.--
            (1) In general.--No significant change shall be made under
        the Plan except with public notice and on an annual basis and
        consistent with rules established by the National Health
        Insurance Exchange for health benefits coverage offered through
        the Exchange.
            (2) Significant change defined.--In this subsection, the
        term ``significant change'' includes any change in benefits,
        copayments, deductibles, or premiums.

SEC. 5. PROVIDERS.

    (a) Access to Medicare Provider Network.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any
        health care provider that is eligible for and accepts
        reimbursement for services under the Medicare program under
        title XVIII of the Social Security Act (in this section
        referred to as the ``Medicare'') shall, as a condition of
        continuing to participate under such program, also participate
        under the American Health Trust Plan.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not be construed as
        requiring a provider to accept new patients due to bona fide
        capacity limitations of the provider.
    (b) Reimbursement Levels.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall provide for
        payment to health care providers for covered services at rates
        not less, on average and in the aggregate nationally, than 105
        percent of the payment rates recognized for such services (or
        substantially similar services) under Medicare. In the case of
        those services which are covered under the Plan but are not
        covered under Medicare, the Administrator shall seek to apply
        payment rates and methodologies similar to those described in
        the previous sentence.
            (2) Adjustment.--The Administrator, in determining the
        competitiveness of the Plan within different markets and
        compared to other health benefits plans offered through the
        National Health Insurance Exchange, may increase the payment
        rates for health care providers above the rate otherwise
        provided under paragraph (1).
            (3) GPCI floors.--In applying paragraph (1), the work and
        practice expense geographic indices applied under section
        1848(e)(1) of the Social Security Act for any locality shall
        not be less than 1.00.
    (c) Adoption of Medicare Reforms.--The Plan may adopt Medicare
system delivery reforms that provide patients with a coordinated system
of care and make changes to the provider payment structure.

SEC. 6. BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall specify the benefits to be
provided under the Plan consistent with this section and in
consultation with the Advisory Board.
    (b) Minimum Benefit Level.--The Plan may offer coverage with
differing benefit levels so long as such benefits and levels are
consistent with the benefits and levels of benefits required to be
offered by health benefits plans under the National Health Insurance
Exchange, and shall include the offering of at least one benefit level
which closely reflects the lowest benefit level that may be offered by
a health benefits plan through such Exchange.

SEC. 7. PREMIUMS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall specify the levels of
premiums for coverage under the Plan so long as they--
            (1) are based upon a system of rating that is consistent
        with rating rules that is established for health benefits plans
        offered through the National Health Insurance Exchange;
            (2) do not take into account health status related factors
        for any individual enrollee; and
            (3) are designed to provide sufficient funds to meet the
        requirement of section 3(a).
    (b) Rating Rules.--To the extent permitted for health benefits
plans offered through the National Health Insurance Exchange, the
premiums for the Plan shall vary based on geographic area and family
size and may vary based on tobacco usage of an enrollee or other
factors permitted for health benefits plans offered through the
Exchange.

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Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone (CHOICE) Act of 2009 - Establishes the American Trust Health Plan to offer eligible individuals health benefits coverage. Requires the Plan to comply with all requirements that are applicable with respect to other health benefit plans to be offered through a National Health Insurance Exchange. (The Exchange has not yet been established.) Exempts the Plan from state insurance regulations. Treats enrollment with the Plan as satisfying any requirement under federal law for the individual to demonstrate enrollment in health insurance or benefits coverage. Sets forth provisions regarding administration of the Plan.

Requires the Plan to be financially self-sustaining insofar as funds to operate the Plan shall be derived from premiums of individuals enrolled under the Plan. Makes the Plan eligible to accept subsides to the same extent as other health benefit plans offered through an Exchange.

Prohibits significant changes to the Plan without public notice.

Conditions a health care provider's continued participation in the Medicare program on participation in the American Trust Health Plan. Sets payment for health care providers under the Plan at 105% of the payment rates under Medicare.

Requires the Administrator of the Plan to set the benefit level and the premiums.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air Line Pension Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PLANS.

    (a) Funding Rules for Certain Plans.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the Employee Retirement Income
        Security Act of 1974 to the contrary, the provisions of
        subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply for any plan year
        beginning after December 27, 2002, in the case of a defined
        benefit plan--
                    (A) that is established and maintained by a
                commercial passenger air carrier; and
                    (B) that has a funded percentage of less than 80
                percent as of January 1, 2003.
            (2) Funded percentage.--For purposes of this section, the
        term ``funded percentage'' means the quotient (expressed as a
        percentage) derived by dividing--
                    (A) the market value of plan assets as of January
                1, 2003 (excluding receivable contributions), by
                    (B) the current liability of the plan as of January
                1, 2003.
            (3) Interest rate.--In determining current liability for
        purposes of paragraph (2), the assumed interest rate shall be
        6.65 percent.
            (4) Estimation of current liability.--If the valuation date
        for the plan is not January 1, 2003, the current liability as
        of January 1, 2003, shall be estimated based on generally
        accepted actuarial principles and practices.
    (b) Moratorium on Deficit Reduction Contribution.--
            (1) In general.--In applying section 412(l)(9)(A) of such
        Code and section 302(d)(9)(A) of such Act with respect to a
        plan described in subsection (a)(1), the funded current
        liability percentage of the plan shall be treated as not less
        than 90 percent for plan years beginning after December 27,
        2002 and before December 27, 2007.
            (2) Termination of moratorium in certain cases.--If the
        funded current liability percentage of the plan, without
        application of paragraph (1), is 90 percent or greater during
        any plan year beginning after December 27, 2002 and before
        December 27, 2007, paragraph (1) shall cease to apply to the
        plan for plan years beginning with or after such plan year.
            (3) Extension of amortization periods.--For plan years for
        which paragraph (1) applies in the case of the plan, net
        experience gains and net experience losses shall be amortized
        under sections 412(b)(2)(B)(iv) and 412(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such
        Code (respectively) and sections 302(b)(2)(B)(iv) and
        302(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such Act (respectively), over a period of
        15 plan years.
            (4) Option to combine or to offset amortization bases.--For
        the first plan year for which paragraph (1) applies with
        respect to the plan, amounts required to be amortized under
        paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 412(b) of such Code and
        paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 302(b) of such Act may be
        combined into one amount under such sections, and may be offset
        against other amounts required to be amortized under such
        sections, with the resulting amount in either case to be
        amortized over a period of 15 plan years.
    (c) Amortization of 2008 Unfunded Current Liability.--
            (1) In general.--In such form and manner as the Secretary
        of the Treasury may prescribe, the sponsor of a plan described
        in subsection (a)(1) may make a one-time, irrevocable election
        with the Secretary of the Treasury to amortize the unfunded
        current liability for the first plan year beginning after
        December 27, 2007, on an interest-only basis for the first 5
        plan years (beginning with such first plan year) and thereafter
        in equal annual installments over a period of 15 plan years
        (beginning with the first plan year after December 27, 2012).
            (2) Determination of 2008 unfunded current liability in
        calculating deficit reduction contribution after moratorium
        ends.--If the plan sponsor makes an election under paragraph
        (1) with respect to the plan, the unfunded current liability of
        the plan for the first plan year after December 27, 2007, shall
        be calculated as follows:
                    (A) such unfunded current liability shall equal the
                unfunded current liability as of the first day of such
                first plan year, and
                    (B) such unfunded current liability shall be
                calculated using the actuarial value of assets as of
                the first day of such first plan year.
            (3) Use of 2008 unfunded current liability in calculating
        deficit reduction after moratorium ends.--If the plan sponsor
        makes an election under paragraph (1) with respect to the plan,
        the plan's unfunded old liability, for purposes of section
        412(l) of such Code and section 302(l) of such Act, shall be
        deemed equal to the unfunded current liability calculated under
        paragraph (2) for the first plan year after December 27, 2007,
        and the plan's unfunded old liability amount for any plan year,
        for purposes of section 412(l) of such Code and section 302(l)
        of such Act, shall be the amount necessary to amortize the
        unfunded old liability under the plan as described in paragraph
        (1).
            (4) Cessation of modifications.--If the funded current
        liability percentage of the plan, determined without regard to
        this section, is 90 percent or greater for any plan year after
        December 27, 2002, this subsection shall cease to apply to the
        plan for plan years beginning with or after such plan year.
    (d) Recognition of Waiver in Deficit Reduction Contribution.--For
any plan described in subsection (a)(1), the amount referred to in
clause (ii) of section 412(l)(8)(A) of such Code and section
302(d)(8)(A) of such Act shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the
sum of--
            (1) the value of the plan's assets determined under section
        412(c)(2) of such Code and section 302(c)(2) of such Act, and
            (2) the unamortized portion of any waived funding
        deficiency.

SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN PLANS TERMINATING IN 2003.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, the provisions of subsection (b) shall apply to any defined
benefit plan--
            (1) that is maintained by a commercial passenger air
        carrier,
            (2) that is maintained for the benefit of such carrier's
        employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, and
            (3) that terminated during the calendar year 2003.
    (b) Restoration of Plan.--Not later than December 31, 2003, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall restore any plan described
in paragraph (1) to the plan's pre-termination status and the control
of the plan's assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the
employer, unless the collective bargaining agreement provides that the
plan should not be restored.
    (c) Exclusion of Expected Increase in Current Liability.--In
applying section 412(l)(1)(A)(i) of such Code and section
302(d)(1)(A)(i) of such Act with respect to a plan restored under
subsection (b), any expected increase in current liability due to
benefits accruing during each plan year as described in section
412(1)(2)(C) of such Code and section 302(d)(2)(C) of such Act shall be
excluded.
    (d) Amortization of Unfunded Amounts Under Restoration Payment
Schedule.--
            (1) 2004 unfunded accrued liability.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of a plan restored
                under subsection (b)--
                            (i) the initial post-restoration valuation
                        date for a plan described in subsection (a)
                        shall be January 1, 2004,
                            (ii) the initial restoration amortization
                        base for a plan described in subsection (a)
                        shall be an amount equal to the excess of--
                                    (I) the accrued benefit liabilities
                                returned by the Corporation, over
                                    (II) the market value of plan
                                assets returned by the Corporation, and
                            (iii) the initial restoration amortization
                        base shall be amortized in level annual
                        installments over a period of 30 years after
                        the initial post-restoration valuation date,
                        and the funding standard account of the plan
                        under section 412 of such Code and section 302
                        of such Act shall be charged with such
                        installments.
                    (B) Other special funding rules remain
                applicable.--At the election of the plan sponsor, the
                provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section
                2 shall apply with respect to the plan.
            (2) Rules of special application.--In applying the 30-year
        amortization described in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) the assumed interest rate shall be the
                valuation interest rate used to determine the accrued
                liability under section 412(c) of such Code and section
                302(c) of such Act,
                    (B) the actuarial value of assets as of the initial
                post-restoration valuation date shall be reset to the
                market value of assets with a 5-year phase-in of
                unexpected investment gains or losses on a prospective
                basis, and
                    (C) for plans using the frozen initial liability
                (FIL) funding method in accordance with section 412(c)
                of such Code and section 302(c) of such Act, the
                initial unfunded liability used to determine normal
                cost shall be reset to the initial restoration
                amortization base.
    (e) Quarterly Contributions.--The requirements of section 412(m) of
such Code and section 302(e) of such Act shall not apply to a plan
restored under subsection (b) until the plan year beginning on the
initial post-restoration valuation date. The required annual payment
for that year shall be the lesser of--
            (1) the amount determined under section 412(m)(4)(B)(i) of
        such Code and section 302(e)(4)(B)(i) of such Act, or
            (2) 100 percent of the amount required to be contributed
        under the plan for the plan year beginning January 1, 2003 and
        ending on the date of plan termination.
    (f) Resetting of Funding Standard Account Balances.--In the case of
a plan restored under subsection (b), any accumulated funding
deficiency or credit balance in the funding standard account under
section 412 of such Code or section 302 of such Act shall be set equal
to zero as of the initial post-restoration valuation date.

SEC. 4. PBGC LIABILITY LIMITED.

    In the case of any plan--
            (1) which is described in section 2(a)(1), and which
        terminates at a time when section 2(b)(1) applies to the plan,
        or at a time when the unfunded current liability of the plan
        for the first plan year after December 27, 2007, is being
        amortized on an interest-only basis under section 2(c), or
            (2) which is described in section 3(a), which is restored
        pursuant to section 3(b), and which subsequently terminates
        with a date of plan termination prior to the end of the fifth
        plan year beginning after December 27, 2007,
section 4022 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
shall be applied as if the plan had been amended to provide that
participants would receive no credit for benefit accrual purposes under
the plan for service on and after the first day of the plan year
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act shall apply to plan years beginning
after December 27, 2002.

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Air Line Pension Act of 2003 - Sets forth special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (plans), notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Provides for such plans, if they have a funded percentage of less than 80 percent as of January 1, 2003, the following: (1) modifications of funding rules, including funded percentage, assumed interest rate for determining current liability, and estimation of current liability; (2) a moratorium on the deficit reduction contribution, under specified conditions; (3) a one-time amortization of 2008 unfunded current liability; and (4) recognition of a waiver in the deficit reduction contribution.

Provides for such plans, if they are maintained for benefit of the carrier's employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement and if they terminated during calendar year 2003, the following: (1) restoration by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to the plan's pre-termination status and transfer of control of plan assets and liabilities to the employer, unless the collective bargaining agreement provides that the plan should not be restored; (2) exclusion of any expected increase in current liability due to benefits accruing during each plan year; (3) amortization of unfunded amounts under the restoration payment schedule; (4) inapplicability of certain contribution requirements to a restored plan until a plan year beginning on the initial post-restoration valuation date, with modified required annual payments; and (5) resetting of funding standard account balances.

 Limits PBGC liability with respect to certain plans under this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``True Understanding of the Economy
and Safety Act'' or the ``TRUE Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the trucking industry is the backbone of the Nation's
        economy, with nearly 7 million Americans working in trucking-
        related jobs, including more than 3 million commercial truck
        drivers;
            (2) 80 percent of all communities in the United States
        depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply their essential
        everyday commodities;
            (3) Federal regulations governing the hours of service for
        commercial truck drivers must be based on full and fair
        scientific research, analysis, and operational testing;
            (4) the restart rule that became effective on July 1, 2013,
        was based mainly on a one-month sleep study conducted in a
        laboratory setting;
            (5) the new restart rule will cost the trucking industry up
        to $376,000,000 annually, reducing productivity, impacting
        driver pay, and increasing the cost to deliver goods; and
            (6) the restart rule should not have become effective prior
        to completion of the thorough operational study required by
        section 32301 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st
        Century Act or MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141; 126 Stat. 786).

SEC. 3. GAO ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) Assessment of Methodology for MAP-21 Restart Study.--
            (1) In general.--After completion of the field study and
        submission of the report regarding such study by the
        Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
        Administration, required by section 32301 of MAP-21, the
        Comptroller General shall conduct an assessment of the
        methodology followed by the Secretary of Transportation in
        carrying out the efficacy of the restart rule published on
        December 27, 2011.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the assessment shall be to
        assess the extent to which the methodology meets the
        requirement of MAP-21 that--
                    (A) the data collected is representative of the
                drivers subject to the restart rule;
                    (B) the methodology is statistically valid; and
                    (C) the study followed the plan for the
                ``Scheduling and Fatigue Recovery Project'' developed
                by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
    (b) Assessment of Regulatory Impact Analysis.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall conduct an
        assessment of the Regulatory Impact Analysis that accompanied
        the final rule published by the Department of Transportation in
        the Federal Register on December 27, 2011, entitled ``Hours of
        Service of Drivers'' (76 Fed. Reg. 81134).
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the GAO assessment shall be--
                    (A) to conduct an analysis of the methodology and
                data used by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
                Administration in its Regulatory Impact Analysis;
                    (B) to evaluate the validity and representativeness
                of the driver data used to evaluate the operational and
                economic impacts of the new 34-hour restart rule
                applicable to operators of commercial motor vehicles;
                    (C) to conduct an analysis of the data and
                methodology used to develop the proposed safety and
                health benefits of the new 34-hour restart rule
                applicable to operators of commercial motor vehicles;
                    (D) to review the safety, health, cost, and
                operational implications of the restart rule, and the
                potential impact of a greater number of commercial
                motor vehicles on major roads during ``morning
                commutes'' as a result of the restart rule; and
                    (E) review the research used in developing and
                justifying the new restart rule, particularly as it
                relates to the use of a laboratory test to justify the
                rule rather than an operational test in the field.
    (c) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a final report to the
appropriate committees of Congress on the assessments required under
subsections (a) and (b), including any recommendations.

SEC. 4. DELAY IN APPLICATION OF RULE.

    (a) Delay in Application of Rule.--Effective as of the date of
enactment of this Act, the restart rule published by the Department of
Transportation in the Federal Register on December 27, 2011, shall have
no force or effect until 6 months after the study report required by
this Act has been submitted to Congress.
    (b) Application of Previous Rule Provision.--For the period
specified under subsection (a), the 34-hour restart rule issued on
April 28, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 22456), shall be in effect.
    (c) December 2011 Rule.--The Secretary shall not apply the rule
described in subsection (a) if the conclusions of the operational study
completed pursuant to MAP-21 do not support or concur with the
conclusions of the laboratory study on which the rule was based.

Output: True Understanding of the Economy and Safety Act or TRUE Safety Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), after the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports to Congress on an hours of service field study, to assess the methodology followed by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) in carrying out the efficacy of the restart rule ("Hours of Service of Drivers") published on December 27, 2011, which applies to operators of commercial motor vehicles of property subject to maximum DOT driving time requirements. Requires the assessment to evaluate the extent to which that methodology meets the requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) that: (1) the data collected is representative of the drivers subject to the restart rule, (2) the methodology is statistically valid, and (3) the study followed the FMCSA plan for the "Scheduling and Fatigue Recovery Project." Directs GAO to assess the Regulatory Impact Analysis that accompanied the final 2011 restart rule. Nullifies the 2011 restart rule until six months after the study report required by this Act has been submitted to Congress.  Prohibits the Secretary from applying the restart rule if the conclusions of the field study completed pursuant to MAP-21 do not support or concur with the conclusions of the laboratory study on which the rule was based.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower
Act''.

SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVES AND PROTECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 301 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 30172. WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVES AND PROTECTIONS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered action.--The term `covered action' means any
        administrative or judicial action, including any related
        administrative or judicial action, brought by the Secretary or
        the Attorney General under this chapter that in the aggregate
        results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1,000,000.
            ``(2) Monetary sanctions.--The term `monetary sanctions'
        means monies, including penalties and interest, ordered or
        agreed to be paid.
            ``(3) Original information.--The term `original
        information' means information that--
                    ``(A) is derived from the independent knowledge or
                analysis of an individual;
                    ``(B) is not known to the Secretary from any other
                source, unless the individual is the original source of
                the information; and
                    ``(C) is not exclusively derived from an allegation
                made in a judicial or an administrative action, in a
                governmental report, a hearing, an audit, or an
                investigation, or from the news media, unless the
                individual is a source of the information.
            ``(4) Part supplier.--The term `part supplier' means a
        manufacturer of motor vehicle equipment.
            ``(5) Successful resolution.--The term `successful
        resolution' includes any settlement or adjudication of a
        covered action.
            ``(6) Whistleblower.--The term `whistleblower' means any
        employee or contractor of a motor vehicle manufacturer, part
        supplier, or dealership who voluntarily provides to the
        Secretary original information relating to any motor vehicle
        defect, noncompliance, or any violation or alleged violation of
        any notification or reporting requirement of this chapter which
        is likely to cause unreasonable risk of death or serious
        physical injury.
    ``(b) Awards.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the original information that a
        whistleblower provided to the Secretary led to the successful
        resolution of a covered action, the Secretary, subject to
        subsection (c) and under the regulations promulgated under
        subsection (i), may pay an award or awards to 1 or more
        whistleblowers in an aggregate amount of not more than 30
        percent, in total, of collected monetary sanctions.
            ``(2) Payment of awards.--Any amount payable under
        paragraph (1) shall be paid from the monetary sanctions
        collected, and any monetary sanctions so collected shall be
        available for such payment.
    ``(c) Determination of Awards; Denial of Awards.--
            ``(1) Determination of awards.--
                    ``(A) Discretion.--The determination of whether, to
                whom, or in what amount to make an award shall be in
                the discretion of the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Criteria.--In determining an award made under
                subsection (b), the Secretary shall take into
                consideration--
                            ``(i) if appropriate, whether a
                        whistleblower reported or attempted to report
                        the information internally to an applicable
                        motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or
                        dealership;
                            ``(ii) the significance of the original
                        information provided by the whistleblower to
                        the successful resolution of the covered
                        action;
                            ``(iii) the degree of assistance provided
                        by the whistleblower and any legal
                        representative of the whistleblower in the
                        covered action; and
                            ``(iv) such additional factors as the
                        Secretary considers relevant.
            ``(2) Denial of awards.--No award under subsection (b)
        shall be made--
                    ``(A) to any whistleblower who is convicted of a
                criminal violation related to the covered action for
                which the whistleblower otherwise could receive an
                award under this section;
                    ``(B) to any whistleblower who, acting without
                direction from an applicable motor vehicle
                manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership, or agent
                thereof, deliberately causes or substantially
                contributes to the alleged violation of a requirement
                of this chapter;
                    ``(C) to any whistleblower who submits information
                to the Secretary that is based on the facts underlying
                the covered action submitted previously by another
                whistleblower; or
                    ``(D) to any whistleblower who fails to provide the
                original information to the Secretary in such form as
                the Secretary may require by regulation.
    ``(d) Representation.--A whistleblower who makes a claim for an
award under subsection (b) may be represented by counsel.
    ``(e) No Contract Necessary.--No contract with the Secretary is
necessary for any whistleblower to receive an award under subsection
(b).
    ``(f) Appeals.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any determination made under this
        section, including whether, to whom, or in what amount to make
        an award, shall be in the discretion of the Secretary.
            ``(2) Appeals.--Any determination made by the Secretary
        under this section may be appealed by a whistleblower to the
        appropriate court of appeals of the United States not later
        than 30 days after the determination is issued by the
        Secretary.
            ``(3) Review.--The court shall review the determination
        made by the Secretary in accordance with section 706 of title
        5, United States Code.
    ``(g) Protection of Whistleblowers; Confidentiality.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 30167, and
        except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this
        subsection, the Secretary, and any officer or employee of the
        Department of Transportation, shall not disclose any
        information, including information provided by a whistleblower
        to the Secretary, which could reasonably be expected to reveal
        the identity of a whistleblower, except in accordance with the
        provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code,
        unless and until required to be disclosed to a defendant or
        respondent in connection with a public proceeding instituted by
        the Secretary or any entity described in paragraph (3). For
        purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, this
        paragraph shall be considered a statute described in subsection
        (b)(3)(B) of that section.
            ``(2) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection is intended to
        limit the ability of the Attorney General to present such
        evidence to a grand jury or to share such evidence with
        potential witnesses or defendants in the course of an ongoing
        criminal investigation.
            ``(3) Availability to government agencies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Without the loss of its status
                as confidential in the hands of the Secretary, all
                information referred to in paragraph (1) may, in the
                discretion of the Secretary, when determined by the
                Secretary to be necessary or appropriate to accomplish
                the purposes of this chapter and in accordance with
                subparagraph (B), be made available to the following:
                            ``(i) The Department of Justice.
                            ``(ii) An appropriate department or agency
                        of the Federal Government, acting within the
                        scope of its jurisdiction.
                    ``(B) Maintenance of information.--Each entity
                described in subparagraph (A) shall maintain
                information described in that subparagraph as
                confidential, in accordance with the requirements in
                paragraph (1).
    ``(h) Provision of False Information.--A whistleblower who
knowingly and willfully makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent
statement or representation, or who makes or uses any false writing or
document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or
fraudulent statement or entry, shall not be entitled to an award under
this section and shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of
title 18.
    ``(i) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, the Secretary
shall promulgate regulations to implement the requirements of this
section.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--
            (1) Original information.--Information submitted to the
        Secretary of Transportation by a whistleblower in accordance
        with the regulations to implement the requirements of section
        30172, United States Code, shall not lose its status as
        original information solely because the whistleblower submitted
        the information prior to the effective date of the regulations
        if that information was submitted after the date of enactment
        of this Act.
            (2) Awards.--A whistleblower may receive an award under
        section 30172, United States Code, regardless of whether the
        violation underlying the covered action occurred prior to the
        date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The table of contents of subchapter IV
of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:

``30172. Whistleblower incentives and protections.''.

Output: Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act - Prescribes certain whistleblower incentives and protections for motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership employees or contractors who voluntarily provide the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) information relating to any motor vehicle defect, noncompliance, or any violation of any notification or reporting requirement which is likely to cause unreasonable risk of death or serious physical injury. Authorizes the Secretary to pay awards to one or more whistleblowers in an aggregate amount of up to 30% of total monetary sanctions collected pursuant to an administrative or judicial action resulting in aggregate monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million. Prohibits an award to any whistleblower who knowingly and willfully makes false representations. Subjects such a whistleblower to criminal penalties.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research
and Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) The term ``autoimmune disease'' refers to a varied
        group of more than 80 serious, chronic illnesses that involve
        the human organ system, the nervous, gastrointestinal and
        endocrine systems, the skin and other connective tissues, eyes,
        and blood and blood vessels.
            (2) These diseases include, but are not limited to,
        Epstein-Barr virus, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma,
        multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Hashimoto's
        thyroiditis, Graves' disease, and vasculitis syndromes.
            (3) 50 million Americans are afflicted with some form of
        autoimmune disease.
            (4) 75 percent of autoimmune diseases occur in women, most
        frequently during but not limited to the childbearing years.
            (5) Taken together, autoimmune diseases represent the
        fourth largest cause of disability among women in the United
        States.
            (6) Female-to-male ratios in autoimmune diseases are
        dramatically skewed toward women, in some cases by ratios as
        high as 50 to 1.
            (7) Autoimmune diseases remain among the most poorly
        understood and poorly recognized of any category of illnesses;
        while science suggest they may have a genetric component, they
        can cluster in families as different illnesses.
            (8) To help women live longer, healthier lives, more
        research is needed to shed light on genetic as well as hormonal
        and environmental risk factors that contribute to the causes of
        these diseases, as well as providing early diagnosis and
        treatment.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION AND INTENSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES REGARDING
              AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ON WOMEN.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``SEC. 399O. AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN WOMEN.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, an `autoimmune disease' means
an illness in which the body's immune system becomes misdirected,
attacking the organs it was designed to protect. It includes, but is
not limited to, Epstein-Barr virus, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis,
scleroderma, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Hashimoto's
throiditis, Graves disease, and vasculitis syndromes.
    ``(b) In General.--The Director of the Office on Women's Health in
the Department of Health and Human Services shall expand, intensify,
and coordinate research and related activities of the Department with
respect to autoimmune diseases in women.
    ``(c) Coordination With Other Institutes.--The Director of the
Office on Women's Health shall coordinate activities under subsection
(b) with other similar activities conducted by the other
national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of
Health to the extent that such Institutes and agencies have
responsibilities that are related to autoimmune diseases in women.
    ``(d) Certain Programs.--In carrying out subsection (b), the
Director of the Office of Women's Health shall conduct or support
research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and develop
methods for preventing, autoimmune diseases in women. Activities under
such subsection shall include conducting and supporting the following:
            ``(1) Research to determine the prevalence of autoimmune
        diseases in women, including African American women and other
        women who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
            ``(2) Basic research concerning the etiology and causes of
        autoimmune diseases in women, including genetic, hormonal, and
        environmental factors.
            ``(3) Epidemiological studies to address the frequency and
        natural history of such diseases and the differences among men
        and women, and among racial and ethnic groups, with respect to
        such diseases.
            ``(4) The development of safe, efficient, and cost-
        effective diagnostic approaches to evaluating women with
        suspected autoimmune diseases.
            ``(5) Clinical research for the development and evaluation
        of new treatments for women, including rehabilitation.
            ``(6) Studies to gain a better understanding of methods of
        preventing autoimmune diseases in women.
            ``(7) Information and education programs for patients and
        health care providers on genetic, hormonal, and environmental
        risk factors associated with autoimmune diseases in women, and
        on the importance of the prevention or control of such risk
        factors and timely referral with appropriate diagnosis and
        treatment. Such programs shall include information and
        education on the prevalence and nature of autoimmune diseases
        in women, and on health-related behaviors that can improve
        certain risk factors.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007. The
authorization of appropriations established in the preceding sentence
is in addition to any other authorization of appropriation that is
available for such purpose.''.

Output: Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of the Department with respect to autoimmune diseases in women. Requires such efforts to examine: (1) disease prevalence in women; (2) the etiology and causes of such diseases; (3) epidemiology and gender and ethnic differences; (4) diagnostic approaches; (5) new treatments; and (6) prevention and education programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Redundant Remapping Reform Act of
2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
        the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
            (2) the term ``covered period'' means--
                    (A) with respect to a levee for which the Army
                Corps of Engineers has entered into a cost sharing
                agreement, the 48-month period beginning on the date on
                which the Army Corps of Engineers makes available any
                funds required to be made available by the Army Corps
                of Engineers under the agreement; and
                    (B) with respect to a levee not described in
                subparagraph (A), the 48-month period beginning on the
                date on which the Administrator commences an update of
                a National Flood Insurance Program rate map that
                includes an area protected by the levee;
            (3) the term ``National Flood Insurance Program'' means the
        program established under the National Flood Insurance Act of
        1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.); and
            (4) the term ``qualified levee'' means a levee that is
        being constructed or modified, if the owner of the levee enters
        into an agreement with the Administrator that the construction
        or modification will be completed before the end of a covered
        period relating to the qualified levee.

SEC. 3. REMAPPING OF AREAS PROTECTED BY CERTAIN LEVEES.

    (a) Levees Undergoing Accreditation.--The Administrator may not
update or publish a National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a
covered period with respect to an area that is protected by a levee--
            (1) for which a community or other party has sought
        recognition under section 65.10 of title 44, Code of Federal
        Regulations, or any successor thereto; and
            (2) with respect to which the Administrator has not issued
        a Letter of Final Determination.
    (b) Levees Undergoing Planning, Construction, or Rehabilitation.--
            (1) Prohibition.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        Administrator may not update or publish a National Flood
        Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with respect
        to an area that is protected by a qualified levee that is being
        planned, constructed, or rehabilitated, if the scheduled
        completion date for the planning, construction, or
        rehabilitation occurs during the covered period.
            (2) Exceptions.--The Administrator may update or publish a
        National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a covered
        period with respect to an area that is protected by a qualified
        levee described in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) on or after the date on which the construction
                or rehabilitation of the qualified levee is completed;
                or
                    (B) on or after the date on which the Administrator
                determines that the planning, construction, or
                rehabilitation of the qualified levee is experiencing
                an indefinite delay.
            (3) Scheduled completion date.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the scheduled completion date for planning,
        construction, or rehabilitation of a qualified levee shall be
        determined by an engineer responsible for the design,
        modification, or construction of the qualified levee, taking
        into consideration the actual condition of the qualified levee.
    (c) Notification of Affected Persons.--
            (1) Draft notice.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish a notice
        to be used by owners of qualified levees subject to this
        section to disclose to persons affected by the qualified
        levees--
                    (A) information relating to the possible dangers of
                living in an area affected by the qualified levees
                without flood insurance coverage;
                    (B) information relating to the availability of
                flood insurance coverage; and
                    (C) any other information that the Administrator
                determines is necessary.
            (2) Notice by owners of levees.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
                (B), not later than 30 days after the commencement of a
                covered period, the owner of the qualified levee to
                which the covered period relates shall provide the
                notice published under paragraph (1) to each person
                identified by the owner of the qualified levee as a
                person affected by the qualified levee.
                    (B) Exception.--In the case of a covered period
                that commences before the date on which the
                Administrator publishes the notice under paragraph (1),
                the owner of the qualified levee to which the covered
                period relates shall provide the notice required under
                subparagraph (A) to each person identified by the owner
                of the qualified levee as a person affected by the
                qualified levee as soon as practicable after the date
                on which the Administrator publishes the notice.
    (d) Reporting Requirements.--During a covered period relating to a
qualified levee, the owner of the qualified levee (or a designee of the
owner) shall submit to the Administrator a quarterly report that
contains--
            (1) a description of the progress of the construction or
        modification of the qualified levee; and
            (2) an estimate of the scheduled completion date of the
        construction or modification of the qualified levee, as
        determined by an engineer responsible for the design,
        modification, or construction of the qualified levee, taking
        into consideration the actual condition of the qualified levee.

Output:
Redundant Remapping Reform Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from updating or publishing a National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with respect to an area protected by a levee that is undergoing accreditation, planning, construction, or rehabilitation.

Instructs the Administrator to publish a notice to be used by owners of qualified levees to disclose to persons affected by such levees.

Requires owners of qualified levees to provide such notice to each person identified as affected by the qualified levee.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fan Freedom and Community Protection
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The name of a professional sports team is always linked
        to the name of the community in which it is located.
            (2) Communities, sports fans, and taxpayers make a
        substantial and valuable financial, psychological, and
        emotional investment in their teams and their teams' names.
            (3) Professional sports teams promote civic pride, and
        generate jobs, revenues, and other local economic development.
            (4) Professional sports teams remain in communities for
        generations and represent much more than a business.
            (5) Current law does not protect the rights of sports fans
        nor the interests of communities when a professional sports
        team decides to relocate.
            (6) Professional sports team owners are positioned to
        extract enormous benefits from communities, and they are taking
        advantage of these opportunities.
            (7) Professional sports teams and leagues have directly
        benefited from Federal legislation, including the following:
                    (A) Public law 87-331 (15 U.S.C. 1291 et seq;
                commonly referred to as the Sports Antitrust Broadcast
                Act of 1961).
                    (B) Public law 89-800 (80 Stat. 1508; commonly
                referred to as the Football Merger Act of 1966).
                    (C) Public law 93-107 (87 Stat. 350; relating to a
                prohibition of local television blackouts of network
                games which were sold out 72 hours in advance).
                    (D) Federal tax laws that allow depreciation of
                player contracts, capital gains, carryover losses, and
                the formation of Subchapter S corporations.
            (8) The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in Los
        Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football
        League (726 F.2d 1381 (9th cir. 1984); commonly referred to as
        Raiders I), Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v.
        National Football League (791 F.2d. 1356 (9th cir. 1986);
        commonly referred to as Raiders II), and National Basketball
        Association v. SDC Basketball Club, Inc. (815 F.2d 562 (9th
        cir. 1987); commonly referred to as Clippers) that a league has
        the authority to prevent a professional sports team from
        relocating from one community to another community.

SEC. 3. TEAM NAME.

    (a) Conditions on Approval of Relocation.--In a case in which a
league approves the relocation of a professional sports team from a
community described in subsection (b)--
            (1) the registered mark that is used to identify the
        professional sports team becomes the property of the league;
            (2) the league shall reserve the registered mark and any
        portion of the registered mark for use only by the community
        from which the team is relocating until the earlier of--
                    (A) the expiration of the registered mark; or
                    (B) the date on which the community informs the
                league that a professional sports team will not be
                using the registered mark; and
            (3) the registered mark or any portion of the registered
        mark may not be used by another professional sports team in the
        same league.
    (b) Communities Covered.--A community referred to in subsection (a)
is a community in which a professional sports team has been located for
a period of at least 10 years.

SEC. 4. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RELOCATION OF A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM.

    (a) Requirement.--A professional sports team owner seeking to
relocate the team from one community to another shall provide notice of
the proposed relocation to the parties listed in subsection (b) not
later than 180 days before the commencement of the season in which the
professional sports team is to play in the new community.
    (b) Parties.--The notice required under subsection (a) shall be
provided to--
            (1) the local government for the community in which the
        professional sports team's stadium or arena is located;
            (2) the owner or operator of such stadium or arena; and
            (3) each professional sports team that is a member of the
        league for the professional sport concerned.
    (c) Additional Requirements.--The notice required under subsection
(a) shall--
            (1) be delivered in person or by certified mail;
            (2) be published in one or more newspapers of general
        circulation within the community in which the professional
        sports team is located; and
            (3) contain an identification of the proposed new location
        for the professional sports team, a summary of the reasons for
        moving the professional sports team based on the factors listed
        in section 7, and the date on which the proposed change is
        scheduled to become effective.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE EXPANSION TEAMS AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES
              UPON THE FULFILLMENT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

    (a) League Requirement to Grant Franchise.--Not later than 12
months after the submission of the name of an investor under subsection
(b) to a league, the league shall grant to the investor a new expansion
professional sports team franchise from the league at a fee in an
amount no greater than an amount equal to 85 percent of the franchise
fee charged by the league for the last expansion professional sports
team franchise granted by the league.
    (b) Three-Year Opportunity for Investment.--The requirement of
subsection (a) applies to a league in any case in which--
            (1) the league approves, on or after January 1, 1993, the
        relocation of a professional sports team from one community to
        another;
            (2) not later than three years after such relocation, the
        community in which the team was previously located submits to
        the league the name of an investor to be granted a new
        professional sports team franchise in such community by the
        league; and
            (3) the investor demonstrates that he is financially able
        to purchase and support a team by placing the amount described
        under subsection (a), in addition to an amount equal to the
        sale price of the last professional sports team sale approved
        by the league, in an escrow account.
    (c) Ten-Year Relocation Prohibition.--In the case of a grant of a
professional sports team franchise under subsection (a), the league may
approve a resale of the team, but may not approve a relocation of the
team during the ten-year period beginning on the date of the grant of
the expansion professional sports team franchise.
    (d) Exception.--This section shall not apply in the case of a
community with a professional sports team if the team relocates within
60 miles of the community.

SEC. 6. LEAGUE RELOCATION AUTHORITY AND RELOCATION DETERMINATION
              CRITERIA.

    (a) League Authority.--It is not unlawful by reason of the
antitrust laws for a professional sports league to enforce rules or
agreements authorizing the membership of such league to decide whether
a professional sports team that is a member of the league may relocate
from one community to another.
    (b) Determination Criteria.--In determining whether to approve or
disapprove the relocation of a professional sports team from one
community to another, a league shall make specific findings regarding--
            (1) the extent to which fan loyalty to and support for the
        team has been demonstrated during the team's tenure in the
        community;
            (2) the degree to which the team has engaged in good faith
        negotiations with appropriate persons concerning terms and
        conditions under which the team would continue to play its
        games in the community;
            (3) the degree to which the owners or managers of the team
        have contributed to any circumstances which might demonstrate
        the need for the relocation;
            (4) the extent to which the team, directly or indirectly,
        received public financial support by means of any publicly
        financed playing facility, special tax treatment, or any other
        form of public financial support;
            (5) the adequacy of the stadium in which the team played
        its home games in the previous season, and the willingness of
        the stadium, arena authority, or the local government to remedy
        any deficiencies in such facility;
            (6) whether the team has incurred net operating losses,
        exclusive of depreciation and amortization, sufficient to
        threaten the continued financial viability of the team;
            (7) whether any other team in the league is located in the
        community in which the team is currently located;
            (8) whether the team proposes to relocate to a community in
        which no other team in the league is located;
            (9) whether the stadium authority, if public, is not
        opposed to such relocation; and
            (10) whether there is a bona fide investor offering fair
        market value for the professional sports team and will retain
        the team in the current community.

SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Penalties for Failure to Comply.--A league that violates the
requirement of section 5(a) by failing to grant a new professional
sports team franchise--
            (1) is liable to the community in which the team was
        previously located for damages equal to three times the
        purchase price of the team; and
            (2) is subject to the suspension for one season of its
        antitrust exemption for pooling the broadcasting rights to
        games under Public Law 87-331 (15 U.S.C. 1291 et seq.).
    (b) Enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.--The provisions of
this Act shall be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission under the
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).

SEC. 8. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MATTERS.

    Nothing in this Act shall--
            (1) alter, determine, or otherwise affect the applicability
        or inapplicability of the antitrust laws, the labor laws, or
        any other provision of law to the wages, hours, or other terms
        and conditions of employment of players in any professional
        sports league, to any employment matter regarding players in
        any such league or to any collective bargaining rights and
        privilege of any player union in any such league;
            (2) alter or affect the applicability or inapplicability of
        the antitrust laws or any applicable Federal or State law
        regarding broadcasting or telecasting, including those
        contained under section 1291 of title 15, United States Code,
        to any agreement between any professional sports league or a
        professional sports team that is a member of the league and any
        person not affiliated with such a league for the broadcasting
        or telecasting of the games of such league or members of the
        league on any form of television;
            (3) affect any contract, or provision of a contract,
        relating to the use of a stadium or arena between a
        professional sports team and the owner or operator of any
        stadium or arena or any other person;
            (4) exempt from the antitrust laws any agreement to fix the
        prices of admission to sports contests;
            (5) exempt from the antitrust laws any predatory practice
        or other conduct with respect to competing sports leagues which
        would otherwise be unlawful under the antitrust laws; or
            (6) except as provided in this Act, alter, determine, or
        otherwise affect the applicability or inapplicability of the
        antitrust laws to any act, contract, agreement, rule, course of
        conduct, or other activity by, between, or among persons
        engaging in, conducting, or participating in professional
        football, basketball, hockey, or baseball.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Antitrust laws.--The term ``antitrust laws''--
                    (A) has the meaning giving it in subsection (a) of
                the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)),
                except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal
                Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent such
                section applies to unfair methods of competition; and
                    (B) includes any State law similar to the laws
                referred to in subparagraph (A).
            (2) Community.--The term ``community'' means a city,
        county, parish, town, township, village, or any other general
        function governmental unit established by State law.
            (3) Investor.--The term ``investor'' means any person or
        group of persons, including a community.
            (4) League.--The terms ``league'' and ``professional sports
        league'' mean an association composed of two or more
        professional sports teams (which have been engaged in
        competition in their sport for more than seven years) which has
        adopted, accepted, or put into effect rules for the conduct of
        professional sports teams which are members of that association
        and for the regulation of contests and exhibitions in which
        such teams regularly engage. The term includes--
                    (A) the National Football League;
                    (B) the National Hockey League;
                    (C) the National Basketball Association; and
                    (D) Major League Baseball.
            (5) Located.--The term ``located'', with respect to a
        professional sports team, means situated in the stadium or
        arena in which the professional sports team plays its home
        games.
            (6) Professional Sports Team.--The term ``professional
        sports team'' means any group of professional athletes
        organized to play major league football, hockey, basketball, or
        baseball.

SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act takes effect as of August 1, 1995.

Output:
Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act of 1996 - Requires a professional sports team owner seeking to relocate the team to provide notice to the local government for the community in which the team's stadium or arena is located (home community), the sports authority with jurisdiction over the stadium or facility, any owner or operator of such stadium or facility, and the professional sports league concerned and each member team.
Requires such notice to:  (1) be delivered in person or by certified mail and published in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the home community; and (2) include the proposed new location, a summary of the reasons for moving, and the date on which the change is scheduled to become effective.
(Sec. 4) Directs a league, within a year after the submission of the name of an investor, to grant to the investor a new expansion team franchise at a fee no greater, and on terms and conditions no less favorable, than those granted to the last expansion team franchise granted.  Authorizes the league, for ten years after granting an expansion team franchise, to approve a resale of the team but not the team's relocation, except as provided herein.  Makes this section inapplicable to a team that relocates within 25 miles of the home community and remains within the State in which the home community is located.
(Sec. 5) Permits, under the antitrust laws, a league to enforce rules or agreements authorizing its membership to decide whether a member team may relocate.  Requires a league, in determining whether to approve such relocation, to make specific written findings, including findings regarding fan loyalty and the extent to which the team received public financial support.
Specifies that no decision by a league to permit a relocation shall be valid or final until the league has:  (1) conducted at least two public hearings in the home community; (2) permitted any interested member of the public to deliver oral, or file written, comments; (3) published written findings in a local home community newspaper setting forth the basis of such decision; and (4) delivered copies of such findings to the local government of the home community and any sports authority.
(Sec. 6) Requires (except where recovery of financial assistance is a remedy under the contract) an owner who relocates a team from one playing facility to another and who, in so doing, breaches a contract with the State or local government to pay to such government the value of financial assistance provided by the State or local government to the team.  Makes a team owner who violates the requirement of this section liable to the State or local government that provided financial assistance to the team for an amount equal to three times the value of the assistance provided.
(Sec. 7) Makes a league that violates the requirement to grant a new team franchise:  (1) liable to the home community in which a team was previously located for damages of three times the purchase price or market value of the team, whichever is greater; (2) subject to the suspension for one season of its antitrust exemption for pooling the broadcasting rights to games; and (3) subject to the loss of the antitrust exemption under this Act for the franchise relocation that led to the violation.  Sets forth enforcement provisions.


Input:
SECTION 1. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS, INCLUDING
              TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS, SERVING WITH FEDERAL
              AGENCIES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Increase in Numbers Admitted and Aliens Eligible.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1059 of the National Defense
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is
        amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``as translators
                with united states armed forces'' and inserting ``with
                federal agencies in iraq and afghanistan'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``as a
                        translator'' and inserting ``, or under Chief
                        of Mission authority, as a translator,
                        interpreter, or other capacity'' ;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting
                        ``the Chief of Mission or'' after
                        ``recommendation from''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting
                        ``the Chief of Mission or'' after ``as
                        determined by''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``(or,
                beginning with fiscal year 2007, 500 or such greater
                number as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines
                is warranted by the circumstances)'' after ``50''.
            (2) Review.--If the circumstances warrant, the Secretary of
        Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
        shall review the numerical limitation established under section
        1059(c)(1) of such Act, as amended by paragraph (1)(B), and may
        submit a report to Congress recommending an increase in such
        limitation.
            (3) Report.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
        submit to Congress a report whenever the Secretary increases,
        under subsection (c)(1) of section 1059 of such Act, as amended
        by paragraph (1)(B), the number of aliens provided special
        immigrant status under such section. Such report shall include
        an explanation of the circumstances warranting such increase.
    (b) Exclusion From Numerical Limitation.--Section 1059(c)(2) of
such Act is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Counting against'' and
        inserting ``Exclusion from''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the
        following: ``but shall not be counted against any numerical
        limitation under section 201(d), 202(a), or 203(b)(4) of such
        Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 1152(a), and 1153(b)(4))''.
    (c) Adjustment of Status.--Section 1059 of such Act is further
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Adjustment of Status.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (2), (7),
and (8) of section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1255(c)), the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the
status of an alien to that of a lawful permanent resident under section
245(a) of such Act if the alien--
            ``(1) was paroled or admitted as a nonimmigrant into the
        United States; and
            ``(2) is otherwise eligible for special immigrant status
        under this section and under the Immigration and Nationality
        Act.''.
    (d) Refugee Assistance Eligibility.--Section 1059 of such Act, as
amended by subsection (c), is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating (e) as subsection (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Eligibility for Refugee Assistance.--Any alien provided
special immigrant status under this section shall be eligible for
benefits under chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality
Act to the same extent as individuals admitted (or awaiting admission)
to the United States under section 207 of such Act are eligible for
benefits under such chapter.''.
    (e) Sunset Provision.--Section 1059 of such Act, as amended by
subsections (c) and (d), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(g) Sunset Provision.--
            ``(1) In general.--This section is repealed on the date
        that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this
        subsection.
            ``(2) Applicability.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the
        Secretary of Homeland Security may provide an alien with the
        status of a special immigrant under this section if--
                    ``(A) the alien's petition for such status was
                pending before the date described in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) the alien was eligible for such status at the
                time the petition was filed.''.

Output:
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to authorize special immigrant status for certain Afghan or Iraqi translators or interpreters working with the U.S. Armed Forces or federal agencies in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Currently, such status is authorized for Afghan and Iraqi translators or interpreters working with U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.)

Authorizes: (1) additional annual entrants; (2) adjustment to permanent resident status; and (3) eligibility for refugee assistance.

Sunsets such special immigrant provisions.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cargo Theft Deterrence Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN SHIPMENTS BY CARRIER.

    (a) In General.--Section 659 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``with intent to convert to his own use''
        each place that term appears;
            (2) in the first undesignated paragraph--
                    (A) by inserting ``trailer,'' after
                ``motortruck,'';
                    (B) by inserting ``air cargo container,'' after
                ``aircraft,''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, or from any intermodal
                container, trailer, container freight station,
                warehouse, or freight consolidation facility,'' after
                ``air navigation facility'';
            (3) in the fifth undesignated paragraph--
                    (A) by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``3
                years''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the court
                may, upon motion of the Attorney General, reduce any
                penalty imposed under this paragraph with respect to
                any defendant who provides information leading to the
                arrest and conviction of any dealer or wholesaler of
                stolen goods or chattels moving as or which are a part
                of or which constitute an interstate or foreign
                shipment.'';
            (4) in the penultimate undesignated paragraph, by inserting
        after the first sentence the following: ``For purposes of this
        section, goods and chattel shall be construed to be moving as
        an interstate or foreign shipment at all points between the
        point of origin and the final destination (as evidenced by the
        waybill or other shipping document of the shipment), regardless
        of any temporary stop while awaiting transshipment or
        otherwise.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``It shall be an affirmative defense (on which the defendant bears
the burden of persuasion by a preponderance of the evidence) to an
offense under this section that the defendant bought, received, or
possessed the goods, chattels, money, or baggage at issue with the sole
intent to report the matter to an appropriate law enforcement officer
or to the owner of the goods, chattels, money, or baggage.''.
    (b) Federal Sentencing Guidelines.--Pursuant to section 994 of
title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission
shall amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide a sentencing
enhancement of not less than 2 levels for any offense under section 659
of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this section.
    (c) Report to Congress.--The Attorney General shall annually submit
to Congress a report, which shall include an evaluation of law
enforcement activities relating to the investigation and prosecution of
offenses under section 659 of title 18, United States Code, as amended
by this section.

SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CARGO THEFT.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--There is established a Committee to be
        known as the Advisory Committee on Cargo Theft (in this section
        referred to as the ``Committee'').
            (2) Membership.--
                    (A) Composition.--The Committee shall be composed
                of 6 members, who shall be appointed by the President,
                of whom--
                            (i) 1 shall be an officer or employee of
                        the Department of Justice;
                            (ii) 1 shall be an officer or employee of
                        the Department of Transportation;
                            (iii) 1 shall be an officer or employee of
                        the Department of the Treasury; and
                            (iv) 3 shall be individuals from the
                        private sector who are experts in cargo
                        security.
                    (B) Date.--The appointments of the initial members
                of the Committee shall be made not later than 30 days
                after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (3) Period of appointment; vacancies.--Each member of the
        Committee shall be appointed for the life of the Committee. Any
        vacancy in the Committee shall not affect its powers, but shall
        be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
            (4) Initial meeting.--Not later than 15 days after the date
        on which all initial members of the Committee have been
        appointed, the Committee shall hold its first meeting.
            (5) Meetings.--The Committee shall meet, not less
        frequently than quarterly, at the call of the Chairperson.
            (6) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Committee
        shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may
        hold hearings.
            (7) Chairperson.--The President shall select 1 member of
        the Committee to serve as the Chairperson of the Committee.
    (b) Duties.--
            (1) Study.--The Committee shall conduct a thorough study
        of, and develop recommendations with respect to, all matters
        relating to--
                    (A) the establishment of a national computer
                database for the collection and dissemination of
                information relating to violations of section 659 of
                title 18, United States Code (as added by this Act);
                and
                    (B) the establishment of an office within the
                Federal Government to promote cargo security and to
                increase coordination between the Federal Government
                and the private sector with respect to cargo security.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Committee shall submit to the
        President and to Congress a report, which shall contain a
        detailed statement of results of the study and the
        recommendations of the Committee under paragraph (1).
    (c) Powers.--
            (1) Hearings.--The Committee may hold such hearings, sit
        and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and
        receive such evidence as the Committee considers advisable to
        carry out the purposes of this section.
            (2) Information from federal agencies.--The Committee may
        secure directly from any Federal department or agency such
        information as the Committee considers necessary to carry out
        the provisions of this section. Upon request of the Chairperson
        of the Committee, the head of such department or agency shall
        furnish such information to the Committee.
            (3) Postal services.--The Committee may use the United
        States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions
        as other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
            (4) Gifts.--The Committee may accept, use, and dispose of
        gifts or donations of services or property.
    (d) Personnel Matters.--
            (1) Compensation of members.--
                    (A) Non-federal members.--Each member of the
                Committee who is not an officer or employee of the
                Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal
                to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay
                prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
                section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
                day (including travel time) during which such member is
                engaged in the performance of the duties of the
                Committee.
                    (B) Federal members.--Each member of the Committee
                who is an officer or employee of the United States
                shall serve without compensation in addition to that
                received for their service as an officer or employee of
                the United States.
            (2) Travel expenses.--The members of the Committee shall be
        allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
        subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies
        under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
        Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business
        in the performance of services for the Committee.
            (3) Staff.--
                    (A) In general.--The Chairperson of the Committee
                may, without regard to the civil service laws and
                regulations, appoint and terminate an executive
                director and such other additional personnel as may be
                necessary to enable the Committee to perform its
                duties. The employment of an executive director shall
                be subject to confirmation by the Committee.
                    (B) Compensation.--The Chairperson of the Committee
                may fix the compensation of the executive director and
                other personnel without regard to the provisions of
                chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5,
                United States Code, relating to classification of
                positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that
                the rate of pay for the executive director and other
                personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V
                of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such
                title.
            (4) Detail of government employees.--Any Federal Government
        employee may be detailed to the Committee without
        reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or
        loss of civil service status or privilege.
            (5) Procurement of temporary and intermittent services.--
        The Chairperson of the Committee may procure temporary and
        intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
        States Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the
        daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for
        level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such
        title.
    (e) Termination.--The Committee shall terminate 90 days after the
date on which the Committee submits the report under subsection (b)(2).
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
        such sums as may be necessary to the Committee to carry out the
        purposes of this section.
            (2) Availability.--Any sums appropriated under the
        authorization contained in this section shall remain available,
        without fiscal year limitation, until expended.

Output:
Cargo Theft Deterrence Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal criminal code regarding thefts pertaining to interstate or foreign shipments by carrier to include thefts of trailers and air cargo containers and thefts from freight consolidation facilities.  Increases the maximum penalty from one year to three years imprisonment.
Authorizes the court, upon motion of the Attorney General, to reduce any penalty imposed under such provisions for any defendant who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of any dealer or wholesaler of stolen goods or chattels moving as, which are a part of, or which constitute, an interstate or foreign shipment.
Specifies that goods and chattel shall be construed to be moving as an interstate or foreign shipment at all points between the point of origin and the final destination.
Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant bought, received, or possessed the goods at issue with the sole intent to report the matter to an appropriate law enforcement officer or to the owner.
Directs:  (1) the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide a sentencing enhancement of not less than two levels for any such offense; and (2) the Attorney General to annually submit to the Congress a report including an evaluation of law enforcement activities relating to the investigation and prosecution of such offenses.
Establishes the Advisory Committee on Cargo Theft to study, and develop recommendations regarding, the establishment of:  (1) a national computer database for the collection and dissemination of information relating to violations of cargo theft provisions; and (2) an office within the Federal Government to promote, and to increase coordination between the Government and the private sector regarding, cargo security.  Authorizes appropriations.