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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DELAY IN AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE CONTRACTS FOR MEDICARE
              ADVANTAGE PLANS FAILING TO ACHIEVE MINIMUM QUALITY
              RATINGS.

    (a) Findings.--Consistent with the studies provided under the
IMPACT Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-185), it is the intent of Congress--
            (1) to continue to study and request input on the effects
        of socioeconomic status and dual-eligible populations on the
        Medicare Advantage STARS rating system before reforming such
        system with the input of stakeholders; and
            (2) pending the results of such studies and input, to
        provide for a temporary delay in authority of the Centers for
        Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to terminate Medicare
        Advantage plan contracts solely on the basis of performance of
        plans under the STARS rating system.
    (b) Delay in MA Contract Termination Authority for Plans Failing To
Achieve Minimum Quality Ratings.--Section 1857(h) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-27(h)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Delay in contract termination authority for plans
        failing to achieve minimum quality rating.--The Secretary may
        not terminate a contract under this section with respect to the
        offering of an MA plan by a Medicare Advantage organization
        solely because the MA plan has failed to achieve a minimum
        quality rating under the 5-star rating system established under
        section 1853(o) during the period beginning on the date of the
        enactment of this paragraph and through the end of plan year
        2018.''.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO MA RISK ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM.

    Section 1853(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
23(a)(1)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(iv) Evaluation and subsequent revision
                        of the risk adjustment system to account for
                        chronic conditions and other factors for the
                        purpose of making the risk adjustment system
                        more accurate, transparent, and regularly
                        updated.--
                                    ``(I) Revision based on number of
                                chronic conditions.--The Secretary
                                shall revise for 2017 and periodically
                                thereafter, the risk adjustment system
                                under this subparagraph so that a risk
                                score under such system, with respect
                                to an individual, takes into account
                                the number of chronic conditions with
                                which the individual has been
                                diagnosed.
                                    ``(II) Evaluation of different risk
                                adjustment models.--The Secretary shall
                                evaluate the impact of including 2
                                years of data to compare the models
                                used to determine risk scores for 2013
                                and 2014 under such system.
                                    ``(III) Evaluation and analysis on
                                chronic kidney disease (ckd) codes.--
                                The Secretary shall evaluate the impact
                                of removing the diagnosis codes related
                                to chronic kidney disease in the 2014
                                risk adjustment model and conduct an
                                analysis of best practices of MA plans
                                to slow disease progression related to
                                chronic kidney disease.
                                    ``(IV) Evaluation and
                                recommendations on use of encounter
                                data.--The Secretary shall evaluate the
                                impact of including 10 percent of
                                encounter data in computing payment for
                                2016 and the readiness of the Centers
                                for Medicare & Medicaid Services to
                                incorporate encounter data in risk
                                scores. In conducting such evaluation,
                                the Secretary shall use data collected
                                as encounter data on or after January
                                1, 2012, shall analyze such data for
                                accuracy and completeness and issue
                                recommendations for improving such
                                accuracy and completeness, and shall
                                not increase the percentage of such
                                encounter data used unless the
                                Secretary releases the data publicly,
                                indicates how such data will be
                                weighted in computing the risk scores,
                                and ensures that the data reflects the
                                degree and cost of care coordination
                                under MA plans.
                                    ``(V) Conduct of evaluations.--
                                Evaluations and analyses under
                                subclause (II) through (IV) shall
                                include an actuarial opinion from the
                                Chief Actuary of the Centers for
                                Medicare & Medicaid Services about the
                                reasonableness of the methods,
                                assumptions, and conclusions of such
                                evaluations and analyses. The Secretary
                                shall consult with the Medicare Payment
                                Advisory Commission and accept and
                                consider comments of stakeholders, such
                                as managed care organizations and
                                beneficiary groups, on such evaluation
                                and analyses. The Secretary shall
                                complete such evaluations and analyses
                                in a manner that permits the results to
                                be applied for plan years beginning
                                with the second plan year that begins
                                after the date of the enactment of this
                                clause.
                                    ``(VI) Implementation of revisions
                                based on evaluations.--If the Secretary
                                determines, based on such an evaluation
                                or analysis, that revisions to the risk
                                adjustment system to address the
                                matters described in any of subclauses
                                (II) through (IV) would make the risk
                                adjustment system under this
                                subparagraph better reflect and
                                appropriately weight for the population
                                that is served by the plan, the
                                Secretary shall, beginning with 2017,
                                and periodically thereafter, make such
                                revisions.
                                    ``(VII) Periodic reporting to
                                congress.--With respect to plan years
                                beginning with 2017 and every third
                                year thereafter, the Secretary shall
                                submit to Congress a report on the most
                                recent revisions (if any) made under
                                this clause, including the evaluations
                                conducted under subclauses (II) through
                                (IV).
                            ``(v) No changes to adjustment factors that
                        prevent activities consistent with national
                        health policy goals.--In making any changes to
                        the adjustment factors, including adjustment
                        for health status under paragraph (3), the
                        Secretary shall ensure that the changes do not
                        prevent Medicare Advantage organizations from
                        performing or undertaking activities that are
                        consistent with national health policy goals,
                        including activities to promote early detection
                        and better care coordination, the use of health
                        risk assessments, care plans, and programs to
                        slow the progression of chronic diseases.
                            ``(vi) Opportunity for review and public
                        comment regarding changes to adjustment
                        factors.--For changes to adjustment factors
                        effective for 2017 and subsequent years, in
                        addition to providing notice of such changes in
                        the announcement under subsection (b)(2), the
                        Secretary shall provide an opportunity for
                        review of proposed changes of not less than 60
                        days and a public comment period of not less
                        than 30 days before implementing such
                        changes.''.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE STAR RATING
              SYSTEM.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has
        inadvertently created a star rating system under section
        1853(o)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
        23(o)(4)) for Medicare Advantage plans that lacks proper
        accounting for the socioeconomic status of enrollees in such
        plans and the extent to which such plans serve individuals who
        are also eligible for medical assistance under title XIX of
        such Act; and
            (2) Congress will work with the Centers for Medicare &
        Medicaid Services and stakeholders, including beneficiary
        groups and managed care organizations, to ensure that such
        rating system properly accounts for the socioeconomic status of
        enrollees in such plans and the extent to which such plans
        serve such individuals described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE RISK
              ADJUSTMENT.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should
        periodically monitor and improve the Medicare Advantage risk
        adjustment model to ensure that it accurately accounts for
        beneficiary risk, including for those individuals with complex
        chronic comorbid conditions;
            (2) the Secretary should closely examine the current
        Medicare Advantage risk adjustment methodology to ensure that
        plans enrolling beneficiaries with the greatest health care
        needs receive adequate reimbursement to deliver high-quality
        care and other services to help beneficiaries avoid costly
        complications and further progression of chronic conditions and
        to the extent data indicate this to be the case, the Secretary
        should make necessary adjustment to the risk adjustment
        methodology; and
            (3) the Secretary should reconsider the implementation of
        changes in the Medicare Advantage risk adjustment methodology
        finalized for 2016 and to use to the extent appropriate the
        methodology finalized in 2015 for one additional year.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Senior's Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) It is the intent of Congress to: (1) continue to study and request input on the effects of socioeconomic status and dual-eligible populations on the five-star quality rating system for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans before reforming it, and, pending study and input results, (2) delay Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) authority to terminate MA plan contracts solely on the basis of performance under the five-star rating system. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not, through the end of plan year 2018, terminate a contract with respect to the offering of an MA plan by an MA organization solely because the plan has failed to achieve a minimum quality rating under the five-star rating system. (Sec. 3) This bill amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to direct HHS (in effect, CMS) to revise for 2017, and periodically afterwards, the system for risk adjustments to payments to Medicare+Choice organizations so that an individual's risk score takes into account the number of chronic conditions with which the individual has been diagnosed. HHS must, including an actuarial opinion of the CMS Chief Actuary, evaluate the impacts of:  including two years of data to compare the models used to determine the risk scores for 2013 and 2014, removing the diagnosis codes related to chronic kidney disease in the 2014 risk adjustment model, and including 10% of encounter data in computing payment for 2016 and CMS readiness to incorporate encounter data in risk scores.   HHS shall also analyze the best practices of MA plans to slow disease progression related to chronic kidney disease. HHS shall then, if appropriate, make revisions to the risk adjustment system, based on such an evaluation or analysis, to better reflect and appropriately weight for the population served. (Sec. 4) Congress declares that:  the five-star quality rating system for MA plans lacks proper accounting for the socioeconomic status of plan enrollees and the extent to which those plans serve individuals also eligible for medical assistance under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid); and Congress will work with CMS and stakeholders, including beneficiary groups and managed care organizations, to ensure that the five-star quality rating system for MA plans properly accounts for the socioeconomic status of plan enrollees and the extent to which plans serve them.  (Sec. 5) It is also the sense of Congress that HHS should:  periodically monitor and improve the risk adjustment model for payments to MA organizations to ensure that it accurately accounts for beneficiary risk; closely examine and adjust as necessary the current MA risk adjustment methodology to ensure that plans enrolling beneficiaries with the greatest health care needs receive adequate reimbursement to deliver high-quality care and other services to help beneficiaries avoid costly complications and further progression of chronic conditions; and reconsider the implementation of changes in the MA risk adjustment methodology finalized for 2016 and, to the extent appropriate, use the risk methodology finalized in 2015 for one additional year.


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SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) Brazil.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to
the Government of Brazil the ``THOMASTON'' class dock landing ships
ALAMO (LSD 33) and HERMITAGE (LSD 34), and the ``GARCIA'' class
frigates BRADLEY (FF 1041), DAVIDSON (FF 1045), SAMPLE (FF 1048), and
ALBERT DAVID (FF 1050). Such transfers shall be on a grant basis under
section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
    (b) Dominican Republic.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
transfer to the Government of the Dominican Republic the medium
auxiliary floating dry dock AFDM 2. Such transfer shall be on a grant
basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2321j).
    (c) Ecuador.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer
to the Government of Ecuador the ``OAK RIDGE'' class medium auxiliary
repair dry dock ALAMOGORDO (ARDM 2). Such transfer shall be on a sales
basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
    (d) Egypt.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to
the Government of Egypt the ``NEWPORT'' class tank landing ships
BARBOUR COUNTY (LST 1195) and PEORIA (LST 1183). Such transfers shall
be on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2761).
    (e) Greece.--(1) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
transfer to the Government of Greece the ``KNOX'' class frigate CONNOLE
(FF 1056). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
    (2) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the
Government of Greece the medium auxiliary floating dry dock COMPETENT
(AFDM 6). Such transfer shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
    (f) Mexico.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to
the Government of Mexico the ``NEWPORT'' class tank landing ship
NEWPORT (LST 1179) and the ``KNOX'' class frigate WHIPPLE (FF 1062).
Such transfers shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
    (g) Poland.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to
the Government of Poland the ``OLIVER HAZARD PERRY'' class guided
missile frigate CLARK (FFG 11). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis
under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321j).
    (h) Taiwan.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to
the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United
States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to
section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act) the ``NEWPORT'' class tank
landing ship SCHENECTADY (LST 1185). Such transfer shall be on a sales
basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
    (i) Thailand.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer
to the Government of Thailand the ``KNOX'' class frigate TRUETT (FF
1095). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
    (j) Turkey.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to
the Government of Turkey the ``OLIVER HAZARD PERRY'' class guided
missile frigates FLATLEY (FFG 21) and JOHN A. MOORE (FFG 19). Such
transfers shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).

SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMITATION ON VALUE OF
              TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.

    The value of a vessel transferred to another country on a grant
basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2321j) pursuant to authority provided by section 1 of this Act
shall not be counted for the purposes of section 516(g) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 in the aggregate value of excess defense
articles transferred to countries under that section in any fiscal
year.

SEC. 3. COSTS OF TRANSFERS.

    Any expense incurred by the United States in connection with a
transfer of a vessel authorized by section 1 of this Act shall be
charged to the recipient.

SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The authority to transfer vessels under section 1 of this Act shall
expire at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT OF VESSELS IN UNITED STATES SHIPYARDS.

    The Secretary of the Navy shall require, to the maximum extent
possible, as a condition of a transfer of a vessel under this Act, that
the country to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or
refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the
naval forces of that country, performed at a shipyard located in the
United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS AND
              AIRCRAFT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the President should transfer to the Government of the
        Philippines, on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), the excess defense
        articles described in subsection (b); and
            (2) the United States should not oppose the transfer of F-5
        aircraft by a third country to the Government of the
        Philippines.
    (b) Excess Defense Articles.--The excess defense articles described
in this subsection are the following:
            (1) UH-1 helicopters, A-4 aircraft, and the ``POINT'' class
        Coast Guard cutter POINT EVANS.
            (2) Amphibious landing craft, naval patrol vessels
        (including patrol vessels of the Coast Guard), and other naval
        vessels (such as frigates), if such vessels are available.

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Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain naval vessels to: (1) Brazil; (2) the Dominican Republic; (3) Ecuador; (4) Egypt; (5) Greece; (6) Mexico; (7) Poland; (8) Taiwan; (9) Thailand; and (10) Turkey.
Declares that the value of such transferred vessels shall not be counted for the limitation on the aggregate value of excess defense articles that can be transferred to such a country in any fiscal year.
Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent possible, to require recipient countries, as a condition of transfer, to have such vessels repaired or refurbished at U.S. shipyards, including a U.S. Navy shipyard.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should transfer on a grant basis certain excess aircraft and naval vessels to the Government of the Philippines; and (2) the United States should not oppose the transfer of F-5 aircraft by a third country to such Government.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer Firefighter and EMS
Support Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services
        personnel are a vital component of the first responders across
        the United States.
            (2) The 800,000 volunteer firefighters and emergency
        medical service personnel in the United States save lives and
        property everyday.
            (3) The national financial savings resulting from volunteer
        firefighting and emergency medical services has been calculated
        at more than $37,000,000,000 each year.
            (4) Many volunteer fire stations and emergency medical
        services organizations in the United States face growing
        challenges as volunteers contend with increased competition for
        their time from their jobs, families, and other
        responsibilities.
            (5) Some State and local governments provide financial
        incentives to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical
        services personnel, such as retirement benefits and tuition
        assistance. Unfortunately, many communities that rely on
        volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services
        personnel, especially rural and low-income communities, do not
        have the resources to provide such incentives.
            (6) There is an important role for the Federal Government
        and the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration
        in supporting volunteer firefighters and emergency medical
        services personnel, including providing funds to contribute to
        incentives for the recruitment and retention of volunteers.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
              SERVICES PERSONNEL.

    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 33 the following new
section:

``SEC. 33A. ASSISTANCE FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
              SERVICES PERSONNEL.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a program to
provide funds to a State or local government, non-profit firefighter
association, or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical
services organization, that carries out a volunteer firefighter
incentive program in accordance with the provisions of this section.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Approved benefit or incentive.--The term `approved
        benefit or incentive' means a benefit or incentive that has
        been approved by the Administrator and is provided to a
        volunteer firefighter, including--
                    ``(A) a retirement benefit;
                    ``(B) reimbursement for travel and training;
                    ``(C) health insurance or other health benefits;
                    ``(D) life insurance;
                    ``(E) tuition or school loan forgiveness;
                    ``(F) a tax reduction; and
                    ``(G) any other benefit or incentive approved by
                the Administrator.
            ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
        of Homeland Security.
            ``(3) Volunteer firefighter.--The term `volunteer
        firefighter' means an individual who provides firefighting
        service or emergency medical service to a State or local
        government or a governmental or nongovernmental organization
        without pay. A volunteer firefighter may receive benefits or
        incentives for firefighting service or emergency medical
        service, including benefits and incentives described in
        subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Volunteer firefighter incentive program.--The term
        `volunteer firefighter incentive program' means a program
        carried out by a State or local government, a non-profit
        firefighter association, or a governmental or nongovernmental
        emergency medical services organization to provide approved
        benefits or incentives.
    ``(c) Matching Payments to States.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--For each fiscal year in which a State
        or local government, non-profit firefighter association, or
        governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical services
        organization carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive
        program, the Secretary shall pay such government, association,
        or organization, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
        appropriated for such fiscal year, an amount equal to the total
        amount of expenditures of funds not received from the Federal
        Government made by such government, association, or
        organization for such fiscal year to carry out the volunteer
        firefighter incentive program.
            ``(2) Entitlement.--Paragraph (1) constitutes budget
        authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the
        obligation of the Federal Government to provide payment to a
        State or local government, non-profit firefighter association,
        or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical services
        organization of any amount provided for under such paragraph.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
carry out this section.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) Reports from recipients.--A State or local
        government, non-profit firefighter association, or governmental
        or nongovernmental emergency medical service organization that
        receives funds under this section to carry out a volunteer
        firefighter incentive program for a fiscal year shall submit to
        the Secretary a report on--
                    ``(A) the use of such funds; and
                    ``(B) the programs to recruit or retain volunteer
                firefighters carried out by the government,
                association, or organization during that fiscal year.
            ``(2) Reports from the secretary.--Not later than 1 year
        after the date of the enactment of the Volunteer Firefighter
        and EMS Support Act of 2008, and annually thereafter, the
        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on--
                    ``(A) the activities carried out under this section
                during the previous year; and
                    ``(B) the status of programs to recruit and retain
                volunteer firefighters in the United States.''.

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Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to provide funds to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical services (EMS) organization, that carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program in accordance with this Act.

Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year in which a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program, to pay such government, association, or organization (organization), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for such fiscal year, a sum equal to the total expenditures of funds not received from the federal government made by such organization for that fiscal year to carry out the program.

 Declares that this constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the federal government to provide payment to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization any amount so provided.

Requires reports from recipients, and from the Secretary annually, to Congress.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area Fee
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area in the Tonto
        National Forest in the State of Arizona is changing as a result
        of drastically increasing population in the communities near
        the recreation area and modifications in Roosevelt Dam.
            (2) The current annual funding of $300,000 for the
        recreation area does not allow for even minimal maintenance and
        operation of the newly emerging $40,000,000 recreational area.
            (3) The anticipated number of persons using the facilities
        of the recreation area requires additional funding to provide
        minimum sanitary and safety related service at the recreation
        area as well as management of the environment and riparian
        areas.
            (4) The quality of services provided at the recreation area
        and the integrity of the environment could best be served by
        maintaining public, rather than private, management of the
        recreation area.
            (5) The users of units of the National Forest System have
        demonstrated a willingness to pay a user fee for maintenance
        and operation if the locally collected funds are returned to
        the unit.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to use funds generated
from fees charged in connection with the recreational use of the
Roosevelt Lake Recreational Area--
            (1) to assure adequate funding of maintenance and operation
        of the recreation area;
            (2) to provide additional funding to the county in which
        the recreation area is located, enabling the county to increase
        investment in facilities and services related to public safety,
        sanitation, and the recreational environment; and
            (3) to allow increased funding for the protection of the
        bald eagle nesting areas, the Canadian geese wintering grounds,
        and the Roosevelt Lake wildlife refuges at the recreation area.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Recreation area.--The term ``recreation area'' means
        the Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area in the Tonto National Forest
        in the State of Arizona.
            (2) Recreation site.--The term ``recreation site'' means a
        campground, picnic ground, swimming site, boat launch site,
        lake access site, or other man-made or natural recreational
        facility in the recreation area.
            (3) Recreation use fee; fee.--The terms ``recreation use
        fee'' or ``fee'' mean a fee that is charged for the use of a
        recreation site in the recreation area.
            (4) Recreation use pass.--The term ``recreation use pass''
        means a document that entitles the holder access and use of
        recreation sites in the recreation area for a specified period
        of time.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture.

SEC. 4. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO COLLECT RECREATION USE FEES.

    (a) Recreation Use Fee Authorized.--Except as provided in
subsection (b), the Secretary may establish and collect recreation use
fees at designated recreation sites within the recreation area.
    (b) Exceptions.--The Secretary may not impose or collect a
recreation use fee for the use or provision in the recreation area,
either singly or in any combination, of drinking water, wayside
exhibits, toilet facilities, general purpose roads, overlook sites, or
general information. The Secretary may not impose or collect a fee from
any officer or employee of the Federal Government or State or local
government authorized by the Secretary to perform administrative duties
at recreation sites in the recreation area.
    (c) Establishment and Collection.--Establishment and collection of
recreation use fees shall be made in accordance with subsections (d)
and (e) of section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a). The Secretary may authorize the collection of
fees by volunteers in accordance with subsection (k) of such section.
    (d) Golden Age Passport and Golden Access Passport.--Any person
holding a valid Golden Age Passport or Golden Access Passport issued
under paragraph (4) or (5) of section 4(a) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(a)) shall be entitled
upon presentation of such passport to use a recreation site within the
recreation area at a rate equal to 50 percent of the recreation use fee
otherwise applicable to such recreation site.
    (e) Effect on Other Laws.--Recreation use fees established under
this section for use of recreation sites in the recreation area shall
be in lieu of any recreation use fees for such recreation sites under
section 4(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l-6a(b)) or section 1401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6c).

SEC. 5. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO SELL RECREATION USE PASSES.

    (a) Recreation Use Pass Authorized.--The Secretary shall make
available for purchase recreation use passes for the use on a daily or
annual basis of recreation sites in the recreation area otherwise
subject to a recreation use fee. Use of an annual recreation use pass
shall be subject to any single stay time limits imposed on the
recreation site.
    (b) Availability.--The Secretary may have recreation use passes
available for sale at any recreation site for which a recreation use
fee is charged or at other convenient locations.
    (c) Use of Pass.--The recreation use pass shall apply to--
            (1) the pass holder and any person accompanying the pass
        holder in a single, private, noncommercial vehicle; or
            (2) the pass holder and the spouse, children, and parents
        of the pass holder accompanying the pass holder where entry to
        a recreation site is by any means other than a private,
        noncommercial vehicle.
    (d) Golden Age Passport and Golden Access Passport.--Any person
holding a valid Golden Age Passport or Golden Access Passport issued
under paragraph (4) or (5) of section 4(a) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(a)) shall be entitled
upon presentation of such passport to purchase of a recreation use pass
for the recreation area at a rate equal to 50 percent of the purchase
price otherwise applicable to the recreation use pass.
    (e) Rules and Regulations, Enforcement Powers.--Recreation use
passes sold under this section shall be nontransferable. The unlawful
use of a recreation use pass shall be punishable in accordance with
regulations established under section 4(e) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(e)).

SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    (a) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary to establish or
collect fees under section 4 or sell recreation use passes under
section 5 shall expire at the end of the seven-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act. Termination of such authority
shall not affect the validity of any annual recreation use pass sold
under section 5 before that date.
    (b) Report.--Not later than six years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Natural
Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives a report evaluating the authority provided by sections
4 and 5 regarding recreation use fees and recreation use passes. The
report shall include any recommendations of the Secretary for modifying
the authority, for extending the authority beyond the date specified in
subsection (a), or for extending the authority to other units of the
National Forest System.

SEC. 7. DISPOSITION OF RECREATION USE FEES AND FUNDS FROM SALES OF
              RECREATION USE PASSES.

    (a) Deposit of Funds.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), or (3)
of section 4(i) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)), recreation use fees collected under section 4 and
amounts received from sales of recreation use passes under section 5
shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury.
    (b) Use of Funds.--
            (1) Operation, maintenance, and other uses.--In such
        amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the
        Secretary may use amounts in the special account to provide
        supplemental funds for operation, maintenance, and management
        of recreation sites within the recreation area, for
        interpretation and management of resources in the recreation
        area, and for administrative costs associated with such
        activities.
            (2) Payments to states and counties.--Recreation use fees
        collected under section 4 and amounts received for recreation
        use passes sold under section 5 shall be considered as money
        received for purpose of computing and distributing payments to
        States and counties pursuant to the Act of May 23, 1908 (16
        U.S.C. 500).
    (c) Roads and Trails.--Recreation use fees collected under section
4 and amounts received for recreation use passes sold under section 5
shall not be considered as money received for purpose of the fourteenth
paragraph under the heading ``forest service'' of the Act of March 4,
1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).

Output:
Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area Fee Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and collect recreation use fees and to sell recreation use passes at designated recreation sites within the Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Prohibits the Secretary from:  (1) collecting such fees for the use or provision in the Area of drinking water, wayside exhibits, toilet facilities, general purpose roads, overlook sites, or general information; or (2) imposing or collecting a fee from Federal, State, or local officers or employees authorized by the Secretary to perform administrative duties at recreation sites in the Area.
Entitles holders of valid Golden Age Passports or Golden Access Passports to use a recreation site within the Area for half the applicable recreation use fee.  Provides that such fees shall be in lieu of any recreation use fee.  Provides that such fees shall be lieu of any recreation use fees for such sites under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 or the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
(Sec. 6) Terminates the authority of the Secretary to establish and collect fees or to sell such passes at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees regarding modifying or extending the authority to sell recreation use fees and passes.
(Sec. 7) Requires the funds received from recreation use fees and passes sold to be deposited in a special account in the Treasury. Permits Fund amounts to be used for:  (1) operation, maintenance, and management of recreation sites within the Area; (2) interpretation and management of the Area's resources; and (3) administrative costs associated with such activities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse
Through Enforcement Act'' or the ``PIRATE Act''.

SEC. 2. PIRATE RADIO ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENTS.

    Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 501 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 511. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING;
              ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS; REPORTING.

    ``(a) Increased General Penalty.--Any person who willfully and
knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any pirate radio
broadcasting shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000,000.
    ``(b) Violation of This Act, Rules, or Regulations.--Any person who
willfully and knowingly violates this Act or any rule, regulation,
restriction, or condition made or imposed by the Commission under
authority of this Act, or any rule, regulation, restriction, or
condition made or imposed by any international radio or wire
communications treaty or convention, or regulations annexed thereto, to
which the United States is or may hereafter become party, relating to
pirate radio broadcasting shall, in addition to any other penalties
provided by law, be subject to a fine of not more than $100,000 for
each day during which such offense occurs, in accordance with the limit
described in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Facilitation.--Any person who knowingly and intentionally
facilitates pirate radio broadcasting shall be subject to a fine of not
more than $2,000,000.
    ``(d) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the PIRATE Act, and annually thereafter, the Commission
shall submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a report
summarizing the implementation of this section and associated
enforcement activities for the previous fiscal year, which may include
the efforts by the Commission to enlist the cooperation of Federal,
State, and local law enforcement personnel (including United States
Attorneys and the United States Marshals Service) for service of
process, collection of fines or forfeitures, seizures of equipment, and
enforcement of orders.
    ``(e) Enforcement Sweeps.--
            ``(1) Annual sweeps.--Not less than once each year, the
        Commission shall assign appropriate enforcement personnel to
        focus specific and sustained attention on the elimination of
        pirate radio broadcasting within the top five radio markets
        identified as prevalent for such broadcasts. Such effort shall
        include identifying, locating, and taking enforcement actions
        designed to terminate such operations.
            ``(2) Additional monitoring.--Within 6 months after
        conducting the enforcement sweeps required by paragraph (1),
        the Commission shall conduct monitoring sweeps to ascertain
        whether the pirate radio broadcasting identified by enforcement
        sweeps is continuing to broadcast and whether additional pirate
        radio broadcasting is occurring.
            ``(3) No effect on remaining enforcement.--Notwithstanding
        paragraph (1), the Commission shall not decrease or diminish
        the regular enforcement efforts targeted to pirate radio
        broadcast stations for other times of the year.
    ``(f) State and Local Government Authority.--The Commission may not
preempt any State or local law prohibiting pirate radio broadcasting.
    ``(g) Revision of Commission Rules Required.--The Commission shall
revise its rules to require that, absent good cause, in any case
alleging a violation of subsection (a) or (b), the Commission shall
proceed directly to issue a `Notice of Apparent Liability' without
first issuing a `Notice of Unlicensed Operations'.
    ``(h) Pirate Radio Broadcasting Database.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        the enactment of this section, and semi-annually thereafter,
        the Commission shall publish a database in a clear and legible
        format of all licensed radio stations operating in the AM and
        FM bands. The database shall be easily accessible from the
        Commission home page through a direct link. The database shall
        include the following information:
                    ``(A) Each licensed station, listed by the assigned
                frequency, channel number, or Commission call letters.
                    ``(B) All entities that have received a Notice of
                Unlicensed Operation, Notice of Apparent Liability, or
                Forfeiture Order by the Commission.
            ``(2) Clear identification.--The Commission shall clearly
        identify in the database--
                    ``(A) each licensed station as a station licensed
                by the Commission; and
                    ``(B) each entity described in paragraph (1)(B) as
                operating without a Commission license or
                authorization.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Pirate radio broadcasting.--The term `pirate radio
        broadcasting' means the transmission of communications on
        spectrum frequencies between 535 to 1705 kHz or 87.7 to 108 MHz
        without a license issued by the Federal Communications
        Commission, but does not include unlicensed operations in
        compliance with part 15 of title 47, Code of Federal
        Regulations.
            ``(2) Facilitates.--The term `facilitates' means providing
        access to property (and improvements thereon) or providing
        physical goods or services, including providing housing,
        facilities, or financing, that directly aid pirate radio
        broadcasting.
            ``(3) Knowingly and intentionally.--The term `knowingly and
        intentionally' means the person was previously served by the
        Commission with a notice of unlicensed operations, notice of
        apparent liability, or citation for efforts to facilitate
        pirate radio broadcasting.''.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act or the amendment made by

 this Act. This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall be carried
out using amounts otherwise authorized.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act or the PIRATE Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to address unlicensed radio broadcasting (called "pirating"), including:  increasing the fine for a pirate radio broadcasting violation to not more than $2 million,  imposing a fine of up to $100,000 per day for pirating violations subject to the $2 million limit, and  establishing a fine of up to $2 million for any person who facilitates pirate radio broadcasting ("facilitating" includes providing access to property or providing physical goods or services).     The FCC must: (1) annually report to Congress summarizing implementation of this bill and associated enforcement activities for the previous fiscal year; and (2) at least once a year, assign appropriate enforcement personnel to focus specific and sustained attention on the elimination of pirate radio broadcasting within the top five radio markets. The FCC may not preempt any state or local law prohibiting pirate radio broadcasting. The FCC shall: (1) revise its rules to require that, absent good cause, in any case alleging a violation, it shall proceed directly to issue a Notice of Apparent Liability without first issuing a Notice of Unlicensed Operations; and (2) publish a database of all licensed radio stations operating in the AM and FM bands, which shall be easily accessible from the FCC home page, identifying each licensed station and all entities that have received a Notice of Unlicensed Operation, Notice of Apparent Liability, or Forfeiture Order by the FCC. (Sec. 3) No additional funds are authorized to carry out this bill.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since 1948, the United States, Greece, and the
        international community at large have recognized Israel's right
        to exist and to defend itself and conduct legitimate self-
        defense.
            (2) Since 2001, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and
        the other Palestinian terrorist organizations operating in the
        Gaza Strip and supported by Iran and Syria have launched over
        10,000 rockets into Israeli civilian populations and across
        Israeli territory.
            (3) Since the beginning of 2010, Israel has provided over
        100,000 tons of aid to the people living in Gaza.
            (4) Israel's blockade is acknowledged by the United States
        as necessary and legal given Hamas' control of Gaza, intention
        to secure greater weaponry for aggressive purposes and open
        desire to destroy Israel.
            (5) According to sources, the United Nations-commissioned
        Palmer Report which was released on July 7, 2011, concludes
        that the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza is legal and is in
        accordance with international law.
            (6) The Israeli Government has repeatedly indicated that
        any desire to provide humanitarian materiel to Gaza can be done
        through the port of Ashdod then delivered to Gaza by land.
            (7) Recent past history has suggested that the sole intent
        of the flotillas is to provoke an Israeli military response in
        the international waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
            (8) The Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of
        the Treasury have determined that flotilla organizers Free Gaza
        and the Insan Hak ve Hurriyetleri ve Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH),
        an Islamic nongovernmental organization (known in English as
        the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian
        Relief), have known terrorist ties.
            (9) In 2010, IHH organized a flotilla that included the
        ship Mavi Marmara carrying 40 IHH members, including Fatima
        Mahmadi, Ken O'Keefe, Hassan Iynasi, Hussein Urosh, Ahmad
        Umimon, and others with known links to Al Qaeda, Hamas, and
        other terrorist organizations who were armed with 100 metal
        rods, 200 knives, 150 military self-defense vests, 50 wooden
        clubs, gas masks, and a telescopic sight for a gun.
            (10) The explicit objective of the Gaza Flotilla organizers
        that set sail in 2010 was to breach Israel's coastal security
        by breaking the lawful and legitimate Israeli maritime security
        perimeter around the Gaza Strip.
            (11) According to a June 7, 2010, report by the
        Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (known by its
        Hebrew acronym MALAM), based on security interviews of the Gaza
        Flotilla participants, at least 40 of the 500 passengers aboard
        the Mavi Marmara vessel were IHH operatives who boarded the
        ship in an Istanbul port prior to the security checks conducted
        at the port in Antalya, Turkey, to which the other passengers,
        mostly humanitarian volunteers, were subject.
            (12) According to this Intelligence and Terrorism
        Information Center report, these IHH activists were equipped
        with communications equipment, flak jackets, and gas masks.
            (13) The group operated with a clear internal hierarchy,
        with specific activists nominated as fighting commanders and
        who turned the upper deck of the Mavi Marmara into its
        headquarters, blocking it off to other passengers.
            (14) In the most recent organization of a Gaza flotilla,
        Greece worked with the Israeli Government in order to prohibit
        any violations of Israel's legal blockade of Gaza.
            (15) Greece has proven itself to be a strategic partner and
        ally of the United States in anchoring political stability and
        advancing economic development in the Balkan and Black Sea
        regions of southeast Europe and Eurasia, in the Middle East and
        northern Africa, and throughout the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
            (16) Greece is an active participant in peacekeeping and
        peace-building operations conducted by international
        organizations, including the United Nations, the North Atlantic
        Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and the
        Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
            (17) Greece acted without hesitation in prohibiting any
        Greek-flagged or foreign-flagged vessels from setting sail out
        of Greek ports into the water of the Gaza naval blockade.
            (18) Pursuant to a decision by the Minister of Citizen
        Protection, Mr. C. Papoutsis, the departure of ships with Greek
        and foreign flags from Greek ports to Gaza was prohibited on
        July 1, 2011, and the Hellenic Coast Guard ordered that all
        appropriate measures be taken for the implementation of such
        decision.
            (19) The Greek Government worked diligently to ensure the
        safety of even the organizers of the flotilla knowing that
        their reckless, irresponsible, and provocative acts against a
        sovereign country engaged in self-defense could result in great
        bodily harm or even death to themselves and other individuals.
            (20) The Greek Government took more extraordinary measures
        to ensure that the broader maritime area of the eastern
        Mediterranean Sea would be continuously monitored by electronic
        means for tracking, where applicable, the movements of the
        ships allegedly participating in such an illegal campaign.
            (21) Greek authorities boarded ships and took into custody
        several individuals, including Captain John Klusmire of the
        ship Audacity of Hope as it violated Greek Coast Guard orders
        by setting sail without permission.
            (22) Greek authorities acted in accordance with the
        recommendation of the Quartet--the United States, the European
        Union, the United States and Russia--as it urged countries to
        prohibit Gaza-bound flotillas that would serve solely to
        escalate tension in the Middle East.

SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF CONGRESS.

    Congress--
            (1) notes the important role that Greece has played in the
        wider European, Eurasian, and Middle Eastern regions, and in
        the community of nations by promoting, peace, freedom,
        democracy, and security; and
            (2) stands behind Israel for its sovereign right to defend
        its citizens and its territory, and specifically for its
        actions to prevent the import of offensive weaponry into the
        hands of Hamas, Palestinian Jihad, and other terrorist
        organizations in the Gaza Strip.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United States should take
appropriate diplomatic steps to express gratitude to Greece for
upholding the rule of law in preventing hostile forces from violating a
legal naval blockade of Gaza by Israel and thereby advancing the
security of its ally Israel.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on whether any
support organization that participated in the planning or execution of
the recent Gaza flotilla attempt should be designated as a foreign
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
    (b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include information on the following:
            (1) The sources of any logistical, technical, or financial
        support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of
        Hope, that were set to set sail from Greece on July 1, 2011.
            (2) Any actions taken by the Department of State to express
        support and gratitude for the principled stance taken by the
        Government of Greece to prevent the recent Gaza flotilla
        attempt to violate Israel's lawful blockade of Gaza.

Output:
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should take diplomatic steps to express gratitude to Greece for upholding the rule of law in preventing hostile forces from violating a legal naval blockade of Gaza by Israel and thereby advancing the security of its ally Israel.

Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on whether any support organization that participated in the planning or execution of the recent Gaza flotilla attempt should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization.


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SECTION 1. EXTERNAL REGULATION OF DEPARTMENT.

    (a) Elimination of Department Authority.--Effective 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Department shall have no
regulatory or enforcement authority with respect to nuclear safety and
occupational safety and health responsibilities assumed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission under subsection (b) or by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration under subsection (c) at any
nonmilitary energy laboratory owned or operated by the Department.
    (b) Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authority.--
            (1) Nuclear safety regulatory and enforcement
        responsibilities.--Effective 2 years after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall
        assume the nuclear safety regulatory and enforcement
        responsibilities of the Department under the Atomic Energy Act
        of 1954 with regard to nonmilitary energy laboratories owned or
        operated by the Department.
            (2) Licensed entities.--For the purposes of carrying out at
        nonmilitary energy laboratories owned or operated by the
        Department regulatory and enforcement responsibilities
        described in paragraph (1), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
        may regulate, through licensing, certification, or other
        appropriate means, the Department's contractors.
            (3) Decommissioning.--A contractor operating a nonmilitary
        energy laboratory owned by the Department shall not be
        responsible for the costs of decommissioning that facility. No
        enforcement action may be taken against such contractor for any
        violation of Nuclear Regulatory Commission decommissioning
        requirements, if such violation is the result of a failure of
        the Department to authorize or fund decommissioning activities.
        The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department shall, not
        later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
        enter into a memorandum of understanding establishing
        decommissioning procedures and requirements for nonmilitary
        energy laboratories owned or operated by the Department.
            (4) Accelerators.--Notwithstanding the provisions of the
        Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et. seq.), effective
        2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear
        Regulatory Commission shall have exclusive regulatory authority
        over accelerators, other electronic sources of radiation not
        assigned to the Commission as of the date of enactment of this
        Act, accelerator-produced radioisotopes, and naturally
        occurring radioactive materials at nonmilitary energy
        laboratories, consistent with the authorities granted the
        Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
        Until such time as the Commission has completed a rulemaking
        for the foregoing equipment and radioisotopes, nonmilitary
        energy laboratories shall be required to meet the requirements
        stipulated in a license for the facility.
            (5) Administration.--The responsibilities assumed by the
        Nuclear Regulatory Commission under this subsection shall be
        administered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not by
        States.
            (6) Judicial review.--Section 189 b. of the Atomic Energy
        Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2239(b)) is amended by adding the
        following paragraph after paragraph (4):
            ``(5) Any final order or regulation of the Commission
        establishing standards to govern nonmilitary energy
        laboratories owned or operated by the Department of Energy that
        is issued to implement the Commission's responsibilities under
        the Act which enacted this paragraph, and any final
        determination of the Commission relating to whether a
        nonmilitary energy laboratory owned or operated by the
        Department is in compliance with such standards and all
        applicable Commission regulations or orders.''.
            (7) Employee protection.--Any Department contractor
        operating a nonmilitary energy laboratory that is regulated by
        the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under this section shall be
        subject to section 211 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974
        (42 U.S.C. 5851) to the same extent as any other employer
        subject to such section 211.
            (8) Conflict of interest.--Section 170A of the Atomic
        Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210a) applies to contracts,
        agreements, or other arrangements of the Nuclear Regulatory
        Commission proposed or entered into pursuant to its
        responsibilities assumed under this subsection.
    (c) Occupational Safety and Health.--
            (1) OSHA jurisdiction.--Notwithstanding section 4(b)(1) of
        the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.
        653(b)(1)), effective 2 years after the date of enactment of
        this Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
        shall assume the exclusive regulatory and enforcement
        responsibilities of the Department relating to matters covered
        by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with regard
        to all nonmilitary energy laboratories owned or operated by the
        Department, except as provided in paragraph (2). The
        responsibilities assumed by the Occupational Safety and Health
        Administration under this subsection shall be administered by
        the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, not by
        States. Any Department contractor operating such a laboratory
        shall, with respect to matters relating to occupational safety
        and health, be considered to be an employer for purposes of the
        Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
            (2) Regulation of hazards containing radiological and non-
        radiological component.--If a hazard at a nonmilitary energy
        laboratory owned or operated by the Department presents a risk
        of occupational exposure and contains both a radiological and
        non-radiological component, the Occupational Safety and Health
        Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall,
        effective 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
        share regulatory and enforcement responsibilities with respect
        to the hazard in accordance with the memorandum of
        understanding entered into pursuant to subsection (d).
    (d) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall, not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, enter into and
transmit to the Congress a memorandum of understanding to govern the
exercise of their respective authorities over nuclear safety and
occupational safety and health at nonmilitary energy laboratories owned
or operated by the Department.
    (e) Civil Penalties.--The Department's contractor operating a
nonmilitary energy laboratory owned or operated by the Department shall
not be liable for civil penalties under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 for any actions taken
before the date of transfer of regulatory authority under this section,
pursuant to the instructions of a Federal agency in preparation for the
transfer of regulatory and enforcement responsibilities required by
this section.
    (f) Indemnification.--The Secretary shall continue to indemnify
nonmilitary energy laboratories owned or operated by the Department in
accordance with the provisions of section 170 d. of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954.
    (g) Department Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit
to the Congress a plan for the termination of the Department's
regulatory and enforcement responsibilities for nonmilitary energy
laboratories owned or operated by the Department required by this
section. The report shall include--
            (1) a detailed transition plan, drafted in coordination
        with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Occupational
        Safety and Health Administration, giving the schedule for
        termination of self-regulation authority as outlined in
        subsection (a), including the activities to be coordinated with
        the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Occupational Safety
        and Health Administration;
            (2) a description of any issues remaining to be resolved
        with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety
        and Health Administration, or other external regulators, and a
        timetable for resolving such issues by the authority transfer
        date established under this section; and
            (3) an estimate of--
                    (A) the annual cost of administering and
                implementing self-regulation of the nuclear safety and
                occupational safety and health responsibilities
                described in subsections (b) and (c) at nonmilitary
                energy laboratories owned or operated by the
                Department;
                    (B) the number of Federal and contractor employees
                administering and implementing such self-regulation;
                and
                    (C) the extent and schedule by which the Department
                and the staffs at its nonmilitary energy laboratories
                will be reduced as a result of implementation of this
                section.
    (h) General Accounting Office Reporting Requirement.--The
Comptroller General of the United States shall periodically report to
the Congress on the progress made in implementing this section. The
Comptroller General shall provide a report not later than 20 months
after the date of enactment of this Act on the Department's transition
plan, and not later than 26 months after the date of enactment of this
Act on the implementation of Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations in the
nonmilitary energy laboratories.
    (i) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Energy;
            (2) the term ``nonmilitary energy laboratory'' means--
                    (A) Ames Laboratory;
                    (B) Argonne National Laboratory;
                    (C) Brookhaven National Laboratory;
                    (D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory;
                    (E) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
                    (F) Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
                    (G) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory;
                    (H) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory;
                    (I) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; or
                    (J) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility;
                and
            (3) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

Output: Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), respectively, to assume specified responsibilities for nuclear safety and for occupational safety and health at nonmilitary energy laboratories owned or operated by the Department of Energy (DOE). Eliminates DOE's regulatory and enforcement authority with respect to such responsibilities assumed by NRC and OSHA. Makes such transfers of authority effective two years after enactment of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Relief and Fulfilling Our
Obligation to Patriotic Soldiers Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF ENLISTMENT AND REENLISTMENT
              BONUSES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to certain combat zone compensation of members of the Armed
Forces) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after
subsection (b) the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Qualified Bonus.--Gross income does not include a qualified
bonus.''.
    (b) Qualified Bonus Defined.--Subsection (d) of section 112 of such
Code (relating to definitions), as redesignated by subsection (a), is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Qualified bonus.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified bonus' means
                an enlistment, accession, reenlistment, retention,
                incentive, or other bonus paid by the Secretary
                concerned to a member of the Armed Forces of the United
                States in exchange for the agreement of the member to
                accept a commission as an officer, extend an active
                service commitment as an officer, enlist, reenlist, or
                extend an enlistment as an enlisted member in an active
                or reserve component, or enter into a reserve
                affiliation agreement.
                    ``(B) Other definitions.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the terms `active service', `enlisted
                member', `officer', and `Secretary concerned' have the
                meanings given to such terms in section 101 of title
                10, United States Code.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 2201 of such Code is amended by striking
        ``section 112(c)'' both places it appears and inserting
        ``section 112(d)''.
            (2) The heading for section 112 of such Code is amended by
        inserting ``and other'' before ``compensation''.
            (3) Section 3401(a)(1) of such Code is amended by inserting
        ``and other'' before ``compensation''.
            (4) The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of
        chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating
        to section 112 and inserting the following new item:

``Sec. 112. Certain combat zone and other compensation of members of
                            the Armed Forces.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.

SEC. 3. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN BONUS PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
              FORCES RETIRED OR SEPARATED DUE TO A COMBAT-RELATED
              INJURY.

    (a) Payment Required.--Chapter 17 of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 903 the following new section:
``Sec. 904. Continued payment of bonuses to members retired or
              separated due to combat-related injuries
    ``(a) Payment Required.--In the case of a member of the armed
forces who is retired or separated for disability under chapter 61 of
title 10, due to a combat-related injury, the Secretary of Defense
shall require the continued payment to the member of any bonus
described in subsection (b) that the member--
            ``(1) was entitled to immediately before the retirement or
        separation of the member; and
            ``(2) would continue to be entitled to if the member was
        not retired or separated.
    ``(b) Covered Bonuses.--The bonuses referred to in subsection (a)
are the following (numbers refer to the corresponding section in
chapter 5 of this title):
            ``(1) 301b. Special pay for aviation career officers
        extending period of active duty.
            ``(2) 301d. Multiyear retention bonus for medical officers
        of the armed forces.
            ``(3) 301e. Multiyear retention bonus for dental officers
        of the armed forces.
            ``(4) 302d. Accession bonus for registered nurses.
            ``(5) 302h. Accession bonus for dental officers.
            ``(6) 302j. Accession bonus for pharmacy officers.
            ``(7) 302k. Accession bonus for medical officers in
        critically short wartime specialties.
            ``(8) 302l. Accession bonus for dental specialist officers
        in critically short wartime specialties.
            ``(9) 308. Reenlistment bonus.
            ``(10) 308b. Reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected
        Reserve.
            ``(11) 308c. Bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the
        Selected Reserve.
            ``(12) 308g. Bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready
        Reserve other than the Selected Reserve.
            ``(13) 308h. Bonus for reenlistment, or voluntary extension
        of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the
        Selected Reserve.
            ``(14) 308i. Prior service enlistment bonus.
            ``(15) 308j. Affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected
        Reserve.
            ``(16) 309. Enlistment bonus.
            ``(17) 312. Special pay for nuclear-qualified officers
        extending period of active duty.
            ``(18) 312b. Nuclear career accession bonus.
            ``(19) 312c. Nuclear career annual incentive bonus.
            ``(20) 315. Engineering and scientific career continuation
        pay.
            ``(21) 316. Bonus for members with foreign language
        proficiency.
            ``(22) 317. Special pay for officers in critical
        acquisition positions extending period of active duty.
            ``(23) 318. Special pay for special warfare officers
        extending period of active duty.
            ``(24) 319. Surface warfare officer continuation pay.
            ``(25) 321. Judge advocate continuation pay.
            ``(26) 322. 15-year career status bonus for members
        entering service on or after August 1, 1986.
            ``(27) 323. Retention incentives for members qualified in
        critical military skills or assigned to high priority units.
            ``(28) 324. Accession bonus for new officers in critical
        skills.
            ``(29) 326. Incentive bonus for conversion to military
        occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage.
            ``(30) 327. Incentive bonus for transfer between armed
        forces.
            ``(31) 329. Incentive bonus for retired members and reserve
        component members volunteering for high-demand, low-density
        assignments.
            ``(32) 330. Accession bonus for officer candidates.
    ``(c) Time for Payment.--A bonus required to be paid to a member
under this section shall be paid to the member in a lump sum not later
than 30 days after the date of the retirement or separation of the
member, notwithstanding any terms to the contrary in the agreement
under which the bonus was originally authorized.
    ``(d) Combat-Related Injury Defined.--In this section, the term
`combat-related injury' means an injury--
            ``(1) for which the member was awarded the Purple Heart; or
            ``(2) that was incurred (as determined under criteria
        prescribed by the Secretary of Defense)--
                    ``(A) as a direct result of armed conflict;
                    ``(B) while engaged in hazardous service;
                    ``(C) in the performance of duty under conditions
                simulating war; or
                    ``(D) through an instrumentality of war.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 903 the following new item:

``904. Continued payment of bonuses to members retired or separated due
                            to combat-related injuries.''.

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Tax Relief and Fulfilling Our Obligation to Patriotic Soldiers Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments made to members of the Armed Forces as enlistment and reenlistment bonuses.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to continue the payment to members of the Armed Forces who are retired or separated for disability due to a combat-related injury of certain bonuses to which such members were entitled immediately before retirement or separation and to which such members would continue to be entitled if they were not retired or separated.


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SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD OF INQUIRY.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Board of
Inquiry into the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks (in this Act
referred to as the ``Board'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Board shall be composed of 12 members
        of whom--
                    (A) four shall be appointed by the President;
                    (B) two shall be appointed by the Majority Leader
                of the Senate, of whom--
                            (i) one shall be a Senator; and
                            (ii) one shall be from private life;
                    (C) two shall be appointed by the Minority Leader
                of the Senate, of whom--
                            (i) one shall be a Senator; and
                            (ii) one shall be from private life;
                    (D) two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
                House of Representatives, of whom--
                            (i) one shall be a Member of the House of
                        Representatives; and
                            (ii) one shall be from private life; and
                    (E) two shall be appointed by the Minority Leader
                of the House of Representatives, of whom--
                            (i) one shall be a Member of the House of
                        Representatives; and
                            (ii) one shall be from private life.
            (2) Qualifications of individuals appointed from private
        life.--The members of the Board appointed from private life
        under paragraph (1) shall be individuals who have demonstrated
        ability and accomplishment in government, business, law, higher
        education, or another appropriate profession and who have a
        substantial background in national security matters.
            (3) Date.--The appointments of the members of the Board
        shall be made not later than thirty days after the date of the
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--Members of the Board shall
be appointed for the life of the Board. Any vacancy in the Board shall
not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
    (d) Chairman and Vice Chairman.--The Board shall select a Chairman
and Vice Chairman from among its members.
    (e) Meetings.--
            (1) In general.--The Board shall meet at the call of the
        Chairman.
            (2) Initial meeting.--Not later than fifteen days after the
        date on which all members of the Board have been appointed, the
        Board shall hold its first meeting.
    (f) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings,
take testimony, or receive evidence.

SEC. 2. DUTIES OF BOARD.

    The Board shall conduct a thorough study of matters relating to the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers in New
York and the Pentagon, and the hijackings which proceeded the attacks,
to determine what systemic problems in the collection, analysis, or
dissemination of intelligence, or other systemic problems in the
intelligence, law enforcement, and other elements of the Federal
Government with responsibility for intelligence-related matters or
counter-terrorism, need to be corrected to prevent further terrorist
attacks on the United States.

SEC. 3. REPORTS.

    (a) Initial Report on Plan for Work.--Not later than 30 days after
the first meeting of the Board under section 1, the Board shall submit
to Congress a report setting for a plan for the work of the Board under
this Act.
    (b) Preliminary Report.--Not later than six months after the date
of the first meeting of the Board, the Board shall submit to Congress a
report on the work of the Board under this Act as of the date of such
report, together with any preliminary findings of the Board as of the
date of such report.
    (c) Final Report.--Not later than one year after the first meeting
of the Board, the Board shall submit to Congress a final report on the
work of the Board under this Act. The report shall contain a detailed
statement of the findings and conclusions of the Board, together with
its recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as
it considers appropriate.
    (d) Form of Reports.--Each report under this section shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF BOARD.

    (a) Hearings.--The Board or, at its direction, any subcommittee or
member of the Board may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act--
            (1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and
        places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, administer
        such oaths; and
            (2) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and
        testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books,
        records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes,
        and materials as the Board or such subcommittee or member
        considers advisable.
    (b) Issuance and Enforcement of Subpoenas.--
            (1) Issuance.--Subpoenas under subsection (a) shall be
        issued in accordance with such procedures as the Board shall
        establish, shall bear the signature of the Chairman of the
        Board, and shall be served by any person or class of persons
        designated by the Chairman for that purpose.
            (2) Enforcement.--In the case of contumacy or failure to
        obey a subpoena issued under subsection (a), the United States
        district court for the judicial district in which the
        subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found may issue
        an order requiring such person to appear at any designated
        place to testify or to produce documentary or other evidence.
        Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by
        the court as a contempt that court.
    (c) Witness Allowances and Fees.--Section 1821 of title 28, United
States Code, shall apply to witnesses requested or subpoenaed to appear
at any hearing of the Board. The per diem and mileage allowances for
witnesses shall be paid from funds available to pay the expenses of the
Board.
    (d) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Board may secure
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the
Board considers necessary to carry out this Act. Upon request of the
Chairman of the Board, the head of such department or agency shall
furnish such information to the Board.
    (e) Postal Services.--The Board may use the United States mails in
the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government.
    (f) Gifts.--The Board may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or
donations of services or property.

SEC. 5. PERSONNEL MATTERS.

    (a) Compensation of Members.--Each member of the Board 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 Board. All members of the Board who are officers or employees of
the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that
received for their services as officers or employees of the United
States.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Board 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 Board.
    (c) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Chairman of the Board 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 Board to perform
        its duties. The employment of an executive director shall be
        subject to confirmation by the Board.
            (2) Compensation.--The Chairman of the Board may fix the
        compensation of the executive director and other personnel
        without regard to 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.
    (d) Security Clearances.--
            (1) Requirement for access to classified information.--
        Members and staff of the Board may not have access to
        classified information unless such individuals possess a
security clearance appropriate for access to such information.
            (2) Expedited investigations.--The Attorney General shall
        take appropriate actions to ensure that the investigation
        required to issue a security clearance appropriate for the work
        of the Board to any member of the Board appointed from private
        life who does not possess such security clearance is completed
        not later than 60 days after the date of the appointment of
        such member to the Board.
    (e) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government
employee may be detailed to the Board without reimbursement, and such
detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or
privilege.
    (f) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The
Chairman of the Board 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.

SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE LAWS.

    (a) Laws Relating to Classified Information.--All laws, executive
orders, regulations, and other rules governing the protection of
classified information, including laws, executive orders, regulations,
and other rules prohibiting the unauthorized release of classified
information, shall apply to the members and staff of the Board with
respect to any information obtained, examined, or otherwise reviewed by
the Board under this Act.
    (b) FACA.--The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the activities of the Board under this
Act.
    (c) Records Laws.--
            (1) FOIA.--Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of
        section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred
        to as the ``Freedom of Information Act''), shall not apply to
        the activities of the Board under this Act.
            (2) Limitation.--Upon transfer to the National Archives and
        Records Administration, any records, documents, or other papers
        of the Board shall be subject to the provisions of section 552
        of title 5, United States Code.
            (3) Federal records act.--The provisions of title 44,
        United States Code, shall apply to the records, documents, and
        other papers of the Board under this Act.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF BOARD.

    The Board shall terminate 30 days after the date on which the Board
submits its final report under section 3(c).

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000
for fiscal year 2002 to the Board to carry out this Act.
    (b) Availability.--Any sums appropriated under the authorization of
appropriations in subsection (a) shall remain available, without fiscal
year limitation, until expended.

Output: Establishes the Board of Inquiry into the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks. Directs the Board to study matters relating to the attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York and the Pentagon and the hijackings which preceded the attacks to determine what systemic problems in the collection, analysis, or dissemination of intelligence or in the intelligence, law enforcement, and other elements of the Government with responsibility for intelligence-related matters or counter-terrorism need to be corrected to prevent further attacks.