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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ute-Moab Land Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF OIL SHALE RESERVE.

    Section 3405 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 7420 note; Public Law 105-261) is
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 3405. TRANSFER OF OIL SHALE RESERVE NUMBERED 2.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled
        `Boundary Map, .............', numbered ____ and dated
        ________, to be kept on file and available for public
        inspection in the offices of the Department of the Interior.
            ``(2) Moab site.--The term `Moab site' means the Moab
        uranium milling site located approximately 3 miles northwest of
        Moab, Utah, and identified in the Final Environmental Impact
        Statement issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March
        1996, in conjunction with Source Material License No. SUA 917.
            ``(3) NOSR-2.--The term `NOSR-2' means Oil Shale Reserve
        Numbered 2, as identified on a map on file in the Office of the
        Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(4) Tribe.--The term `Tribe' means the Ute Indian Tribe
        of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.
    ``(b) Conveyance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        United States conveys to the Tribe, subject to valid existing
        rights in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
        this section, all Federal land within the exterior boundaries
        of NOSR-2 in fee simple (including surface and mineral rights).
            ``(2) Reservations.--The conveyance under paragraph (1)
        shall not include the following reservations of the United
        States:
                    ``(A) A 9 percent royalty interest in the value of
                any oil, gas, other hydrocarbons, and all other
                minerals from the conveyed land that are produced,
                saved, and sold, the payments for which shall be made
                by the Tribe or its designee to the Secretary of Energy
                during the period that the oil, gas, hydrocarbons, or
                minerals are being produced, saved, sold, or extracted.
                    ``(B) The portion of the bed of Green River
                contained entirely within NOSR-2, as depicted on the
                map.
                    ``(C) The land (including surface and mineral
                rights) to the west of the Green River within NOSR-2,
                as depicted on the map.
                    ``(D) A \1/4\ mile scenic easement on the east side
                of the Green River within NOSR-2.
            ``(3) Conditions.--
                    ``(A) Management authority.--On completion of the
                conveyance under paragraph (1), the United States
                relinquishes all management authority over the conveyed
                land (including tribal activities conducted on the
                land).
                    ``(B) No reversion.--The land conveyed to the Tribe
                under this subsection shall not revert to the United
                States for management in trust status.
                    ``(C) Use of easement.--The reservation of the
                easement under paragraph (2)(D) shall not affect the
                right of the Tribe to obtain, use, and maintain access
                to, the Green River through the use of the road within
                the easement, as depicted on the map.
    ``(c) Withdrawals.--All withdrawals in effect on NOSR-2 on the date
of enactment of this section are revoked.
    ``(d) Administration of Reserved land, Interests in land.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the land
        and interests in land reserved from conveyance under
        subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(2) in accordance
        with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
        U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
            ``(2) Management plan.--Not later than 3 years after the
        date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit
        to Congress a land use plan for the management of the land and
        interests in land referred to in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
        authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are
        necessary to carry out this subsection.
    ``(e) Royalty.--
            ``(1) Payment of royalty.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The royalty interest reserved
                from conveyance in subsection (b)(2)(A) that is
                required to be paid by the Tribe shall not include any
                development, production, marketing, and operating
                expenses.
                    ``(B) Federal tax responsibility.--The United
                States shall bear responsibility for and pay--
                            ``(i) gross production taxes;
                            ``(ii) pipeline taxes; and
                            ``(iii) allocation taxes assessed against
                        the gross production.
            ``(2) Report.--The Tribe shall submit to the Secretary of
        Energy and to Congress an annual report on resource development
        and other activities of the Tribe concerning the conveyance
        under subsection (b).
            ``(3) Financial audit.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the
                date of enactment of this section, and every 5 years
                thereafter, the Tribe shall obtain an audit of all
                resource development activities of the Tribe concerning
                the conveyance under subsection (b), as provided under
                chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code.
                    ``(B) Inclusion of results.--The results of each
                audit under this paragraph shall be included in the
                next annual report submitted after the date of
                completion of the audit.
    ``(f) River Management.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Tribe shall manage, under Tribal
        jurisdiction and in accordance with ordinances adopted by the
        Tribe, land of the Tribe that is adjacent to, and within \1/4\
        mile of, the Green River in a manner that--
                    ``(A) maintains the protected status of the land;
                and
                    ``(B) is consistent with the government-to-
                government agreement and in the memorandum of
                understanding dated February 11, 2000, as agreed to by
                the Tribe and the Secretary.
            ``(2) No management restrictions.--An ordinance referred to
        in paragraph (1) shall not impair, limit, or otherwise restrict
        the management and use of any land that is not owned,
        controlled, or subject to the jurisdiction of the Tribe.
            ``(3) Repeal or amendment.--An ordinance adopted by the
        Tribe and referenced in the government-to-government agreement
        may not be repealed or amended without the written approval
        of--
                    ``(A) the Tribe; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary.
    ``(g) Plant Species.--
            ``(1) In general.--In accordance with a government-to-
        government agreement between the Tribe and the Secretary, in a
        manner consistent with levels of legal protection in effect on
        the date of enactment of this section, the Tribe shall protect,
        under ordinances adopted by the Tribe, any plant species that
        is--
                    ``(A) listed as an endangered species or threatened
                species under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act
                of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533); and
                    ``(B) located or found on the NOSR-2 land conveyed
                to the Tribe.
            ``(2) Tribal jurisdiction.--The protection described in
        paragraph (1) shall be performed solely under tribal
        jurisdiction
    ``(h) Horses.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Tribe shall manage, protect, and
        assert control over any horse not owned by the Tribe or tribal
        members that is located or found on the NOSR-2 land conveyed to
        the Tribe in a manner that is consistent with Federal law
        governing the management, protection, and control of horses in
        effect on the date of enactment of this section.
            ``(2) Tribal jurisdiction.--The management, control, and
        protection of horses described in paragraph (1) shall be
        performed solely--
                    ``(A) under tribal jurisdiction; and
                    ``(B) in accordance with a government-to-government
                agreement between the Tribe and the Secretary.
    ``(i) Remedial Action at Moab Site.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Energy shall
        prepare a plan for the commencement, not later than 1 year
        after the date of completion of the plan, of remedial action
        (including groundwater restoration) at the Moab site in
        accordance with section 102(a) of the Uranium Mill Tailings
        Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(a)).
            ``(2) Limit on expenditures.--The Secretary shall limit the
        amounts expended in carrying out the remedial action under
        paragraph (1) to--
                    ``(A) amounts specifically appropriated for the
                remedial action in an Act of appropriation; and
                    ``(B) other amounts made available for the remedial
                action under this subsection.
            ``(3) Retention of royalties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Energy shall
                retain the amounts received as royalties under
                subsection (e)(1).
                    ``(B) Availability.--Amounts referred to in
                subparagraph (A) shall be available, without further
                Act of appropriation, to carry out the remedial action
                under paragraph (1).
                    ``(C) Excess amounts.--On completion of the
                remedial action under paragraph (1), all remaining
                royalty amounts shall be deposited in the General Fund
                of the Treasury.
                    ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--There are authorized to
                        be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to
                        carry out the remedial action under paragraph
                        (1) such sums as are necessary.
                            ``(ii) Continuation of nrc trustee
                        remediation activities.--After the date of
                        enactment of this section and until such date
                        as funds are made available under clause (i),
                        the Secretary, using funds available to the
                        Secretary that are not otherwise appropriated,
                        shall carry out--
                                    ``(I) this subsection; and
                                    ``(II) any remediation activity
                                being carried out at the Moab site by
                                the trustee appointed by the Nuclear
                                Regulatory Commission for the Moab site
on the date of enactment of this section.
            ``(4) Sale of moab site.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the Moab site is sold after
                the date on which the Secretary of Energy completes the
                remedial action under paragraph (1), the seller shall
                pay to the Secretary of Energy, for deposit in the
                miscellaneous receipts account of the Treasury, the
                portion of the sale price that the Secretary determines
                resulted from the enhancement of the value of the Moab
                site that is attributable to the completion of the
                remedial action, as determined in accordance with
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Determination of enhanced value.--The
                enhanced value of the Moab site referred to in
                subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the difference
                between--
                            ``(i) the fair market value of the Moab
                        site on the date of enactment of this section,
                        based on information available on that date;
                        and
                            ``(ii) the fair market value of the Moab
                        site, as appraised on completion of the
                        remedial action.''.

SEC. 3. URANIUM MILL TAILINGS.

    Section 102(a) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3)
the following:
            ``(4) Designation as processing site.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
                provision of law, the Moab uranium milling site
                (referred to in this paragraph as the `Moab Site')
                located approximately 3 miles northwest of Moab, Utah,
                and identified in the Final Environmental Impact
                Statement issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                in March 1996, in conjunction with Source Material
                License No. SUA 917, is designated as a processing
                site.
                    ``(B) Applicability.--This title applies to the
                Moab Site in the same manner and to the same extent as
                to other processing sites designated under this
                subsection, except that--
                            ``(i) sections 103, 107(a), 112(a), and
                        115(a) of this title shall not apply;
                            ``(ii) a reference in this title to the
                        date of the enactment of this Act shall be
                        treated as a reference to the date of enactment
                        of this paragraph; and
                            ``(iii) the Secretary, subject to the
                        availability of appropriations and without
                        regard to section 104(b), shall conduct
                        remediation at the Moab site in a safe and
                        environmentally sound manner, including--
                                    ``(I) groundwater restoration; and
                                    ``(II) the removal, to at a site in
                                the State of Utah, for permanent
                                disposition and any necessary
                                stabilization, of residual radioactive
                                material and other contaminated
                                material from the Moab Site and the
                                floodplain of the Colorado River.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 3406 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 7420 note) is amended by inserting
after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2.--This section does not apply to
the transfer of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 under section 3405.''.

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Declares that the United States relinquishes all management authority over such conveyed land, including tribal activities conducted on such land, on completion of such conveyance.
Provides that such lands conveyed to the Tribe shall not revert to the United States for management in trust status.
Revokes all withdrawals in effect on NOSR-2.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to administer the land and interests in land reserved from such conveyance and to submit to Congress a land use plan.
Prohibits the royalty interest reserved from conveyance that is required to be paid by the Tribe from including any development, production, marketing, and operating expenses. Requires the United States to bear responsibility for and pay gross production taxes, pipeline taxes, and allocation taxes assessed against the gross production.
Requires the Tribe to: (1) submit to the Secretary of Energy and Congress an annual report on resource development and other activities of the Tribe concerning such conveyance; and (2) obtain an audit of all such resource development activities every five years and include the results in the next annual report.
Requires the Tribe: (1) to manage land adjacent to and within a 1/4 mile of the Green River in a in a manner that maintains the land's protected status and is consistent with a government-to-government agreement and a specified memorandum of understanding between the Tribe and the Secretary; and (2) in accordance with such agreement, to protect any endangered or threatened plant species located or found on the NOSR-2 land conveyed to the Tribe and to manage, protect, and assert control over any horse not owned by the Tribe or tribal members that is located or found on such land in a manner that is consistent with Federal law.
Requires the Secretary of Energy: (1) to prepare a plan for the commencement of remedial action, including groundwater restoration, at the Atlas uranium milling site, Moab, Utah; (2) to retain the amounts received as royalties under this Act to carry out such remedial action; and (3) until funds authorized by this Act are made available, to use available funds to carry out such remedial action and any remediation activity being carried out at the site by the trustee appointed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Provides that if the site is sold after remedial action is completed, the seller shall pay to the Secretary of Energy the portion of the sale price attributable to such action.
Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to designate such site as a processing site, with specified exceptions.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Job Creation and Economic Growth
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011.

    (a) Title Amendment.--The title heading of title IV of the Budget
Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) is amended by inserting ``, JOB
CREATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH'' after ``DEFICIT REDUCTION''.
    (b) Additional Duties of Joint Select Committee.--Section 401 of
the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``, Job Creation,
        and Economic Growth'' after ``Deficit Reduction'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, Job
                Creation, and Economic Growth'' after ``Deficit
                Reduction'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
                        ``Goal'' and inserting ``Goals'';
                            (ii) by striking ``goal'' and inserting
                        ``goals''; and
                            (iii) by inserting before the period ``and
                        to spur economic growth and restore the
                        Nation's workforce to full employment, which
                        shall be defined by the Secretary of Labor not
                        later than 14 days after the date of enactment
                        of the Job Creation and Economic Growth Act,
                        over the period of fiscal years 2012 and
                        2013'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting ``and
                significantly improve the short-term and long-term
                employment levels in the United States and spur
                economic growth'' before the period;
                    (D) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ``reduce
                the deficit consistent with the goal'' and inserting
                ``reduce the deficit and improve employment levels
                consistent with the goal'';
                    (E) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by
                        striking ``Report'' and inserting ``Reports'';
                            (ii) in clause (i)--
                                    (I) by striking ``and'' at the end
                                of subclause (I);
                                    (II) in subclause (II), by
                                inserting ``with respect to deficit
                                reduction'' after ``subclause (I)'';
                                    (III) by striking the period at the
                                end of subclause (II) and inserting a
                                semicolon;
                                    (IV) by inserting after subclause
                                (II) the following new subclauses:
                                    ``(III) proposed legislative
                                language to carry out such
                                recommendations as described in
                                subclause (I) with respect to job
                                creation measures, which shall include
                                a statement of the job creation
                                achieved by the legislation over the
                                period of fiscal years 2012 and
                                2013.''; and
                            (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ``the
                        joint committee report'' and inserting ``that
                        joint committee report''; and
                            (iv) in clause (v), by striking ``vote''
                        and inserting ``votes''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``12''
                        and inserting ``16'';
                            (ii) in each of clause (i) through (iv) of
                        subparagraph (B), by striking ``three'' each
                        place it appears and inserting ``4''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following
                        new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Subcommittee.--The joint committee shall
                appoint some of its members to a special subcommittee
                which shall make recommendations to the joint committee
                on measures to spur economic growth and restore the
                Nation's workforce to full employment over the period
                of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments Relating to Expedited Consideration of
Joint Committee Recommendations.--Section 402 of the Budget Control Act
of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``If approved by the majority'' and
                all that follows through ``section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv)''
                and insert the following:
            ``(1) Approved deficit reduction legislative language.--If
        approved by the majority required by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii),
        the proposed legislative language described in clause (i)(II)
        of section 401(b)(1)(B) and submitted pursuant to clause (iv)
        of such section''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Job creation legislative language.--
                    ``(A) If approved.--If approved by the majority
                required by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed
                legislative language described in clause (i)(III) of
                section 401(b)(1)(B) submitted pursuant to clause (iv)
                of such section shall be introduced in the Senate (by
                request) on the next day on which the Senate is in
                session by the majority leader of the Senate or by a
                Member of the Senate designated by the majority leader
                of the Senate and shall be introduced in the House of
                Representatives (by request) on the next legislative
                day by the majority leader of the House or by a Member
                of the House designated by the majority leader of the
                House.
                    ``(B) If not approved.--If no legislative language
                described in subclause (III) of section 401(b)(1)(B)(i)
                is approved by the vote required by such section, then
                any such legislative language that was brought to a
                vote under such section shall be introduced in the
                Senate (by request) on the next day on which the Senate
                is in session by the majority leader of the Senate or
                by a Member of the Senate designated by the majority
                leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in the
                House of Representatives (by request) on the next
                legislative day by the majority leader of the House or
                by a Member of the House designated by the majority
                leader of the House.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``the joint committee
                        bill'' each place it appears and inserting ``a
                        joint committee bill''; and
                            (ii) in the last sentence, by striking
                        ``the joint committee bill'' and inserting
                        ``that joint committee bill'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by
                striking ``the joint committee bill'' and inserting
                ``that joint committee bill''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``The joint
                committee bill'' and inserting ``A joint committee
                bill'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking ``the
                joint committee bill'' each place it appears and
                inserting ``a joint committee bill''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the joint
                committee bill'' the first place it appears and
                inserting ``a joint committee bill'';
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``The joint committee
        bill'' and insert ``A joint committee bill'';
            (5) in subsection (e)(1) in the matter preceding
        subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``before passing the joint'' and
                inserting ``before passing a joint''; and
                    (B) by striking ``a joint committee bill'' and
                inserting ``a related joint committee bill'';
            (6) in subsection (f)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``the joint committee bill'' the
                first place it appears and inserting ``a joint
                committee bill''; and
                    (B) by striking ``receives the joint committee
                bill'' and inserting ``receives the related joint
                committee bill'';
            (7) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``the joint committee
        bill'' and inserting ``a joint committee bill''; and
            (8) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, in the case
                of a joint committee bill that was introduced pursuant
                to subsection (a)(1)'' before the semicolon; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, in the case
                of any joint committee bill that was introduced
                pursuant to subsection (a)'' before the period.
    (d) Table of Contents Amendment.--In the table of contents in
section 1(b) of the Budget Control Act of 2011, the item relating to
title IV is amended to read as follows:

``TITLE IV--JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION, JOB CREATION,
                         AND ECONOMIC GROWTH''.

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Job Creation and Economic Growth Act - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to redesignate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Economic Growth.

Adds as a goal of the joint committee spurring economic growth and restoring the nation's workforce to full employment over the period of FY2012 and FY2013. Revises the duties of the joint committee to require it to make recommendations that will significantly improve U.S. short-term and long-term employment levels and spur economic growth.

Requires the joint committee, by November 23, 2011, to vote on proposed legislative language to carry out joint committee recommendations with respect to job creation measures, including a statement of job creation achieved by such legislation.

Increases the number of members of the joint committee from 12 to 16.

Directs the joint committee to appoint some of its members to a special subcommittee to make recommendations on measures to spur economic growth and restore the nation's workforce to full employment over the period of FY2012 and FY2013.

Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed joint committee job creation legislative language.


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SECTION 1. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    (a) Appointment of Chief Financial Officer.--
            (1) In general.--The Governor of the Virgin Islands shall
        appoint a Chief Financial Officer, with the advice and consent
        of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, from the names on the
        list required under section 2(d). If the Governor has nominated
        a person for Chief Financial Officer but the Legislature of the
        Virgin Islands has not confirmed a nominee within 90 days after
        receiving the list pursuant to section 2(d), the Governor shall
        appoint from such list a Chief Financial Officer on an acting
        basis until the Legislature consents to a Chief Financial
        Officer.
            (2) Acting chief financial officer.--If a Chief Financial
        Officer has not been appointed under paragraph (1) within 180
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Virgin
        Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission, by majority
        vote, shall appoint from the names on the list submitted under
        section 2(d), an Acting Chief Financial Officer to serve in
        that capacity until a Chief Financial Officer is appointed
        under the first sentence of paragraph (1). In either case, if
        the Acting Chief Financial Officer serves in an acting capacity
        for 180 consecutive days, without further action the Acting
        Chief Financial Officer shall become the Chief Financial
        Officer.
    (b) Transfer of Functions.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the appointment of a Chief Financial
        Officer under subsection (a), the functions of the Director of
        the Office of Management and Budget established under the laws
        of the Virgin Islands shall be transferred to the Chief
        Financial Officer. All employees of the Office of Management
        and Budget become employees of the Office of the Chief
        Financial Officer.
            (2) Documents provided.--The heads of each department of
        the Government of the Virgin Islands, in particular the head of
        the Department of Finance of the Virgin Islands and the head of
        the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Virgin Islands shall provide
        all documents and information under the jurisdiction of that
        head that the Chief Financial Officer considers required to
        carry out his or her functions to the Chief Financial Officer.
    (c) Duties of Chief Financial Officer.--The duties of the Chief
Financial Officer shall include the following:
            (1) Assume the functions and authority of the office of the
        Office of Management and Budget established under the laws of
        the Virgin Islands as transferred under subsection (b).
            (2) Develop a report on the financial status of the
        Government of the Virgin Islands not later than 6 months after
        appointment and quarterly thereafter. Such reports shall be
        available to the public and shall be submitted to the Committee
        on Resources in the House of Representatives and the Committee
        on Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate.
            (3) Each year certify spending limits of the annual budget
        and whether or not the annual budget is balanced.
            (4) Monitor operations of budget for compliance with
        spending limits, appropriations, and laws, and direct
        adjustments where necessary.
            (5) Develop standards for financial management, including
        inventory and contracting, for the government of the Virgin
        Islands in general and for each agency in conjunction with the
        agency head.
            (6) Oversee all aspects of the implementation of the
        financial management system provided pursuant to section 3 to
        ensure the coordination, transparency, and networking of all
        agencies' financial, personnel, and budget functions.
            (7) Provide technical staff to the Governor and legislature
        of the Virgin Islands for development of a deficit reduction
        and financial recovery plan.
    (d) Deputy Chief Financial Officer.--Until the date that is 5 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the position of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget of the Virgin Islands
shall--
            (1) have the duties, salary (as specified in subsection
        (f)(3)), and other conditions of the Deputy Chief Financial
        Officer in lieu of the duties, salary, and other conditions of
        the Director of the Office of Management and Budget of the
        Virgin Islands as such functions existed before the appointment
        of the Chief Financial Officer; and
            (2) assist the Chief Financial Officer in carrying out the
        duties of the Chief Financial Officer.
    (e) Conditions Related to Chief Financial Officer.--
            (1) Term.--The Chief Financial Officer shall be appointed
        for a term of 5 years.
            (2) Removal.--The Chief Financial Officer shall not be
        removed except for cause. An Acting Chief Financial Officer may
        be removed for cause or by a Chief Financial Officer appointed
        with the advice and consent of the Legislature of the Virgin
        Islands.
            (3) Replacement.--If the Chief Financial Officer is unable
        to continue acting in that capacity due to removal, illness,
        death, or otherwise, another Chief Financial Officer shall be
        selected in accordance with subsection (a).
            (4) Salary.--The Chief Financial Officer shall be paid at a
        salary to be determined by the Governor of the Virgin Islands,
        except such rate may not be less than the highest rate of pay
        for a cabinet officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands
        or a Chief Financial Officer serving in any government or
        semiautonomous agency.
    (f) Conditions Related to Deputy Chief Financial Officer.--
            (1) Term; removal.--The Deputy Chief Financial Officer
        shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Financial Officer.
            (2) Replacement.--If the Deputy Chief Financial Officer is
        unable to continue acting in that capacity due to removal,
        illness, death, or otherwise, another person shall be selected
        by the Governor of the Virgin Islands to serve as Deputy Chief
        Financial Officer.
            (3) Salary.--The Deputy Chief Financial Officer shall be
        paid at a salary to be determined by the Chief Financial
        Officer, except such rate may not be less than the rate of pay
        of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    (g) Resumption of Functions.--On the date that is 5 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the functions of the Chief Financial
Officer shall be transferred to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget of the Virgin Islands.
    (h) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have effect after the date
that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the ``Virgin Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission''.
    (b) Duty of Commission.--The Commission shall recommend to the
Governor not less than 3 candidates for nomination as Chief Financial
Officer of the Virgin Islands. Each candidate must have demonstrated
ability in general management of, knowledge of, and extensive practical
experience at the highest levels of financial management in
governmental or business entities and must have experience in the
development, implementation, and operation of financial management
systems. Candidates shall not have served in a policy making or
unclassified position of the Government of the Virgin Islands in the 10
years immediately preceding appointment as Chief Financial Officer.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be
        composed of 9 members appointed not later than 30 days after
        the date of the enactment of this Act. Persons appointed as
        members must have recognized business, government, or financial
        expertise and experience and shall be appointed as follows:
                    (A) 1 individual appointed by the Governor of the
                Virgin Islands.
                    (B) 1 individual appointed by the President of the
                Legislature of the Virgin Islands.
                    (C) 1 individual, who is an employee of the
                Government of the Virgin Islands, appointed by the
                Central Labor Council of the Virgin Islands.
                    (D) 1 individual appointed by the Chamber of
                Commerce of St. Thomas-St. John.
                    (E) 1 individual appointed by the Chamber of
                Commerce of St. Croix.
                    (F) 1 individual appointed by the President of the
                University of the Virgin Islands.
                    (G) 1 individual appointed by the Chief Judge of
                the Virgin Islands Territorial Court.
                    (H) 1 individual, who is a resident of St. John,
                appointed by the At-Large Member of the Legislature of
                the Virgin Islands.
                    (I) 1 individual appointed by the Advocates for the
                Preservation of the Retirement System.
            (2) Terms.--
                    (A) In general.--Each member shall be appointed for
                the life of the Commission.
                    (B) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall
                be filled in the manner in which the original
                appointment was made. Any member appointed to fill a
                vacancy shall be appointed for the remainder of that
                term.
            (3) Basic pay.--Members shall serve without pay.
            (4) Quorum.--Five members of the Commission shall
        constitute a quorum.
            (5) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall
        be the Chief Judge of the Territorial Court or her designee and
        shall serve as an ex officio member of the Commission and shall
        vote only in the case of a tie.
            (6) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the
        Chairperson. The Commission shall meet for the first time not
        later than 15 days after all members have been appointed under
        this subsection.
            (7) Government employment.--Members may not be current
        government employees, except for the member appointed under
        paragraph (1)(C); and
    (d) Report; Recommendations.--The Commission shall transmit a
report to the Governor and the Resources Committee of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate not later than 60 days after its first meeting. The report
shall name the Commission's recommendations for candidates for
nomination as Chief Financial Officer of the Virgin Islands.
    (e) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 210 days after its
first meeting.

SEC. 3. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

     It is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary
for the installation of a Financial Management System, including
appropriate computer hardware and software, to the Government of the
Virgin Islands. Upon becoming available, the financial management
system shall be available to the Chief Financial Officer and, after the
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget of the Virgin Islands,
to assist the Chief Financial Officer or the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget of the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, to
carry out the official duties of that office.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Chief financial officer.--In sections 1 and 2, the term
        ``Chief Financial Officer'' means a Chief Financial Officer or
        Acting Chief Financial Officer, as the case may be, appointed
        under section 1(a).
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Virgin
        Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission established
        pursuant to section 2.
            (3) Governor.--The term ``Governor'' means the Governor of
        the Virgin Islands.
            (4) Removal for cause.--The term ``removal for cause''
        means removal based upon misconduct, failure to meet job
        requirements, or any grounds that a reasonable person would
        find grounds for discharge.

SEC. 5. NO ABROGATION OF POWERS.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit the Governor and
Legislature of the Virgin Islands to dilute, delegate, or otherwise
alter or weaken the powers and authority of the Office of Management
and Budget established under the laws of the Virgin Islands.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

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(Sec. 1) Requires the Governor of the Virgin Islands to appoint a Chief Financial Officer, with the advice and consent of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, from a list required by this Act. States that if: (1) the Legislature has not confirmed a nominee within 90 days the Governor shall appoint an Acting Chief Financial Officer until the Legislature consents to a Chief Financial Officer; and (2) a Chief Financial Officer has not been appointed within 180 days the Virgin Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission shall appoint from such list an Acting Chief Financial Officer until a Chief Financial Officer is appointed.

Sets forth the Chief Financial Officer's duties, including: (1) assumption of the functions and authority of the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) budget and financial management systems oversight.

Transfers the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Chief Financial Officer. Alters the position of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to that of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Implements such changes for a five-year period.

(Sec. 2) Establishes the Virgin Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission to recommend at least three candidates for the Chief Financial Officer position. Terminates the Commission 210 days after its first meeting.

(Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations for the installation of a Financial Management System, including appropriate computer hardware and software, to the Government of the Virgin Islands. States that such system shall be available to the Chief Financial Officer, and five years after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget of the Virgin Islands.

 (Sec. 5) States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit the Governor and Legislature of the Virgin Islands to delegate or otherwise alter the powers and authority of the Office of Management and Budget established under the laws of the Virgin Islands.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Technology and Research Accelerating
National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2014'' or the
``TRANSFER Act''.

SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 9(jj) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(jj)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(jj) Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer.--
            ``(1) Grant program.--
                    ``(A) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                            ``(i) the term `covered agency' means a
                        Federal agency that is required to establish an
                        STTR program under subsection (n);
                            ``(ii) the term `eligible institution'
                        means--
                                    ``(I) an institution of higher
                                education;
                                    ``(II) a technology transfer
                                organization that facilitates the
                                commercialization of technologies
                                developed by 1 or more institutions of
                                higher education;
                                    ``(III) a Federal laboratory;
                                    ``(IV) a public or private
                                nonprofit entity; or
                                    ``(V) a consortium of any of the
                                entities described under subclause (I),
                                (II), (III), or (IV);
                            ``(iii) the term `Federal laboratory' has
                        the meaning given that term under section 4(6)
                        of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation
                        Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703(6));
                            ``(iv) the term `institution of higher
                        education' has the meaning given that term
                        under section 101(a) of the Higher Education
                        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); and
                            ``(v) the term `program' means an
                        Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer
                        Grant Program established by a covered agency
                        under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Establishment of program.--The head of each
                covered agency shall establish a grant program, to be
                known as the Innovative Approaches to Technology
                Transfer Grant Program of the covered agency, to make
                grants to eligible institutions to improve or
                accelerate the commercialization of high quality and
                commercially viable federally funded research and
                technology by small business concerns.
                    ``(C) Use of funds.--Grants awarded under a program
                may be used to--
                            ``(i) provide early-stage proof of concept
                        funding for translational research;
                            ``(ii) identify research and technology
                        that have the potential for accelerated
                        commercialization;
                            ``(iii) support technology maturation
                        activities, including prototype construction,
                        experiment analysis, product comparison, and
                        the collection of performance data;
                            ``(iv) provide funding for technical
                        validations, market research, clarifying
                        intellectual property rights position and
                        strategy, and investigating commercial and
                        business opportunities;
                            ``(v) provide advice, mentoring,
                        entrepreneurial education, project management,
                        and technology and business development
                        expertise to innovators and recipients of
                        technology transfer licenses to maximize
                        commercialization potential; and
                            ``(vi) conduct outreach to small business
                        concerns as potential licensees of federally
                        funded research and technology to provide
                        technology transfer services to those small
                        business concerns.
                    ``(D) Application.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An eligible institution
                        desiring a grant under the program shall submit
                        an application to a covered agency at such
                        time, in such manner, and containing such
                        information as the covered agency may require.
                            ``(ii) Required information.--An
                        application submitted for a grant under the
                        program shall include--
                                    ``(I)(aa) a description of
                                innovative approaches to technology
                                transfer, technology development, and
                                commercial readiness that have the
                                potential to increase or accelerate
                                technology transfer outcomes and can be
                                adopted by other eligible institutions;
                                or
                                    ``(bb) a demonstration of, or a
                                plan to implement, proven technology
                                transfer and commercialization
                                strategies that can achieve greater
                                commercialization of federally funded
                                research and technology with a grant
                                under the program;
                                    ``(II) a description of how the
                                eligible institution will contribute to
                                local and regional economic development
                                efforts;
                                    ``(III) a plan for sustainability
                                after grant amounts have been expended;
                                and
                                    ``(IV) a plan to assemble an
                                oversight board in accordance with
                                subparagraph (F).
                    ``(E) Competitive basis.--A covered agency shall
                award grants to eligible institutions under the program
                of the covered agency on a competitive basis.
                    ``(F) Oversight board.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An eligible institution
                        that receives a grant under the program shall
                        assemble an oversight board to--
                                    ``(I) establish award programs for
                                individual projects, including an
                                application process;
                                    ``(II) provide rigorous evaluation
                                of project applications;
                                    ``(III) determine which projects
                                should receive awards from the eligible
                                institution;
                                    ``(IV) establish milestones and
                                associated award amounts for projects
                                that reach certain milestones;
                                    ``(V) determine whether a project
                                is reaching the established milestones;
                                and
                                    ``(VI) develop a process to
                                reallocate outstanding award amounts
                                from projects that are not reaching
                                milestones to other projects with more
                                potential to reach those milestones.
                            ``(ii) Membership and qualifications.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--An oversight
                                board assembled under clause (i) shall
                                be composed of members who shall have
                                demonstrated relevant technical,
                                scientific, or business expertise, of
                                whom three-fifths shall be drawn from
                                relevant industries, start-up
                                companies, venture capital or other
                                equity investment mechanisms, technical
                                enterprises, financial institutions,
                                and business development organizations
                                with a track record of success in
                                commercializing innovations.
                                    ``(II) Conflicts of interest.--An
                                oversight board assembled under clause
                                (i) shall adopt policies that--
                                            ``(aa) prohibit conflicts
                                        of interest among members of
                                        the oversight board;
                                            ``(bb) ensure that relevant
                                        relationships are disclosed;
                                        and
                                            ``(cc) establish proper
                                        recusal procedures in the event
                                        of a conflict of interest.
                            ``(iii) Use of existing oversight boards.--
                        An eligible institution may use oversight
                        boards in existence on the date of the
                        enactment of the Technology and Research
                        Accelerating National Security and Future
                        Economic Resiliency Act of 2014 that meet the
                        requirements of this subparagraph.
                    ``(G) Grant and award amounts.--
                            ``(i) Grant amounts.--The amount of a grant
                        made by a covered agency under the program of
                        the covered agency shall be not more than
                        $3,000,000.
                            ``(ii) Award amounts.--An eligible
                        institution that receives a grant under a
                        program shall make awards for individual
                        projects that support the activities of clauses
                        (i), (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (C),
                        which--
                                    ``(I) shall not be more than
                                $100,000; and
                                    ``(II) shall be provided in phased
                                amounts, based on whether the project
                                is reaching the milestones established
                                by the oversight board of the eligible
                                institution.
                    ``(H) Authorized expenditures for the program.--
                            ``(i) Expenditure amounts.--The percentage
                        of the extramural budget for research, or
                        research and development, required to be
                        expended by a covered agency for the program of
                        the covered agency shall be--
                                    ``(I) 0.05 percent for fiscal year
                                2015; and
                                    ``(II) 0.1 percent for each of
                                fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
                            ``(ii) Treatment of expenditures.--Any
                        portion of the extramural budget expended by a
                        covered agency for the program of the covered
                        agency shall apply toward the STTR expenditure
                        requirements of the covered agency under
                        subsection (n).
            ``(2) Program evaluation and data collection and
        dissemination.--
                    ``(A) Evaluation plan and data collection.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Each covered agency
                        shall develop a program evaluation plan to
                        collect data to identify outcomes resulting
                        from the transfer of technology under the
                        program of the covered agency, including--
                                    ``(I) specific follow-on funding
                                identified or obtained, including
                                follow-on funding sources, such as
                                Federal sources or private sources, not
                                later than 3 years after the date on
                                which an eligible institution makes an
                                award for a project under the program;
                                    ``(II) the number of projects
                                which, not later than 5 years after
                                receiving an award from an eligible
                                institution under the program, result
                                in a license to a start-up company or
                                an established company with sufficient
                                resources for effective
                                commercialization;
                                    ``(III) the number of invention
                                disclosures received, United States
                                patent applications filed, and United
                                States patents issued not later than 5
                                years after the date on which an
                                eligible institution makes an award for
                                a project under the program;
                                    ``(IV) the number of projects
                                receiving an award from an eligible
                                institution under the program that
                                secure Phase I or Phase II SBIR or STTR
                                awards;
                                    ``(V) available information on
                                revenue, sales, or other measures of
                                products that have been commercialized
                                as a result of projects receiving an
                                award from an eligible institution
                                under the program not later than 5
                                years after the date on which the
                                eligible institution made the award;
                                    ``(VI) the number and location of
                                jobs created as a result of projects
                                receiving an award from an eligible
                                institution under the program; and
                                    ``(VII) any other data as the
                                covered agency may determine
                                appropriate.
                    ``(B) Evaluative report to congress.--Not later
                than September 30, 2018, the head of each covered
                agency shall submit to the Committee on Small Business
                and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on
                Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on
                Small Business of the House of Representatives a report
                evaluating the activities of the program of the covered
                agency, which shall include--
                            ``(i) a detailed description of the
                        implementation of the program;
                            ``(ii) a detailed description of selection
                        process used by the covered agency to award a
                        grant to an eligible institution under the
                        program;
                            ``(iii) an accounting of the funds used in
                        the program; and
                            ``(iv) a summary of the data collected
                        under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Data dissemination.--For purposes of program
                transparency and the dissemination of best practices,
                the Administrator shall include on the public database
                under subsection (k)(1) information on the program of
                each covered agency, including--
                            ``(i) the program evaluation plan required
                        under subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) a list of recipients of awards made
                        by an eligible institution for projects under
                        the program by State; and
                            ``(iii) information on the use by
                        recipients of awards made by an eligible
                        institution for projects under the program.''.

Output: Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013 or the TRANSFER Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to revise the requirement that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) use funds for a Proof of Concept Partnership pilot program to accelerate the creation of small businesses and the commercialization of research innovations made by certain institutions. Directs the head of each covered federal agency required to establish a small business technology transfer (STTR) program to establish an Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program to make grants to institutions of higher education, technology transfer organizations that facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed by one or more of the institutions, federal laboratories, public or private nonprofit entities, or a consortium of any of these entities in order to improve or accelerate the commercialization of high quality and commercially viable federally funded research and technology by small businesses. Outlines activities eligible for funding, application requirements, and award procedures and amounts. Requires grant recipients to assemble an oversight board to establish award programs for individual projects and evaluate project applications. Prescribes the percentage of each covered agency's extramural budget for research, or research development required to be expended on such Program for FY2015-FY2017. Directs each covered agency to develop a Program evaluation plan to collect data to identify outcomes resulting from the transfer of technology under its Program. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to include information on each covered agency's Program on the public database of small businesses participating in STTR or Small Business Innovation Research programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Teaching Standards and
License Portability Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. TEACHING STANDARDS AND LICENSE PORTABILITY.

    Part C of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

        ``Subpart 6--Teaching Standards and License Portability

``SEC. 2371. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this subpart are the following:
            ``(1) To support the development of rigorous kindergarten
        through grade 12 teaching standards that incorporate 21st
        century learning skills.
            ``(2) To create incentives for States to adopt, pilot, and
        implement such rigorous kindergarten through grade 12 teaching
        standards.
            ``(3) To create incentives for States to align the States'
        teacher licensing systems to such rigorous kindergarten through
        grade 12 teaching standards.
            ``(4) To create incentives for States to develop policies
        to facilitate teacher license portability across States in
        order to improve the capacity of States to collaboratively
        address teacher shortages.

``SEC. 2372. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Core teaching standards.--The term `core teaching
        standards' means standards that all beginning teachers should
        know and be able to teach in order to practice responsibly,
        regardless of the subject matter or grade level being taught.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an
        organization representing administrators of State educational
        agencies in partnership with 1 or more independent professional
        organizations with expertise in the following areas:
                    ``(A) Teacher preparation and licensure.
                    ``(B) Assessment of teacher knowledge, skills, and
                competencies.
            ``(3) 21st century learning skills.--The term `21st century
        learning skills' means the skills, knowledge, and competencies
        that students should master to succeed in postsecondary
        education and the workforce of the 21st century, including
        creativity and innovation skills, critical thinking and
        problem-solving skills, communication and collaboration skills,
        information and technology literacy, civic and health literacy,
        adaptability, social and cross-cultural skills, and leadership
        skills.

``SEC. 2373. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to award a
competitive grant to an eligible entity to enable such entity to carry
out the following:
            ``(1) The development or updating of core teaching
        standards and content-specific kindergarten through grade 12
        teaching standards that are rigorous and incorporate 21st
        century learning skills and recent research and expert
        knowledge on teaching practices.
            ``(2) The development of teacher assessments linked to the
        kindergarten through grade 12 teaching standards that can be
        used for licensing, are valid and reliable, and are
        performance-based.
            ``(3) The awarding of subgrants as described in subsection
        (b)(2) to State educational agencies.
            ``(4) The provision of technical assistance to States in
        the adoption, pilot testing, and implementation of kindergarten
        through grade 12 teaching standards and teacher assessments as
        described in paragraph (2).
            ``(5) The provision of technical assistance to States to
        facilitate teacher license portability across States through
        changes in relevant State policies or the creation of new
        policies for such purpose.
    ``(b) Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) Direct activities.--
                    ``(A) First and second years.--An eligible entity
                that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall use
                100 percent of the funds made available through the
                grant for the first and second fiscal years--
                            ``(i) to develop or update the core
                        teaching standards and content-specific
                        kindergarten through grade 12 teaching
                        standards; and
                            ``(ii) to develop and pilot test teacher
                        performance assessments that can be used to
                        supplement or supplant current State licensing
                        exams.
                    ``(B) Third year and beyond.--An eligible entity
                that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall use
                not more than 40 percent of the funds made available
                through the grant for the third fiscal year, not more
                than 30 percent of the funds made available through the
                grant for the fourth fiscal year, and not more than 20
                percent of the funds made available through the grant
                for the fifth fiscal year--
                            ``(i) to continue pilot testing and
                        validating the teacher performance assessments;
                            ``(ii) to disseminate the kindergarten
                        through grade 12 teaching standards,
                        assessments, and any other materials that
                        States may need to properly evaluate and adopt
                        such standards, assessments, and materials;
                            ``(iii) to provide technical assistance to
                        States in--
                                    ``(I) adopting the kindergarten
                                through grade 12 teaching standards;
                                    ``(II) pilot testing the teacher
                                assessments; and
                                    ``(III) reliably and accurately
                                administering and interpreting the
                                teacher assessments; and
                            ``(iv) to fund research activities that
                        further the development of kindergarten through
                        grade 12 teaching standards and assessments.
            ``(2) Subgrants.--An eligible entity that receives a grant
        under subsection (a) shall use not less than 60 percent of the
        funds made available through the grant for the third fiscal
        year, not less than 70 percent of the funds made available
        through the grant for the fourth fiscal year, and not less than
        80 percent of the funds made available through the grant for
        the fifth fiscal year to award subgrants to State educational
        agencies to pay the Federal share of the costs of carrying out
        the following activities in the States:
                    ``(A) To adopt the core teaching standards and
                content-specific kindergarten through grade 12 teaching
                standards developed or updated by the eligible entity.
                    ``(B) To align the States' teacher licensing
                systems to such standards, which may include the pilot
                testing and use of teacher assessments developed by the
                eligible entity under paragraph (1)(A)(ii).
                    ``(C) To change relevant policies or introduce new
                policies to facilitate teacher license portability
                across the States.

``SEC. 2374. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Grant Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that desires a grant
        under this subpart shall submit to the Secretary an application
        at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
        information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--In an application submitted under
        paragraph (1), an eligible entity shall include, at a minimum,
        a description of the capability of the entity to carry out
        section 2373(b).
    ``(b) Subgrant Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency that desires
        a subgrant under this subpart shall submit an application to
        the eligible entity at such time, in such manner, and
        accompanied by such information as the eligible entity may
        require.
            ``(2) Contents.--In an application submitted under
        paragraph (1), a State educational agency shall include, at a
        minimum, a description of how the agency plans to carry out the
        activities described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of
        section 2373(b)(2).

``SEC. 2375. FEDERAL SHARE.

    ``(a) Federal Share.--For State educational agencies receiving a
subgrant under section 2371(b)(2), the Federal share of the cost of
carrying out the activities described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C) of section 2371(b)(2) shall be 50 percent.
    ``(b) Payment of Non-Federal Share.--The non-Federal share may be
paid in cash or in kind (fairly evaluated).

``SEC. 2376. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    ``Not later than 2 years after the date funds are first made
available to carry out this subpart, and again 2 years thereafter, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report regarding activities
assisted under this subpart.

``SEC. 2377. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds made available to carry out this subpart shall be used to
supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds
available to carry out the [purposes described in section 2371].

``SEC. 2378. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subpart--
            ``(1) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009;
        and
            ``(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and
        2012.''.

Output: Enhancing Teaching Standards and License Portability Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award a competitive grant to a partnership between an organization representing state educational agency administrators and one or more independent professional organizations that have teacher preparation, licensure, and assessment expertise to: (1) enhance kindergarten through grade 12 teaching standards; (2) develop performance-based teaching assessments that are linked to such standards and can be used for licensing; and (3) provide technical assistance and matching subgrants to states to adopt such teaching standards and assessments, align their licensing systems to such standards, and facilitate teacher license portability across the states.


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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``base closure law'' means the Defense Base
        Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
        Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and title II of the
        Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and
        Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);
            (2) the term ``closed military installation'' means a
        military installation closed or approved for closure pursuant
        to a base closure law;
            (3) the term ``designated refinery'' means a refinery
        designated under section 2(a);
            (4) the term ``Federal refinery authorization''--
                    (A) means any authorization required under Federal
                law, whether administered by a Federal or State
                administrative agency or official, with respect to
                siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a
                refinery; and
                    (B) includes any permits, special use
                authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other
                approvals required under Federal law with respect to
                siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a
                refinery;
            (5) the term ``refinery'' means--
                    (A) a facility designed and operated to receive,
                load, unload, store, transport, process, and refine
                crude oil by any chemical or physical process,
                including distillation, fluid catalytic cracking,
                hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, etherification,
                polymerization, catalytic reforming, isomerization,
                hydrotreating, blending, and any combination thereof,
                in order to produce gasoline or other fuel; or
                    (B) a facility designed and operated to receive,
                load, unload, store, transport, process, and refine
                coal by any chemical or physical process, including
                liquefaction, in order to produce gasoline, diesel, or
                other liquid fuel as its primary output;
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy;
        and
            (7) the term ``State'' means a State, the District of
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other
        territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 2. STATE PARTICIPATION AND PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.

    (a) Designation Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall designate no less than 3
closed military installations, or portions thereof, subject to
subsection (c)(2), that are appropriate for the purposes of siting a
refinery.
    (b) Analysis of Refinery Sites.--In considering any site for
possible designation under subsection (a), the President shall conduct
an analysis of--
            (1) the availability of crude oil supplies to the site,
        including supplies from domestic production of shale oil and
        tar sands and other strategic unconventional fuels;
            (2) the distribution of the Nation's refined petroleum
        product demand;
            (3) whether such site is in close proximity to substantial
        pipeline infrastructure, including both crude oil and refined
        petroleum product pipelines, and potential infrastructure
        feasibility;
            (4) the need to diversify the geographical location of the
        domestic refining capacity;
            (5) the effect that increased refined petroleum products
        from a refinery on that site may have on the price and supply
        of gasoline to consumers;
            (6) the impact of locating a refinery on the site on the
        readiness and operations of the Armed Forces; and
            (7) such other factors as the President considers
        appropriate.
    (c) Sale or Disposal.--
            (1) Designation.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
        until the expiration of 2 years after the date of enactment of
        this Act, the Federal Government shall not sell or otherwise
        dispose of the military installations designated pursuant to
        subsection (a).
            (2) Governor's objection.--No site may be used for a
        refinery under this Act if, not later than 60 days after
        designation of the site under subsection (a), the Governor of
        the State in which the site is located transmits to the
        President an objection to the designation, unless, not later
        than 60 days after the President receives such objection, the
        Congress has by law overridden the objection.
    (d) Redevelopment Authority.--With respect to a closed military
installation, or portion thereof, designated by the President as a
potentially suitable refinery site pursuant to subsection (a)--
            (1) the redevelopment authority for the installation, in
        preparing or revising the redevelopment plan for the
        installation, shall consider the feasibility and practicability
        of siting a refinery on the installation; and
            (2) the Secretary of Defense, in managing and disposing of
        real property at the installation pursuant to the base closure
        law applicable to the installation, shall give substantial
        deference to the recommendations of the redevelopment
        authority, as contained in the redevelopment plan for the
        installation, regarding the siting of a refinery on the
        installation.

SEC. 3. PROCESS COORDINATION AND RULES OF PROCEDURE.

    (a) Designation as Lead Agency.--
            (1) In general.--The Department of Energy shall act as the
        lead agency for the purposes of coordinating all applicable
        Federal refinery authorizations and related environmental
        reviews with respect to a designated refinery.
            (2) Other agencies.--Each Federal and State agency or
        official required to provide a Federal refinery authorization
        shall cooperate with the Secretary and comply with the
        deadlines established by the Secretary.
    (b) Schedule.--
            (1) Secretary's authority to set schedule.--The Secretary
        shall establish a schedule for all Federal refinery
        authorizations with respect to a designated refinery. In
        establishing the schedule, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) ensure expeditious completion of all such
                proceedings; and
                    (B) accommodate the applicable schedules
                established by Federal law for such proceedings.
            (2) Failure to meet schedule.--If a Federal or State
        administrative agency or official does not complete a
        proceeding for an approval that is required for a Federal
        refinery authorization in accordance with the schedule
        established by the Secretary under this subsection, the
        applicant may pursue remedies under subsection (d).
    (c) Consolidated Record.--The Secretary shall, with the cooperation
of Federal and State administrative agencies and officials, maintain a
complete consolidated record of all decisions made or actions taken by
the Secretary or by a Federal administrative agency or officer (or
State administrative agency or officer acting under delegated Federal
authority) with respect to any Federal refinery authorization. Such
record shall be the record for judicial review under subsection (d) of
decisions made or actions taken by Federal and State administrative
agencies and officials, except that, if the Court determines that the
record does not contain sufficient information, the Court may remand
the proceeding to the Secretary for further development of the
consolidated record.
    (d) Judicial Review.--
            (1) In general.--The United States Court of Appeals for the
        District of Columbia shall have original and exclusive
        jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of--
                    (A) an order or action, related to a Federal
                refinery authorization, by a Federal or State
                administrative agency or official; and
                    (B) an alleged failure to act by a Federal or State
                administrative agency or official acting pursuant to a
                Federal refinery authorization.
        The failure of an agency or official to act on a Federal
        refinery authorization in accordance with the Secretary's
        schedule established pursuant to subsection (b) shall be
        considered inconsistent with Federal law for the purposes of
        paragraph (2) of this subsection.
            (2) Court action.--If the Court finds that an order or
        action described in paragraph (1)(A) is inconsistent with the
        Federal law governing such Federal refinery authorization, or
        that a failure to act as described in paragraph (1)(B) has
        occurred, and the order, action, or failure to act would
        prevent the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of
        the designated refinery, the Court shall remand the proceeding
        to the agency or official to take appropriate action consistent
        with the order of the Court. If the Court remands the order,
        action, or failure to act to the Federal or State
        administrative agency or official, the Court shall set a
        reasonable schedule and deadline for the agency or official to
        act on remand.
            (3) Secretary's action.--For any civil action brought under
        this subsection, the Secretary shall promptly file with the
        Court the consolidated record compiled by the Secretary
        pursuant to subsection (c).
            (4) Expedited review.--The Court shall set any civil action
        brought under this subsection for expedited consideration.
            (5) Attorney's fees.--In any action challenging a Federal
        refinery authorization that has been granted, reasonable
        attorney's fees and other expenses of litigation shall be
        awarded to the prevailing party. This paragraph shall not apply
        to any action seeking remedies for denial of a Federal refinery
        authorization or failure to act on an application for a Federal
        refinery authorization.

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Requires the President to designate not less than three closed military installations (or portions of them) that are appropriate for siting a refinery for gasoline or other fuel.

Designates the Department of Energy as the lead agency for coordinating applicable federal refinery authorizations and related environmental reviews with respect to a designated refinery.

Gives the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions relating to federal refinery authorizations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Victims' Family Assistance
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``victim'' means a teacher, administrator,
        employee, or paid or unpaid staff member of a public or private
        elementary or secondary school in the United States who was
        killed as a result of an act of violence committed by another
        person while performing school duties.
            (2) The term ``surviving spouse'' means the spouse of the
        victim, as determined under applicable State law, at the time
        of the victim's death.
            (3) The term ``dependent child'' means a son or daughter of
        the victim (whether natural or adopted) who is under 25 years
        old.
            (4) The term ``institution of higher education'' has the
        meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher Education
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
            (5) The term ``cost of attendance'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
        (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).
            (6) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
        Education.

SEC. 3. TEACHER VICTIM FAMILY ASSISTANCE.

    The Secretary of Education shall provide to each applicable
recipient the following amounts and forms of assistance:
            (1) Funeral assistance.--A payment of up to $1,500 to the
        surviving spouse, dependent child, or other next of kin, as
        determined by the Secretary, to assist with any funeral
        expenses of the victim.
            (2) Death benefit.--A payment of $75,000 to the surviving
        spouse, dependent child, or other next of kin, as determined by
        the Secretary.
            (3) Living assistance.--Beginning one year after the date
        of death of the victim, a payment of--
                    (A) $900 per month to the surviving spouse, until
                the earlier of the spouse's death or remarriage; and
                    (B) $225 per month to each dependent child, until
                reaching the age of 18 years.
            (4) Dependent undergraduate education assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--For each dependent child enrolled
                or accepted for enrollment in a part-time or full-time
                program of undergraduate instruction at an institution
                of higher education, an annual amount not to exceed the
                lesser of $7,500 or half the total annual cost of
                attendance at such institution.
                    (B) Relation to other assistance.--Assistance
                provided under this paragraph shall not be considered
                for the purpose of awarding Federal assistance under
                title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                1070 et seq.), except that in no case shall the sum of
                the total amount of student financial assistance
                awarded to a dependent child under such title and the
                amount of assistance provided under this paragraph
                exceed the child's total cost of attendance.
                    (C) Duration of assistance.--A dependent child may
                receive assistance under this paragraph for not more
                than a total of 5 years.
                    (D) Good standing required.--The dependent child
                must maintain good standing at the institution in order
                to receive assistance under this paragraph.
                    (E) Effect of parental death or remarriage.--The
                death or remarriage of the surviving spouse does not
                affect a dependent child's eligibility for assistance
                under this paragraph.

SEC. 4. TAX PROVISIONS RELATING TO ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL STAFF
              MEMBERS KILLED IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE WHILE PERFORMING
              SCHOOL DUTIES.

    (a) Teacher's Wages in Year of Death Excluded From Income.--
            (1) In general.--Part II of subchapter J of chapter 1 of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
        end the following new section:

``SEC. 693. INCOME TAXES OF ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL STAFF
              MEMBERS KILLED IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE WHILE PERFORMING
              SCHOOL DUTIES.

    ``In the case of any individual who is a victim (as defined by
section 2(1) of the Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017),
any tax imposed by this subtitle on any amount received by such
individual by reason of school employment shall not apply with respect
to the taxable year in which falls the date of death of the
individual.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for part II
        of subchapter J of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
        inserting at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 693. Income taxes of elementary or secondary school staff
                            members killed in an act of violence while
                            performing school duties.''.
    (b) Exclusion of Teacher Victim Family Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of
        such Code (relating to items specifically excluded from gross
        income) is amended by inserting after section 139F the
        following new section:

``SEC. 139G. TEACHER VICTIM FAMILY ASSISTANCE.

    ``In the case of an individual, gross income does not include any
amount received in a taxable year under section 2 of the Teacher
Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for such
        part is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
        139F the following new item:

``Sec. 139G. Teacher victim family assistance.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

SEC. 5. TEACHER VICTIMS' FAMILY FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 9512. TEACHER VICTIMS' FAMILY TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Teacher Victims'
Family Trust Fund' (referred to in this section as the `Trust Fund'),
consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the
Trust Fund as provided in this section or section 9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There is hereby appropriated to the
Trust Fund an amount equivalent to the increase in revenues received in
the Treasury by reason of the increase in tax imposed under section
4181 by the Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017.
    ``(c) Distribution of Amounts in Trust Fund.--Amounts in the Trust
Fund shall be available, as provided in appropriation Acts, to carry
out section 3 of the Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017.''.
    (b) Increase in Excise Tax on Ammunition.--Section 4181 of such
Code is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Shells, and cartridges.'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``Articles taxable at 13 percent--
            ``Shells, and cartridges.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 3 of the Pittman-Robertson
        Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b) is amended by adding
        at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to so much of the
        revenues accruing under section 4181 of the Internal Revenue
        Code of 1986 as are attributable to the increase in tax imposed
        under section 4181 by the Teacher Victims' Family Assistance
        Act of 2017.''.
            (2) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 of
        such Code is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 9512. Teacher Victims' Family Trust Fund.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--
            (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendments
        made by this section shall take effect on the date of the
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to
        articles sold after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS.

    For purposes of part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.)--
            (1) a victim shall be deemed to be a public safety officer
        who has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal
        injury sustained in the line of duty;
            (2) the surviving spouse of the victim shall be deemed to
        be the surviving spouse of such a public safety officer; and
            (3) the dependent child of the victim shall be deemed to be
        the surviving child of such a public safety officer.

SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE SUPPLEMENTS, NOT SUPPLANTS OTHER BENEFITS.

    No assistance provided under this Act may supplant any benefit or
other compensation paid or payable to the surviving spouse, dependent
child, or other next of kin of the victim by the victim's employer,
school, school district, or local or State government, or by any
insurance coverage of the victim.

Output: Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education to provide assistance to the immediate families of teachers or other elementary and secondary school employees who are killed by another person's violent act while performing school duties. Such assistance includes funeral assistance, a death benefit, living assistance, and undergraduate education assistance for dependents.  The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax: (1) the victim's compensation from school employment in the year of death, and (2) the victim's family assistance. The bill also establishes the Teacher Victims' Family Trust Fund funded with an excise tax increase on ammunition.