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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Positive Train
Control Safety Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Implementation deadline.
Sec. 3. Transparency.
Sec. 4. Positive train control on high-hazard flammable trains.
Sec. 5. Coordination of spectrum.
Sec. 6. Confidential close call reporting systems.
Sec. 7. Commuter rail track inspections.
Sec. 8. Positive train control at grade crossings effectiveness study.
Sec. 9. Redundant signal protection.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.

    Section 20157 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections
        (i) and (j), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Extension.--
            ``(1) In general.--After transmitting the report under
        subsection (d), the Secretary may extend the implementation
        deadline, in 1-year increments, upon application, if the
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) determines that--
                            ``(i) full implementation will likely be
                        infeasible due to circumstances beyond the
                        control of the applicant, including funding
                        availability, spectrum acquisition, resource
                        and technology availability, and
                        interoperability standards;
                            ``(ii) the applicant has demonstrated good
                        faith in its positive train control
                        implementation; and
                            ``(iii) the applicant has presented a
                        revised positive train control implementation
                        plan indicating how it will fully implement
                        positive train control as soon as feasible, and
                        not later than December 31, 2018; and
                    ``(B) has taken into consideration--
                            ``(i) whether the affected areas of track
                        have been identified as areas of greater risk
                        to the public and railroad employees in the
                        applicant's positive train control
                        implementation plan under section
                        236.1011(a)(4) of title 49, Code of Federal
                        Regulations; and
                            ``(ii) the risk of operational failure to
                        the affected service areas and the applicant.
            ``(2) Application review.--Not later than 120 days after
        the Secretary receives an application under paragraph (1), the
        Secretary review and approve or disapprove the application.
            ``(3) Maximum extension.--The Secretary may extend the
        implementation deadline for an applicant whose application is
        under review, but may not extend the implementation deadline
        beyond June 30, 2016.''.

SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY.

    Section 20157(a) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by
section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Progress reports.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Beginning 6 months after the
                date of the enactment of the Positive Train Control
                Safety Act, and annually thereafter until its positive
                train control system is certified by the Secretary
                under subsection (h), each Class I railroad carrier,
                and each entity providing regularly scheduled intercity
                or commuter rail passenger transportation, required to
                submit a plan under paragraph (1) shall submit a
                progress report to the Secretary on the status of the
                plan.
                    ``(B) Contents.--Each progress report submitted
                under subparagraph (A) shall include--
                            ``(i) a section describing--
                                    ``(I) the total number of positive
                                train control components required;
                                    ``(II) the number of such
                                components that have been installed,
                                equipped, or deployed;
                                    ``(III) the number of components
                                that remain to be installed, equipped,
                                or deployed; and
                                    ``(IV) an estimated completion date
                                for full positive train control system
                                completion;
                            ``(ii) a section summarizing--
                                    ``(I) the number of employees
                                requiring training under section
                                236.1041 of title 49, Code of Federal
                                Regulations; and
                                    ``(II) the status of such training
                                activities; and
                            ``(iii) a section summarizing the remaining
                        challenges to full positive train control
                        system implementation, including--
                                    ``(I) testing issues;
                                    ``(II) interoperability challenges;
                                and
                                    ``(III) certification challenges.
                    ``(C) Defined term.--In this paragraph, the term
                `component' means a locomotive apparatus, a wayside
                interface unit, switches in non-signal positive train
                control territory, a base station radio, a wayside
                radio, or a locomotive radio.
                    ``(D) Public availability.--Not later than 30 days
                after receiving a progress report under this paragraph,
                the Secretary shall make the report available on the
                website of the Federal Railroad Administration.''.

SEC. 4. POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL ON HIGH-HAZARD FLAMMABLE TRAINS.

    Section 20157(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by
this Act, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``Not later than 18 months after the date
        of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, each''
        and inserting ``Each'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``parts'' and inserting
                ``sections''; and
                    (B) by striking ``transported; and'' and inserting
                ``transported on or after December 31, 2015;'';
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
        and
            (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following:
                    ``(C) its main line over which 20 or more tank cars
                loaded with petroleum crude oil, ethanol, or other
                Class 3 material (as described in section 172.101 of
                title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) are transported;
                and''.

SEC. 5. COORDINATION OF SPECTRUM.

    (a) Coordination of Spectrum.--Subchapter II of chapter 201 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``Sec. 20168. Electromagnetic spectrum
    ``Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the
Positive Train Control Safety Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in
coordination with the Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission, shall assess spectrum needs and availability for
implementing positive train control systems (as defined in section
20157(j)). In carrying out this section, the Secretary and the Chairman
may consult with external stakeholders.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 201 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 20167 the following:

``20168. Electromagnetic spectrum.''.

SEC. 6. CONFIDENTIAL CLOSE CALL REPORTING SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United
States Code, as amended by section 6(a), is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
``Sec. 20169. Confidential close call reporting systems
    ``(a) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of the Positive Train Control Safety Act, the Secretary shall
promulgate regulations setting forth the requirements that an
applicable railroad carrier shall follow in establishing a confidential
close call reporting system program. The Secretary may use any
information and experience gathered through research and pilot programs
on confidential close call reporting systems in developing regulations
under this subsection, including continuing the use of third parties
for the collection of close call reports and distribution of close call
data. The Secretary shall ensure that an applicable railroad carrier's
employees receive protection under its program from any related Federal
Railroad Administration enforcement actions.
    ``(b) Program Development and Oversight.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        on which final regulations are promulgated under subsection
        (a), an applicable railroad carrier shall develop and submit a
        proposed confidential close call reporting system program to
        the Secretary for review and approval.
            ``(2) Contents.--The proposal submitted by a railroad
        carrier under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) a describe the core principles and values of
                its proposed program;
                    ``(B) explain the rights, roles, and
                responsibilities of program stakeholders;
                    ``(C) identify concerns and interests; and
                    ``(D) describe how the program will operate.
            ``(3) Review.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall review and
                approve or disapprove each proposed program within a
                reasonable amount of time. If a proposed program is not
                approved, the Secretary shall notify the applicable
                railroad carrier in writing of the specific areas in
                which the proposed program is deficient. The applicable
                railroad carrier shall correct all deficiencies within
                a reasonable period of time following receipt of
                written notice from the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Updates.--An applicable railroad carrier
                shall update its program as needed and obtain the
                Secretary's approval prior to making any major changes
                to its program.
                    ``(C) Annual reviews.--The Secretary shall conduct
                an annual review to ensure that each applicable
                railroad carrier is in compliance with its approved
                program.
    ``(c) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of the Positive Train Control Safety Act, each applicable
railroad carrier shall establish a confidential close call reporting
system.
    ``(d) Program Elements.--Each applicable railroad carrier shall--
            ``(1) provide a safe environment for its employees to
        report unsafe events and conditions;
            ``(2) for unsafe events and conditions reported within the
        scope of a confidential close call reporting system, ensure
        that its employees are protected from railroad carrier
        discipline;
            ``(3) use information collected through the confidential
        close call reporting system to develop and implement targeted
        corrective actions, as appropriate; and
            ``(4) use information collected by the system to supplement
        inspection data in identifying safety issues and emerging risks
        before they develop into accidents.
    ``(e) Consensus.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each applicable railroad carrier shall
        consult with, employ good faith with, and use its best efforts
        to reach agreement with all of its directly affected employees,
        including any nonprofit employee labor organization
        representing a class or craft of directly affected employees of
        the applicable railroad carrier, on the development and
        implementation of the proposed program.
            ``(2) Statements.--If an applicable railroad carrier and
        its directly affected employees, including any nonprofit
        employee labor organization representing a class or craft of
        directly affected employees of the applicable railroad carrier,
        cannot reach consensus on the development and implementation of
        the proposed program, then directly affected employees and such
        organization may file a statement with the Secretary explaining
        their views on the proposed program on which consensus was not
        reached. The Secretary shall consider such views during review
        of the proposed program under subsection (b)(3)(A).
    ``(f) Voluntary Program Establishment.--Any railroad carrier that
is not an applicable railroad carrier may voluntarily establish a
program under this section. This section, and any regulations
promulgated under this section, shall apply to a program that is
voluntarily established.
    ``(g) Use of Data.--The Secretary may use the confidential close
call reporting data when--
            ``(1) implementing or updating the Federal Railroad
        Administration's National Inspection Plan;
            ``(2) performing focused inspections; or
            ``(3) developing agency rulemakings and guidance, as
        appropriate.
    ``(h) Defined Term.--In this section, the term `applicable railroad
carrier' means a railroad carrier that--
            ``(1) is a Class I railroad;
            ``(2) has inadequate safety performance, as determined by
        the Secretary; or
            ``(3) provides intercity rail passenger or commuter rail
        passenger transportation.
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary--
            ``(1) to implement this section; and
            ``(2) to support the nationwide implementation of
        confidential close call reporting system programs, as the
        Secretary determines appropriate.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 201 of
title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 7(b), is further
amended by adding at the end the following:

``20169. Confidential close call reporting systems.''.

SEC. 7. COMMUTER RAIL TRACK INSPECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United
States Code, as amended by sections 6 and 7, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 20170. Commuter rail track inspections
    ``(a) In General.--When performing a required inspection under
subpart F of part 213 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, a
railroad carrier providing commuter rail passenger transportation on
high density commuter railroad lines (as described in section
213.233(b)(3) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) shall--
            ``(1) at least once each 2 weeks--
                    ``(A) traverse each main line by vehicle; or
                    ``(B) inspect each main line on foot; and
            ``(2) at least once each month, traverse and inspect each
        siding by vehicle or by foot.
    ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to
limit the authority of the Secretary to promulgate regulations or issue
orders under any other law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 201 of
title 49, United States Code, as amended by sections 6 and 7, is
further amended by adding at the end the following:

``20170. Commuter rail track inspections.''.

SEC. 8. POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL AT GRADE CROSSINGS EFFECTIVENESS STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation
with the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, shall
conduct a study of the effectiveness of positive train control and
related technologies on reducing collisions at highway-rail grade
crossings.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to conduct the study
described in subsection (a).

SEC. 9. REDUNDANT SIGNAL PROTECTION.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the
Positive Train Control Safety Act, the Secretary of Transportation
shall promulgate such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary
to require that on-track safety programs, as described in subpart C of
part 214 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, whenever practicable
and consistent with other safety requirements and operational
considerations, include requiring implementation of redundant signal
protection, such as shunting, for maintenance-of-way work crews who
depend on a train dispatcher to provide signal protection.

Output: Positive Train Control Safety Act This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to extend the deadline, in one-year increments, for implementation of positive train control systems if full implementation by the existing deadline will likely be infeasible due to circumstances beyond the control of the applicant, and other certain other criteria are met. Each Class I railroad carrier, and each entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation, must submit annual progress reports to DOT on the status of fits implementation plan. Such plans shall now be required for any such carrier or entity governing operations on a main line over which 20 or more tank cars loaded with petroleum crude oil, ethanol, or other Class 3 material are transported. DOT shall assess electromagnetic spectrum needs and availability for implementing positive train control systems. Applicable railroad carriers shall establish a confidential close call reporting system program subject to DOT regulations.  A railroad carrier providing commuter rail passenger transportation on high density commuter railroad lines, when performing a required inspection, shall:  at least once each two weeks traverse each line by vehicle or inspect each main line on foot, and at least once each month traverse and inspect each siding by vehicle or by foot.  DOT shall:  study the effectiveness of positive train control and related technologies on reducing collisions at highway-rail grade crossings; and  promulgate regulations to require that on-track safety programs, whenever practicable and consistent with other safety requirements and operational considerations, include requiring implementation of redundant signal protection, such as shunting, for maintenance-of-way work crews who depend on a train dispatcher to provide signal protection.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rebuilding Equity Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REBUILDING EQUITY PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Voluntary Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--
                    (A) Payment of closing costs.--The Federal National
                Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
                Corporation (in this Act referred to as the
                ``enterprises'') shall each establish a voluntary
                program for borrowers described in paragraph (2), under
                which the enterprises shall pay $1,000 toward the
                closing costs associated with applying for and
                receiving the refinancing when the borrower agrees to
                refinance into a fully amortizing loan with a term of
                not longer than 20 years.
                    (B) First year of program.--During the 12-month
                period that begins on the date of enactment of this
                Act, the amount of the closing costs that each
                enterprise shall pay under the program shall not vary
                based on the term of the mortgage that the borrower
                agrees to refinance into.
                    (C) Subsequent years.--
                            (i) Annual recalculation of closing costs
                        payment.--Upon the expiration of the 12-month
                        period set forth under subparagraph (B), and
                        for each of the next two 12-month periods
                        thereafter, the Director of the Federal Housing
                        Finance Agency--
                                    (I) shall adjust the amount of the
                                portion of the closing costs that each
                                enterprise will pay under the program--
                                            (aa) by an amount that
                                        results in such program being
                                        revenue neutral for such 12-
                                        month period; and
                                            (bb) based on economic
                                        conditions generally affecting
                                        the mortgage and housing
                                        markets; and
                                    (II) may adjust the amount of the
                                closing costs that each enterprise will
                                pay under the program based on the term
                                of the mortgage that the borrower
                                agrees to refinance into.
                            (ii) Report.--The Director of the Federal
                        Housing Finance Agency shall report any
                        adjustments made pursuant to the requirements
                        of clause (i) to the Chair and Ranking Member
                        of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
                        Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
                        Financial Services of the House of
                        Representatives.
            (2) Eligible borrowers.--The program required by paragraph
        (1) shall be for any borrower--
                    (A) who qualifies for the Home Affordable Refinance
                Program carried out by the enterprises;
                    (B) whose subject property has a loan-to-value
                ratio of not less than 105 percent; and
                    (C) who refinances from a loan with an original
                term of 30 years to a loan with a term of 20 years or
                less.
    (b) Sunset.--Each voluntary program under this section shall
terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of establishment
of such program.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Loan-to-value ratio.--The term ``loan-to-value ratio''
        means the ratio of the amount of the primary mortgage on a
        property to the value of that property.
            (2) Closing costs.--The term ``closing costs''--
                    (A) means all reasonable and actual costs charged
                to the borrower by a third party to the refinancing
                transaction;
                    (B) includes--
                            (i) appraisal and inspection fees;
                            (ii) fees associated with obtaining a
                        borrower's credit report;
                            (iii) title insurance and title examination
                        costs;
                            (iv) attorneys' fees associated with
                        closing the transaction, other than attorneys'
                        fees associated with disputes arising out of
                        the transaction or otherwise ancillary to
                        closing the transaction;
                            (v) document preparation costs, if
                        completed by a third party not controlled by
                        the lender;
                            (vi) transfer stamps, recording fees,
                        courier fees, wire transfer fees, and
                        reconveyance fees; and
                            (vii) test and certification fees; and
                    (C) does not include any costs charged to the
                borrower by the lender, including--
                            (i) lender application fees; and
                            (ii) lender origination fees.

Output: Rebuilding Equity Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) to each establish a voluntary program for eligible borrowers under which the GSE shall pay $1,000 toward the closing costs associated with applying for and receiving the refinancing when the borrower agrees to refinance into a fully amoritizing loan with a term not longer than 20 years. Prohibits the amount of the closing costs that each GSE pays under the program during the 12 months following enactment of this Act from varying based on the term of the mortgage that the borrower agrees to refinance into.  Requires the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, for each of the next two 12-month periods, to: (1) adjust the amount of the portion of the closing costs that each GSE will pay in accordance with specified requirements. Makes eligible for the program borrowers: (1) who qualify for the Home Affordable Refinance Program carried out by the GSEs, (2) whose subject property has a loan-to-value ratio of at least 105%, and (3) who refinances from a loan with an original 30-year term to a loan with a term of 20 years or less.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Pregnant Women and
Children From Perchlorate Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) perchlorate--
                    (A) is a chemical used as the primary ingredient of
                solid rocket propellant; and
                    (B) is also used in fireworks, road flares, and
                other applications;
            (2) waste from the manufacture and improper disposal of
        chemicals containing perchlorate is increasingly being
        discovered in soil and water;
            (3) according to the Government Accountability Office,
        perchlorate contamination has been detected in water and soil
        at almost 400 sites in the United States, with concentration
        levels ranging from 4 parts per billion to millions of parts
        per billion;
            (4) the Government Accountability Office has determined
        that the Environmental Protection Agency does not centrally
        track or monitor perchlorate detections or the status of
        perchlorate cleanup, so a greater number of contaminated sites
        may already exist;
            (5) according to the Government Accountability Office,
        limited Environmental Protection Agency data show that
        perchlorate has been found in 35 States and the District of
        Columbia and is known to have contaminated 153 public water
        systems in 26 States;
            (6) those data are likely underestimates of total drinking
        water exposure, as illustrated by the finding of the California
        Department of Health Services that perchlorate contamination
        sites have affected approximately 273 drinking water sources
        and 86 drinking water systems in the State of California alone;
            (7) Food and Drug Administration scientists and other
        scientific researchers have detected perchlorate in the United
        States food supply, including in lettuce, milk, cucumbers,
        tomatoes, carrots, cantaloupe, wheat, and spinach, and in human
        breast milk;
            (8)(A) perchlorate can harm human health, especially in
        pregnant women and children, by interfering with uptake of
        iodide by the thyroid gland, which is necessary to produce
        important hormones that help control human health and
        development;
            (B) in adults, the thyroid helps to regulate metabolism;
            (C) in children, the thyroid helps to ensure proper mental
        and physical development; and
            (D) impairment of thyroid function in expectant mothers or
        infants may result in effects including delayed development and
        decreased learning capability;
            (9)(A) in October 2006, researchers from the Centers for
        Disease Control and Prevention published the largest, most
        comprehensive study to date on the effects of low levels of
        perchlorate exposure in women, finding that--
                    (i) significant changes existed in thyroid hormones
                in women with low iodine levels who were exposed to
                perchlorate; and
                    (ii) even low-level perchlorate exposure may affect
                the production of hormones by the thyroid in iodine-
                deficient women; and
            (B) in the United States, about 36 percent of women have
        iodine levels equivalent to or below the levels of the women in
        the study described in subparagraph (A); and
            (10) the Environmental Protection Agency has not
        established a health advisory or national primary drinking
        water regulation for perchlorate, but instead established a
        ``Drinking Water Equivalent Level'' of 24.5 parts per billion
        for perchlorate, which--
                    (A) does not take into consideration all routes of
                exposure to perchlorate;
                    (B) has been criticized by experts as failing to
                sufficiently consider the body weight, unique exposure,
                and vulnerabilities of certain pregnant women and
                fetuses, infants, and children; and
                    (C) is based primarily on a small study and does
                not take into account new, larger studies of the
                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other
                data indicating potential effects at lower perchlorate
                levels than previously found.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to require the Administrator of the Environmental
        Protection Agency to establish, by not later than 90 days after
        the date of enactment of this Act, a health advisory for
        perchlorate in drinking water that--
                    (A) is fully protective of, and considers, the body
                weight and exposure patterns of pregnant women,
                infants, and children;
                    (B) provides an adequate margin of safety; and
                    (C) takes into account all routes of exposure to
                perchlorate;
            (2) to require the Administrator of the Environmental
        Protection Agency to establish not later than 1 year after the
        date of enactment of this Act a national primary drinking water
        regulation for perchlorate that fully protects pregnant women,
        infants, and children, taking into consideration body weight,
        exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure to perchlorate.

SEC. 3. HEALTH ADVISORY AND NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION
              FOR PERCHLORATE.

    Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(12)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Perchlorate.--
                            ``(i) Health advisory.--Notwithstanding any
                        other provision of this section, not later than
                        90 days after the date of enactment of this
                        subparagraph, the Administrator shall publish a
                        health advisory for perchlorate that is fully
                        protective, with an adequate margin of safety,
                        of the health of vulnerable persons (including
                        pregnant women, infants, and children), taking
                        into consideration body weight, exposure
                        patterns, and all routes of exposure.
                            ``(ii) Proposed regulations.--
                        Notwithstanding any other provision of this
                        section, the Administrator shall propose (not
                        later than 180 days after the date of enactment
                        of this subparagraph) and shall finalize (not
                        later than 1 year after the date of enactment
                        of this subparagraph) a national primary
                        drinking water regulation for perchlorate--
                                    ``(I) that based on the factors in
                                clause (i) and other relevant data, is
                                protective, with an adequate margin of
                                safety, of vulnerable persons
                                (including pregnant women, infants, and
                                children); and
                                    ``(II) the maximum contaminant
                                level of which is as close to the
                                maximum contaminant level goal for
                                perchlorate, and as protective of
                                vulnerable persons, as is feasible.''.

Output: Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish a health advisory for perchlorate that is fully protective of the health of vulnerable persons (including pregnant women, infants, and children), taking into consideration body weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure; and (2) establish a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate that is protective of vulnerable persons and the maximum contaminant level of which is as close to the maximum contaminant level goal for perchlorate, and as protective of vulnerable persons, as is feasible.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Childhood Brain Tumor
Prevention Network Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Tumors kill more children than any other disease and
        brain tumors are the second most common type of cancer in
        children.
            (2) Childhood brain tumors are the leading cause of death
        from solid tumors in children.
            (3) There are newly recognized types of brain tumors, as
        defined by the World Health Organization, and many of these
        newly recognized types occur in children.
            (4) The causes of the overwhelming majority of childhood
        brain tumors are unknown.
            (5) Brain tumors have substantial costs for affected
        children, the families of such children, and society.
            (6) Childhood brain tumors cause significant morbidity and
        the loss of many years of potential life.
            (7) The prognosis for most childhood brain tumors is dismal
        and survivors face lasting adverse health effects.
            (8) Because of the relatively low overall incidence of
        childhood brain tumors, such tumors frequently do not receive
        sufficient attention and research funding.
            (9) No single institution has a sufficient number of
        patients to independently conduct research that will adequately
        address the causes of childhood brain tumors.
            (10) There has been no comprehensive study analyzing all
        relevant clinical, biological, and epidemiological aspects of
        childhood brain tumors to identify potential risk factors and
        determine the cause of such tumors.
            (11) Existing national cooperative clinical oncology groups
        primarily investigate treatment options and prognosis and do
        not typically examine the origins of childhood brain tumors or
        the risk factors associated with such tumors. A significant
        majority of children with brain tumors are first treated by
        neurosurgeons and not by oncologists typically involved in such
        groups.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) there is a need to establish a multi-center research
        effort based on collaboration between regional consortia in
        order to comprehensively study the causes of childhood brain
        tumors and identify potential risk factors;
            (2) there is a need to encourage a collaborative effort
        among surgical and medical centers with epidemiological study
        groups to gather comprehensive and detailed information for
        each child enrolled in those groups, in order to investigate
        environmental, nutritional, genetic, and developmental factors
        with respect to, and the pathological and epidemiological
        characteristics of, childhood brain tumors; and
            (3) there is a need to authorize the Director of the
        National Institutes of Health to coordinate national research
        efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities with
        respect to childhood brain tumors.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR PREVENTION
              NETWORK.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:

``SEC. 417F. NATIONAL CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR PREVENTION NETWORK.

    ``(a) Establishment of the National Childhood Brain Tumor
Prevention Network.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date
        of the enactment of this section, the Director of NIH, acting
        through the Director of the National Cancer Institute, shall
        establish, administer, and coordinate a National Childhood
        Brain Tumor Prevention Network (hereinafter referred to in this
        section as the `Network') for the purposes described in
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the Network shall be the
        following:
                    ``(A) Providing grants of not fewer than five years
                duration to eligible consortia for the purpose of
                conducting research with respect to the causes of and
                risk factors associated with childhood brain tumors.
                    ``(B) Assembling a panel of experts, including
                members of the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium and
                survivors of brain tumors, to provide ongoing guidance
                and recommendations for, with respect to research
                funded by the Network, the development of the
                following:
                            ``(i) A common study design.
                            ``(ii) Standard protocols, methods,
                        procedures, and assays for collecting from
                        individuals enrolled as study participants, and
                        the parents of such individuals, a minimum data
                        set that includes the following:
                                    ``(I) Environmental exposure data.
                                    ``(II) Nutritional data.
                                    ``(III) Biospecimens, including
                                genomic data.
                                    ``(IV) Histopathological and
                                molecular pathological data and
                                specimens.
                                    ``(V) Clinical and radiological
                                data.
                            ``(iii) Specific analytical methods for
                        examining data.
                            ``(iv) Provisions for consensus review of
                        enrolled cases.
                            ``(v) An integrated data collection
                        network.
                    ``(C) Designating a central laboratory to collect,
                analyze, and aggregate data with respect to research
                funded by the Network and to make such data and
                analysis available to researchers.
            ``(3) Eligible consortia.--To be eligible for a grant under
        this section, a consortium shall demonstrate the following:
                    ``(A) The capability to annually enroll as research
                participants a minimum of 100 individuals with a newly
                diagnosed childhood brain tumor from the designated
                catchment area of such consortium.
                    ``(B) The capability to form a control group by
                enrolling as research participants, for each enrolled
                individual with a childhood brain tumor, at least two
                individuals without a childhood brain tumor, who are
                matched demographically to such enrolled individual
                with a childhood brain tumor.
                    ``(C) That the designated catchment area of such
                consortium does not overlap with the designated
                catchment area of a consortium already receiving a
                grant under this section.
            ``(4) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
        the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the
        Director of NIH shall submit to Congress a report with respect
        to the Network, to be made publicly available, including a
        summary of research funded by the Network and a list of
        consortia receiving grants under the Network. At the discretion
        of the Director of NIH, such report may be combined with other
        similar or existing reports.
            ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be
                appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010
                through 2014, to remain available until expended, to
                carry out this section.
                    ``(B) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of
                Congress that funds appropriated to carry out this
                section should be in addition to the funds already
                appropriated to carry out the functions of the National
                Institutes of Health.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
            ``(1) Brain tumor epidemiology consortium.--The term `Brain
        Tumor Epidemiology Consortium' means the organization with such
        name formed in 2003 after an initial meeting sponsored by the
        National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
        Genetics.
            ``(2) Catchment area.--The term `catchment area' means a
        defined area for which population data are available.
            ``(3) Childhood brain tumor.--The term `childhood brain
        tumor' means an intracranial or spinal cord tumor occurring in
        an individual under 20 years of age.
            ``(4) Consortium.--The term `consortium' means a
        partnership of two or more universities, health care
        organizations, or government agencies, or any combination of
        such entities, serving a designated catchment area.''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3 of the Hematological Cancer
        Research Investment and Education Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
        172; 116 Stat. 541) is amended by striking ``419C'' and
        inserting ``417C''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
        shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Act
        referred to in such paragraph.

Output: National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Cancer Institute, to establish, administer, and coordinate a National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to: (1) provide grants for research on the causes of and risk factors associated with childhood brain tumors; (2) assemble a panel of experts to provide ongoing guidance and recommendations on research funded by the Network, including on a common study design and standard protocols; and (3) designate a central laboratory to collect, analyze, and aggregate data with respect to research funded by the Network and to make such data and analysis available to researchers.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Broadband Access Enhancement
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE RURAL COMMUNITY.

    Section 601(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Eligible rural community.--The term `eligible rural
        community' means any area of the United States--
                    ``(A) which is not included within the boundaries
                of any city, town, borough, or village, whether
                incorporated or unincorporated, with a population of
                more than 20,000 inhabitants;
                    ``(B) which is not in the urbanized area contiguous
                and adjacent to such a city, town, borough, or village;
                and
                    ``(C) the average median household income of which
                is not more than 80 percent of the national average
                median household income.''.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO APPLICATION PROCESS.

    (a) Equity Requirements.--Section 601(c) of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
            ``(3) Equity requirements.--The Secretary shall not approve
        an application submitted pursuant to this section to serve--
                    ``(A) an area in which at least 40 percent of the
                population does not have access to broadband service,
                unless the value of the assets of the applicant not
                pledged or hypothecated for any other purpose equals at
                least 10 percent of the principal amount of the loan
                which is the subject of the application; or
                    ``(B) any other area, unless value of the assets
                referred to in subparagraph (A) equals at least 15
                percent of the principal amount of the loan
                involved.''.
    (b) Reduction in Application Paperwork.--Section 601(c) of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Paperwork reduction.--The Secretary shall take such
        steps as are necessary to reduce the paperwork required of
        applicants under this section.''.
    (c) Outreach.--Section 601 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended
by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) as subsection (j) through
(l), respectively, and inserting after subsection (h) the following:
    ``(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall conduct outreach designed to
inform the population of areas in which there is no or limited
broadband service of the program carried out under this section.''.

SEC. 4. BAN ON LOAN OR LOAN GUARANTEE FOR NEW BROADBAND SERVICE IN
              COMMUNITY WITH SEVERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    Section 601(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
950bb(c)), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
            ``(5) Ban on loan or loan guarantee for new broadband
        service in community with 3 or more service providers.--The
        Secreary shall not approve an application for a loan or loan
        guarantee under this section for the provision of new broadband
        service to an eligible rural community in which the service is
        provided by 3 or more entities.''.

SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY BASED ON NUMBER OF
              SUBSCRIBER LINES.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(d) of the Rural Electrification Act of
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Limitations on Amounts Made Available for Entities With Various
Shares of Installed Telephone Suscriber Lines.--Section 601(k) of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb(k)), as so redesignated by section 3(c) of this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Limitations on amounts made available for entities
        with various shares of installed telephone suscriber lines.--
                    ``(A) Not more than 10 percent of the amounts made
                available for each fiscal year under this subsection
                may be used to provide loans or loan guarantees to
                entities with more than 10 percent of the telephone
                subscriber lines installed in the aggregate in the
                United States.
                    ``(B) Not more than 40 percent of the amounts made
                available for each fiscal year under this subsection
                may be used to provide loans or loan guarantees to
                entities with not less than 2 percent and not more than
                10 percent of the telephone subscriber lines installed
                in the aggregate in the United States.''.

SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON TERM OF LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.

    Section 601(g)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 950bb(g)(2)) is amended by striking ``the useful life of the
assets constructed, improved, or acquired with the proceeds of the loan
or extension of credit'' and inserting ``35 years''.

SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
950bb), as amended by section 3(c) of this Act, is amended by
redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsection (l) and (m),
respectively, and inserting after subsection (j) the following:
    ``(k) Annual Reports.--Not later than October 1 of each year, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate a report on the status of the program under this
section, which shall include, with respect to the period covered by the
report--
            ``(1) the number of applications submitted pursuant to this
        section;
            ``(2) the number of the applications that were approved;
            ``(3) the identity of the communities served by the
        applicants with approved applications;
            ``(4) the type of services offered by applicants for, and
        recipients of, loans or loan guarantees under this section;
            ``(5) the speed of the broadband service offered by the
        applicants and recipients;
            ``(6) how long it took to respond to the applicants; and
            ``(7) the outreach efforts conducted by the Secretary under
        subsection (i).''.

Output:
Rural Broadband Access Enhancement Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to redefine "eligible rural community."

Permits a loan or loan guarantee applicant in an area where 40% of the residents are without broadband access to qualify with a 10% loan equity position.

Provides for: (1) paperwork reduction; and (2) program outreach to underserved areas.

Prohibits loan or loan guarantees for new broadband service in communities with three or more service providers.

Provides that for each fiscal year: (1) not more than 10% of program funds shall be available to providers with more than 10% of national subscriber lines; and (2) 40% of program funds shall be available to providers with between 2%-10% of national subscriber lines.

Revises the amortization period from the life of the asset to 35 years.

Requires an annual broadband program report to Congress.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Security Clearance Family Review
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, establishes
        anti-nepotism laws.
            (2) The specific purpose of the statute was to prevent
        nepotism and unfair conduct in Federal hiring practices.
            (3) The White House announced Jared Kushner's Federal
        employment appointment as senior White House adviser on January
        9, 2017.
            (4) The White House announced Ivanka Trump's appointment as
        an official government employee as assistant to the President
        on March 29, 2017.
            (5) Under section 3110(a)(3) of title 5, United States
        Code, a daughter or son-in-law constitute a ``relative'' for
        purposes of a public official.
            (6) According to recent reporting by the New York Times,
        both Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump retain substantial holdings,
        totaling as much as $740 million, that would be impacted based
        on a decision made by the Government.
            (7) Question 20A.1 on United States Government Standard
        Form 86 (SF 86), which all applicants seeking a security
        clearance must submit, asks: ``Have you, your spouse, or
        cohabitant ever had any foreign financial interests (such as
        stocks, property, financial investments, bank accounts,
        ownership of corporate entities, corporate interests, or
        businesses) in which you or they have direct control or direct
        ownership?''.
            (8) Question 20A.2 on such Form asks: ``Have you, your
        spouse, cohabitant, or dependent children ever had any foreign
        financial interests that someone controlled on your behalf?''.
            (9) Question 20A.3 on such Form asks: ``Have you, your
        spouse, cohabitant, or dependent children ever owned, or do you
        anticipate owning, or plan to purchase real estate in a foreign
        country?''.
            (10) Financial disclosures released on March 31, 2017,
        indicate that while both Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump have
        divested from direct leadership roles in their previous
        businesses and real estate interests, their financial wealth
        remains tied to the success of those ventures by way of various
        trusts and company holdings.
            (11) President Trump has repeatedly declined to disclose
        personal or commercial tax returns or divesture agreements.
            (12) Given President Trump's refusal to disclose tax
        returns or divesture agreements, it is difficult to assess
        whether Mr. Trump's relatives sufficiently divested in holdings
        or are subject to foreign financial influence, including
        possible loans to the Trump Organization or to Mr. Kushner's
        businesses from state-owned foreign financial entities,
        including China's Anbang Insurance Group and Russia's
        VneshEconomBank.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES TO RELATIVES OF
              THE PRESIDENT.

    (a) Limitation on Security Clearances.--Section 3110(a)(1) of title
5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (D) by striking the semicolon and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) for purposes of subsection (f), an office,
                agency, or other establishment within the White House
                or the Executive Office of the President;''.
    (b) Prohibition on Security Clearances to Relatives of the
President.--Section 3110 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Prohibition on Security Clearances to Relatives of the
President.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided for under paragraph
        (2), an agency, including the Department of Defense, may not
        grant eligibility for access to classified information to a
        relative of the President for the purposes of Federal
        employment unless a favorable determination is submitted to the
        head of the agency pursuant to paragraph (2)(C).
            ``(2) Review process.--
                    ``(A) Request for determination.--If the President
                determines that a relative of the President requires
                access to classified information for Federal
                employment, the President shall submit a letter to the
                Director of the Office of Government Ethics requesting
                a determination regarding the relative's suitability
                for such access.
                    ``(B) OGE review.--The Director shall conduct a
                review to determine whether the applicable relative has
                any ongoing and substantial commercial relationships
                with state-owned or privately owned foreign enterprises
                or financial institutions and, if so, whether the
                relative is ineligible for access to security clearance
                because of such relationships.
                    ``(C) Submission.--Not later than 60 days after
                receipt of a letter under subparagraph (A), the
                Director shall submit the determination made under
                subparagraph (B) to--
                            ``(i) the President;
                            ``(ii) the head of the employing agency of
                        the relative; and
                            ``(iii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                        the Committee on Armed Services, and the
                        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
                        the House of Representatives.''.

Output: Security Clearance Family Review Act This bill prohibits specified federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, from granting access to classified information to a relative of the President for purposes of federal employment unless the Office of Government Ethics makes a favorable determination during a review process regarding the relative's suitability for such access. In conducting a review, the Office of Government Ethics must determine whether the relative of the President has any ongoing and substantial commercial relationships with state-owned or privately owned foreign enterprises or financial institutions, and, if so, whether the relative is ineligible for access to classified information because of such relationships.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Cape Fox Corporation (referred to in this Act as
        ``Cape Fox'') is a Village Corporation for the Native Village
        of Saxman, Alaska, organized pursuant to the Alaska Native
        Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
            (2) similar to other Village Corporations in southeast
        Alaska, under section 16 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1615), Cape Fox
        could select only 23,040 acres from land withdrawn for the
        purpose of that selection;
            (3) under section 22(l) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(l))--
                    (A) the Village Corporations in southeast Alaska,
                other than Cape Fox, were restricted with respect to
                the selection of land within 2 miles of a home rule
                city (as that term is used in that Act); and
                    (B) to protect the watersheds in the vicinity, Cape
                Fox was restricted with respect to the selection of
                land within 6 miles of the boundary of the home rule
                city of Ketchikan, Alaska;
            (4) the 6-mile restriction described in paragraph (3)(B)
        precluded Cape Fox from selecting valuable timber land,
        industrial sites, and other commercial property located--
                    (A) within the townships in which the Native
                Village of Saxman is located, more particularly
                described as T.75 S., T.76 S., R.91 E., Copper River
                Meridian; and
                    (B) on surrounding land that is far removed from
                Ketchikan, Alaska, and its watersheds;
            (5) as a result of that 6-mile restriction, only the
        remote, mountainous, northeast corner of the property described
        in paragraph (4)(A), which is nonproductive and has no known
        economic value, was available for selection by Cape Fox, as
        required under section 16(b) of the Alaska Native Claims
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(b));
            (6) land selections by Cape Fox under that Act were further
        limited by the fact that--
                    (A) the Annette Island Indian Reservation is
                located within the applicable selection area; and
                    (B) land of that reservation is unavailable for
                selection by Cape Fox;
            (7) Cape Fox is the only Village Corporation affected by
        the restrictions described in paragraphs (3)(B) and (6);
            (8) the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act
        as the ``Secretary'') has advised Congress that the predicament
        of Cape Fox is sufficiently unique to warrant the legislative
        remedy provided by this Act; and
            (9) the adjustment of the selections available and
        conveyances of land to Cape Fox under the Alaska Native Claims
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and the related
        adjustment of selections available and conveyances of land to
        the Regional Corporation for Sealaska established pursuant to
        that Act, are in accordance with--
                    (A) the purposes of that Act; and
                    (B) the public interest.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF CORE TOWNSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN LAND.

    Notwithstanding section 16(b) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(b)), Cape Fox shall not be required to
select or receive conveyance of the approximately 160 acres of
unconveyed Federal land located within sec. 1, T.75 S., R.91 E., Copper
River Meridian.

SEC. 3. SELECTION OUTSIDE EXTERIOR SELECTION BOUNDARY.

    (a) Selection and Conveyance of Surface Estate.--Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, in addition to land made
available for selection under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), Cape Fox may select, and, on receiving
written notice of the selection, the Secretary shall convey, the
approximately 99 acres of the surface estate of Tongass National Forest
land located outside the exterior selection boundary of Cape Fox (as in
existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) and more
particularly described as follows:
            (1) T.73 S., R.90 E., Copper River Meridian.
            (2) Of land located in sec. 33--
                    (A) the 38 acres located within the SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
                    (B) the 13 acres located within the NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
                    (C) the 40 acres located within the SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
                and
                    (D) the 8 acres located within the SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
    (b) Conveyance of Subsurface Estate.--On conveyance to Cape Fox of
the surface estate to the land identified in subsection (a), the
Secretary shall convey to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate to
the land.
    (c) Timing.--The Secretary shall complete the conveyances to Cape
Fox and Sealaska Corporation under this section as soon as practicable
after the date on which the Secretary receives a notice of the
selection of Cape Fox under subsection (a).
    (d) Entitlement Fulfilled.--
            (1) Definition of approved conveyance.--The term ``approved
        conveyance'' means the conveyance of the 40 acres described as
        the SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 10, T.74 S., R.90 E., Copper River
        Meridian, selected and approved for conveyance by the decision
        of the Bureau of Land Management dated May 3, 2000.
            (2) Treatment as full entitlement.--The conveyance of land
        to Cape Fox and Sealaska Corporation pursuant to subsection (a)
        and the approved conveyance shall be considered to fulfill the
        entitlement of--
                    (A) Cape Fox under section 16 of the Alaska Native
                Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615); and
                    (B) Sealaska Corporation to any subsurface interest
                in the land under section 14(f) of that Act (43 U.S.C.
                1613(f)).

Output:
Declares that the Cape Fox Corporation (Cape Fox) of Saxman, Alaska, shall not be required to select or receive conveyance of specified unconveyed federal land.

Allows Cape Fox to select, and requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, on receiving written notice of the selection, the approximately 99 acres of the surface estate of Tongass National Forest land located outside the exterior selection boundary of Cape Fox.

Requires the Secretary, on conveyance to Cape Fox of the surface estate to such land, to convey its subsurface estate to Sealaska Corporation.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was conceived
        in the 1930s to preserve St. Louis's role as the ``Gateway to
        the West''. Land was acquired, competitions were held, the
        renowned Arch was completed on October 28, 1965, and the Arch
        itself was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 28,
        1987.
            (2) The original purpose of the Memorial, as described in
        President Roosevelt's 1935 Executive Order and later in the
        Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Act of 1954, was to
        commemorate the past, and especially, to keep alive the daring
        and spirit that moved pioneers to press westward before and
        after the consummation of the Louisiana Purchase and the
        historic role of the rivers and St. Louis in westward
        expansion.
            (3) To fully realize the true promise and significance of
        the Memorial and its Landmark, the Arch, the Memorial should
        connect with and be more accessible to the urban population and
        the river and commemorate the pioneering spirit of migration
        throughout the Nation by providing a visitor experience that
        includes educational, instructional, and research programs,
        facilities, and technology demonstrating--
                    (A) the broad diversity of migrants;
                    (B) the policies and conditions that produced
                migration;
                    (C) the impact of migration on the political,
                economic, social, and architectural development of the
                Nation; and
                    (D) a focus on African-American migration patterns
                from slavery to the underground railroad, and
                especially the migration of African-Americans from the
                south to northern industrial cities.
            (4) The project described in paragraph (3) should be
        completed by October 28, 2015, the 50th anniversary of the
        completion of the Arch, so that the area will be available to
        better engage the American public when the Centennial of the
        National Park Service is celebrated in 2016.
            (5) The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Act of 1954,
        which authorized the construction of the Jefferson National
        Expansion Memorial and directed the Secretary to construct the
        Memorial in accordance with the Eero Saarinen's winning design
        for the development and construction of the Memorial,
        recognized the importance of highly visible cultural facilities
        and other attractions on the grounds of the Memorial to its
        central purpose of promoting the connection and significance of
        the historic St. Louis riverfront to the rest of the region,
        and in turn, the region to the Nation.
            (6) The Museum of Westward Expansion should be
        significantly improved before the Centennial of the National
        Park Service is celebrated in 2016.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Memorial.--The term ``Memorial'' means the Jefferson
        National Expansion Memorial.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (3) Trust.--The term ``Trust'' means the Jefferson National
        Expansion Memorial Trust

SEC. 3. NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS OF THE GATEWAY ARCH.

    To ensure the protections of the National Historic Preservation
Act--
            (1) the structure of the Gateway Arch and the Old St. Louis
        Courthouse are hereby designated by Congress as National
        Historic Landmarks; and
            (2) the grounds of the Memorial surrounding the Arch are
        hereby designated by Congress for inclusion on the National
        Register of Historic Places.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.

    The Secretary may take the following actions:
            (1) Enter into agreements with the Trust to plan and
        develop the St. Louis riverfront between Eads and Poplar Street
        bridges, the Memorial grounds including the interstate highway
        and roadways now traversing them, Luther Ely Smith Square, and
        the Old Courthouse as a single project area. The master plan
        for the project area and the design of its highly visible
        elements shall be created pursuant to international design
        competitions to be conducted by the Trust as extensive as the
        1947 competition which resulted in the selection of Eero
        Saarinen's Arch design.
            (2) Enter into an agreement with the Trust to facilitate
        the planning, construction, and operation of a cultural
        facility on Federal land within the boundary of the Jefferson
        National Expansion Memorial to enhance the visitor experience
        of the Memorial and for exhibitions, learning and
        interpretation associated with American migration, and other
        terms and conditions the Secretary determines to be necessary.
        An agreement authorizing the Trust to occupy or operate the
        cultural facility shall also provide for conveyance by the
        Trust to the United States of all right, title, and interest in
        such cultural facility.
            (3) Transfer one or more portions of the Memorial grounds
        to the administrative jurisdiction of the Trust and enter into
        agreements with the Trust for the Trust to assist in the
        implementation of the Final General Management Plan and Record
        of Decision.
            (4) Enter into agreements with the Trust for such other
        facilities and services provided in the design competitions in
        furtherance of the purposes of this Act, including completing
        the project described in paragraph (3) of section 1 not later
        than October 28, 2015.

Output:
Designates the structure of the Gateway Arch and Old St. Louis Courthouse as National Historic Landmarks.

Designates the grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial surrounding the Arch for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Office of the
Victim Advocate Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE VICTIM ADVOCATE IN DEPARTMENT OF
              DEFENSE.

    (a) Establishment.--Part II of subtitle A of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

              ``CHAPTER 90--OFFICE OF THE VICTIM ADVOCATE

``Sec.
``1811. Office of the Victim Advocate: establishment; Director.
``1812. Office of the Victim Advocate: functions.
``1813. Annual report.
``Sec. 1811. Office of the Victim Advocate: establishment; Director
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is in the Office of the Secretary of
Defense an Office of the Victim Advocate. The office shall have
responsibility for coordination of programs and activities of the
military departments to the extent that they relate to victims of
interpersonal violence among members of the armed forces or between
members of the armed forces and family members and partners (including
former spouses, children, significant others, children-in-common, girl
friends, and boy friends).
    ``(b) Director.--The head of the Office is a Director.
    ``(c) Victim Defined.--In this chapter, the term `victim' means a
person who is the victim of sexual misconduct or interpersonal violence
which--
            ``(1) in the case of a person who is a member of the armed
        forces, is carried out by another member of the armed forces or
        a family member or intimate partner; and
            ``(2) in the case of a person who is not member of the
        armed forces, is carried out by a member of the armed forces
        who is a family member or intimate partner of that person.
``Sec. 1812. Office of the Victim Advocate: functions
    ``(a) Coordination Functions.--The Director of the Office of the
Victim Advocate shall carry out the following coordination functions:
            ``(1) Coordinate programs and activities of the military
        departments relative to care, services, and treatment for
        victims.
            ``(2) Serve as headquarters program manager for the victim
        advocates and the victim service specialists in the Department
        of Defense authorized by law.
            ``(3) Coordinate services for victims among military and
        civilian communities and provide guidance to victims in
        obtaining those services.
    ``(b) Evaluation and Review Functions.--The Director of the Office
of the Victim Advocate shall carry out the following evaluation and
review functions:
            ``(1) Evaluate the prevalence of interpersonal violence
        associated with members of the armed forces.
            ``(2) Evaluate the programs established by the military
        departments providing services to victims of interpersonal
        violence.
            ``(3) Evaluate the delivery of services by the military
        departments to victims of interpersonal violence.
            ``(4) Review the facilities of the military departments
        providing services to victims of interpersonal violence.
            ``(5) Review the hotline programs for victims of violence,
        including command and installation hotlines, the National
        Domestic Violence Hotline, and the National Sexual Assault
        Hotline.
            ``(6) Review disciplinary actions taken against members of
        the armed forces who commit acts of interpersonal violence.
    ``(c) Policy Functions.--The Director of the Office of the Victim
Advocate shall carry out the following policy functions:
            ``(1) Recommend to the Secretaries of the military
        departments policies, protocols, and programs to enhance
        services to victims.
            ``(2) Recommend changes to policies and procedures to
        address sexual misconduct and intimate partner violence.
            ``(3) Establish system accountability standards.
            ``(4) Develop protocols for accountability of commanders in
        response to incidents of violence.
            ``(5) Serve, or designate a person to serve, on any
        fatality review panel established by the Secretary of a
        military department under section 4061, 6036, or 9061 of this
        title.
    ``(d) Education and Training Functions.--The Director of the Office
of the Victim Advocate shall carry out the following education and
training functions:
            ``(1) Conduct education and training within the armed
        forces.
            ``(2) Conduct training and technical assistance (including
        programs referred to as Life Skills program) for commands,
        Family Advocacy Programs, victim witness assistance liaisons,
        commissions, medical personnel, and law enforcement, security
        forces, and the Judge Advocate General Corps.
            ``(3) Conduct programs of public education.
``Sec. 1813. Annual report
    ``(a) Report to the Secretary of Defense.--The Director of the
Office of the Victim Advocate shall submit to the Secretary of Defense
an annual report containing an assessment of the current state of
affairs within the military departments relative to interpersonal
violence and sexual misconduct. The report shall include proposed
initiatives to enhance the response of the military departments to
interpersonal violence and sexual misconduct.
    ``(b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall transmit
to Congress each report received from the Director under subsection
(a), together with the Secretary's comments thereon.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, the amount of $10,000,000 to
carry out the functions of the Office of the Victim Advocate in the
Department of Defense.

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Department of Defense Office of the Victim Advocate Act of 2004 - Establishes an Office of the Victim Advocate within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to assist victims of sexual misconduct and interpersonal violence occurring among members of the Armed Forces or between members of the Armed Forces and family members and partners.

Requires the Director of the Office to carry out specified coordination, evaluation and review, policy, and education and training functions, and to submit to the Secretary an annual report assessing the current state of affairs within military departments relative to interpersonal violence and sexual misconduct. Requires the Secretary to transmit the Director's report to Congress with additional comments.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``San Juan County Settlement
Implementation Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXCHANGE OF COAL PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Bidding right.--The term ``bidding right'' means an
        appropriate legal instrument or other written documentation,
        including an entry in an account managed by the Secretary,
        issued or created under subpart 3435 of title 43, Code of
        Federal Regulations, that may be used--
                    (A) in lieu of a monetary payment for a bonus bid
                for a coal lease sale under the Mineral Leasing Act (30
                U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or
                    (B) as a monetary credit against any rental or
                royalty payments due under any Federal coal lease.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
    (b) Authorization.--The Secretary may retire any coal preference
right lease application for which the Secretary has made an affirmative
commercial quantities determination--
            (1) by issuing bidding rights in exchange for
        relinquishment of the coal preference right lease application;
        and
            (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, by making a
        payment to the relevant State in an amount equal to 50 percent
        of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in
        lieu of any monetary payment of a bonus in a coal lease sale or
        of rental or royalty under a Federal coal lease.
    (c) Source of Payments.--The Secretary shall make payments under
subsection (b) from amounts that would otherwise be deposited in the
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under section 35(a) of the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)).
    (d) Treatment of Payments.--A payment to a State under this section
shall be treated as a payment under section 35(a) of the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)).
    (e) Transferability; Limitation.--
            (1) Transferability.--A bidding right issued under this
        section shall be fully transferable to any other person.
            (2) Notification of secretary.--A person who transfers a
        bidding right shall notify the Secretary of the transfer by any
        method determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
            (3) Effective period.--
                    (A) In general.--A bidding right issued under this
                section shall terminate on the expiration of the 5-year
                period beginning on the date the bidding right is
                issued.
                    (B) Tolling of period.--The 5-year period described
                in subparagraph (A) shall be tolled during any period
                in which exercise of the bidding right is precluded by
                temporary injunctive relief granted under, or
                administrative, legislative, or judicial suspension of,
                the Federal coal leasing program.

SEC. 3. CERTAIN LAND SELECTIONS OF THE NAVAJO NATION.

    (a) Cancellation of Certain Selections.--The land selections made
by the Navajo Nation pursuant to Public Law 93-531 (commonly known as
the ``Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974'') (25 U.S.C. 640d et
seq.) that are depicted on the map entitled ``Navajo-Hopi Land
Settlement Act Selected Lands'' and dated April 2, 2015, are canceled.
    (b) Authorization for New Selection.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the
        Navajo Nation may make new land selections in accordance with
        the Act referred to in subsection (a) to replace the land
        selections canceled under that subsection.
            (2) Exclusions.--The following land shall not be eligible
        for selection under paragraph (1):
                    (A) Land within a unit of the National Landscape
                Conservation System.
                    (B) Land within--
                            (i) the Glade Run Recreation Area;
                            (ii) the Fossil Forest Research Natural
                        Area;
                            (iii) the North Road Area of Critical
                        Environmental Concern;
                            (iv) the Pierre's Site Area of Critical
                        Environmental Concern; or
                            (v) the Ah-shi-sle-pah Road Area of
                        Critical Environmental Concern.
                    (C) Any land subject to a lease or contract under
                the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the
                Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the ``Materials
                Act of 1947'') (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as of the date
                of the selection.
            (3) Equal value.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding the acreage
                limitation in the second proviso of section 11(c) of
                Public Law 93-531 (commonly known as the ``Navajo-Hopi
                Land Settlement Act of 1974'') (25 U.S.C. 640d-10(c)),
                the value of the land selected under paragraph (1) and
                the land subject to selections cancellation under
                subsection (a) shall be equal, based on appraisals
                conducted under subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Appraisal.--The value of the land selected
                under paragraph (1) and the land subject to selections
                canceled under subsection (a) shall be determined by an
                appraisal conducted in accordance with--
                            (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for
                        Federal Land Acquisitions; and
                            (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional
                        Appraisal Practice.
            (4) Withdrawal.--Any land selected by the Navajo Nation
        under paragraph (1) shall be withdrawn from disposal, leasing,
        and development until the date on which the selected land is
        placed into trust for the Navajo Nation.
    (c) Boundary.--For purposes of this section and the Act referred to
in subsection (a), the present boundary of the Navajo Reservation is
depicted on the map entitled ``Navajo Nation Boundary'' and dated
November 16, 2015.

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF AH-SHI-SLE-PAH WILDERNESS.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), the approximately 7,242 acres of land as generally
depicted on the map entitled ``San Juan County Wilderness
Designations'' and dated April 2, 2015, is designated as wilderness and
as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which
shall be known as the ``Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness'' (referred to in
this section as the ``Wilderness'').
    (b) Management.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
        Wilderness shall be administered by the Director of the Bureau
        of Land Management in accordance with this section and the
        Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any
        reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall
        be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of
        this Act.
            (2) Adjacent management.--
                    (A) In general.--Congress does not intend for the
                designation of the Wilderness to create a protective
                perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness.
                    (B) Nonwilderness activities.--The fact that
                nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard
                from areas within the Wilderness shall not preclude the
                conduct of the activities or uses outside the boundary
                of the Wilderness.
            (3) Incorporation of acquired land and interests in land.--
        Any land or interest in land that is within the boundary of the
        Wilderness that is acquired by the United States shall--
                    (A) become part of the Wilderness; and
                    (B) be managed in accordance with--
                            (i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
                        seq.);
                            (ii) this section; and
                            (iii) any other applicable laws.
            (4) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the Wilderness, where
        established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be
        allowed to continue in accordance with--
                    (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16
                U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and
                    (B) the guidelines set forth in the report of the
                Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House
                of Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th
                Congress (H. Rept. 96-617).
    (c) Release of Wilderness Study Areas.--Congress finds that, for
the purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the land within the Ah-shi-
sle-pah Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by this
section has been adequately studied for wilderness designation and is
no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)).

SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF BISTI/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS.

    (a) In General.--There is designated as wilderness and as a
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System certain
Federal land comprising approximately 2,250 acres, as generally
depicted on the map entitled ``San Juan County Wilderness
Designations'' and dated April 2, 2015, which is incorporated in and
shall be considered to be a part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.
    (b) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land
designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall be administered by the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this section
as the ``Director''), in accordance with--
            (1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except
        that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that
        Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984
        (Public Law 98-603; 98 Stat. 3155; 110 Stat. 4211).
    (c) Adjacent Management.--
            (1) In general.--Congress does not intend for the
        designation of the land as wilderness by subsection (a) to
        create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around that land.
            (2) Nonwilderness activities.--The fact that nonwilderness
        activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the
        land designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall not
        preclude the conduct of the activities or uses outside the
        boundary of that land.
    (d) Incorporation of Acquired Land and Interests in Land.--Any land
or interest in land that is within the boundary of the land designated
as wilderness by subsection (a) that is acquired by the United States
shall--
            (1) become part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness; and
            (2) be managed in accordance with--
                    (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.);
                    (B) the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of
                1984 (Public Law 98-603; 98 Stat. 3155; 110 Stat.
                4211);
                    (C) this section; and
                    (D) any other applicable laws.
    (e) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the land designated as
wilderness by subsection (a), where established before the date of
enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue in accordance
with--
            (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
        1133(d)(4)); and
            (2) the guidelines set forth in the report of the Committee
        on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives
        accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96-617).

Output: San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which it has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination by:  issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, and making a payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease.   Interior shall make such payments from amounts that would otherwise be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act. The bill declares such bidding rights fully transferable to any other person.  The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. Subject to specified exclusions, the Navajo Nation may make new land selections to replace those canceled. The bill designates approximately 7,242 acres of land as the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness and incorporates approximately 2,250 acres of specified federal land into the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.