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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of
2017''.

SEC. 2. GUN SHOW BACKGROUND CHECK.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) approximately 5,200 traditional gun shows are held
        annually across the United States, attracting thousands of
        attendees per show and hundreds of Federal firearms licensees
        and unlicensed firearms sellers; and
            (2) gun shows at which firearms are exhibited or offered
        for sale or exchange provide a convenient and centralized
        commercial location where criminals and other prohibited
        persons obtain firearms without background checks and without
        records that enable firearm tracing.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(36) Gun Show.--The term `gun show'--
            ``(A) means any event at which 50 or more firearms are
        offered or exhibited for sale, exchange, or transfer, if one or
        more of the firearms has been shipped or transported in, or
        otherwise affects, interstate or foreign commerce;
            ``(B) does not include an offer or exhibit of firearms for
        sale, exchange, or transfer by an individual from the personal
        collection of that individual, at the private residence of that
        individual, if the individual is not required to be licensed
        under section 923; and
            ``(C) does not include an offer or exhibit of firearms for
        sale, exchange, or transfer at events--
                    ``(i) where not more than 100 firearms are offered
                or exhibited for sale, exchange or transfer;
                    ``(ii) that are conducted by private, not-for-
                profit organizations whose primary purpose is owning
                and maintaining real property for the purpose of
                hunting activities; and
                    ``(iii) that are attended only by permanent or
                annual dues-paying members of the organizations, and
                the members of the immediate families of the dues-
                paying members.
    ``(37) Gun Show Vendor.--The term `gun show vendor' means a person
who is not licensed under section 923 and who exhibits, sells, offers
for sale, transfers, or exchanges a firearm at a gun show, regardless
of whether or not the person arranges with the gun show operator for a
fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, offer for sale, transfer,
or exchange the firearm.''.
    (c) Regulation of Firearms Transfers at Gun Shows.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 44 of such title is amended by
        adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 932. Regulation of firearms transfers at gun shows
    ``(a) Registration of Gun Show Operators.--It shall be unlawful for
a person to operate a gun show, unless--
            ``(1) the person has attained 21 years of age;
            ``(2) the person (and, if the person is a corporation,
        partnership, or association, each individual possessing,
        directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
        direction of the management and policies of the corporation,
        partnership, or association) is not prohibited by subsection
        (g) or (n) of section 922 from transporting, shipping, or
        receiving firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign
        commerce;
            ``(3) the person has not willfully violated any provision
        of this chapter or regulation issued under this chapter;
            ``(4) the person has registered with the Attorney General
        as a gun show operator, in accordance with regulations
        promulgated by the Attorney General, and as part of the
        registration--
                    ``(A) has provided the Attorney General with a
                photograph and the fingerprints of the person; and
                    ``(B) has certified that the person meets the
                requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of
                section 923(d)(1);
            ``(5) the person has not willfully failed to disclose any
        material information required, and has not made any false
        statement as to any material fact, in connection with the
        registration; and
            ``(6) the person has paid the Attorney General a fee for
        the registration, in an amount determined by the Attorney
        General.
    ``(b) Responsibilities of Gun Show Operators.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for a person to
        operate a gun show, unless the person--
                    ``(A) not later than 30 days before the
                commencement of the gun show, notifies the Attorney
                General, in writing, of the date, time, duration, and
                location of the gun show, and the identity of each
                person who will be a gun show vendor at the gun show;
                    ``(B) before commencement of the gun show--
                            ``(i) verifies the identity of each
                        individual who will be a gun show vendor at the
                        gun show by examining a valid identification
                        document (as defined in section 1028(d)(3)) of
                        the individual containing a photograph of the
                        individual; and
                            ``(ii) requires each such individual to
                        sign--
                                    ``(I) a ledger, and enter into the
                                ledger identifying information
                                concerning the individual; and
                                    ``(II) a notice which sets forth
                                the obligations of a gun show vendor
                                under this chapter; and
                    ``(C) notifies each person who attends the gun show
                of the requirements of this chapter, in accordance with
                such regulations as the Attorney General shall
                prescribe.
            ``(2) Recordkeeping.--A person who operates, or has
        operated, a gun show shall maintain records demonstrating
        compliance with paragraph (1)(B), at such place, for such
        period of time, and in such form as the Attorney General shall
        require by regulation, or transmit the records to the Attorney
        General.
    ``(c) Background Check Required Before Transfer of Firearm Between
Unlicensed Persons.--It shall be unlawful for a person who is not
licensed under this chapter to transfer possession of, or title to, a
firearm at, or on the curtilage of, a gun show, to another person who
is not so licensed, or for a person who is not so licensed to receive
possession of, or title to, a firearm at, or on the curtilage of, a gun
show from another person who is not so licensed, unless a licensed
importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer--
            ``(1) has entered into a separate bound record the make,
        model, and serial number of the firearm, and such other
        information about the transaction as the Attorney General may
        require by regulation; and
            ``(2) has notified the prospective transferor and
        prospective transferee of the firearm that the national instant
        criminal background check system established under section 103
        of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act has provided the
        licensee with a unique identification number, indicating that
        receipt of the firearm by the prospective transferee would not
        violate section 922 of this title or State law.
    ``(d) Recordkeeping Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--A licensee who provides a notice
        pursuant to subsection (c)(2) with respect to the transfer of a
        firearm shall--
                    ``(A) not later than 10 days after the date of the
                transfer, submit to the Attorney General a report of
                the transfer, which report shall specify the make,
                model, and serial number of the firearm, and contain
                such other information and be on such form, as the
                Attorney General shall require by regulation, except
                that the report shall not include the name of or other
                identifying information relating to any person involved
                in the transfer who is not licensed under this chapter;
                and
                    ``(B) retain a record of the transfer, including
                the same information as would be required if the
                transfer were from the inventory of the licensee, as
                part of the permanent business records of the licensee.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Attorney General may not impose any
        recordkeeping requirement on any gun show vendor by reason of
        this section.''.
            (2) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(8)(A) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (a) or (d) of
section 932 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5
years, or both.
    ``(B) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (b) or (c) of section
932, shall be--
            ``(i) fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 2
        years, or both; and
            ``(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent conviction,
        fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or
        both.
    ``(C) In addition to any other penalties imposed under this
paragraph, the Attorney General may, with respect to any person who
knowingly violates any provision of section 932--
            ``(i) if the person is registered pursuant to section
        932(a), after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend for
        not more than 6 months or revoke the registration of that
        person under section 932(a); and
            ``(ii) impose a civil fine in an amount equal to not more
        than $10,000.''.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such
        chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 932. Regulation of firearms transfers at gun shows.''.
    (d) Inspection Authority.--Section 923(g)(1) of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(E) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the
Attorney General may enter during business hours any place where a gun
show operator operates a gun show or is required to maintain records
pursuant to section 932(b)(2), for purposes of examining the records
required by sections 923 and 932 and the inventory of licensees
conducting business at the gun show. The entry and examination shall be
conducted for the purposes of determining compliance with this chapter
by gun show operators and licensees conducting business at the gun
show, and shall not require a showing of reasonable cause or a
warrant.''.
    (e) Reports of Multiple Sales Assisted by Licensees at Gun Shows.--
Section 923(g)(3)(A) of such title is amended by inserting ``or
provides pursuant to section 932(c)(2) notice with respect to,'' after
``sells or otherwise disposes of,''.
    (f) Increased Penalties for Serious Recordkeeping Violations by
Licensees.--Section 924(a)(3) of such title is amended to read as
follows:
    ``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any licensed
dealer, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed collector
who knowingly makes any false statement or representation with respect
to the information required by this chapter to be kept in the records
of a person licensed under this chapter, or violates section 922(m),
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or
both.
    ``(B) If the violation described in subparagraph (A) is in relation
to an offense--
            ``(i) under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 922(b), such
        person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more
        than 5 years, or both; or
            ``(ii) under subsection (a)(6) or (d) of section 922, such
        person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more
        than 10 years, or both.''.
    (g) Increased Penalties for Violations of Criminal Background Check
Requirements.--
            (1) Penalties.--Section 924(a)(5) of such title is
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (s) or (t) of section
                922'' and inserting ``section 922(t)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1'' and inserting ``5''.
            (2) Elimination of certain elements of offense.--Section
        922(t)(5) of such title is amended by striking ``and, at the
        time'' and all that follows through ``State law''.
    (h) Authority To Hire Personnel To Inspect Gun Shows.--The Director
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives may hire at
least 40 additional Industry Operations Investigators for the purpose
of carrying out inspections of gun shows (as defined in section
921(a)(36) of title 18, United States Code).
    (i) Report to the Congress.--The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall submit biennial reports to the
Congress on how firearms (as defined in section 921(a)(3) of title 18,
United States Code) are sold at gun shows (as defined in paragraph (36)
of such section), how this section is being carried out, whether
firearms are being sold without background checks conducted by the
national instant criminal background check system established under
section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, what
resources are needed to carry out this section, and any recommendations
for improvements to ensure that firearms are not sold without the
background checks.
    (j) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.

Output: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2017  This bill makes it unlawful for any person to operate a gun show unless such person: (1) has attained 21 years of age; (2) is not prohibited from transporting, shipping, or receiving firearms and has not violated any federal firearms requirements; (3) has registered with the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a gun show operator and has provided a photograph and fingerprints; (4) has not concealed material information nor made false statements in connection with a gun show operator registration; and (5) notifies DOJ of the date, time, and duration of a gun show not later than 30 days before the commencement of such show and verifies the identity of each vendor at the gun show. The bill makes it unlawful for a person not licensed under this bill to transfer possession of a firearm at a gun show to another person not licensed unless a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer has, among other conditions, recorded the transfer with DOJ. Additionally, the licensed dealer must notify the prospective transferor and transferee of the firearm that the national instant criminal background check system has provided the dealer with a unique identification number indicating that the receipt of the firearm would not violate certain federal or state firearm laws. The bill grants DOJ authority to enter, without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, any place where a gun show is held or where a gun show operator is required to maintain records to examine records and inventory to determine compliance with this bill.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bond Transparency Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. MARKUP DISCLOSURE IN RISKLESS PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS IN
              MUNICIPAL SECURITIES.

    Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o-
4) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Markup Disclosure in Riskless Principal Transactions.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `riskless
        principal transaction' means--
                    ``(A) a transaction in which a broker, dealer, or
                municipal securities dealer receives a customer order
                to buy or sell any municipal securities and, after
                receiving the customer order, buys the municipal
                securities from, or sells the municipal securities to,
                another person, while acting as principal for its own
                account, to complete the customer order; and
                    ``(B) any other transaction the Commission
                identifies by rule as a riskless principal transaction.
            ``(2) Disclosure required.--A broker, dealer, or municipal
        securities dealer that effects a riskless principal transaction
        shall disclose to the customer, in writing, at or before the
        time of completion of the transaction, the amount of the
        difference between--
                    ``(A) the customer's purchase price and the
                broker's, dealer's or municipal securities dealer's
                purchase price; or
                    ``(B) the customer's sale price and the broker's,
                dealer's, or municipal securities dealer's sale
                price.''.

SEC. 3. MARKUP DISCLOSURE IN RISKLESS PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS IN
              CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES.

    Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Markup Disclosure in Riskless Principal Transactions in
Corporate Debt Securities.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `specified debt security'--
                            ``(i) means any security that--
                                    ``(I) evidences a liability of the
                                issuer (including any such security
                                that is convertible into stock or
                                similar security), including bonds,
                                debentures, notes, or any similar
                                instruments, and any fractional or
                                participation interests in any of the
                                foregoing; and
                                    ``(II) constitutes--
                                            ``(aa) United States
                                        dollar-denominated securities
                                        issued by the United States or
                                        a foreign private issuer; or
                                            ``(bb) any other security
                                        the Commission identifies by
                                        rule as a specified debt
                                        security for the purposes of
                                        this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) does not include a municipal
                        security, as defined in section 3(a)(29) of
                        this Act; and
                    ``(B) the term `riskless principal transaction'
                means--
                            ``(i) a transaction in which a broker or
                        dealer receives a customer order to buy or sell
                        any specified debt securities and, after
                        receiving the customer order, buys the
                        specified debt securities from, or sells the
                        specified debt securities to, another person,
                        while acting as principal for its own account,
                        to complete the customer order; and
                            ``(ii) any other transaction the Commission
                        identifies by rule as a riskless principal
                        transaction.
            ``(2) Disclosure required.--A broker or dealer that effects
        a riskless principal transaction shall disclose to the
        customer, in writing, at or before the time of completion of
        the transaction, the amount of the difference between--
                    ``(A) the customer's purchase price and the
                broker's or dealer's purchase price; or
                    ``(B) the customer's sale price and the broker's or
                dealer's sale price.''.

Output: Bond Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to define a "riskless principal transaction" as any transaction the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) identifies as one, but primarily one in which a broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer acts on a customer order to buy or sell either municipal securities or corporate debt securities while also acting as principal for its own account in order to complete the transaction. Requires a broker or dealer, at or before completion of the transaction, to make a markup disclosure in writing to the customer of the difference between either: (1) the customer's purchase price and the broker or dealer's purchase price; or (2) the customer's sale price and the broker or dealer's sale price. Subjects riskless principal transactions in corporate debt securities to the same markup disclosure requirements as those for riskless principal transactions in municipal securities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Programs
Improvement Act of 2003''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever
in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be
made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND
              INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.

    (a) Rate Adjustment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall,
effective on December 1, 2003, increase the dollar amounts in effect
for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity
compensation by the Secretary, as specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Amounts To Be Increased.--The dollar amounts to be increased
pursuant to subsection (a) are the following:
            (1) Compensation.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect
        under section 1114.
            (2) Additional compensation for dependents.--Each of the
        dollar amounts in effect under section 1115(1).
            (3) Clothing allowance.--The dollar amount in effect under
        section 1162.
            (4) New dic rates.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect
        under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1311(a).
            (5) Old dic rates.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect
        under section 1311(a)(3).
            (6) Additional dic for surviving spouses with minor
        children.--The dollar amount in effect under section 1311(b);
            (7) Additional dic for disability.--Each of the dollar
        amounts in effect under subsections (c) and (d) of section
        1311.
            (8) DIC for dependent children.--Each of the dollar amounts
        in effect under sections 1313(a) and 1314.
    (c) Determination of Increase.--
            (1) The increase under subsection (a) shall be made in the
        dollar amounts specified in subsection (b) as in effect on
        November 30, 2003.
            (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), each such amount
        shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage by
        which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective
        December 1, 2003, as a result of a determination under section
        215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
            (3) Each dollar amount increased pursuant to paragraph (2)
        shall, if not a whole dollar amount, be rounded down to the
        next lower whole dollar amount.
    (d) Special Rule.--The Secretary may adjust administratively,
consistent with the increases made under subsection (a), the rates of
disability compensation payable to persons within the purview of
section 10 of Public Law No. 85-857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in
receipt of compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38,
United States Code.
    (e) Publication of Adjusted Rates.--At the same time as the matters
specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of a determination
made under section 215(i) of such Act during fiscal year 2004, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish in the Federal Register the
amounts specified in subsection (b) as increased pursuant to subsection
(a).

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF 45-DAY RULE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE OF AWARD OF DEATH
              PENSION.

    Subsection (d) of section 5110 is amended--
            (1) by striking the designation ``(1)'';
            (2) by striking ``death compensation or dependency and
        indemnity compensation'' and inserting ``death compensation,
        dependency and indemnity compensation, or death pension''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (2).

SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF LUMP-SUM LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM
              DETERMINATIONS OF ANNUAL INCOME FOR PENSION PURPOSES.

    Subsection (a) of section 1503 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking ``materials.'' at the end of paragraph
        (10)(B) and inserting ``materials; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) lump-sum proceeds of any life insurance policy or
        policies on a veteran, for purposes of pension under subchapter
        III of this chapter.''.

SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR
              ALCOHOL OR DRUG-RELATED DISABILITY.

    (a) Clarification.--Chapter 11 is amended--
            (1) in section 1110, by striking ``drugs.'' and inserting
        ``drugs, even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected
        disability.''; and
            (2) in section 1131, by striking ``drugs.'' and inserting
        ``drugs, even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected
        disability.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to any claim--
            (1) filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) filed before the date of enactment of this Act and not
        finally decided as of that date.

SEC. 6. ALTERNATIVE BENEFICIARIES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
              AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) National Service Life Insurance.--
            (1) Section 1917 is amended by adding at the end the
        following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) Following the death of the insured and in a case not
covered by subsection (d)--
            ``(A) if the first beneficiary otherwise entitled to
        payment of the insurance does not make a claim for such payment
        within two years after the death of the insured, payment may be
        made to another beneficiary designated by the insured, in the
        order of precedence as designated by the insured, as if the
        first beneficiary had predeceased the insured; and
            ``(B) if, within four years after the death of the insured,
        no claim has been filed by a person designated by the insured
        as a beneficiary and the Secretary has not received any notice
        in writing that any such claim will be made, payment may
        (notwithstanding any other provision of law) be made to such
        person as may in the judgment of the Secretary be equitably
        entitled thereto.
    ``(2) Payment of insurance under paragraph (1) shall be a bar to
recovery by any other person.''.
    (b) United States Government Life Insurance.--Section 1952 is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Following the death of the insured and in a case not
covered by section 1950 of this title--
            ``(A) if the first beneficiary otherwise entitled to
        payment of the insurance does not make a claim for such payment
        within two years after the death of the insured, payment may be
        made to another beneficiary designated by the insured, in the
        order of precedence as designated by the insured, as if the
        first beneficiary had predeceased the insured; and
            ``(B) if, within four years after the death of the insured,
        no claim has been filed by a person designated by the insured
        as a beneficiary and the Secretary has not received any notice
        in writing that any such claim will be made, payment may
        (notwithstanding any other provision of law) be made to such
        person as may in the judgment of the Secretary be equitably
        entitled thereto.
    ``(2) Payment of insurance under paragraph (1) shall be a bar to
recovery by any other person.''.
    (c) Transition Provision.--In the case of a person insured under
subchapter I or II of chapter 19, title 38, United States Code, who
dies before the date of the enactment of this Act, the two-year and
four-year periods specified in subsection (f)(1) of section 1917 of
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and
subsection (c)(1) of section 1952 of such title, as added by subsection
(b), as applicable, shall for purposes of the applicable subsection be
treated as being the two-year and four-year periods, respectively,
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. TIME LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF CLAIM INFORMATION PURSUANT TO
              REQUEST BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5102 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
    ``(c) Time Limitation.--
            ``(1) If information that a claimant and the claimant's
        representative, if any, are notified under subsection (b) is
        necessary to complete an application is not received by the
        Secretary within one year from the date of such notification,
        no benefit may be paid or furnished by reason of the claimant's
        application.
            ``(2) This subsection shall not apply to any application or
        claim for Government life insurance benefits.''.
    (b) Repeal of Superseded Provisions.--Section 5103 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) Required Information and Evidence.--
        ''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if enacted on November 9, 2000, immediately after the
enactment of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-475; 114 Stat. 2096).

SEC. 8. BURIAL PLOT ALLOWANCE.

    (a) Subsection (b) of section 2303 is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``a
        burial allowance under such section 2302, or under such
        subsection, who was discharged from the active military, naval,
        or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated in line
        of duty, or who is a veteran of any war'' and inserting
        ``burial in a national cemetery under section 2402 of this
        title''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(other than a veteran
        whose eligibility for benefits under this subsection is based
        on being a veteran of any war)'' and inserting ``is eligible
        for a burial allowance under section 2302 of this title or
        under subsection (a) of this section, or was discharged from
        the active military, naval, or air service for a disability
        incurred or aggravated in line of duty, and such veteran''.
    (b) Section 2307 is amended in the last sentence by striking ``and
(b)'' and inserting ``and (b)(2)''.

SEC. 9. PROVISION OF MARKERS FOR PRIVATELY MARKED GRAVES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 502 of the Veterans
Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-103; 115
Stat. 995), as amended by section 203 of the Veterans Benefits Act of
2002 (Public Law 107-330; 116 Stat. 2824), is further amended by
striking ``September 11, 2001'' and inserting ``November 1, 1990''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 502 of Public
Law 107-103.

SEC. 10. EXPANSION OF BURIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR REMARRIED SPOUSES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 2042 is amended by
striking ``(which for purposes of this chapter includes an unremarried
surviving spouse who had a subsequent remarriage which was terminated
by death or divorce)'' and inserting ``(which for purposes of this
chapter includes a surviving spouse who remarries following the
veteran's death)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 11. MAKE PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR STATE CEMETERY GRANTS PROGRAM.

    (a) Permanent Authorization.--Paragraph (2) of section 2408(a) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``for fiscal year 1999 and for each
        succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2004''; and
            (2) by adding at the end ``Funds appropriated under the
        preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 2408 is amended
by striking ``Sums appropriated under subsection (a) of this section
shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 12. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Addition of Certain Offenses.--Paragraph (2) of section 6105(b)
is amended by striking ``sections 792, 793, 794, 798, 2381, 2382, 2383,
2384, 2385, 2837, 2388, 2389, 2390, and chapter 105 of title 18'' and
inserting ``sections 175, 229, 792, 793, 794, 798, 831, 1091, 2332a,
2332b, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, and
chapter 105 of title 18''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to claims filed after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 13. VETERANS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.

    Section 3692 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``as far as
        practicable'' after ``include'';
            (2) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ``chapter 106''
        and inserting ``chapter 1606'' both places it appears; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``2003'' and inserting
        ``2013''.

SEC. 14. REPEAL OF EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination of Program.--No loans shall be made under
subchapter III of chapter 36 after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and such subchapter shall be repealed 90 days after such date of
enactment.
    (b) Closing of Loan Fund.--All monies in the revolving fund
established in the Treasury of the United States of America known as
the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Education Loan Fund'' (the
``Fund'') on the day before the date of repeal of such subchapter III
shall be transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment
Benefits Account, and the Fund shall be closed.
    (c) Discharge of Liability.--The liability on any education loan
debt outstanding under such subchapter III shall be discharged, and any
overpayments declared under section 3698(e)(1) of that subchapter shall
be waived without further process on the date funds are transferred as
referred to in subsection (b) of this section.
    (d) Technical Amendment.--On the date of repeal of such subchapter
III, as provided herein, the table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 36 shall be amended by striking the items relating to
subchapter III.
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Chapter 34 is amended--
                    (A) by repealing paragraph (2) of section 3462(a);
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (1) of section 3485(e), by
                striking ``(other than an education loan under
                subchapter III)''.
            (2) Section 3512 is amended by repealing subsection (f).
            (3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) shall
        take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
        Act.

SEC. 15. RESTORATION OF CHAPTER 35 EDUCATION BENEFITS OF CERTAIN
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Restoration.--Subsection (h) of section 3512 is amended by
inserting ``or is involuntarily ordered to full-time National Guard
duty under section 502(f) of title 32'' following ``title 10''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as of September 11, 2001.

SEC. 16. EXPANSION OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
              SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING.

    (a) Self-Employment Training.--Subparagraph (B) of section 3002(3)
is amended--
            (1) in clause (i) by striking ``and'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following clause:
                            ``(iii) a program of self-employment on-job
                        training approved as provided in section
                        3677(d) of this title; and''.
    (b) Program Approval.--Section 3677 is amended--
            (1) in subsections (a) and (c), by inserting ``self-
        employment on-job training or'' after ``(other than'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``described in
        subsection (a)'' after ``offering training''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Any State approving agency may approve a program of self-
employment on-job training for purposes of chapter 30 of this title
only when it finds that the training is generally recognized as needed
or accepted for purposes of obtaining licensure to engage in the self-
employment occupation or is required for ownership and operation of a
franchise that is the objective of the training.
    ``(2) The training entity offering the training for which approval
is sought under this chapter must submit to the State approving agency
a written application for approval, in the form and with the content as
prescribed by the Secretary, which shall include such information as is
required by the State approving agency.
    ``(3) As a condition for approving a program of self-employment on-
job training, the State approving agency must find upon investigation
that the following criteria are met:
            ``(A) The training content is adequate to qualify the
        eligible individual for the self-employment occupation that is
        the objective of the training.
            ``(B) The training consists of full-time training for a
        period of less than six months.
            ``(C) The length of the training period is not longer than
        that customarily required to obtain the knowledge, skills, and
        experience needed to successfully engage in the particular
        self-employment occupation that is the objective of the
        training.
            ``(D) The training entity has adequate instructional space,
        equipment, materials, and personnel to provide satisfactory
        training on the job.
            ``(E) The training entity keeps adequate records of each
        trainee's progress toward the self-employment objective and, at
        the end of the training period, issues a license, certificate,
        or other document recording the individual's successful
        completion of the training program.
            ``(F) The training entity and the self-employment on-job
        training program meet such other criteria as the Secretary may
        prescribe and as the State approving agency, with the
        Secretary's approval, may establish.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 3687(a) is
amended by inserting ``subsections (a), (b), and (c) of'' before
``section 3677''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date six months after the enactment of this Act and shall
apply to self-employment on-job training approved and pursued on or
after that date.

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Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2003, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.

Makes the effective date for the award of death pension the same as that for the award of death compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation.

Excludes lump-sum insurance proceeds from income for purposes of eligibility for veterans' pensions.

Prohibits the payment of veterans' disability compensation for an alcohol- or drug-abuse related disability even if the the alcohol or drug abuse is secondary to a service-connected disability.

Provides alternative beneficiaries for National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance proceeds when the first beneficiary does not make a claim.

Provides burial benefit eligibility for a veteran's surviving spouse who remarries following the veteran's death.

Makes permanent the authority for the State cemetery grants program.

Repeals the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Loan program.

Includes self-employment training under the Montgomery GI Bill.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equity in Public Education Act of
1996''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) It is the responsibility of the Federal Government to
        prevent illegal immigration by enforcing existing laws and
        enacting new laws and policies.
            (2) The Federal Government has, to date, failed to carry
        out this responsibility, resulting in a large and increasing
        number of illegal immigrants residing within the borders of the
        United States.
            (3) Under current law, the States are required to provide
        certain public benefits to their residents, including education
        benefits for all children residing within their jurisdictions,
        regardless of immigration status.
            (4) The costs of educating illegal aliens are therefore
        borne primarily by the States.
            (5) The citizens of States that have a disproportionate
        number of illegal immigrants therefore have borne a
        disproportionate share of such educational costs, which result
        from the failures of the Federal Government.
            (6) In the interest of equity, the Federal Government
        should reimburse the States for such educational costs.

SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL COSTS FOR
              ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS.

    (a) Grants to States.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations and the succeeding provisions of this section, from the
amount appropriated under subsection (f), the Secretary of Education
shall provide for payment to each eligible State (as defined in
subsection (b)) for reimbursable costs (as defined in subsection (c)).
    (b) Eligible States.--In order for a State to be eligible for
payment under this section, the State--
            (1) shall be a State for which the Secretary of Commerce
        has made a determination with respect to any fiscal year under
        subsection (e); and
            (2) shall provide the Secretary of Education with
        assurances that--
                    (A) the State will cooperate with the Secretary of
                Commerce in carrying out such Secretary's duties under
                this Act; and
                    (B) such payments shall be used only for the
                purpose of reimbursing local educational agencies for
                reimbursable costs.
    (c) Reimbursable Costs Defined.--For purposes of this Act, the term
``reimbursable costs'' means, with respect to a State, the incremental
increase in costs incurred by local educational agencies in the State
in providing a free public education (as mandated by Federal law) to
eligible illegal alien students (as defined in subsection (d)(1)), as
determined by the Secretary of Commerce under subsection (e).
    (d) Eligible Illegal Alien Students.--For purposes of this Act, the
term ``eligible illegal alien student'' means an alien who is not
lawfully present in the United States and is enrolled in a public
elementary or secondary school of a local educational agency in a State
as of the date of a determination made by the Secretary of Commerce
under subsection (e)(2).
    (e) Amount of Payment.--
            (1) In general.--The amount of payment to an eligible State
        for a fiscal year under this section is the product of--
                    (A) the average number last determined under
                paragraph (3)(A) for the State; and
                    (B) the average incremental increase in
                expenditures last determined under paragraph (3)(B) for
                the State.
            (2) Commencement of determinations.--
                    (A) First group of states.--Before the beginning of
                fiscal year 1998, and before the beginning of every
                third fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce
                shall make a determination under paragraph (3) for the
                States of California, Texas, and Florida.
                    (B) Second and third groups of states.--Before the
                beginning of fiscal year 1999, and before the beginning
                of every third fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of
                Commerce shall make a determination under paragraph (3)
                for at least \1/2\ of the States that are not described
                in subparagraph (A). Before the beginning of fiscal
                year 2000, and before the beginning of every third
                fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall
                make a determination under paragraph (3) for each of
                the remaining States. To the maximum extent possible,
                the Secretary shall make an equal number of
                determinations under this subparagraph before fiscal
                year 1999 and before fiscal year 2000.
            (3) Determinations.--Pursuant to paragraph (2), the
        Secretary of Commerce shall determine for a State before the
        beginning of a fiscal year--
                    (A) the average number of eligible illegal alien
                students in the State for any school day during the
                school year ending during the fiscal year; and
                    (B) the average incremental increase in per pupil
                expenditures for public education benefits in the State
                for such school year that is determined to be
                attributable to the enrollment of eligible illegal
                alien students in public elementary and secondary
                schools, as determined based on statistics of the
                National Center for Education Statistics relating to
                expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in
                public elementary and secondary schools.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated for each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1998)
such sums as may be necessary to make grants under this section.
    (g) State Defined.--In this Act, the term ``State'' has the meaning
given such term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act.

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Equity in Public Education Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make payments to eligible States to reimburse local educational agencies for specified costs of educating certain illegal alien students.
Provides for such payments first to the States of California, Texas, and Florida.  Provides for later payments to second and third groups of eligible States.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Fraudulent Intercountry
Adoption Practices Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title 18 of the United States Code is amended by
redesignating chapter 2 as chapter 2B and inserting before such chapter
the following:

                    ``CHAPTER 2A--ADOPTION SERVICES

``Sec.
``21. False pretenses in connection with the offering of adoption
                            services.
``22. Placing a child for adoption for compensation.
``23. Definitions.
``24. Effect on State law and regulation.

                    ``CHAPTER 2A--ADOPTION SERVICES

``Sec. 21. False pretenses in connection with the offering of adoption
              services
    ``(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, offering to perform any
act or render any service in connection with the placement of a child
for adoption, to knowingly and willfully falsify, conceal, or cover up
by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or make any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or make or use
any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, in connection with the
performance of such act or the rendition of such service or the offer
to do so.
    ``(b) The material facts, documents, and representations referred
to in subsection (a) include--
            ``(1) information about the political or legal conditions
        and circumstances prevalent and anticipated in any country in
        which the legal proceedings of the adoption are to take place
        and which may affect the adoption process, including, but not
        limited to, information regarding how such conditions and
        circumstances may affect the time period in which the adoption
        process is to be completed; and
            ``(2) information released by the United States Department
        of State in the form of travel notices and other advisories
        regarding the adoption process in any country in which the
        legal proceedings of the adoption are to take place.
    ``(c) Any person who violates this section shall be imprisoned not
more than 5 years, fined not more than $10,000, or both.
``Sec. 22. Placing a child for adoption for compensation
    ``(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and
willfully solicit or receive money or any thing of value, or the
promise thereof, for placing or arranging for the placement of any
child for adoption under circumstances that would require or result in
such child being transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
    ``(b) Any person who violates this section shall be imprisoned not
more than 5 years, fined not more than $10,000, or both.
    ``(c) This section shall not apply to any person who--
            ``(1) solicits or receives money or any thing of value as
        the bona fide agent of a child care or adoption agency, public
        or private, which is authorized or licensed by a State to place
        children for adoption, in exchange for services rendered by the
        agency;
            ``(2) solicits or receives reasonable services rendered in
        connection with the consultation regarding, and the preparation
        and execution of documents necessary to accomplish, the legal
        placement of a child for adoption; or
            ``(3) solicits or receives reasonable fees solely in
        connection with the consultation regarding, and the rendition
        of, professional medical services related to the prenatal care
        of a woman or the delivery, examination, or treatment of a
        child for adoption.
``Sec. 23. Definitions
    ``As used in this chapter:
            ``(1) The term `child' has the meaning given such term in
        section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
            ``(2) The term `State' includes the District of Columbia,
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the
        Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands,
        Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
        Islands.
``Sec. 24. Effect on State law and regulation
    ``Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or otherwise
affect the applicability or validity of any State law or regulation
that may govern the placement of children in a home for adoption.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for part I of title
18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
chapter 2 and inserting the following:

``2A. Adoption practices....................................        21
``2B. Aircraft and motor vehicles...........................     31.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THERE SHOULD BE CIVIL REMEDIES FOR
              VICTIMS OF FRAUDULENT ADOPTION PRACTICES.

    (a) Defrauding Prospective Adoptive Parents; Civil Remedies.--It is
the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) any person who, having accepted money or anything of
        value in connection with an offer of, or performance of, any
        service or act relating to the placement of a child for
        adoption, has committed a violation of the provisions of
        chapter 2A of title 18, United States Code, should be liable
        for damages to any individual who has paid money or anything of
        value for the performance of such service or act;
            (2) the district courts of the United States should have
        jurisdiction to hear such cases regardless of the amount in
        controversy, and the plaintiff in such actions should be
        entitled to recover any money or thing of value (or the
        monetary equivalent thereof) which was provided to the
        defendant in exchange for the offer or promise to perform the
        act or service in question, in addition to punitive damages,
        costs of suit, and attorney's fees, where appropriate; and
            (3) the court may further impose such other penalties that
        may be provided for by State or Federal law.
    (b) Defrauding Birth Mother; Civil Remedies.--It is further the
sense of the Congress that--
            (1) any person who, having agreed to pay the expenses of a
        pregnant woman in return for the giving up of the child for
        adoption, commits an act of fraud in either stating the
        agreement or in performing it, should, if such woman traveled
        in interstate or foreign commerce because of the agreement, be
        liable to such woman for damages incurred as a result of the
        failure to perform any act or service covered by such
        agreement;
            (2) the district courts of the United States should have
        jurisdiction to hear such cases regardless of the amount in
        controversy, and the plaintiff in such actions should be
        entitled to recover such consequential and punitive damages,
        plus costs of suit and attorney's fees, as may be appropriate;
        and
            (3) the court may further impose such other penalties that
        may be provided for by State or Federal law.

Output:
Anti-Fraudulent Intercountry Adoption Practices Act of 1996 - Prohibits any person offering to perform any act or render any service in connection with the placement of a child for adoption from knowingly falsifying or concealing a material fact or from making or using any false document.
Defines "material facts, documents, and representations" to include:  (1) information about the political or legal conditions and circumstances in any country in which the legal proceedings of the adoption are to take place that may affect the adoption process; and (2) information released by the U.S. Department of State in the form of travel notices and other advisories regarding the adoption process in any such country.
Sets penalties for violations.
Prohibits knowingly soliciting or receiving money or anything of value for placing any child for adoption under circumstances that require such child to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce, with exceptions.  Sets penalties for violations.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be civil remedies for victims of fraudulent adoption practices.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Discredit Eternal Listing Inequality
of Species Takings Act'' or the ``DELIST Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly (Rhaphiomidas
        terminates abdominalis) was listed as an endangered species
        under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
        seq.) on September 23, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 49881).
            (2) Nineteen years have passed since the Delhi Sands
        Flower-loving Fly was listed as an endangered species.
            (3) The Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly's listing was based
        on a high degree of threat and a low potential for recovery for
        a listed subspecies that may be in conflict with construction
        or other development projects or other forms of economic
        activity.
            (4) On September 14, 1997, a recovery plan was issued for
        the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly. The plan claimed that the
        resolution of current population data is too poor to
        effectively evaluate abundance trends or population
        distributions due to the cryptic nature and rarity of the Delhi
        Sands flower-loving Fly. Thus, the recovery plan by definition
        could not establish delisting criteria.
            (5) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service's report
        entitled ``Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly (Rhaphiomidas
        terminatus abdominalis) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation''
        (March 2008; referred to in this section as the ``5-year review
        report'') establishes that down-listing criterion 2 cannot be
        evaluated with current knowledge of the Delhi Sands Flower-
        loving Fly.
            (6) None of the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly conservation
        areas are currently managed to maintain perpetual sand supply.
        There is currently insufficient information to determine the
        extent or long-term importance of this impact to maintaining
        the dune ecosystem.
            (7) The cryptic nature and low density of Delhi Sands
        Flower-loving Fly complicate efforts to effectively monitor
        population abundance.
            (8) To date, it has proven difficult to conduct surveys
        that reliably quantify relevant population variables (e.g.,
        density and relative abundance), and no populations are
        regularly surveyed with sufficient effort to effectively
        monitor population trends.
            (9) Public support for conservation of the sand dune system
        upon which the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly depends is
        limited.
            (10) The life history of the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
        is largely unknown.
            (11) The 5-year review report asserts that the Delhi Sands
        Flower-loving Fly was not used to explain larval stages of such
        fly because the population was too low. Instead, a comparison
        of entomologists observed several larvae of Rhaphiomidas
        trochilus, and because R. trochilus is closely related to the
        Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly, these observations were used to
        understand larval biology of the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly.
            (12) A commenter mentioned in the 5-year review report
        suggested that the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly may be non-
        native to the Riverside/San Bernardino area and may have been
        accidentally introduced by the early settlers.
            (13) There is no new information in the scientific
        literature suggesting that the range of the Delhi Sands Flower-
        loving Fly is more extensive than initially identified.
            (14) Although the area of potentially suitable habitat has
        expanded, no newly discovered occupied site supports a major
        population of the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly that was not
        known at the time of the listing.
            (15) Within the section of the 5-year review report
        relating to abundance, it stated that no clear trends emerge
        from the demographic data that have been generated since the
        listing of the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly. Due to the
        cryptic nature and rarity of the Delhi Sands flower loving fly,
        it is difficult to accurately estimate abundance or density for
        this subspecies.
            (16) The 5-year review report claims range-wide surveys
        have not been attempted due to lack of funding and issues with
        access to privately owned properties.
            (17) The 5-year review report indicated that United States
        Fish and Wildlife Service biologists initiated a study in 2004
        designed to improve Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly survey
        protocol recommendations. This study required the effort of 3
        biologists working 6 days a week during the peak of the flight
        season, and the data were only marginally adequate to estimate
        abundance, density, and detection probability. This effort
        indicated that measurement of population demographic trends
        will likely require substantial effort unless new techniques
        prove effective.
            (18) Because most Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly habitat is
        in private ownership and no regulations are in place to address
        loss of unoccupied Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly habitat, the
        permanent loss of potential and restorable Delhi Sands Flower-
        loving Fly habitat important to recovery often proceeds.
            (19) Most of the existing Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
        conservation sites are likely too small and fragmented to
        sustain Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly populations through time.
            (20) In addition, while protected from development, most of
        the existing conservation areas remain susceptible to invasion
        by nonnative grasses, off-road vehicle use, and other
        disturbances.
            (21) Most conservation areas do not have monitoring
        programs to track Delhi Sands flower-loving fly occupancy or
        habitat quality.
            (22) With at least 90 percent loss of historical Delhi
        Soils, potential and suitable Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
        habitat available for conservation and restoration is extremely
        limited.
            (23) At the time of listing in 1993, there were only five
        small, isolated, extant populations of Delhi Sands Flower-
        loving Fly.
            (24) The 5-year review report states that recent
        observations, and the continued habitat loss and fragmentation,
        all suggest that population sizes of the Delhi Sands Flower-
        loving Fly are likely to be very small. Here, it is clear that
        the United States Fish and Wildlife Service does not know the
        size of the population. It may be possible that there is no
        longer a population to protect.
            (25) It is commonly accepted in conservation biology that
        small populations have higher probabilities of extinction than
        larger populations because their low numbers make them
        susceptible to inbreeding, loss of genetic variation, high
        variability in age and sex ratios, demographic stochasticity,
        and random naturally occurring events such as wildfires,
        floods, droughts, or disease epidemics.
            (26) Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly populations were
        considered to be at risk at the time the subspecies was listed
        because of their small size and habitat fragmentation. We have
        no information suggesting that these threats have been
        ameliorated since the time of listing.
            (27) Monitoring efforts since the time of listing, though
        limited, do not suggest population increases, and it is
        reasonable to believe that Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
        populations are likely to be very small.
            (28) Together, small population size, isolation,
        populations in fragmented habitat, and increased vulnerability
        to introduced predators and competitors increase the risk of
        extirpation of the remaining Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
        populations.
            (29) Continued listing of the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
        as an endangered species is not based on the best scientific
        and commercial data available. The 5-year review report relied
        on research conducted in 1993 or 2002. The research is 19 and 9
        years old, respectively. The 5-year review report has not shown
        that the Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly exist nor has there been
        a substantial increase of population during the 19 years of
        protection by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
        1531 et seq.).

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIES AS EXTINCT.

    Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531
et sq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) Treatment of Certain Species as Extinct.--(A) A limited
listed species shall be treated as extinct for purposes of this Act
upon the expiration of the 15-year period beginning on the date it is
determined by the Secretary to be an endangered species, unless the
Secretary publishes a finding that--
            ``(i) there has been a substantial increase in the
        population of the species during that period; or
            ``(ii) the continued listing of the species does not impose
        any economic hardship on communities located in the range of
        the species.
    ``(B) In this paragraph the term `limited listed species' means any
species that is listed under subsection (c) as an endangered species
for which it is not reasonably possible to determine whether the
species has been extirpated from the range of the species that existed
on the date the species was listed because not all individuals of the
species were identified at the time of such listing.''.

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Discredit Eternal Listing Inequality of Species Takings Act or the DELIST Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to treat a limited listed species as extinct for purposes of this Act upon the expiration of the 15-year period beginning on the date it is determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be an endangered species, unless the Secretary publishes a finding that: (1) there has been a substantial increase in the population of the species during that period; or (2) the continued listing of the species does not impose any economic hardship on communities located in the range of the species.

Defines "limited listed species" as any species that is listed as an endangered species for which it is not reasonably possible to determine whether the species has been extirpated from the range of the species that existed on the date the species was listed because not all individuals of the species were identified at the time of such listing.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Targeting Child Predators Act of
2016''.

SEC. 2. NONDISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.

    Section 3486(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the Secretary of the Treasury'' each
        place it appears and inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland
        Security'';
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``ordered by a court'';
        and
            (3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
            ``(6)(A)(i) If a subpoena issued under this section is
        accompanied by a certification under clause (ii) and notice of
        the right to judicial review under subparagraph (C), no
        recipient of a subpoena under this section shall disclose to
        any person that the Federal official who issued the subpoena
        has sought or obtained access to information or records under
        this section, for a period of 180 days.
            ``(ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall apply if the
        Federal official who issued the subpoena certifies that the
        absence of a prohibition of disclosure under this subsection
        may result in--
                    ``(I) endangering the life or physical safety of an
                individual;
                    ``(II) flight from prosecution;
                    ``(III) destruction of or tampering with evidence;
                    ``(IV) intimidation of potential witnesses; or
                    ``(V) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an
                investigation or unduly delaying a trial.
            ``(B)(i) A recipient of a subpoena under this section may
        disclose information otherwise subject to any applicable
        nondisclosure requirement to--
                    ``(I) those persons to whom disclosure is necessary
                in order to comply with the request;
                    ``(II) an attorney in order to obtain legal advice
                or assistance regarding the request; or
                    ``(III) other persons as permitted by the Federal
                official who issued the subpoena.
            ``(ii) A person to whom disclosure is made under clause (i)
        shall be subject to the nondisclosure requirements applicable
        to a person to whom a subpoena is issued under this section in
        the same manner as the person to whom the subpoena was issued.
            ``(iii) Any recipient that discloses to a person described
        in clause (i) information otherwise subject to a nondisclosure
        requirement shall notify the person of the applicable
        nondisclosure requirement.
            ``(iv) At the request of the Federal official who issued
        the subpoena, any person making or intending to make a
        disclosure under subclause (I) or (III) of clause (i) shall
        identify to the individual making the request under this clause
        the person to whom such disclosure will be made or to whom such
        disclosure was made prior to the request.
            ``(C)(i) A nondisclosure requirement imposed under
        subparagraph (A) shall be subject to judicial review under
        section 3486A.
            ``(ii) A subpoena issued under this section, in connection
        with which a nondisclosure requirement under subparagraph (A)
        is imposed, shall include notice of the availability of
        judicial review described in clause (i).
            ``(D) A nondisclosure requirement imposed under
        subparagraph (A) may be extended in accordance with section
        3486A(a)(4).''.

SEC. 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF NONDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 3486 the following:
``Sec. 3486A. Judicial review of nondisclosure requirements
    ``(a) Nondisclosure.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Notice.--If a recipient of a subpoena under
                section 3486 wishes to have a court review a
                nondisclosure requirement imposed in connection with
                the subpoena, the recipient may notify the Government
                or file a petition for judicial review in any court
                described in subsection (a)(5) of section 3486.
                    ``(B) Application.--Not later than 30 days after
                the date of receipt of a notification under
                subparagraph (A), the Government shall apply for an
                order prohibiting the disclosure of the existence or
                contents of the relevant subpoena. An application under
                this subparagraph may be filed in the district court of
                the United States for the judicial district in which
                the recipient of the subpoena is doing business or in
                the district court of the United States for any
                judicial district within which the authorized
                investigation that is the basis for the subpoena is
                being conducted. The applicable nondisclosure
                requirement shall remain in effect during the pendency
                of proceedings relating to the requirement.
                    ``(C) Consideration.--A district court of the
                United States that receives a petition under
                subparagraph (A) or an application under subparagraph
                (B) should rule expeditiously, and shall, subject to
                paragraph (3), issue a nondisclosure order that
                includes conditions appropriate to the circumstances.
            ``(2) Application contents.--An application for a
        nondisclosure order or extension thereof or a response to a
        petition filed under paragraph (1) shall include a
        certification from the Federal official who issued the subpoena
        indicating that the absence of a prohibition of disclosure
        under this subsection may result in--
                    ``(A) endangering the life or physical safety of an
                individual;
                    ``(B) flight from prosecution;
                    ``(C) destruction of or tampering with evidence;
                    ``(D) intimidation of potential witnesses; or
                    ``(E) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an
                investigation or unduly delaying a trial.
            ``(3) Standard.--A district court of the United States
        shall issue a nondisclosure order or extension thereof under
        this subsection if the court determines that there is reason to
        believe that disclosure of the information subject to the
        nondisclosure requirement during the applicable time period may
        result in--
                    ``(A) endangering the life or physical safety of an
                individual;
                    ``(B) flight from prosecution;
                    ``(C) destruction of or tampering with evidence;
                    ``(D) intimidation of potential witnesses; or
                    ``(E) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an
                investigation or unduly delaying a trial.
            ``(4) Extension.--Upon a showing that the circumstances
        described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (3)
        continue to exist, a district court of the United States may
        issue an ex parte order extending a nondisclosure order imposed
        under this subsection or under section 3486(a)(6)(A) for
        additional periods of 180 days, or, if the court determines
        that the circumstances necessitate a longer period of
        nondisclosure, for additional periods which are longer than 180
        days.
    ``(b) Closed Hearings.--In all proceedings under this section,
subject to any right to an open hearing in a contempt proceeding, the
court must close any hearing to the extent necessary to prevent an
unauthorized disclosure of a request for records, a report, or other
information made to any person or entity under section 3486. Petitions,
filings, records, orders, certifications, and subpoenas must also be
kept under seal to the extent and as long as necessary to prevent the
unauthorized disclosure of a subpoena under section 3486.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 3486 the following:

``3486A. Judicial review of nondisclosure requirements.''.

Output: Targeting Child Predators Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish: (1) a certification process with respect to nondisclosure requirements imposed in connection with specified administrative subpoenas, and (2) a judicial review process with respect to the imposition of such requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Environmental Health
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) a growing body of scientific knowledge demonstrates
        that children may suffer disproportionately from environmental
        health risks and safety risks;
            (2) those risks arise because--
                    (A) the neurological, immunological, digestive, and
                other bodily systems of children are still developing;
                    (B) children eat more food, drink more fluids, and
                breathe more air in proportion to their body weight
                than adults;
                    (C) the size and weight of children may diminish
                their protection from standard safety features; and
                    (D) the behavior patterns of children may make
                children more susceptible to accidents because children
                are less able to protect themselves; and
            (3) each Federal agency, to the extent permitted by law and
        appropriate, and consistent with the mission of each Federal
        agency, should--
                    (A) place a high priority on the identification and
                assessment of environmental health and safety risks
                that may disproportionately affect children, including
                where children live, learn, and play;
                    (B) ensure that the policies, programs, activities,
                and standards of the Federal agency address
                disproportionate risks to children that result from
                environmental health or safety risks; and
                    (C) participate in the implementation of, and
                comply with, this Act.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
        the Office of Management and Budget.
            (3) Environmental health and safety risk.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``environmental health
                and safety risk'' means an environmental risk to the
                health or safety of a child that is posed by or
                otherwise attributable to a substance--
                            (i) that the child is likely to ingest; or
                            (ii) to which the child may otherwise be
                        exposed.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``environmental health
                and safety risk'' includes an environmental risk that
                is posed by or otherwise attributable to--
                            (i) air that is inhaled by, or that
                        otherwise comes into contact with, a child;
                            (ii) water used by a child for drinking or
                        recreation;
                            (iii) soil; and
                            (iv) chemicals and other substances with
                        which a child may come into contact.
            (4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means--
                    (A) any department, agency, or other
                instrumentality of the Federal Government;
                    (B) any independent agency or establishment of the
                Federal Government (including any Government
                corporation); and
                    (C) the Government Printing Office.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services.
            (6) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the Task
        Force to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to
        Children established by section 4(a).

SEC. 4. TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS TO
              CHILDREN.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary, shall establish a task force to be known as the ``Task Force
to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children''.
    (b) Authority.--The Task Force shall report to the President, in
consultation with--
            (1) the Domestic Policy Council;
            (2) the National Science and Technology Council;
            (3) the Council on Environmental Quality; and
            (4) the Office of Management and Budget.
    (c) Membership.--The Task Force shall be composed of--
            (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
        Agency, who shall serve as a Co-Chairperson of the Task Force;
            (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who shall
        serve as Co-Chairperson of the Task Force;
            (3) the Secretary of Education;
            (4) the Secretary of Labor;
            (5) the Attorney General;
            (6) the Secretary of Energy;
            (7) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
            (8) the Secretary of Agriculture;
            (9) the Secretary of Transportation;
            (10) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
            (11) the Director;
            (12) the Chairperson of the Council on Environmental
        Quality;
            (13) the Chairperson of the Consumer Product Safety
        Commission;
            (14) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
            (15) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
            (16) the Assistant to the President for, and Director of
        the Office of, Science and Technology Policy;
            (17) the Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers;
        and
            (18) such other officials of Federal agencies as the
        Administrator and the Secretary may, from time to time,
        designate.
    (d) Delegation.--A member of the Task Force may delegate the
responsibilities of the member under this Act to 1 or more
subordinates.
    (e) Duties.--The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary
as a co-chair of the Task Force, shall, after providing notice and an
opportunity for public participation and comment and, if determined to
be appropriate by the Administrator and the Secretary, using a
consensus-based approach--
            (1) recommend to the President Federal strategies to
        improve children's environmental health and safety, including--
                    (A) statements of principles, general policy, and
                targeted annual priorities to guide the Federal
                approach to complying with this Act;
                    (B) a coordinated research agenda for the Federal
                Government, including steps to implement the review of
                research databases described in paragraph (2)(A);
                    (C) recommendations for appropriate partnerships
                among the Federal Government, State, local, and tribal
                governments, and the private, academic, and nonprofit
                sectors;
                    (D) proposals to enhance public outreach and
                communication to assist families in evaluating risks to
                children (including where children live, learn, and
                play) and in making informed consumer choices;
                    (E) an identification of high-priority initiatives
                that the Federal Government has undertaken or will
                undertake in advancing the protection of children's
                environmental health and safety;
                    (F) a statement regarding the desirability of new
                legislation to advance the protection of children's
                environmental health and safety; and
                    (G) other proposals to enhance the health and
                safety protection of children by Federal and State
                governments and by communities and families;
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
        this Act, develop or direct to be developed--
                    (A) a review of existing and planned data
                resources; and
                    (B) a proposed plan, which shall be reviewed by the
                Administrator and the Secretary, and other Federal
                agencies as the Administrator and the Secretary
                consider appropriate, and which shall be made available
                for public comment for a period of not less than 30
                days--
                            (i) for use in ensuring that researchers
                        and Federal research agencies have access to
                        information on all research conducted or funded
                        by the Federal Government that relates to
                        adverse health risks in children resulting from
                        exposure to environmental health and safety
                        risks; and
                            (ii) that--
                                    (I) promotes the sharing of
                                information on academic and private
                                research; and
                                    (II) includes recommendations to
                                encourage that such data, to the extent
                                permitted by law, is available to the
                                public, the scientific and academic
                                communities, and all Federal agencies;
                                and
            (3) submit to Congress (including the Committee on
        Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on
        Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives) and the
        President, make available to the public, and provide to the
        Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National
        Science and Technology Council for use in establishing research
        priorities, a biennial report on research, data, or other
        information that would enhance understanding and analysis of,
        and response to, environmental health and safety risks,
        including--
                    (A) a description provided by Federal agencies and
                other agencies identified by the Task Force of key data
                needs relating to environmental health and safety risks
                that have arisen in the course of carrying out projects
                and activities of the Federal agencies; and
                    (B) a description of the accomplishments of the
                Task Force.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--This Act applies only to the Executive branch.
    (b) Effect of Act.--This Act does not create or establish any
substantive or procedural right, benefit, or trust responsibility,
enforceable at law or equity, by a party against the United States
(including any agency, officer, or employee of the United States).
    (c) Judicial Review.--This Act does not create or establish any
right to judicial review involving the compliance or noncompliance with
this Act by--
            (1) the United States (including any agency, officer, or
        employee of the United States); or
            (2) any other person.

Output: Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Task Force to Address Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children to: (1) recommend to the President federal strategies to improve children's environmental health and safety; (2) develop a review of existing and planned data resources and a proposed plan for use in ensuring that researchers and federal research agencies have access to information on federal research that relates to adverse health risk in children resulting from exposure to environmental health and safety risks; and (3) submit a biennial report on research, data, or other information that would enhance understanding and analysis of, and response to, environmental health and safety risks.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Stem Cell Research Act
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Past investments in biomedical research have resulted
        in better health, an improved quality of life for all
        Americans, and a reduction in national health care
        expenditures.
            (2) The Nation's commitment to biomedical research has
        expanded the base of scientific knowledge about health and
        disease and revolutionized the practice of medicine.
            (3) Research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
        is responsible for the identification of genetic mutations
        relating to nearly 100 diseases, including Alzheimer's disease,
        cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease, osteoporosis, many forms
        of cancer, and immune deficiency disorders.
            (4) Many Americans still face serious and life-threatening
        health problems, both acute and chronic.
            (5) Neurodegenerative diseases of the elderly, such as
        Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, threaten to destroy the
        lives of millions of Americans.
            (6) Cancer remains a comprehensive threat to any tissue or
        organ of the body at any age, and remains a leading cause of
        morbidity and mortality.
            (7) The extent of psychiatric and neurological diseases
        poses considerable challenges in understanding the workings of
        the brain and nervous system.
            (8) Diabetes, both insulin and noninsulin forms, afflicts
        16 million Americans and places them at risk for acute and
        chronic complications, including blindness, kidney failure,
        atherosclerosis, and nerve degeneration.
            (9) Recent scientific developments show that human stem
        cell research based on ethically responsible stem cell sources
        may lead to exponential improvements in the treatment of many
        terminal and debilitating conditions, from cancer to
        Parkinson's to Alzheimer's to diabetes to heart disease.
            (10) To take full advantage of the tremendous potential for
        finding a cure or effective treatment for many debilitating
        diseases, the Federal investment in ethical stem cell research
        must be expanded.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL STEM CELL DONOR BANK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
by contract establish and maintain a National Stem Cell Donor Bank (in
this section referred to as the ``Donor Bank''). The purpose of the
Donor Bank shall be to seek and preserve donations of qualifying human
stem cells and to make such donated cells available for biomedical
research and for therapeutic purposes.
    (b) Qualifying Human Stem Cells.--For purposes of this Act, the
term ``qualifying human stem cells'' means human stem cells obtained
from human placentas, umbilical cord blood, organs or tissues of a
living or deceased human being who has been born, or organs or tissues
of unborn human offspring who died of natural causes (such as
spontaneous abortion).
    (c) Administration of Donor Bank.--The Donor Bank shall be under
the general supervision of the Secretary, and under the direction of a
board of directors meeting such criteria as the Secretary may
establish.
    (d) Patient Registry.--The Donor Bank shall with respect to
qualifying human stem cells--
            (1) operate a registry of patients who are transplant
        candidates;
            (2) establish a system for finding donors who are unrelated
        to the candidate patients and are suitably matched to the
        patients; and
            (3) carry out informational and educational activities.
    (e) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for the Donor
Bank and other entities that participate in the program under this
section, including--
            (1) quality standards and standards for tissue typing and
        obtaining the informed consent of donors, or the parents or
        legal representatives of donors as appropriate;
            (2) donor selection criteria, based on established medical
        criteria, to protect both donors and transplant recipients and
        to prevent the transmission of potentially harmful infectious
        diseases;
            (3) procedures to ensure the proper collection and
        transportation of qualifying human stem cells; and
            (4) standards that--
                    (A) require the establishment of a system of strict
                confidentiality of records relating to the identity and
                address of and medical information on patients and
                donors; and
                    (B) prescribe the purposes for which the records
                described in subparagraph (A) may be disclosed, and the
                circumstances and extent of the disclosure.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.

SEC. 4. USE OF QUALIFYING HUMAN STEM CELLS IN RESEARCH CONDUCTED OR
              SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, may conduct and support research that
uses qualifying human stem cells.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 2003 through 2006.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``qualifying human stem cells'' has the
        meaning given such term in section 3.
            (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health
        and Human Services.

Output: Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001- Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish by contract a National Stem Cell Donor Bank to preserve qualifying human stem cells and make such cells available for biomedical research and therapeutic purposes.Authorizes the Secretary, through the National Institutes of Health, to conduct and support human stem cell research.