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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Death Gratuity Equity Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING THE DEATH GRATUITY FOR A FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE
              KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

    (a) Amendment to Title 5.--Subchapter VII of chapter 55 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5571. Certain employee death gratuities payable by reason of
              death of a Federal civilian employee resulting from an
              injury sustained in the line of duty
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `child'--
                    ``(A) includes--
                            ``(i) a natural child; and
                            ``(ii) an adopted child; and
                    ``(B) does not include a stepchild who has not been
                adopted by the applicable civilian employee; and
            ``(2) the term `civilian employee' means an individual who
        the Secretary of Labor has determined is an employee, as
        defined in section 8101(1).
    ``(b) Death Gratuity Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 8116, and in
        addition to any payment made under subchapter I of chapter 81,
        the head of an agency shall pay from appropriations made
        available for salaries and expenses of that agency a death
        gratuity for the death of a civilian employee of that agency
        occurring on or after the date of enactment of this section if
        the death of the civilian employee--
                    ``(A) resulted from an injury sustained in the line
                of duty; and
                    ``(B) did not result from--
                            ``(i) natural causes; or
                            ``(ii) serious and willful misconduct by
                        the civilian employee.
            ``(2) Payment.--A death gratuity paid under paragraph (1)
        shall be--
                    ``(A) in the amount described in subsection (c);
                and
                    ``(B) paid to a person described in subsection (d).
    ``(c) Amounts Available.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        amount of a death gratuity paid under this section shall be--
                    ``(A) $100,000 per civilian employee; and
                    ``(B) adjusted annually on March 1 of each year by
                the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor to
                represent the percentage difference between the
                Consumer Price Index (all items; United States city
                average) published for December of the preceding year
                and that price index published for the December of the
                year before the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest
                \1/10\ of 1 percent.
            ``(2) Local compensation plan.--The amount of a death
        gratuity paid in relation to the death of a civilian employee
        compensated under a local compensation plan established under
        section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3968)
        shall be determined by regulations promulgated by the Secretary
        of State.
    ``(d) Execution of Payment.--
            ``(1) Establishment of claim.--Upon the establishment of a
        valid claim for a death gratuity under this section, payment
        shall be made--
                    ``(A) to a person who--
                            ``(i) survives a civilian employee on the
                        date of the death of the civilian employee; and
                            ``(ii) is alive on the date that title to
                        the payment arises; and
                    ``(B) in the order of precedence established under
                paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Order of payment.--The order of precedence
        established under this paragraph is as follows:
                    ``(A)(i) To a beneficiary designated by the
                civilian employee in a signed and witnessed writing
                that--
                            ``(I) is received by the agency employing
                        the civilian employee before the date of the
                        death of the civilian employee; and
                            ``(II) specifies that the beneficiary shall
                        receive an amount payable under this section.
                    ``(ii) A will or other document that is not
                executed and filed as described in clause (i) shall not
                constitute a writing under clause (i) and such a will
                or other document shall have no force or effect.
                    ``(B) If there is no beneficiary designated under
                subparagraph (A), to the surviving spouse of the
                civilian employee.
                    ``(C) If subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply,
                to--
                            ``(i) the child or children of the civilian
                        employee; and
                            ``(ii) any descendants of a deceased child
                        or children of the civilian employee by
                        representation.
                    ``(D) If subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not
                apply, to the surviving parent or parents of the
                civilian employee.
                    ``(E) If subparagraphs (A) through (D) do not
                apply, to the duly appointed executor or administrator
                of the estate of the civilian employee.
                    ``(F) If subparagraphs (A) through (E) do not
                apply, to the person entitled to the payment under the
                laws of the domicile of the civilian employee on the
                date of the death of the civilian employee.
    ``(e) Payment Not Gross Income.--A payment under this section shall
not be considered gross income of a person described in subsection
(d)(2) under section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
    (b) Amendments to Title 49.--Section 40122(g)(2) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (J) as
        subparagraphs (D) through (K), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) section 5571, relating to a death gratuity
                resulting from an injury sustained in the line of
                duty;''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 55 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the heading for subchapter VII, by striking
        ``EMPLOYEES'' and inserting ``PERSONS AND PAYMENTS FOR
        DISABILITY OR DEATH''; and
            (2) in the table of sections--
                    (A) by striking the item relating to subchapter VII
                and inserting the following:

    ``subchapter vii--payments to missing persons and payments for
                         disability or death'';

                and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to section
                5570 the following:

``5571. Certain employee death gratuities payable by reason of death of
                            a Federal civilian employee resulting from
                            an injury sustained in the line of duty.''.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF 1996 DEATH GRATUITY PAYMENT AUTHORITY.

    Section 651 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1997 (5 U.S.C. 8133 note; Public Law 104-208) is
repealed.

SEC. 4. FUNERAL AND BURIAL EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 8134 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a)(1) For deaths occurring on or after the date of enactment of
the Death Gratuity Equity Act of 2016, if death results from an injury
sustained in the performance of duty, the United States shall pay, to
the personal representative of the deceased or otherwise, funeral and
burial expenses not to exceed $8,800, in the discretion of the
Secretary of Labor.
    ``(2) The maximum payment permitted under paragraph (1) shall be
adjusted annually on March 1 of each year in accordance with the
adjustment described in section 8146a.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 8134(a) of title 5, United States Code,
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall
apply to a death occurring before the date of enactment of this Act
without regard to whether payment is made before, on, or after the date
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT DEATH GRATUITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 8102a of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Death Gratuity Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Payment.--Except as provided in paragraph
                (2), for deaths occurring on or after the date of
                enactment of the Death Gratuity Equity Act of 2016, the
                United States shall pay a death gratuity of $100,000 to
                or for the eligible survivor under subsection (d)
                immediately upon receiving official notification of the
                death of an employee who dies of injuries incurred in
                connection with the service of that employee with an
                Armed Force in a contingency operation.
                    ``(B) Adjustment.--The amount under subparagraph
                (A) shall be adjusted annually on March 1 of each year
                by the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor to
                represent the percentage difference between the
                Consumer Price Index (all items; United States city
                average) published for December of the preceding year
                and that price index published for the December of the
                year before the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest
                \1/10\ of 1 percent.
                    ``(C) No reduction.--The death gratuity payable
                under subparagraph (A) shall not be reduced by the
                amount of any other death gratuity provided under any
                other law of the United States that is based on the
                same death.
            ``(2) Compensation for noncitizens and nonresidents.--For
        claims arising under section 8137, the amount of the death
        gratuity shall be subject to that section and the regulations
        promulgated under that section.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (c);
            (3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
        (c) and (d), respectively; and
            (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by adding at the
        end the following:
            ``(7) If there are no eligible survivors, as described in
        paragraphs (1) through (6), and the employee has not designated
        another person to receive an amount payable under this section,
        that amount shall be paid to the personal representative of the
        estate of the employee.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 8102a of title 5, United States Code,
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall
apply to a death occurring before the date of enactment of this Act
without regard to whether payment is made before, on, or after the date
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. AGENCY GRATUITY FOR DEATHS SUSTAINED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
              ABROAD.

    Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973) is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking
                ``dependents'' and inserting ``beneficiary''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``, except
                as provided in subsection (e)'' after ``payable from
                any source'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Executive Agencies.--The head of an executive agency shall,
pursuant to guidance issued under subsection (c), make a death gratuity
payment authorized by this section to the surviving beneficiary of--
            ``(1) any employee of that agency who dies as a result of
        injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad while
        subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to
        section 207; or
            ``(2) an individual in a special category serving in an
        uncompensated capacity for that agency abroad in support of a
        diplomatic mission, as identified in guidance issued under
        subsection (c), who dies as a result of injuries sustained in
        the performance of duty abroad.'';
            (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Eligibility Under Chapter 81 of Title 5, United States
Code.--A death gratuity payment may be made under this section only if
the death is determined by the Secretary of Labor to have resulted from
an injury (excluding a disease proximately caused by the employment)
sustained in the performance of duty under section 8102 of title 5,
United States Code.'';
            (4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g);
            (5) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Offset.--For deaths occurring on or after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the death gratuity payable under this
section shall be reduced by the amount of any death gratuity provided
under section 5571 of title 5, United States Code, based on the same
death.
    ``(f) Tax Treatment.--A payment under this section shall not be
considered gross income of a surviving beneficiary under section 61 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''; and
            (6) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by amending
        paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) the term `surviving beneficiary' means the person
        identified under the order of precedence established under
        section 5571(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code.''.

SEC. 7. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION IN THE EVENT OF THE
              INABILITY OF AN AGENCY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
              ACT.

    (a) In General.--If the head of an agency (as defined in section
5561 of title 5, United States Code) determines, with the concurrence
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, that a natural
disaster, act of terrorism, or other incident results in the inability
of the agency to meet the requirements of this Act and the amendments
made by this Act, additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated
to make additional payments--
            (1) under--
                    (A) section 5571(b) of title 5, United States Code,
                as added by section 2(a);
                    (B) section 8102a of title 5, United States Code,
                as amended by section 5; and
                    (C) section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
                (22 U.S.C. 3973), as amended by section 6; and
            (2) that would exceed the amount available to the agency
        without the additional appropriations.
    (b) Additional Payments.--A payment authorized under subsection (a)
may be made only if additional appropriations are provided for a
purpose described in that subsection.
    (c) Congressional Vote.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should vote on a request for additional appropriations under this
section not later than 30 days after the date of submission of such a
request to Congress.

Output: Death Gratuity Equity Act of 2016 This bill requires federal agencies to pay a death gratuity of $100,000 per employee for the death of civilian employees resulting from injuries sustained in the line of duty that did not result from natural causes or the employee's serious and willful misconduct. The bill also allows an additional payment of up to $8,800 for funeral and burial expenses. (Currently, funeral and burial payments may not exceed $800 per employee and the combination of payments for death gratuity, funeral, burial, and other compensation and reimbursements may not exceed $10,000 per employee.) The amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation. For tax purposes, a death gratuity payment shall not be considered gross income to the person receiving payment. The death gratuity remains at $100,000 for an employee who dies of injuries incurred in connection with service with an Armed Force in a contingency operation, except that employees who are noncitizens and nonresidents of the United States or Canada, and their dependents, are subject to the Department of Labor's authority to modify payments that are substantially disproportionate to compensation for disability or death payable in similar cases under local laws or customs at the place outside the continental United States or Canada where the employee is working at the time of injury. The bill also allows such death gratuities in connection with such Armed Force service to be paid in addition to any other amounts paid under U.S. law based on the same death.  The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended to make death gratuities payable to the surviving beneficiaries (currently, dependents) of U.S. Foreign Service employees, or individuals in a special category serving in an uncompensated capacity for that agency in support of a diplomatic mission, who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. But the Foreign Service death gratuity is reduced by the amount of any federal civilian employee death gratuity paid under this bill for the same death. Additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated for death gratuity payments under this bill if an agency and the Office of Management and Budget determine that a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other incident results in the inability of the agency to meet these death gratuity payment requirements. An authorized payment that exceeds the amount available to the agency without additional appropriations may be made only if Congress makes the additional appropriations for that purpose.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Iran voted in the United Nations General Assembly on
        December 10, 1948, to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human
        Rights, thereby committing to guarantee the ``life, liberty,
        and security of person'' of all people and rejecting ``cruel,
        inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment''.
            (2) Iran is a party to major international human rights
        instruments.
            (3) The Government of Iran is violating its international
        obligations to respect the human rights and fundamental
        freedoms of its citizens, including by--
                    (A) using torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading
                treatment or punishment, including flogging, and
                amputations;
                    (B) carrying out an increasingly high rate of
                executions in the absence of internationally recognized
                safeguards, including public executions;
                    (C) using stoning as a method of execution and
                maintaining a high number of persons in prison who
                continue to face sentences of execution by stoning;
                    (D) carrying out arrests, violent repression, and
                sentencing of women exercising their right to peaceful
                assembly, a campaign of intimidation against women's
                rights defenders, and continuing discrimination against
                women and girls;
                    (E) permitting or carrying out increasing
                discrimination and other human rights violations
                against persons belonging to religious, ethnic,
                linguistic, or other minorities;
                    (F) imposing ongoing, systematic, and serious
                restrictions of freedom of peaceful assembly and
                association and freedom of opinion and expression,
                including the continuing closures of media outlets,
                arrests of journalists, and the censorship of
                expression in online forums such as blogs and websites;
                and
                    (G) imposing severe limitations and restrictions on
                freedom of religion and belief, including by carrying
                out arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, and
                lengthy jail sentences for those exercising their
                rights to freedom of religion or belief and proposing a
                provision in a draft penal code that sets out a
                mandatory death sentence for apostasy, the abandoning
                of one's faith.
            (4) On June 19, 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner
        for Human Rights expressed concerns about the increasing number
        of arrests not in conformity with the law and the illegal use
        of excessive force in responding to protests following the June
        12, 2009, political processes in Iran, resulting in at least
        dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.
            (5) On August 1, 2009, authorities in the Government of
        Iran began a mass trial of more than 100 individuals in
        connection with election protests, most of whom were held for
        weeks, in solitary confinement, with little or no access to
        their lawyers or families, and many of whom showed signs of
        torture or abuse.
            (6) The ``Supreme Leader'' of Iran issued a statement on
        October 28, 2009, effectively criminalizing dissent in the
        aftermath of the national political processes of June 12, 2009.
            (7) On November 4, 2009, security forces in the Government
        of Iran used brutal force to disperse thousands of protesters,
        resulting in a number of injuries and arrests, in violation of
        international norms regarding the proportionate use of force
        against peaceful demonstrations.
            (8) At least 8 citizens of Iran were killed and an
        undetermined number were injured on December 27, 2009, when
        security forces of the Government of Iran violently broke up
        peaceful gatherings during the Ashura holiday.
            (9) The Government of Iran has recently sentenced numerous
        Iranian citizens to death without due process for politicized
        crimes relating to the peaceful demonstrations that followed
        the June 12, 2009, political processes, including ``waging war
        against God'', and has begun carrying out those execution
        sentences, including the death by hanging of 2 individuals on
        January 28, 2010.
            (10) The Iran Freedom Support Act (Public Law 109-293; 50
        U.S.C. 1701 note) declares that it should be the policy of the
        United States--
                    (A) to support efforts by the people of Iran to
                exercise self-determination over the form of government
                of their country; and
                    (B) to support independent human rights and
                peaceful pro-democracy forces in Iran.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE COMPLICIT IN
              HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN OR
              THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE JUNE 12, 2009, POLITICAL
              PROCESSES IN IRAN.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described in
subsection (c) (1) and (2) with respect to each person on the list
required by subsection (b), beginning not later than the date on which
the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the
list required by subsection (b)(1) or the updated list required by
subsection (b)(2) (as the case may be).
    (b) List of Persons Who Are Complicit in Certain Human Rights
Abuses.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are
        citizens of Iran that the President determines are complicit in
        human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their
        family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether
        such abuses occurred in Iran.
            (2) Updates of list.--Not later than 180 days after the
        date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
        thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate
        congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1).
            (3) Public availability.--The list required by paragraph
        (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the
        websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department
        of State.
            (4) Consideration of data from other countries and
        nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required
        by paragraph (1), the President shall consider data already
        obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations,
        including organizations in Iran, that monitor the human rights
        abuses of the Government of Iran.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
            (1) Visa ban.--Ineligibility for a visa to enter the United
        States.
            (2) Financial sanctions.--Sanctions authorized under the
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
        seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or
        prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation and
        importation of property.
    (d) Termination of Sanctions.--The provisions of this section shall
cease to have force and effect beginning 90 days after the date on
which the President determines and certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that--
            (1) the persons sanctioned under this section have ceased
        to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against
        citizens of Iran or their family members on or after June 12,
        2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran; and
            (2) the Government of Iran has--
                    (A) unconditionally released all political
                prisoners, including the citizens of Iran detained in
                the aftermath of the June 12, 2009, political processes
                in Iran, and allowed for investigations of Iranian
                prisons by appropriate international human rights
                organizations;
                    (B) ceased its practices of violence, unlawful
                detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Iran while
                engaging in peaceful political activity;
                    (C) conducted a transparent investigation into the
                killings, arrest, and abuse of peaceful political
                activists in Iran and prosecuted those responsible;
                    (D) legalized all political activity;
                    (E) made public commitments to organizing free and
                fair elections for a new government--
                            (i) to be held in a timely manner within a
                        period not to exceed 180 days after the date on
                        which the President makes the determination and
                        certification to the appropriate congressional
                        committees under this subsection;
                            (ii) with the participation of multiple
                        independent political parties that have full
                        access to the media on an equal basis,
                        including (in the case of radio, television, or
                        other telecommunications media) in terms of
                        allotments of time for such access and the
                        times of day such allotments are given; and
                            (iii) to be conducted under the supervision
                        of internationally recognized observers;
                    (F) ceased any interference with broadcasts such as
                Voice of America and Radio Farda; and
                    (G) made public commitments to and is making
                demonstrable progress in--
                            (i) establishing an independent judiciary;
                        and
                            (ii) respecting internationally recognized
                        human rights and basic freedoms as recognized
                        in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 14(2) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
        (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
            (2) Country reports on human rights practices.--The term
        ``Country Reports on Human Rights Practices'' means the annual
        reports required to be submitted by the Department of State to
        Congress under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)).
            (3) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran''
        includes any agency or instrumentality of the Government of
        Iran, including any entity that is controlled by the Government
        of Iran.
            (4) Human rights abuses.--The term ``human rights abuses''
        means those forms of abuses detailed in the Department of
        State's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

Output:
Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.

Requires that: (1) the list of such persons required by this Act be made available to the public and posted on the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State websites; and (2) the President consider data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor Iran's human rights abuses in preparing such list.

Terminates sanctions upon presidential certification to Congress that: (1) the sanctioned persons have ceased complicity in human rights abuses; and (2) the government of Iran has released all political prisoners, ceased its killing and abuse of Iranian citizens engaging in peaceful political activity and prosecuted those responsible, committed itself to free elections and respect for human rights, and ceased broadcast interference.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Centennial Fund Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the National Park
        Centennial Fund established under section 3.
            (2) In-kind.--The term ``in-kind'' means the fair market
        value of non-cash contributions provided by non-Federal
        partners, which may be in the form of real property, equipment,
        supplies and other expendable property, as well as other goods
        and services.
            (3) Project or program.--The term ``Project or program''
        means a National Park Centennial Project or Program funded
        pursuant to this Act.
            (4) Proposal.--The term ``Proposal'' means a National Park
        Centennial Proposal submitted pursuant to section 4.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL FUND.

    There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund
which shall be known as the National Park Centennial Fund. In each
fiscal year from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2018, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund, from the general
treasury, $30,000,000 each fiscal year.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM ALLOCATION.

    (a) In General.--Each fiscal year, the President's annual budget
submission for the Department of the Interior shall include a list of
proposals which shall be known as National Park Centennial Proposals.
The Secretary shall establish a standard process for developing the
list that shall encourage input from both the public and a broad cross-
section of employees at every level of the National Park Service. The
list--
            (1) shall include proposals having an aggregate cost to the
        Federal Government equal to the unobligated amount in the Fund;
            (2) shall include only proposals consistent with National
        Park Service policies and adopted park planning documents;
            (3) may include proposals for any area within the national
        park system (as that term is defined in section 2 of the Act of
        August 8, 1953 (16 U.S.C. 1c)), clusters of areas within such
        system, a region or regions of such system, or such system in
        its entirety;
            (4) shall cumulatively represent a nationwide array of
        proposals that is diverse geographically, in size, scope,
        magnitude, theme, and variety under the initiatives described
        in subsection (b);
            (5) shall give priority to proposals demonstrating long-
        term viability beyond receipts from the Fund;
            (6) shall include only proposals meeting the requirements
        of one or more of the initiatives set forth in subsection (b);
            (7) must contain proposals under each of the initiatives
        set forth in subsection (b); and
            (8) shall give priority to proposals with committed,
        nonfederal support but shall also include proposals funded
        entirely by the Fund.
    (b) National Park Centennial Initiatives.--The requirements
referred to in subsection (a)(6) are as follows:
            (1) Education in parks centennial initiative.--Proposals
        for the ``Education in Parks Centennial Initiative'' shall meet
        the following requirements:
                    (A) Priority shall be given to proposals designed
                to increase National Park-based educational
                opportunities for elementary, secondary and college
                students particularly those from populations
                historically under represented among visitors to the
                National Park System.
                    (B) Priority shall be given to proposals designed
                to bring students into the National Park System in
                person.
                    (C) Proposals should include strategies for
                encouraging young people to become lifelong advocates
                for National Parks.
                    (D) Proposals shall be developed in consultation
                with the leadership of educational and youth
                organizations expected to participate in the proposed
                initiative.
            (2) Diversity in parks centennial initiative.--
                    (A) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
                the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
                to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
                Resources of the Senate a report detailing a service-
                wide strategy for increasing diversity among National
                Park Service employees at all levels and visitors to
                the National Park System.
                    (B) Proposals.--Proposals for the ``Diversity in
                Parks Centennial Initiative'' shall meet the following
                requirements:
                            (i) Each proposal shall be based on
                        recommendations contained in the report
                        required in subparagraph (A).
                            (ii) Each proposal shall be designed to
                        make National Park Service employees, visitors
                        to the National Park System, or both, reflect
                        the diversity of the population of the United
                        States.
            (3) Supporting park professionals centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Supporting Park Professionals Centennial
        Initiative'' shall meet the following requirements:
                    (A) Taken as a whole, proposals shall provide
                specific opportunities for National Park Service
                employees, at all levels, to participate in
                professional career development.
                    (B) Proposals may include National Park Service-
                designed, internal professional development programs.
                    (C) Proposals may also be designed to facilitate
                participation in external professional development
                programs or established courses of study by National
                Park Service employees.
            (4) Environmental leadership centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Environmental Leadership Centennial
        Initiative'' shall meet the following requirements:
                    (A) Each proposal shall be designed to do one or
                more of the following:
                            (i) Reduce harmful emissions.
                            (ii) Conserve energy or water resources.
                            (iii) Reduce solid waste production within
                        the National Park System.
                    (B) Each proposal shall include strategies for
                educating the public regarding Environmental Leadership
                projects and their results.
                    (C) Priority shall be given to proposals with the
                potential to spread technological advances to other
                Federal agencies or to the private sector.
            (5) Natural resource protection centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Natural Resource Protection Centennial
        Initiative'' shall meet the following requirements:
                    (A) Each proposal shall be designed to restore or
                conserve native ecosystems within the National Park
                System.
                    (B) Priority shall be given to proposals designed
                to control invasive species.
                    (C) Each proposal shall be based on the best
                available scientific information.
            (6) Cultural resource protection centennial initiative.--
        Proposals for the ``Cultural Resource Protection Centennial
        Initiative'' shall--
                    (A) either--
                            (i) increase the National Park Service's
                        knowledge of cultural resources located within
                        the National Park System through means
                        including, but not limited to, surveys,
                        studies, mapping, and documentation of such
                        resources; or
                            (ii) improve the condition of documented
                        cultural resources within the National Park
                        System;
                    (B) incorporate the best available scientific
                information; and
                    (C) where appropriate, be developed in consultation
                with Native American tribes, State historic
                preservation offices, or other organizations with
                cultural resource preservation expertise.
            (7) Health and fitness in parks centennial initiative.--
                    (A) In general.--Proposals for the ``Health and
                Fitness in Parks Centennial Initiative'' shall fall
                into one or more of the following four categories:
                            (i) Proposals designed to repair,
                        rehabilitate, or otherwise improve
                        infrastructure, including trails, that
                        facilitates healthy outdoor activity within the
                        National Park System.
                            (ii) Proposals designed to expand
                        opportunities for access to the National Park
                        System for visitors with disabilities.
                            (iii) Proposals to develop and implement
                        management plans (such as climbing plans and
                        trail system plans) for activities designed to
                        increase the health and fitness of visitors to
                        the National Park System.
                            (iv) Proposals to develop outreach programs
                        and media that provide public information
                        regarding health and fitness opportunities
                        within the National Park System.
                    (B) Miscellaneous requirements.--All proposals for
                ``the Health and Fitness in Parks Centennial
                Initiative'' shall--
                            (i) be consistent with National Park
                        Service policies and adopted park planning
                        documents; and
                            (ii) be designed to provide for visitor
                        enjoyment in such a way as to leave the
                        National Park System unimpaired for future
                        generations.
    (c) Funding.--In each of fiscal years 2009 through 2018,
unobligated amounts in the Fund shall be available without further
appropriation for projects authorized by this Act, but may not be
obligated or expended until 120 days after the annual submission of the
list of proposals required under this section to allow for
Congressional review.
    (d) Limitation on Distribution of Funds.--No more than 30 percent
of amounts available from the Fund for any fiscal year may be spent on
projects that are for the construction of facilities that cost in
excess of $5,000,000.

SEC. 5. PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) Donations.--The Secretary may actively encourage and facilitate
participation in proposals from non-Federal and philanthropic partners,
and may accept donations, both monetary and in-kind for any Project or
Program pursuant to section 1 of the Act of June 5, 1920 (16 U.S.C. 6),
and other authorities to accept donations existing on the date of
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--To the extent that private organizations
or individuals are to participate in or contribute to any Project or
Program, the terms and conditions of that participation or contribution
as well as all actions of employees of the National Park Service, shall
be governed by National Park Service Directors Order #21, ``Donations
and Fundraising'', as in force on the date of the enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 6. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

    Amounts made available from the Fund shall supplement rather than
replace annual expenditures by the National Park Service, including
authorized expenditures from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and
the National Park Service Line Item Construction Program. The National
Park Service shall maintain adequate, permanent staffing levels and
permanent staff shall not be replaced with nonpermanent employees hired
to carry out this Act or Projects or Programs carried out with funds
provided under this Act.

SEC. 7. REPORTS.

    For each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2009, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following:
            (1) A detailed accounting of all expenditures from the Fund
        divided by categories of proposals under section 4(b),
        including a detailed accounting of any private contributions,
        either in funds or in kind, to any Project or Program.
            (2) A cumulative summary of the results of the National
        Park Centennial program including recommendations for revisions
        to the program.
            (3) A statement of whether the National Park Service has
        maintained adequate, permanent staffing levels and what
        nonpermanent and permanent staff have been hired to carry out
        this Act or Projects or Programs carried out with funds
        provided under this Act.

SEC. 8. REPEAL OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND CONTRACT AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 9 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-10a) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965 is amended by redesignating sections 10 through 13 (16 U.S.C.
460l-10b through 460l-10e) as sections 9 through 12, respectively.

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National Park Centennial Fund Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Centennial Fund, into which there shall be deposited from the general treasury $30 million for each fiscal year from FY2009 through FY2018.

(Sec. 4) Requires the President's annual budget submission for the Department of the Interior to include a list of National Park Centennial Proposals. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a standard process for the development of the list which shall encourage input from both the public and a broad cross-section of employees at every level of the National Park Service (NPS). Requires the list to, among other things: (1) give priority to proposals demonstrating long-term viability beyond receipts from the Fund; (2) contain proposals under each of the initiatives set forth in this Act; and (3) give priority to proposals with committed, nonfederal support, but to also include proposals funded entirely by the Fund.

Specifies that the list include proposals that meet the requirements of one or more of : (1) an Education in Parks Centennial Initiative; (2) a Diversity in Parks Centennial Initiative; (3) a Supporting Park Professionals Centennial Initiative; (4) an Environmental Leadership Centennial Initiative; (5) a Natural Resource Protection Centennial Initiative; (6) a Cultural Resource Protection Centennial Initiative; and (7) a Health and Fitness in Parks Centennial Initiative.

Requires, with respect to the Diversity in Parks Centennial Initiative, submission of a report detailing a service-wide strategy for increasing diversity among NPS employees at all levels and visitors to the National Park System.

Makes, from FY2009-FY2018, unobligated amounts in the Fund available for projects authorized by this Act, but bars such amounts from being obligated or expended until 120 days after the annual submission of the list of proposals to allow for congressional review.

Prohibits more than 30% of amounts available from the Fund for any fiscal year from being spent on projects that are for the construction of facilities the cost of which exceeds $5 million.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to encourage and facilitate participation in proposals from non-federal and philanthropic partners, and to accept donations.

(Sec. 6) States that amounts made available from the Fund shall supplement rather than replace annual expenditures by the NPS. Requires the NPS to maintain adequate, permanent staffing levels and prohibits the replacement of permanent staff with nonpermanent employees hired to carry out this Act.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report that includes: (1) an accounting of expenditures from the Fund; (2) a cumulative summary of the results of the National Park Centennial program; and (3) a statement of whether the NPS has maintained adequate, permanent staffing levels and what nonpermanent and permanent staff have been hired to carry out this Act.

(Sec. 8) Repeals requirements under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 permitting the obligation of up to $30 million during each fiscal year for the acquisition of lands, waters, or interests in the National Park System for recreation purposes.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Home Energy Loss Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. ENERGY AUDIT REQUIREMENT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY
              HOUSING PURCHASED USING A FEDERALLY RELATED HOUSING LOAN.

    (a) Requirements.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and section
3, a seller of single-family or multifamily housing that will be
purchased with the assistance of a federally related housing loan may
not sell such housing, unless--
            (1) not less than 5 years before the time of sale of the
        housing, an energy audit meeting the requirements of subsection
        (b) is conducted with respect to such housing;
            (2) the seller provides the purchaser a copy of the results
        of the energy audit referred to in paragraph (1); and
            (3) the results of the energy audit referred to in
        paragraph (1) are submitted to the Secretary of Housing and
        Urban Development.
    (b) Energy Audit.--An energy audit meets the requirements under
this subsection only if--
            (1) the audit is conducted by a home energy auditor or
        equivalent, as determined by the Secretary;
            (2) the results of the audit are recorded using energy
        audit and disclosure forms prescribed by regulation by the
        Secretary for single-family or multifamily housing, as
        applicable; and
            (3) the results of the audit include--
                    (A) a standardized ratings score, based on a
                scoring system approved by the Secretary, in
                consultation with the Secretary of Energy, that allows
                the energy efficiency of the housing to be compared to
                the energy efficiency of similar housing, as determined
                by the Secretary; and
                    (B) a prioritized list, based on cost-effectiveness
                and energy savings, of potential energy efficiency
                improvements for the housing.
    (c) Notice.--A person who accepts applications for federally
related housing loans shall provide to each applicant for such a loan,
at the time of such application, written notice of the following:
            (1) The requirements under subsection (a).
            (2) The exception under subsection (d) and exemption under
        section 3.
            (3) That the Department of Housing and Urban Development
        maintains, on an Internet website, a database containing copies
        of the results of energy audits conducted pursuant to this Act.
            (4) That the applicant for the loan may obtain, from the
        Department of Housing and Urban Development, copies of any
        energy audits with respect to the housing for which the loan
        application is made that have been submitted to such
        Department.
    (d) Exception for New Energy Efficient Housing.--The requirements
under this section shall not apply with respect to the seller of
single-family housing or multifamily housing that will be purchased
with the assistance of a federally related housing loan if such
housing--
            (1) was constructed not more than 5 years before the time
        of sale involving such loan; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) Energy Star qualified;
                    (B) certified under the Leadership in Energy and
                Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating
                System of the United States Green Building Council; or
                    (C) certified under an equivalent certification
                system approved by the Secretary, in consultation with
                the Secretary of Energy.
    (e) Accessibility of Energy Audit Results.--
            (1) Local housing offices.--The Secretary shall coordinate
        with appropriate local recorders of deeds (or other similar
        local offices responsible for maintaining records of
        residential real property interests and transactions) to
        maintain copies of the results of energy audits conducted
        pursuant to this Act on-file in conjunction with the deeds to
        such housing.
            (2) HUD database.--The Secretary shall establish and
        maintain a database containing copies of the results of energy
        audits conducted pursuant to this Act and ensure such database
        is accessible to the public on an Internet website.

SEC. 3. EXEMPTION.

    The Secretary may grant a seller an exemption from any requirement
of this Act if the Secretary determines that such requirement would,
due to circumstances unique to the single-family housing or multifamily
housing that will be purchased with the assistance of a federally
related housing loan and not based on a condition caused by actions of
the seller, cause undue hardship for the seller. An exemption granted
under this section shall be limited to the minimum change necessary to
avoid undue hardship.

SEC. 4. CIVIL PENALTIES.

    In the case of any sale of single-family or multifamily housing
involving a federally related housing loan in violation of section 2 of
this Act, the Secretary shall assess a civil money penalty against the
seller in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the sale price of such
housing for which such loan is made.

SEC. 5. HOME ENERGY LOSS PREVENTION FUND AND FEE.

    (a) Fee.--The Secretary shall assess persons that make federally
related housing loans a fee for each such loan made, in an amount to be
determined by the Secretary, but not more than necessary to pay costs
incurred in carrying out the responsibilities of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development under this Act. The Secretary shall
collect and deposit such fees in the Home Energy Loss Prevention Fund
established under subsection (b)(1) for use in accordance with this
section.
    (b) Fund.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of
        the United States a fund to be known as the ``Home Energy Loss
        Prevention Fund'', consisting of--
                    (A) amounts collected as fees assessed under
                subsection (a); and
                    (B) any interest earned on investment of amounts in
                the Home Energy Loss Prevention Fund credited to the
                Fund under paragraph (2)(B).
            (2) Investment of amounts.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury
                shall invest such portion of the Home Energy Loss
                Prevention Fund as is not, in the judgment of the
                Secretary of the Treasury, required to meet current
                withdrawals. Investments may be made only in interest-
                bearing obligations of the United States.
                    (B) Credits to fund.--The interest on, and the
                proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any
                obligations held in the Home Energy Loss Prevention
                Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
            (3) Use of amounts in the fund.--To the extent provided in
        advance in appropriations Acts, amounts in the Home Energy Loss
        Prevention Fund shall be made available to the Secretary
        without fiscal year limitation to carry out the
        responsibilities of the Department of Housing and Urban
        Development under this Act.

SEC. 6. REGULATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to
carry out this Act.
    (b) Effective Date.--The requirements under this Act shall take
effect 6 months after the date regulations are promulgated pursuant to
subsection (a).

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Energy audit.--The term ``energy audit'' has the
        meaning given such term in section 391(13) of the Energy Policy
        and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6371(13)).
            (2) Federally related housing loan.--The term ``federally
        related housing loan'' means the following loans:
                    (A) Single-family housing loans.--A federally
                related mortgage loan, as such term is defined in
                paragraph (1) of section 3 of the Real Estate
                Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602(1)).
                    (B) Multifamily housing loans.--A loan that is
                described in paragraph (1) of section 3 of the Real
                Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C.
                2602(1)), except that for purposes of subparagraph (A)
                of such paragraph (1) shall be applied--
                            (i) by substituting ``(including
                        condominium and cooperative projects)'' for
                        ``(including individual units of condominiums
                        and cooperatives)''; and
                            (ii) by substituting ``5 or more families''
                        for ``from one to four families''.
            (3) Home energy auditor.--The term ``home energy auditor''
        means a person who is certified by an agency approved by the
        Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to
        conduct energy audits for single-family housing or multifamily
        housing, as applicable.
            (4) Multifamily housing.--The term ``multifamily housing''
        means any residential structure consisting of 5 or more
        dwelling units.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (6) Single-family housing.--The term ``single-family
        housing'' means any residential structure consisting of 1 to 4
        dwelling units.
            (7) Time of sale.--The term ``time of sale'' means, with
        respect to any single-family or multifamily housing for which a
        federally related housing loan is made, the date of the
        recording of a deed transferring legal title to real property
        to implement the sale of property that involved such loan.

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Home Energy Loss Prevention Act - Prohibits a seller of housing that will be purchased with the assistance of a federally related housing loan from selling such housing, unless: (1) no less than five years before the sale of such housing, an energy audit is conducted; (2) the seller provides the purchaser a copy of audit results; and (3) such results are submitted to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Requires such audits to be conducted by a home energy auditor or equivalent. Requires such audit results to be recorded using energy audit and disclosure forms prescribed by the Secretary and to include: (1) a standardized ratings score that allows the housing's energy efficiency to be compared to the energy efficiency of similar housing; and (2) a prioritized list, based on cost-effectiveness and energy savings, of potential energy efficiency improvements.

Establishes notice requirements for persons who accept such loans.

Exempts from such requirements the seller of housing that: (1) was constructed no more than five years before the time of sale; and (2) is Energy Star qualified or certified under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System of the United States Green Building Council or an equivalent certification system approved by the Secretary.

Requires the Secretary to maintain an online, publicly accessible database containing copies of audit results.

Authorizes the Secretary to grant a seller an exemption from any requirement of this Act that would cause the seller undue hardship due to circumstances unique to the housing and not based on a condition caused by the seller's actions.

Requires the Secretary to assess persons that make federally related housing loans a fee for each such loan made and to deposit such fees in the Home Energy Loss Prevention Fund (established by this Act), which shall be available to the Secretary to carry out HUD's responsibilities under this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Seeds for the Future Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC CULTIVAR DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 2 of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research
Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this section:
                    ``(A) Conventional breeding.--The term
                `conventional breeding' means the development of new
                varieties of an organism through controlled mating and
                selection without the use of transgenic methods.
                    ``(B) Cultivar.--The term `cultivar' means a
                variety of a species of plant that has been
                intentionally selected for use in cultivation because
                of the improved characteristics of that variety of the
                species.
                    ``(C) Public cultivar.--The term `public cultivar'
                means a cultivar that is the commercially available
                uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding
                program that has been sufficiently tested to
                demonstrate improved characteristics and stable
                performance.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Public Cultivar Development Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the amount of grants made under
        subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Agriculture (referred
        to in this subsection as the `Secretary') shall ensure that not
        less than $50,000,000 for each fiscal year is used for
        competitive research grants that support the development of
        public cultivars.
            ``(2) Priority.--In making grants under paragraph (1), the
        Secretary shall give priority to high-potential research
        projects that lead to the release of public cultivars.
            ``(3) Grants.--The Secretary shall ensure that the terms
        and renewal process for any competitive grants made under
        subsection (b) in accordance with paragraph (1) facilitate the
        development and commercialization of public cultivars through
        long-term grants not less than 5 years in length.
            ``(4) Report.--Not later than October 1 of each year, the
        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that provides
        information on all public cultivar and breeding research funded
        by the Department of Agriculture, including--
                    ``(A) a list of public cultivars and varieties of
                public cultivars developed and released in a
                commercially available form;
                    ``(B) areas of high priority research;
                    ``(C) identified research gaps relating to public
                cultivar development; and
                    ``(D) an assessment of the state of
                commercialization for cultivars that have been
                developed.''.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC CULTIVAR RESEARCH COORDINATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 251 of the Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Public cultivar research activities coordinator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Under Secretary shall
                appoint a coordinator within the Research, Education,
                and Extension Office that reports to the Under
                Secretary to coordinate research activities at the
                Department relating to the breeding of public cultivars
                (as defined in paragraph (3) of section 2(a) of the
                Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act
                (7 U.S.C. 3157(a))).
                    ``(B) Duties of coordinator.--The coordinator
                appointed under subparagraph (A) shall--
                            ``(i) coordinate plant breeding research
                        activities funded by the Department relating to
                        the development of public cultivars;
                            ``(ii)(I) carry out ongoing analysis and
                        track activities for any Federal research
                        funding supporting plant breeding (including
                        any public cultivars developed with Federal
                        funds); and
                            ``(II) ensure that the analysis and
                        activities are made available to the public not
                        later than 60 days after the last day of each
                        fiscal year;
                            ``(iii) develop a strategic plan that
                        establishes targets for public cultivar
                        research investments across the Department to
                        ensure that a diverse range of crop needs are
                        being met in a timely and transparent manner;
                            ``(iv) convene a working group in order to
                        carry out the coordination functions described
                        in this subparagraph comprised of individuals
                        who are responsible for the management,
                        administration, or analysis of public breeding
                        programs within the Department from--
                                    ``(I) the National Institute of
                                Food and Agriculture;
                                    ``(II) the Agricultural Research
                                Service; and
                                    ``(III) the Economic Research
                                Service;
                            ``(v) in order to maximize delivery of
                        public cultivars, promote collaboration among--
                                    ``(I) the coordinator;
                                    ``(II) the working group convened
                                under clause (iv);
                                    ``(III) the advisory council
                                established under section 1634 of the
                                Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
                                Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5843);
                                    ``(IV) genetic resource
                                conservation centers;
                                    ``(V) land-grant colleges and
                                universities (as defined in section
                                1404 of the National Agricultural
                                Research, Extension, and Teaching
                                Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103));
                                    ``(VI) Hispanic-serving
                                institutions (as defined in section
                                502(a) of the Higher Education Act of
                                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)));
                                    ``(VII) Native American-serving
                                nontribal institutions (as defined in
                                section 371(c) of the Higher Education
                                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)));
                                    ``(VIII) nongovernmental
                                organizations with interest or
                                expertise in public breeding; and
                                    ``(IX) public and private plant
                                breeders;
                            ``(vi) convene regular stakeholder
                        listening sessions to provide input on national
                        and regional priorities for public cultivar
                        breeding research activities across the
                        Department; and
                            ``(vii) evaluate and make recommendations
                        to the Under Secretary on training and resource
                        needs to meet future breeding challenges.'';
                        and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1)(D)(i), by striking ``(7 U.S.C.
        450i(b))'' and inserting ``(7 U.S.C. 3157(b))''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 296(b)(6)(B) of the Department
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(6)(B)) is
amended by striking ``Office; and'' and inserting ``Office (including
the public cultivar research activities coordinator under subsection
(e)(6) of that section); and''.

Output: Seeds for the Future Act  This bill amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that at least $50 million of USDA grant funding is used each year for competitive research grants that support the development of public cultivars.  A "cultivar" is a variety of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of its improved characteristics. A "public cultivar" is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance.  The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a public cultivar research activities coordinator within USDA to coordinate research activities relating to the breeding of public cultivars.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Berta Caceres Human Rights in
Honduras Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Honduran police are widely established to be deeply
        corrupt and commit human rights abuses, including torture,
        rape, illegal detention, and murder, with impunity.
            (2) The New York Times revealed documents on April 15,
        2016, indicating that top officials of the Honduran police
        ordered the killings of drug-crime investigators Julian
        Aristides Gonzales and Alfredo Landaverde in 2009 and 2011,
        respectively, with the subsequent knowledge of top police and,
        evidently, high-ranking government officials. The Times
        suggested in a subsequent article that the revelations were
        being manipulated by the President of Honduras for his own
        corrupt purposes.
            (3) Individuals in the police with documented records of
        having committed gross human abuses with impunity continue to
        be appointed to high positions within the police.
            (4) International human rights bodies have reported that
        the Honduran military and police commit human rights abuses,
        including killings, with impunity. The Associated Press has
        documented death squad activity by police. Human Rights Watch
        reports: ``The use of lethal force by the national police is a
        chronic problem. Investigations into the police abuses are
        marred by inefficiency and corruption, little information about
        them is made public; and impunity is the rule.''.
            (5) The Department of State's Honduran Human Rights Report
        for 2016 reports: ``Impunity remains a serious problem, with
        prosecution in cases of military and police officials charged
        with human rights violations moving too slowly or remaining
        inconclusive.''.
            (6) Repeated efforts to clean up the Honduran police have
        largely failed. A recent commission to clean up the police
        reports that it has separated a number of police. However, to
        date there has been minimal and only token progress in
        effectively prosecuting members of the police involved in
        corruption and human rights abuses, and the reported
        separations have not been independently verified. Moreover,
        long-lasting, fundamental reform of the police still needs to
        be enacted.
            (7) Rights Action documented the Fifteenth Battalion of the
        Honduran Armed Forces allegedly participated with police and
        private security forces in some of the killings of over 100
        small-farmer activists in the Aguan Valley beginning in 2000.
        In 2015, Human Rights Watch confirmed that the killings of
        Aguan farmers were met with no consequences. To date there has
        been one confirmed conviction of a private actor.
        Assassinations of key activists continue. In October 2016, Jose
        Angel Flores, the president of the Unified Campesino Movement
        of the Aguan (MUCA), and Silmer Dionisio George, another MUCA
        member, were assassinated.
            (8) Further examples abound of human rights abuses by the
        military: in July 2013 members of the Armed Forces shot and
        killed Tomas Garcia, a Lenca Indigenous activist, and injured
        his son while they were peacefully protesting a dam project; in
        May 2014, nine members of the Ninth Infantry reportedly
        tortured and killed Amado Maradiaga Quiroz and tortured his
        son, Milton Noe Maradiaga Varela. The cases remain unresolved.
        In a recent emblematic case, on December 27, 2015, the Honduran
        Navy reportedly killed Joel Palacios Lino and Elvis Armando
        Garcia, two Garifuna Afro-Indigenous men who were engaged in
        digging a car out of the sand on a beach. The case remains in
        impunity over a year later.
            (9) The current Government of Honduras has expanded the
        military's reach into domestic policing, including the creation
        of a 3,000-member Military Police in clear violation of the
        Honduran constitution and with disastrous results, including
        the killings of a 15-year-old boy, Ebed Yanes, in 2012 and a
        student, Erlin Misael Carias Moncada, in 2014, after they had
        passed unarmed through checkpoints, and the January 2, 2017,
        killing of 17-year-old Edgardo Moreno Rodriquez. Since the
        creation of the Military Police ``allegations of human rights
        abuses by the military have increased notably'', reports Human
        Rights Watch. In 2016 the creation of two new battalions of the
        Military Police was announced.
            (10) The Honduran judicial system has been widely
        documented to be rife with corruption. Judges, prosecutors and
        other officials are interconnected with organized crime and
        drug traffickers, contributing to near-complete immunity.
            (11) The Department of State in its 2015 Human Rights
        Report for Honduras reports ``corruption, intimidation, and
        institutional weakness of the justice system leading to
        widespread impunity.''.
            (12) Summarizing the situation, Human Rights Watch reports
        in 2016 that ``Rampant crime and impunity for human rights
        abuses remain the norm in Honduras . . . Efforts to reform the
        institutions responsible for providing public security have
        made little progress. Marred by corruption and abuse, the
        judiciary and police remain largely ineffective.''.
            (13) The March 2, 2016, assassination of prominent Lenca
        Indigenous and environmental activist Berta Caceres, world-
        renowned recipient of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for
        her work defending Indigenous land rights against a
        hydroelectric dam project, illustrates the human rights crisis
        in Honduras, and the deep complicity of the Honduran
        government. Caceres, the leader of COPINH, the Council of
        Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras, had reported
        to authorities 33 threats previous to her killing, but none had
        been investigated, and the government had failed to provide
        adequate protection measures as mandated by the Inter-American
        Commission on Human Rights, with protection by Honduran
        security being withdrawn the day of her death.
            (14) As of February 2017, eight suspects, four of whom have
        ties to the Honduran military, have been arrested in the
        killing of Caceres, one of whom is a current officer in the
        military and three others are former military. These arrests
        raise serious questions about the role of the Honduran military
        in her assassination, including the chain of command within the
        military as well as the identity of the true authors of the
        assassination.
            (15) The Government of Honduras continues to unduly limit
        legally mandated access by Ms. Caceres' family to the case
        file. In late September 2016, the original case file was
        allowed to leave the Public Ministry and was stolen.
            (16) Despite calls from 62 Members of Congress, members of
        the family of Berta Caceres, COPINH, leaders of the European
        Union, the Vatican Pontifical Council on Peace and Justice, and
        many others, the Honduran government has not permitted the
        Inter-American Commission on Human rights to conduct an
        independent investigation of the case.
            (17) In this context of corruption and human rights abuses,
        trade unionists, journalists, lawyers, Afro-Indigenous
        activists, Indigenous activists, small-farmer activists, LGBTI
        activists, human rights defenders, and critics of the
        government remain at severe risk; and previous human rights
        abuses against them remain largely unpunished.
            (18) The May 2, 2016, shooting of prominent opposition
        journalist Felix Molina illustrates the continued risk facing
        activists. Hours before he was shot, Molina had posted
        information potentially linking Caceres's killing to a top
        government official, members of an elite family, and one of the
        prosecutors in the case.
            (19) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 allocated
        approximately $18,000,000 to the Honduran police and military,
        in addition to the National Defense Authorization Act for
        Fiscal Year 2016 authorizing additional funding. The
        Administration's funding request for fiscal year 2017 also
        calls for an increase in security funding for Honduras.
            (20) The Inter-American Development Bank in 2012 lent
        $59,800,000 to the Honduran police, with United States
        approval.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION AND RESTRICTIONS OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE EXTENDED TO
              REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS UNLESS CERTAIN CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN
              MET.

    (a) Suspension of Security Assistance.--No funds may be made
available to provide assistance for the police or military of the
Republic of Honduras, including assistance for equipment and training.
    (b) Loans From Multilateral Development Banks.--The Secretary of
the Treasury shall instruct United States representatives at
multilateral development banks to vote no on any loans for the police
or military of the Republic of Honduras.

SEC. 4. CONDITIONS FOR LIFTING SUSPENSIONS AND RESTRICTIONS.

    The provisions of this Act shall terminate on the date on which the
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate that the Government of Honduras has--
            (1) pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial and obtain
        a verdict of those who ordered and carried out--
                    (A) the March 2, 2016, murder of Berta Caceres;
                    (B) the killings of over 100 small-farmer activists
                in the Aguan Valley;
                    (C) the December 27, 2015, killings of Joel
                Palacios Lino and Elvis Armando Garcia; and
                    (D) the May 3, 2016, armed attack on Felix Molina;
            (2) investigated and successfully prosecuted members of
        military and police forces who are credibly found to have
        violated human rights, and ensured that the military and police
        cooperated in such cases, and that such violations have ceased;
            (3) withdrawn the military from domestic policing, in
        accordance with the Honduran Constitution, and ensured that all
        domestic police functions are separated from the command and
        control of the Armed Forces of Honduras and are instead
        directly responsible to civilian authority;
            (4) established that it protects effectively the rights of
        trade unionists, journalists, human rights defenders,
        Indigenous, Afro-Indigenous, small-farmer, and LGBTI activists,
        critics of the government, and other civil society activists to
        operate without interference; and
            (5) taken effective steps to fully establish the rule of a
        law and to guarantee a judicial system that is capable of
        investigating, prosecuting, and bringing to justice members of
        the police and military who have committed human rights abuses.

Output: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police or military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to vote against any loans for the police or military of Honduras, until the Department of States certifies that the government of Honduras has:   prosecuted members of the military and police for human rights violations and ensured that such violations have ceased;  established the rule of law and guaranteed a judicial system capable of bringing to justice members of the police and military who have committed human rights abuses;  established that it protects the rights of trade unionists, journalists, human rights defenders, government critics, and civil society activists to operate without interference;  withdrawn the military from domestic policing; and   brought to trial and obtained verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the attack on Felix Molina and the killings of Berta Caceres, Joel Palacios Lino, Elvis Armando Garcia, and over 100 small-farmer activists in the Aguan Valley.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education Investment Act of
1995''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 22 the
following new section:

``SEC. 23. INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an individual, there
shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter
for the taxable year an amount equal to 20 percent of the interest paid
by the taxpayer during the taxable year on any qualified education
loan.
    ``(b) Maximum Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        credit allowed by subsection (a) for the taxable year shall not
        exceed $500 ($1,000 in the case of 2 or more individuals with
        qualified higher education expenses paid by any qualified
        education loan).
            ``(2) Limitation based on modified adjusted gross income.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the modified adjusted gross
                income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds
                $40,000 ($60,000 in the case of a joint return), the
                amount which would (but for this paragraph) be
                allowable as a credit under this section shall be
                reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears
                the same ratio to the amount which would be so
                allowable as such excess bears to $15,000.
                    ``(B) Modified adjusted gross income.--The term
                `modified adjusted gross income' means adjusted gross
                income determined--
                            ``(i) without regard to sections 135, 911,
                        931, and 933, and
                            ``(ii) after application of sections 86,
                        219, and 469.
                    ``(C) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any
                taxable year beginning after 1996, the $40,000 and
                $60,000 amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) shall
                be increased by an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
                        determined under section (1)(f)(3) for the
                        calendar year in which the taxable year begins,
                        except that subparagraph (B) of subsection
                        (1)(f)(3) shall be applied by substituting
                        `1995' for `1992'.
                    ``(D) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under
                subparagraph (C) is not a multiple of $50, such amount
                shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $50 (or, if
                such amount is a multiple of $25, such amount shall be
                rounded to the next highest multiple of $50).
    ``(c) Limitation on Taxpayers Eligible for Credit.--No credit shall
be allowed by this section to an individual for the taxable year if a
deduction under section 151 with respect to such individual is allowed
to another taxpayer for the taxable year beginning in the calendar year
in which such individual's taxable year begins.
    ``(d) Limit on Period Credit Allowed.--
            ``(1) Taxpayer and taxpayer's spouse.--Except as provided
        in paragraph (2), a credit shall be allowed under this section
        only with respect to interest paid on any qualified education
        loan during the first 60 months (whether or not consecutive) in
        which interest payments are required. For purposes of this
        paragraph, any loan and all refinancings of such loan shall be
        treated as 1 loan.
            ``(2) Dependent.--If the qualified education loan was used
        to pay education expenses of an individual other than the
        taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, a credit shall be allowed
        under this section for any taxable year with respect to such
        loan only if--
                    ``(A) a deduction under section 151 with respect to
                such individual is allowed to the taxpayer for such
                taxable year, and
                    ``(B) such individual is at least a half-time
                student with respect to such taxable year.
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Qualified education loan.--The term `qualified
        education loan' means any indebtedness incurred to pay
        qualified higher education expenses--
                    ``(A) which are incurred on behalf of the taxpayer,
                the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer,
                    ``(B) which are paid or incurred within a
                reasonable period of time before or after the
                indebtedness is incurred, and
                    ``(C) which are attributable to education furnished
                during a period during which the recipient was at least
                a half-time student.
        Such term includes indebtedness used to refinance indebtedness
        which qualifies as a qualified education loan. The term
        `qualified education loan' shall not include any indebtedness
        owed to a person who is related (within the meaning of section
        267(b) or 707(b)(1)) to the taxpayer.
            ``(2) Qualified higher education expenses.--The term
        `qualified higher education expenses' means the cost of
        attendance (as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education
        Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1087ll, as in effect on the day before
        the date of the enactment of this Act) of the taxpayer, the
        taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer at an
        eligible educational institution. For purposes of the preceding
        sentence, the term `eligible educational institution' has the
        same meaning given such term by section 135(c)(3), except that
        such term shall also include an institution conducting an
        internship or residency program leading to a degree or
        certificate awarded by an institution of higher education, a
        hospital, or a health care facility which offers postgraduate
        training.
            ``(3) Half-time student.--The term `half-time student'
        means any individual who would be a student as defined in
        section 151(c)(4) if `half-time' were substituted for `full-
        time' each place it appears in such section.
            ``(4) Dependent.--The term `dependent' has the meaning
        given such term by section 152.
    ``(f) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Denial of double benefit.--No credit shall be allowed
        under this section for any amount for which a deduction is
        allowable under any other provision of this chapter.
            ``(2) Married couples must file joint return.--If the
        taxpayer is married at the close of the taxable year, the
        credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) only if the
        taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse file a joint return for the
        taxable year.
            ``(3) Marital status.--Marital status shall be determined
        in accordance with section 7703.''
    (b) Reporting Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Subpart B of part III of subchapter A of
        chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
        information concerning transactions with other persons) is
        amended by inserting after section 6050P the following new
        section:

``SEC. 6050Q. RETURNS RELATING TO EDUCATION LOAN INTEREST RECEIVED IN
              TRADE OR BUSINESS FROM INDIVIDUALS.

    ``(a) Education Loan Interest of $600 or More.--Any person--
            ``(1) who is engaged in a trade or business, and
            ``(2) who, in the course of such trade or business,
        receives from any individual interest aggregating $600 or more
        for any calendar year on any qualified education loan,
shall make the return described in subsection (b) with respect to each
individual from whom such interest was received at such time as the
Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
    ``(b) Form and Manner of Returns.--A return is described in this
subsection if such return--
            ``(1) is in such form as the Secretary may prescribe,
            ``(2) contains--
                    ``(A) the name and address of the individual from
                whom the interest described in subsection (a)(2) was
                received,
                    ``(B) the amount of such interest received for the
                calendar year, and
                    ``(C) such other information as the Secretary may
                prescribe.
    ``(c) Application to Governmental Units.--For purposes of
subsection (a):
            ``(1) Treated as persons.--The term `person' includes any
        governmental unit (and any agency or instrumentality thereof).
            ``(2) Special rules.--In the case of a governmental unit or
        any agency or instrumentality thereof--
                    ``(A) subsection (a) shall be applied without
                regard to the trade or business requirement contained
                therein, and
                    ``(B) any return required under subsection (a)
                shall be made by the officer or employee appropriately
                designated for the purpose of making such return.
    ``(d) Statements To Be Furnished to Individuals With Respect to
Whom Information Is Required.--Every person required to make a return
under subsection (a) shall furnish to each individual whose name is
required to be set forth in such return a written statement showing--
            ``(1) the name and address of the person required to make
        such return, and
            ``(2) the aggregate amount of interest described in
        subsection (a)(2) received by the person required to make such
        return from the individual to whom the statement is required to
        be furnished.
The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be
furnished on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar
year for which the return under subsection (a) was required to be made.
    ``(e) Qualified Education Loan Defined.--For purposes of this
section, except as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary,
the term `qualified education loan' has the meaning given such term by
section 23(e)(1).
    ``(f) Returns Which Would Be Required To Be Made by 2 or More
Persons.--Except to the extent provided in regulations prescribed by
the Secretary, in the case of interest received by any person on behalf
of another person, only the person first receiving such interest shall
be required to make the return under subsection (a).''
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 22
        the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 23. Interest on education loans.''
            (2) The table of sections for subpart B of part III of
        subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is amended by inserting
        after the item relating to section 6050P the following new
        item:

                              ``Sec. 6050Q. Returns relating to
                                        education loan interest
                                        received in trade or business
                                        from individuals.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to any qualified education loan (as defined in section 23(e)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section)
incurred on, before, or after the date of the enactment of this Act,
but only with respect to any loan interest payment due after December
31, 1995, and before the termination of the period described in section
23(d)(1) of such Code.

Output: Higher Education Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a credit of 20 percent of the interest paid on any qualified education loan.  Limits the maximum credit allowable to $500 for an individual and $1,000 for two or more individuals.  Imposes a limit on the amount of credit based on modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer over $40,000 ($60,000 for a joint return).  Limits the period the credit is allowed to a taxpayer or spouse to the first 60 months in which interest payments are required.  Provides that any loan and all refinancings of any loan shall be treated as one loan.  Allows a credit, if the education loan was used to pay the education expenses of an individual other than the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, for certain dependents.  Defines qualified education loan and qualified higher education expenses. Allows a credit to a married couple only if such couple files a joint return.  Requires that an individual engaged in a trade or business who receives from any individual interest aggregating $600 or more on any qualified education loan, make a return with respect to each individual from whom such interest was received.   Directs that in the case of returns which would be required to be made by two or more persons, only the person first receiving such interest shall be required to make the return.