SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Establishment Act''. (b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following: (1) In 1974, the first congressionally-mandated national wildlife refuge in the country was established in San Francisco Bay, renamed in 1995 as the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. It was the Nation's first urban refuge and remains the largest national wildlife refuge in a metropolitan area. The Service manages it as part of a Complex with the Antioch Dunes, Ellicott Slough, Farallon, Marin Islands, Salinas River, and San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuges, comprising more than 46,000 acres. The Complex's urban setting and high visitorship provide unique challenges and opportunities to advance the mission of the national wildlife refuge system, including engagement, education, and involvement of new constituencies. (2) The Complex represents a unique national asset within the National Wildlife Refuge System and should be a focal point for cutting edge research, science, and practice in habitat management and restoration, including projects in the areas of-- (A) implementation of recovery plans for endangered and threatened wildlife species, and habitat conservation plans for tidal marsh and other priority ecosystems; (B) integrated ecosystem management and adaptive approaches to planning and implementation of landscape- scale ecosystem restoration; (C) carbon sequestration and natural shoreline protection benefits of tidal marsh restoration in the face of rising sea levels; (D) monitoring the health of key species and the value of habitat; (E) removal and control of harmful nonnative species; (F) public education and community stewardship opportunities in furtherance of the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System; (G) public-private partnerships and collaborative conservation; and (H) establishing and documenting best practices and disseminating and replicating them throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) In General; Purposes.--For the purposes of preservation, conservation, restoration, and enhancement of highly significant wildlife habitat in the ecosystem known generally as San Francisco Bay in the State of California, protection of migratory waterfowl and other wildlife, including species known to be threatened or endangered with extinction, providing opportunities for wildlife-oriented recreation and nature study within the open space so preserved, the Secretary shall establish, in accordance with this Act, an urban ecosystem wildlife refuge complex to be known as the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. (b) Objectives.--In addition to the purposes of the Refuge Complex specified in subsection (a), the Refuge Complex shall be managed in accordance with all laws, regulations, executive orders, and comprehensive conservation plans that applied before the date of the enactment of this Act to the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex and for the following objectives: (1) To strengthen and complement existing resource management, conservation, restoration, and education programs and activities at the Refuge Complex in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subsection (a). (2) To conserve, enhance, and restore the native aquatic and terrestrial communities and their characteristics found within the Refuge Complex and the San Francisco Bay ecosystem in partnership with governmental, nongovernmental, and private organizations and private individuals dedicated to fish and wildlife habitat preservation, protection, recovery, restoration, or enhancement. (3) To facilitate partnerships among the Service, the State of California, regional and local governments, Indian tribes, communities, conservation organizations and other non-Federal entities to promote community stewardship and to enhance public awareness and appreciation among urban and metropolitan residents within the greater San Francisco Bay ecosystem of the natural resources of the Refuge Complex and the importance of maintaining fish and wildlife habitat to compensate for the significant scale of human development and land conversion that has occurred in this region of northern California. (4) To advance the collective goals, priorities, and strategies established in the covered report in order to protect, preserve, conserve, manage, restore, recover, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay ecosystem. (5) To provide for the systematic monitoring of key species and environmental health in general, to facilitate programs to control or eradicate harmful, non-native invasive species, to advance adaptive approaches to planning, carbon sequestration, and natural shoreline protection, and to implement landscape- level strategies for ecosystem recovery, restoration and enhancement. SEC. 3. REFUGE COMPLEX BOUNDARIES. (a) In General.--There shall be included within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex those existing refuge dunes, beaches, marshes and sloughs, tidal flats, salt ponds, submerged lands, islands, and other lands and open waters in the San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay ecosystems as generally depicted on the map entitled ``San Francisco Bay NWR Complex'' and dated April 2008, including-- (1) Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge; (2) Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge; (3) Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge; (4) Farallon National Wildlife Refuge; (5) Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge; (6) Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge; (7) San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge; and (8) any other areas added to the Refuge Complex after date of enactment of this Act. (b) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) shall be held on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Service. (c) Boundary Revisions.--The Secretary may from time to time make such corrections to the boundaries of the Refuge Complex as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Refuge Complex as specified under this Act or to facilitate the acquisition of property within the Refuge Complex pursuant to section 5. SEC. 4. NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. (a) Notification of Establishment.--No later than 180 days after date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the Refuge Complex by publication of a notice to that effect in the Federal Register. (b) Administration.--Prior to the establishment of the Refuge Complex and thereafter, the Secretary shall administer all federally owned lands, waters, and interests therein acquired for the Refuge Complex in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and this Act. The Secretary may utilize such additional statutory authority as may be available to the Secretary for the conservation, management, and restoration of fish and wildlife and natural resources, the development of wildlife dependent outdoor recreation opportunities, and facilitation of fish and wildlife interpretation and education as the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. (c) Priority Uses.--In providing opportunities for compatible fish and wildlife dependent recreation, the Secretary, in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)), shall ensure that hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, photography, and environmental education and interpretation are the priority public uses of the Refuge Complex. Each refuge within the Refuge Complex shall continue to provide those uses compatible with the establishment of that refuge. (d) Cooperative Agreements Regarding Non-Federal Lands.--The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of California, its departments or agencies, or any political subdivision thereof, and with any other person for the management in a manner consistent with this Act of lands that are owned by such State, subdivision, or other person and located within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex and to promote public awareness of the natural resources of the San Francisco Bay ecosystem and encourage public participation in the conservation of those resources. SEC. 5. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF LANDS AND WATERS FOR REFUGE COMPLEX. (a) Acquisitions.--The Secretary may acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange the lands and waters or interests therein (including conservation easements) within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex, except that lands, waters, and interests therein owned by the State of California may be acquired only by donation. (b) Transfers From Other Agencies.--Any Federal property located within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex as described by this Act, that is under the administrative jurisdiction of a department or agency of the United States other than the Department of the Interior may, with the mutual concurrence of the head of the administering department or agency and the Secretary, be transferred without consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 6. REPEAL. Public Law 92-330 is repealed effective upon the date on which the Secretary publishes a notice of establishment of the Refuge Complex under section 4(a). SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary-- (1) such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and waters, or interests in lands and waters, within the Refuge Complex; (2) such sums as may be necessary for the development, operation and maintenance of the Refuge Complex; and (3) such sums as may be necessary to facilitate the recovery and restoration of fish and wildlife habitats within the Refuge Complex. SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Act-- (1) the term ``covered report'' means the report entitled ``Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals: A Report of Habitat Recommendations Prepared By the San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California/S.F. Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, California. 1999''; (2) the term ``harmful non-native species'' means, with respect to a particular ecosystem in a particular region, any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species, that is not native to that ecosystem and has a demonstrable or potentially demonstrable negative environmental or economic impact in that region; (3) the term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b); (4) the term ``Refuge Complex'' means the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex established by this Act; (5) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior; and (6) the term ``Service'' means the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Summary: San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Refuge Complex) as an urban ecosystem wildlife refuge and to publish notice of its establishment in the Federal Register. Establishes boundaries for the Refuge Complex and authorizes the Secretary to make corrections to its boundaries. Repeals Public Law 92-330 (providing for the establishment of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge) as of the date on which the Secretary publishes notice of the establishment of the Refuge Complex in the Federal Register.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. (1) The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) declares that many controlled substances have a useful and legitimate medical purpose and are necessary to maintain the health and general welfare of the people of the United States. (2) Health care professionals, medical experts, researchers, and scientists have found pain to be a major national health problem. (3) The responsible treatment of pain is a high priority for our Nation and the needs of individuals with pain must be taken into careful consideration when taking steps to prevent prescription drug misuse and abuse. (4) When no longer needed or wanted for legitimate pain management or health treatment, prescription opioids are susceptible to diversion. Prescription opioids also may be abused by individuals who were not prescribed such drugs or misused by individuals not taking such drugs as directed. (5) Approximately 4 out of 5 new heroin users report that they became addicted to prescription opioids before they used heroin for the first time. (6) According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, heroin attaches to the same brain cell receptors as prescription opioids. (7) The low cost and high purity of currently available heroin has contributed to an increase in heroin use. (8) More people are using heroin, and are using heroin at a younger age. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reports that new heroin users numbered 142,000 in 2010, and increased to 178,000 in 2011. In 2011, the average age at first use among heroin abusers between 12 and 49 years was 22.1 years. In 2009, the average age at first use among heroin abusers between 12 and 49 years was 25.5 years. (9) According to the Department of Health and Human Services, heroin use rose 79 percent nationwide between 2007 and 2012. (10) Deaths from heroin overdose have significantly increased in communities across the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of deaths involving heroin increased by 110 percent from 2006 to 2011. From 2010 to 2011, the number of heroin deaths rose from 3,036 to 4,397. (11) The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program is critical to fighting the prescription opioid abuse and heroin use epidemics, and should be reauthorized and fully funded. SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRESCRIBING PRACTICES. (a) Inter-Agency Task Force.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), in cooperation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (referred to in this section as the ``task force''). (b) Membership.--The task force shall be comprised of-- (1) representatives of-- (A) the Department of Health and Human Services; (B) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (C) the Department of Defense; (D) the Drug Enforcement Administration; and (E) the Institute of Medicine; (2) the Director of the National Institutes of Health; (3) physicians and non-physician prescribers; (4) pharmacists; (5) experts in the fields of pain research and addiction research; (6) representatives of-- (A) pain management professional organizations; (B) the mental health treatment community; and (C) pain advocacy groups; and (7) other stakeholders, as the Secretary determines appropriate. (c) Duties.--The task force shall-- (1) not later than 180 days after the date on which the task force is convened, develop best practices for pain management and prescription pain medication prescribing practices, taking into consideration-- (A) existing pain management research; (B) recommendations from relevant conferences; and (C) ongoing efforts at the State and local levels and by medical professional organizations to develop improved pain management strategies; (2) solicit and take into consideration public comment on the practices developed under paragraph (1), amending such best practices if appropriate; and (3) develop a strategy for disseminating information about the best practices developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) to prescribers, pharmacists, State medical boards, and other parties, as the Secretary determines appropriate. (d) Limitation.--The task force shall not have rulemaking authority. (e) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date on which the task force is convened under subsection (a), the task force shall submit to Congress a report that includes-- (1) the strategy for disseminating best practices developed under subsection (c); (2) the results of a feasibility study on linking best practices developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) to receiving and renewing registrations under section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)); and (3) recommendations on how to apply such best practices to improve prescribing practices at medical facilities of the Veterans Health Administration. SEC. 4. HAROLD ROGERS PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-77; 115 Stat. 748), there is authorized to be appropriated $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. (b) GAO Report.--Not later than October 1, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in reducing prescription drug abuse, and, to the extent practicable, any corresponding increase or decrease in the use of heroin. SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. Section 508 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3758) is amended by striking ``2006 through 2012'' and inserting ``2015 through 2019''. SEC. 6. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY. (a) Update of Plan To Account for Increased Heroin Use.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall revise the 2011 Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan to reassess the approach under such plan to addressing prescription drug abuse in light of an increase in heroin use, and to outline actions or programs that can be carried out to reduce and prevent such abuse. (b) GAO Recommendations for Inter-Agency Coordination.--The Director shall ensure that the Office of National Drug Control Policy takes into account the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled ``Office of National Drug Control Policy: Office Could Better Identify Opportunities to Increase Program Coordination'' issued on March 26, 2013 (GAO-13-333), and identifies opportunities to enhance interagency coordination as part of the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan, as revised under subsection (a). SEC. 7. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall advance the education and awareness of providers, patients, and other appropriate stakeholders regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioid drugs if such products are not taken as prescribed. (b) Drug-Free Media Campaign.-- (1) In general.--The Office of National Drug Control Policy, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General, shall establish a national drug awareness campaign. (2) Requirements.--The national drug awareness campaign under paragraph (1) shall-- (A) take into account the association between prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; and (B) emphasize the similarities between heroin and prescription opioids and the effects of heroin and prescription opioids on the human body. (3) Available funds.--Funds for the national drug awareness campaign may be derived from amounts appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy and otherwise available for obligation and expenditure.

Summary: Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force. Reauthorizes the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program through FY2019. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report on the effectiveness of the program in reducing prescription drug abuse and any corresponding increase or decrease in the use of heroin. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program through FY2019. Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to: revise the 2011 Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan to reassess the approach to addressing prescription drug abuse in light of an increase in heroin use and to outline actions or programs to reduce and prevent such abuse, and ensure that ONDCP takes into account a specified GAO report concerning program coordination and identifies opportunities to enhance interagency coordination as part of the Plan. Requires the Secretary to advance the education and awareness of providers, patients, and stakeholders regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioid drugs if such products are not taken as prescribed. Directs ONDCP to establish a national drug awareness campaign that: takes into account the association between prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and emphasizes the similarities between heroin and prescription opioids and the effects of these on the human body.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act'' or the ``STOPS Runoff Act''. SEC. 2. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY RUNOFF POLLUTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 330. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY RUNOFF POLLUTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Control measure.--The term `control measure' means a program, structural or nonstructural management practice, operational procedure, or policy on or off the project site that is intended to prevent, reduce, or control highway runoff pollution. ``(2) Covered project.--The term `covered project' means a rehabilitation, reconfiguration, renovation, major resurfacing, or construction project carried out under this title that-- ``(A) results in a 10-percent or greater increase in impervious surface of the aerial extent within the right-of-way of the project limit on a Federal-aid highway or associated facility; or ``(B) results in an increase of 1 acre or more in impervious surface coverage. ``(3) Highway runoff pollution.--The term `highway runoff pollution' means, in relation to a Federal-aid highway, associated facility, or control measure retrofit project, one or more of the following: ``(A) A discharge of sediment, metals, chemicals, nitrogen and phosphorous, or oil and grease in runoff. ``(B) A discharge of peak flow rate, water temperature, or volume of runoff that exceeds predevelopment amounts. ``(4) Predevelopment hydrology.--The term `predevelopment hydrology' means, for project sites covered by this section, that-- ``(A) the precipitation from all rainfall events less than or equal to the 95th percentile rain event shall be managed on-site through stormwater management practices designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent off-site discharge, to the maximum extent technically feasible; or ``(B) runoff typical of natural conditions prior to anthropogenic disturbance, as determined by site- specific conditions, local meteorology, and continuous simulation modeling techniques, are preserved through stormwater management practices that are designed, constructed, and maintained to manage the volume, rate, and temperature of stormwater runoff following construction. ``(5) Watershed-based environmental management approach.-- The term `watershed-based environmental management approach' means an approach under which-- ``(A) the selection of solutions that prevent or minimize the environmental impact of an individual project is made within the broader context of the environmental protection and restoration goals of any watershed that drains the project site, rather than selecting solutions solely based on site level considerations; and ``(B) priority consideration is given to-- ``(i) protection of drinking water supplies; ``(ii) protection and restoration of waterways listed by a State as impaired in accordance with section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)); ``(iii) preservation of aquatic ecosystems and fisheries; and ``(iv) cost-effective expenditure of Federal funds. ``(b) Establishment.--The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a Federal-aid highway runoff pollution avoidance and management program to ensure that covered projects are sited, constructed, and maintained in accordance with design standards intended to protect surface and ground water quality and ensure the long-term management of stormwater originating from Federal-aid highways. ``(c) Project Approval.--The Secretary may approve a covered project of a State under section 106 only if the State provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State will site, design, and construct the covered project in accordance with the design standards described in subsection (d). ``(d) Design Standards.-- ``(1) In general.--The post-construction condition of a covered project shall maintain or restore, to the maximum extent technically feasible, the predevelopment hydrology of the project site with regard to the temperature, rate, chemical composition, volume, and duration of flow. ``(2) Covered projects in impaired watersheds.--Any covered project carried out within a watershed that contains an impaired water listed under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)) shall be in accordance with-- ``(A) the load or wasteload allocation requirements established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the State; and ``(B) the requirements relating to predevelopment hydrology under paragraph (1). ``(3) Additional prioritized requirements.--In addition to the requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2), a covered project shall, in the following order of priority-- ``(A) reduce the creation of highway runoff pollution from the covered project by-- ``(i) avoiding or minimizing the alteration of natural features and hydrology; and ``(ii) maximizing the use of pollution source control measures that use existing terrain and natural features, including natural drainage ways, soils, and vegetation, to reduce creation of pollution from the covered project; ``(B) maximize the capture of highway runoff pollution created by the covered project through control measures, including environmental site design techniques and other control measures that promote evapotranspiration, infiltration, reuse, and retention; and ``(C) for highway runoff pollution remaining after the application of the onsite measures in subparagraphs (A) and (B), use a watershed-based environmental management or equivalent approach to avoid adverse water quality effects from the covered project through-- ``(i) capture and treatment of highway runoff pollution with appropriate control measures on the site; ``(ii) discharge of highway runoff pollution directly to an off-site control measure under the control of the State with documented capacity to provide functionally and quantitatively equivalent management of runoff pollution to that required to achieve the minimum standards of this subsection for the design life of the project; and ``(iii) if the control measures described in clauses (i) and (ii) are found to be technically infeasible based on site conditions or other appropriate factors, and an appropriate off-site runoff pollution mitigation program exists, contribution to a mitigation program that would produce functionally and quantitatively equivalent or greater control and management of runoff pollution to that required by this subsection. ``(4) Off-site control measures.--Of the control measures described in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), the Secretary shall give priority to off-site control measures that address the impacts of runoff pollution to waterways that are-- ``(A) listed as impaired in accordance with section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)); and ``(B) located in-- ``(i) the same 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code as the covered project; or ``(ii) the lowest Hydrologic Unit Code that is the most protective of the waters receiving the discharge. ``(e) Guidance.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall publish guidance to assist States in complying with this section. ``(2) Contents of guidance.--The guidance shall include guidelines for the establishment of State processes and programs that will be used to assist in avoiding, minimizing, and managing highway runoff pollution from covered projects in accordance with the design standards described in subsection (d), including guidelines-- ``(A) to help States integrate the planning, selection, design, and long-term operation and maintenance of control measures consistent with the design standards in the overall project planning process; ``(B) for a watershed-based environmental management approach to assist projects in achieving consistency with the design standards; ``(C) for the development and use of off-site runoff pollution mitigation programs to achieve compliance with the design standards; and ``(D) for State inspection and reporting to document State compliance and project consistency with this section. ``(3) Updating standards.--Not later than 5 years after the date of publication of the guidance, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, with concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall update, as applicable, the guidance described in this subsection. ``(f) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section affects the applicability of any provision of Federal, State, or local law that is more stringent than the requirements of this section. ``(g) Reporting.-- ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall require each State to submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes the highway runoff pollution reductions achieved for covered projects carried out by the State after the date of enactment of this section. ``(2) Reporting requirements under permit.-- ``(A) In general.--A State shall not be required to submit an annual report described in paragraph (1) if the State-- ``(i) is operating Federal-aid highways in the State in a post-construction condition in accordance with a permit issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); ``(ii) is subject to an annual reporting requirement under such a permit (regardless of whether the permitting authority is a Federal or State agency); and ``(iii) carries out a covered project with respect to a Federal-aid highway in the State described in clause (i). ``(B) Transmission of report.--A Federal or State permitting authority that receives an annual report described in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall, upon receipt of such a report, transmit a copy of the report to the Secretary.''. (b) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act apply to covered projects (as defined in section 330(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code) (as added by subsection (a)), the construction of which commences on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``330. Federal-aid highway runoff pollution management program.''.

Summary: Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act or STOPS Runoff Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to establish a federal-aid highway runoff pollution avoidance and management program to ensure that covered federal-aid highway projects are sited, constructed, and maintained in accordance with certain design standards to control and treat polluted stormwater runoff from federal-aid highways. Authorizes the Secretary to approve state covered highway projects receiving federal funding only if the state provides assurances that it will site, design, and construct the project in accordance with such standards.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Transition to Teaching Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds as follows: (1) School districts will need to hire more than 2,000,000 teachers in the next decade. The need for teachers in the areas of mathematics, science, foreign languages, special education, and bilingual education, and for those able to teach in high- poverty school districts will be particularly high. To meet this need, talented Americans of all ages should be recruited to become successful, qualified teachers. (2) Nearly 28 percent of teachers of academic subjects have neither an undergraduate major nor minor in their main assignment fields. This problem is more acute in high-poverty schools, where the out-of-field percentage is 39 percent. (3) The Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) ranked United States high school seniors last among 16 countries in physics and next to last in mathematics. It is also evident, mainly from the TIMSS data, that based on academic scores, a stronger emphasis needs to be placed on the academic preparation of our children in mathematics and science. (4) One-fourth of high-poverty schools find it very difficult to fill bilingual teaching positions, and nearly half of public school teachers have students in their classrooms for whom English is a second language. (5) Many career-changing professionals with strong content- area skills are interested in a teaching career, but need assistance in getting the appropriate pedagogical training and classroom experience. (6) The Troops to Teachers model has been highly successful in linking high-quality teachers to teach in high-poverty districts. SEC. 3. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to address the need of high-poverty school districts for highly qualified teachers in particular subject areas, such as mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, and special education, needed by those school districts, by-- (1) continuing and enhancing the Troops to Teachers model for recruiting and supporting the placement of such teachers; and (2) recruiting, preparing, placing, and supporting career- changing professionals who have knowledge and experience that will help them become such teachers. SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. (a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized to use funds appropriated under subsection (c) for each fiscal year to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education and public and private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out programs authorized by this Act. (b) Troops to Teachers.-- (1) In general.--Before making awards under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall first-- (A) consult with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation regarding the appropriate amount of funding needed to continue and enhance the Troops to Teachers program; and (B) upon agreement, transfer that amount to the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) to carry out the Troops to Teachers program. (2) Continuation of program.--The Secretary may enter into a written agreement with the Departments of Defense and Transportation, or take such other steps as the Secretary determines are appropriate to ensure effective continuation of the Troops to Teachers program. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $18,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2005. SEC. 5. APPLICATION. Each applicant that desires an award under section 4(a) shall submit an application to the Secretary containing such information as the Secretary requires, including-- (1) a description of the target group of career-changing professionals upon which the applicant will focus in carrying out its program under this Act, including a description of the characteristics of that target group that shows how the knowledge and experience of its members are relevant to meeting the purpose of this Act; (2) a description of how the applicant will identify and recruit program participants; (3) a description of the training that program participants will receive and how that training will relate to their certification as teachers; (4) a description of how the applicant will ensure that program participants are placed and teach in high-poverty local educational agencies; (5) a description of the teacher induction services (which may be provided through existing induction programs) the program participants will receive throughout at least their first year of teaching; (6) a description of how the applicant will collaborate, as needed, with other institutions, agencies, or organizations to recruit, train, place, and support program participants under this Act, including evidence of the commitment of those institutions, agencies, or organizations to the applicant's program; (7) a description of how the applicant will evaluate the progress and effectiveness of its program, including-- (A) the program's goals and objectives; (B) the performance indicators the applicant will use to measure the program's progress; and (C) the outcome measures that will be used to determine the program's effectiveness; and (8) an assurance that the applicant will provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary determines necessary to determine the overall effectiveness of programs under this Act. SEC. 6. USES OF FUNDS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE. (a) Authorized Activities.--Funds under this Act may be used for-- (1) recruiting program participants, including informing them of opportunities under the program and putting them in contact with other institutions, agencies, or organizations that would train, place, and support them; (2) training stipends and other financial incentives for program participants, not to exceed $5,000 per participant; (3) assisting institutions of higher education or other providers of teacher training to tailor their training to meet the particular needs of professionals who are changing their careers to teaching; (4) placement activities, including identifying high- poverty local educational agencies with a need for the particular skills and characteristics of the newly trained program participants and assisting those participants to obtain employment in those local educational agencies; and (5) post-placement induction or support activities for program participants. (b) Period of Service.--A program participant in a program under this Act who completes his or her training shall serve in a high- poverty local educational agency for at least 3 years. (c) Repayment.--The Secretary shall establish such requirements as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that program participants who receive a training stipend or other financial incentive under subsection (a)(2), but fail to complete their service obligation under subsection (b), repay all or a portion of such stipend or other incentive. SEC. 7. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall make awards under this Act that support programs in different geographic regions of the Nation. SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) High-poverty local educational agency.--The term ``high-poverty local educational agency'' means a local educational agency in which the percentage of children, ages 5 through 17, from families below the poverty level is 20 percent or greater, or the number of such children exceeds 10,000. (2) Program participants.--The term ``program participants'' means career-changing professionals who-- (A) hold at least a baccalaureate degree; (B) demonstrate interest in, and commitment to, becoming a teacher; and (C) have knowledge and experience that are relevant to teaching a high-need subject area in a high-need local educational agency.

Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use funds under this Act to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and public and private nonprofit entities to carry out Transition-to-Teaching programs. Requires the Secretary, before making such awards, to: (1) consult with the Secretaries of Defense and of Transportation with respect to the appropriate amount of funding necessary to continue and enhance the Troops-to-Teachers program; and (2) transfer such amount to the Department of Defense to carry out such program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a written agreement with the Departments of Defense and of Transportation, or take other appropriate steps to ensure effective continuation of such program. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications for Transition-to-Teaching program assistance. Authorizes use of such funds for: (1) recruitment of program participants; (2) training stipends and other financial incentives for program participants; (3) assistance to IHEs or other teacher training providers to meet particular needs of professionals changing their careers to teaching; (4) placement activities, including identifying high-poverty local educational agencies (LEAs) with needs for particular skills and characteristics of the newly trained program participants and assisting those participants to obtain employment in those LEAs; and (5) post-placement induction or support activities for program participants. Requires program participants who complete training to teach in a high-poverty LEA for at least three years, or else repay all or a portion of their training stipend or other incentive.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Public Safety Officers Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) State and local prosecutors are the best equipped prosecutors to prosecute crimes against local and State peace officers. (2) Cases involving the murder of local and State peace officers and subsequent flight to avoid prosecution in the United States implicate Federal interests, and by providing Federal jurisdiction in such cases the Federal Government will be able to provide additional investigatory and prosecutorial resources. (3) The United States should use all reasonable tools available to encourage foreign countries to change their extradition policies so that the possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the timely extradition of fugitives of the United States. SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. (a) Offense.--Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 1123. Killing of federally funded or Federal law enforcement officers ``(a) Offense.--Whoever kills, or attempts or conspires to kill, a federally protected safety officer while that officer is engaged in official duties, or on account of the performance of official duties, or kills a former federally protected safety officer on account of the past performance of official duties as such, shall be punished-- ``(1) in the case of murder, as provided under section 1111 but not less than 30 years; ``(2) in the case of attempted murder, as provided in section 1113 but not less than 15 years; or ``(3) in the case of manslaughter, as provided under section 1112. ``(c) Definitions.--As used in this section -- ``(1) the term `federally protected safety officer' means a public safety officer for a public agency (including a court system, the National Guard or a State to the extent the personnel of that National Guard are not in Federal service, and the defense forces of a State authorized by section 109 of title 32) if -- ``(A) if the public agency receives, in any one year period, funding, equipment, or benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance, and the public agency is of an entity that is a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any territory or possession of the United States, and Indian tribe, or a unit of local government of that entity; or ``(B) the officer was at the time of the offense, engaged in carrying out a program authorized by Federal law or regulation that is executed in whole or in part by non-Federal public safety officers; ``(2) the term `public safety officer' means an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, as a judicial officer, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, as a chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; ``(3) the term `judicial officer' means a judge or other officer or employee of a court, including prosecutors, court security, pretrial services officers, court reporters, and corrections, probation, and parole officers; ``(4) the term `firefighter' includes an individual serving as an official recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department and an officially recognized or designated public employee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; and ``(5) the term `law enforcement officer' means an individual, with arrest powers, involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the laws.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``1123. Killing of federally funded or Federal program public safety officers.''. SEC. 4. FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR KILLING FEDERALLY FUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. (a) Flight.--Chapter 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing federally funded public safety officers ``Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which he flees or under section 1114 or 1123, for a crime consisting of the killing, an attempted killing, or a conspiracy to kill, an individual involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the laws or for a crime punishable by section 1114 or 1123, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned, in addition to any other imprisonment for the underlying offense, for any term of years not less than 10.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing peace officers.''.

Summary: Justice for Public Safety Officers Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and impose enhanced criminal penalties for: (1) killing (or attempting or conspiring to kill) a federally protected safety officer (or former officer) while such officer is engaged in official duties or on the account of the performance of such duties; and (2) interstate or foreign flight to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement for killing a federally protected safety officer. Defines "federally protected safety officer" as a public safety officer for a public agency that receives annual federal assistance of more than $10,000. Includes within the definition of "federally protected safety officer" judicial officers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, chaplains, and members of a rescue squad or ambulance crew.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Impaired Waters Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Covered tmdl.--The term ``covered TMDL'' means a total maximum daily load for nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment established under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)). (3) Covered tmdl jurisdiction.-- (A) In general.--The term ``covered TMDL jurisdiction'' means a geographic area that is subject to a covered TMDL. (B) Inclusion of chesapeake bay.--The term ``covered TMDL jurisdiction'' includes the geographic area subject to total maximum daily load for pollutants for the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries established by the Administrator on December 29, 2010, and noticed at 76 Fed. Reg. 549 (January 5, 2011). (4) Publicly owned stormwater management practices.--The term ``publicly owned stormwater management practices'' means techniques for managing and treating rainwater runoff that are the responsibility of the public sector, including, and by order of preference, practices which-- (A) utilize or mimic natural infiltration of rainwater into the ground; (B) hold and treat runoff by allowing plant materials to take up pollutants; and (C) capture runoff and hold it for a period of time sufficient to allow pollutants to settle out or evaporate, and which substantially reduce the volume of runoff in local waters during peak runoff periods. (5) Treatment works.--The term ``treatment works'' has the meaning given the term in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292). SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ASSIST COVERED TMDL JURISDICTIONS. (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may make grants to the owner or operator of-- (1) a publicly owned treatment works serving a covered TMDL jurisdiction; (2) publicly owned storm water management practices serving a covered TMDL jurisdiction; or (3) a privately owned farm implementing methods to reduce discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment in a covered TMDL jurisdiction. (b) Applications.-- (1) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, an owner or operator referred to in subsection (a) shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Administrator may require. (2) Required information.--The application, at a minimum, shall contain a description of how the amounts of the grant will be used to assist the applicant in meeting a covered TMDL. (c) Award of Grants.-- (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator shall award grants to applicants under this section on a competitive basis. (2) Considerations.--In awarding grants to applicants under this section, the Administrator shall consider-- (A) the demonstrated need of the applicant for the grant; and (B) with respect to the project to be funded using the grant-- (i) the effectiveness of any technologies that will be used; (ii) the ecological sensitivity of the geographic area involved; and (iii) whether the use of existing facilities, if any, will be maximized. (d) Use of Grants.-- (1) In general.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall use the amounts of the grant to implement methods to reduce discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment-- (A) using proven technology and practices; or (B) using an innovative practice, subject to a determination by the Administrator that the innovative practice is reasonably expected to reduce the discharges. (2) Grants to farms.-- (A) Engineering or consultation work for water storage projects.--In the case of a grant made to an owner or operator referred to in subsection (a)(3), amounts of the grant may be used for engineering or consultation work in designing a water storage project if-- (i) the project complies with the limitation in paragraph (3); and (ii) the project is completed within 5 years of the date of receipt of the grant. (B) Repayment of certain grant amounts.--The Administrator shall require repayment of a grant made to carry out a project described in subparagraph (A) if the project is not completed within 5 years of the date of receipt of the grant. (3) Limitation.--A recipient of a grant under this section may not use the amounts of the grant-- (A) to pay the salary of any individual who is employed by the recipient as of the date of receipt of the grant; or (B) to pay the salary of any individual hired by the recipient after that date unless-- (i) the individual is an expert in the field of reducing discharges from treatment works; and (ii) the recipient can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, that the individual will assist in meeting a covered TMDL. (e) Grant Amount.--The Administrator may not make grants under this section to a grant recipient in an amount that exceeds $2,000,000 in a fiscal year. (f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a program or activity carried out using amounts from a grant received under this section may not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the program or activity. SEC. 4. IMPAIRED WATERS IMPROVEMENT FUND. (a) Increase in Civil Penalties.-- (1) In general.--The Administrator shall prescribe by regulation an increase in the amount of a civil penalty assessed for a violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). (2) Amount of increase.--The amount of the increase shall be 5 percent of the civil penalty amount determined under that Act for the violation. (3) Applicability.--The regulations shall apply the increased civil penalty amount only to violations occurring after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Establishment of Impaired Waters Improvement Fund.-- (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund. (2) Transfer to fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019 amounts equivalent to amounts received in the Treasury that are attributable to increases in civil penalty amounts assessed pursuant to subsection (a) or $100,000,000, whichever is less. (3) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund shall be available, as provided in appropriations Acts, for making expenditures to carry out section 3.

Summary: Impaired Waters Improvement Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to reduce the discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment (pollutants) in an area that is subject to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for those pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Makes eligible for grants the owners and operators of: (1) publicly owned treatment works or storm water management practices serving areas subject to the TMDLs, or (2) privately owned farms implementing methods to reduce discharges of those pollutants in those areas. Directs the Administrator to increase by 5% the civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act. Establishes the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for making expenditures to carry out the grant program. Transfers for each of FY2015-FY2019 the amount attributable to the penalty increase or $100 million, whichever is less, to the Fund.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. (2) JEM.--The term ``JEM'' means the Justice and Equality Movement. (3) SPLM.--The term ``SPLM'' means the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. (4) SLA.--The term ``SLA'' means the Sudanese Liberation Army. SEC. 3. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) A comprehensive peace agreement for Sudan, as envisioned in the Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), and in the Machakos Protocol of 2002, is in grave jeopardy. (2) Since 1989, the Government of Sudan has repeatedly engaged in and sponsored orchestrated campaigns of attacking and dislocating targeted civilian populations, disrupting their ability to sustain themselves, and subsequently restricting assistance to those displaced in a coordinated policy of ethnic cleansing and Arabization that is most recently evident in the Darfur region of Sudan. (3) In response to 2 decades of civil conflict in Sudan, the United States has helped to establish an internationally supported peace process to promote a negotiated settlement to the war that has resulted in a framework peace agreement, the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan signed June 5, 2004. (4) At the same time that the Government of Sudan was negotiating for a final countrywide peace, enumerated in the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan, it refused to engage in any discussion with regard to its ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing in the region of Darfur. (5) According to United States and United Nations officials, the Government of Sudan has engaged in an orchestrated campaign, with the assistance of its Arab Sudanese proxy militia, the Janjaweed, to cleanse a significant part of the ethnically African population from North Darfur, West Darfur, and South Darfur, Sudan. (6) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights identified ``massive human rights violations in Darfur perpetrated by the Government of Sudan and the Janjaweed, which may constitute war crimes and/or crimes against humanity''. (7) Evidence collected by international observers in the Darfur region between January 2003 and July 2004 indicate a coordinated effort to target African Sudanese civilians in a scorched earth policy, from both air and ground, that has destroyed African Sudanese villages, killing and driving away its people, while Arab Sudanese villages have been left unscathed. (8) As a result of this coordinated campaign that may well constitute genocide, reports indicate tens of thousands of African Sudanese civilians killed, the systematic rape of hundreds of women and girls, the destruction of hundreds of Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa villages and other ethnically African populations, including the poisoning of their wells and the plunder of crops and cattle upon which they sustain themselves. (9) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1,200,000 people have been displaced in the Darfur region of Sudan of whom nearly 200,000 have been forced to flee to Chad as refugees. (10) Even as refugees were fleeing Sudan, the Government of Sudan conducted aerial attack missions and deadly raids across the international border between Sudan and Chad in an illegal effort to pursue Sudanese civilians seeking refuge in Chad. (11) In addition to the thousands of violent deaths directly caused by ongoing Sudanese military and government sponsored Janjaweed attacks in the Darfur region, the Government of Sudan has restricted humanitarian and human rights workers' access to the Darfur area, primarily through bureaucratic and administrative obstruction and delays in an attempt to inflict the most devastating harm on those displaced from their villages and homes without any means of sustenance or shelter. (12) The Government of Sudan's continued support for the Janjaweed and their obstruction of the delivery of food, shelter, and medical care to the Darfur region-- (A) is estimated to be causing 500 deaths each day; and (B) is projected to escalate to 1,200 deaths each day by August 2004, and 2,400 deaths each day by December 2004, so that even a best-case scenario will likely result in the death of more than 320,000 people between April 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004. (13) The Government of Chad in N'Djamena served an important role in facilitating the Darfur Humanitarian Cease- fire dated April 8, 2004 for the Darfur region between the Government of Sudan and the 2 opposition rebel groups in Darfur (the JEM and the SLA) although both sides have violated it repeatedly. (14) The Government and people of Chad have allowed the entry of 200,000 refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan and have generally facilitated the delivery of international humanitarian assistance, although logistical obstacles remain a challenge in a crisis that is taxing the people of eastern Chad and the refugees. (15) The cooperation and mediation of the SPLM is critical to bringing about a political settlement between the Government of Sudan, the SLA, and the JEM. SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE CONFLICT IN DARFUR, SUDAN. (a) Sudan Peace Act.--It is the sense of Congress that the Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) remains relevant and should be extended to include the Darfur region of Sudan. (b) Actions To Address the Conflict.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) a legitimate countrywide peace in Sudan will only be possible if the principles and purpose of the Machakos Protocol of 2002 and the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan signed June 5, 2004, negotiated with the SPLM, should apply to all of Sudan and to all of the people of Sudan, including the Darfur region; (2) the parties to the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire dated April 8, 2004 (the Government of Sudan, the SLA, and the JEM) must meet their obligations under that agreement to allow safe and immediate access of all humanitarian assistance throughout the Darfur region and must expedite the conclusion of a political agreement to end the conflict in Darfur; (3) the United States should continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the areas of Sudan to which the United States has access and, at the same time, develop a plan similar to that described in section 10 of the Sudan Peace Act to provide assistance to the areas of Sudan to which United States access has been obstructed or denied; (4) the international community, including African, Arab, and Muslim nations, should immediately provide logistical, financial, in-kind, and personnel resources necessary to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals in the Darfur crisis; (5) the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes should travel to Chad and the Darfur region immediately to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity, to develop a more accurate portrayal of the situation on the ground and best inform the report required in section 11(b) of the Sudan Peace Act; (6) the United States and the international community should use all necessary means to assist in the immediate deployment of the full mandated African Union contingent of 100 monitors and a security force of 300, and work to increase the authorized level to that which properly addresses the gravity and scope of the problem in a region the size of France; (7) the President should immediately name a new Special Envoy to Sudan to further efforts begun by John Danforth and to allow the United States to continue to lead the peace effort toward a comprehensive and sustainable peace in Sudan; (8) the President should use all means to facilitate a comprehensive solution to the conflict in Sudan, including by directing the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to pursue a resolution of the United Nations Security Council that-- (A) condemns the actions of the Government of Sudan in engaging in an orchestrated campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur; (B) calls on the Government of Sudan to cease support of ethnic cleansing and the killing of innocent civilians, disarm the Janjaweed militias, prevent such militias from harassing and killing civilians, and ensure immediate access for all humanitarian assistance to all areas of Darfur; (C) calls on all parties to the conflict in the Darfur region to permit unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance directly to Darfur and to allow such assistance to cross directly from countries that border Sudan, and abide by the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire dated April 8, 2004; (D) calls on the Government of Sudan to provide all assistance possible, including release of its strategic food reserves to respond to the Darfur crisis; (E) calls on the international community, particularly those countries with strong economic ties to Sudan, to expedite the provision of humanitarian assistance to Darfur; (F) endorses the African Union Observer and Protection Force now deploying to the Darfur region of Sudan; (G) establishes an international commission of inquiry to examine the actions and accountability of those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity that have precipitated and perpetuated the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region; and (H) confirms the right of all displaced Sudanese to return to their land under safe and secure conditions; (9) the United Nations should immediately deploy a United Nations force to Sudan to ensure an appropriate international humanitarian response to the catastrophe in the Darfur region; (10) sanctions should be imposed on the assets and activities of those Sudanese government officials and other individuals that are involved in carrying out the policy of ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region; and (11) the Government of the United States should not normalize relations with Sudan, including through the lifting of any sanctions, until the Government of Sudan agrees to and implements a comprehensive peace agreement for all areas of Sudan, including Darfur. SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUDAN PEACE ACT. (a) Assistance for the Crisis in Darfur and for Comprehensive Peace in Sudan.-- (1) In general.--The Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 12. ASSISTANCE FOR THE CRISIS IN DARFUR AND FOR COMPREHENSIVE PEACE IN SUDAN. ``(a) Assistance To Support a Comprehensive Final Peace Agreement and To Respond to the Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur.-- ``(1) Authority.--Subject to the requirements of this section, the President is authorized to provide assistance for Sudan to support the implementation of a comprehensive peace agreement that applies to all regions of Sudan, including the Darfur region, and to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in the Darfur region and its impact on eastern Chad. ``(2) Requirement for certification.--Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the Assistance for International Malaria Control Act (Public Law 106-570; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), assistance authorized under this section may be provided to the Government of Sudan only if the President submits the certification described in paragraph (3). ``(3) Certification for the government of sudan.--The certification referred to in paragraph (2) is a certification submitted by the President to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Sudan has taken demonstrable steps to-- ``(A) ensure that the armed forces of Sudan and any associated militias are not committing atrocities or obstructing human rights monitors or the provision of humanitarian assistance or human rights monitors; ``(B) demobilize and disarm militias supported or created by the Government of Sudan; ``(C) allow full and unfettered humanitarian assistance to all regions of Sudan, including Darfur; ``(D) allow an international commission of inquiry to conduct its investigation of atrocities in the Darfur region and Khartoum, preserve evidence of atrocities and prosecute those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity; and ``(E) cooperate fully with the African Union and all other observer and monitoring missions mandated to operate in Sudan. ``(4) Suspension of assistance.--If, on a date after the President submits the certification described in paragraph (3), the President determines that the Government of Sudan has ceased taking the actions described in such paragraph, the President shall immediately suspend the provision of any assistance to such Government until the date on which the President certifies that the Government of Sudan has resumed taking such actions. ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.-- ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to provide the assistance described in paragraph (1), $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, in addition to any other funds otherwise available for such purpose. Of such amount, $200,000,000 may be made available for humanitarian assistance in the Darfur region of Sudan and eastern Chad in response to the ongoing crisis, notwithstanding any provision of law other than the provisions of this section. ``(B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain available until expended. ``(b) Government of Sudan Defined.--In this section, the term `Government of Sudan' shall have the same meaning as such term had immediately prior to the conclusion of Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire dated April 8, 2004.''. (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3(2) of such Act is amended by striking ``The'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section 12, the''. (b) Reporting Requirement.--Section 8 of the Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``Sudan.'' and inserting ``Sudan, including the conflict in the Darfur region.''. SEC. 6. REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT. (a) Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the planned United States response to a comprehensive peace agreement for Sudan. (b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include-- (1) a description of the planned United States response to a modified peace process between the Government of Sudan and the SPLM that would account for the implementation of a peace in all regions of Sudan, in particular Darfur; and (2) a contingency plan for extraordinary humanitarian assistance should the Government of Sudan continue to obstruct or delay the international humanitarian response to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. (c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form.

Summary: Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act - Expresses the sense of Congress respecting the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Amends the Sudan Peace Act to authorize the President to assist Sudan to support the implementation of a comprehensive peace agreement that applies to all regions of Sudan, including the Darfur region, and to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in the Darfur region and its impact on eastern Chad, contingent upon a continuing certification to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Sudan is acting to: (1) ensure that the armed forces and militias are not committing atrocities or blocking assistance; (2) demobilize militias; (3) protect civilians, and (4) cooperate with aid workers and the African Union monitoring team.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Monuments Protection Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) public land in the United States is managed and administered for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations; (2) the National Park System (including National Parks, National Monuments, and National Recreation Areas) is managed for the benefit and inspiration of all the people of the United States; (3) the National Wildlife Refuge System is administered for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States, with priority consideration for compatible wildlife-dependent general public uses of the National Wildlife Refuge System; (4) the National Forest System is dedicated to the long- term benefit of present and future generations; (5) the reopening and temporary operation and management of public land, the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, and the National Forest System using funds from States and political subdivisions of States during periods in which the Federal Government is unable to operate and manage the areas at normal levels due to a lapse in appropriations is consistent with the values and purposes for which those areas were established; (6) any restriction of public access to national monuments, the National Park System, or the National Wildlife Refuge System during a lapse in appropriations, when such restriction is not necessary to comply with budgetary constraints and when an agency has not taken steps to mitigate restrictions on public access, shall be considered a direct violation of the purpose for which these lands and monuments were established and entrusted to Federal agencies for management; and (7) Federal agencies that serve as the management agency of national monuments, the National Park System, or the National Wildlife Refuge System have been entrusted with such properties to maintain and prioritize public access, including during a lapse in appropriations. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Covered unit.--The term ``covered unit'' means-- (A) public lands; (B) units of the National Park System; (C) units of the National Wildlife Refuge System; (D) federally owned open air monuments and memorials; (E) units of the National Forest System; and (F) federally owned roads and off ramps on land described in subparagraphs (A) through (E). (2) Public land.--The term ``public lands'' has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means-- (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; or (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture. (4) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means the several States, the District of Columbia, federally recognized Indian tribes, and territories and possessions of the United States, and political subdivisions of thereof. SEC. 4. AGREEMENT TO OPERATE AND MANAGE COVERED UNIT DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after an eligible entity offers to enter into an agreement under this section, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with that eligible entity under which the eligible entity shall assume, in whole or in part, activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit during any period when those activities would not otherwise be carried out because there is-- (1) a lapse in available Federal funds for all or part of the covered unit as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; or (2) insufficient Federal funds to operate all or part of the covered unit as a result of a failure of the Federal Government to make sufficient funds available for this purpose. (b) Conditions.--Agreements entered into under this section-- (1) shall only apply to a covered unit within the boundaries of the eligible entity that is a party to the agreement; (2) may apply to all or part of a covered unit; (3) shall be for a term of not more than 5 years, unless the 5-year term would expire during a period when the agreement is being actively implemented, in which case the agreement shall expire at the conclusion of the lapse of funding (and related reimbursement) which precipitated the implementation; and (4) shall be in effect only during any period in which the Secretary is unable to operate and manage covered units at normal levels, as determined in accordance with the terms of agreement entered into under subsection (a). (c) Copies of Agreements.--A copy of each agreement entered into under this section shall be-- (1) kept by the Secretary, the eligible entity, and any other appropriate agency; and (2) available for inspection by Congress. (d) Reimbursement.--To the extent that funds are made available, through Acts of appropriation or otherwise, for activities carried out by an eligible entity under an agreement entered into under this section, the Secretary shall reimburse the eligible entity for costs expended by the eligible entity to carry out those activities. SEC. 5. EXCEPTION. Notwithstanding section 4, the Secretary may restrict access to any covered unit for reasons of national security. SEC. 6. REPORT. For any instance in which the Secretary does not enter into an agreement after an offer under section 4, 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 stating-- (1) that an offer was made; (2) what eligible entity made the offer; (3) what the offer entailed; and (4) why the Secretary did not enter into an agreement pursuant to that offer.

Summary: Monuments Protection Act Directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to enter into an agreement with a state, the District of Columbia, a federally recognized Indian tribe, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision of such an entity that offers to assume activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit during any period when those activities would not otherwise be carried out because: (1) there is a lapse in available federal funds as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) there are insufficient federal funds to operate such unit as a result of a failure of the federal government to make sufficient funds available. Defines a "covered unit" to mean: public lands, units of the National Park System, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, federally owned open air monuments and memorials, units of the National Forest System, and federally owned roads and off ramps on all such lands. Requires Interior and USDA to reimburse such an entity once funds are made available for activities carried out by such entity.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Amendments Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED TIMBER FROM STATE AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS. Section 491 of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620c) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by striking ``(e)'' and inserting ``(g)''; and (B) by striking ``in the amounts specified'' and inserting ``as provided''; (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (1)-- (i) by inserting ``, notwithstanding any other provision of law,'' after ``prohibit''; and (ii) by striking ``not later than 21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``, effective June 1, 1993''; (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following new subparagraph: ``(A) The Secretary of Commerce shall issue an order referred to in subsection (a) to prohibit, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the export of unprocessed timber originating from public lands, effective during the period beginning on June 1, 1993, and ending on December 31, 1995.''; (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and (iii) in subparagraph (D)-- (I) by redesignating such subparagraph as subparagraph (B); and (II) by striking ``total annual sales volume'' and inserting ``annual sales volume in that State of unprocessed timber originating from public lands''; (C) in paragraph (3)-- (i) by redesignating such paragraph as paragraph (4); and (ii) by striking ``States pursuant to this title'' and inserting ``the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to this title and the effectiveness of State programs authorized under subsection (d)''; and (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: ``(3) Prohibition on substitution.-- ``(A) Prohibition.--Subject to subparagraph (B), each order of the Secretary of Commerce under paragraph (1) or (2) shall also prohibit, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person from purchasing, directly or indirectly, unprocessed timber originating from public lands in a State if-- ``(i) such unprocessed timber would be used in substitution for exported unprocessed timber originating from private lands in that State; or ``(ii) such person has, during the preceding 24-month period, exported unprocessed timber originating from private lands in that State. ``(B) Exemption.--The prohibitions referred to in subparagraph (A) shall not apply in a State on or after the date on which-- ``(i) the Governor of that State provides the Secretary of Commerce with notification of a prior program under subparagraph (C) of subsection (d)(2), ``(ii) the Secretary of Commerce approves a program of that State under subparagraph (A) of subsection (d)(2), or ``(iii) regulations of the Secretary of Commerce issued under subsection (c) to carry out this section take effect, whichever occurs first.''; (3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (j) as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; and (4) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following: ``(c) Federal Program.-- ``(1) Administration by the secretary of commerce.-- ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Commerce shall, as soon as possible after the date of the enactment of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Amendments Act of 1993-- ``(i) determine the species, grades, and geographic origin of unprocessed timber to be prohibited from export in each State that is subject to an order issued under subsection (a); ``(ii) administer the prohibitions consistent with this title; ``(iii) ensure that the species, grades, and geographic origin of unprocessed timber prohibited from export within each State is representative of the species, grades, and geographic origin of timber comprising the total timber sales program of the State; and ``(iv) issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. ``(B) Exemption.--The actions and regulations of the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a State that is administering and enforcing a program under subsection (d). ``(2) Cooperation with other agencies.--The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to enter into agreements with Federal and State agencies with appropriate jurisdiction to assist the Secretary in carrying out this title. ``(d) Authorized State Programs.-- ``(1) Authorization of new state programs.--Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Governor of any State may submit a program to the Secretary of Commerce for approval that-- ``(A) implements, with respect to unprocessed timber originating from public lands in that State, the prohibition on exports set forth in the Secretary's order under subsection (a); and ``(B) ensures that the species, grades, and geographic origin of unprocessed timber prohibited from export within the State is representative of the species, grades, and geographic origin of timber comprising the total timber sales program of the State. ``(2) Approval of state programs.-- ``(A) Program approval.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of a program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Commerce shall approve the program unless the Secretary finds that the program will result in the export of unprocessed timber from public lands in violation of this title and publishes that finding in the Federal Register. ``(B) State program in lieu of federal program.--If the Secretary of Commerce approves a program submitted under paragraph (1), the Governor of the State for which the program was submitted, or such other official of that State as the Governor may designate, may administer and enforce the program, which shall apply in that State in lieu of the regulations issued under subsection (c). ``(C) Prior state programs.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Amendments Act of 1993, the Governor of any State that had, before May 4, 1993, issued regulations under this subsection as in effect before May 4, 1993, may provide the Secretary of Commerce with written notification that the State has a program that was in effect on May 3, 1993, and that meets the requirements of paragraph (1). Upon such notification, that State may administer and enforce that program in that State until the end of the 9-month period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Commerce issues regulations under subsection (c), and that program shall, during the period in which it is so administered and enforced, apply in that State in lieu of the regulations issued under subsection (c). Such Governor may submit, with such notification, the program for approval by the Secretary under paragraph (1). ``(e) Prior Contracts.--Nothing in this section shall apply to-- ``(1) any contract for the purchase of unprocessed timber originating from public lands that was entered into before-- ``(A) September 10, 1990, with respect to States with annual sales volumes of 400,000,000 board feet or less; or ``(B) January 1, 1991, with respect to States with annual sales volumes greater than 400,000,000 board feet; or ``(2) any contract under which exports of unprocessed timber were permitted pursuant to an order of the Secretary of Commerce in effect under this section before October 23, 1992. ``(f) Western Red Cedar.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede section 7(i) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2406(i)).''. SEC. 3. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT. (a) Monitoring.--Section 492(a) of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620d(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end of the paragraph; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: ``(3) each person who acquires, either directly or indirectly, unprocessed timber originating from public lands in a State that is subject to an order issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 491(a), other than a State that is administering and enforcing a program under section 491(d), shall report the receipt and disposition of the timber to the Secretary of Commerce, in such form as the Secretary may by rule prescribe, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to hold any person responsible for reporting the disposition of any timber held by subsequent persons; and ``(4) each person who transfers to another person unprocessed timber originating from public lands in a State that is subject to an order issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 491(a), other than a State that is administering and enforcing a program under section 491(d), shall, before completing the transfer-- ``(A) provide to such other person a written notice, in such form as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, that shall identify the public lands from which the timber originated; and ``(B) receive from such other person-- ``(i) a written acknowledgment of the notice, and ``(ii) a written agreement that the recipient of the timber will comply with the requirements of this title, in such form as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe; and ``(C) provide to the Secretary of Commerce copies of all notices, acknowledgments, and agreements referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B).''. (b) Civil Penalties.--Section 492(c) of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``If the Secretary''; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ``(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), if the Secretary of Commerce finds, on the record and after an opportunity for a hearing, that a person, with willful disregard for the restrictions contained in an order of the Secretary under section 491(a) on exports of unprocessed timber from public lands, exported or caused to be exported unprocessed timber originating from public lands in violation of such order, the Secretary may assess against such person a civil penalty of not more than $500,000 for each violation, or 3 times the gross value of the unprocessed timber involved in the violation, whichever amount is greater. ``(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to exports of unprocessed timber originating from public lands in a State that is administering and enforcing a program under section 491(d).''; and (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; (B) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``If the Secretary''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), if the Secretary of Commerce finds, on the record and after an opportunity for a hearing, that a person has violated, on or after June 1, 1993, any provision of this title or any regulation issued under this title relating to the export of unprocessed timber originating from public lands (whether or not the violation caused the export of unprocessed timber from public lands in violation of this title), the Secretary may assess against such person a civil penalty to the same extent as the Secretary concerned may impose a penalty under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A). ``(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to unprocessed timber originating from public lands in a State that is administering and enforcing a program under section 491(d).''. SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Act or the amendments made by this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and such amendments and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidation. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

Summary: Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) prohibit through 1995 the export of unprocessed timber from State and other public lands, or the purchase of such timber as a substitute for exported private land timber; and (2) administer such prohibitions. Authorizes a State, upon approval of the Secretary, to implement a program in lieu of the Federal one. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act.