SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``True Reciprocity Investment Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF RECIPROCITY OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT. Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(o) Consideration of Reciprocity of Foreign Investment.-- ``(1) Report required.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the True Reciprocity Investment Act of 2017, and annually thereafter, the United States Trade Representative shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the extent to which the governments of foreign countries allow investments by United States persons in those countries that are similar to investments in the United States made by entities organized under the laws of those countries. ``(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to each country that is a major trading partner of the United States, the following: ``(A) A description of the laws, policies, and practices of the country with respect to foreign investment. ``(B) A comparison of such laws, policies, and practices with the laws, policies, and practices of the United States with respect to foreign investment. ``(C) An assessment of laws, policies, and practices by the government of the country that prohibit, restrict, or delay investment in the country by United States persons. ``(D) An identification of which such laws, policies, and practices have had the most significant effect on investment in that country by United States persons. ``(E) An identification of the industries in the United States that have been most severely affected by such laws, policies, and practices. ``(F) An assessment of the transparency of the process for making such laws, policies, and practices. ``(G) If a bilateral investment treaty is in effect between the United States and the country, an assessment of the extent to which the government of the country has complied with its obligations under the treaty. ``(H) Recommendations with respect to what remedies may be available to facilitate investment in the country by United States persons. ``(I) An assessment of the amount of greenfield investment in the United States by persons organized under the laws of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the country. ``(3) Determinations.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the determination of the Trade Representative, after consideration of the elements described in paragraph (2), of whether each country that is a major trading partner of the United States-- ``(A) has high barriers to investment by United States persons (to be known as a `high barrier country'); ``(B) has recently taken measures that constitute barriers to investment by United States persons or has indicated an intention to take such measures (to be known as a `watch country'); or ``(C) has investment laws, policies, and practices that should be monitored (to be known as a `monitor country'). ``(4) Justification for transactions with high barrier countries.-- ``(A) In general.--If the Committee recommends that the President not suspend or prohibit under subsection (d) a covered transaction described in subparagraph (B), the Committee shall include in the report required by paragraph (1) an explanation of the reasons for recommending that the President not suspend or prohibit that transaction. ``(B) Covered transaction described.--A covered transaction is described in this subparagraph if a party to the transaction is organized under the laws of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of a high barrier country. ``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term `appropriate congressional committees' means-- ``(i) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and ``(ii) the Committee on Financial Service, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. ``(B) Greenfield investment.--The term `greenfield investment' means an investment by a foreign person in the United States under which the foreign person builds operations and facilities in the United States instead of purchasing or leasing existing facilities. ``(C) United states person.--The term `United States person' means-- ``(i) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or ``(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.''. SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF REPORT ON RECIPROCITY. Section 721(f) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(f)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (4)-- (A) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and by moving such subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; and (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and by moving such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (2) in paragraph (9), by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and by moving such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (11) as subparagraphs (A) through (K), respectively, and by moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (4) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking ``may, taking into account the requirements of national security, consider--'' and inserting the following: ``, taking into account the requirements of national security-- ``(1) may consider--''; (5) in subparagraph (K), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (6) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) shall consider the findings in the most recent report required by subsection (o) with respect to any foreign country with jurisdiction over a party to the proposed or pending transaction.''.

Summary: True Reciprocity Investment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to direct the Office of the United States Trade Representative to submit an annual report assessing the extent to which foreign governments allow investments by U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or U.S. entities) in their countries that are similar to investments in the United States made by entities organized in such foreign countries. The report shall include, with respect to each major trading partner of the United States: (1) a description of the laws, policies, and practices of the country with respect to foreign investment; and (2) an assessment of the transparency of the process for making such laws, policies, and practices. The report shall also include the determination of the office whether each major trading partner: (1) has high barriers to investment by U.S. persons; (2) has recently taken measures that constitute barriers to investment by U.S. persons or has indicated an intention to take such measures; or (3) has investment laws, policies, and practices that should be monitored. If the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States recommends that the President not suspend or prohibit a transaction made by a party that is subject to the jurisdiction of a high barrier country, it shall provide an explanation of the reasons for its recommendation.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. ADDRESS INFORMATION REVIEWED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 15 the following new section: ``Sec. 16. Address information reviewed by States and local governments ``(a) The Secretary, to assist efforts to ensure the accuracy of censuses and surveys under this title, shall-- ``(1) publish standards defining the content and structure of address information which States and local units of general purpose government may submit to the Secretary to be used in developing a national address list; ``(2)(A) develop and publish a timetable for the Bureau to receive, review, and respond to submissions of information under paragraph (1) before the decennial census date; and ``(B) provide for a response by the Bureau with respect to such submissions in which the Bureau specifies its determinations regarding such information and the reasons for such determinations; and ``(3) be subject to the review process developed under section 3 of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 relating to responses pursuant to paragraph (2). ``(b)(1) The Secretary-- ``(A) shall provide officials who are designated as census liaisons by a local unit of general purpose government with access to census address information for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the address information of the Bureau for census and survey purposes; and ``(B) together with such access, should provide an explanation of duties and obligations under this title. ``(2) Access under paragraph (1) shall be limited to address information concerning addresses within the local unit of general purpose government represented by the census liaison or an adjacent local unit of general purpose government. ``(3) The Bureau should respond to each recommendation made by a census liaison concerning the accuracy of address information, including the determination (and reasons therefor) of the Bureau regarding each such recommendation. ``(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), in a case in which a local unit of general purpose government is within another local unit of general purpose government and is not independent of the enclosing unit, the census liaison shall be designated by the local unit of general purpose government which is within the enclosing local unit of general purpose government. ``(5) A census liaison may not use information made available under paragraph (1) for any purpose other than the purpose specified in paragraph (1). ``(c) For the purposes of this section-- ``(1) the term `local unit of general purpose government' has the meaning given such term by section 184(1) of this title; and ``(2) the term `State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.''. (b) Confidentiality.--Section 9(a) of such title is amended-- (1) by inserting ``or local government census liaison,'' after ``thereof,''; and (2) by inserting ``or 16'' after ``section 8''. (c) Penalty.--Section 214 of such title is amended by inserting ``or whoever, being or having been a census liaison within the meaning of section 16 of this title,'' after ``title,'' the second place it appears. (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 15 the following: ``16. Address information reviewed by local governments.''. SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF APPEALS PROCESS BY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. The Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, acting through the Chief Statistician and in consultation with the Bureau of the Census, shall develop an appeals process for those States and local units of general purpose government which desire to appeal determinations of the Bureau of the Census pursuant to section 16(a)(2) or (b)(3) of title 13, United States Code. Appeals under such process shall be resolved before the decennial census date. The Chief Statistician shall publish the proposed appeals process for a period of public comment before finalizing such process. SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO SHARE ADDRESS LISTS. Section 412 of title 39, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking out ``Except'' and all that follows through ``law,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(b) The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Commerce for use by the Bureau of the Census such address information, address- related information, and point of postal delivery information, including postal delivery codes, as may be determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for any census or survey being conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The provision of such information under this subsection shall be in accordance with such mutually agreeable terms and conditions, including reimbursability, as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

Summary: Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) publish standards defining the content and structure of address information which States and local governments may submit to the Secretary to be used in developing a national address list; (2) develop and publish a timetable for the Bureau of the Census to receive, review, and respond to the submitted information before the decennial census date; (3) provide for a response by the Bureau that specifies its determinations regarding such information and the reasons for such determinations; and (4) be subject to the review process developed under this Act relating to such responses. Directs the Secretary to provide officials who are designated as census liaisons by local governments with access to census address information for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the Bureau's address information for census and survey purposes and together with such access, provide an explanation of duties and obligations under this Act. Limits such access to the addresses within the local government represented by the census liaison or an adjacent local government. Requires the Bureau to respond to each recommendation made by a census liaison concerning the accuracy of address information, including the determination (and reasons therefor) of the Bureau regarding each such recommendation. Prohibits a census liaison from using information made available under this Act for purposes other than the purposes specified in this Act. Makes provisions that require, with exceptions, that such information be treated as confidential applicable to local government census liaisons. Imposes a fine and up to five years' imprisonment on whoever being or having been a census liaison wrongfully discloses such information. Requires: (1) the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, acting through the Chief Statistician, to develop an appeals process for those States and local governments which desire to appeal determinations of the Bureau; and (2) the Postal Service to provide to the Secretary for use by the Bureau such address, address- related, and point of postal delivery information, including postal delivery codes, determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for any census or survey being conducted by the Bureau.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act''. SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO 529 PLANS. (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 25B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to elective deferrals and IRA contributions by certain individuals) is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: ``(2) Contributions to qualified tuition programs.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified savings contribution' includes the amount of any purchase or contribution described in paragraph (1)(A) of section 529(b) to a qualified tuition program (as defined in such section) if-- ``(i) the taxpayer has the power to authorize distributions and otherwise administer the account, and ``(ii) the designated beneficiary of such purchase or contribution is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or an individual with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed a deduction under section 151. ``(B) Limitation based on compensation.--The amount treated as a qualified savings contribution by reason of subparagraph (A) for any taxable year shall not exceed the sum of-- ``(i) the compensation (as defined in section 219(f)(1)) includible in the taxpayer's gross income for the taxable year, and ``(ii) the amount excluded from the taxpayer's gross income under section 112 (relating to combat pay) for such year. ``(C) Determination of adjusted gross income.-- Solely for purposes of determining the applicable percentage under subsection (b) which applies with respect to the amount treated as a qualified savings contribution by reason of subparagraph (A), adjusted gross income (determined without regard to this subparagraph) shall be increased by the excess (if any) of-- ``(i) the social security benefits received during the taxable year (within the meaning of section 86), over ``(ii) the amount included in gross income for such year under section 86.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Section 25B of such Code is amended by striking ``qualified retirement savings'' each place it appears in the text and inserting ``qualified savings''. (2) The subsection heading for section 25B(d) of such Code is amended by striking ``Retirement''. (3) Subparagraph (A) of section 25B(d)(3) of such Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended-- (A) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' the first place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (1) or (2)'', and (B) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' the second place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (1), or (2), as the case may be,''. (4) The heading for section 25B of such Code is amended by striking ``and ira contributions'' and inserting ``, ira contributions, and qualified tuition program contributions''. (5) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 25B and inserting the following new item: ``Sec. 25B. Elective deferrals, IRA contributions, and qualified tuition program contributions by certain individuals.''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to contributions made after December 31, 2012, in taxable years ending after such date. SEC. 3. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS. (a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended by inserting after section 127 the following new section: ``SEC. 127A. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS. ``(a) In General.--Gross income of an employee does not include amounts paid by the employer as contributions to a qualified tuition program held by the employee or spouse of the employee if the contributions are made pursuant to a program which is described in subsection (b). ``(b) Maximum Exclusion.--The amount excluded from the gross income of an employee under this section for the taxable year shall not exceed $600. ``(c) Qualified Tuition Assistance Program.--For purposes of this section, a qualified tuition assistance program is a separate written plan of an employer for the benefit of such employer's employees-- ``(1) under which the employer makes matching contributions to qualified tuition programs of-- ``(A) such employees, ``(B) their spouses, or ``(C) any individual with respect to whom such an employee or spouse-- ``(i) is allowed a deduction under section 151, and ``(ii) has the power to authorize distributions and otherwise administer such individual's account under the qualified tuition program, and ``(2) which meets requirements similar to the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 127(b). ``(d) Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this section-- ``(1) Qualified tuition program.--The term `qualified tuition program' means a qualified tuition program as defined in section 529(b). ``(2) Employee and employer.--The terms `employee' and `employer' shall have the meaning given such terms by paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 127(c). ``(3) Applicable rules.--Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) of section 127(c) shall apply. ``(e) Inflation Adjustment.-- ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2013, the $600 amount contained in subsection (b)(1) shall be increased by an amount equal to-- ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting `calendar year 2012' for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B) thereof. Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $50. ``(f) Cross Reference.--For reporting and recordkeeping requirements, see section 6039D.''. (b) Exclusion From Employment Taxes.-- (1) Sections 3121(a)(18), 3306(b)(13), and 3401(a)(18) of such Code are each amended by inserting ``127A,'' after ``127,'' each place it appears. (2) Section 3231(e)(6) of such Code is amended by striking ``section 127'' and inserting ``section 127 or 127A''. (c) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements.--Section 6039D(d)(1) of such Code is amended by inserting ``127A,'' after ``127,''. (d) Other Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Sections 125(f), 414(n)(3)(C), and 414(t)(2) of such Code are each amended by inserting ``127A,'' after ``127,'' each place it appears. (2) Section 132(j)(8) of such Code is amended by striking ``section 127'' and inserting ``section 127 or 127A''. (3) Section 1397(a)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting at the end the following new clause: ``(iii) Any amount paid or incurred by an employer which is excludable from the gross income of an employee under section 127A, but only to the extent paid or incurred to a person not related to the employer.''. (4) Section 209(a)(15) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 409(a)(15)) is amended by striking ``or 129'' and inserting ``, 127A, or 129''. (e) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 127 the following new item: ``Sec. 127A. Employer contributions to qualified tuition programs.''. (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for contributions to qualified tuition plans; and (2) allow an exclusion, up to $600, from the gross income of an employee for employer contributions to a qualified tuition program.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) On March 19, 1966, Texas Western College (the ``Miners'') defeated the University of Kentucky in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (``NCAA'') men's college basketball final at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland, by a score of 72-65. (2) The 1966 Miners are still the only team from the State of Texas to win a NCAA basketball championship. (3) This marked the first time an all-Black starting lineup had won the NCAA championship; (4) After the 1966 championship, many college teams throughout the South following the Miners' example began recruiting Black athletes, ending years of segregation. (5) Immediately after the championship, between the years of 1966 and 1985, the average number of Black players on college teams nearly doubled. (6) Every southern conference team (including the Southeastern Conference) followed the Miners' example, and all basketball teams were integrated the following season. (7) The top-ranked University of Kentucky men's basketball team was favored in the final over the third-ranked Texas Western College squad. (8) Texas Western College was led by coach Don Haskins and the University of Kentucky by coach Adolph Rupp. (9) Coach Haskins taught his team the ``swinging gate'' defensive style he had learned as a player at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma State University) under legendary coach Henry Iba. (10) Texas Western College's journey to the 1966 NCAA championship was depicted in the 2006 film titled ``Glory Road''. SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. (a) Denominations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue the following coins: (1) $5 gold coins.--Not more than 50,000 $5 coins, which shall-- (A) weigh 8.359 grams; (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. (2) $1 silver coins.--Not more than 400,000 $1 coins, which shall-- (A) weigh 26.73 grams; (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and (C) contain 90 percent silver. (3) Half-dollar clad coins.--Not more than 750,000 half- dollar coins which shall-- (A) weigh 11.34 grams; (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and (C) be minted to the specifications for half-dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code. (b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code. (c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. (a) In General.--The design of the coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the game of basketball and shall be-- (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame; and (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. (b) Designation and Inscriptions.--On each coin minted under this Act there shall be-- (1) a designation of the value of the coin; (2) an inscription of the year ``2017''; and (3) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''. SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. (b) Mint Facility.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this Act. (c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2017. SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. (a) Sale Price.--The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of-- (1) the face value of the coins; (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with respect to such coins; and (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). (b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount. (c) Prepaid Orders.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins. (2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. (a) In General.--All sales of coins issued under this Act shall include a surcharge of-- (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame to help finance renovations of existing National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame facilities. (c) Audits.--The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts received under subsection (b). (d) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that-- (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States Government; and (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code.

Summary: 50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of basketball. Requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame to help finance renovations of existing National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame facilities.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PREVENT REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVING. (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 159 the following: ``Sec. 160. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Alcohol concentration.--The term `alcohol concentration' means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. ``(2) Driving while intoxicated; driving under the influence.--The terms `driving while intoxicated' and `driving under the influence' mean driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in a State while having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater. ``(3) Ignition interlock device.--The term `ignition interlock device' means an in-vehicle device that requires a driver to provide a breath sample prior to the motor vehicle starting, and that prevents a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit. ``(4) Motor vehicle.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `motor vehicle' means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public highways. ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `motor vehicle' does not include-- ``(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail line; or ``(ii) a commercial vehicle. ``(b) Laws Requiring Ignition Interlock Devices.-- ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State meets the requirements of this subsection if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that requires throughout the State the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. ``(2) Exception.--The 180-day period referred to in paragraph (1) for the installation of an ignition interlock device may be reduced to a period of not fewer than 90 days, if-- ``(A) the driver's licence of the individual is suspended for a minimum of 180 days as a result of the conviction; and ``(B) the period for the installation of an ignition interlock device begins after the last day of the suspension. ``(c) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 2018.--On October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). ``(2) Fiscal year 2019.--On October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). ``(3) Fiscal year 2020 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2019, and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). ``(d) Period of Availability of Withheld Funds; Effect of Compliance and Noncompliance.-- ``(1) Period of availability of withheld funds.--Any funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment to a State shall remain available for apportionment to the State until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized to be appropriated. ``(2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance.-- If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment are to remain available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State meets the requirements of subsection (b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State meets the requirements of subsection (b), apportion to the State the funds withheld under subsection (c) that remain available for apportionment to the State. ``(3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned funds.--Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2)-- ``(A) shall remain available for expenditure until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds are so apportioned; and ``(B) if not apportioned at the end of that period, shall lapse. ``(4) Effect of noncompliance.--If, at the end of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment are available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b), the funds shall lapse.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 159 the following: ``160. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving.''.

Summary: Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Transportation to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2018-FY2020 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. Defines "driving while intoxicated" and "driving under the influence" as driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or greater. Requires an ignition interlock device to: require a driver to provide a breath sample before the motor vehicle starts, and prevent a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit. Authorizes reduction of the 180-day period to 90 days if: the driver's license is suspended for a minimum of 180 days as a result of the conviction, and the period for installation of an ignition interlock device begins after the last day of the suspension.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) In its 2007 report, Beyond Bias and Barriers, the National Academies state that, to maintain its scientific and engineering leadership amid increasing economic and educational globalization, the United States must aggressively pursue the innovative capacity of all of its people--women and men. (2) Women make up an increasing proportion of science and engineering majors at all institutions of higher education, including at top-rated programs such as those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where women make up 51 percent of its science undergraduates and 35 percent of its engineering undergraduates. (3) Despite this progress, however, women still receive only 20 percent of all bachelor's degrees awarded in engineering and physics. (4) For women to participate to their full potential across all science and engineering fields, they must see a career path that allows them to reach their full intellectual potential; much remains to be done to achieve that goal. (5) The Federal Government provides over 60 percent of research funding at institutions of higher education. (6) Women are a small portion of the science and engineering faculty members at major research universities, and they typically receive fewer institutional resources for their research activities than their male colleagues. (7) Unintentional biases and outmoded institutional structures are hindering the access and advancement of women in science and engineering. (8) Women hold a small portion of leadership positions in our institutions of higher education, scientific and professional societies, and honorary organizations. (9) Neither our institutions of higher education nor our Nation can afford such underuse of precious human capital in science and engineering. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President, acting through the National Science and Technology Council. (2) Federal science agency.--The term ``Federal science agency'' means any Federal agency that is responsible for at least 2 percent of the total Federal obligation for research and development at institutions of higher education, according to the most recent data available from the National Science Foundation. (3) Institution of higher education.--The term ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). SEC. 4. WORKSHOPS TO ENHANCE GENDER EQUITY IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall develop a uniform policy for each Federal science agency to carry out a program of workshops that educate program officers, members of grant review panels, institution of higher education department chairs, and other federally funded researchers about methods that minimize the effects of gender bias in evaluation, including of Federal research grants, for hiring, tenure, and promotion, and for selection for any other honor based on academic merit. Each Federal science agency shall establish a program of workshops according to this policy. (b) Interagency Coordination.--The Director shall ensure that programs of workshops across the Federal science agencies are coordinated and supported jointly as appropriate. As part of this process, the Director shall ensure that at least 1 workshop is supported every 2 years among the Federal science agencies in each of the major science and engineering disciplines supported by those agencies. (c) Scientific and Professional Societies.--Federal science agencies may carry out the program of workshops under this section by making grants to eligible organizations. In addition to any other organizations made eligible by the Federal science agencies, the following organizations are eligible for grants under this section: (1) Nonprofit scientific and professional societies and organizations that represent one or more science and engineering disciplines. (2) Nonprofit organizations that have the primary mission of advancing the participation of women in science and engineering. (d) Characteristics of Workshops.--The workshops shall have the following characteristics: (1) Invitees to workshops shall include at least-- (A) the chairs from at least the top 50 institution of higher education departments in the relevant discipline, as determined by the amount of Federal research and development funds obligated to each department in the prior year based on data available from the National Science Foundation; (B) members of any standing research grant review panel appointed by the Federal science agencies in the relevant discipline; (C) in the case of major science and engineering disciplines supported by the Department of Energy, the individuals from each of the Department of Energy National Laboratories with personnel management responsibilities comparable to those of an institution of higher education department chair; and (D) Federal science agency program officers in the relevant discipline, other than program officers that participate in comparable workshops organized and run specifically for that agency's program officers. (2) Activities at the workshops shall include research presentations and interactive discussions or other activities that increase the awareness of the existence of gender bias in recruitment, hiring, tenure review, promotion, grant evaluation, award selection, and other forms of formal recognition of individual achievement and provide strategies to overcome such bias. (3) Research presentations and other workshop programs, as appropriate, shall include a discussion of the unique challenges faced by women from historically underrepresented groups. (4) Workshop programs shall include information on best practices and the value of mentoring undergraduate and graduate women students as well as outreach to girls earlier in their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. (e) Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report evaluating the impact of the program carried out under this section to reduce gender bias towards women engaged in research funded by the Federal Government. The Director shall include in this report any recommendations for improving the evaluation process described in paragraph (2). (2) Minimum criteria for evaluation.--In determining the effectiveness of the program, the Director shall consider, at a minimum-- (A) the rates of participation by invitees in the workshops authorized under this section; (B) the results of attitudinal surveys conducted on workshop participants before and after the workshops; (C) any institutional policy or practice changes reported by participants from institutions of higher education; and (D) for institution of higher education department chairs and Department of Energy National Laboratory employees who participated in at least 1 workshop 3 or more years prior to the due date for the report, trends in the data for the department represented by the chair or employee including-- (i) the number and percent of women faculty; (ii) the number and percent of women in tenure-track positions by rank; (iii) tenure promotion outcomes by gender; (iv) years in rank by gender; (v) time at institution by gender; (vi) attrition by gender; (vii) the number of women who are in nontenure-track positions, including teaching and research; (viii) the number and percent of women faculty in endowed or named chairs; and (ix) the number and percent of women faculty on promotion and tenure committees. (f) Minimizing Costs.--To the extent practicable, workshops shall be held in conjunction with national or regional disciplinary meetings to minimize costs associated with participant travel. (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--Each Federal science agency is authorized to contribute funds, from funds which are otherwise authorized, to support the workshop and evaluation requirements under this section, including-- (1) providing grants to organizations, including the organizations identified under subsection (c), to plan and organize the workshops; and (2) reimbursing the travel and lodging costs of invited speakers and workshop participants. SEC. 5. EXTENDED RESEARCH GRANT SUPPORT AND INTERIM TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS. (a) Policies for Caregivers.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall develop a uniform policy to-- (1) extend the period of grant support for federally funded researchers who have caregiving responsibilities; and (2) provide funding for interim technical staff support for federally funded researchers who take a leave of absence for caregiving responsibilities. (b) Report.--Upon developing the policy required under subsection (a), the Director shall transmit a copy of the policy to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. SEC. 6. COLLECTION OF DATA ON FEDERAL RESEARCH GRANTS. (a) In General.--Each Federal science agency shall collect standardized annual composite information on demographics, field, award type and budget request, review score, and funding outcome for all applications for research and development grants to institutions of higher education supported by that agency. (b) Reporting of Data.-- (1) The Director shall establish a policy to ensure uniformity and standardization of data collection required under subsection (a). (2) Not later than June 30, 2010, and annually thereafter, each Federal science agency shall submit data collected under subsection (a) to the National Science Foundation. (3) The National Science Foundation shall be responsible for storing and publishing all of the grant data submitted under paragraph (2) in conjunction with the biennial report required under section 37 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d). SEC. 7. PUBLICATION OF LIST OF INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS TO ENHANCE GENDER EQUITY IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. The Director, on the basis of data reported by the Federal science agencies, shall publish annually a list of institutions of higher education science and engineering departments represented by individuals who attend the workshops described in section 4. The list shall be publicly available through the website of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Any institution of higher education science and engineering department that is publicized on the list may publicize its receipt of such recognition on its website, in printed materials, or through other means.

Summary: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a policy for federal science agencies to carry out a program of workshops that educate specified federally funded researchers about methods that minimize the effects of gender bias in evaluation, including of federal research grants, for hiring, tenure, and promotion, and for selection for any other honor based on academic merit. Requires the support of at least one workshop every two years among the federal science agencies in the major science and engineering disciplines. Authorizes federal science agencies to carry out such program by making grants to eligible organizations as described in this Act. Requires the Director to transmit a report evaluating such program's impact in reducing gender bias towards women engaged in research funded by the federal government. Requires the Director to develop a policy to extend research grant support and provide interim technical support for federally funded researchers who are caregivers. Requires transmission of a copy of such policy to specified congressional committees. Requires federal science agencies to collect specified standardized annual data for all applications for research and development grants to institutions of higher education and to submit the data collected to the National Science Foundation (NSF). Makes the NSF responsible for storing and publishing all such grant data. Requires annual publication of a list of the institutions of higher education science and engineering departments represented by individuals who attend the workshops described above.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 44946. Aviation Security Advisory Committee ``(a) Establishment.--The Assistant Secretary shall establish within the Transportation Security Administration an aviation security advisory committee. ``(b) Duties.-- ``(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall consult the Advisory Committee, as appropriate, on aviation security matters, including on the development, refinement, and implementation of policies, programs, rulemaking, and security directives pertaining to aviation security, while adhering to sensitive security guidelines. ``(2) Recommendations.-- ``(A) In general.--The Advisory Committee shall develop, at the request of the Assistant Secretary, recommendations for improvements to aviation security. ``(B) Recommendations of subcommittees.--Recommendations agreed upon by the subcommittees established under this section shall be approved by the Advisory Committee before transmission to the Assistant Secretary. ``(3) Periodic reports.--The Advisory Committee shall periodically submit to the Assistant Secretary-- ``(A) reports on matters identified by the Assistant Secretary; and ``(B) reports on other matters identified by a majority of the members of the Advisory Committee. ``(4) Annual report.--The Advisory Committee shall submit to the Assistant Secretary an annual report providing information on the activities, findings, and recommendations of the Advisory Committee, including its subcommittees, for the preceding year. Not later than 6 months after the date that the Secretary receives the annual report, the Secretary shall publish a public version describing the Advisory Committee's activities and such related matters as would be informative to the public consistent with the policy of section 552(b) of title 5. ``(5) Feedback.--Not later than 90 days after receiving recommendations transmitted by the Advisory Committee under paragraph (4), the Assistant Secretary shall respond in writing to the Advisory Committee with feedback on each of the recommendations, an action plan to implement any of the recommendations with which the Assistant Secretary concurs, and a justification for why any of the recommendations have been rejected. ``(6) Congressional notification.--Not later than 30 days after providing written feedback to the Advisory Committee under paragraph (5), the Assistant Secretary shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives on such feedback, and provide a briefing upon request. ``(7) Report to congress.--Prior to briefing the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives under paragraph (6), the Assistant Secretary shall submit to such committees a report containing information relating to the recommendations transmitted by the Advisory Committee in accordance with paragraph (4). ``(c) Membership.-- ``(1) Appointment.-- ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014, the Assistant Secretary shall appoint the members of the Advisory Committee. ``(B) Composition.--The membership of the Advisory Committee shall consist of individuals representing not more than 34 member organizations. Each organization shall be represented by 1 individual (or the individual's designee). ``(C) Representation.--The membership of the Advisory Committee shall include representatives of air carriers, all- cargo air transportation, indirect air carriers, labor organizations representing air carrier employees, labor organizations representing transportation security officers, aircraft manufacturers, airport operators, airport construction and maintenance contractors, labor organizations representing employees of airport construction and maintenance contractors, general aviation, privacy organizations, the travel industry, airport-based businesses (including minority-owned small businesses), businesses that conduct security screening operations at airports, aeronautical repair stations, passenger advocacy groups, the aviation security technology industry (including screening technology and biometrics), victims of terrorist acts against aviation, and law enforcement and security experts. ``(2) Term of office.-- ``(A) Terms.--The term of each member of the Advisory Committee shall be 2 years. A member of the Advisory Committee may be reappointed. ``(B) Removal.--The Assistant Secretary may review the participation of a member of the Advisory Committee and remove such member for cause at any time. ``(3) Prohibition on compensation.--The members of the Advisory Committee shall not receive pay, allowances, or benefits from the Government by reason of their service on the Advisory Committee. ``(4) Meetings.-- ``(A) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall require the Advisory Committee to meet at least semiannually and may convene additional meetings as necessary. ``(B) Public meetings.--At least 1 of the meetings described in subparagraph (A) shall be open to the public. ``(C) Attendance.--The Advisory Committee shall maintain a record of the persons present at each meeting. ``(5) Member access to sensitive security information.--Not later than 60 days after the date of a member's appointment, the Assistant Secretary shall determine if there is cause for the member to be restricted from possessing sensitive security information. Without such cause, and upon the member voluntarily signing a non-disclosure agreement, the member may be granted access to sensitive security information that is relevant to the member's advisory duties. The member shall protect the sensitive security information in accordance with part 1520 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. ``(6) Chairperson.--A stakeholder representative on the Advisory Committee who is elected by the appointed membership of the Advisory Committee shall chair the Advisory Committee. ``(d) Subcommittees.-- ``(1) Membership.--The Advisory Committee chairperson, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary, may establish within the Advisory Committee any subcommittee that the Assistant Secretary and Advisory Committee determine to be necessary. The Assistant Secretary and the Advisory Committee shall create subcommittees to address aviation security issues, including the following: ``(A) Air cargo security.--The implementation of the air cargo security programs established by the Transportation Security Administration to screen air cargo on passenger aircraft and all-cargo aircraft in accordance with established cargo screening mandates. ``(B) General aviation.--General aviation facilities, general aviation aircraft, and helicopter operations at general aviation and commercial service airports. ``(C) Perimeter and access control.--Recommendations on airport perimeter security, exit lane security and technology at commercial service airports, and access control issues. ``(D) Security technology.--Security technology standards and requirements, including their harmonization internationally, technology to screen passengers, passenger baggage, carry-on baggage, and cargo, and biometric technology. ``(2) Risk-based security.--All subcommittees established by the Advisory Committee chairperson in coordination with the Assistant Secretary shall consider risk-based security approaches in the performance of their functions that weigh the optimum balance of costs and benefits in transportation security, including for passenger screening, baggage screening, air cargo security policies, and general aviation security matters. ``(3) Meetings and reporting.--Each subcommittee shall meet at least quarterly and submit to the Advisory Committee for inclusion in the annual report required under subsection (b)(4) information, including recommendations, regarding issues within the subcommittee. ``(4) Subcommittee chairs.--Each subcommittee shall be co- chaired by a Government official and an industry official. ``(e) Subject Matter Experts.--Each subcommittee under this section shall include subject matter experts with relevant expertise who are appointed by the respective subcommittee chairpersons. ``(f) Nonapplicability of FACA.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Committee and its subcommittees. ``(g) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Advisory committee.--The term `Advisory Committee' means the aviation security advisory committee established under subsection (a). ``(2) Assistant secretary.--The term `Assistant Secretary' means the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration). ``(3) Perimeter security.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `perimeter security' means procedures or systems to monitor, secure, and prevent unauthorized access to an airport, including its airfield and terminal. ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `perimeter security' includes the fence area surrounding an airport, access gates, and access controls.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``44946. Aviation Security Advisory Committee.''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 9, 2014. Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to establish in the TSA an aviation security advisory committee. Requires the Assistant Secretary to consult with the Advisory Committee on aviation security matters. Requires the Advisory Committee to develop, upon the Assistant Secretary's request, recommendations to improve aviation security. Requires the Assistant Secretary to appoint to the Advisory Committee members representing up to 34 member organizations, including air carriers, all-cargo air transportation, indirect air carriers, labor organizations representing air carrier employees as well as those representing transportation security officers, aircraft manufacturers, airport operators, airport construction and maintenance contractors as well as labor organizations representing them, general aviation, privacy organizations, the travel industry, airport-based businesses, businesses that conduct security operations at airports, aeronautical repair stations, passenger advocacy groups, the aviation security technology industry (including screening technology and biometrics), victims of terrorist acts against aviation, and law enforcement and security experts. Establishes within the Advisory Committee: (1) an air cargo security subcommittee; (2) a general aviation subcommittee; (3) an airport perimeter security and access control subcommittee; and (4) a security technology subcommittee. Requires all subcommittees to consider risk-based security approaches in the performance of their functions with respect to transportation security.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) recreational hunting, when carried out pursuant to law (as implemented by the regulations of Federal and State wildlife management agencies) is a necessary and beneficial element in the proper conservation and management of healthy, abundant, and biologically diverse wildlife resources; (2) recreational hunters (because of a generally demonstrated concern with the conservation of wildlife resources and preservation of habitat necessary for the breeding and maintenance of healthy wildlife populations, and through a familiarity with the resources gained from experience in the field) are a valuable asset in ensuring enlightened public input into decisions regarding management and maintenance programs for wildlife resources and habitat; (3)(A) recreational hunting supports industries highly significant to the national economy through sales in interstate commerce of sporting goods; and (B) the Federal excise taxes imposed on the sales provide a major source of funding for vital programs of wildlife conservation and management; (4) various persons are engaging in (and have announced an intent to continue to engage in) a variety of disruptive activities with the premeditated purpose of preventing and interfering with the conduct of lawful recreational hunting on Federal lands, which activities-- (A) place both recreational hunters and the disruptive persons in imminent jeopardy of grave physical injury or death; (B) disrupt the peaceful, lawful, and prudent conduct of wildlife population and habitat management programs by Federal and State wildlife management agencies; and (C) ultimately may alter the planned program objectives, resulting in-- (i) undesirable patterns of activity within populations of wildlife; (ii) the endangerment of the future viability of wildlife species; and (iii) damage to habitat values; (5) Federal lands comprise important wildlife habitat resources that-- (A) support many large, diverse, and vital populations of wildlife; and (B) offer significant opportunities for legal recreational hunting as an important management tool to ensure the future viability of the wildlife populations; (6) it is the right of citizens of the United States freely to enjoy lawful recreational hunting on Federal lands in accordance with regulations promulgated by Federal and State wildlife management agencies; and (7) in many instances under current law, vagueness and ambiguity exist regarding the application of State laws and enforcement activities relating to-- (A) the safety of hunters; and (B) the legal rights of recreational hunters to participate peacefully in lawful hunts on Federal lands. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act: (1) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' means-- (A) national forests; (B) public lands; (C) national parks; and (D) wildlife refuges. (2) Lawful hunt.--The term ``lawful hunt'' means an occasion when an individual is engaged in the taking or harvesting (or attempted taking or harvesting) through a legal means and during a specified legal season of a wildlife or fish, on Federal lands, which activity-- (A)(i) is authorized by or licensed under the law of the State in which it takes place; or (ii) is regulated by game or fishing seasons established by the State in which it takes place; (B) is not prohibited by a law of the United States; and (C) does not infringe upon a right of an owner of private property. (3) National forest.--The term ``national forest'' means lands included in the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))). (4) National park.--The term ``national park'' means lands and waters included in the national park system (as defined in section 2(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to facilitate the management of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection with that system, and for other purposes'', approved August 8, 1953 (16 U.S.C. 1c(a))). (5) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has the same meaning as is provided in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means-- (A) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to national forests; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior with respect to-- (i) public lands; (ii) national parks; and (iii) wildlife refuges. (7) Wildlife refuge.--The term ``wildlife refuge'' means lands and waters included in the National Wildlife Refuge System (as established by section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd)). SEC. 4. OBSTRUCTION OF A LAWFUL HUNT. (a) Violation.--It is unlawful for a person knowingly and with the intent of obstructing, impeding, or interfering with a lawful hunt by an individual to-- (1) obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with a lawful hunt by an individual; (2) scare, herd, harass, decoy, or otherwise engage in activities designed to affect wildlife on Federal lands; (3) engage in activities that prevent or impede the reasonable and usual means of access by those individuals who intend to participate in a lawful hunt, whether the activities occur on Federal lands or upon a public or private road, highway, path, trail, or other normal route of access to Federal lands; (4) take or abuse property, equipment, or hunting dogs being used in conjunction with a lawful hunt; or (5) enter onto Federal lands, travel in interstate commerce, use the United States mails or an instrumentality of interstate telephonic or electronic communications, or transport or cause to be transported in interstate commerce a material or item, to further-- (A) a scheme or effort to obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with a lawful hunt; or (B) the efforts of another person to obstruct, impede, or interfere with a lawful hunt. (b) Multiple Violations.--The Secretary may consider participation by a person in more than one of the activities described in this section to constitute multiple violations. SEC. 5. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) In General.--A person who engages in an activity described in section 4 shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $500, and not more than $5,000, for each violation. (b) Violation Involving Force or Violence.--Upon a determination by a court that the activity involved the use of force or violence, or the threatened use of force or violence, against the person or property of another person, a person who engages in an activity described in section 4 shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $1,000, and not more than $10,000, for each violation. (c) Relationship to Other Penalties.--The penalties established by this section shall be in addition to other criminal or civil penalties that may be levied against the person as a result of an activity in violation of section 4. (d) Procedure.-- (1) Complaints from government agents.--Upon receipt of a written complaint from an officer, employee, or agent of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or other Federal agency that a person violated section 4, the Secretary shall-- (A) forward the complaint to the United States Attorney for the Federal judicial district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred; and (B) request the Attorney General of the United States to institute a civil action for the imposition and collection of the civil penalty specified in subsection (a) or (b). (2) Complaints from individuals.--Upon receipt of a sworn affidavit from an individual and a determination by the Secretary that the statement contains sufficient factual data to create a reasonable belief that a violation of section 4 has occurred, the Secretary shall-- (A) forward a complaint to the United States Attorney for the Federal judicial district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred; and (B) request the Attorney General of the United States to institute a civil action for the imposition and collection of the civil penalty specified in subsection (a) or (b). (e) Use of Penalty Money Collected.--After deduction of costs attributable to collection, money collected from penalties shall be-- (1) deposited into the trust fund established pursuant to the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes'', approved September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669) (commonly known as the ``Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act''), to support the activities authorized by such Act and undertaken by State wildlife management agencies; or (2) used in such other manner as the Secretary determines will enhance the funding and implementation of-- (A) the North American Waterfowl Management Plan signed by the Secretary of the Interior and the Minister of Environment for Canada in May 1986; or (B) a similar program that the Secretary determines will enhance wildlife management-- (i) on Federal lands; or (ii) on private or State-owned lands when the efforts will also provide a benefit to wildlife management objectives on Federal lands. SEC. 6. OTHER RELIEF. (a) Injunctive Relief.--Injunctive relief against a violation of section 4 may be sought by-- (1) the head of a State agency with jurisdiction over fish or wildlife management; (2) the Attorney General of the United States; or (3) any person who is or would be adversely affected by the violation, or a hunting or sportsman's organization to which the person belongs. (b) Damages and Attorney's Fees.--Any person who is or would be adversely affected by a violation of section 4, or a hunting or sportsman's organization to which the person belongs, may bring a civil action to recover-- (1) actual and punitive damages; and (2) reasonable attorney's fees. SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW AND CIVIL ACTIONS. (a) Law or Ordinance.--This Act is not intended to preempt a State law or local ordinance that provides for civil or criminal penalties for a person who obstructs or otherwise interferes with a lawful hunt. (b) Civil Action.--The bringing of an action pursuant to this Act shall not prevent an independent action against a person under a State law or local ordinance. SEC. 8. REGULATIONS. The Secretary may issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act.

Summary: Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1993 - Makes it unlawful to intentionally obstruct a lawful hunt (as defined by this Act) on Federal lands. Establishes: (1) civil penalties for such violations; (2) procedures for individual and government agent complaints; and (3) permitted uses of collected penalty money. Authorizes injunctive relief. Permits an affected individual or sportsman's organization to bring a civil action to recover actual and punitive damages and attorney's fees.


TITLE I--LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEW YORK. SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1)(A) immigration, and the resulting diversity of cultural influences, is a key factor in defining the identity of the United States; and (B) many United States citizens trace their ancestry to persons born in nations other than the United States; (2) the latter part of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century marked a period in which the volume of immigrants coming to the United States far exceeded that of any time prior to or since that period; (3) no single identifiable neighborhood in the United States absorbed a comparable number of immigrants than the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City; (4) the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street in New York City is an outstanding survivor of the vast number of humble buildings that housed immigrants to New York City during the greatest wave of immigration in American history; (5) the Lower East Side Tenement is owned and operated as a museum by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum; (6) the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is dedicated to interpreting immigrant life within a neighborhood long associated with the immigrant experience in the United States, New York City's Lower East Side, and its importance to United States history; and (7)(A) the Director of the National Park Service found the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street to be nationally significant; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior declared the Lower East Side Tenement a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994; and (C) the Director of the National Park Service, through a special resource study, found the Lower East Side Tenement suitable and feasible for inclusion in the National Park System. (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are-- (1) to ensure the preservation, maintenance, and interpretation of this site and to interpret at the site the themes of immigration, tenement life in the latter half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the housing reform movement, and tenement architecture in the United States; (2) to ensure continued interpretation of the nationally significant immigrant phenomenon associated with New York City's Lower East Side and the Lower East Side's role in the history of immigration to the United States; and (3) to enhance the interpretation of the Castle Clinton, Ellis Island, and Statue of Liberty National Monuments. SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. As used in this title: (1) Historic site.--The term ``historic site'' means the Lower East Side Tenement found at 97 Orchard Street on Manhattan Island in the City of New York, State of New York, and designated as a national historic site by section 103. (2) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a nonprofit organization established in the City of New York, State of New York, which owns and operates the tenement building at 97 Orchard Street and manages other properties in the vicinity of 97 Orchard Street as administrative and program support facilities for 97 Orchard Street. (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE. (a) In General.--To further the purposes of this title and the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes'', approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, in the City of New York, State of New York, is designated a national historic site. (b) Coordination With National Park System.-- (1) Affiliated site.--The historic site shall be an affiliated site of the National Park System. (2) Coordination.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Museum, shall coordinate the operation and interpretation of the historic site with the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island National Monument, and Castle Clinton National Monument. The historic site's story and interpretation of the immigrant experience in the United States is directly related to the themes and purposes of these National Monuments. (c) Ownership.--The historic site shall continue to be owned, operated, and managed by the Museum. SEC. 104. MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE. (a) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the Museum to ensure the marking, interpretation, and preservation of the national historic site designated by section 103(a). (b) Technical and Financial Assistance.--The Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance to the Museum to mark, interpret, and preserve the historic site, including making preservation-related capital improvements and repairs. (c) General Management Plan.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Museum, shall develop a general management plan for the historic site that defines the role and responsibility of the Secretary with regard to the interpretation and the preservation of the historic site. (2) Integration with national monuments.--The plan shall outline how interpretation and programming for the historic site shall be integrated and coordinated with the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island National Monument, and Castle Clinton National Monument to enhance the story of the historic site and these National Monuments. (3) Completion.--The plan shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Limited Role of Secretary.--Nothing in this title authorizes the Secretary to acquire the property at 97 Orchard Street or to assume overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of the historic site. SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this title. TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS SEC. 201. CASA MALPAIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, ARIZONA. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares that-- (1) the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark was occupied by one of the largest and most sophisticated Mogollon communities in the United States; (2) the landmark includes a 58-room masonry pueblo, including stairways, Great Kiva complex, and fortification walls, a prehistoric trail, and catacomb chambers where the deceased were placed; (3) the Casa Malpais was designated as a national historic landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in 1964; and (4) the State of Arizona and the community of Springerville are undertaking a program of interpretation and preservation of the landmark. (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark for the benefit of the public. (c) Cooperative Agreements.-- (1) In general.--In furtherance of the purpose of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Arizona and the town of Springerville, Arizona, pursuant to which the Secretary may provide technical assistance to interpret, operate, and maintain the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark and may also provide financial assistance for planning, staff training, and development of the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark, but not including other routine operations. (2) Additional provisions.--Any such agreement may also contain provisions that-- (A) the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall have right to access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered by such agreement for the purpose of interpreting the landmark; and (B) no changes or alterations shall be made in the landmark except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to all such agreements. (d) Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to provide financial assistance in accordance with this section. SEC. 202. PROVISION FOR ROADS IN PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE. Section 6 of the Act of October 15, 1966, entitled ``An Act to establish in the State of Michigan the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and for other purposes'' (16 U.S.C. 460s-5), is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (b)(1) by striking ``including a scenic shoreline drive'' and inserting ``including appropriate improvements to Alger County Road H-58''. (2) By adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(c) Prohibition of Certain Construction.--A scenic shoreline drive may not be constructed in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

Summary: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, New York Title II: Other Matters Title I: Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, New York - Designates the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, New York, New York, as a national historic site and an affiliated site of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate the operation and interpretation of the Site with the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Castle Clinton National Monuments. Provides that the Site shall continue to own, operate, and manage the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Museum to ensure the marking, interpretation, and preservation of the Site. Requires the Secretary to develop a general management plan for the Site that: (1) defines the Secretary's role and responsibility with regard to the interpretation and preservation of the Site; and (2) outlines how interpretation and programming for the Site shall be integrated and coordinated with the Statute of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Castle Clinton National Monuments to enhance the story of the Site and Monuments. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to provide to Arizona and the town of Springerville, Arizona, technical assistance to interpret, operate, and maintain the Casa Malpais National Historical Landmark and financial assistance for planning, staff training, and development of the Landmark, but not other routine operations. Provides that such agreements may also: (1) grant the Secretary, acting through the National Park Service, access to public portions of the property covered by the agreements for the purpose of interpreting the Landmark; and (2) prohibit changes or alterations to the Landmark except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to all such agreements. Authorizes appropriations. Amends Federal law to include in the land and water use management plan for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, provisions for appropriate improvements to Alger County Road H-58. Prohibits construction of a scenic shoreline drive in the Lakeshore.