SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting America's Young
Entrepreneurs Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS START-UP EMPLOYEE LOAN DEFERMENT AND
              CANCELLATION.

    (a) Deferment.--Section 455(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A borrower of a loan''
        and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (5), a borrower
        of a loan''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) No interest deferment eligibility for founders of
        small business start-ups.--A borrower of a loan made under this
        part shall be eligible for a deferment, during which periodic
        installments of principal and interest need not be paid, during
        any period not in excess of 3 years during which the borrower
        is employed as a founder of a small business start-up (as
        defined in subsection (r)(3)).''.
    (b) Loan Cancellation.--Section 455 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) Loan Cancellation for Certain Small Business Start-Up
Employees.--
            ``(1) Founder of a small business start-up in a distressed
        area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall cancel
                $20,000 of the balance of interest and principal due,
                in accordance with subparagraph (B), on any eligible
                Federal Direct Loan not in default for a borrower who--
                            ``(i) has made 24 monthly payments on the
                        eligible Federal Direct Loan after the date of
                        the enactment of this subsection pursuant to
                        any one or a combination of payments under a
                        repayment plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g);
                            ``(ii) has been employed as a founder of a
                        small business start-up in a distressed area
                        during the period in which the borrower makes
                        each of the 24 payments;
                            ``(iii) is employed as a founder of a small
                        business start-up in a distressed area at the
                        time of such cancellation; and
                            ``(iv) is approved for loan cancellation by
                        the young entrepreneurs business center under
                        section 47 of the Small Business Act (16 U.S.C.
                        631 et seq.).
                    ``(B) Loan cancellation amount.--
                            ``(i) In general.--After the conclusion of
                        the employment period described in subparagraph
                        (A), the Secretary shall cancel the obligation
                        to repay $20,000 of the balance of interest and
                        principal due as of the time of such
                        cancellation, on the eligible Federal Direct
                        Loans made to the borrower under this part.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--A borrower may not
                        receive an aggregate amount of more than
                        $20,000 under this subparagraph.
                    ``(C) Ineligibility for double benefits.--No
                borrower may, for the same service, receive a reduction
                of loan obligations under both this paragraph and--
                            ``(i) paragraph (2);
                            ``(ii) subsection (m); or
                            ``(iii) section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460.
            ``(2) Employee of a small business start-up.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall cancel
                $3,000 of the balance of interest and principal due, in
                accordance with subparagraph (B), on any eligible
                Federal Direct Loan not in default for a borrower who--
                            ``(i) has made 12 monthly payments on the
                        eligible Federal Direct Loan after the date of
                        the enactment of this subsection pursuant to
                        any one or a combination of payments under a
                        repayment plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g);
                            ``(ii) has been employed in a small
                        business start-up job during the period in
                        which the borrower makes each of the 12
                        payments; and
                            ``(iii) is employed in a small business
                        start-up job at the time of such cancellation.
                    ``(B) Loan cancellation amount.--
                            ``(i) In general.--After the conclusion of
                        the employment period described in subparagraph
                        (A), the Secretary shall cancel the obligation
                        to repay $3,000 of the balance of interest and
                        principal due as of the time of such
                        cancellation, on the eligible Federal Direct
                        Loans made to the borrower under this part.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--A borrower may not
                        receive an aggregate amount of more than
                        $15,000 under this subparagraph.
                    ``(C) Ineligibility for double benefits.--No
                borrower may, for the same service, receive a reduction
                of loan obligations under both this paragraph and--
                            ``(i) paragraph (1);
                            ``(ii) subsection (m); or
                            ``(iii) section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Distressed area.--The term `distressed area'
                means an area identified under section 47 of the Small
                Business Act (16 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).
                    ``(B) Eligible federal direct loan.--The term
                `eligible Federal Direct Loan' means a Federal Direct
                Stafford Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or Federal
                Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a Federal Direct
                Consolidation Loan.
                    ``(C) Founder.--The term `founder' shall have the
                meaning given such term by the Administrator of the
                Small Business Administration under this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Small business start-up.--The term `small
                business start-up' means a business that is certified
                by the young entrepreneurs business center under
                section 47 of the Small Business Act (16 U.S.C. 631 et
                seq.).
                    ``(E) Small business start-up job.--The term `small
                business start-up job' means a full-time job as an
                employee of a small business start-up.''.

SEC. 3. LOAN REFINANCING.

    (a) In General.--Part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 460. FEDERAL DIRECT REFINANCED PRIVATE LOAN PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Eligible private education loan.--The term `eligible
        private education loan' means a private education loan, as
        defined in section 140(a) of the Truth in Lending Act (15
        U.S.C. 1650(a)), that was for the borrower's own postsecondary
        educational expenses for an eligible program at an institution
        of higher education participating in the loan program under
        this part, as of the date that the loan was disbursed.
            ``(2) Federal direct refinanced private loan.--The term
        `Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan' means a loan issued
        under subsection (b)(1).
            ``(3) Private educational lender.--The term `private
        educational lender' has the meaning given the term in section
        140(a) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1650(a)).
            ``(4) Qualified borrower.--The term `qualified borrower'
        means an individual who--
                    ``(A) has an eligible private education loan;
                    ``(B) has been current on payments on the eligible
                private education loan for the 6 months prior to the
                date of the qualified borrower's application for
                refinancing under this section, and is in good standing
                on the loan at the time of such application;
                    ``(C) is not in default on the eligible private
                education loan or on any loan made, insured, or
                guaranteed under this part or part B or E; and
                    ``(D) meets the eligibility requirements described
                in subsection (b)(2).
    ``(b) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
        Secretary of the Treasury, shall carry out a program under
        which the Secretary, upon application by a qualified borrower
        who has an eligible private education loan, shall issue such
        borrower a loan under this part in accordance with the
        following:
                    ``(A) The loan issued under this program shall be
                in an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal,
                accrued unpaid interest, and late charges of the
                private education loan.
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall pay the proceeds of the
                loan issued under this program to the private
                educational lender of the private education loan, in
                order to discharge the qualified borrower from any
                remaining obligation to the private educational lender
                with respect to the original private education loan.
                    ``(C) The Secretary shall require that the
                qualified borrower undergo loan counseling that
                provides all of the information and counseling required
                under clauses (i) through (viii) of section
                485(b)(1)(A) before the loan is refinanced in
                accordance with this section, and before the proceeds
                of such loan are paid to the private educational
                lender.
                    ``(D) The Secretary shall issue the loan as a
                Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan, which shall
                have the same terms, conditions, and benefits as a
                Federal Direct Subsidized Loan, except as otherwise
                provided in this section.
            ``(2) Borrower eligibility.--Not later than 180 days after
        the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in
        consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the
        Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, shall
        establish eligibility requirements--
                    ``(A) to ensure eligibility only for qualified
                borrowers in good standing;
                    ``(B) to minimize inequities between Federal Direct
                Refinanced Private Loans and other Federal student
                loans;
                    ``(C) to preclude windfall profits for private
                educational lenders; and
                    ``(D) to ensure full access to the program
                authorized in this subsection for borrowers with
                private loans who otherwise meet the criteria
                established in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and
                (B).
    ``(c) Interest Rate.--
            ``(1) In general.--The interest rate for a Federal Direct
        Refinanced Private Loan is, in the case a private education
        loan originally issued for undergraduate, graduate, or
        professional degree postsecondary educational expenses, a rate
        equal to the rate for Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
        issued to undergraduate students for the 12-month period
        beginning on July 1, 2016, and ending on June 30, 2017.
            ``(2) Fixed rate.--The applicable rate of interest
        determined under this subsection for a Federal Direct
        Refinanced Private Loan shall be fixed for the period of the
        loan.
    ``(d) Treatment of Loans.--Nothing in this section shall affect the
ability of a borrower to qualify for loan repayment under a repayment
plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g) of section 455.''.
    (b) Notice of Potential Eligibility.--Section 128(e) of the Truth
in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1638(e)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
            ``(12) Notice required along with billing statements.--
        Along with each billing statement sent to the borrower, the
        private educational lender shall include a statement informing
        the borrower that the borrower may be eligible for the Federal
        Direct Refinanced Private Loan program established under
        section 460 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.''.

SEC. 4. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS CENTER.

    The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; and
            (2) by inserting after section 46 the following:

``SEC. 47. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS CENTER.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the
Administration a young entrepreneurs business center that shall, for
purposes of loan cancellation for start-up employees established under
subsection (r) of section 455 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1087e)--
            ``(1) certify small business start-ups under subsection
        (b);
            ``(2) identify distressed areas under subsection (c); and
            ``(3) approve loan cancellation for founders of small
        business start-ups in distressed areas under subsection (d).
    ``(b) Certification.--
            ``(1) Application.--To be certified by the young
        entrepreneurs business center, a small business start-up shall
        submit an application to the Administrator that includes--
                    ``(A) a 5-year business plan for such small
                business start-up; and
                    ``(B) the number of employees the small business
                start-up intends to employ on a yearly basis.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The young entrepreneurs business
        center may not certify a small business start-up unless such
        small business start-up, on the date the application is
        submitted under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) has a founder who is a recent graduate of a
                4-year institution of higher education;
                    ``(B) is a start-up for which at least 50 percent
                of the employees of the start-up are recent graduates
                of such an institution.
    ``(c) Distressed Area.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not less than once every 3 years after
        the date of the enactment of this section, the young
        entrepreneurs business center shall identify and make
        publically available on the website of the Administration a
        list of distressed areas.
            ``(2) Requirements.--A distressed area identified under
        paragraph (1) shall be a county or equivalent division of local
        government of a State in which the small business concern is
        located that--
                    ``(A) has, for the most recent 24-month period for
                which statistics are available--
                            ``(i) a per capita income of 80 percent or
                        less of the national average; or
                            ``(ii) an unemployment rate that is 1
                        percent greater than the national average; and
                    ``(B) the young entrepreneurs business center
                determines would economically benefit from having small
                business start-ups established in such area.
    ``(d) Loan Cancellation for Founders of a Small Business Start-Up
in a Distressed Area.--For purposes of loan cancellation under
subsection (r)(1) of section 455 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1087e) the young entrepreneurs business center shall approve
a founder of a small business start-up in a distressed area if such
founder--
            ``(1) established a small business start-up that--
                    ``(A) on the date such small business start-up was
                established, was located in a distressed area
                identified by the young entrepreneurs business center
                under subsection (c) not more than 3 years before such
                date of establishment;
                    ``(B) was certified under subsection (b); and
                    ``(C) on the date of approval under this
                subsection, has been operating continuously for not
                less than 5 years; and
            ``(2) was employed as a founder of a small business start-
        up in a distressed area during the period in which such founder
        made the 24 payments described in subsection (r)(1)(A) of such
        section 455.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Institution of higher education.--The term
        `institution of higher education' has the meaning given such
        term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C.
        1002).
            ``(2) Small business start-up.--The term `small business
        start-up' means a small business concern that--
                    ``(A) is not yet in existence; or
                    ``(B) has been in existence for not more than 3
                years.''.

SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF LOAN CANCELLATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Cancellation of certain federal student loans.--In
        the case of an individual, gross income shall not include the
        discharge (in whole or in part) of any student loan pursuant to
        the cancellation (in whole or in part) of such loan by the
        Secretary of Education under subsection (r) of section 455 of
        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to discharges of indebtedness occurring after the date of the enactment
of this Act.

Summary: Supporting America's Young Entrepreneurs Act of 2016 This bill amends title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make eligible for deferment and cancellation under the Federal Direct Loan program a borrower who is an employee or founder of a small business start-up in a distressed area. It also amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from an individual's gross income the amount of such canceled student loan debt. The bill establishes a Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan program to refinance private education loans. Finally, it establishes a young entrepreneurs business center within the Small Business Administration to certify small business start-ups, identify distressed areas, and approve loan cancelation for founders of small business start-ups.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bodegas as Catalysts for Healthy
Living Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND CONSUMER EDUCATION AND
              OUTREACH.

    (a) Program Required.--The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration shall carry out a program under which the Administrator
makes grants to any of the following:
            (1) A locally-based organization that represents small
        business concerns.
            (2) A local redevelopment agency that is chartered,
        established, or otherwise sanctioned by a State or local
        government.
    (b) Use of Grant Amounts.--The recipient of a grant under this
section shall use the grant amounts for one or more of the following
activities:
            (1) To provide, to independently owned and operated small
        business concerns, such as bodegas and corner stores,
        assistance (such as assistance in purchasing appropriate
        equipment, or assistance in hiring and training personnel) in
        expanding their inventory to include one or more of the
        following products:
                    (A) Fresh fruits and vegetables.
                    (B) Healthy alternatives (as defined by the
                Department of Agriculture) such as whole milk
                alternatives, pure fruit juices, and products with 0
                grams of transfat).
            (2) To provide, to community-based organizations, such as
        community health centers, assistance in carrying out consumer
        education and outreach activities to encourage the purchase of
        such products, such as by informing communities about the
        health risks associated with high-calorie, low-exercise
        lifestyles and the benefits of healthy living.
    (c) Collaboration Required.--A small business concern may receive
assistance in expanding inventory under subsection (b)(1) only if the
small business concern works in collaboration with one or more
community-based organizations in expanding that inventory. A community-
based organization may receive assistance in carrying out activities
under subsection (b)(2) only if the community-based organization works
in collaboration with one or more small business concerns in carrying
out those activities.
    (d) Maximum Grant.--A grant under this section may not exceed
$100,000.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

SEC. 3. COVERAGE OF ADDITIONAL PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES
              UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS.

    (a) Medicare Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act
        (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (s)(2), by adding at the end the
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(BB) additional primary and preventive services
                described in subsection (ccc);''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                subsection:

              ``Additional Primary and Preventive Services

    ``(ccc) The term `additional primary and preventive services' means
such primary and preventive services that are not otherwise covered
under this title as the Secretary shall specify when provided by
qualified providers, as specified by the Secretary. Such term includes
the following:
            ``(1) Services for the prevention and treatment of obesity
        and obesity-related disease.
            ``(2) Supervised exercise sessions.
            ``(3) Exercise stress testing for the purpose of exercise
        prescriptions.
            ``(4) Lifestyle modification education.
            ``(5) Culinary arts education for the purpose of promoting
        proper nutrition.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Section 1862(a)(1) of such
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(1)) is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
                (M);
                    (ii) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
                (N); and
                    (iii) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
                    ``(O) in the case of additional primary care and
                preventive services, which are performed more
                frequently than the Secretary may specify;''.
            (B) Section 1833(b)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(b)(5))
        is amended by inserting ``or additional primary care or
        preventive services (as defined in section 1861(ccc))'' after
        ``(jj))''.
    (b) Medicaid Program.--Section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (27);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (28) as paragraph (29); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (27) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(28) additional primary care and preventive services (as
        defined in section 1861(ccc)) which are not otherwise covered
        under this subsection; and''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act, with regard to whether
regulations to implement such amendments are in effect as of such date.

Summary: Bodegas as Catalysts for Healthy Living Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to local organizations that represent small business concerns and local redevelopment agencies to assist: (1) independently owned and operated small businesses, such as bodegas and corner stores, in expanding their inventories to include fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy alternatives. And (2) community-based organizations, such as community health centers, in carrying out consumer outreach and education programs to encourage the purchase of fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthy alternatives and to inform communities about health risks and the benefits of healthy living. Requires small businesses and community-based organizations to collaborate in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Limits grant amounts to $100,000. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to cover additional primary and preventive services relating to obesity treatment and prevention, supervised exercise sessions, stress testing, lifestyle modification education, and nutrition education.

To increase access to and consumption of fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthy alternatives in low-income communities with high incidences of obesity and obesity-related disease.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration and
Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ALLOCATIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking ``57 percent''
and inserting ``58.012 percent''.
    (b) In General.--Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``For each'' and all that
                        follows through ``the balance'' and inserting
                        ``For each fiscal year through fiscal year
                        2020, the balance''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``multistate conservation
                        grants under section 14'' and inserting
                        ``activities under section 14(e)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``18.5'' percent
                and inserting ``18.673 percent'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ``18.5 percent''
                and inserting ``17.315 percent'';
                    (D) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
                    (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
                (4); and
                    (F) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Boating infrastructure improvement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An amount equal to 4 percent to
                the Secretary of the Interior for qualified projects
                under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992
                (33 U.S.C. 1322 note) and section 7404(d) of the
                Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C.
                777g-1(d)).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Not more than 75 percent of the
                amount under subparagraph (A) shall be available for
                projects under either of the sections referred to in
                subparagraph (A).'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``for
                        each'' and all that follows through ``the
                        Secretary'' and inserting ``for each fiscal
                        year through fiscal year 2020, the Secretary'';
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i) by striking
                                ``each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002,
                                $9,000,000;'' and inserting ``fiscal
                                year 2016, $11,000,000;'';
                                    (II) in clause (ii) by striking
                                ``2003, $8,212,000; and'' and inserting
                                ``2017, $11,300,000;''; and
                                    (III) by striking clause (iii) and
                                inserting the following:
                            ``(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $11,600,000;
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $11,800,000;
                        and
                            ``(v) for fiscal year 2020, $11,900,000.'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
                (3);
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Set-aside for coast guard administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--From the annual appropriation
                made in accordance with section 3, for each of fiscal
                years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary of the
                department in which the Coast Guard is operating may
                use no more than the amount specified in subparagraph
                (B) for the fiscal year for the purposes set forth in
                section 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code. The
                amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year
                may not be included in the amount of the annual
                appropriation distributed under subsection (a) for the
                fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Available amounts.--The available amount
                referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
                            ``(i) for fiscal year 2016, $7,800,000;
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $7,900,000;
                            ``(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $8,000,000;
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $8,100,000;
                        and
                            ``(v) for fiscal year 2020, $8,200,000.'';
                        and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``until
                        the end of the fiscal year.'' and inserting
                        ``until the end of the subsequent fiscal
                        year.''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking
                        ``under subsection (e)'' and inserting ``under
                        subsection (c)'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) The Secretary'' and inserting
                ``(c)(1) The Secretary,'';
                    (B) by striking ``grants under section 14 of this
                title'' and inserting ``activities under section
                14(e)'';
                    (C) by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting
                ``58.012 percent''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The Secretary shall deduct from the amount to be apportioned
under paragraph (1) the amounts used for grants under section 14(a).'';
and
            (4) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ``those subsections,''
        and inserting ``those paragraphs,''.
    (c) Submission and Approval of Plans and Projects.--Section 6(d) of
the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777e(d)) is
amended by striking ``for appropriations'' and inserting ``from
appropriations''.
    (d) Unexpended or Unobligated Funds.--Section 8(b)(2) of the
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777g(b)(2)) is
amended by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting ``58.012 percent''.
    (e) Cooperation.--Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777k) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting ``58.012
        percent''; and
            (2) by striking ``under section 4(b)'' and inserting
        ``under section 4(c)''.
    (f) Other Activities.--Section 14 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777m) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``of each annual
        appropriation made in accordance with section 3''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
                striking ``Of amounts made available under section 4(b)
                for each fiscal year--'' and inserting ``Not more than
                $1,200,000 of each annual appropriation made in
                accordance with the provisions of section 3 shall be
                distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for use as
                follows:''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking ``; and'' and
                inserting a period.
    (g) Repeal.--The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16
U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 15; and
            (2) by redesignating section 16 as section 15.

SEC. 3. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.

    Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and
                subsection (c),'' and inserting ``Subject to subsection
                (c),'';
                    (B) by striking ``the sum of (A) the amount made
                available from the Boat Safety Account for that fiscal
                year under section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
                Restoration Act and (B)''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking the subsection designation and
                paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(c)(1)(A) The Secretary may use amounts made available each
fiscal year under section 4(b)(2) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(2)) for payment of expenses of the
Coast Guard for investigations, personnel, and activities directly
related to--
            ``(i) administering State recreational boating safety
        programs under this chapter; or
            ``(ii) coordinating or carrying out the national
        recreational boating safety program under this title.
    ``(B) Of the amounts used by the Secretary each fiscal year under
subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) not less than $2,500,000 is available to ensure
        compliance with chapter 43 of this title; and
            ``(ii) not more than $1,500,000 is available to conduct a
        survey, not more than once every 3 years, of levels of
        recreational boating participation and related matters in the
        United States.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``No funds'' and inserting
                        ``On and after October 1, 2015, no funds''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``traditionally''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.

    (a) In General.--On the date on which the President submits to
Congress a budget for fiscal year 2017 and for each fiscal year
thereafter, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
shall submit to Congress an assessment of the administrative services
provided by such Service under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act to the States and the sportfishing community.
    (b) Contents.--Each assessment under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
            (1) The percentage of grant awards and amendments completed
        within 45 days after receipt of a complete grant application,
        the average number of days to process new grant applications,
        and the average number of days to process grant amendment
        requests.
            (2) Which wildlife and sport fish restoration policies are
        currently being updated, the start time for each update, and
        the anticipated completion time for each update.
            (3) The number of Federal assistance workshops held with
        States and such Service in efforts to communicate fiscal
        policies and procedures to State agencies.
            (4) The average time to respond to requests from States for
        assistance, based on initial notification or assistance
        requests initiated by a State.
            (5) The number of States with unresolved reconciliation of
        land records and the number of corrective action plans with
        open actions.
            (6) The number of employees of such Service with grants
        management training and the number of such employees with
        outstanding training requirements, and the number of State fish
        and wildlife staff who have received training through the
        Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Fund Program of such
        Service.
            (7) The number of full-time positions of such Service
        filled and vacant, including the associated position titles and
        paygrades, that contribute to grant processing and related
        grant management in each Service region and at Service
        headquarters.

Summary: Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015 This bill amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to reauthorize through FY2020 appropriations from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund for various fish, boating, and coastal wetlands restoration programs. The bill also revises amounts allocated from the Fund to various programs, including amounts for programs concerning: (1) coastal wetlands, (2) boating safety, and (3) boating infrastructure. A separate amount is set aside each fiscal year through FY2020 for the Coast Guard's administration of the national recreational boating safety program. When the President submits a budget for FY2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service must submit an assessment of the administrative services it provides under the Act to states and the sportfishing community.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reach Every Mother and Child Act of
2017''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO END PREVENTABLE MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD
              DEATHS GLOBALLY.

    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end of chapter I of part I the following new
section:

``SEC. 137. ASSISTANCE TO END PREVENTABLE MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD
              DEATHS GLOBALLY.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to implement a
strategic approach for providing foreign assistance in order to end
preventable child and maternal deaths globally by 2030.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International
        Development.
            ``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        `appropriate congressional committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of
                Representatives.
            ``(3) Coordinator.--The term `Coordinator' means the Child
        and Maternal Survival Coordinator established under subsection
        (e).
            ``(4) Relevant partner entities.--The term `relevant
        partner entities' means each of the following:
                    ``(A) The governments of other donor countries.
                    ``(B) International financial institutions.
                    ``(C) Nongovernmental organizations.
                    ``(D) Faith-based organizations.
                    ``(E) Professional organizations
                    ``(F) The private sector.
                    ``(G) Multilateral organizations.
                    ``(H) Local and international civil society groups.
                    ``(I) Local health workers.
                    ``(J) International organizations.
            ``(5) Target countries.--The term `target countries' means
        specific countries that have the greatest need and highest
        burden of child and maternal deaths, taking into consideration
        countries that--
                    ``(A) have high-need communities in fragile states
                or conflict-affected states;
                    ``(B) are low- or middle-income countries; or
                    ``(C) are located in regions with weak health
                systems.
    ``(c) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States,
in partnership with target countries and relevant partner entities, to
establish and implement a coordinated, integrated, and comprehensive
strategy to combat the leading causes of maternal, newborn, and child
mortality globally and ensure healthy and productive lives by--
            ``(1) scaling up the highest impact, evidence-based
        interventions, including for the most vulnerable populations,
        with a focus on country ownership;
            ``(2) designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating
        programs in a way that enhances transparency and
        accountability, increases sustainability, and improves outcomes
        in target countries; and
            ``(3) supporting the development and scale up of innovative
        tools and approaches to accelerate progress toward ending
        preventable child and maternal deaths.
    ``(d) Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date
        of the enactment of the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of
        2017, the President shall establish and implement a
        comprehensive five-year, whole-of-government strategy to
        achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending
        preventable child and maternal deaths globally and ensure
        healthy and productive lives by 2030.
            ``(2) Elements.--The strategy established under paragraph
        (1) shall--
                    ``(A) set outcome-based targets to achieve the
                goals of the strategy and ascertain baseline data
                relevant for each target country and for all areas of
                focus and programming as of the date of the release of
                the strategy;
                    ``(B) utilize United States Government strategies
                and frameworks relevant to ending preventable child and
                maternal deaths, including specific objectives,
                programs, and approaches to implement highest impact,
                evidence-based interventions to address the leading
                causes of death, particularly among the most vulnerable
                populations, of--
                            ``(i) women related to pregnancy,
                        childbirth, and post delivery;
                            ``(ii) newborns in their first 28 days; and
                            ``(iii) infants and children under the age
                        of five years old;
                    ``(C) include development and scale up of new
                technologies and approaches, including those supported
                by public-private partnerships, for research and
                innovation;
                    ``(D) promote coordination and efficiency within
                and amongst the relevant executive branch agencies and
                initiatives, including the United States Agency for
                International Development, the Department of State, the
                Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers
                for Disease Control and Prevention, the National
                Institutes of Health, the Millennium Challenge
                Corporation, the Peace Corps, the Department of the
                Treasury, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator,
                and the President's Malaria Initiative;
                    ``(E) project general levels of resources needed to
                achieve the strategy's stated objectives;
                    ``(F) identify strategies for leveraging resources
                in new and innovative ways;
                    ``(G) align with country-driven maternal, newborn,
                and child health and survival plans and improve
                coordination with foreign governments and international
                organizations;
                    ``(H) outline consultations with target countries
                and relevant partner entities as appropriate;
                    ``(I) implement results-based contracting (such as
                pay-for-success) and financial and operational risk
                reduction;
                    ``(J) promote a shift towards investments that
                support inclusive and sustainable business models; and
                    ``(K) support the transition to domestic
                sustainably financed health systems.
            ``(3) Initial strategy.--For the purposes of this section,
        a strategy meeting the criteria described in paragraph (2) that
        is in effect as of the date of enactment of this section may be
        deemed to fulfill the establishment requirement in paragraph
        (1).
    ``(e) Establishment of Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall designate a current
        USAID employee serving in a career or non-career position in
        the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy
        Assistant Administrator or higher to serve concurrently as the
        Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator. The Coordinator shall
        be responsible for--
                    ``(A) overseeing the strategy established under
                subsection (d); and
                    ``(B) all United States Government funds
                appropriated or used for international maternal and
                child health and nutrition programs.
            ``(2) Duties.--The Coordinator shall--
                    ``(A) have the primary responsibility for the
                oversight and coordination of all resources and
                international activities of the United States
                Government appropriated or used for international
                maternal and child health and nutrition programs;
                    ``(B) direct the budget, planning, and staffing to
                implement international maternal and child health and
                nutrition projects and programs for the purpose of
                achieving reductions in preventable child and maternal
                deaths;
                    ``(C) lead implementation and revision, not less
                frequently than once every 5 years, of the strategy
                established under subsection (d)(1);
                    ``(D) coordinate with relevant executive branch
                agencies, target countries, and relevant partner
                entities as appropriate, to carry out the strategy
                established under section 5(a) and to align current and
                future investments with high-impact, evidence-based
                interventions to save lives;
                    ``(E) provide direction to the design and oversight
                of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with
                nongovernmental organizations (including community,
                faith-based, and civil society organizations) and
                private sector entities for the purpose of carrying out
                the strategy established under subsection (d)(1); and
                    ``(F) report directly to the Administrator
                regarding implementation of the strategy established
                under subsection (d)(1).
            ``(3) Restriction on additional or supplemental
        compensation.--The Coordinator shall receive no additional or
        supplemental compensation as a result of carrying out
        responsibilities and duties under this section.
    ``(f) Authority to Assist in Implementation of the Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall provide assistance
        to implement the strategy established under subsection (d)(1).
            ``(2) Focus on impact.--
                    ``(A) Targets for increased implementation
                required.--Consistent with the requirements for foreign
                assistance programs included in the Foreign Aid
                Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (Public Law
                114-119), USAID grants, contracts, and cooperative
                agreements for the purposes of the strategy established
                under subsection (d)(1) shall be required to include
                targets for increased implementation of high-impact,
                evidence-based interventions and strengthening health
                systems, as appropriate, including the establishment of
                baseline measurements from which to quantify progress.
                    ``(B) Exception.--In exceptional circumstances
                where USAID determines that inclusion of coverage
                targets or baseline measures are not reasonable or
                practicable for the grant, contract, or cooperative
                agreement, the funding mechanism shall include an
                explanation of the omission and explicitly state how
                measurable impact will be targeted and tracked.
    ``(g) Reports.--
            ``(1) Report required.--Not later than one year after the
        date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter
        for 5 additional years, the President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a report on progress made
        to achieve the strategy established under subsection (d)(1) as
        well as progress toward the goal to end preventable child and
        maternal deaths globally. The data in the report shall be made
        publicly available.
            ``(2) Information included in report.--The report required
        under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:
                    ``(A) Indicators of progress made by United States
                Government programs carried out under international
                maternal and child health and nutrition programs for
                the purposes of improving maternal, newborn, and child
                health and survival, particularly among the most
                vulnerable populations, in each target country and
                overall, including--
                            ``(i) maternal mortality ratio per 100,000
                        live births and under-5 mortality ratio per
                        1,000 live births;
                            ``(ii) number of maternal, newborn, and
                        child deaths averted;
                            ``(iii) percentage of births attended by
                        skilled health personnel;
                            ``(iv) an analysis of gaps in the health
                        workforce required to end preventable child and
                        maternal deaths, including an analysis of
                        health workforce density (number of certified
                        health workers, including community-based
                        health workers, per population);
                            ``(v) a description of the measured or
                        estimated impact on maternal, newborn, and
                        child survival of each ongoing program or
                        project;
                            ``(vi) progress towards achieving the goal
                        to save 15,000,000 children's lives and 600,000
                        women's lives by 2020, and any subsequent goals
                        established under the strategy required under
                        subsection (d); and
                            ``(vii) any other targets identified by the
                        Coordinator as essential to meeting the goals
                        of the strategy for ending preventable child
                        and maternal deaths.
                    ``(B) Assessments of progress made toward achieving
                the targets set forth under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) A description of how the interventions or
                programs are designed to--
                            ``(i) increase activities in target
                        countries;
                            ``(ii) reach underserved, marginalized,
                        vulnerable, and impoverished populations;
                            ``(iii) address causes of maternal,
                        newborn, and child mortality with innovative
                        efforts and interventions posed to go to scale;
                            ``(iv) invest in activities that empower
                        women, support voluntarism, and provide
                        respectful maternity care;
                            ``(v) improve transparency and
                        accountability at all levels and include common
                        metrics for tracking progress;
                            ``(vi) ensure that high-impact, evidence-
                        based interventions are prioritized; and
                            ``(vii) expand access to quality services
                        through community-based approaches and include
                        community accountability measures.
                    ``(D) Reporting on each aspect of the strategy
                established under subsection (d)(1), including--
                            ``(i) multi-sectoral approaches, specific
                        strategies, and programming utilizing high-
                        impact, evidence-based interventions to address
                        the leading causes of preventable child and
                        maternal deaths;
                            ``(ii) activities to develop and scale up
                        new technologies and approaches, including
                        those identified by public-private
                        partnerships, for research and innovation;
                            ``(iii) coordination with United States
                        agencies, foreign governments, nongovernmental
                        organizations, and international organizations;
                            ``(iv) methods used to leverage new
                        financial and other public and private
                        resources in innovative ways; and
                            ``(v) best practices identified by the
                        executive branch.
                    ``(E) Reporting on grants, contracts, and
                cooperative agreements awarded, including--
                            ``(i) a comprehensive list of USAID grants,
                        contracts, and cooperative agreements awarded
                        in implementation of the strategy established
                        under subsection (d)(1); and
                            ``(ii) a description of--
                                    ``(I) the targets for coverage of
                                interventions or services and the
                                baseline against which they are
                                measured and the status of progress in
                                meeting the targets; or
                                    ``(II) in the case of exceptional
                                circumstances where USAID determines
                                that inclusion of targets or baseline
                                measurements is not reasonable or
                                practicable, an explanation of how the
                                impact of the grant, contract,
                                agreement, or resulting program is
                                being measured.
                    ``(F) Reporting on the innovative public-private
                financing tools, including an analysis of the
                feasibility and potential effectiveness of new
                financing tools that could be used to fund efforts to
                end preventable child and maternal deaths globally.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--For fiscal years 2018 through 2022,
        the provisions of this section shall be carried out using
        amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the
        Department of State or the United States Agency for
        International Development and available for global health
        programs.
            ``(2) Application.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made
        available to carry out activities under this section shall be
        subject to all applicable restrictions under Federal law.
            ``(3) Expiration of funds.--Amounts appropriated or
        otherwise made available to carry out activities under this
        section shall remain available for obligation for a period of 5
        years.''.

Summary: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to: establish a five-year strategy to achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives by 2030. And provide assistance to implement the strategy. The President shall designate a current US Agency for International Development (USAID) employee serving in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher to serve concurrently as the Maternal and Child Survival Coordinator, who shall be responsible for: overseeing such strategy, and all US government funds appropriated or used for international maternal and child health and nutrition programs. Strategy grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements shall include targets for increased implementation of high-impact, evidence-based interventions and strengthening health systems. The President shall report to Congress annually for six years regarding progress made toward achieving the strategy and ending preventable child and maternal deaths.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Export Promotion Act
of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS.

    (a) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--Section
2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (d);
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
        subsections:
    ``(c) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) Establishment and purpose.--The Secretary, in
        carrying out the duties of the chairperson of the TPCC, shall
        establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory
        Committee (hereafter in this section referred to as the
        `Committee'). The purpose of the Committee shall be to provide
        advice and guidance to the Working Group in the development and
        administration of programs to expand United States exports of
        environmental technologies, goods, and services.
            ``(2) Membership.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The members of the Committee
                shall be drawn from representatives of--
                            ``(i) environmental businesses, including
                        small businesses;
                            ``(ii) trade associations in the
                        environmental sector;
                            ``(iii) private sector organizations
                        involved in the promotion of environmental
                        exports;
                            ``(iv) the States (as defined in section
                        2301(j)(5)) and associations representing the
                        States; and
                            ``(v) other appropriate interested members
                        of the public.
                    ``(B) Committee composition.--The Secretary shall
                appoint as members of the Committee no fewer than 1
                individual under each of clauses (i) through (v) of
                subparagraph (A).
    ``(d) Export Plans for Priority Countries.--
            ``(1) Priority country identification.--The Working Group,
        in consultation with the Committee, shall annually assess which
        foreign countries have markets with the greatest potential for
        the export of United States environmental technologies, goods,
        and services. Of these countries, the Working Group shall
        select the 5 countries with the greatest potential for the
        application of United States Government export promotion
        resources related to environmental exports as `priority
        countries'.
            ``(2) Export plans.--The Working Group, in consultation
        with the Committee, shall annually create a plan for each
        priority country selected under paragraph (1), setting forth in
        detail ways to increase United States environmental exports to
        such country. Each plan shall--
                    ``(A) identify the primary public and private
                sector opportunities for United States exporters of
                environmental technologies, goods, and services in the
                priority country;
                    ``(B) analyze the financing and other requirements
                for major projects in the priority country which will
                use environmental technologies, goods, and services,
                and analyze whether such projects are dependent upon
                financial assistance from foreign countries or
                multilateral institutions; and
                    ``(C) list specific actions to be taken by the
                member agencies of the Working Group to increase United
                States exports to the priority country.''.
    (b) Additional Mechanisms To Promote Environmental Exports.--
Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Environmental Technologies Specialists in the United States
and Foreign Commercial Service.--
            ``(1) Assignment of environmental technologies
        specialists.--The Secretary shall assign a specialist in
        environmental technologies to the office of the United States
        and Foreign Commercial Service in each of the 5 priority
        countries selected under subsection (d)(1), and the Secretary
        is authorized to assign such a specialist to the office of the
        United States and Foreign Commercial Service in any country
        that is a promising market for United States exports of
        environmental technologies, goods, and services. Such
        specialist may be an employee of the Department of Commerce, an
        employee of any relevant Government department or agency
        assigned on a temporary or limited term basis to the Department
        of Commerce, or a representative of the private sector assigned
        to the Department of Commerce.
            ``(2) Duties of environmental technologies specialists.--
        Each specialist assigned under paragraph (1) shall provide
        export promotion assistance to United States environmental
        businesses, including--
                    ``(A) identifying factors in the country to which
                the specialist is assigned that affect the United
                States share of the domestic market for environmental
                technologies, goods, and services, including market
                barriers, standards-setting activities, and financing
                issues;
                    ``(B) providing assessments of assistance by
                foreign governments to producers of environmental
                technologies, goods, and services in such countries in
                order to enhance exports to the country to which the
                specialist is assigned, the effectiveness of such
                assistance on the competitiveness of United States
                products, and whether comparable United States
                assistance exists;
                    ``(C) training Foreign Commercial Service Officers
                in the country to which the specialist is assigned,
                other countries in the region, and United States and
                Foreign Commercial Service offices in the United
                States, in environmental technologies and the
                international environmental market;
                    ``(D) providing assistance in identifying potential
                customers and market opportunities in the country to
                which the specialist is assigned;
                    ``(E) providing assistance in obtaining necessary
                business services in the country to which the
                specialist is assigned;
                    ``(F) providing information on environmental
                standards and regulations in the country to which the
                specialist is assigned; and
                    ``(G) providing information on all United States
                programs that could assist the promotion, financing,
                and sale of United States environmental technologies,
                goods, and services in the country to which the
                specialist is assigned.
    ``(g) Environmental Training in One-Stop Shops.--In addition to the
training provided under subsection (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall
establish a mechanism to train--
            ``(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to the one-stop
        shops provided for in section 2301(b)(8); and
            ``(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to district
        offices in districts having large numbers of environmental
        businesses;
in environmental technologies and in the international environmental
marketplace, and ensure that such officers receive appropriate training
under such mechanism. Such training may be provided by officers or
employees of the Department of Commerce, and other United States
departments and agencies, with appropriate expertise in environmental
technologies and the international environmental workplace, and by
appropriate representatives of the private sector.
    ``(h) International Regional Environmental Initiatives.--
            ``(1) Establishment of initiatives.--The TPCC shall
        establish not less than one international regional
        environmental initiative, the purpose of which shall be to
        coordinate the activities of Federal departments and agencies
        in order to build environmental partnerships between the United
        States and the geographic region outside of the United States
        for which such initiative is established. Such partnerships
        shall enhance environmental protection and promote sustainable
        development by using technical expertise and financial
        resources of the United States departments and agencies that
        provide foreign assistance, and by expanding United States
        exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services to
        that region.
            ``(2) Activities.--In carrying out each international
        regional environmental initiative, the TPCC shall--
                    ``(A) support the development of sound
                environmental policies and practices in countries in
                the geographic region for which the initiative is
                established, including the development of
                environmentally sound regulatory regimes and
                enforcement mechanisms, through the provision of
                foreign assistance;
                    ``(B) identify and disseminate to United States
                environmental businesses information regarding specific
                environmental business opportunities in that geographic
                region;
                    ``(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to
                promote environmental exports to that geographic
                region, and ensure that such efforts are fully
                coordinated with environmental export promotion efforts
                undertaken by the States and the private sector;
                    ``(D) increase assistance provided by the United
                States to promote exports from the United States of
                environmental technologies, goods, and services to that
                geographic region, such as trade missions, reverse
                trade missions, trade fairs, and programs in the United
                States to train foreign nationals in United States
                environmental technologies; and
                    ``(E) increase high-level advocacy by Government
                officials (including the United States ambassadors to
                the countries in the geographic region outside of the
                United States) for United States environmental
                businesses seeking market opportunities in that
                geographic region.
    ``(i) Environmental Technologies Project Advocacy Calendar and
Information Dissemination Program.--The Working Group shall--
            ``(1) maintain a calendar, updated at the end of each
        calendar quarter, of significant opportunities for United
        States environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade
        promotion events, which shall--
                    ``(A) be made available to the public;
                    ``(B) identify not less than 50 nor more than 100
                environmental infrastructure and procurement projects
                in foreign markets that have the greatest potential in
                the calendar quarter for United States exports of
                environmental technologies, goods, and services; and
                    ``(C) include trade promotion events, such as trade
                missions and trade fairs, in the environmental sector;
                and
            ``(2) provide, through the National Trade Data Bank and
        other information dissemination channels, information on
        opportunities for environmental businesses in foreign markets
        and information on Federal export promotion programs.
    ``(j) Regional Centers.--The Secretary, through the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and
Foreign Commercial Service, is authorized to provide matching funds for
the establishment in the United States of regional environmental
business and technology cooperation centers that will draw upon the
expertise of the private sector and institutions of higher education
and existing Federal programs to provide export promotion assistance
related to environmental technologies, goods, and services.
    ``(k) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
`environmental business' means a business that produces environmental
technologies, goods, or services.''.

Summary: Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to advise and guide the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group in the development and administration of programs to expand US exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services. Requires the Working Group to assess annually which foreign countries have markets with the greatest potential for such exports, and select five of them as priority countries for the application of US Government export promotion resources. Requires the Working Group to create annual plans for each priority country, detailing ways to increase US environmental exports to such country. Directs the Secretary to assign a specialist in environmental technologies to the office of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in each of the five priority countries, and authorize similar assignments in any countries that are promising markets for such exports. Specifies the duties of such specialists. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a mechanism to give environmental technology and international environmental marketplace training to Commercial Service Officers assigned to one-stop shops and to district offices in districts with large numbers of environmental businesses. And (2) ensure that such officers receive appropriate training under such mechanism. Directs the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to establish not less than one international regional environmental initiative to coordinate Federal activities to build environmental partnerships between the United States and the geographic region outside the United States for which such an initiative is established. Specifies TPCC activities in carrying out such initiative. Directs the Working Group to maintain an environmental technologies project advocacy calendar, updated quarterly, identifying and providing information on significant project opportunities for US environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events. Authorizes the Secretary to provide matching funds for the establishment in the United States of regional environmental business and technology cooperation centers that will draw upon the expertise of the private sector, institutions of higher education, and existing Federal programs to provide export promotion assistance related to environmental technologies, goods, and services.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Recovery Personal
Protection Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United
        States states that, ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary
        to the security of a free State, the right of the people to
        keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'' and Congress has
        repeatedly recognized this language as protecting an individual
        right.
            (2) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, State and local law
        enforcement and public safety service organizations were
        overwhelmed and could not fulfill the safety needs of the
        citizens of the State of Louisiana.
            (3) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the safety of these
        citizens, and of their homes and property, was threatened by
        instances of criminal activity.
            (4) Many of these citizens lawfully kept firearms for the
        safety of themselves, their loved ones, their businesses, and
        their property, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, and used
        their firearms, individually or in concert with their
        neighbors, for protection against crime.
            (5) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, certain agencies
        confiscated the firearms of these citizens, in contravention of
        the Second Amendment, depriving these citizens of the right to
        keep and bear arms and rendering them helpless against criminal
        activity.
            (6) These confiscations were carried out at gunpoint, by
        nonconsensual entries into private homes, by traffic
        checkpoints, by stoppage of boats, and otherwise by force.
            (7) The citizens from whom firearms were confiscated were
        either in their own homes or attempting to flee the flooding
        and devastation by means of motor vehicle or boat, and were
        accosted, stopped, and arbitrarily deprived of their private
        property and means of protection.
            (8) The means by which the confiscations were carried out,
        which included intrusion into the home, temporary detention of
        persons, and seizures of property, constituted unreasonable
        searches and seizures and deprived these citizens of liberty
        and property without due process of law in violation of
        fundamental rights under the Constitution of the United States.
            (9) Many citizens who took temporary refuge in emergency
        housing were prohibited from storing firearms on the premises,
        and were thus treated as second-class citizens who had
        forfeited their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
            (10) At least 1 highly-qualified search and rescue team was
        prevented from joining in relief efforts because the team
        included individuals with firearms, although these individuals
        had been deputized as Federal law enforcement officers.
            (11) These confiscations and prohibitions, and the means by
        which they were carried out, deprived the citizens of Louisiana
        not only of their right to keep and bear arms, but also of
        their rights to personal security, personal liberty, and
        private property, all in violation of the Constitution and laws
        of the United States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS DURING CERTAIN NATIONAL
              EMERGENCIES.

    Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

``SEC. 706. FIREARMS POLICIES.

    ``(a) Prohibition on Confiscation of Firearms.--No officer or
employee of the United States (including any member of the uniformed
services), person operating pursuant to or under color of Federal law,
receiving Federal funds, under the control of any Federal official, or
providing services to such an officer, employee, or other person, while
acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency, may--
            ``(1) temporarily or permanently seize, or authorize
        seizure of, any firearm the possession of which is not
        prohibited under Federal or State law, other than for
        forfeiture in compliance with Federal law or as evidence in a
        criminal investigation;
            ``(2) require the registration of any firearm for which
        registration is not required by Federal or State law;
            ``(3) prohibit the possession of any firearm, or promulgate
        any rule, regulation, or order prohibiting the possession of
        any firearm, in any place or by any person where such
        possession is not otherwise prohibited by Federal or State law;
        or
            ``(4) prohibit the carrying of a firearm by any person
        otherwise authorized to carry firearms under Federal or State
        law, solely because such person is operating under the
        direction, control, or supervision of a Federal agency in
        support of relief from a major disaster or emergency.
    ``(b) Private Rights of Action.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any individual aggrieved by a violation
        of this section may seek relief in an action at law, suit in
        equity, or other proper proceeding for redress against any
        person who subjects such individual, or causes such individual
        to be subjected, to the deprivation of any of the rights,
        privileges, or immunities secured by this section.
            ``(2) Remedies.--In addition to any existing remedy in law
        or equity, under any law, an individual aggrieved by the
        seizure or confiscation of a firearm in violation of this
        section may bring an action for the return of such firearm in
        the United States district court in the district in which that
        individual resides or in which such firearm may be found.
            ``(3) Attorney fees.--In any action or proceeding to
        enforce this section, the court shall award the prevailing
        party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's
        fee as part of the costs.''.

Summary: Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit any US officer or employee, or person operating under color of federal law, under control of a federal official, or providing services to such person, while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency, from: (1) seizing, or authorizing seizure of, any firearm the possession of which is not prohibited under federal or state law, other than for forfeiture in compliance with federal law or as evidence in a criminal investigation. (2) requiring registration of any firearm for which registration is not required by federal or state law. (3) prohibiting possession of any firearm in any place or by any person where such possession is not otherwise prohibited. Or (4) prohibiting the carrying of a firearm by any person otherwise authorized to carry firearms, solely because such person is operating under the direction, control, or supervision of a federal agency in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency. Authorizes any individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to seek relief by bringing an action for redress and by bringing a civil action in US district court for return of a confiscated firearm.

A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies.


SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United Nations Human Rights Council fails to
        adequately reform the United Nations Commission on Human
        Rights, thus preventing the Council from becoming an effective
        monitor of human rights throughout the world.
            (2) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was
        created in 1946 to monitor and prevent the abuse of human
        rights throughout the world. It failed miserably to uphold even
        the most basic ideals enumerated in the United Nations Charter
        and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It lost its
        credibility as an instrument for the promotion and protection
        of human rights and instead allowed repressive regimes to
        shield themselves from criticism for their human rights
        violations.
            (3) The membership of the United Nations Commission on
        Human Rights constituted some of the worst abusers of human
        rights in the world, including the tyrannies of Cuba, Sudan,
        Libya, Belarus, the People's Republic of China, and Zimbabwe.
            (4) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights failed to
        act or speak out against numerous cases of egregious human
        rights abuses, including the countless atrocities committed by
        communist regimes, the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, and the
        ongoing genocide in Darfur caused by the Government of Sudan.
            (5) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights failed to
        condemn countries that sponsor terrorism (a glaring affront to
        human rights), including Iran, Syria, and North Korea.
            (6) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights had
        repeatedly vilified Israel, the only democracy in the Middle
        East, while overlooking horrific human rights abuses throughout
        the Middle East. A recent study found that 30 percent of all
        country-specific resolutions of the Commission critical of
        human rights have been directed at Israel, but none against
        persistent violators like China, Myanmar, Syria, or Zimbabwe.
            (7) Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
        repeatedly emphasized that meaningful reform of the United
        Nations Commission on Human Rights is a key element for making
        the United Nations more accountable, effective, and efficient,
        and that ``the Commission's declining credibility has cast a
        shadow on the reputation of the United Nations system''.
            (8) The creation of the United Nations Human Rights Council
        on March 15, 2006, failed to address the serious shortcomings
        of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and fell far
        short of creating the small standing body composed of
        appropriate countries that was initially envisioned by Former
        Secretary General Annan, in his March 2005 report, ``In Larger
        Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights For
        All''.
            (9) The United Nations Human Rights Council succeeds only
        in making superficial changes to the structure of the United
        Nations Commission on Human Rights, masquerading motion as
        reform and placebo as treatment.
            (10) The United Nations Human Rights Council does not
        embody the recommended institutional reforms necessary to
        advance human rights.
            (11) The United Nations Human Rights Council cannot monitor
        cases of human rights abuse throughout the world, nor even
        prevent egregious human rights violators from being elected to
        the council itself. The only supposed protection--that a
        country can be suspended if two-thirds of the members of the
        General Assembly agree to do so--is useless, since less than
        half of the General Assembly could agree that Sudan was guilty
        of any human rights violations.
            (12) The United Nations Human Rights Council only reduces
        the number of seats on the council to 47 from 53, which is not
        enough to make the Council more efficient or more effective.
            (13) The United Nations Human Rights Council also retains
        geographical quotas that will only ensure that human rights
        abusers will continue to have access to membership on the
        council. Indeed, Israel, a constant target of United Nations
        ire, had been discriminated against by being denied full
        participatory rights in regional group meetings associated with
        the operation of the United Nations Human Rights Commission,
        while nonmembers of the United Nations, such as the Holy See
        and the Palestinian observer, participated in such meetings.
        The geographic quota system ensures a majority of membership
        slots for the world's least democratic regions.
            (14) The United States, while voting against the resolution
        creating the United Nations Human Rights Council, was unable to
        ensure that the Council would be structured to best promote and
        protect human rights around the globe.
            (15) If the United States, working with other like-minded
        countries, is not able to adequately reform the corrupt United
        Nations Human Rights Council, then the chances for the United
        States and other like-minded countries to effect the broader
        changes to the United Nations that are desired and needed to
        make the institution more effective are much reduced.
            (16) The first group of Member States elected to the new
        United Nations Human Rights Council includes nine countries
        that the democracy watchdog Freedom House designates as ``not
        free'', including the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Saudi
        Arabia, Russia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon, and
        Azerbaijan.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United Nations Human Rights Council--
                    (A) should be a body that upholds the ideals
                enumerated in the United Nations Charter and the
                Universal Declaration on Human Rights;
                    (B) should allow full participation by Israel in
                all operations associated with the Council; and
                    (C) should be made up of countries that hold
                regular, competitive, and democratic elections, allow
                for freedom of expression, and have a credible civil
                society; and
            (2) the United States should not support the United Nations
        Human Rights Council, and should withhold any financial support
        for the Council until meaningful reforms related to the
        responsibilities of the United Nations for the protection of
        human rights are carried out.

SEC. 3. WITHHOLDING FUNDING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS
              COUNCIL.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall withhold from a
United States contribution to a regularly assessed biennial budget of
the United Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such
contribution that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the
United Nations to support the United Nations Human Rights Council.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect and apply
beginning on October 1, 2009, with respect to annual dues paid by the
United States to the United Nations each fiscal year in connection with
United States contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budgets
of the United Nations.

Summary: Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council should: (1) be a body that upholds the ideals enumerated in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, (2) allow full participation by Israel in Council operations. And (3) be made up of countries that hold regular democratic elections, permit freedom of expression, and have a credible civil society. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not support the Council, and should withhold financial support for the Council until meaningful human rights reforms are carried out. Directs the Secretary of State to withhold from a US contribution to a regularly assessed biennial U. N. budget an amount equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations to the Council.

To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council.


SECTION 1. TAXATION OF UNITED STATES CRUISE INDUSTRY INCOME OF
              NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

    (a) United States Cruise Industry Income Treated as Effectively
Connected to the Conduct of a Trade or Business Within the United
States.--
            (1) Income from sources without the united states.--
                    (A) In general.--Paragraph (4) of section 864(c) of
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
                redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and
                by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) United states cruise industry income.--
                            ``(i) In general.--United States cruise
                        industry income shall be treated as effectively
                        connected with the conduct of a trade or
                        business within the United States.
                            ``(ii) United states cruise industry
                        income.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the
                        term `United States cruise industry income'
                        means income attributable to any covered
                        passenger cruise (as defined in paragraph (8)),
                        including income directly or indirectly
                        attributable to the carriage of passengers and
                        any on-board or off-board activities incidental
                        to such covered passenger cruise.''.
                    (B) Covered passenger cruise.--Subsection (c) of
                section 864 of such Code is amended by adding at the
                end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Covered passenger cruise.--For purposes of paragraph
        (4)(C)--
                    ``(A) Definition.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `covered
                        passenger cruise' means a voyage of a
                        commercial passenger cruise vessel--
                                    ``(I) that extends over 1 or more
                                nights, and
                                    ``(II) during which passengers
                                embark or disembark the vessel in the
                                United States.
                            ``(ii) Exceptions for certain voyages.--
                        Such term shall not include any voyage--
                                    ``(I) on any vessel owned or
                                operated by the United States, a State,
                                or any subdivision thereof,
                                    ``(II) which occurs exclusively on
                                the inland waterways of the United
                                States, or
                                    ``(III) in which a vessel in the
                                usual course of employment proceeds,
                                without an intervening foreign port of
                                call from one port or place in the
                                United States to the same port or place
                                or to another port or place in the
                                United States.
                    ``(B) Passenger cruise vessel.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `passenger
                        cruise vessel' means any passenger vessel
                        having berth or stateroom accommodations for at
                        least 250 passengers.
                            ``(ii) Exceptions.--Such term shall not
                        include any ferry, recreational vessel, sailing
                        school vessel, small passenger vessel, offshore
                        supply vessel, or any other vessel determined
                        under regulations by the Secretary to be
                        excluded from the application of this part.
                            ``(iii) Definitions.--Any term used in this
                        section which is used in chapter 21 of title
                        46, United States Code, shall have the meaning
                        given such term under section 2101 of such
                        title.''.
                    (C) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (A) of
                section 864(c)(4) of such Code is amended by striking
                ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)'' and inserting
                ``subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)''.
            (2) Income from sources within the united states.--
        Paragraph (4) of section 887(b) of such Code is amended by
        adding at the end the following flush sentence:
``The preceding sentence shall not apply to with respect to any United
States source gross transportation income which is United States cruise
industry income (as defined in section 864(c)(4)(C)(ii)).''.
    (b) Repeal of Exemption From Gross Income for Certain Taxpayers.--
            (1) Nonresident aliens.--Paragraph (1) of section 872(b) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
        ``(other than United States cruise industry income (as defined
        in section 864(c)(4)(C)))'' after ``or ships''.
            (2) Foreign corporations.--Paragraph (1) of section 883(a)
        of such Code is amended by inserting ``(other than United
        States cruise industry income (as defined in section
        864(c)(4)(C)))'' after ``or ships''.
    (c) Income Tax Treaties.--Section 894 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Special Rule for United States Cruise Industry Income.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), no tax exemption or reduced tax rate
shall be permitted under any treaty of the United States with respect
to United States cruise industry income (as defined in section
864(c)(4)(C)).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to income attributable to voyages made after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat United States cruise industry income as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States . Defines quot, United States cruise industry incomequot. As income attributable to a voyage of a commercial passenger cruise vessel that extends over 1 or more nights and during which passengers embark or disembark the vessel in the United States. Prohibits any tax exemption or reduced tax rate under any US treaty with respect to United States cruise industry income.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that income attributable to certain passenger cruise voyages beginning or ending in the United States shall be treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.