SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Mexico Transboundary
Aquifer Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to establish a United States-Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment
program to--
            (1) systematically assess priority transboundary aquifers;
        and
            (2) provide the scientific foundation necessary for State
        and local officials to address pressing water resource
        challenges in the United States-Mexico border region.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Aquifer.--The term ``aquifer'' means a subsurface
        water-bearing geologic formation from which significant
        quantities of water may be extracted.
            (2) Border state.--The term ``Border State'' means each of
        the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
            (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' means an
        Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or
        community--
                    (A) that is recognized as eligible for the special
                programs and services provided by the United States to
                Indians because of their status as Indians; and
                    (B) the reservation of which includes a
                transboundary aquifer within the exterior boundaries of
                the reservation.
            (4) Priority transboundary aquifer.--The term ``priority
        transboundary aquifer'' means a transboundary aquifer that has
        been designated for study and analysis under the program.
            (5) Program.--The term ``program'' means the United States-
        Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment program established
        under section 4(a).
            (6) Reservation.--The term ``reservation'' means land that
        has been set aside or that has been acknowledged as having been
        set aside by the United States for the use of an Indian tribe,
        the exterior boundaries of which are more particularly defined
        in a final tribal treaty, agreement, executive order, Federal
        statute, secretarial order, or judicial determination.
            (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United
        States Geological Survey.
            (8) Transboundary aquifer.--The term ``transboundary
        aquifer'' means an aquifer that underlies the boundary between
        the United States and Mexico.
            (9) Tri-regional planning group.--The term ``Tri-Regional
        Planning Group'' means the binational planning group comprised
        of--
                    (A) the Junta Municipal de Agua y Saneamiento de
                Ciudad Juarez;
                    (B) the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service
                Board; and
                    (C) the Lower Rio Grande Water Users Organization.
            (10) Water resources research institutes.--The term ``water
        resources research institutes'' means the institutes within the
        Border States established under section 104 of the Water
        Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303).

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation and cooperation
with the Border States, the water resources research institutes, Sandia
National Laboratories, and other appropriate entities in the United
States and Mexico, shall carry out the United States-Mexico
transboundary aquifer assessment program to characterize, map, and
model transboundary groundwater resources along the United States-
Mexico border at a level of detail determined to be appropriate for the
particular aquifer.
    (b) Objectives.--The objectives of the program are to--
            (1) develop and implement an integrated scientific approach
        to assess transboundary groundwater resources, including--
                    (A)(i) identifying fresh and saline transboundary
                aquifers; and
                    (ii) prioritizing the transboundary aquifers for
                further analysis by assessing--
                            (I) the proximity of the transboundary
                        aquifer to areas of high population density;
                            (II) the extent to which the transboundary
                        aquifer is used;
                            (III) the susceptibility of the
                        transboundary aquifer to contamination; and
                            (IV) any other relevant criteria;
                    (B) evaluating all available data and publications
                as part of the development of study plans for each
                priority transboundary aquifer;
                    (C) creating a new, or enhancing an existing,
                geographic information system database to characterize
                the spatial and temporal aspects of each priority
                transboundary aquifer; and
                    (D) using field studies, including support for and
                expansion of ongoing monitoring and metering efforts,
                to develop--
                            (i) the additional data necessary to
                        adequately define aquifer characteristics; and
                            (ii) scientifically sound groundwater flow
                        models to assist with State and local water
                        management and administration, including
                        modeling of relevant groundwater and surface
                        water interactions;
            (2) expand existing agreements, as appropriate, between the
        United States Geological Survey, the Border States, the water
        resources research institutes, and appropriate authorities in
        the United States and Mexico, to--
                    (A) conduct joint scientific investigations;
                    (B) archive and share relevant data; and
                    (C) carry out any other activities consistent with
                the program; and
            (3) produce scientific products for each priority
        transboundary aquifer that--
                    (A) are capable of being broadly distributed; and
                    (B) provide the scientific information needed by
                water managers and natural resource agencies on both
                sides of the United States-Mexico border to effectively
                accomplish the missions of the managers and agencies.
    (c) Designation of Priority Transboundary Aquifers.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of the program, the Secretary
        shall designate as priority transboundary aquifers--
                    (A) the Hueco Bolson and Mesilla aquifers
                underlying parts of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico;
                    (B) the Santa Cruz River Valley aquifers underlying
                Arizona and Sonora, Mexico; and
                    (C) the San Pedro aquifers underlying Arizona and
                Sonora, Mexico
            (2) Additional aquifers.--The Secretary shall, using the
        criteria under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), evaluate and designate
        additional priority transboundary aquifers.
    (d) Cooperation With Mexico.--To ensure a comprehensive assessment
of transboundary aquifers, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, work with appropriate Federal agencies and other
organizations to develop partnerships with, and receive input from,
relevant organizations in Mexico to carry out the program.
    (e) Grants and Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may provide
grants or enter into cooperative agreements and other agreements with
the water resources research institutes and other Border State entities
to carry out the program.

SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.

    (a) Coordination With States, Tribes, and Other Entities.--The
Secretary shall coordinate the activities carried out under the program
with--
            (1) the appropriate water resource agencies in the Border
        States;
            (2) any affected Indian tribes; and
            (3) any other appropriate entities that are conducting
        monitoring and metering activity with respect to a priority
        transboundary aquifer.
    (b) New Activity.--After the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall not initiate any new field studies or analyses under
the program before consulting with, and coordinating the activity with,
any Border State water resource agencies that have jurisdiction over
the aquifer.
    (c) Study Plans; Cost Estimates.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall work closely with
        appropriate Border State water resource agencies, water
        resources research institutes, and other relevant entities to
        develop a study plan, timeline, and cost estimate for each
        priority transboundary aquifer to be studied under the program.
            (2) Requirements.--A study plan developed under paragraph
        (1) shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
                    (A) integrate existing data collection and analyses
                conducted with respect to the priority transboundary
                aquifer;
                    (B) if applicable, improve and strengthen existing
                groundwater flow models developed for the priority
                transboundary aquifer; and
                    (C) be consistent with appropriate State guidelines
                and goals.

SEC. 6. EFFECT.

    Nothing in this Act affects--
            (1) the jurisdiction or responsibility of a Border State
        with respect to managing surface or groundwater resources in
        the Border State; or
            (2) the water rights of any person or entity using water
        from a transboundary aquifer.

SEC. 7. REPORTS.

    Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and
on completion of the program in fiscal year 2014, the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate water resource agency in the Border States,
an interim and final report, respectively, that describes--
            (1) any activities carried out under the program;
            (2) any conclusions of the Secretary relating to the status
        of transboundary aquifers; and
            (3) the level of participation in the program of entities
        in Mexico.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2015.
    (b) Distribution of Funds.--Of the amounts made available under
subsection (a), 50 percent shall be made available to the water
resources research institutes to provide funding to appropriate
entities in the Border States (including Sandia National Laboratories,
State agencies, universities, the Tri-Regional Planning Group, and
other relevant organizations) and Mexico to conduct activities under
the program, including the binational collection and exchange of
scientific data.

Summary: United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act - Establishes a United States-Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment program to characterize, map, and model groundwater resources along the border. Describes as the program's objectives to: (1) develop an integrated approach to assess transboundary groundwater resources, including identifying fresh and saline aquifers, prioritizing the aquifers for further analysis, and creating a geographic information system database for each priority aquifer. (2) expand existing agreements between the US Geological Survey, the Border States , the Water Resources Research Institutes, and appropriate US and Mexican authorities to conduct joint scientific investigations and archive and share relevant data. And (3) produce scientific products for each priority aquifer to provide water managers and natural resource agencies with necessary information. Designates as priority transboundary aquifers the: (1) Hueco Bolson and Mesilla aquifers, (2) Santa Cruz River Valley aquifers. And (3) San Pedro aquifers. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop partnerships with relevant organizations in Mexico. And (2) coordinate activities with water resource agencies in the Border States and affected Indian tribes. Prohibits the Secretary from initiating any field studies before consulting and coordinating with the Border State water resource agency with jurisdiction over the aquifer. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements with water resource agencies and Border States to carry out the program.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States on the border with Mexico and other appropriate entities in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT.

    Paragraph (1) of section 948a of title 10, United States Code (as
enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366)),
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Unlawful enemy combatant.--The term `unlawful enemy
        combatant' means an individual who directly participates in
        hostilities as part of an armed conflict against the United
        States who is not a lawful enemy combatant. The term is used
        solely to designate individuals triable by military commission
        under this chapter.''.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT STATUS BY COMBATANT
              STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL NOT DISPOSITIVE FOR PURPOSES OF
              JURISDICTION OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS.

    Section 948d of title 10, United States Code (as enacted by the
Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366)), is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

SEC. 4. EXCLUSION FROM TRIAL BY MILITARY COMMISSION OF STATEMENTS
              OBTAINED BY COERCION.

    Section 948r of title 10, United States Code (as enacted by the
Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366)), is amended by
striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following new
subsection (c):
    ``(c) Exclusion of Statements Obtained by Coercion.--A statement
obtained by use of coercion shall not be admissible in a military
commission under this chapter, except against a person accused of
coercion as evidence that the statement was made.''.

SEC. 5. DISCRETION OF MILITARY JUDGE TO EXCLUDE HEARSAY EVIDENCE
              DETERMINED TO BE UNRELIABLE OR LACKING IN PROBATIVE
              VALUE.

    Section 949a(b)(2)(E)(ii) of title 10, United States Code (as
enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366)),
is amended by striking ``if the party opposing the admission of the
evidence demonstrates that the evidence is unreliable or lacking in
probative value'' and inserting ``if the military judge determines,
upon motion by counsel, that the evidence is unreliable or lacking in
probative value''.

SEC. 6. DISCRETION OF MILITARY JUDGE TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS IN EVENT
              THAT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CLASSIFIED EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE IS
              INSUFFICIENT TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF A DEFENDANT TO A
              FAIR TRIAL.

    Section 949j(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code (as enacted by
the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366)), is amended
by adding at the end the following: ``If the military judge determines
that the substitute is not sufficient to protect the right of the
defendant to a fair trial, the military judge may--
            ``(A) dismiss the charges in their entirety;
            ``(B) dismiss the charges or specifications or both to
        which the information relates; or
            ``(C) take such other actions as may be required in the
        interest of justice.''.

SEC. 7. REVIEW OF MILITARY COMMISSION DECISIONS BY UNITED STATES COURT
              OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES RATHER THAN COURT OF
              MILITARY COMMISSION REVIEW.

    (a) Review.--
            (1) In general.--Section 950f of title 10, United States
        Code (as enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006
        (Public Law 109-366)), is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 950f. Review by Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
    ``(a) Cases To Be Reviewed.--The United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces, in accordance with procedures prescribed under
regulations of the Secretary, shall review the record in each case that
is referred to the Court by the convening authority under section 950c
of this title with respect to any matter of law raised by the accused.
    ``(b) Scope of Review.--In a case reviewed by the United States
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces under this section, the Court may
only act with respect to matters of law.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
        beginning of subchapter VI of chapter 47A of such title (as so
        enacted) is amended by striking the item relating to section
        950f and inserting the following new item:

``950f. Review by Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 47A of title 10, United States
        Code (as so enacted), is further amended as follows:
                    (A) In section 950c(a), by striking ``the Court of
                Military Commission Review'' and inserting ``the United
                States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces''.
                    (B) In section 950d, by striking ``the Court of
                Military Commission Review'' each place it appears and
                inserting ``the United States Court of Appeals for the
                Armed Forces''.
                    (C) In section 950g(a)(2), by striking ``the Court
                of Military Commission Review'' each place it appears
                and inserting ``the United States Court of Appeals for
                the Armed Forces''.
                    (D) In section 950h, by striking ``the Court of
                Military Commission Review'' each place it appears and
                inserting ``the United States Court of Appeals for the
                Armed Forces''.
            (2) Uniform code of military justice.--Section 867a(a) of
        title 10, United States Code (article 67a(a) of the Uniform
        Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking ``Decisions''
        and inserting ``Except as provided in sections 950d and 950g of
        this title, decisions''.

SEC. 8. IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATY OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(a) of the Military Commissions Act of
2006 (Public Law 109-366) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by inserting after
                ``international character'' the following: ``and
                preserve the capacity of the United States to prosecute
                nationals of enemy powers for engaging in acts against
                members of the United States Armed Forces and United
                States citizens that have been prosecuted by the United
                States as war crimes in the past''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``the President has the
                        authority for the United States to interpret
                        the meaning and application of the Geneva
                        Conventions and to promulgate'' and inserting
                        ``the President has the authority, subject to
                        congressional oversight and judicial review, to
                        promulgate''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``higher standards and'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                ``interpretations'' and inserting ``rules''; and
                    (C) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as
                follows:
                    ``(D) The President shall notify other parties to
                the Geneva Conventions that the United States expects
                members of the United States Armed Forces and other
                United States citizens detained in a conflict not of an
                international character to be treated in a manner
                consistent with the standards described in subparagraph
                (A) and embodied in section 2441 of title 18, United
                States Code, as amended by subsection (b).''.
    (b) Modifications of War Crimes Offenses.--
            (1) Inclusion of denial of trial rights among offenses.--
        Paragraph (1) of section 2441(d) of title 18, United States
        Code (as enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006), is
        amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(J) Denial of trial rights.--The act of a person
                who intentionally denies one or more persons the right
                to be tried before a regularly constituted court
                affording all the judicial guarantees which are
                recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples as
                prescribed by common Article 3 of the Geneva
                Conventions.''.
            (2) Definition of serious physical pain or suffering.--
        Clause (ii) of subparagraph ((D) of paragraph (2) of such
        section (as so enacted) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) serious physical pain;''.

SEC. 9. RESTORATION OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR INDIVIDUALS DETAINED BY THE
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Restoration.--Subsection (e) of section 2241 of title 28,
United States Code, as amended by section 7(a) of the Military
Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366), is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 7 of the
Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-366) is repealed.

SEC. 10. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following rules
shall apply to any civil action, including an action for declaratory
judgment, that challenges any provision of the Military Commissions Act
of 2006 (Public Law 109-366), or any amendment made by that Act, on the
ground that such provision or amendment violates the Constitution or
the laws of the United States:
            (1) The action shall be filed in the United States District
        Court for the District of Columbia and shall be heard in that
        Court by a court of three judges convened pursuant to section
        2284 of title 28, United States Code.
            (2) An interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of
        the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
        in an action under paragraph (1) shall be reviewable as a
        matter of right by direct appeal to the Supreme Court of the
        United States. Any such appeal shall be taken by a notice of
        appeal filed within 10 days after the date on which such
        judgment, decree, or order is entered. The jurisdictional
        statement with respect to any such appeal shall be filed within
        30 days after the date on which such judgment, decree, or order
        is entered.
            (3) It shall be the duty of the United States District
        Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the
        United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the
        greatest possible extent the disposition of any action or
        appeal, respectively, brought under this section.

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 17,
2006, the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-366), immediately after the enactment of that Act and
shall apply to all cases, without exception, that are pending on or
after such date.

Summary: Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act of 2006 - Amends federal armed forces provisions enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to, among other things: (1) exclude from military commission (commission) trials statements obtained by coercion. (2) allow a commission military judge to exclude hearsay evidence determined to be unreliable or lacking in probative value. (3) provide for review of commission decisions by the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces rather than the Court of Military Commission Review. (4) revise generally provisions concerning the implementation of treaty obligations with respect to the US prosecution of enemy combatants. (5) restore habeas corpus rights for individuals detained by the United States. And (6) provide for expedited judicial review of provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

A bill to amend the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Community
Advisory Board Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS UNDER
              ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973.

    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                      ``community advisory boards

    ``Sec. 19. (a) Establishment.--(1) The Secretary shall establish an
Endangered Species Community Advisory Board (in this section referred
to as a `community advisory board') in connection with the designation
of an area under this Act as critical habitat or as a National Wildlife
Refuge.
    ``(2) Each community advisory board--
            ``(A) shall be comprised of 12 members appointed by the
        Secretary from among individuals recommended by the Governor of
        the State in which is located the area for which the advisory
        board is established; and
            ``(B) shall have as its chairperson a member of the
        advisory board who is an elected official of a local government
        in that area and who is designated as chairperson by the
        Secretary.
    ``(3) The term of a member of a community advisory board shall be 4
years, except that of the members first appointed--
            ``(A) 3 shall be appointed for an initial term of 1 year;
            ``(B) 3 shall be appointed for an initial term of 2 years;
        and
            ``(C) 3 shall be appointed for an initial term of 3 years;
as specified by the Secretary at the time of appointment.
    ``(4) Individuals who are Federal employees may not comprise a
majority of the total number of members of a community advisory board.
    ``(5) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations regarding the
establishment, characteristics, composition, and funding of community
advisory boards. However, the issuance of regulations shall not be a
precondition to the establishment of a community advisory board or
affect the existence or operation of a community advisory board
established before the effective date of this section.
    ``(6) The Secretary may provide for the payment of routine
administrative expenses of a community advisory board established for
an area from funds available for activities relating to study of the
area to determine whether to designate the area as critical habitat or
as a National Wildlife Refuge.
    ``(b) Assistance for Citizen Participation.--(1) Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall make available
funds to facilitate the participation of individuals from the private
sector on community advisory boards for the purpose of ensuring public
input into the designation of areas as critical habitat or National
Wildlife Refuges.
    ``(2) The private individuals who are members of a community
advisory board are eligible for funding assistance under this
subsection only if they reside in the vicinity of the area for which
the community advisory board is established. For accounting and
financial management purposes, such funds shall be paid to and
administered by the community advisory board on which the private
individuals are members, subject to paragraph (3).
    ``(3) Individuals who are local community members of a community
advisory board may use funds made available under this paragraph only--
            ``(A) to obtain technical assistance of experts in
        interpreting scientific data, material, and issues regarding
        protection of endangered species; and
            ``(B) to educate the local community in understanding such
        data, material, and issues.
    ``(c) Consultation by Secretary.--If a community advisory board is
established for an area, the Secretary, before designating any of the
area under this Act as critical habitat or as a National Wildlife
Refuge, shall--
            ``(1) consult with and seek the advice and recommendations
        of the board regarding--
                    ``(A) identifying the needs and concerns of the
                affected local community and individual landowners;
                    ``(B) monitoring scientific studies and surveys
                used to determine the need for designation of the area
                as critical habitat or a National Wildlife Refuge,
                before that designation; and
                    ``(C) addressing land use strategies and
                management; and
            ``(2) publish recommendations received from the board
        within 180 days after the date the Secretary initiates
        consultation under paragraph (1).
    ``(d) Monitoring and Reporting by Community Advisory Boards.--Each
community advisory board shall, with respect to critical habitat or a
National Wildlife Refuge for which it was established--
            ``(1) monitor and periodically report to the Secretary on
        progress made in the conservation and recovery of species for
        which that critical habitat or Refuge was designated; and
            ``(2) periodically review and report to the Secretary
        regarding the continued accuracy and sufficiency of the
        scientific findings that were the basis of that designation.
    ``(e) State Defined.--Notwithstanding section 3(17), in this
section the term `State' means any of the several States, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.''.

Summary: Endangered Species Community Advisory Board Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an Endangered Species Community Advisory Board in connection with the designation of an area under the Act as critical habitat or as a National Wildlife Refuge. Allows the Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make funds available to facilitate the participation of individuals from the private sector on such Boards to ensure public input into the designation of such areas or Refuges. Requires the Board to: (1) monitor and periodically report to the Secretary on progress made in the conservation and recovery of species for which the critical habitat or Refuge was designated. And (2) periodically review and report to the Secretary regarding the continued accuracy and sufficiency of the scientific findings that were the basis of such designation.


SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Bay Mills Indian Community has a valid interest in
        certain lands in the Charlotte Beach area of Chippewa County,
        Michigan, that are located within the Community's traditional
        homelands;
            (2) the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe may have a valid interest in
        certain lands in the Charlotte Beach area of Chippewa County,
        Michigan, that are located within the Tribe's traditional
        homelands;
            (3) the Community filed a lawsuit against certain
        landowners to ascertain ownership of lands that were once owned
        and held in trust by the State of Michigan for the Community
        but which were sold by the State without the consent of the
        Tribes or the United States;
            (4) the landowners now hold clouded title to such lands and
        want to clear their title to the lands;
            (5) the Community has agreed to relinquish its interests in
        the Charlotte Beach Lands in return for its selection of
        Alternative Lands that will be taken into trust by the
        Secretary;
            (6) the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe has agreed not to assert its
        potential claim of interest in the Charlotte Beach Lands in
        return for its selection of Alternative Lands that will be
        taken into trust by the Secretary;
            (7) it is in the best interests of the Tribes and legally
        necessary for the landowners that the Congress provide for a
        land settlement agreement by passage of this Act; and
            (8) it is in the best interests of the Tribes that the
        described Alternative Lands be taken into trust as part of the
        settlement of the land claim.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to settle the land claims of the Tribes against the
        landowners; and
            (2) to direct the Secretary to take into trust for the
        benefit of the Tribes the Alternative Lands in settlement of
        the Tribes' land claims.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Alternative lands.--The term ``Alternative Lands''
        means the following:
                    (A) The lands chosen and acquired by the Community
                for transfer to the United States to be held in trust
                for the Community as part of the settlement of the
                claims of the Community to the Charlotte Beach Lands.
                These Alternative Lands, comprising 21.55 acres, more
                or less, are located in Vanderbilt, Michigan, and are
                more particularly described as a parcel of land on part
                of the NW \1/4\ Section 22, T32N, R3W, Village of
                Vanderbilt, Otsego County, Michigan, described as
                beginning at the northwest corner of said Section 22;
                thence S88 deg. 15'18"E, 1321.66' along the north line
                of said Section 22; thence S00 deg.06'15"E, 271.37'
                along the westerly \1/8\ line of said Section 22;
                thence 511.42' along a curve to the left, said curve
                having a radius of 5844.58', delta angle of
                5 deg.00'48", a long chord of 511.26', bearing
                S22 deg.58'20"W, along the Westerly line of limited
                access highway I-75; thence N88 deg.15'18"W, 1121.33';
                thence N00 deg.05'27"W, 748.19' to the point of
                beginning, containing 21.55 acres more or less and
                being subject to highway easements of varying widths as
                shown on attached Certificate of Survey, also subject
                to any other easements or restrictions of record, if
                any, Otsego County Records.
                    (B) The lands chosen and acquired by the Sault
                Tribe for transfer to the United States in trust for
                the Sault Tribe as a part of the settlement of the
                potential claims of the Sault Tribe to the Charlotte
                Beach Lands. These Alternative Lands--
                            (i) shall comprise a single parcel not to
                        exceed 25 acres;
                            (ii) shall be located within the exterior
                        boundaries of the State of Michigan;
                            (iii) shall be located north of the
                        boundary formed by beginning on the shore of
                        Lake Huron directly east of Michigan State
                        Highway 46, then heading west to the eastern
                        most point of Michigan State Highway 46, then
                        heading westerly on Michigan State Highway 46,
                        then heading southerly on Michigan State
                        Highway 13, then heading westerly on Michigan
                        State Highway 21 to the westernmost point of
                        Michigan State Highway 21, then heading
                        westerly to the easternmost point of Michigan
                        State Highway 45, then heading westerly on
                        Michigan State Highway 45 to the westernmost
                        point of Michigan State Highway 45 to the shore
                        of Lake Michigan;
                            (iv) shall not be located closer than 25
                        miles from the Alternative Lands described in
                        subparagraph (A) and lands that are held in
                        trust for any tribe other than the Sault Tribe
                        on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                            (v) shall be located within lands
                        previously ceded to the United States
                        Government by the Ottawa and Chippewa nations
                        of Indians under the Treaty of March 28, 1836
                        (7 Stat. 491).
            (2) Charlotte beach lands.--The term ``Charlotte Beach
        Lands'' means those lands in the Charlotte Beach area of
        Michigan and described as follows: Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and
        4 of section 7, T45N, R2E, and Lot 1 of section 18, T45N, R2E,
        Chippewa County, State of Michigan.
            (3) Community.--The term ``Community'' means the Bay Mills
        Indian Community, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
            (4) Sault tribe.--The term ``Sault Tribe'' means the Sault
        Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized
        Indian tribe.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (6) Tribes.--The term ``Tribes'' means the Community and
        the Sault Tribe.

SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE LANDS.

    (a) By the Community.--Upon relinquishment by the Community of any
and all claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands and dismissal with
prejudice of Bay Mills Indian Community v. Western Life Assurance
Company et al., Case No. 2:96-CV-275, United States District Court for
the Western District of Michigan-Northern Division and Bay Mills Indian
Community v. State of Michigan et al., Michigan Court of Claims, File
No. 96-16482-CM--
            (1) the Secretary shall take the Alternative Lands
        described in section 2(1)(A) into trust for the benefit of the
        Community as part of the settlement of the Community's claims
        to the Charlotte Beach Lands; and
            (2) the Alternative Lands described in section 2(1)(A)
        shall become part of the Community's reservation.
    (b) By the Sault Tribe.--The Secretary shall take the Alternative
Lands described in section 2(1)(B) into trust for the benefit of the
Sault Tribe as settlement of the Sault Tribe's claims to the Charlotte
Beach Lands. Upon the taking of the Alternative Lands into trust, any
and all potential claims of the Sault Tribe in and to the Charlotte
Beach Lands shall be relinquished and extinguished thereby, and the
lands taken into trust shall become part of the Sault Tribe's
reservation.
    (c) Settlement of Land Claims.--The Alternative Lands are taken
into trust as provided in this section as part of the settlement of
land claims of the Tribes within the meaning of section 20(b)(1)(B)(i)
of Public Law 100-497.

SEC. 4. EXTINGUISHMENT OF TITLE AND CLAIMS.

    (a) Approval and Ratification of Prior Transfers.--Any transfer,
before the date of the enactment of this Act, of land or natural
resources located within the boundaries of the Charlotte Beach Lands
from, by, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or band
of Indians (including the 2 bands of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians of Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no and Sha-wan were
chiefs) or any member thereof, shall be deemed to have been made in
accordance with the Constitution and all laws of the United States,
including without limitation, the Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790,
Act of July 22, 1790 (ch. 33, sec. 4; 1 Stat. 137), and Congress hereby
does approve and ratify such transfers effective as of the date of such
transfers.
    (b) Aboriginal Title Extinguished.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), any
        aboriginal title held by any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or
band of Indians (including the 2 bands of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians of Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no and Sha-wan
were chiefs and their members) to any land or natural resources, the
transfer of which was approved and ratified by subsection (a), shall be
regarded as extinguished as of the date of such transfer.
            (2) The tribes.--To the extent that the Charlotte Beach
        Lands involve land or natural resources to which the Tribes had
        aboriginal title, relinquishment by the Tribes under section 3
        shall be regarded as an extinguishment of such aboriginal
        title.
    (c) Extinguishment of Claims.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), any
        claim (including any claim for damages for trespass, use, or
        occupancy) by, or on behalf of, any member of any Indian,
        Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians (including the 2
        bands of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of
        Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no and Sha-wan were chiefs) or any
        member thereof against the United States, any State or
        subdivision thereof or any other person which is based on--
                    (A) any interest in or right involving any land or
                natural resources of which was approved and ratified by
                subsection (a); or
                    (B) any aboriginal title to land or natural
                resources the extinguishment of which was effected by
                subsection (b),
        shall be regarded as extinguished as of the date of any such
        transfer.
            (2) The tribes.--Any transfer of land within the State of
        Michigan to the Secretary to be taken in trust for the
        Community or the Sault Tribe under this Act shall be
        conditioned upon the Secretary's receipt of duly enacted
        resolutions of the elected tribal council of the Community and
        the Sault Tribe agreeing to the extinguishment of all claims
        against the United States, the State of Michigan or any
        subdivision thereof, or any person or entity by the Community
        or the Sault Tribe based on the claims to the Charlotte Beach
        Lands (including without limitation, claims for trespass
        damages, use, or occupancy) as provided in this Act, and
        agreeing to the extinguishment of any claims against the United
        States based on the enactment of this Act. The extinguishment
        of these claims is in consideration for the benefits to the
        Community and the Sault Tribe under this Act.

Summary: Requires that, upon relinquishment by the Bay Mills Indian Community of all claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands and dismissal of specified suits by the Community concerning title to such lands: (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall take certain Alternative Lands into trust for the benefit of such Community as part of the settlement of the Community's claim to the Charlotte Beach Lands. And (2) the Alternative Lands shall become part of the Community's reservation. Directs the Secretary to take certain other Michigan lands into trust for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan as settlement of that Tribe's claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands.

To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Repeal of Expensive
Exchanges Act'' or the ``FREE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act makes
        health care more expensive and less accessible, while also
        driving up the Federal deficit and debt.
            (2) This increase in cost is most noticeable in the health
        insurance exchanges established under such Act, which would
        increase the Federal deficit by $1.017 trillion over an eleven-
        year timeframe, as stated in a July, 2012 Congressional Budget
        Office report.
            (3) The Federal mandate to establish health insurance
        exchanges directly assaults the States' traditional authority
        to regulate health insurance.
            (4) Such Federal mandate imposes unknown insurance costs on
        consumers and administrative costs on States.
            (5) Such Federal mandate imposes a ``one-size-fits-all''
        approach that ignores State differences.
            (6) Such Federal mandate undermines choice and competition
        and guarantees further consolidation of the health insurance
        markets.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
              PREMIUM TAX CREDITS AND COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES.

    (a) Premium Tax Credits.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking section 36B.
    (b) Advance Determination and Payment of Premium Tax Credits and
Cost-Sharing Reductions.--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act is amended by striking section 1412.
    (c) Cost-Sharing.--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
is amended by striking section 1402.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Internal revenue code of 1986.--
                    (A) Section 280C of the Internal Revenue Code of
                1986 is amended by striking subsection (g).
                    (B) Clause (iii) of section 6055(b)(1)(B) of such
                Code is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(iii) in the case of minimum essential
                        coverage which consists of health insurance
                        coverage, information concerning whether or not
                        the coverage is a qualified health plan offered
                        through an Exchange established under section
                        1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable
                        Care Act, and''; and
                    (C) Section 6103(l)(21) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``any premium tax credit
                        under section 36B or any cost-sharing reduction
                        under section 1402 of the Patient Protection
                        and Affordable Care Act or'' in the matter
                        preceding subparagraph (i),
                            (ii) by striking ``(as defined in section
                        36B)'' in subparagraph (A)(iv), and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Modified adjusted gross income.--For purposes
                of this paragraph, the term `modified adjusted gross
                income' means adjusted gross income increased by--
                            ``(i) any amount excluded from gross income
                        under section 911,
                            ``(ii) any amount of interest received or
                        accrued by the taxpayer during the taxable year
                        which is exempt from tax, and
                            ``(iii) an amount equal to the portion of
                        the taxpayer's social security benefits (as
                        defined in section 86(d)) which is not included
                        in gross income under section 86 for the
                        taxable year.''.
                    (D) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is amended
                by striking ``36B,''.
                    (E) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV
                of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
                striking the item relating to section 36B.
            (2) Fair labor standards act of 1938.--
                    (A) Section 18B(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
                of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 218b(a)) is amended--
                            (i) by inserting ``and'' at the end of
                        paragraph (1), and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and
                        redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
                    (B) Section 18C(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
                of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 218c(a)) is amended by striking
                paragraph (1) and by redesignating paragraphs (2)
                through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4),
                respectively.
            (3) Public health service act.--Title XXVII of the Public
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 2705(l)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 300gg-
                4(l)(3)(A))--
                            (i) by striking the em dash before clause
                        (i) and inserting ``will not result in any
                        decrease in coverage.''; and
                            (ii) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and
                    (B) in section 2793(c) (300gg-93(c))--
                            (i) by inserting ``and'' at the end of
                        paragraph (3);
                            (ii) by striking ``; and'' at the end of
                        paragraph (4); and
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (5).
            (4) Patient protection and affordable care act.--The
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148,
        as amended) is amended--
                    (A) in section 1303(b) by striking paragraph (2);
                    (B) in section 1311(c)(5)(B) (42 U.S.C.
                18031(c)(5)(B)), by striking ``or eligible for a
                premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction'';
                    (C) in section 1311(d)(4) (42 U.S.C. 18031(d)(4))--
                            (i) in subparagraph (G), by striking
                        ``after the application of any premium tax
                        credit'' and all that follows through ``section
                        1402''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (I), by striking
                        clause (ii);
                    (D) in section 1311(i)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C.
                18031(i)(3)(B)), by striking ``, and the availability
                of premium tax credits'' and all that follows through
                ``section 1402'';
                    (E) in section 1312(e) (42 U.S.C. 18032(e))--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; and''
                        and inserting a period;
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (iii) by striking ``brokers--'' and all
                        that follows through ``to enroll'' and
                        inserting ``brokers to enroll'';
                    (F) in section 1313(a)(6)(A) (42 U.S.C.
                18033(a)(6)(A)), by striking ``, including payments of
                premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions through
                the Exchange'';
                    (G) in section 1331(d)(3)(A)(i) (42 U.S.C. 18051)
                is amended by inserting ``and the Federal Repeal of
                Expensive Exchanges Act had not been enacted'' before
                the period at the end;
                    (H) in section 1332(a) (42 U.S.C. 18052(a))--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (C);
                                and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (D) by
                                striking ``36B, 4980H,'' and inserting
                                ``4980H''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking
                        ``premium tax credits, cost-sharing
                        reductions'';
                    (I) in section 1334(c) (42 U.S.C. 18054(c)) by
                striking paragraph (3);
                    (J) in section 1401(c)(1)(A), by striking clause
                (i);
                    (K) in section 1411 (42 U.S.C. 18081)--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``or who is
                                claiming a premium tax credit or
                                reduced cost-sharing,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``sections
                                1312(f)(3), 1402(e), and 1412(d)'' and
                                inserting ``section 1312(f)(3)'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a), by striking
                        paragraph (2);
                            (iii) in subsection (b), by striking
                        paragraphs (3) and (4);
                            (iv) in subsection (e)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (2), by amending
                                subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Eligibility for enrollment.--If information
                provided by an applicant under paragraphs (1) and (2)
                of subsection (b) is verified under subsections (c) and
                (d) the individual's eligibility to enroll through the
                Exchange shall be satisfied.''; and
                                    (II) in paragraph (4)(B), by
                                striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and
                                redesignating clause (iv) as clause
                                (ii);
                            (v) by striking subsection (f)(2);
                            (vi) in subsection (g)(1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``or for a premium
                                tax credit or cost-sharing reduction'',
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``, determine
                                eligibility, and determine the amount
                                of the credit or reduction'' and
                                inserting ``and determine
                                eligibility''; and
                            (vii) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ``or
                        to claim a premium tax credit or cost-sharing
                        reduction or the amount of the credit or
                        reduction'';
                    (L) in section 1413(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 18083(e)(1)),
                by striking ``, including the premium tax credits under
                section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
                cost-sharing reductions under section 1402'';
                    (M) by striking section 1415 (42 U.S.C. 18084); and
                    (N) in section 2901 (25 U.S.C. 1623), by striking
                subsection (a).
            (5) Social security act.--Section 1943(b) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w-3(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                            (i) by striking ``and, if applicable,
                        premium assistance'' and all that follows
                        through ``section 1412 of the Patient
                        Protection and Affordable Care Act),''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``reduced cost-sharing for
                        eligible individuals under section 1402 of the
                        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and
                        any other'' and inserting ``any'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ``, child
                health assistance, or premium assistance,'' and
                inserting ``or child health assistance,'';
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and who is
                eligible to receive premium credit assistance for the
                purchase of a qualified health plan under section 36B
                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986''.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF EMPLOYER AND INDIVIDUAL MANDATES.

    (a) Employer Mandate.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 is amended by striking section 4980H, and the table of
        sections for such chapter is amended by striking the item
        relating to section 4980H.
            (2) Information return.--
                    (A) Chapter 61 of such Code is amended by striking
                section 6056, and the table of sections for such
                chapter is amended by striking the item relating to
                section 6056.
                    (B) Section 6724(d) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ``or''
                        at the end of clause (xxiii), by striking
                        ``or'' at the end of clause (xxiv) and
                        inserting ``and'', and by striking clause
                        (xxv), and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``or''
                        at the end of subparagraph (FF), by striking
                        ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (GG) and
                        inserting ``and'', and by striking subparagraph
                        (HH).
            (3) Patient protection and affordable care act conforming
        amendments.--
                    (A) Section 1332(a)(2)(D) of the Patient Protection
                and Affordable Care Act (as amended by section
                3(d)(4)(H) of this Act) is amended by striking
                ``Sections 4980H'' and inserting ``Section''.
                    (B) Section 1513 of the Patient Protection and
                Affordable Care Act is amended by striking subsection
                (c).
    (b) Repeal of Individual Health Insurance Mandate.--
            (1) In general.--Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
        subsection:
    ``(h) Termination.--This section shall not apply with respect to
any month beginning after December 31, 2013.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1311(d)(4) of the
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C.
        18031(d)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (H).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply as if included in the respective sections the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act to which such amendments relate.

Summary: Federal Repeal of Expensive Exchanges Act or the FREE Act - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) providing for: (1) a health insurance premium assistance tax credit and advance payments for credit amounts, (2) reductions in out-of-pocket health care expenses for certain low income taxpayers (cost-sharing) and advance payments of cost-sharing amounts, (3) the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage under PPACA, and (4) the employer mandate to provide health care coverage to employees under PPACA and the reporting requirements with respect to such mandate.

FREE Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Innovation and Coastal
Protection Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter III of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``SEC. 1366. EROSION MITIGATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall make grants, with amounts
made available from the Coastal Erosion Control Fund established under
section 1367, to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative mitigation
activities designed to minimize coastal erosion, preserve shorelines,
and avoid environmental degradation.
    ``(b) Eligible Recipients.--The Director may make grants under this
section to--
            ``(1) any State; and
            ``(2) any community participating in the national flood
        insurance program under this title that--
                    ``(A) has suffered recurring flood damages and
                claims, as determined by the Director; and
                    ``(B) is in full compliance with the requirements
                under the national flood insurance program.
    ``(c) Eligible Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant under this section may be used
        to develop and test innovative techniques to minimize coastal
        erosion and preserve shorelines.
            ``(2) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the
        Director shall give a priority to eligible recipients that
        conduct projects to demonstrate the feasibility of techniques
        that--
                    ``(A) have application to more than 1 location;
                    ``(B) substantially broaden the applicability of
                proven erosion control techniques; or
                    ``(C) avoid permanent structural alterations and
                rely instead on natural designs, including the use of
                vegetation, or temporary structures, to accomplish
                their goal.
    ``(d) Applications.--The Director shall make grants under this
section on the basis of a nationwide competition, in accordance with
such application forms and procedures as the Director may establish.
    ``(e) Maximum Amount.--The total amount of any grant under this
section may not exceed $500,000 for any project assisted under this
section.
    ``(f) Program Requirements.--
            ``(1) Matching requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (C), a grant under this section may not
                exceed 3 times the amount that the recipient certifies,
                as the Director shall require, that the recipient will
                contribute from non-Federal funds to carry out
                activities assisted with amounts provided under this
                section.
                    ``(B) Non-federal funds.--For purposes of this
                subsection, the term `non-Federal funds' includes--
                            ``(i) State or local agency funds,
                            ``(ii) any salary paid to staff to carry
                        out the activities of the recipient,
                            ``(iii) the value of the time and services
                        contributed by volunteers to carry out such
                        activities (at a rate determined by the
                        Director), and
                            ``(iv) the value of any donated material or
                        building and the value of any lease on a
                        building.
                    ``(C) No match required for evaluation.--No non-
                Federal contribution is required for the conduct of
                evaluations under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the receipt of
        a grant under this section, the recipient of the grant shall
        transmit to the Director a report that--
                    ``(A) evaluates the long-term effectiveness of the
                techniques that were developed under this section; and
                    ``(B) assesses any impact that such techniques have
                had on adjacent coastal areas.
    ``(g) Report to Congress.--The Director shall transmit to the
Congress an annual report that--
            ``(1) summarizes the erosion mitigation techniques
        developed pursuant to this section;
            ``(2) describes the status of the Coastal Erosion Control
        Fund established under section 1367; and
            ``(3) recommends any legislative or administrative action
        necessary to further the purpose of this section.
    ``(h) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section, from the Coastal Erosion Control Fund under
section 1367, $12,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through
1997.''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COASTAL EROSION CONTROL FUND.

    Chapter III of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
4101 et seq.), as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at
the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1367. ESTABLISHMENT OF COASTAL EROSION CONTROL FUND.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall establish in the Treasury of
the United States a fund to be known as the Coastal Erosion Control
Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the `Fund'), which shall
be available, to the extent provided in appropriation Acts, for grants
under section 1366.
    ``(b) Credits.--The Fund shall be credited with any premium
surcharges assessed under section 1308(e).''.

SEC. 4. INSURANCE PREMIUM MITIGATION SURCHARGE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsections:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the
Director shall assess, with respect to each contract for flood
insurance coverage under this title, an annual mitigation surcharge of
$5. The surcharges shall be paid into the Coastal Erosion Control Fund
under section 1367, and shall not be subject to any agents'
commissions, company expenses allowances, or State or local premium
taxes.
    ``(f) The Director shall not assess any surcharge under subsection
(e) if the balance of the Fund exceeds $15,000,000.
    ``(g) The Director shall transmit to those who paid a surcharge
under subsection (e)--
            ``(1) an annual report describing the expenditures of the
        Fund during the preceding fiscal year; and
            ``(2) any unobligated funds that remain in the Fund at the
        end of fiscal year 1997.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to any contract for flood insurance under the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 issued or renewed after the date of enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 5. INSURANCE RATE INCENTIVES FOR EROSION MITIGATION EFFORTS.

    Chapter III of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
4101 et seq.), as amended by sections 2 and 3, is further amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1368. INSURANCE RATE INCENTIVES FOR EROSION MITIGATION EFFORTS.

    ``(a) Preferred Erosion Mitigation Measures.--The Director shall
evaluate the effectiveness of the erosion mitigation measures funded
under section 1366 and shall publish a list of the most effective of
such measures in the Federal Register.
    ``(b) Rate Incentives for Communities.--The Director shall provide
incentives in the form of adjustments in the premium rates for flood
insurance coverage in areas that the Director determines have
implemented erosion mitigation measures contained in the list published
pursuant to subsection (a).''.

Summary: Local Innovation and Coastal Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants from the Coastal Erosion Control Fund to States and qualifying communities for an erosion mitigation demonstration program. Gives grant priority to projects that: (1) have multiple location applicability, (2) broaden existing erosion control techniques. Or (3) rely on natural designs rather than structural alterations. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Treasury the Coastal Erosion Control Fund. Requires the Director to: (1) assess an annual five-dollar flood insurance premium mitigation surcharge to be paid into such Fund, unless the Fund's balance exceeds $15 million. (2) evaluate and publish a list of the most effective erosion mitigation measures. And (3) provide flood insurance rate incentives for erosion mitigation efforts.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Serving our Rural Veterans Act of
2017''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs relies on agreements
        with the Indian Health Service and tribal health organizations
        to serve native and non-native veteran populations in certain
        areas, especially rural areas of the United States, due to
        limited infrastructure or personnel of the Department in those
        areas;
            (2) the Department should support the practice of rural
        health care in the United States because such care is crucial
        to fulfilling the mission of the Department to provide the
        highest quality care for veterans; and
            (3) education regarding the unique health needs of veterans
        is necessary for all health care providers and is especially
        important for providers in rural health care delivery systems,
        including those affiliated with Indian tribes and tribal health
        organizations that care for a significant number of veterans.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR
              TRAINING AND SUPERVISION OF RESIDENTS OR INTERNS AT
              FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT DEPARTMENT FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 7406 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``Department facility'' each place
it appears and inserting ``covered facility''.
    (b) Covered Facility Defined.--Subsection (a)(2) of such section is
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) The term `covered facility' means any of the
        following:
                    ``(i) A Department facility.
                    ``(ii) A facility operated by an Indian tribe or a
                tribal organization, as those terms are defined in
                section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and
                Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
                    ``(iii) A facility operated by the Indian Health
                Service.
                    ``(iv) A Federally-qualified health center, as
                defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)).
                    ``(v) A community health center.''.

SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH OR AFFILIATE WITH GRADUATE MEDICAL
              RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AT FACILITIES OPERATED BY INDIAN
              TRIBES, TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE INDIAN HEALTH
              SERVICE IN RURAL AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation
with the Director of the Indian Health Service, shall carry out a pilot
program--
            (1) to establish graduate medical education residency
        training programs at covered facilities; or
            (2) to affiliate with established programs described in
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Locations.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot
        program at not more than four covered facilities that have been
        selected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program.
            (2) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for
        selecting covered facilities under paragraph (1).
    (c) Duration.--The Secretary shall implement the pilot program
during the eight-year period beginning on the date that is 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Reimbursement of Costs.--The Secretary shall reimburse each
covered facility participating in the pilot program for the following
costs associated with the pilot program:
            (1) Curriculum development.
            (2) Recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of
        residents and faculty.
            (3) Accreditation of programs of education under the pilot
        program by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
        Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association
        (AOA).
            (4) The portion of faculty salaries attributable to
        activities relating to carrying out the pilot program.
            (5) Payment for expenses relating to providing medical
        education under the pilot program.
    (e) Period of Obligated Service.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into an
        agreement with each individual who participates in the pilot
        program under which such individual agrees to serve a period of
        one year of obligated service at a covered facility or a
        facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs for each year in
        which the individual participates in the pilot program under
        this section.
            (2) Breach.--An individual who participates in the pilot
        program and fails to satisfy the period of obligated service
        under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the United States, in
        lieu of such obligated service, for the amount that has been
        paid or is payable to or on behalf of the individual under the
        pilot program, reduced by the proportion that the number of
        days served for completion of the period of obligated service
        bears to the total number of days in the period of obligated
        service of such individual.
            (3) Loan repayment.--During the period of obligated service
        of an individual under paragraph (1), the individual--
                    (A) shall be deemed to be an eligible individual
                under subsection (b) of section 108 of the Indian
                Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a) for
                purposes of participation in the Indian Health Service
                Loan Repayment Program under such section during the
                portion of such period that the individual serves at a
                covered facility; and
                    (B) shall be deemed to be an eligible individual
                under section 7682(a) of title 38, United States Code,
                for purposes of participation in the Department of
                Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program under
                subchapter VII of chapter 76 of such title during the
                portion of such period that the individual serves at a
                facility of the Department.
            (4) Concurrent service.--Any period of obligated service
        required of an individual under paragraph (1) shall be served--
                    (A) with respect to service at a covered facility,
                concurrently with any period of obligated service
                required of the individual by the Indian Health
                Service; and
                    (B) with respect to service at a facility of the
                Department of Veterans Affairs, concurrently with any
                period of obligated service required of the individual
                by the Department.
    (f) Report.--Not later than three years before the termination of
the pilot program under subsection (c), the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on the feasibility and advisability of--
            (1) expanding the pilot program to additional locations;
        and
            (2) making the pilot program or any aspect of the pilot
        program permanent.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
        the Secretary of Veterans Affairs $20,000,000 for each year in
        which the pilot program is carried out.
            (2) Loan repayments.--
                    (A) In general.--There is authorized to be
                appropriated--
                            (i) to the Secretary of Health and Human
                        Services, acting through the Director of the
                        Indian Health Service, such sums as may be
                        necessary to cover loan repayments paid under
                        the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment
                        Program to individuals participating in the
                        pilot program; and
                            (ii) to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
                        such sums as may be necessary to cover loan
                        repayments paid under the Department of
                        Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction
                        Program to individuals participating in the
                        pilot program.
                    (B) Supplement not supplant.--Amounts appropriated
                or otherwise made available for the Indian Health
                Service Loan Repayment Program or the Department of
                Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program
                pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under
                subparagraph (A) shall supplement, not supplant,
                amounts made available to such programs under other
                provisions of law.
    (h) Covered Facility Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered
facility'' means a facility--
            (1) operated by an Indian tribe or a tribal organization
        (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)),
        or the Indian Health Service, that has an existing
        reimbursement agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs
        under section 405(c) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
        (25 U.S.C. 1645(c)); and
            (2) located in a rural or remote area, as determined by the
        Secretary.

Summary: Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for the training and employment of Veterans Health Administration medical residents and interns at a covered facility, which includes: (1) a VA facility. (2) a facility operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service, (3) a federally-qualified health center. Or (4) a community health center. The VA shall carry out an eight-year pilot program to establish or affiliate with graduate medical education residency training programs at not more than four facilities. The VA shall reimburse each participating facility for the costs of: curriculum development, recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of residents and faculty, accreditation of education programs, faculty salaries attributable to program activities. And other expenses relating to providing medical education under the program. A program participant: (1) shall agree to one year of obligated service at a covered or a VA facility for each year of partipation in the program, (2) who fails to satisfy the obligated service period shall be liable to the United States for a prorated portion of the amount paid for program participation, and (3) during the period of obligated service, shall be eligible for participation in the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the VA Education Debt Reduction Program. A covered facility for pilot program purposes means a facility: (1) operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service that has an existing reimbursement agreement with the VA, and (2) located in a rural or remote area.

Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1)(A) The Department of State, in its 1996 ``Country
        Reports on Human Rights Practices'', documented a systematic
        and widespread pattern of human rights abuses by the Government
        of Turkey.
            (B) According to the portion of the report relating to
        Turkey, ``torture, excessive use of force, and other serious
        human rights abuses by the security forces persisted throughout
        1996.''.
            (2) Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United
        Nations Committee Against Torture, the European Parliament, the
        International Human Rights Law Group, the Lawyers Committee for
        Human Rights, Physicians Without Frontiers, Freedom House, the
        Humanitarian Law Project, the Association of the Bar of the
        City of New York, the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, and
        other human rights monitoring organizations have documented
        extensive and continuing human rights abuses by the Government
        of Turkey, including the widespread use of torture and
        extrajudicial killings.
            (3) The actions of the Government of Turkey are in
        violation of several international human rights agreements to
        which Turkey is a party, including the United Nations Universal
        Declaration of Human Rights, the Final Act of the Conference on
        Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Convention on
        Human Rights, and the United Nations and European Conventions
        Against Torture.
            (4) The Government of Turkey continues to deny the
        legitimate civil and human rights of its 15,000,000 citizens of
        Kurdish origin and has used military force to deny them an
        identity, destroying more than 2,000 Kurdish villages and
        uprooting more than 2,000,000 Kurds.
            (5) Turkey continues its illegal military occupation of
        Cyprus and has obstructed efforts to reach a just and lasting
        resolution to the division of Cyprus and the massive uprooting
        of Greek Cypriots caused by the 1974 invasion by Turkey.
            (6) The Government of Turkey continues to blockade Armenia,
        obstructing the delivery of United States and international
        humanitarian relief supplies.
            (7) Turkey continues to place prohibitive restrictions on
        the religious leadership of Christian communities within Turkey
        and has failed to protect these communities adequately from
        acts of violence and vandalism.
            (8)(A) The Congress, in the fiscal year 1997 appropriation
        for foreign assistance, reduced assistance under chapter 4 of
        part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346
        et seq.; relating to the economic support fund) to Turkey to
        $22,000,000 because of Turkey's human rights record and its
        hostile and antagonistic policies toward its neighbors.
            (B) The Government of Turkey has stated that it would
        reject any United States assistance tied to its human rights
        record.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY.

    (a) In General.--Assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the
economic support fund) may not be provided for the Government of Turkey
for fiscal year 1998 unless the Secretary of State determines that
there has been significant progress in the following areas:
            (1) The Government of Turkey permits domestic and
        international human rights monitoring organizations, including,
        but not limited to, the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, the
        Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Amnesty
        International, and Human Rights Watch, to monitor and report on
        the human rights situation within its territory without fear of
        reprisal or prosecution.
            (2) The Government of Turkey--
                    (A) has ceased all efforts to deny the recognition
                of the civil, cultural, and human rights of its Kurdish
                citizens;
                    (B) has ceased its military operations against
                Kurdish civilians; and
                    (C) has taken demonstrable steps toward a peaceful
                resolution of the Kurdish issue.
            (3) The Government of Turkey--
                    (A) has taken actions and instituted policies to
                demilitarize Cyprus and provide for the total
                withdrawal of Turkish military forces from Cyprus; and
                    (B) provides support for a settlement for the
                Republic of Cyprus based on a constitutional democracy
                with key United States principles of majority rule, the
                rule of law, the protection of minority and human
                rights, and the provision for and implementation of the
                3 basic freedoms, namely, freedom of movement, of
                property, and of settlement.
            (4) The Government of Turkey has ceased its blockade of
        United States and international assistance to Armenia.
            (5) The Government of Turkey--
                    (A) has ceased its official restrictions on
                Christian churches and schools; and
                    (B) provides sufficient protection against--
                            (i) acts of violence and harassment
                        directed at members of the clergy and religious
                        minorities; and
                            (ii) acts of vandalism directed at church
                        and school property.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the
Congress a report containing a documentation of the determinations made
by the Secretary under subsection (a).

Summary: Turkish Human Rights Act - Prohibits economic support fund (ESF) assistance to the Government of Turkey unless the Secretary of State determines that there has been significant progress by such Government in: (1) permitting international human rights monitoring organizations to report on the human rights situation in Turkey, (2) ceasing to deny human rights to the Kurdish people. (3) taking action to demilitarize Cyprus and provide support for democracy there, (4) ceasing to blockade US and international assistance to Armenia, and (5) ceasing its restrictions on religious freedom.

Turkish Human Rights Act