SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Low Income Community Development Tax
Credit Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OR RENOVATED IN
              DISTRESSED AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45C. CREDIT FOR NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN DISTRESSED AREAS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the amount of the
distressed area building credit determined under this section for any
taxable year in the credit period shall be an amount equal to--
            ``(1) the applicable percentage of
            ``(2) the eligible basis of each qualified distressed area
        building.
    ``(b) Applicable Percentage: 70 Percent Present Value Credit for
Certain New Buildings; 30 Percent Present Value Credit for Certain
Other Buildings.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `applicable percentage' means
        the appropriate percentage prescribed by the Secretary for the
        earlier of--
                    ``(A) the month in which such building is placed in
                service, or
                    ``(B) at the election of the taxpayer--
                            ``(i) the month in which the taxpayer and
                        the credit allocating agency enter into an
                        agreement with respect to such building (which
                        is binding on such agency, the taxpayer, and
                        all successors in interest) as to the building
                        credit dollar amount to be allocated to such
                        building, or
                            ``(ii) in the case of any building to which
                        the rules of section 42(h)(4)(B) apply, the
                        month in which the tax-exempt obligations are
                        issued.
        A month may be elected under clause (ii) only if the election
        is made not later than the 5th day after the close of such
        month. Such an election, once made, shall be irrevocable.
            ``(2) Method of prescribing percentages.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The percentages prescribed by
                the Secretary for any month shall be percentages which
                will yield over a 10-year period amounts of credit
                under subsection (a) which have a present value equal
                to--
                            ``(i) 70 percent of the eligible basis of a
                        new building, and
                            ``(ii) 30 percent of the eligible basis of
                        an existing building.
                    ``(B) Increased credit for buildings in more
                distressed areas.--In the case of buildings located in
                a census tract which would be a distressed area if `50
                percent' were substituted for `80 percent' in
                subsection (c)(2), subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
                substituting `75 percent' for `70 percent' and `35
                percent' for `30 percent'.
    ``(c) Qualified Distressed Area Building; Distressed Area.--For
purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Qualified distressed area building.--The term
        `qualified distressed area building' means any building (other
        than residential rental property) which, when placed in
        service, is located in a distressed area.
            ``(2) Distressed area.--The term `distressed area' means
        any census tract in which, for the most recent year for which
        census data are available on household income in such tract, 70
        percent or more of the households have an income which is 80
        percent or less of the area median gross income (within the
        meaning of section 142(d)) for such year.
    ``(d) Eligible basis.--For purposes of this section, the eligible
basis of any building shall be determined under the rules of paragraphs
(1) and (2) of section 42(d).
    ``(e) Rehabilitation expenditures treated as separate new
building.--
            ``(1) In general.--Rehabilitation expenditures paid or
        incurred by the taxpayer with respect to any building shall be
        treated for purposes of this section as a separate new
        building.
            ``(2) Rehabilitation expenditures.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `rehabilitation
                expenditures' means amounts chargeable to capital
                account and incurred for property (or additions or
                improvements to property) of a character subject to the
                allowance for depreciation in connection with the
                rehabilitation of a building.
                    ``(B) Cost of acquisition, etc., not included.--
                Such term does not include the cost of acquiring any
                building (or interest therein).
            ``(3) Minimum expenditures to qualify.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to
                rehabilitation expenditures with respect to any
                building only if the amount of such expenditures during
                any 24-month period is not less than 10 percent of the
                adjusted basis of the building (determined as of the
                1st day of such period and without regard to paragraphs
                (2) and (3) of section 1016(a)).
                    ``(B) Date of determination.--The determination
                under subparagraph (A) shall be made as of the close of
                the 1st taxable year in the credit period with respect
                to such expenditures.
            ``(4) Special rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
        paragraph (4)(A) and (5) of section 42(e) shall apply for
        purposes of this subsection.
    ``(f) Definition and Special Rules Relating to Credit Period.--
            ``(1) Credit period defined.--For purposes of this section,
        the term `credit period' means, with respect to any building,
        the period of 10 taxable years beginning with--
                    ``(A) the taxable year in which the building is
                placed in service, or
                    ``(B) at the election of the taxpayer, the
                succeeding taxable year,
        but only if the building is a qualified distressed area
        building as of the close of the 1st year of such period. The
        election under subparagraph (B), once made, shall be
        irrevocable.
            ``(2) Special rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section 42(f) shall apply for
        purposes of this subsection.
    ``(g) Limitation on Aggregate Credit Allowable With Respect To
Buildings Located in a State.--
            ``(1) Credit may not exceed credit amount allocated to
        building.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit
                determined under this section for any taxable year with
                respect to any building shall not exceed the distressed
                area building credit dollar amount allocated to such
                building under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Time for making allocation.--Rules similar to
                the rules of subparagraphs (B) through (F) of section
                42(h)(1) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.
            ``(2) Allocated credit amount to apply to all taxable years
        ending during or after credit allocation year.--Any distressed
        area building credit dollar amount allocated to any building
        for any calendar year--
                    ``(A) shall apply to such building for all taxable
                years in the credit period ending during or after such
                calendar year, and
                    ``(B) shall reduce the aggregate distressed area
                building credit dollar amount of the credit allocating
                agency only for such calendar year.
            ``(3) Distress area building credit dollar amount for
        agencies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The aggregate distressed area
                building credit dollar amount which a credit agency may
                allocate for any calendar year is the portion of the
                State distressed area building credit ceiling allocated
                under this paragraph for such calendar year to such
                agency.
                    ``(B) State ceiling initially allocated to State
                housing credit agencies.--The State distressed area
                building credit ceiling for each calendar year shall be
                allocated to the housing credit agency of such State.
                If there is more than 1 housing credit agency of a
                State, all such agencies shall be treated as a single
                agency.
                    ``(C) State distressed area building credit
                ceiling.--The State distressed area building credit
                ceiling applicable to any State for any calendar year
                shall be an amount equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) $1.25 multiplied by the State
                        population,
                            ``(ii) the unused State distressed area
                        building credit ceiling (if any) of such State
                        for the preceding calendar year,
                            ``(iii) the amount of State distressed area
                        building credit ceiling returned in the
                        calendar year, plus
                            ``(iv) the amount (if any) allocated under
                        subparagraph (D) to such State by the
                        Secretary.
                For purposes of clause (ii), the unused State
                distressed area building credit ceiling for any
                calendar year is the excess (if any) of the sum of the
                amounts described in clauses (i) and (iii) over the
                aggregate distressed area building credit dollar amount
                allocated for such year.
                    ``(D) Unused credit carryovers allocated among
                certain states.--Rules similar to the rules of section
                42(h)(2)(D) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.
            ``(4) Other rules to apply.--Rules similar to the rules of
        subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) of section 42(h)(2), and
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (7) of section 42(h), shall apply for
        purposes of this subsection.
            ``(5) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) Credit allocating agency.--The term `credit
                allocating agency' means any agency authorized to carry
                out this subsection.
                    ``(B) Possessions treated as states.--The term
                `State' includes a possession of the United States.
    ``(h) Definitions and special rules.--For purposes of this section
--
            ``(1) New building.--The term `new building' means a
        building the original use of which begins with the taxpayer.
            ``(2) Existing building.--The term `existing building'
        means any building which is not a new building.
            ``(3) Application to estates and trusts.--In the case of an
        estate or trust, the amount of the credit determined under
        subsection (a) shall be apportioned between the estate or trust
        and the beneficiaries on the basis of the income of the estate
        or trust allocable to each.
    ``(i) Application of At-Risk Rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
section 42(j) shall apply for purposes of this section.
    ``(j) Certifications and Other Reports to Secretary.--
            ``(1) Certification with respect to 1st year of credit
        period.--Following the close of the 1st taxable year in the
        credit period with respect to any qualified distressed area
        building, the taxpayer shall certify to the Secretary (at such
        time and in such form and in such manner as the Secretary
        prescribes)--
                    ``(A) the taxable year, and calendar year, in which
                such building was placed in service,
                    ``(B) the adjusted basis and eligible basis of such
                building as of the close of the 1st year of the credit
                period,
                    ``(C) the maximum applicable percentage and
                eligible basis permitted to be taken into account by
                the appropriate credit allocating agency, and
                    ``(D) such other information as the Secretary may
                require.
        In the case of a failure to make the certification required by
        the preceding sentence on the date prescribed therefor, unless
        it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and
        not to willful neglect, no credit shall be allowable by reason
        of subsection (a) with respect to such building for any taxable
        year ending before such certification is made.
            ``(2) Reports to the secretary.--The Secretary may require
        taxpayers and credit allocating agencies to submit such reports
        as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry
        out the purposes of this section.
    ``(k) Credit Allocated to Building Not to Exceed Amount Necessary
To Assure Project Feasibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--The distressed area building credit
        dollar amount allocated to a building shall not exceed the
        amount the credit allocating agency determines is necessary for
        the financial feasibility of the building throughout the credit
        period.
            ``(2) Agency evaluation.--In making the determination under
        paragraph (1), the credit allocating agency shall consider--
                    ``(A) the sources and uses of funds and the total
                financing planned for the building,
                    ``(B) any proceeds or receipts expected to be
                generated by reason of tax benefits, and
                    ``(C) the percentage of the distressed area
                building credit dollar amount used for building costs
                other than the cost of intermediaries.
        Subparagraph (C) shall not be applied so as to impede the
        development of buildings in hard-to-develop areas. Such a
        determination shall not be construed to be a representation or
        warranty as to the feasibility or viability of the building.
            ``(3) Determination made when credit amount applied for and
        when building placed in service.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A determination under paragraph
                (1) shall be made as of each of the following times:
                            ``(i) The application for the distressed
                        area building credit dollar amount.
                            ``(ii) The allocation of the distressed
                        area building credit dollar amount.
                            ``(iii) The date the building is placed in
                        service.
                    ``(B) Certification as to amount of other
                subsidies.--Prior to each determination under
                subparagraph (A), the taxpayer shall certify to the
                credit allocating agency the full extent of all
                Federal, State, and local subsidies which apply (or
                which the taxpayer expects to apply) with respect to
                the building.
    ``(l) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section.''
    (b) Credit To Be Part of General Business Credit.--
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code is amended by
        striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (10), by striking the
        period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting ``, plus'',
        and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) the distressed area building credit determined under
        section 45C(a).''
            (2) Subsection (d) of section 39 of such Code is amended by
        adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Distressed area building credit.--No portion of the
        unused business credit which is attributable to the credit
        determined under section 45C (relating to distressed area
        building credit) may be carried to any taxable year ending
        before January 1, 1996.''
            (3) Subsection (c) of section 196 of such Code (relating to
        deduction for certain unused business credits) is amended by
        striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6), by striking the
        period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting ``, and'', and
        by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) the distressed area building credit determined under
        section 45C(a).''
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 45C. Credit for nonresidential
                                        buildings in distressed
                                        areas.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 1995.

Summary: Low Income Community Development Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, as part of the general business credit, a tax credit for placing a nonresidential building in service in a distressed area, with a greater credit allowed for a new building than an existing building. Provides for calculation of the basis of such buildings according to the rules governing the low-income housing credit. Defines a distressed area as one in which at least 70 percent of the households have an income that is no more than 80 percent of the area median gross income. Increases the credit with respect to buildings in areas in which income is lower. Treats rehabilitation expenditures, provided they are above a certain threshold, as a separate new building. Imposes an annual State distressed area building credit ceiling.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Global Investments in America's
Cities Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EB-5 VISA PROGRAM.

    Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1153(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Set-aside for economically distressed urban
                areas.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not less than 3,000 of
                        the visas made available under this paragraph
                        in each fiscal year shall be reserved for
                        qualified immigrants seeking to invest in a new
                        commercial enterprise described in subparagraph
                        (A) which will create employment in an
                        economically distressed urban area and--
                                    ``(I) with respect to which such
                                alien or a relative of that alien has
                                invested or, is actively in the process
                                of investing, in that new enterprise,
                                capital in an amount not less than the
                                amount specified in clause (ii);
                                    ``(II) with respect to which such
                                alien has completed an investment
                                agreement with a qualified venture
                                capital operating company for an
                                investment in that new enterprise of an
                                amount not less than the amount
                                specified in clause (ii); or
                                    ``(III) with respect to which such
                                alien has completed an investment
                                agreement with one or more angel
                                investors for an investment in that new
                                enterprise of an amount not less than
                                the amount specified in clause (ii).
                            ``(ii) Capital amount required.--The amount
                        of capital specified in this clause is
                        $250,000. To account for inflation, the
                        Secretary of Homeland Security may by rule
                        adjust the amount of capital specified in this
                        clause.
                            ``(iii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:
                                    ``(I) Angel investor.--The term
                                `angel investor' means, with respect to
                                a qualified immigrant, an individual
                                who--
                                            ``(aa) is an accredited
                                        investor (as defined in section
                                        230.501(a) of title 17, Code of
                                        Federal Regulations (as in
                                        effect on April 1, 2010));
                                            ``(bb) is a United States
                                        citizen or an alien lawfully
                                        admitted to the United States
                                        for permanent residence; and
                                            ``(cc) has made at least 2
                                        equity investments of not less
                                        than $50,000 in each of the 3
                                        years before the date of a
                                        petition by the qualified
                                        immigrant for classification
                                        under this paragraph.
                                    ``(II) Economically distressed
                                urban area.--The term `economically
                                distressed urban area' means, at the
                                time a petition for classification
                                under this paragraph is filed the
                                following:
                                            ``(aa) A city that has an
                                        average unemployment rate of
                                        not less than 150 percent of
                                        the national average rate for
                                        the preceding year.
                                            ``(bb) Any principal city
                                        for a Metropolitan Statistical
                                        Area, as defined by the Office
                                        of Management and Budget.
                                    ``(III) Qualified venture capital
                                operating company.--The term `qualified
                                venture capital operating company'
                                means an entity that--
                                            ``(aa) is registered under
                                        the Investment Company Act of
                                        1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.);
                                        or
                                            ``(bb) is an investment
                                        company, as defined in
                                        subsection (a)(1) of section 3
                                        of such Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-3),
                                        that is exempt from
                                        registration under subsection
                                        (c)(1) or (c)(7) of such
                                        section, and is not registered.
                                    ``(IV) Relative.--The term
                                `relative' means, with respect to a
                                qualified immigrant--
                                            ``(aa) a spouse;
                                            ``(bb) a sibling;
                                            ``(cc) a child;
                                            ``(dd) a parent;
                                            ``(ee) an aunt or uncle;
                                            ``(ff) a first cousin; or
                                            ``(gg) a grandparent.''.

SEC. 3. EXPEDITED PROCESSING FOR CERTAIN EB-5 INVESTORS.

    Section 286(u) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1356(u)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case
of a petition filed under section 204(a)(1)(H) for classification under
section 203(b)(5)(E), the petitioner shall be guaranteed of a decision
on the petition in 60 days or less.''.

SEC. 4. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit a report to Congress on the EB-5 Visa Program authorized
under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)).
    (b) Contents.--The report described in subsection (a) shall include
information regarding--
            (1) the number of immigrant entrepreneurs who have received
        a visa under such visa program, listed by country of origin;
            (2) the localities in which such immigrant entrepreneurs
        have initially settled;
            (3) whether such immigrant entrepreneurs generally remain
        in the localities in which they initially settle;
            (4) the types of commercial enterprises that such immigrant
        entrepreneurs have established; and
            (5) the types and number of jobs created by such immigrant
        entrepreneurs.

Summary: Global Investments in America's Cities Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set aside at least 3,000 employment creation immigrant visas each fiscal year for qualified immigrants seeking to invest in a new commercial enterprise which will create employment in an economically distressed urban area and with respect to which such alien: (1) has invested at least $250,000. (2) has completed an investment agreement with a qualified venture capital operating company for an investment of at least $250,000. Or (3) has completed an investment agreement with one or more angel investors for an investment of at least $250,000. Requires petitions for such immigrant visas to be decided within 60 days. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the EB-5 visa program.

To create jobs by attracting global investment to economically distressed urban areas, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Drug Sales Accountability
Act''.

SEC. 2. SALES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES THROUGH THIRD-PARTY INTERNET
              SALES SITES.

    The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 423 the following section:

``SEC. 424. PROHIBITIONS REGARDING SALES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
              THROUGH THIRD-PARTY INTERNET SALES SITES.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (d), it is unlawful for a
person who controls a third-party Internet sales site--
            ``(1) to accept for posting on the site an offer to sell an
        item that the person knows is a controlled substance; or
            ``(2) to fail to promptly remove from the site an offer to
        sell an item when a Federal or State official notifies the
        person, in accordance with subsection (e), that the item is a
        controlled substance.
    ``(b) Third-Party Internet Sales Site.--For purposes of this
section, the term `third-party Internet sales site' means an Internet
site, operated as part of a business, that permits users of the site to
post an offer to sell an item directly to a consumer.
    ``(c) Advertising.--For purposes of this section, the term `offer',
with respect to the sale of an item, includes an advertisement for the
sale of the item.
    ``(d) Exclusion Regarding Licensed Pharmacies.--Subsection (a) does
not have any applicability with respect to the sale of controlled
substances by a licensed pharmacy, including a licensed Internet
pharmacy.
    ``(e) Notice Regarding Controlled Substance.--A person who controls
a third-party Internet sales site shall create a system for receipt of
notice under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with this subsection if
the notice is in writing and the notice--
            ``(1) specifies this section as the relevant statutory
        authority;
            ``(2) specifies the name, title, physical address, and
        contact information of the Federal or State official or
        officials who sent the notice;
            ``(3) specifies the third-party Internet site involved;
            ``(4) specifies the offer with which the notice is
        concerned, including the controlled substance involved;
            ``(5) specifies the location of the offer on the site
        through the uniform resource locator (commonly referred to as
        the URL) or through the Internet Protocol numbers that
        constitute the address of the location; and
            ``(6) is provided to the designated agent of the third-
        party Internet sales site designated in accordance with section
        512 of title 17, United States Code, if the site has designated
        such an agent.
    ``(f) Penalties.--
            ``(1) Criminal penalties.--
                    ``(A) First conviction.--A person who violates
                subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United
                States Code, or imprisoned not more than one year, or
                both, subject to subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Subsequent convictions.--If a person commits
                a violation of subsection (a) after a single prior
                conviction of the person under this paragraph, the
                person shall for such violation be fined under title
                18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than
                five years, or both. If a person commits a violation of
                such subsection after two or more prior convictions of
                the person under this paragraph, the person shall for
                such violation be fined under such title or imprisoned
                not more than 10 years, or both.
            ``(2) Civil penalty.--A person who violates a requirement
        under subsection (e) is subject to a civil penalty not
        exceeding $1,000,000 for each such violation.
    ``(g) Protection for Identifying and Removing Illegal Offers.--
            ``(1) Monitoring and removal of offers.--A third-party
        Internet sales site should monitor and remove in good faith any
        posting of an offer to sell an item that the third-party
        Internet sales site believes to violate Federal or State law,
        or that is the subject of a notice described in subsection (e).
            ``(2) Protection against liability.--A third-party Internet
        sales site that in good faith monitors and removes any posting
        in accordance with paragraph (1) shall not be liable under any
        Federal or State law.
    ``(h) Additional Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `control', with respect to an Internet site,
        means to have the legal right to exercise control over all or
        substantially all of the content of the site, without regard to
        the extent to which such authority actually is exercised.
            ``(2) The term `Internet' means collectively the myriad of
        computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment
        and operating software, which comprise the interconnected
        world-wide network of networks that employ the transmission
        control protocol/internet protocol, or any predecessor or
        successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate
        information of all kinds by wire or radio.
            ``(3) The terms `Internet site', with respect to the
        Internet, mean a specific location on the Internet that is
        determined by Internet Protocol numbers or by any successor
        protocol for determining a specific location on the Internet.
            ``(4) The term `licensed Internet pharmacy' mean an
        Internet site that is controlled by a licensed pharmacy and is
        used by such pharmacy to make sales of controlled substances or
        other drugs.
            ``(5) The term `licensed pharmacy' means a person who is
        licensed as a pharmacy under applicable Federal or State law.
            ``(6) The term `remove', with respect to an offer posted on
        a third-party Internet sales site, includes disabling public
        access to the offer.''.

Summary: Internet Drug Sales Accountability Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit a person who controls a third-party Internet sales site from: (1) accepting for posting on the site an offer to sell an item that the person knows is a controlled substance. Or (2) failing to promptly remove from the site an offer to sell an item which a federal or state official notifies the person is a controlled substance. Requires such person to create a system for receipt of such notice in writing and specifying information including the offer and substance involved and the name, title, address, and contact information of the officials who sent the notice. Sets criminal and civil penalties for violations. Requires a third-party Internet sales site to monitor and remove in good faith any posting of an offer to sell an item that the site believes to violate federal or state law or that is the subject of notice under this Act. Shields from liability any such site that in good faith monitors and removes a posting pursuant to this provision.

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit third-party Internet sales sites from posting offers to sell controlled substances, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN VOLUME OF STEEL IMPORTS.

    (a) Reduction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall take the necessary steps, by imposing quotas, tariff surcharges,
negotiated enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements, or
otherwise, to ensure that the volume of steel products imported into
the United States during any month does not exceed the average volume
of steel products that was imported monthly into the United States
during the 36-month period preceding July 1997.
    (b) Enforcement Authority.--Within 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, through the
United States Customs Service, and the Secretary of Commerce shall
implement a program for administering and enforcing the restraints on
imports under subsection (a). The Customs Service is authorized to
refuse entry into the customs territory of the United States of any
steel products that exceed the allowable levels of imports of such
products.
    (c) Applicability.--
            (1) Categories.--This section shall apply to the following
        categories of steel products: semifinished, plates, sheets and
        strips, wire rods, wire and wire products, rail type products,
        bars, structural shapes and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore,
        and coke products.
            (2) Volume.--Volume of steel products for purposes of this
        section shall be determined on the basis of tonnage of such
        products.
    (d) Expiration.--This section shall expire at the end of the 3-year
period beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. STEEL IMPORT NOTIFICATION AND MONITORING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish and implement a steel
import notification and monitoring program. The program shall include a
requirement that any person importing a product classified under
chapter 72 or 73 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
obtain an import notification certificate before such products are
entered into the United States.
    (b) Steel Import Notification Certificates.--
            (1) In general.--In order to obtain a steel import
        notification certificate, an importer shall submit to the
        Secretary of Commerce an application containing--
                    (A) the importer's name and address;
                    (B) the name and address of the supplier of the
                goods to be imported;
                    (C) the name and address of the producer of the
                goods to be imported;
                    (D) the country of origin of the goods;
                    (E) the country from which the goods are to be
                imported;
                    (F) the United States Customs port of entry where
                the goods will be entered;
                    (G) the expected date of entry of the goods into
                the United States;
                    (H) a description of the goods, including the
                classification of such goods under the Harmonized
                Tariff Schedule of the United States;
                    (I) the quantity (in kilograms and net tons) of the
                goods to be imported;
                    (J) the cost insurance freight (CIF) and free
                alongside ship (FAS) values of the goods to be entered;
                    (K) whether the goods are being entered for
                consumption or for entry into a bonded warehouse or
                foreign trade zone;
                    (L) a certification that the information furnished
                in the certificate application is correct; and
                    (M) any other information the Secretary of Commerce
                determines to be necessary and appropriate.
            (2) Entry into customs territory.--In the case of
        merchandise classified under chapter 72 or 73 of the Harmonized
        Tariff Schedule of the United States that is initially entered
        into a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone, a steel import
        notification certificate shall be required before the
        merchandise is entered into the customs territory of the United
        States.
            (3) Issuance of steel import notification certificate.--The
        Secretary of Commerce shall issue a steel import notification
        certificate to any person who files an application that meets
        the requirements of this section. Such certificate shall be
        valid for a period of 30 days from the date of issuance.
    (c) Statistical Information.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall compile
        and publish on a weekly basis information described in
        paragraph (2).
            (2) Information described.--Information described in this
        paragraph means information obtained from steel import
        notification certificate applications concerning steel imported
        into the United States and includes with respect to such
        imports the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
        classification (to the tenth digit), the country of origin, the
        port of entry, quantity, value of steel imported, and whether
        the imports are entered for consumption or are entered into a
        bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone. Such information shall
        also be compiled in aggregate form and made publicly available
        by the Secretary of Commerce on a weekly basis by public
        posting through an Internet website. The information provided
        under this section shall be in addition to any information
        otherwise required by law.
    (d) Fees.--The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe reasonable fees
and charges to defray the costs of carrying out the provisions of this
section, including a fee for issuing a certificate under this section.
    (e) Single Producer and Exporter Countries.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce shall make publicly
available all information required to be released pursuant to
subsection (c), including information obtained regarding imports from a
foreign producer or exporter that is the only producer or exporter of
goods subject to this section from a foreign country.
    (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe such
rules and regulations relating to the steel import notification and
monitoring program as may be necessary to carry the provisions of this
section.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

Summary: Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements in order to ensure that the volume of imported steel products during any month does not exceed the average volume of imported steel for the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce to implement a program for administering and enforcing the restraints on such imports. Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the US customs territory for a three year period of any steel products that exceed the allowable levels of such products. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement a steel import notification and monitoring program. Requires any person who intends to import steel products into the United States to first obtain an import notification certificate. Sets forth specified import notification certificate requirements. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish on a weekly basis through the Internet certain information obtained from steel import notification certificate applications regarding imported steel, including country of origin, the port of entry, quantity, value of steel imported, single producer or exporter countries, and whether such imports are entered into a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to charge reasonable fees to defray the costs of carrying out this Act.

To provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Poverty Trap Study Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Low income people are subject to many taxes, including
        the Federal income tax, payroll taxes, and State income taxes.
        In addition, eligibility for many Federal and State programs
        for assistance to the working poor, such as the earned income
        tax credit, food stamps, housing assistance programs, medicaid,
        child care assistance, and the women, infants, and children
        (WIC) nutrition program is based in part on income levels. The
        rates at which the benefits from such programs are phased out
        have the same effect as additional taxes imposed on the
        beneficiaries.
            (2) The total effective marginal rate of tax for additional
        income earned by low income people can exceed 100 percent and
        can be a disincentive to working more hours, getting a raise,
        learning a more lucrative trade, getting married, or engaging
        in other economic or social activities.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MARGINAL TAX RATES FOR THE WORKING POOR.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor
(in this section referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Duties of the Commission.--The Commission shall--
            (1) determine the total effective marginal rate of tax from
        all taxes and benefit program phaseouts that persons are
        subject to (both as individuals and as married couples) at all
        earnings levels between $7,000 and $30,000 per year for at
        least 5 States, including Wisconsin and California; and
            (2) submit the report required under subsection (f) to
        Congress.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be
        composed of 12 members, of whom--
                    (A) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
                House of Representatives;
                    (B) 2 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the House of Representatives;
                    (C) 3 shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (D) 2 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the Senate; and
                    (E) 2 shall be appointed by the President.
            (2) Chairman.--The members of the Commission shall elect a
        chairman of the Commission at its first meeting.
            (3) Background.--At least half of the members appointed by
        each person who appoints members under paragraph (1) shall be
        recognized experts from think tanks or academia in the subject
        matter reviewed by the Commission.
            (4) Terms of appointment.--The term of any appointment
        under paragraph (1) to the Commission shall be for the life of
        the Commission.
            (5) Meetings.--The President shall designate a member of
        the Commission to call the first meeting of the Commission.
        Thereafter, the Commission shall meet at the call of its
        Chairman or a majority of its members.
            (6) Quorum.--A quorum shall consist of 7 members of the
        Commission.
            (7) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled
        in the same manner in which the original appointment was made,
        not later than 30 days after the Commission is given notice of
        the vacancy, and shall not affect the power of the remaining
        members to execute the duties of the Commission.
            (8) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall receive
        no additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their
        service on the Commission.
            (9) Expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall receive
        travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence in
        accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
        States Code.
    (d) Staff and Support Services.--
            (1) Executive director.--
                    (A) Appointment.--The Chairman shall appoint an
                executive director of the Commission.
                    (B) Compensation.--The executive director shall be
                paid the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive
                Schedule.
            (2) Staff.--With the approval of the Commission, the
        executive director may appoint such personnel as the executive
        director considers appropriate.
            (3) Applicability of civil service laws.--The staff of the
        Commission shall be appointed without regard to the provisions
        of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the
        competitive service, and shall be paid without regard to the
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
        such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay
        rates).
            (4) Experts and consultants.--With the approval of the
        Commission, the executive director may procure temporary and
        intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
        States Code.
            (5) Physical facilities.--The Administrator of General
        Services shall locate suitable office space for the operation
        of the Commission. The facilities shall serve as the
        headquarters of the Commission and shall include all necessary
        equipment and incidentals required for the proper functioning
        of the Commission.
    (e) Powers of Commission.--
            (1) Hearings and other activities.--For the purpose of
        carrying out its duties, the Commission may hold such hearings
        and undertake such other activities as the Commission
        determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
            (2) Studies by gao.--Upon the request of the Commission,
        the Comptroller General shall conduct such studies or
        investigations as the Commission determines to be necessary to
        carry out its duties.
            (3) Detail of federal employees.--Upon the request of the
        Commission, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to
        detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such
        agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying
        out its duties. Any such detail shall not interrupt or
        otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the
        Federal employee.
            (4) Technical assistance.--Upon the request of the
        Commission, the head of a Federal agency shall provide such
        technical assistance to the Commission as the Commission
        determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
            (5) Use of mails.--The Commission may use the United States
        mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as
        Federal agencies and shall, for purposes of the frank, be
        considered a commission of Congress as described in section
        3215 of title 39, United States Code.
            (6) Obtaining information.--The Commission may secure
        directly from any Federal agency information necessary to
        enable it to carry out its duties, if the information may be
        disclosed under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
        Upon request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of
        such agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
            (7) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of
        the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall
        provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such
        administrative support services as the Commission may request.
            (8) Printing.--For purposes of costs relating to printing
        and binding, including the cost of personnel detailed from the
        Government Printing Office, the Commission shall be deemed to
        be a committee of the Congress.
    (f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report
containing--
            (1) the Commission's findings; and
            (2) recommendations for resolving any economic and other
        disincentives found by the Commission caused by the marginal
        tax rates to which the working poor are subject.
    (g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the
date of submission of the report required in subsection (f). Section
14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to
the Commission.
    (h) Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated not more than $900,000 to carry out this
section.

Summary: Poverty Trap Study Act of 2001 - Establishes the National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor to: (1) determine the total effective marginal rate of tax from all taxes and benefit program phaseouts that persons are subject to at all earnings levels between $7,000 and $30,000 per year for at least five States, including Wisconsin and California. And (2) report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of its report.

To establish a commission to study and make recommendations on marginal tax rates for the working poor.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Permitting of American
Energy Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.

        TITLE I--APPLICATION FOR PERMITS TO DRILL PROCESS REFORM

Sec. 101. Permit to drill application timeline.
Sec. 102. Solar and wind right-of-way rental reform.

         TITLE II--ADMINISTRATIVE PROTEST DOCUMENTATION REFORM

Sec. 201. Administrative protest documentation reform.

                     TITLE III--PERMIT STREAMLINING

Sec. 301. Improve Federal energy permit coordination.
Sec. 302. Administration of current law.
Sec. 303. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America.

                       TITLE IV--JUDICIAL REVIEW

Sec. 401. Definitions.
Sec. 402. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to covered
                            energy projects.
Sec. 403. Timely filing.
Sec. 404. Expedition in hearing and determining the action.
Sec. 405. Standard of review.
Sec. 406. Limitation on injunction and prospective relief.
Sec. 407. Limitation on attorneys' fees.
Sec. 408. Legal standing.

        TITLE I--APPLICATION FOR PERMITS TO DRILL PROCESS REFORM

SEC. 101. PERMIT TO DRILL APPLICATION TIMELINE.

    Section 17(p)(2) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p)(2))
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Applications for permits to drill reform and
        process.--
                    ``(A) Timeline.--The Secretary shall decide whether
                to issue a permit to drill within 30 days after
                receiving an application for the permit. The Secretary
                may extend such period for up to 2 periods of 15 days
                each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the
                delay to the applicant. The notice shall be in the form
                of a letter from the Secretary or a designee of the
                Secretary, and shall include the names and titles of
                the persons processing the application, the specific
                reasons for the delay, and a specific date a final
                decision on the application is expected.
                    ``(B) Notice of reasons for denial.--If the
                application is denied, the Secretary shall provide the
                applicant--
                            ``(i) in writing, clear and comprehensive
                        reasons why the application was not accepted
                        and detailed information concerning any
                        deficiencies; and
                            ``(ii) an opportunity to remedy any
                        deficiencies.
                    ``(C) Application deemed approved.--If the
                Secretary has not made a decision on the application by
                the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date the
                application is received by the Secretary, the
                application is deemed approved, except in cases in
                which existing reviews under the National Environmental
                Policy Act of 1969 or Endangered Species Act of 1973
                are incomplete.
                    ``(D) Denial of permit.--If the Secretary decides
                not to issue a permit to drill in accordance with
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) provide to the applicant a
                        description of the reasons for the denial of
                        the permit;
                            ``(ii) allow the applicant to resubmit an
                        application for a permit to drill during the
                        10-day period beginning on the date the
                        applicant receives the description of the
                        denial from the Secretary; and
                            ``(iii) issue or deny any resubmitted
                        application not later than 10 days after the
                        date the application is submitted to the
                        Secretary.
                    ``(E) Fee.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any
                        other law, the Secretary shall collect a single
                        $6,500 permit processing fee per application
                        from each applicant at the time the final
                        decision is made whether to issue a permit
                        under subparagraph (A). This fee shall not
                        apply to any resubmitted application.
                            ``(ii) Treatment of permit processing
                        fee.--Of all fees collected under this
                        paragraph, 50 percent shall be transferred to
                        the field office where they are collected and
                        used to process protests, leases, and permits
                        under this Act subject to appropriation.''.

SEC. 102. SOLAR AND WIND RIGHT-OF-WAY RENTAL REFORM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each fiscal year, of
fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way
authorization fees required under section 504(g) of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), 50 percent shall
be retained by the Secretary of the Interior to be used, subject to
appropriation, by the Bureau of Land Management to process permits,
right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for renewable
development, and, at the discretion of the Secretary, by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service or other Federal agencies involved in wind and
solar permitting reviews to facilitate the processing of wind energy
and solar energy permit applications on Bureau of Land Management
lands.

         TITLE II--ADMINISTRATIVE PROTEST DOCUMENTATION REFORM

SEC. 201. ADMINISTRATIVE PROTEST DOCUMENTATION REFORM.

    Section 17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p)) is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Protest fee.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall collect a
                $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for
                a lease, right of way, or application for permit to
                drill.
                    ``(B) Treatment of fees.--Of all fees collected
                under this paragraph, 50 percent shall remain in the
                field office where they are collected and used to
                process protests subject to appropriation.''.

                     TITLE III--PERMIT STREAMLINING

SEC. 301. IMPROVE FEDERAL ENERGY PERMIT COORDINATION.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in
this section as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a Federal Permit
Streamlining Project (referred to in this section as the ``Project'')
in every Bureau of Land Management field office with responsibility for
permitting energy projects on Federal land.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a
        memorandum of understanding for purposes of this section with--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (B) the Administrator of the Environmental
                Protection Agency; and
                    (C) the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.
            (2) State participation.--The Secretary may request that
        the Governor of any State with energy projects on Federal lands
        to be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding.
    (c) Designation of Qualified Staff.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
        the signing of the memorandum of understanding under subsection
        (b), all Federal signatory parties shall, if appropriate,
        assign to each of the Bureau of Land Management field offices
        an employee who has expertise in the regulatory issues relating
        to the office in which the employee is employed, including, as
        applicable, particular expertise in--
                    (A) the consultations and the preparation of
                biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered
                Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536);
                    (B) permits under section 404 of Federal Water
                Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344);
                    (C) regulatory matters under the Clean Air Act (42
                U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
                    (D) planning under the National Forest Management
                Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.); and
                    (E) the preparation of analyses under the National
                Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
                seq.).
            (2) Duties.--Each employee assigned under paragraph (1)
        shall--
                    (A) not later than 90 days after the date of
                assignment, report to the Bureau of Land Management
                Field Managers in the office to which the employee is
                assigned;
                    (B) be responsible for all issues relating to the
                energy projects that arise under the authorities of the
                employee's home agency; and
                    (C) participate as part of the team of personnel
                working on proposed energy projects, planning, and
                environmental analyses on Federal lands.
    (d) Additional Personnel.--The Secretary shall assign to each
Bureau of Land Management field office identified in subsection (a) any
additional personnel that are necessary to ensure the effective
approval and implementation of energy projects administered by the
Bureau of Land Management field offices, including inspection and
enforcement relating to energy development on Federal land, in
accordance with the multiple use mandate of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
    (e) Funding.--Funding for the additional personnel shall come from
the Department of the Interior reforms identified in sections 101, 102,
and 201.
    (f) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section affects--
            (1) the operation of any Federal or State law; or
            (2) any delegation of authority made by the head of a
        Federal agency whose employees are participating in the
        Project.
    (g) Definition.--For purposes of this section the term ``energy
projects'' includes oil, natural gas, coal, and other energy projects
as defined by the Secretary.

SEC. 302. ADMINISTRATION OF CURRENT LAW.

    Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall
not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances in administering
section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

SEC. 303. POLICIES REGARDING BUYING, BUILDING, AND WORKING FOR AMERICA.

    (a) Congressional Intent.--It is the intent of Congress that--
            (1) this Act will support a healthy and growing United
        States domestic energy sector that, in turn, helps to
        reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and
        service sectors by employing the vast talents of United States
        workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic
        sources; and
            (2) Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and
        material onshore under this Act to encourage the development of
        American technology and manufacturing to enable United States
        workers to benefit from this Act through good jobs and careers,
        as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities
        to support expanded access to American energy resources.
    (b) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior shall, when
possible and practicable, encourage the use of United States workers
and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction
related to mineral resource development under this Act.

                       TITLE IV--JUDICIAL REVIEW

SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``covered civil action'' means a civil action
        containing a claim under section 702 of title 5, United States
        Code, regarding agency action (as defined for the purposes of
        that section) affecting a covered energy project on Federal
        lands of the United States; and
            (2) the term ``covered energy project'' means the leasing
        of Federal lands of the United States for the exploration,
        development, production, processing, or transmission of oil,
        natural gas, wind, or any other source of energy, and any
        action under such a lease, except that the term does not
        include any disputes between the parties to a lease regarding
        the obligations under such lease, including regarding any
        alleged breach of the lease.

SEC. 402. EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS RELATING TO COVERED
              ENERGY PROJECTS.

    Venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the district court
where the project or leases exist or are proposed.

SEC. 403. TIMELY FILING.

    To ensure timely redress by the courts, a covered civil action must
be filed no later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the
date of the final Federal agency action to which it relates.

SEC. 404. EXPEDITION IN HEARING AND DETERMINING THE ACTION.

    The court shall endeavor to hear and determine any covered civil
action as expeditiously as possible.

SEC. 405. STANDARD OF REVIEW.

    In any judicial review of a covered civil action, administrative
findings and conclusions relating to the challenged Federal action or
decision shall be presumed to be correct, and the presumption may be
rebutted only by the preponderance of the evidence contained in the
administrative record.

SEC. 406. LIMITATION ON INJUNCTION AND PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.

    In a covered civil action, the court shall not grant or approve any
prospective relief unless the court finds that such relief is narrowly
drawn, extends no further than necessary to correct the violation of a
legal requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to
correct that violation. In addition, courts shall limit the duration of
preliminary injunctions to halt covered energy projects to no more than
60 days, unless the court finds clear reasons to extend the injunction.
In such cases of extensions, such extensions shall only be in 30-day
increments and shall require action by the court to renew the
injunction.

SEC. 407. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS' FEES.

    Sections 504 of title 5, United States Code, and 2412 of title 28,
United States Code, (together commonly called the Equal Access to
Justice Act) do not apply to a covered civil action, nor shall any
party in such a covered civil action receive payment from the Federal
Government for their attorneys' fees, expenses, and other court costs.

SEC. 408. LEGAL STANDING.

    Challengers filing appeals with the Department of the Interior
Board of Land Appeals shall meet the same standing requirements as
challengers before a United States district court.

Summary: Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 - Title I: Application For Permits to Drill Process Reform - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to revise requirements for the issuance of permits to drill in energy projects on federal lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to extend the initial 30-day permit application review period for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the delay to the applicant. Deems a permit application approved if the Secretary has made no decision on it 60 days after its receipt. Prescribes a notice requirement for denial of an application. Directs the Secretary to collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application from each applicant at the time the decision is made whether or not to issue a permit. Requires that 50 of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees be retained by the Secretary for use by: (1) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to process permits, right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for renewable energy development. And (2) either the US Fish and Wildlife Service or other federal agencies involved in wind and solar permitting reviews in order to facilitate the processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications on BLM lands. Title II: Administrative Protest Documentation Reform - Requires the Secretary to collect a $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to drill. Title III: Permit Streamlining - Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in every BLM Field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land. And (2) enter into a related memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers. Authorizes the Secretary to request that the governor of any state with energy projects on federal lands be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding. Requires federal signatories to such memorandum to assign staff with special expertise in regulatory issues germane to field offices. States that the Secretary shall not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances related to a categorical exclusion in administering the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with respect to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Expresses the intent of Congress that: (1) this Act will support a growing US domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors by employing US workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources. And (2) Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore under this Act to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable workers to benefit from this Act through good jobs and careers, and establishment of important industrial facilities to support expanded access to American energy resources. Directs the Secretary when possible and practicable, to encourage the use of US workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction related to mineral resource development under this Act. Title IV: Judicial Review - States that venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the district court where the project or leases exist or are proposed. Sets forth procedures for judicial review of leasing of federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other energy source of energy.

To streamline the application for permits to drill process and increase funds for energy project permit processing, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

           TITLE I--YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

Sec. 101. Payments for educational services.
Sec. 102. Authorization for park facilities to be located outside the
          boundaries of Yosemite National Park.

 TITLE II--RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
                           BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.

          TITLE III--REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Redwood National Park boundary adjustment.

          TITLE I--YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

SEC. 101. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--(1) For fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the
Secretary of the Interior may provide funds to the Bass Lake Joint
Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School
District in the State of California for educational services to
students--
        (A) who are dependents of persons engaged in the
    administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National
    Park; or
        (B) who live within or near the park upon real property owned
    by the United States.
    (2) The Secretary's authority to make payments under this section
shall terminate if the State of California or local education agencies
do not continue to provide funding to the schools referred to in
subsection (a) at per student levels that are no less than the amount
provided in fiscal year 2005.
    (b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Payments made under this section
shall only be used to pay public employees for educational services
provided in accordance with subsection (a). Payments may not be used
for construction, construction contracts, or major capital
improvements.
    (c) Limitation on Amount of Funds.--Payments made under this
section shall not exceed the lesser of--
        (1) $400,000 in any fiscal year; or
        (2) the amount necessary to provide students described in
    subsection (a) with educational services that are normally provided
    and generally available to students who attend public schools
    elsewhere in the State of California.
    (d) Source of Payments.--(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the Secretary may use funds available to the National Park
Service from appropriations, donations, or fees.
    (2) Funds from the following sources shall not be used to make
payments under this section:
        (A) Any law authorizing the collection or expenditure of
    entrance or use fees at units of the National Park System,
    including--
            (i) the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
        U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.); and
            (ii) the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16
        U.S.C. 6801 et seq.).
        (B) Any unexpended receipts collected through--
            (i) the recreational fee demonstration program established
        under section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related
        Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note;
        Public Law 104-134); or
            (ii) the national park passport program established under
        section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of
        1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992).
        (C) Emergency appropriations for flood recovery at Yosemite
    National Park.
    (3)(A) The Secretary may use an authorized funding source to make
payments under this section only if the funding available to Yosemite
National Park from such source (after subtracting any payments to the
school districts authorized under this section) is greater than or
equal to the amount made available to the park for the prior fiscal
year, or in fiscal year 2005, whichever is greater.
    (B) It is the sense of Congress that any payments made under this
section should not result in a reduction of funds to Yosemite National
Park from any specific funding source, and that with respect to
appropriated funds, funding levels should reflect annual increases in
the park's operating base funds that are generally made to units of the
National Park System.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE
              BOUNDARIES OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Funding Authority for Transportation Systems and External
Facilities.--Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is amended--
        (1) in the heading by inserting ``AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK''
    after ``ZION NATIONAL PARK'';
        (2) in the first sentence--
            (A) by inserting ``and Yosemite National Park'' after
        ``Zion National Park''; and
            (B) by inserting ``for transportation systems or'' after
        ``appropriated funds''; and
        (3) in the second sentence by striking ``facilities'' and
    inserting ``systems or facilities''.
    (b) Clarifying Amendment for Transportation Fee Authority.--Section
501 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C.
5981) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``service contract''
and inserting ``service contract, cooperative agreement, or other
contractual arrangement''.

TITLE II--RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
                          BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden
Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 202. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CALIFORNIA.

    Section 2(a) of Public Law 92-589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1(a)) is
amended--
        (1) by striking ``The recreation area shall comprise'' and
    inserting the following:
        ``(1) Initial lands.--The recreation area shall comprise''; and
        (2) by striking ``The following additional lands are also'' and
    all that follows through the period at the end of the subsection
    and inserting the following new paragraphs:
        ``(2) Additional lands.--In addition to the lands described in
    paragraph (1), the recreation area shall include the following:
            ``(A) The parcels numbered by the Assessor of Marin County,
        California, 119-040-04, 119-040-05, 119-040-18, 166-202-03,
        166-010-06, 166-010-07, 166-010-24, 166-010-25, 119-240-19,
        166-010-10, 166-010-22, 119-240-03, 119-240-51, 119-240-52,
        119-240-54, 166-010-12, 166-010-13, and 119-235-10.
            ``(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo County generally
        depicted on the map entitled `Sweeney Ridge Addition, Golden
        Gate National Recreation Area', numbered NRA GG-80,000-A, and
        dated May 1980.
            ``(C) Lands acquired under the Golden Gate National
        Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1 note;
        Public Law 102-299).
            ``(D) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled
        `Additions to Golden Gate National Recreation Area', numbered
        NPS-80-076, and dated July 2000/PWR-PLRPC.
            ``(E) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled `Rancho
        Corral de Tierra Additions to the Golden Gate National
        Recreation Area', numbered NPS-80,079E, and dated March 2004.
        ``(3) Acquisition limitation.--The Secretary may acquire land
    described in paragraph (2)(E) only from a willing seller.''.

          TITLE III--REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Redwood National Park Boundary
Adjustment Act of 2005''.

SEC. 302. REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 2(a) of the Act of Public Law 90-545 (16 U.S.C. 79b(a)) is
amended--
        (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``(a) The area'' and all
    that follows through the period at the end and inserting the
    following: ``(a)(1) The Redwood National Park consists of the land
    generally depicted on the map entitled `Redwood National Park,
    Revised Boundary', numbered 167/60502, and dated February, 2003.'';
        (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by
    paragraph (1)) the following:
    ``(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be--
        ``(A) on file and available for public inspection in the
    appropriate offices of the National Park Service; and
        ``(B) provided by the Secretary of the Interior to the
    appropriate officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties,
    California.''; and
        (3) in the second sentence--
            (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
        following:
    ``(3) The Secretary;'' and
            (B) by striking ``one hundred and six thousand acres'' and
        inserting ``133,000 acres''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

Summary: Title I: Yosemite National Park Authorized Payments - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds for FY2006-FY2009 to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School District in California for educational services for students who: (1) are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National Park. Or (2) live within or near the Park upon Federal property. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make such payments if the State of California or local education agencies do not continue to provide funding to the schools in those school districts at per student levels that at least equal to the amount provided in FY2005. Sets forth limitations on the use and amount of such funds, including a maximum limit of $400,000 on payments in any fiscal year. Prohibits the use of funds to make payments under this Act from the following sources: (1) any law authorizing the collection or expenditure of entrance or use fees at units of the National Park System. (2) any unexpended receipts collected through the recreational fee demonstration program or the national park passport program. And (3) emergency appropriations for Yosemite flood recovery. Allows the Secretary to use an authorized funding source to make payments only if the funding available to Yosemite National Park from such source is greater than or equal to the amount made available to the Park for the prior fiscal year, or in FY2005, whichever is greater. Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to allow certain facilities to be located outside the boundaries of Yosemite National Park. Title II: Rancho Corral De Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment - Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act - Modifies the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California to include specified additional lands. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain of those lands only from a willing seller. Title III: Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment - Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005 - Revises the boundaries of the Redwood National Park in California. Requires that the map of the revised boundaries be placed on file and be available for public inspection in offices of the National Park Service and that such map be provided by the Secretary of the Interior to officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, California. Increases to 133,000 acres the maximum acreage of the Park.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local school districts in the State of California in providing educational services for students attending schools located within Yosemite National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, to adjust the boundaries of Redwood National Park, and for other purposes.