SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT.

    (a) Inspection and Supervisory Fees.--Section 7(j)(4) of the United
States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(4)) is amended by striking
``September 30, 2005'' and inserting ``September 30, 2010''.
    (b) Weighing and Supervisory Fees.--Section 7A(l)(3) of such Act (7
U.S.C. 79a(l)(3)) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2005'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2010''.
    (c) Limitation on Administrative and Supervisory Costs.--Section 7D
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended by striking ``2005'' and
inserting ``2010''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 19 of such Act (7
U.S.C. 87h) is amended by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.
    (e) Advisory Committee.--Section 21(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 87j)
is amended by striking ``September 30, 2005'' and inserting ``September
30, 2010''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as of September 30, 2005.

SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL INSPECTION AND WEIGHING ACTIVITIES AT
              EXPORT PORT LOCATIONS OF GRAIN UNDER UNITED STATES GRAIN
              STANDARDS ACT.

    (a) Official Inspection Authority and Funding.--Section 7 of the
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking ``(e)(1) Except as otherwise
                provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection'' and
                inserting the following:
    ``(e) Official Inspection at Export Port Locations; Use of State
Agencies and Private Entities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in
        paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
                following:
            ``(3) Use of private entities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the Secretary determines that
                a person or private entity is qualified to perform
                official inspection and meets the criteria of
                subsection (f)(1)(A), the Secretary may use the person
                or private entity to perform all or specified functions
                involved in official inspection (other than appeal
                inspection and such other functions as may be specified
                in the regulations prescribed under subparagraph (B))
                at export port locations.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--
                            ``(i) Regulations.--A person or private
                        entity described in subparagraph (A) shall be
                        subject to such rules, regulations,
                        instructions, and oversight as the Secretary
                        may prescribe.
                            ``(ii) Responsibility of secretary.--
                        Notwithstanding the use of persons or private
                        entities to perform specified functions
                        involved in official inspections at export port
                        locations, official inspection shall continue
                        to be the direct responsibility of the
                        Secretary.
                    ``(C) Termination.--The use of a person or private
                entity to perform official inspections at an export
                port location under subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) shall terminate at the such time as
                        specified by the Secretary, but not later than
                        the date that is three years after the date of
                        the initial performance of official inspections
                        by the person or private entity at the export
                        port location; and
                            ``(ii) may be terminated by the Secretary,
                        at the discretion of the Secretary, at any time
                        after notice to the person or private entity
                        without opportunity for a hearing.
                    ``(D) Renewal.--The use of a person or private
                entity to perform official inspections at an export
                port location under subparagraph (A) may be renewed in
                accordance with the regulations prescribed under
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(E) Reporting requirement.--Not later than
                February 15 of each even-numbered year, the Secretary
                shall submit to Congress a report detailing the
                Secretary's use of the authority provided by
                subparagraph (A), during the preceding two-year period,
                to contract with persons or private entities to perform
                official inspections at export port locations. Each
                report shall identify each export port location at
                which the persons and private entities are used, the
                number of official inspection personnel utilized, and
                the types of official inspection and official weighing
                functions performed.'';
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                        (A)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``or private
                                entity'' after ``or any person''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``or person'' and
                                inserting ``, person, or private
                                entity''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) of
                        subparagraph (A), by striking ``or person''
                        each place it appears and inserting ``, person,
                        or private entity''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or person'' and
                inserting ``, person, or private entity''; and
            (3) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), by
                inserting ``and private entity'' after ``each State
                agency''; and
                    (B) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by
                striking ``and State agencies'' and inserting ``and
                delegated State agencies and private entities''.
    (b) Weighing Authority.--Section 7A of the United States Grain
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``or private entity''
                        after ``to the State agency''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``agency or person'' each
                        place it appears and inserting ``agency,
                        private entity, or person''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``agency or person'' each
                        place it appears and inserting ``agency,
                        private entity, or person'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``or private entity''
                        after ``any person''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``agency, or person'' and
                        inserting ``agency, private entity, or
                        person'';
            (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``agency or person'' and
        inserting ``agency, private entity, or person'';
            (3) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``agency or
                person'' and inserting ``agency, private entity, or
                person''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or State
                agency'' and inserting ``, State agency, or private
                entity''; and
            (4) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``Each agency'' and
                        inserting ``Each agency or private entity'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``, private entity,''
                        after ``each agency'';
                            (iii) by inserting ``or private entity''
                        after ``the agency''; and
                            (iv) by inserting ``and private entities''
                        after ``such agencies''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by inserting ``,
                        private entities,'' after ``on agencies''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting
                        ``or private entity'' after ``by a State''.
    (c) Licenses and Authorizations.--Section 8(g) of the United States
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 84(g)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or private entities'' after ``State
        agencies''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or private entities'' after ``all
        persons''.

SEC. 3. INAPPLICABILITY OF GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR DESIGNATED
              OFFICIAL AGENCIES.

    (a) Official Inspection.--Subsection (f) of section 7 of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 79) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Not more than one
        official agency designated under paragraph (1) or State
        delegated authority under subsection (e)(2)'' and inserting
        ``Subject to paragraph (5), not more than one official agency
        designated under paragraph (1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) The geographic boundary limitations applicable to official
agencies under paragraph (2) do not apply to export port locations, and
the Secretary may use more than one person or private entity selected
under subsection (e)(3) to perform official inspections at an export
port location.''.
    (b) Official Weighing.--Subsection (i) of section 7A of such Act (7
U.S.C. 79a) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Not more than one
        designated official agency referred to in paragraph (1) or
        State agency delegated authority pursuant to subsection
        (c)(2)'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (3), not more
        than one designated official agency referred to in paragraph
        (1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Inapplicability of geographic boundaries to export
        port locations.--The geographic boundary limitations applicable
        to designated official agencies under paragraph (2) do not
        apply to export port locations, and the Secretary may assign
        more than one designated person or private entity to perform
        official weighing at an export port location.''.

Summary: Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to extend: (1) authority for inspection, weighing, and supervisory fees, supervisory and administrative cost limitations, and the advisory committee. And (2) authorization of appropriations. Authorizes with respect to export port locations of grain: (1) private entity performance of official inspection and weighing activities. And (2) use of more than one designated person or entity to perform such activities.

To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to facilitate the official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Education Flexibility
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the ``National Survey of Veterans, Active
        Duty Service Members, Demobilized National Guard and Reserve
        Members, Family Members, and Surviving Spouses Final Report'',
        commissioned by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 2010, 20.6
        percent of eligible veterans--approximately 2,621,753
        veterans--were unable to use their GI bill educational benefits
        because their period of eligibility expired.
            (2) The time limitations for using GI bill educational
        benefits do not reflect the realities of the modern economy of
        the United States. After leaving the service, many veterans
        postpone further education to join the workforce and support
        their families or are faced with lengthy rehabilitations from
        service-related injuries.
            (3) Access to education and job retraining has proved the
        arbiter of success in today's economy, and if the United States
        is to lower the unemployment rate among the veteran population,
        the United States must provide veterans unfettered access to
        educational benefits.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to remove the delimiting
dates and retroactively restore the Department of Veterans Affairs
Educational benefits within the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational
Assistance Program (VEAP), Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty (MGIB-AD),
and Post-9/11 GI Bill.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ELIGIBILITY AND
              ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3031 of chapter 30 of title 38,
        United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3031. Extension of entitlement to educational assistance
              expiring during a quarter or semester or after a major
              portion of a course is complete
    ``(a) Educational Institutions Operating on Quarter or Semester
System.--If an individual eligible for educational assistance under
this chapter is enrolled under this chapter in an educational
institution regularly operated on the quarter or semester system and
the period of such individual's entitlement under this chapter would,
under section 3013, expire during a quarter or semester, such period
shall be extended to the end of such quarter or semester.
    ``(b) Other Educational Institutions.--If an individual eligible
for educational assistance under this chapter is enrolled under this
chapter in an educational institution not regularly operated on the
quarter or semester system and the period of such individual's
entitlement under this chapter would, under section 3013, expire after
a major portion of the course is completed, such period shall be
extended to the end of the course or for 12 weeks, whichever is the
lesser period of extension.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
        beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item
        relating to section 3031 and inserting the following new item:

``3031. Extension of entitlement to educational assistance expiring
                            during a quarter or semester or after a
                            major portion of a course is complete.''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--Chapter 33 of title 38, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 3018C(e)(3)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``(i) The Secretary'' and
                        inserting ``The Secretary''; and
                            (ii) by striking clause (ii); and
                    (B) in section 3020--
                            (i) in subsection (f)(1), by striking
                        ``Subject to the time limitation for use of
                        entitlement under section 3031 of this title,
                        an'' and inserting ``An''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (h), by striking
                        ``Notwithstanding section 3031 of this title,
                        a'' and inserting ``A''.
    (b) Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3232 of title 38, United States
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
                subsections (a) and (b), respectively.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3035(b)(1) of title 38,
        United States Code, is amended by striking ``and from'' and all
        that follows through ``title''.
    (c) Post-9/11 GI Bill.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3321 of chapter 30 of title 38,
        United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3321. Extension of entitlement to educational assistance
              expiring during a quarter or semester or after a major
              portion of a course is complete
    ``Section 3031 shall apply with respect to the termination of an
individual's entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter
in the same manner as such section applies to the termination of an
individual's entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 30,
except that, in the administration of such section for purposes of this
chapter, the reference to section 3013 shall be deemed to be a
reference to section 3312 of this title.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
        beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item
        relating to section 3321 and inserting the following new item:

``3321. Extension of entitlement to educational assistance expiring
                            during a quarter or semester or after a
                            major portion of a course is complete.''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--Chapter 33 of title 38, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 3312(b), by striking ``3321(b)(2)''
                and inserting ``3321'';
                    (B) in section 3319--
                            (i) in subsection (f)(1), by striking
                        ``Subject to'' and all that follows through
                        ``an'' and inserting ``An''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (h)(5)(A), by striking
                        ``may use'' and all that follows through
                        ``but''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments for Reserve Component Programs.--
            (1) Selected reserve.--Section 16133(b) of title 10, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section
                3031(f)'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and (b) of
                section 3031''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, as such
                section existed on the day before the date of the
                enactment of the Veterans Education Flexibility Act,''
                after ``title 38''.
            (2) Other reserve components.--Section 16164(b)(2) of title
        10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) The following provisions shall apply to the period of
entitlement prescribed by paragraph (1):
            ``(A) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 3031 of title 38.
            ``(B) Subsection (d) of section 3031 of title 38, as such
        subsection existed on the day before the date of the enactment
        of the Veterans Education Flexibility Act.''.
    (e) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply
with respect to any individual who has been entitled to educational
assistance under chapters 30, 32, or 33 of title 38, United States
Code. For purposes of determining the number of months of entitlement
to such educational assistance that an individual is entitled to, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall disregard any delimiting date
eliminated by this Act that occurred before the date of the enactment
of this Act.

Summary: Veterans Education Flexibility Act This bill declares that, if an individual eligible for educational assistance under the all-volunteer force educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs is enrolled in an educational institution and the period of entitlement would expire during a quarter or semester of enrollment, the period shall be extended to the end of that period . The bill: (1) repeals the delimiting period for the use of assistance under the post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program , and (2) applies the assistance extension provided under the all-volunteer force educational assistance program to the post-911 veterans' educational assistance program.

Veterans Education Flexibility Act


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    (a) Holding Salaries in Escrow.--
            (1) In general.--If by April 15, 2017, a House of Congress
        has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for
        fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional
        Budget Act of 1974, during the period described in paragraph
        (2) the payroll administrator of that House of Congress shall
        deposit in an escrow account all payments otherwise required to
        be made during such period for the compensation of Members of
        Congress who serve in that House of Congress, and shall release
        such payments to such Members only upon the expiration of such
        period.
            (2) Period described.--With respect to a House of Congress,
        the period described in this paragraph is the period which
        begins on April 16, 2017, and ends on the earlier of--
                    (A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees
                to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
                year 2018 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional
                Budget Act of 1974; or
                    (B) the last day of the One Hundred Fifteenth
                Congress.
            (3) Withholding and remittance of amounts from payments
        held in escrow.--The payroll administrator shall provide for
        the same withholding and remittance with respect to a payment
        deposited in an escrow account under paragraph (1) that would
        apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to
        paragraph (1).
            (4) Release of amounts at end of the congress.--In order to
        ensure that this section is carried out in a manner that shall
        not vary the compensation of Senators or Representatives in
        violation of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the
        Constitution of the United States, the payroll administrator of
        a House of Congress shall release for payments to Members of
        that House of Congress any amounts remaining in any escrow
        account under this section on the last day of the One Hundred
        Fifteenth Congress.
            (5) Role of secretary of the treasury.--The Secretary of
        the Treasury shall provide the payroll administrators of the
        Houses of Congress with such assistance as may be necessary to
        enable the payroll administrators to carry out this section.
    (b) Treatment of Delegates as Members.--In this section, the term
``Member of Congress'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to
the Congress.
    (c) Payroll Administrator Defined.--In this section, the term
``payroll administrator'' of a House of Congress means--
            (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, the Chief
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or an
        employee of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who
        is designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out
        this section; and
            (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate,
        or an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who
        is designated by the Secretary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO
              SUBMIT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Not later than 3 days after the President's budget is due, the
Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management shall--
            (1) make an annual determination of whether the Director of
        the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the President are
        in compliance with section 1105 of title 31, United States
        Code; and
            (2) provide a written notification of such determination to
        the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the
        Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Chairpersons
        of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 4. NO PAY UPON FAILURE TO TIMELY SUBMIT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET TO
              CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
funds may be appropriated or otherwise be made available from the
United States Treasury for the pay of the Director of OMB, Deputy
Director of OMB, and the Deputy Director for Management of OMB during
any period of noncompliance determined by the Inspector General of the
Office of Personnel Management under section 3.
    (b) No Retroactive Pay.--The Director of OMB, Deputy Director of
OMB, and the Deputy Director for Management of OMB may not receive pay
for any period of noncompliance determined by the Inspector General of
the Office of Personnel Management under section 3 at any time after
the end of that period.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Sections 3 and 4 shall take effect upon the date of enactment of
this Act.

Summary: Protection From Obamacare Mandates and Congressional Equity Act This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2018 by April 15, 2017, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2017, until the house of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 115th Congress, whichever is earlier. The Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), by three days after the President's budget is due, shall: (1) make an annual determination of whether the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the President are in compliance with statutory requirements for the President's annual budget submission to Congress, and (2) provide a written notification of such determination to specified congressional committees. No funds may be appropriated or otherwise be made available from the Treasury for the pay of the Director, Deputy Director, and Deputy Director for Management of the OMB during any period of noncompliance determined by the OPM Inspector General. Such officials may not receive pay for any period of noncompliance at any time after the end of that period.


SECTION 1. LOAN PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT.

    Title XII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

             ``TITLE XII--SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT ACT

``SEC. 12001. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) According to a 1991 survey conducted by the American
        Association of School Administrators, 74 percent of all public
        school buildings in the United States need to be replaced.
            ``(2) Almost one-third of such buildings were built prior
        to World War II.
            ``(3) It is estimated that 1 of every 4 public school
        buildings in the United States is in inadequate condition, and
        of such buildings, 61 percent need maintenance or major
        repairs, 43 percent are obsolete, 42 percent contain
        environmental hazards, 25 percent are overcrowded, and 13
        percent are structurally unsound.
            ``(4) According to a 1996 General Accounting Office report,
        14,000,000 students attend schools in which 1 or more school
        buildings (original, additional, or temporary) are in need of
        extensive repair or replacement.
            ``(5) Large numbers of local educational agencies have
        difficulties securing financing for school facility
        improvement.

``SEC. 12002. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this title is to leverage limited Federal funds to
enable local educational agencies to finance the costs associated with
the improvement of school facilities within their jurisdiction.

``SEC. 12003. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF LOANS.

    ``(a) Authority and Conditions for Loans.--To assist local
educational agencies in the construction of schools to replace schools
which are 50 years of age or older, or in the reconstruction or
renovation of schools which are 50 years of age or older, the Secretary
may make loans of funds to such agencies for the construction,
reconstruction, or renovation of such schools. Such assistance shall
only be provided--
            ``(1) to local educational agencies eligible for grants
        under section 1124A, schools located on Indian reservations, or
        local educational agencies eligible for payments under sections
        8003 and 8004; and
            ``(2) if the Secretary finds that such constructions will
        be undertaken in an economical manner, and that any such
construction, reconstruction or renovation is not or will not be of
elaborate or extravagant design or materials.
    ``(b) Priorities.--
            ``(1) In general.--In approving loans under this title, the
        Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) the difficulty of the applicant in securing
                affordable financing from other sources;
                    ``(B) the threat the condition of the physical
                plant poses to the safety and well-being of students;
                    ``(C) the demonstrated need for the construction,
                reconstruction, or renovation as based on the condition
                of the facility; and
                    ``(D) the age of the facility to be renovated or
                replaced.
            ``(2) Preference.--In approving loans under this title, the
        Secretary shall give preference to applicants from States that
        have made a loan to the applicant in an amount not less than 25
        percent of the amount of the loan amount requested in the
        application and for the purpose described in the application.
    ``(c) Amount and Conditions of Loans.--A loan to a local
educational agency--
            ``(1) may be in an amount not exceeding the total
        development cost of the facility, as determined by the
        Secretary;
            ``(2) shall be secured in such manner, as may be determined
        by the Secretary;
            ``(3) shall be repaid within 30 years; and
            ``(4) shall bear interest at a rate, determined by the
        Secretary, that will cover the cost (as defined in section 502
        of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) of the loan, and the
        administrative cost to the Federal Government of the loan.

``SEC. 12004. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF DEBT GUARANTEES.

    ``(a) Authority and Conditions for Debt Guarantees.--To assist
local educational agencies in the construction of schools to replace
schools which are 50 years of age or older, or in the reconstruction or
renovation of schools which are 50 years of age or older, the Secretary
may guarantee and make commitments to guarantee eligible debt
instruments issued by such agencies for the construction,
reconstruction, or renovation of such schools. Such assistance shall
only be provided--
            ``(1) to local educational agencies eligible for grants
        under section 1124A, schools located on Indian reservations, or
        local educational agencies eligible for payments under sections
        8003 and 8004; and
            ``(2) if the Secretary finds that such constructions will
        be undertaken in an economical manner, and that any such
        construction, reconstruction or renovation is not or will not
        be of elaborate or extravagant design or materials.
    ``(b) Priorities.--
            ``(1) In general.--In approving debt guarantees under this
        title, the Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) the difficulty of the applicant in securing
                affordable financing guarantees from other sources;
                    ``(B) the threat the condition of the physical
                plant poses to the safety and well-being of students;
                    ``(C) the demonstrated need for the construction,
                reconstruction, or renovation as based on the condition
                of the facility; and
                    ``(D) the age of the facility to be renovated or
                replaced.
            ``(2) Preference.--In approving debt guarantees under this
        title, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants from
        States that have made a loan to the applicant for the purpose
        described in the application and in an amount not less than 25
        percent of the aggregate principal amount of the debt
        instruments to be guaranteed.
    ``(c) Amount and Conditions of Guarantees.--A debt guarantee to a
local educational agency--
            ``(1) may be in an amount not exceeding the total
        development cost of the facility, as determined by the
        Secretary;
            ``(2) shall be secured in such manner, as may be determined
        by the Secretary; and
            ``(3) shall be made only with respect to debt instruments
        that--
                    ``(A) have a maturity of 30 years;
                    ``(B) bear interest at a maximum rate, determined
                by the Secretary taking into account the interest rate
                paid by the Federal Government with respect to Federal
                debt instruments of a similar nature; and
                    ``(C) otherwise are in such form and denomination,
                and are subject to such other conditions, as the
                Secretary shall prescribe.
    ``(d) Full Faith and Credit.--The full faith and credit of the
United States is hereby pledged to the payment of all guarantees made
under this section. Any such guarantee made by the Secretary shall be
conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the debt instrument for such
guarantee with respect to principal and interest, and the validity of
any such guarantee so made shall be incontestable in the hands of a
holder of the guaranteed debt instrument.

``SEC. 12005. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Budget and Accounting.--In the performance of, and with
respect to, the functions, powers, and duties under this title, the
Secretary, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, shall--
            ``(1) prepare annually and submit a budget program as
        provided for wholly owned Government corporations by chapter 91
        of title 31, United States Code; and
            ``(2) maintain a set of accounts which shall be audited by
        the Comptroller General in accordance with the provisions of
        chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds made available to the Secretary pursuant
to the provisions of this title shall be deposited in a checking
account or accounts with the Treasurer of the United States. Receipts
and assets obtained or held by the Secretary in connection with the
performance of functions under this title, and all funds available for
carrying out the functions of the Secretary under this title (including
appropriations therefor, which are hereby authorized), shall be
available, in such amounts as may from year to year be authorized by
the Congress, for the administrative expenses of the Secretary in
connection with the performance of such functions.
    ``(c) Legal Powers.--In the performance of, and with respect to,
the functions, powers, and duties under this title, the Secretary,
notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, may--
            ``(1) prescribe such rules and regulations as may be
        necessary to carry out the purposes of this title;
            ``(2) sue and be sued;
            ``(3) foreclose on any property or commence any action to
        protect or enforce any right conferred upon the Secretary by
        any law, contract, or other agreement, and bid for and purchase
        at any foreclosure or any other sale any property in connection
        with which the Secretary has made a loan pursuant to this
        title;
            ``(4) in the event of any such acquisition, notwithstanding
        any other provision of law relating to the acquisition,
        handling, or disposal of real property by the United States,
        complete, administer, remodel and convert, dispose of, lease,
        and otherwise deal with, such property, but any such
        acquisition of real property shall not deprive any State or
        political subdivision thereof of its civil or criminal
        jurisdiction in and over such property or impair the civil
        rights under the State or local laws of the inhabitants on such
        property;
            ``(5) sell or exchange at public or private sale, or lease,
        real or personal property, and sell or exchange any securities
        or obligations, upon such terms as the Secretary may fix;
            ``(6) obtain insurance against loss in connection with
        property and other assets held; and
            ``(7) include in any contract or instrument made pursuant
        to this title such other covenants, conditions, or provisions
        as may be necessary to assure that the purposes of this title
        will be achieved.
    ``(d) Contracts for Supplies or Services.--Section 3709 of the
Revised Statutes shall not apply to any contract for services or
supplies on account of any property acquired pursuant to this title if
the amount of such contract does not exceed $1,000.
    ``(e) Applicability of Government Corporation Control Act.--The
provisions of section 9107(a) of title 31, United States Code, which
are applicable to corporations or agencies subject to chapter 91 of
such title, shall also be applicable to the activities of the Secretary
under this title.
    ``(f) Labor Standards.--
            ``(1) Laborers and mechanics.--All laborers and mechanics
        employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of
        any contract or subcontract for the repair, renovation,
        alteration, or construction, including painting or decorating,
        of any building or work that is financed in whole or in part by
        a grant, loan, or debt guarantee under this title, shall be
        paid wages not less than those determined by the Secretary of
        Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (Davis Bacon
        Act), as amended. The Secretary of Labor shall have the
        authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Number
        14 of 1950 (15 FR 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and section 276c of
        title 40.
            ``(2) Exceptions.--The requirements of this subsection
        shall not apply to an individual--
                    ``(A) who volunteers--
                            ``(i) to perform a service directly to a
                        local educational agency for civic, charitable,
                        or humanitarian reasons, without promise,
                        expectation, or receipt of compensation for
                        services rendered, other than expenses,
                        reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee (as
                        defined in subsection (b) of this section), but
                        solely for the personal purpose or pleasure of
                        the individual; and
                            ``(ii) to provide such service freely and
                        without pressure or coercion, direct or
                        implied, from any employer;
                    ``(B) whose contribution of service is not for the
                direct or indirect benefit of any contractor otherwise
                performing or seeking to perform work on the same
                project for which the individual is volunteering;
                    ``(C) who is not employed by and does not provide
                services to a contractor or subcontractor at any time
                on any contract or subcontract for the repair,
                renovation, alteration, or construction, including
                painting or decorating, of any building or work that is
                financed in part by a loan, or debt guarantee under
                this subchapter, for which the individual is
                volunteering; and
                    ``(D) who is not otherwise employed by the same
                local educational agency to perform the same type of
                services as those for which the individual proposes to
                volunteer.
            ``(3) Payments to volunteers.--Payments of expenses,
        reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee may be provided to
        volunteers described in paragraph (2) of this subsection only
        in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of
        Labor. In prescribing the regulations, the Secretary shall take
        into consideration criteria such as the total amount of
        payments made (relating to expenses, benefits, or fees) in the
        context of the economic realities. The regulations shall
        include provisions that provide that--
                    ``(A) a payment for an expense may be received by a
                volunteer for items such as uniform allowances,
                protective gear and clothing, reimbursement for
                approximate out-of-pocket expenses, or for the cost or
                expense of meals and transportation;
                    ``(B) a reasonable benefit may include the
                inclusion of a volunteer in a group insurance plan
                (such as a liability, health, life, disability, or
                worker's compensation plan) or pension plan, or the
                awarding of a length of service award; and
                    ``(C) a nominal fee may not be used as a substitute
                for compensation and may not be connected to
                productivity.
        The decision as to what constitutes a nominal fee for purposes
        of subparagraph (C) shall be determined based on the context of
        the economic realities of the situation involved and shall be
        made by the Secretary of Labor.
            ``(4) Determination of payment.--For purposes of paragraph
        (2) of this subsection, in determining whether an expense,
        benefit, or fee described in such subsection may be paid to
        volunteers in the context of the economic realities of the
        particular situation, the Secretary of Labor may not permit any
        such expense, benefit, or fee that has the effect of
        undermining labor standards by creating downward pressure on
        prevailing wages in the local construction industry.
    ``(g) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Successive loans.--No loan or bond guarantee shall be
        made under this title to any local educational agency until 5
        years after the date on which a previous loan or bond guarantee
        to that agency was made under this title, unless the loan is
        intended to be used to construct or reconstruct a facility
        damaged as a result of a natural disaster, as declared by the
        President.
            ``(2) Schools in one state.--Not more than 12.5 percent of
        the amount of the funds annually provided for in this title in
        the form of loans or bond guarantees shall be made available to
        educational institutions within any one State.

``SEC. 12006. DEFINITION.

    ``The term `school' is defined as public structures suitable for
use as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and related facilities, the
primary purpose of which is the instruction of elementary and secondary
school students.

``SEC. 12007. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title,
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.

Summary: Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) revise and rename title XII the School Facilities Improvement Act. And (2) establish a loan program and a bond guarantee program to assist local educational agencies in the construction, reconstruction, and renovation of public elementary and secondary schools which are 50 years of age or older. Sets forth program eligibility requirements, priorities, preferences, and amounts and conditions of such loans and debt instrument guarantees. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a loan program and a bond guarantee program to assist local educational agencies in the construction, reconstruction, and renovation of public elementary and secondary schools.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Commerce Enhancement
Act''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed as the amendment or repeal
of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).

SEC. 3. FOREIGN AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY OBJECTIVES AND RESTRAINTS.

    (a) Value of Defense Articles and Services.--Section 3(d) (22
U.S.C. 2753(d)) is amended in paragraphs (1) and (3)(A)--
            (1) by striking ``$14,000,000'' each place it appears and
        inserting ``$25,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$50,000,000'' each place it appears and
        inserting ``$85,000,000''.
    (b) Transfers With Respect to NATO and Major Non-NATO Countries.--
Section 3(d) (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Except as
                provided in subparagraph (B), unless'' and inserting
                ``Unless''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B) to read as
                        follows:
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of a proposed
transfer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or any member
country of such Organization, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand.''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or
                        (B)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the second sentence of subparagraph (A), by
                striking ``shall be submitted'' and all that follows
                through ``unless the President'' and inserting ``shall
                be submitted at least 30 calendar days before such
                consent is given in the case of a transfer to a country
                other than a country which is a member of the North
                Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, Australia, or New
                Zealand, unless the President'';
                    (B) in the third sentence of subparagraph (A), by
                striking ``(thus waiving the requirements of clause (i)
                or (ii), as the case may be, and of subparagraph
                (B))''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``15-day or''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subparagraph (A)(i) or
                        (ii), as the case may be,'' and inserting
                        ``subparagraph (A)''.

SEC. 4. MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS.

    (a) Value of Defense Articles and Services.--Section 36 (22 U.S.C.
2776) is amended in the first sentence of subsections (b)(1) and
(c)(1)--
            (1) by striking ``$14,000,000'' each place it appears and
        inserting ``$25,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$50,000,000'' each place it appears and
        inserting ``$85,000,000''.
    (b) Transfers With Respect to NATO and Major Non-NATO Countries.--
Section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter following subparagraph (P) of
                paragraph (1), by striking ``proposed sale to the North
                Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of
                such Organization, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand, if
                the Congress, within fifteen calendar days after
                receiving such certification, or with respect to a
                proposed sale to any other country or organization,''
                and inserting ``proposed sale to a country other than a
                country which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty
                Organization, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand, or to
                any other organization,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), strike ``, except that for
                purposes of consideration of any joint resolution'' and
                all that follows through ``its introduction'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``the North Atlantic Treaty
                        Organization, any member country of that
                        Organization, Japan, Australia, or New
                        Zealand'' and inserting ``a country other than
                        a country which is a member of the North
                        Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, Australia,
                        or New Zealand, or to any other organization'';
                            (ii) by striking ``15'' each place it
                        appears and inserting ``30''; and
                            (iii) by adding ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``shall be
                submitted'' and all that follows through ``unless the
                President'' and inserting ``shall be submitted at least
                30 days before approval is given in the case of an
                agreement for or in a country other than a country
                which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty
                Organization, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand, unless
                the President''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking ``15-day or''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``paragraph (2)(A) or (B),
                        as the case may be,'' and inserting ``paragraph
                        (2)''.
    (c) License Applications for Commercial Sales.--Section 36(c)(1)
(22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
``sold under a contract'' each place it appears and inserting ``to be
sold under a contract, proposed contract, or formal proposal of sale''.

SEC. 5. LEASES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND LOAN AUTHORITY FOR COOPERATIVE
              RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

    (a) Value of Defense Articles.--Section 63(a) (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a))
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$14,000,000'' and inserting
        ``$25,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting
        ``$85,000,000''.
    (b) Transfers With Respect to NATO and Major Non-NATO Countries.--
Chapter 6 (22 U.S.C. 2796) is amended--
            (1) in section 62(c), by striking ``shall be transmitted''
        and all that follows through ``organization or country'' and
        inserting ``shall be transmitted not less than 30 calendar days
        before the agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of
        an agreement with a country other than a country which is a
        member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan,
        Australia, or New Zealand, or any other organization''; and
            (2) in section 63(a)--
                    (A) by striking ``15-day or''; and
                    (B) by striking ``section 62(c) (1) or (2), as the
                case may be,'' and inserting ``section 62(c)''.

Summary: International Commerce Enhancement Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to increase threshold values of major defense equipment or defense articles or related training or other defense services whose transfer or lease to foreign countries would require a presidential certification to Congress. Exempts from specified congressional oversight requirements any such transfers to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand.

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to update the export licensing requirements under that Act, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marijuana Businesses Access to
Banking Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.

    A Federal banking regulator may not--
                    (1) terminate or limit the deposit insurance or
                share insurance of a depository institution under the
                Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.)
                or the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et
                seq.) solely because the depository institution
                provides or has provided financial services to a
                marijuana-related legitimate business;
                    (2) prohibit, penalize, or otherwise discourage a
                depository institution from providing financial
                services to a marijuana-related legitimate business;
                    (3) recommend, incentivize, or encourage a
                depository institution not to offer financial services
                to an individual, or to downgrade or cancel the
                financial services offered to an individual solely
                because--
                            (A) the individual is a manufacturer or
                        producer, or is the owner or operator of a
                        marijuana-related legitimate business;
                            (B) the individual later becomes an owner
                        or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business; or
                            (C) the depository institution was not
                        aware that the individual is the owner or
                        operator of a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business; and
                    (4) take any adverse or corrective supervisory
                action on a loan made to an owner or operator of--
                            (A) a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business, solely because the owner or operator
                        owns or operates a marijuana-related legitimate
                        business; or
                            (B) real estate or equipment that is leased
                        to a marijuana-related legitimate business,
                        solely because the owner or operator of the
                        real estate or equipment leased the equipment
                        or real estate to a marijuana-related
                        legitimate business.

SEC. 3. PROTECTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

    (a) In General.--In a State or political subdivision of a State
that allows the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale,
transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or purchase of
marijuana pursuant to a law or regulation of such State or political
subdivision, a depository institution that provides financial services
to a marijuana-related legitimate business, and the officers,
directors, and employees of that depository institution may not be held
liable pursuant to any Federal law or regulation--
            (1) solely for providing such financial services pursuant
        to the law or regulation of such State or political
        subdivision; or
            (2) for further investing any income derived from such
        financial services.
    (b) Forfeiture.--A depository institution that has a legal interest
in the collateral for a loan made to an owner or operator of a
marijuana-related legitimate business, or to an owner or operator of
real estate or equipment that is leased to a marijuana-related
legitimate business, shall not be subject to criminal, civil, or
administrative forfeiture of that legal interest pursuant to any
Federal law for providing such loan.

SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall require a depository institution to
provide financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS.

    Section 5318(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Requirements for marijuana-related businesses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a financial institution or
                any director, officer, employee, or agent of a
                financial institution reports a suspicious transaction
                pursuant to this subsection, and the reason for the
                report relates to a marijuana-related business, the
                Secretary shall require that such report complies with
                the requirements of the guidance issued by the
                Financial Crimes Enforcement Network titled `BSA
                Expectations Regarding Marijuana-Related Businesses'
                (FIN-2014-G001; published on February 14, 2014). The
                Secretary may issue additional regulations or guidance
                as necessary to ensure that reports of suspicious
                transactions do not inhibit the provision of financial
                services to marijuana-related legitimate businesses in
                a State or political subdivision of a State that has
                allowed the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale,
                transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or
                purchase of marijuana pursuant to law or regulation of
                such State or political subdivision.
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
                `marijuana-related legitimate business' has the meaning
                given such term in the Marijuana Businesses Access to
                Banking Act of 2015.''.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Depository institution.--The term ``depository
        institution'' means--
                    (A) a depository institution as defined in section
                3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
                1813(c));
                    (B) a Federal credit union as defined in section
                101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752);
                or
                    (C) a State credit union as defined in section 101
                of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
            (2) Federal banking regulator.--The term ``Federal banking
        regulator'' means each of the Board of Governors of the Federal
        Reserve System, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection,
        the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the
        Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union
        Administration, or any Federal agency or department that
        regulates banking or financial services, as determined by the
        Secretary of the Treasury.
            (3) Financial service.--The term ``financial service''
        means a financial product or service as defined in section 1002
        of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
        Act (12 U.S.C. 5481).
            (4) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' means a person
        who manufactures, compounds, converts, processes, prepares, or
        packages marijuana or marijuana products.
            (5) Marijuana-related legitimate business.--The term
        ``marijuana-related legitimate business'' means a manufacturer,
        producer, or any person that--
                    (A) participates in any business or organized
                activity that involves handling marijuana or marijuana
                products, including cultivating, producing,
                manufacturing, selling, transporting, displaying,
                dispensing, distributing, or purchasing marijuana or
                marijuana products; and
                    (B) engages in such activity pursuant to a law or
                regulation of by a State or a political subdivision of
                a State.
            (6) Marijuana.--The term ``marijuana'' has the meaning
        given the term ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
            (7) Marijuana product.--The term ``marijuana product''
        means any article which contains marijuana, including an
        article which is a concentrate, an edible, a tincture, a
        marijuana-infused product, or a topical.
            (8) Producer.--The term ``producer'' means a person who
        plants, cultivates, harvests, or in any way facilitates the
        natural growth of marijuana.
            (9) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several
        States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any
        territory or possession of the United States.

Summary: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015 This bill provides a safe harbor for depository institutions providing financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business insofar as it prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit or share insurance of a depository institution solely because it provides financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business. Or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering such services. A federal banking regulator may neither recommend, motivate, provide incentives, nor encourage a depository institution to refuse to offer financial services to an individual, nor downgrade or cancel financial services offered to an individual, solely because the individual: (1) is a manufacturer, producer, owner or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate business. Or (2) the depository institution was not aware that the individual is the owner or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate business. A federal banking regulator may not take any adverse or corrective supervisory action, solely because of the business involved, on a loan made to an owner or operator of: (1) a marijuana-related legitimate business, or (2) real estate or equipment that is leased to a marijuana-related legitimate business. Immunity from federal criminal prosecution or investigation is granted, subject to certain conditions, to a depository institution that provides financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business in a state or one of its political subdivisions that allows the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or purchase of marijuana. Neither the depository institution nor its officers, directors, nor employees may be held liable under federal law or regulation solely for providing such financial services or further investing income derived from those services. The Department of the Treasury must require any suspicious activity report filed by a financial institution regarding a marijuana-based business to comply with specified guidance of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
              CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES CAPTURED BY JAPAN
              AND FORCED TO PERFORM SLAVE LABOR DURING WORLD WAR II.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) During World War II, members of the Armed Forces of the
        United States fought valiantly against the Armed Forces of
        Japan in the Pacific. In particular, from December 1941 until
        May 1942, members of the Armed Forces of the United States
        fought courageously against overwhelming Armed Forces of Japan
        on Wake Island, Guam, the Philippine Islands, including the
        Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor, and the Dutch East Indies,
        thereby preventing Japan from accomplishing strategic
        objectives necessary for achieving a preemptive military
        victory in the Pacific during World War II.
            (2) During initial military action in the Philippines,
        members of the Armed Forces of the United States were ordered
        to surrender on April 9, 1942, and were forced to march 65
        miles to prison camps at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and
        Bilibid. More than 10,000 people of the United States died
        during the march (known as the ``Bataan Death March'') and
        during subsequent imprisonment as a result of starvation,
        disease, and executions.
            (3) Beginning in January 1942, the Armed Forces of Japan
        began transporting United States prisoners of war to Japan,
        Taiwan, Manchuria, and Korea to perform slave labor to support
        Japanese industries. Many of the unmarked merchant vessels in
        which the prisoners were transported (known as ``Hell Ships'')
        were attacked by the Armed Forces of the United States, which,
        according to some estimates, killed more than 3,600 people of
        the United States.
            (4) Following the conclusion of World War II, the
        Government of the United States agreed to pay compensation to
        former prisoners of war of the United States, amounting to
        $2.50 per day of imprisonment. This compensation, paid from
        assets of Japan frozen by the Government of the United States,
        is wholly insufficient to compensate fully such former
        prisoners of war for the conditions they endured. Neither the
        Government of Japan nor any corporations of Japan admit any
        liability requiring payment of compensation.
            (5) Other countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom,
        Isle of Man, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and
        Australia have previously awarded such a compensation to their
        surviving veterans who were captured by the Japanese during
        World War II and required to perform slave labor. Currently,
        the United States is the only Western Allied power that has not
        awarded similar compensation to these distinguished heroes of
        World War II who were prisoners of war of Japan.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to recognize, by the
provision of compensation, the heroic contributions of the members of
the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were
captured by the Japanese military during World War II and denied their
basic human rights by being forced to perform slave labor by the
Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World
War II.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered veteran or civilian internee.--The term
        ``covered veteran or civilian internee'' means any individual
        who--
                    (A) is a citizen of the United States;
                    (B) was a member of the Armed Forces, a civilian
                employee of the United States, or an employee of a
                contractor of the United States during World War II;
                    (C) served in or with the Armed Forces during World
                War II;
                    (D) was captured and held as a prisoner of war or
                prisoner by Japan in the course of such service; and
                    (E) was required by the Imperial Government of
                Japan, or one or more corporations of Japan, to perform
                slave labor during World War II.
            (2) Slave labor.--The term ``slave labor'' means forced
        servitude under conditions of subjugation.
    (d) Payment of Compensation Required.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of
        appropriated funds, the Secretary of Defense shall pay
        compensation to each living covered veteran or civilian
        internee, or to the surviving spouse of a covered veteran or
        civilian internee, in the amount of $20,000.
            (2) Rebuttable presumption.--An application for
        compensation submitted under this section by or with respect to
        an individual seeking treatment as a covered veteran or
        civilian internee under this section is subject to a rebuttable
        presumption that such individual is a covered veteran or
        civilian internee if the application on its face provides
        information sufficient to establish such individual as a
        covered veteran or civilian internee.
    (e) Relationship to Other Payments.--Any amount paid to a person
under this section for activity described in subsection (c)(1)(D) is in
addition to any other amount paid to such person for such activity
under any other provision of law.
    (f) Inapplicability of Taxation or Attachment.--Any amount paid to
a person under this section shall not be subject to any taxation,
attachment, execution, levy, tax lien, or detention under any process
whatever.

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a specified amount of compensation to those members of the Armed Forces and US civilian employees, or to the surviving spouses of such members and employees, who were captured by Japan and who were used as slave labor during World War II.

To require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were forced to perform slave labor by the Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Backcountry Landing Strip Access
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that aircraft landing strips--
            (1) serve an essential safety function as emergency landing
        areas;
            (2) serve as trailhead access points for--
                    (A) outdoor enthusiasts and their activities,
                including hiking, fishing, and hunting;
                    (B) land management activities, including forest
                management and firefighting; and
                    (C) inholdings, including mining, ranching,
                scientific research, and tourism;
            (3) provide access to national parks, national forests,
        wilderness areas, and other Federal land for people who would
        otherwise be physically unable to enjoy such places;
            (4) support the economies of the surrounding communities by
        providing efficient access for visitors seeking recreational
        activities; and
            (5) serve an essential role in search and rescue, forest
        and ecological management, research, wildlife management,
        aerial mapping, firefighting, and disaster relief.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
            (2) Aircraft landing strip.--The term ``aircraft landing
        strip'' means an established aircraft landing strip located on
        Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the
        Secretary that is for aircraft landing and departure
        activities.
            (3) Permanently close.--The term ``permanently close''
        means any closure lasting more than 30 consecutive days in any
        calendar year.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
                    (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of
                the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the
                Interior; and
                    (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of
                the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of
                Agriculture.

SEC. 4. PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF ACTIONS AFFECTING CERTAIN
              AIRCRAFT LANDING STRIPS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall not take any action that would
permanently close, restrict, or render or declare as unserviceable any
aircraft landing strip unless--
            (1) the action has been approved by the head of the
        aviation department of the State in which the aircraft landing
        strip is located;
            (2) the Secretary publishes notice of the proposed action
        in the Federal Register, including notice that the action would
        permanently close, restrict, or render or declare as
        unserviceable the aircraft landing strip;
            (3) the Secretary provides for a 90-day public comment
        period beginning on the date on which the notice under
        paragraph (2) is published; and
            (4) the Secretary and the head of the aviation department
        of the State in which the affected aircraft landing strip is
        located have taken into consideration any comments received
        during the comment period described in paragraph (3).
    (b) Policies.--
            (1) Backcountry aviation policies.--Not later than 2 years
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
        the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly--
                    (A) establish a national policy for governing
                backcountry aviation issues relating to the management
                of Federal land under the jurisdiction of the
                Department of the Interior and the Department of
                Agriculture; and
                    (B) require officials with jurisdiction over the
                land described in subparagraph (A) to adhere to the
                policy established pursuant to such subparagraph.
            (2) Requirements.--Any policy affecting air access to an
        aircraft landing strip, including the policy established under
        paragraph (1), shall not take effect unless the policy--
                    (A) acknowledges that the Administrator has the
                sole authority to control aviation and airspace over
                the United States; and
                    (B) was developed after seeking and considering
                comments from State governments and the public.
    (c) Maintenance of Airstrips.--
            (1) In general.--To ensure that aircraft landing strips are
        maintained in a manner that is consistent with the resource
        values of any adjacent area, the Secretary shall consult with--
                    (A) the head of the aviation department of each
                State in which an aircraft landing strip is located;
                and
                    (B) any other interested parties.
            (2) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary may enter into
        cooperative agreements with interested parties for the
        maintenance of aircraft landing strips.
            (3) Maintenance standards.--State aircraft landing strip
        maintenance standards shall be used as the minimum standard
        when such standards are available.
    (d) Exchanges or Acquisitions.--
            (1) Conditions.--If the Federal Government acquires private
        or public property on which an aircraft landing strip is
        located, the acquisition may not require--
                    (A) the closure or purposeful neglect of the
                aircraft landing strip; or
                    (B) any other action that would restrict the use of
                any aircraft landing strip.
            (2) Availability.--Each private or publicly owned aircraft
        landing strip acquired by the Federal Government shall be made
        available to the general public for unrestricted use.
    (e) Effect on Federal Aviation Administration Authority.--Nothing
in this Act may be construed to affect the authority of the
Administrator over aviation or airspace.

Summary: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their jurisdiction unless: (1) the action has been approved by the head of the aviation department of the state in which the landing strip is located. (2) the Secretary publishes notice of the proposed action and provides for a 90-day public comment thereafter. And (3) the Secretary and appropriate state aviation department head have taken into consideration any comments received. Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues relating to the management of federal land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture. And (2) require officials with jurisdiction over such land to adhere to such policy. Requires private and publicly-owned aircraft landing strips acquired by the government to be made available to the public for unrestricted use.

To ensure public access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Adolescent Smoking Without
Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. YOUTH COMPLIANCE TARGET AND ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300x-26) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1926. STRENGTHENING STATE LAWS RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCT SALES
              TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

    ``(a) Relevant Law.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), for fiscal
        year 2010 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may make a
        grant under section 1921 only if the State involved has in
        effect a law providing that--
                    ``(A) it is unlawful for any manufacturer,
                retailer, or distributor of tobacco products to sell or
                distribute any such product to any individual under 18
                years of age;
                    ``(B) it is unlawful for an individual under 18
                years of age--
                            ``(i) to purchase or attempt to purchase,
                        or receive or attempt to receive, a tobacco
                        product; or
                            ``(ii) to possess or attempt to possess a
                        tobacco product in a public place;
                    ``(C) a law enforcement agency, upon determining
                that an individual under 18 years of age allegedly
                purchased or received a tobacco product, or allegedly
                possessed a tobacco product in a public place, shall
                notify the individual's parent or parents, custodian,
                or guardian (if the name and address of a parent,
                guardian, or custodian is reasonably ascertainable);
                    ``(D) within 180 days after the effective date of
                such State law, any person engaged in the business of
                distributing tobacco products at retail shall implement
                a program--
                            ``(i) to notify each employee employed by
                        that person who distributes tobacco products
                        that State law prohibits the sale or
                        distribution of tobacco products to any
                        individual under 18 years of age and the
                        purchase or receipt, or possession in a public
                        place, of tobacco products by any such
                        individual; and
                            ``(ii) to ensure compliance with such law;
                    ``(E) an employer shall not be in violation of the
                prohibition described in subparagraph (A) if such
                employer--
                            ``(i) relies upon proof of age that
                        appeared on its face to be valid; or
                            ``(ii) implements a program in accordance
                        with subparagraph (D); and
                    ``(F) an individual who violates the prohibition
                described in subparagraph (B) may be liable for a civil
                monetary penalty and may be required to perform
                community service.
            ``(2) Delayed applicability for certain states.--In the
        case of a State whose legislature does not convene a regular
        session in fiscal year 2010, and in the case of a State whose
        legislature does not convene a regular session in fiscal year
        2011, the requirement described in paragraph (1) as a condition
        of a receipt of a grant under section 1921 shall apply only for
        fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years.
    ``(b) State Goals for Noncompliance.--Beginning with respect to the
first applicable fiscal year, a funding agreement for a grant under
section 1921 is that the State involved has established goals for
reducing the rate of retailer violations of the law described in
subsection (a), as determined through annual, random, unannounced
inspections described in subsection (c)(2)(A), so that the rate of such
violations relative to the number of inspections does not exceed the
following:
            ``(1) 20 percent during fiscal year 2010.
            ``(2) 19 percent during fiscal year 2011.
            ``(3) 18 percent during fiscal year 2012.
            ``(4) 17 percent during fiscal year 2013.
            ``(5) 16 percent during fiscal year 2014.
            ``(6) 15 percent during fiscal year 2015.
            ``(7) 14 percent during fiscal year 2016.
            ``(8) 13 percent during fiscal year 2017.
            ``(9) 12 percent during fiscal year 2018.
            ``(10) 11 percent during fiscal year 2019.
            ``(11) 10 percent during fiscal year 2020 and each
        subsequent year.
    ``(c) Enforcement.--
            ``(1) In general.--A funding agreement for a grant under
        section 1921 is that the State involved will enforce the law
        described in subsection (a) in a manner that can reasonably be
        expected to achieve the goals established pursuant to
        subsection (b) and reduce the extent to which tobacco products
        are available to individuals under 18 years of age.
            ``(2) Activities and reports regarding enforcement.--A
        funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the
        State involved will--
                    ``(A) annually conduct random, unannounced
                inspections to ensure compliance with the law described
                in subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) annually submit to the Secretary a report
                describing--
                            ``(i) the activities carried out by the
                        State to enforce such law during the fiscal
                        year preceding the fiscal year for which the
                        State is seeking the grant;
                            ``(ii) the extent of success the State has
                        achieved in meeting the goals established
                        pursuant to subsection (b) and in reducing the
                        availability of tobacco products to individuals
                        under 18 years of age; and
                            ``(iii) the strategies to be utilized by
                        the State for enforcing such law during the
                        fiscal year for which the grant is sought.
            ``(3) Use of individuals under 18 years of age in
        inspections.--A funding agreement for a grant under section
        1921 is that the State may engage an individual under 18 years
        of age to test compliance with the law described in subsection
        (a) only if--
                    ``(A) the testing is conducted with the written
                consent of a parent or legal guardian of such
                individual; and
                    ``(B) such individual acts under the direct
                supervision of the State during a random, unannounced
                inspection.
    ``(d) Use of State Settlement Proceeds.--A funding agreement for a
grant under section 1921 is that the State involved certifies to the
Secretary that, with respect to the calendar year preceding the year in
which the State is applying for such a grant, the State expended more
than 10 percent of the funds paid to the State for such calendar year
as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 (as referred
to in section 1903(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act) on health
programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic
development for tobacco regions.
    ``(e) Noncompliance of State.--
            ``(1) Determination by secretary.--Before making a grant
        under section 1921 to a State for any fiscal year, the
        Secretary shall make a determination of whether the State has
        maintained compliance with subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d).
            ``(2) Reduction of allotment.--Beginning with respect to
        the first applicable fiscal year, if, after notice to the State
        and an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines that
        the State is not in compliance with any of subsections (a),
        (b), or (c), the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the
        allotment under section 1921 for the State for the fiscal year
        involved by an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) in the case of fiscal year 2010, 10 percent
                of the amount determined under section 1933 for the
                State for the fiscal year;
                    ``(B) in the case of fiscal year 2011, 20 percent
                of the amount determined under section 1933 for the
                State for the fiscal year;
                    ``(C) in the case of fiscal year 2012, 30 percent
                of the amount determined under section 1933 for the
                State for the fiscal year; and
                    ``(D) in the case of fiscal year 2013 or any
                subsequent fiscal year, 40 percent of the amount
                determined under section 1933 for the State for the
                fiscal year.
            ``(3) Additional reduction.--Beginning with respect to the
        first applicable fiscal year, if the Secretary determines under
        paragraph (1) that the State is not in compliance with any of
        subsections (a), (b), or (c), and is not in compliance with
        subsection (d), the Secretary may reduce the amount of the
        allotment under section 1921 for the State for the fiscal year
        involved by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount
        determined under section 1933 for the State for such fiscal
        year. Such reduction shall be in addition to the reduction
        under paragraph (2).
    ``(f) Assistance in Implementing Programs.--In order to assist
States in establishing and implementing State laws described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) develop not later than January 1, 2009, and
        subsequently revise as appropriate, model legislative language;
        and
            ``(2) provide technical assistance and guidance in
        developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting
        goals pursuant to subsection (b).
    ``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `first applicable
fiscal year' means--
            ``(1) fiscal year 2012, in the case of any State described
        in subsection (a)(2); and
            ``(2) fiscal year 2010, in the case of any other State.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
        apply with respect to the first applicable fiscal year and each
        subsequent fiscal year. The provisions of section 1926 of the
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26), as in effect on
        the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall
        apply with respect to fiscal years preceding the first
        applicable fiscal year.
            (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``first
        applicable fiscal year'' has the meaning given such term in
        subsection (g) of section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act
        (42 U.S.C. 300x-26), as amended by subsection (a) of this
        section.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INGREDIENTS.

    Section 7 of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15
U.S.C. 1335a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the company which uses
        the ingredients or''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows:
    ``(2) The Secretary shall make any information provided under this
section accessible to the public on the Internet not later than 48
hours after receipt by the Secretary.''.

Summary: Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth conditions for the receipt by states of federal substance abuse prevention and treatment grants. Requires such states to: (1) prohibit a minor from purchasing or receiving a tobacco product or possessing a tobacco product in a public place. And (2) require law enforcement agencies to notify a minor's parent, custodian, or guardian whose name and address is reasonably ascertainable of any such violation. Requires such states to require any person engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products at retail to implement a program to: (1) notify its employees that state law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors and the purchase, receipt, or possession in a public place of a tobacco product by a minor. And (2) ensure compliance with such law. Directs such states to provide for a civil monetary penalty or community service for violations. Requires such states to have established goals for reducing the rate of retailer violations. Allows states to use minors to test compliance under certain conditions. Directs such states to certify expenditure of more than 10 of the funds paid to the state as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 against tobacco manufacturers on health programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic development for tobacco regions. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide assistance to states in developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting goals, including by developing model legislative language.

To reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors, and for other purposes.