SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Film Disclosure Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE LANHAM ACT.

    Section 43 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the
registration and protection of trade-marks used in commerce, to carry
out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other
purposes'', approved July 5, 1946, commonly known as the Lanham Act (15
U.S.C. 1125), is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1)(A) Any distributor or network that proposes to exploit a
materially altered motion picture shall--
            ``(i) make a good faith effort to notify each artistic
        author of the motion picture in writing and by registered mail
        and in a reasonable amount of time prior to such exploitation;
            ``(ii) determine the objections of any artistic author so
        notified to any material alteration of the motion picture;
            ``(iii) determine the objection of any artistic author so
        notified by the questionnaire set forth in paragraph (9) to any
        type of future material alterations which are in addition to
        those specifically proposed for the motion picture to be
        exploited;
            ``(iv) if any objections under clause (ii) or (iii) are
        determined, include the applicable label under paragraph (6) or
        (8) in, or affix such label to, all copies of the motion
        picture before--
                    ``(I) the public performance of the materially
                altered motion picture if it is already in
                distribution, or
                    ``(II) the initial distribution of the materially
                altered motion picture to any exhibitor or retail
                provider; and
            ``(v) in the event of objections by an artistic author to
        any future material alterations, include or affix such
        objections to any copy of the motion picture distributed or
        transmitted to any exhibitor or retail provider.
    ``(B) Whenever a distributor or network exploits a motion picture
which has already been materially altered, such distributor or network
shall not be required to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (A)
(i), (ii), and (iii), if--
            ``(i) such distributor or network does not further
        materially alter such motion picture; and
            ``(ii) such motion picture was materially altered by
        another distributor or network that complied fully with all of
        the requirements of subparagraph (A).
    ``(C)(i) The requirement of a good faith effort under subparagraph
(A)(i) is satisfied if a distributor or network that has not previously
been notified by each artistic author of a motion picture--
            ``(I) requests in writing the name and address of each
        artistic author of the motion picture from the appropriate
        professional guild, indicating a response date of not earlier
        than 30 days after the date of the request, by which the
        appropriate professional guild must respond; and
            ``(II) upon receipt of such information from the
        appropriate professional guild within the time specified in the
        request, notifies each artistic author of the motion picture in
        a reasonable amount of time before the exploitation of the
        motion picture by such network or distributor.
    ``(ii) The notice to each artistic author under this paragraph
shall contain a specific date, not earlier than 30 days after the date
of such notice, by which the individual so notified shall respond in
accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii). Failure of the artistic author or
the appropriate professional guild to respond within the time period
specified in the notice shall relieve the distributor or network of all
liability under subparagraph (A).
    ``(D) The requirements of this paragraph for an exhibitor shall be
limited to--
            ``(i) broadcasting, cablecasting, exhibiting, or
        distributing all labels required under this section in their
        entirety that are included with or distributed by the network
        or distributor of the motion picture; and
            ``(ii) including or affixing a label described in
        paragraphs (6) and (8) on a materially altered motion picture
        for any material alterations performed by the exhibitor to
        which any artistic author has objected under subparagraph
        (A)(iii).
    ``(E)(i) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply with respect
to motion pictures intended for home use through either retail purchase
or rental, except that no requirement imposed under this paragraph
shall apply to a motion picture which has been packaged for
distribution to retail providers before the effective date of this
subsection.
    ``(ii) The obligations under this paragraph of a retail provider of
motion pictures intended for home use shall be limited to including or
distributing all labels required under this paragraph in their entirety
that are affixed or included by a distributor or network.
    ``(F) There shall be no consideration in excess of one dollar given
in exchange for an artistic author's waiver of any objection or waiver
of the right to object under this subsection.
    ``(2)(A) Any artistic author of a motion picture that is exploited
within the United States who believes he or she is or is likely to be
damaged by a violation of this subsection may bring a civil action for
appropriate relief, as provided in this paragraph, on account of such
violation, without regard to the nationality or domicile of the
artistic author.
    ``(B)(i) In any action under subparagraph (A), the court shall have
power to grant injunctions, according to the principles of equity and
upon such terms as the court deems reasonable, to prevent the violation
of this subsection. Any such injunction may include a provision
directing the defendant to file with the court and serve on the
plaintiff, within 30 days after the service on the defendant of such
injunction, or such extended period as the court may direct, a report
in writing under oath setting forth in detail the manner and form in
which the defendant has complied with the injunction. Any such
injunction granted upon hearing, after notice to the defendant, by any
district court of the United States--
            ``(I) may be served on the parties against whom such
        injunction is granted anywhere in the United States where they
        may be found; and
            ``(II) shall be operative and may be enforced by
        proceedings to punish for contempt, or otherwise, by the court
        by which such injunction was granted, or by any other United
        States district court in whose jurisdiction the defendant may
        be found.
    ``(ii) When a violation of any right of an artistic author is
established in any civil action arising under this subsection, the
plaintiff shall be entitled to the remedies provided under section
35(a).
    ``(iii) In any action under subparagraph (A), the court may order
that all film packaging of a materially altered motion picture
(including film packages of motion pictures intended for home use
through either retail purchase or rental) that is the subject of the
violation shall be delivered up and destroyed.
    ``(C) No action shall be maintained under this paragraph unless it
is commenced within 1 year after the right of action accrues.
    ``(3) Any disclosure requirements imposed under the common law or
statutes of any State respecting the material alteration of motion
pictures are preempted by this subsection.
    ``(4) To facilitate the location of a potentially aggrieved party,
each artistic author of a motion picture may notify the copyright owner
of the motion picture or any appropriate professional guild. The
professional guilds may each maintain a Professional Guild Registry
including the names and addresses of artistic authors so notifying them
and may make available information contained in a Professional Guild
Registry in order to facilitate the location of any artistic author for
purposes of paragraph (1)(A). No cause of action shall accrue against
any professional guild for failure to create or maintain a Professional
Guild Registry or for any failure to provide information pursuant to
paragraph (1)(A)(i).
    ``(5) As used in this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `artistic author' means the principal
        director and principal screenwriter of a motion picture and, to
        the extent a motion picture is colorized or its photographic
        images materially altered, the principal cinematographer of the
        motion picture;
            ``(B) the term `colorize' means to add color, by whatever
        means, to a motion picture originally made in black and white,
        and the term `colorization' means the act of colorizing;.
            ``(C) the term `distributor'--
                    ``(i) means any person, vendor, or syndicator who
                engages in the wholesale distribution of motion
                pictures to any exhibitor, network, retail provider, or
                other person who publicly performs motion pictures by
                means of any technology, and
                    ``(ii) does not include laboratories or other
                providers of technical services to the motion picture,
                video, or television industry;
            ``(D) the term `editing' means the purposeful or accidental
        removal of existing material or insertion of new material;
            ``(E) the term `exhibitor' means any local broadcast
        station, cable system, airline, motion picture theater, or
        other person that publicly performs a motion picture by means
        of any technology;
            ``(F) the term `exploit' means to exhibit publicly or offer
        to the public through sale or lease, and the term
        `exploitation' means the act of exploiting;
            ``(G) the term `film' or `motion picture' means--
                    ``(i) a theatrical motion picture, after its
                publication, of 60 minutes duration or greater,
                intended for exhibition, public performance, public
                sale or lease, and
                    ``(ii) does not include episodic television
                programs of less than 60 minutes duration (exclusive of
                commercials), motion pictures prepared for private
                commercial or industrial purposes, or advertisements;
            ``(H) the term `lexiconning' means altering the sound track
        of a motion picture to conform the speed of the vocal or
        musical portion of the motion picture to the visual images of
        the motion picture, in a case in which the motion picture has
        been the subject of time compression or expansion;
            ``(I) the terms `materially alter' and `material
        alteration'--
                    ``(i) refer to any change made to a motion picture;
                    ``(ii) include, but are not limited to, the
                processes of colorization, lexiconning, time
                compression or expansion, panning and scanning, and
                editing; and
                    ``(iii) do not include insertions for commercial
                breaks or public service announcements, editing to
                comply with the requirements of the Federal
                Communications Commission (in this subparagraph
                referred to as the `FCC'), transfer of film to
                videotape or any other secondary media preparation of a
                motion picture for foreign distribution to the extent
                that subtitling and editing are limited to those
                alterations made under foreign standards which are no
                more stringent than existing FCC standards, or
                activities the purpose of which is the restoration of
                the motion picture to its original version;
            ``(J) the term `network' means any person who distributes
        motion pictures to broadcasting stations or cable systems on a
        regional or national basis for public performance on an
        interconnected basis;
            ``(K) the term `panning and scanning' means the process by
        which a motion picture, composed for viewing on theater
        screens, is adapted for viewing on television screens by
        modification of the ratio of width to height of the motion
        picture and the selection, by a person other than the principal
        director of the motion picture, of some portion of the entire
        picture for viewing;
            ``(L) the term `professional guild' means--
                    ``(i) in the case of directors, the Directors Guild
                of America (DGA);
                    ``(ii) in the case of screenwriters, the Writers
                Guild of America-West (WGA-W) and the Writers Guild of
                America-East (WGA-E); and
                    ``(iii) in the case of cinematographers, the
                International Photographers Guild (IPG), and the
                American Society of Cinematographers (ASC);
            ``(M) the term `Professional Guild Registry' means a list
        of names and addresses of artistic authors that is readily
        available from the files of a professional guild;
            ``(N) the term `publication' means, with respect to a
        motion picture, the first paid public exhibition of the work
        other than previews, trial runs, and festivals;
            ``(O) the term `retail provider' means the proprietor of a
        retail outlet that sells or leases motion pictures for home
        use;
            ``(P) the term `secondary media' means any medium,
        including, but not limited to, video cassette or video disc,
        other than television broadcast or theatrical release, for use
        on which motion pictures are sold, leased, or distributed to
        the public;
            ``(Q) the term `syndicator' means any person who
        distributes a motion picture to a broadcast television station,
        cable television system, or any other means of distribution by
        which programming is delivered to television viewers;
            ``(R) the terms `time compression' and `time expansion'
        mean the alteration of the speed of a motion picture or a
        portion thereof with the result of shortening or lengthening
        the running time of the motion picture; and
            ``(S) the term `vendor' means the wholesaler or packager of
        a motion picture which is intended for wholesale distribution
        to retail providers.
    ``(6)(A) A label for a materially altered version of a motion
picture intended for public performance or home use shall consist of a
panel card immediately preceding the commencement of the motion
picture, which bears one or more of the following statements, as
appropriate, in legible type and displayed on a conspicuous and
readable basis:
    `THIS FILM IS NOT THE VERSION ORIGINALLY RELEASED. ______ mins. and
______ secs. have been cut [or, if appropriate, added]. The director,
__________________ ____________________, and screenwriter, __________
__________, object because this alteration changes the narrative and/or
characterization. It has (also) been panned and scanned. The director
and cinematographer, __________ __________, object because this
alteration removes visual information and changes the composition of
the images. It has (also) been colorized. Colors have been added by
computer to the original black and white images. The director and
cinematographer object to this alteration because it eliminates the
black and white photography and changes the photographic images of the
actors. It has (also) been electronically speeded up (or slowed down).
The director objects because this alteration changes the pace of the
performances.'
    ``(B) A label for a motion picture that has been materially altered
in a manner not described by any of the label elements set forth in
subparagraph (A) shall contain a statement similar in form and
substance to those set forth in subparagraph (A) which accurately
describes the material alteration and the objection of the artistic
author.
    ``(7) A label for a motion picture which has been materially
altered in more than one manner, or of which an individual served as
more than one artistic author, need only state the name of the artistic
author once, in the first objection of the artistic author so listed.
In addition, a label for a motion picture which has been materially
altered in more than one manner need only state once, at the beginning
of the label: `THIS FILM IS NOT THE VERSION ORIGINALLY RELEASED.'.
    ``(8) A label for a film package of a materially altered motion
picture shall consist of--
            ``(A) an area of a rectangle on the front of the package
        which bears, as appropriate, one or more of the statements
        listed in paragraph (6) in a conspicuous and legible type in
        contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printed
        matter on the package; and
            ``(B) an area of a rectangle on the side of the package
        which bears, as appropriate, one or more of the statements
        listed in paragraph (6) in a conspicuous and legible type in
        contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printed
        matter on the package.
    ``(9) The questionnaire required under paragraph (1)(A)(iii) shall
consist of the following statement and related questions:
            `In order to conform [insert name of motion picture], of
        which you are an ``artistic author'', to ancillary media such
        as television, airline exhibition, video cassettes, video
        discs, or any other media, do you object to:
    `(a) Editing (purposeful or accidental deletion or addition of
program material)?
            Yes____________      No______________
    `(b) Time compression/time expansion/lexiconning?
            Yes____________      No______________
    `(c) Panning and scanning?
            Yes____________      No______________
    `(d) Colorization, if the motion picture was originally made in
black and white?
            Yes____________      No______________'.''

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

HR 1731 IH----2

Summary: Film Disclosure Act of 1993 - Amends the Lanham Act to require that any distributor or network that proposes to exploit a materially altered motion picture bear a label which conspicuously discloses the fact of: (1) the film's material alteration from the form in which it was first released to the public, (2) the nature of such alteration. And (3) any objections raised by the artistic authors with reference to such alteration. Delineates the compliance procedure for distributors or networks that propose to exploit a materially altered film. Grants an artistic author the right to seek injunctive relief in US district courts to prevent violation of his or her rights under this Act.

Film Disclosure Act of 1993


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Assurance of Rx
Transitional Assistance Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES ELIGIBLE FOR
              MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS.

    (a) Automatic Enrollment of Beneficiaries Receiving Medical
Assistance for Medicare Cost-Sharing Under Medicaid.--Section 1860D-
14(a)(3)(B)(v) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)(3)(B)(v)) is amended to read as
follows:
                            ``(v) Treatment of medicaid
                        beneficiaries.--Subject to subparagraph (F),
                        the Secretary shall provide that part D
                        eligible individuals who are--
                                    ``(I) full-benefit dual eligible
                                individuals (as defined in section
                                1935(c)(6)) or who are recipients of
                                supplemental security income benefits
                                under title XVI shall be treated as
                                subsidy eligible individuals described
                                in paragraph (1); and
                                    ``(II) not described in subclause
                                (I), but who are determined for
                                purposes of the State plan under title
                                XIX to be eligible for medical
                                assistance under clause (i), (iii), or
                                (iv) of section 1902(a)(10)(E), shall
                                be treated as being determined to be
                                subsidy eligible individuals described
                                in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Assurance of Transitional Assistance Under Drug Discount Card
Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1860D-31(b)(2)(A) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-141(b)(2)(A)) is amended by
        adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Subject to
        subparagraph (B), each discount card eligible individual who is
        described in section 1860D-14(a)(3)(B)(v) shall be considered
        to be a transitional assistance eligible individual.''.
            (2) Automatic enrollment of medicaid beneficiaries.--
        Section 1860D-31(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395w-141(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Automatic enrollment of certain
                beneficiaries.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii),
                        the Secretary shall--
                                    ``(I) enroll each discount card
                                eligible individual who is described in
                                section 1860D-14(a)(3)(B)(v), but who
                                has not enrolled in an endorsed
                                discount card program as of August 15,
                                2004, in an endorsed discount card
                                program selected by the Secretary that
                                serves residents of the State in which
                                the individual resides; and
                                    ``(II) notwithstanding paragraphs
                                (2) and (3) of subsection (f),
                                automatically determine that such
                                individual is a transitional assistance
                                eligible individual (including whether
                                such individual is a special
                                transitional assistance eligible
                                individual) without requiring any self-
                                certification or subjecting such
                                individual to any verification under
                                such paragraphs.
                            ``(ii) Opt-out.--The Secretary shall not
                        enroll an individual under clause (i) if the
                        individual notifies the Secretary that such
                        individual does not wish to be enrolled and be
                        determined to be a transitional assistance
                        eligible individual under such clause before
                        the individual is so enrolled.''.
            (3) Notice of eligibility for transitional assistance.--
        Section 1860D-31(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395w-141(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(4) Notice of eligibility to medicaid beneficiaries.--Not
        later than July 15, 2004, each State or the Secretary (at the
        option of each State) shall mail to each discount card eligible
        individual who is described in section 1860D-14(a)(3)(B)(v),
        but who has not enrolled in an endorsed discount card program
        as of July 1, 2004, a notice stating that--
                    ``(A) such individual is eligible to enroll in an
                endorsed discount card program and to receive
                transitional assistance under subsection (g);
                    ``(B) if such individual does not enroll before
                August 15, 2004, such individual will automatically be
                enrolled in an endorsed discount card program selected
                by the Secretary unless the individual notifies the
                Secretary that such individual does not wish to be so
                enrolled;
                    ``(C) if the individual is enrolled in an endorsed
                discount card program during 2004, the individual will
                be permitted to change enrollment under subsection
                (c)(1)(C)(ii) for 2005; and
                    ``(D) there is no obligation to use the endorsed
                discount card program or transitional assistance when
                purchasing prescription drugs.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of section 101 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2071).

Summary: Medicare Assurance of Rx Transitional Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for the automatic enrollment of Medicare Savings Program (MSP) beneficiaries under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) in the interim prescription drug discount program and the transitional assistance program, making them eligible for the $600 per year in low-income discount card assistance without requiring a separate enrollment process.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the automatic enrollment of medicaid beneficiaries for prescription drug benefits under part D of such title, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Outer Continental Shelf Revenue
Sharing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUE SHARING.

    Section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1356a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (7);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and (10)
                as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (B)), by striking subparagraph (B) and
                inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `producing State'
                includes any State that begins production on a leased
                tract on or after the date of enactment of the Outer
                Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Act of 2005,
                regardless of whether the leased tract was on any date
                subject to a leasing moratorium.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (B)), by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (2) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subparagraph (E).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEAWARD LATERAL BOUNDARIES FOR COASTAL STATES.

    Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(A)'';
            (2) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``President shall'' and inserting
                ``Secretary shall by regulation''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the
                following: ``not later than 180 days after the date of
                enactment of the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue
                Sharing Act of 2005''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(ii)(I) For purposes of this Act (including determining
boundaries to authorize leasing and preleasing activities and any
attributing revenues under this Act and calculating payments to
producing States and coastal political subdivisions under section 31),
the Secretary shall delineate the lateral boundaries between coastal
States in areas of the Outer Continental shelf under exclusive Federal
jurisdiction, to the extent of the exclusive economic zone of the
United States, in accordance with article 15 of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10, 1982.
    ``(II) This clause shall not affect any right or title to Federal
submerged land on the outer Continental Shelf.''.

SEC. 4. OPTION TO PETITION FOR LEASING WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS ON THE
              OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.

    Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1341) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Leasing Within the Seaward Lateral Boundaries of Coastal
States.--
            ``(1) Definition of affected area.--In this subsection, the
        term `affected area' means any area located--
                    ``(A) in the areas of northern, central, and
                southern California and the areas of Oregon and
                Washington;
                    ``(B) in the north, middle, or south planning area
                of the Atlantic Ocean;
                    ``(C) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area
                and lying--
                            ``(i) south of 26 degrees north latitude;
                        and
                            ``(ii) east of 86 degrees west longitude;
                        or
                    ``(D) in the Straits of Florida.
            ``(2) Restrictions on leasing.--The Secretary shall not
        offer for offshore leasing, preleasing, or any related
        activity--
                    ``(A) any area located on the outer Continental
                Shelf that, as of the date of enactment of this
                subsection, is designated as a marine sanctuary under
                the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of
                1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.); or
                    ``(B) except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4),
                during the period beginning on the date of enactment of
                this subsection and ending on June 30, 2012, any
                affected area.
            ``(3) Resource assessments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which
                the Secretary delineates seaward lateral boundaries
                under section 4(a)(2)(A)(ii), a Governor of a State in
                which an affected area is located, with the consent of
                the legislature of the State, may submit to the
                Secretary a petition requesting a resource assessment
                of any area within the seaward lateral boundary of the
                State.
                    ``(B) Eligible resources.--A petition for a
                resource assessment under subparagraph (A) may be for--
                            ``(i) oil and gas leasing;
                            ``(ii) gas-only leasing; or
                            ``(iii) any other energy source leasing,
                        including renewable energy leasing.
                    ``(C) Action by secretary.--Not later than 90 days
                after receipt of a petition under subparagraph (A), the
                Secretary shall approve the petition, unless the
                Secretary determines that a resource assessment of the
                area would create an unreasonable risk of harm to the
                marine, human, or coastal environment of the State.
                    ``(D) Failure to act.--If the Secretary fails to
                approve or deny a petition in accordance with
                subparagraph (C)--
                            ``(i) the petition shall be considered to
                        be approved; and
                            ``(ii) a resource assessment of any
                        appropriate area shall be carried out as soon
                        as practicable.
                    ``(E) Submission to state.--As soon as practicable
                after the date on which a petition is approved under
                subparagraph (C) or (D), the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) complete the resource assessment for
                        the area; and
                            ``(ii) submit the completed resource
                        assessment to the State.
            ``(4) Petition for leasing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On receipt of a resource
                assessment under paragraph (3)(E)(ii), the Governor of
                a State in which an affected area is located, with the
                consent of the legislature of the State, may submit to
                the Secretary a petition requesting that the Secretary
                make available any land that is within the seaward
                lateral boundaries of the State (as established under
                section 4(a)(2)(A)(ii)) and that is greater than 20
                miles from the coastline of the State for the conduct
                of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, or related activities
                with respect to--
                            ``(i) oil and gas leasing;
                            ``(ii) gas-only leasing; or
                            ``(iii) any other energy source leasing,
                        including renewable energy leasing.
                    ``(B) Action by secretary.--Not later than 90 days
                after receipt of a petition under subparagraph (A), the
                Secretary shall approve the petition, unless the
                Secretary determines that leasing the area would create
                an unreasonable risk of harm to the marine, human, or
                coastal environment of the State.
                    ``(C) Failure to act.--If the Secretary fails to
                approve or deny a petition in accordance with
                subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) the petition shall be considered to
                        be approved; and
                            ``(ii) any appropriate area shall be made
                        available for oil and gas leasing, gas-only
                        leasing, or any other energy source leasing,
                        including renewable energy leasing.
            ``(5) Revenue sharing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which
                production begins in an area under this subsection, the
                State shall, without further appropriation, share in
                any qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues of the
                production under section 31.
                    ``(B) Applicable law.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
                        clause (ii), a State shall not be required to
                        comply with subsections (c) and (d) of section
                        31 to share in qualified outer Continental
                        Shelf revenues under subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) Exception.--Of any qualified outer
                        Continental Shelf revenues received by a State
                        (including a political subdivision of a State)
                        under subparagraph (A), at least 25 percent
                        shall be used for 1 or more of the purposes
                        described in section 31(d)(1).
            ``(6) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection affects any right
        relating to an area described in paragraph (1) or (2) under a
        lease that was in existence on the day before the date of
        enactment of this subsection.''.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall issue such
regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments
made by this Act, including regulations establishing procedures for
entering into gas-only leases.
    (b) Gas-Only Leases.--In issuing regulations establishing
procedures for entering into gas-only leases, the Secretary shall--
            (1) ensure that gas-only leases under the Outer Continental
        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) are not available in a
        State that (as of the day before the date of enactment of this
        Act) did not contain an affected area (as defined in section
        12(g)(1) of that Act (as added by section 4)); and
            (2) define ``natural gas'' as--
                    (A) unmixed natural gas; or
                    (B) any mixture of natural or artificial gas
                (including compressed or liquefied petroleum gas) and
                condensate recovered from natural gas.

Summary: Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) regarding the coastal impact assistance program to: (1) repeal references to leasing moratoria. (2) redefine a producing state as one that begins production on a leased tract on or after the date of enactment of this Act, regardless of whether the leased tract was on any date subject to a leasing moratorium. (3) repeal the exclusion of certain revenues from qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues. And (4) repeal the exclusion of certain leased tracts from the statutory formula for payments to coastal political subdivisions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to delineate the lateral boundaries between coastal states in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf under exclusive federal jurisdiction. Prescribes guidelines for petitions to lease within the seaward lateral boundaries of coastal states. Includes guidelines under which a state shall share in qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues as of the date production begins under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue implementing regulations, including procedures for entering into gas-only leases.

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to allow certain coastal States to share in qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Campaign Disclosure Act
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY ELECTRONIC PRESERVATION AND FILING OF FEDERAL
              ELECTION COMMISSION REPORTS; ACCESS THROUGH INTERNET
              SITE.

    (a) Electronic Filing Through the Internet.--Section 304(a)(11) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(11)(A) Through a competitive bidding process, the Commission
shall establish a public Internet site not later than January 1, 1999,
with the following features:
            ``(i) Any person filing a report required by this Act may
        post the report directly on the site.
            ``(ii) Any member of the public may obtain the reports
        posted on the site (together with any other information the
        Commission may make available through the site) at any time.
            ``(iii) Any information in a report posted on the site
        shall be subject to the same prohibition on sale and use as
        information from a report or statement under paragraph (4).
            ``(iv) All information posted on the site shall be
        integrated in a manner which permits users to search the
        information across categories and sources.
    ``(B)(i) The Commission shall permit each person required to file a
report under this Act to file the report by posting it directly on the
Internet site established under subparagraph (A), or by filing it by
such electronic method as the Commission may designate to enable the
Commission to post the report on such site immediately upon receipt.
    ``(ii) The Commission shall require a person to file a report under
this Act in accordance with the methods described in clause (i) during
an election cycle if the aggregate amount of contributions or
expenditures reported previously by the person during the cycle exceeds
$25,000.
    ``(C) The Commission shall provide for one or more methods (other
than requiring a signature on the report being filed) for verification
of reports filed in accordance with the methods described in
subparagraph (B)(i). Any verification under the preceding sentence
shall be treated for all purposes (including penalties for perjury) in
the same manner as a verification by signature.
    ``(D) As used in this paragraph, the term ``report'' means, with
respect to the Commission, a report, designation, or statement required
by this Act to be filed with the Commission.''.
    (b) Requiring Commission To Make Software Available.--Section
311(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) through competitive bidding, obtain and provide for
        computer software required to carry out section 304(a)(11).''.
    (c) Internet Defined.--Section 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is
amended by striking paragraph (19) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
    ``(19) The term `Internet' means the international computer network
of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet-switched data
networks.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING REPORTING OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS OF $100 OR MORE WITHIN
              10 DAYS OF RECEIPT.

    Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) If a political committee is required under subsection
(a)(11)(B)(ii) to file reports under this Act electronically during an
election cycle, the committee shall file a report with the Commission
listing each contribution of $100 or more received by the committee
during the cycle after the date on which such subsection first applies
to the committee. The committee shall file such report not later than
10 days after receipt, and shall include the identification of the
contributor, the date of receipt and amount of the contribution, and
(in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate) the name of the
candidate and the office sought by the candidate.
    ``(2) The report required under this paragraph shall be in addition
to all other reports required under this Act.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANDING TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN
              COMMITTEES SUBJECT TO EXPEDITED REPORTING; SHORTENING
              DEADLINE FOR REPORTING TO WITHIN 24 HOURS OF RECEIPT.

    Section 304(a)(6) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 434(a)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
        subparagraph:
    ``(B) In the case of a principal campaign committee which is
required under subsection (a)(11)(B)(ii) to file reports under this Act
electronically during an election cycle, subparagraph (A) shall apply
with respect to any contribution received by the committee after the
date on which such subsection first applies to the committee as if--
            ``(i) the reference to `$1,000' were a reference to `$100';
            ``(ii) the reference to `20th day' were a reference to
        `90th day'; and
            ``(iii) the reference in the second sentence to `48 hours'
        were a reference to `24 hours'.''.

SEC. 5. ELECTION CYCLE DEFINED.

    Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431) is amended by striking paragraph (19) and inserting the following
new paragraph:
    ``(19) The term `election cycle' means--
            ``(A) in the case of a candidate or the authorized
        committees of a candidate, the term beginning on the day after
        the date of the most recent general election for the specific
        office or seat which such candidate seeks and ending on the
        date of the next general election for such office or seat; or
            ``(B) for all other persons, the term beginning on the
        first day following the date of the last general election and
        ending on the date of the next general election.''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to
elections occurring after January 1999.

Summary: Electronic Campaign Disclosure Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to require the Federal Election Commission to: (1) establish a specified public Internet site not later than January 1, 1999. (2) permit persons required to file reports under FECA to file such reports by directly posting them on the Internet site or by filing them electronically to enable the Commission to post reports on such site immediately upon receipt. (3) provide for one or more methods for verification of reports filed in accordance with the methods described in the preceding. (4) require a person to file a report in accordance with the methods described during an election cycle if the aggregate amount of contributions and expenditures reported previously by the person during the cycle exceeds $25,000. And (5) obtain and provide for computer software required to carry out this Act through competitive bidding. Requires that if a political committee is required to file reports electronically during an election cycle, the committee shall file a report listing each contribution of $100 or more received by the committee not later than ten days after receipt and include the contributor's identification, the date of receipt and the contribution amount, and the candidate's name and the office sought by the candidate. Expands the types of contributions required to be reported by principal campaign committees subject to the mandatory electronic reporting requirements under this Act and changes the deadline for reporting such contributions by any authorized committee of a candidate.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Developing Resources Immediately and
Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008''
or the ``DRILL NOW Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF LAWS PROHIBITING THE SPENDING OF APPROPRIATED
              FUNDS FOR OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING ACTIVITIES.

    All provisions of existing Federal law prohibiting the spending of
appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and
preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf shall
have no force or effect.

SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF EXISTING PRESIDENTIAL WITHDRAWALS.

    All withdrawals of Federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental
Shelf from leasing, including withdrawals by the President under the
authority of section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1341(a)), are hereby revoked and are no longer in effect with
respect to the leasing of areas for exploration for, and development
and production of, oil, and natural gas.

SEC. 4. REVOCATION OF EXISTING PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.

    All authorities given to the President with respect to the leasing
of Federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, given under
section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1341(a)), are hereby revoked, except in the interest of national
security.

SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS FOR LEASING.

    Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) Availability of Certain Areas for Leasing.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Governor.--The term `Governor' means the
                Governor of a State.
                    ``(B) Qualified revenues.--The term `qualified
                revenues' means all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and
                other sums due and payable to the United States from
                leases entered into on or after the date of enactment
                of this Act for natural gas exploration and extraction
                activities authorized by the Secretary under this
                subsection.
            ``(2) Petition.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Governor may submit to the
                Secretary a petition requesting that the Secretary
                issue leases authorizing the conduct of oil and natural
                gas exploration and extraction activities in any area
                that is at least 50 miles beyond the coastal zone of
                the State.
                    ``(B) Contents.--In any petition under subparagraph
                (A), the Governor shall include a detailed plan of the
                proposed exploration and extraction activities, as
                applicable.
            ``(3) Action by secretary.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (D), as
                soon as practicable after the date of receipt of a
                petition under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall
                approve or deny the petition.
                    ``(B) Requirements for exploration and
                extraction.--The Secretary shall not approve a petition
                submitted under paragraph (2)(A) unless the State
                enacts legislation supporting exploration and
                extraction of oil and natural gas in the coastal zone
                of the State.
                    ``(C) Consistency with legislation.--The plan
                provided in the petition under paragraph (2)(B) shall
                be consistent with the legislation described in
                subparagraph (B) as applicable.
                    ``(D) Conflicts with military operations and
                national security.--The Secretary shall not approve a
                petition for a drilling activity under this paragraph
                if the drilling activity would conflict with any
                military operation or national security, as determined
                by the President.
            ``(4) Disposition of revenues.--Notwithstanding section 9,
        for each applicable fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury
        shall deposit--
                    ``(A) 25 percent of qualified revenues in a Clean
                and Alternative Energy Fund in the Treasury, which
                shall be established by the Secretary;
                    ``(B) 25 percent of qualified revenues in the
                general fund of the Treasury;
                    ``(C) 37.5 percent of qualified revenues in a
                special account in the Treasury from which the
                Secretary shall disburse to the State; and
                    ``(D) 6.25 percent to provide financial assistance
                to States in accordance with section 6 of the Land and
                Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-8),
                which shall be considered income to the Land and Water
                Conservation Fund for purposes of section 2 of that Act
                (16 U.S.C. 460l-5); and
                    ``(E) 6.25 percent to a reserve fund to be used to
                mitigate for any environmental damage that occurs as a
                result of extraction activities authorized under this
                subsection, regardless of whether the damage is--
                            ``(i) reasonably foreseeable; or
                            ``(ii) caused by negligence, natural
                        disasters, or other acts.
            ``(5) Existing leases.--Any funds that would be received by
        the United States as royalties under any Federal oil and gas
        lease of an area on the outer Continental Shelf within 50 miles
        of the coastal zone of the State of Texas, Louisiana,
        Mississippi, or Alabama that is in effect on the date of
        enactment of the DRILL NOW Act of 2008 shall be paid to that
        State if the State enacts a statute that establishes a plan for
        expenditure of those funds.''.

Summary: Developing Resources Immediately and Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008, or DRILL NOW Act of 2008 - Declares without force or effect all existing federal law which prohibits spending appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing on the outer Continental Shelf. Revokes: (1) all withdrawals from leasing on federal submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf. And (2) Presidential authorities with respect to such leasing . Amends of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize a state governor to petition the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases for oil and natural gas exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the state's coastal zone. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary shall approve or deny the petition. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit revenues from leasing operations into designated funds and accounts. Provides that any funds that would be received by the United States as royalties under any existing federal oil and gas lease on the outer Continental Shelf that lies within 50 miles of the coastal zone of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama shall be paid to that state if it enacts an expenditure plan for those funds.

To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating longstanding moratoriums on the domestic production of offshore oil and natural gas and to authorize States to petition for authorization to conduct offshore oil and natural gas exploration and extraction in the coastal zone of their State.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Yellowstone Reclamation
Projects Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Diversion works.--The term ``Diversion Works'' means
        the land in the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ of Sec. 36, T.18N., R.56E. P. M.,
        Montana, and the diversion dam structure, canal headworks
        structure, and the first section of the main canal, all
        contained therein.
            (2) Intake irrigation district.--The term ``Intake
        Irrigation District'' means the irrigation district by that
        name that is organized under the laws of the State of Montana
        and operates the Intake Project.
            (3) Intake project.--The term ``Intake Project'' means the
        Federal irrigation feature operated by the Intake Irrigation
        District and authorized under the Act of August 11, 1939
        (chapter 717; 53 Stat. 1418).
            (4) Irrigation districts.--The term ``irrigation
        districts'' means--
                    (A) the Intake Irrigation District;
                    (B) the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No.
                1;
                    (C) the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No.
                2; and
                    (D) the Savage Irrigation District.
            (5) Lower yellowstone irrigation district no. 1.--The term
        ``Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No. 1'' means the
        irrigation district by that name that is organized under the
        laws of the State of Montana and operates the part of the Lower
        Yellowstone Irrigation Project located in the State of Montana.
            (6) Lower yellowstone irrigation district no. 2.--The term
        ``Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No. 2'' means the
        irrigation district by that name that is organized under the
        laws of the State of North Dakota and operates the part of the
        Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project located in the State of
        North Dakota.
            (7) Lower yellowstone irrigation project.--The term ``Lower
        Yellowstone Irrigation Project'' means the Federal irrigation
        feature operated by Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No. 1
        and Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No. 2 and authorized
        by the Act of June 17, 1902 (chapter 1093; 32 Stat. 388).
            (8) Memorandum of understanding.--The term ``Memorandum of
        Understanding'' means the memorandum of understanding dated
        November 16, 1999, and any subsequent replacements or
        amendments between the Districts and the Montana Area Office,
        Great Plains Region, Bureau of Reclamation, for the purpose of
        defining certain principles by which the title to the projects
        will be transferred from the United States to the districts.
            (9) Pick-sloan missouri basin program.--The term ``Pick-
        Sloan Missouri Basin Program'' means the comprehensive Federal
        program for multipurpose benefits within the Missouri River
        Basin, including irrigation authorized by section 9 of the Act
        of December 22, 1944, commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act
        of 1944'' (chapter 665; 58 Stat. 891).
            (10) Pick-sloan missouri basin program project use power.--
        The term ``Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program Project Use
        Power'' means power available for establishing and maintaining
        the irrigation developments of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
        Program.
            (11) Projects.--The term ``Projects'' means--
                    (A) the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project;
                    (B) the Intake Irrigation Project; and
                    (C) the Savage Unit.
            (12) Savage irrigation district.--The term ``Savage
        Irrigation District'' means the irrigation district by that
        name that is organized under the laws of the State of Montana
        and operates the Savage Unit.
            (13) Savage unit.--The term ``Savage Unit'' means the
        Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, a Federal
        irrigation development authorized by the Act of December 22,
        1944 (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1944'')
        (chapter 665; 58 Stat. 891).
            (14) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PROJECTS.

    (a) Conveyances.--
            (1) General.--As soon as practicable after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey works,
        facilities, and lands of the Projects to the Irrigation
        Districts in accordance with all applicable laws and pursuant
        to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding. The conveyance
        shall take place in two stages, the first stage to include all
        conveyances under this Act except Diversion Works and the
        second stage to convey the Diversion Works.
            (2) Lands.--
                    (A) General.--All lands, easements, and rights-of-
                way the United States possesses that are to be conveyed
by the Secretary to the respective irrigation districts shall be
conveyed by quitclaim deed. Conveyance of such lands, easements, and
rights-of-way is subject to permits, licenses, leases, rights-of-use,
or right-of-way of record outstanding in third parties on, over, or
across such lands, easements, and rights-of-way.
                    (B) Mineral rights.--Conveyance of all lands herein
                described shall be subject to a reservation by the
                United States reserving all minerals of a nature
                whatsoever, excluding sand and gravel, and subject to
                oil, gas, and other mineral rights heretofore reserved
                of record by or in favor of third parties.
            (3) Water rights.--The Secretary shall transfer to the
        respective Irrigation Districts in accordance with and subject
        to the law of the State of Montana, all natural flow,
        wastewater, seepage, return flow, domestic water, stock water,
        and groundwater rights held in part or wholly in the name of
        the United States that are used to serve the lands within the
        Irrigation Districts.
            (4) Costs.--
                    (A) Reclamation withdrawn lands.--The Irrigation
                Districts shall purchase Reclamation withdrawn lands as
                identified in the Memorandum of Understanding for their
                value in providing operation and maintenance benefits
                to the Irrigation Districts.
                    (B) Savage unit repayment obligations.--
                            (i) Savage irrigation district.--As a
                        condition of transfer, the Secretary shall
                        receive an amount from the Savage Irrigation
                        District equal to the present value of the
                        remaining water supply repayment obligation of
                        $60,480 that shall be treated as full payment
                        under Contract Number I1r-1525, as amended and
                        as extended by Contract No. 9-07-60-WO770.
                            (ii) Pick-sloan missouri basin program
                        construction obligation.--As a condition of
                        transfer, the Secretary shall accept $94,727 as
                        payment from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
                        Program (Eastern Division) power customers
                        under the terms specified in this section, as
                        consideration for the conveyance under this
                        subsection. This payment shall be out of the
                        receipts from the sale of power from the Pick-
                        Sloan Missouri Basin Program (Eastern Division)
                        collected by the Western Area Power
                        Administration and deposited into the
                        Reclamation fund of the Treasury in fiscal year
                        2003. This payment shall be treated as full and
                        complete payment by the power customers of the
                        construction aid-to-irrigation associated with
                        the facilities of the Savage Unit.
    (b) Revocation of Reclamation Withdrawals and Orders.--
            (1) The Reclamation withdrawal established by Public Land
        Order 4711 dated October 6, 1969, for the Lower Yellowstone
        Irrigation Project in lots 1 and 2, section 3, T.23N., R. 59
        E., is hereby revoked in its entirety.
            (2) The Secretarial Order of March 22, 1906, which was
        issued for irrigation works on lots 3 and 4 section 2, T. 23N.,
        R. 59E., and Secretarial Order of August 8, 1905, which was
        issued for irrigation works in section 2, T. 17 N., R. 56 E.
        and section 6, T. 17 N., R. 57 E., are hereby revoked in their
        entirety.
            (3) The Secretarial Order of August 24, 1903, and July 27,
        1908, which were issued in connection with the Lower
        Yellowstone Irrigation Project, are revoked insofar as they
        affect the following lands:
                    (A) Lot 9 of Sec. 2 and lot 2 of Sec. 30, T.18N.,
                R.57E.; lot 3 of Sec. 4, T.19N., R.58E.; lots 2 and 3
                and 6 and 7 of Sec. 12, T.21N, R.58E.; SW\1/4\NW\1/4\
                of Sec. 26, T.22N., R58E; lots 1 and 4 and 7 and NW\1/
                4\SW\1/4\ of Sec. 20, T.22N., R.59E.; SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of
                Sec. 13, T.23N., R.59E.; and lot 2 of Sec. 18, T.24N.,
                R.60E.; all in the Principal Meridian, Montana.
                    (B) Lot 8 of Sec. 2 and lot 1 and lot 2 and lot 3
                and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of Sec. 10 and lot 2 of Sec. 11 and
                lot 6 of Sec. 18 and lot 3 of Sec. 35, T.151N.,
                R.104W.; and lot 7 of Sec. 28, T.152N., R.104W.; all in
                the Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    If the conveyance under this Act has not occurred within 2 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act for the first stage
conveyances as provided in section 3, and 5 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act for the second stage conveyances as provided in
section 3, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Resources of the Senate on the status of the transfer and
anticipated completion date.

SEC. 5. RECREATION MANAGEMENT.

    As a condition of the Conveyance of lands under section 3, the
Secretary shall require that Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No.
1 and Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No. 2 convey a perpetual
conservation easement to the State of Montana, at no cost to the State,
for the purposes of protecting, preserving, and enhancing the
conservation values and permitting recreation on Federal lands in part
to be conveyed under this Act. Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No
1, Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District No. 2, and the State of
Montana have mutually agreed upon such conservation easement.

SEC. 6. PROJECT PUMPING POWER.

    The Secretary shall sustain the irrigation developments established
by the Lower Yellowstone and Intake Projects and the Savage Unit as
components of the irrigation plan under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River
Basin Program and shall continue to provide the Irrigation Districts
with Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Project Use power at the
Irrigation Districts' pumping plants, except that the rate shall be at
the preference power rate and there shall be no ability-to-pay
adjustment.

SEC. 7. YELLOWSTONE RIVER FISHERIES PROTECTION.

    (a) General.--The Secretary, prior to the transfer of title of the
Diversion Works and in cooperation with the Irrigation Districts, shall
provide fish protection devices to prevent juvenile and adult fish from
entering the Main Canal of the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and
allow bottom dwelling fish species to migrate above the Project's
Intake Diversion Dam.
    (b) Participation.--The Secretary and the Irrigation District shall
work cooperatively in planning, engineering, and constructing the fish
protection devices.
    (c) Construction Schedule.--Construction of Fish Protection Devices
shall be completed within 2 years after the date of enactment of this
Act.
    (d) Monitoring.--The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of
the Bureau of Reclamation and the Director of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, prior to the transfer of title of the Diversion
Works, shall establish and conduct a monitoring plan to measure the
effectiveness of the devices for a period of 2 years after construction
is completed.
    (e) Modifications.--The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation,
prior to the transfer of title of the Diversion Works, shall be
responsible to modify the devices as necessary to ensure proper
functioning. All modifications shall be completed within 3 years after
the devices were initially constructed.
    (f) Costs.--Costs incurred in planning, engineering, constructing,
monitoring, and modifying all fish protection devices shall be deemed
nonreimbursable.
    (g) Operation, Maintenance, and Replacements Responsibility.--
Following completion of monitoring and modifications required under
this section, the Irrigation Districts shall operate, maintain, and
replace the fisheries protection devices in a manner to ensure proper
functioning.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER LAWS AND FUTURE BENEFITS.

    Upon conveyance of the projects under this Act, the Irrigation
Districts shall not be subject to the Reclamation laws or entitled to
receive any Reclamation benefits under those laws except as provided in
section 6.

SEC. 9. LIABILITY.

    Effective on the date of conveyance of a project under this Act,
the United States shall not be liable under any State or Federal law
for damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence
relating to the projects, except for damages caused by acts of
negligence committed by the United Stated or by its employees, agents,
or contractors prior to the date of this conveyance. Nothing in this
section shall be considered to increase the liability of the United
States beyond that currently provided in chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, popularly known as the Federal Tort Act.

SEC. 10. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.

    As a condition of the Conveyances under section 3, the Secretary
shall by no later than the date on which the conveyances occur complete
appropriate analyses of the transfer in compliance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), and other applicable laws.

Summary: Lower Yellowstone Reclamation Projects Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the works, facilities, and lands of the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, the Intake Irrigation Project in Montana, and the Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program to the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Districts No. 1 (Montana) and No. 2 , the Intake Irrigation District (Montana), and the Savage Irrigation District (Montana), respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding of November 16, 1999, between the Districts and the Bureau of Reclamation. Requires: (1) all conveyances under this Act, except the Diversion Works to be conveyed in the first stage. And (2) the Diversion Works to be conveyed in the second stage. Requires the Districts to buy Reclamation withdrawn lands as identified in the Memorandum for their value in providing operation and maintenance benefits. Requires the Secretary to accept: (1) an amount equal to the present value of the remaining water supply repayment obligation from the Savage Irrigation District as full payment of such District's share of the construction of the Savage Unit. And (2) a specified amount from the Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program power customers as full payment for the construction aid-to-irrigation associated with Unit facilities. Conditions the conveyance on the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Districts conveying a perpetual conservation easement to the State of Montana for the purposes of protecting, preserving, and enhancing the conservation values and permitting recreation on Federal lands in part to be conveyed under this Act. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) continuation of Pick-Sloan Program irrigation components and pumping power service, and (2) Yellowstone River fisheries protection.

A bill to convey the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, the Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and the Intake Irrigation Project to the pertinent irrigation districts.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Media Protection Act of
1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) On average, a child in the United States is exposed to
        27 hours of television each week, and some children are exposed
        to as much as 11 hours of television each day.
            (2) The average American child watches 8,000 murders and
        100,000 acts of other violence on television by the time the
        child completes elementary school.
            (3) By the age of 18 years, the average American teenager
        has watched 200,000 acts of violence on television, including
        40,000 murders.
            (4) The Times Mirror Center reports that a recent poll of
        Americans indicates that 72 percent of the American people
        believe that there is too much violence on television, and,
        according to a survey by U.S. News and World Report dated May
        1994, 91 percent of American voters believe that mayhem in the
        media contributes to violence in real life.
            (5) On several occasions since 1975, The Journal of the
        American Medical Association has alerted the medical community
        to the adverse effects of televised violence on child
        development, including an increase in the level of aggressive
        behavior and violent behavior among children who view it.
            (6) The National Commission on Children recommended in 1991
        that producers of television programs exercise greater
        restraint in the content of programming for children.
            (7) A report of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation,
        dated May 1993, indicates that there is an irrefutable
        connection between the amount of violence depicted in the
        television programs watched by children and increased
        aggressive behavior among children.
            (8) It is in the national interest that parents be
        empowered with the technology to block the viewing of
        television programs that are clearly inappropriate for children
        because of their sexual, violent, or indecent content.
            (9) Technology currently exists to permit the manufacture
        of television receivers that are capable of permitting parents
        to block such television programs.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION RATING CODE.

    Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(v) Prescribe--
            ``(1) on the basis of recommendations from an advisory
        committee established by the Commission that is composed of
        television broadcasters, television programming producers,
        cable operators, appropriate public interest groups, and other
        interested individuals from the private sector and that is
        fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented and
        the functions to be performed by the committee, rules to
        identify and rate sexual, violent, and indecent television
        programming that is clearly inappropriate for children, and
            ``(2) rules for the transmission by distributors of
        television programming of signals that contain an
        identification of the rating (pursuant to the rules prescribed
        under paragraph (1)) of the programming being distributed and
        that permit television viewers to block sexual, violent, and
        indecent television programming that is clearly inappropriate
        for children.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

    Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303), as
amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(w) Require, in the case of apparatus designed to receive
television signals that are manufactured in the United States or
imported for use in the United States and that have a picture screen 13
inches or greater in size (measured diagonally), that such apparatus--
            ``(1) be equipped with circuitry designed to enable viewers
        to block the display of channels, programs, and time slots; and
            ``(2) enable viewers to block display of all programs with
        a common rating.''.

SEC. 5. SHIPPING OR IMPORTING OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

    (a) Regulations.--Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 330) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by adding after subsection (b) the following new
        subsection (c):
    ``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall ship
in interstate commerce, manufacture, assemble, or import from any
foreign country into the United States any apparatus described in
section 303(w) of this Act except in accordance with rules prescribed
by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section.
    ``(2) This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting
apparatus referred to in paragraph (1) without trading it.
    ``(3) The rules prescribed by the Commission under this subsection
shall provide performance standards for blocking technology. Such rules
shall require that all such apparatus be able to receive the rating
signals which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical
blanking interval and which conform to the signal and blocking
specifications established by the Commission.
    ``(4) As new video technology is developed, the Commission shall
take such action as the Commission determines appropriate to ensure
that blocking service continues to be available to consumers.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 330(d) of such Act, as
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking ``section
303(s), and section 303(u)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``and
sections 303(s), 303(u), and 303(w)''.

SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMING THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR
              CHILDREN DURING CERTAIN HOURS.

    Title I of the Children's Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``prohibition on programming that is inappropriate for children

    ``Sec. 105. (a) The Commission shall, within 30 days of the date of
the enactment of this Act, initiate a rule-making proceeding to
prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and
by public telecommunications entities, including the broadcast by cable
operators, from the hours of 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., inclusive, of
programming that contains sexual, violent, and indecent television
programming that is clearly inappropriate for children.
    ``(b) As used in this section:
            ``(1) The term `cable operator' has the meaning given such
        term in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
        U.S.C. 522).
            ``(2) The term `programming' includes advertisements but
        does not include bona fide newscasts, bona fide news
        interviews, bona fide news documentaries, and on-the-spot
        coverage of bona fide news events.
            ``(3) The term `public telecommunications entity' has the
        meaning given such term in section 397(12) of the
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(12)).''.

SEC. 7. BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND CABLE OF EDUCATIONAL AND
              INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) Broadcast Television.--Section 309 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Educational and Information Programming for Children.--In
granting an application for a license for a television broadcasting
station (including an application for renewal of such a license), the
Commission shall impose such conditions upon the applicant as the
Commission requires in order to ensure that the applicant complies
under the license with the standards for children's television
programming established under section 102 of the Children's Television
Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and otherwise serves the educational and
informational needs of children through its overall programming.''.
    (b) Cable Service.--Part III of title VI of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 629. EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATION PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN

    ``Sec. 629. A franchise, including the renewal of a franchise, may
not be awarded under this part unless the cable operator to be awarded
the franchise agrees to comply with the standards for children's
television programming established under section 102 of the Children's
Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and to otherwise serve the
educational and informational needs of children in the provision of
cable service under the franchise.''.

Summary: Children's Media Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) prescribe rules to identify and rate sexual, violent, and indecent television programming that is clearly inappropriate for children. (2) prescribe rules for the transmission by television programming distributors of signals that identify the programming rating and permit viewers to block such inappropriate programming. And (3) require television sets with picture screens of 13 inches or greater to be equipped with blocking circuitry and enable viewers to block display of all programs with a common rating. Prohibits any person from shipping, manufacturing, assembling, or importing any television not so equipped. Requires performance standards for blocking technology. Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and any public telecommunications entities between 6 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m. of such inappropriate programming. Directs the FCC, in granting an application for a television broadcast license, to impose conditions which ensure that the applicant complies with the standards for children's television programming as established under the Children's Television Act of 1990 and otherwise serves the educational and informational needs of children through its overall programming. Prohibits a cable franchise award or renewal unless the cable operator complies with such standards.

Children's Media Protection Act of 1995


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Imperial Valley Desert Conservation
and Recreation Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND TO ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) In General.--On termination of all mining claims to the land
described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall transfer the land
described in that paragraph to the State.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in paragraph (1) is
certain Bureau of Land Management land in San Diego County, California,
comprising approximately 934 acres, as generally depicted on the map
entitled ``Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area Proposed Transfer to
the State'' and dated March 17, 2015.
    (c) Management.--
            (1) In general.--The land transferred under paragraph (1)
        shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of the
        California Wilderness Act (California Public Resources Code
        sections 5093.30-5093.40).
            (2) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land
        transferred under paragraph (1) is withdrawn from--
                    (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal
                under the public land laws;
                    (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining
                laws; and
                    (C) disposition under all laws relating to mineral
                and geothermal leasing.
            (3) Reversion.--If the State ceases to manage the land
        transferred under paragraph (1) as part of the State Park
        System or in a manner inconsistent with the California
        Wilderness Act (California Public Resources Code sections
        5093.30-5093.40), the land shall revert to the Secretary at the
        discretion of the Secretary, to be managed as a Wilderness
        Study Area.

SEC. 3. HOLTVILLE AIRPORT, IMPERIAL COUNTY.

    (a) In General.--On the submission of an application by Imperial
County, California, the Secretary of Transportation shall, in
accordance with section 47125 of title 49, United States Code, and
section 2641.1 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor
regulations) seek a conveyance from the Secretary of approximately
3,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to the Imperial
County Holtville Airport (L04) for the purposes of airport expansion.
    (b) Segregation.--The Secretary (acting through the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management) shall, with respect to the land to be
conveyed under subsection (a)--
            (1) segregate the land;
            (2) endeavor to develop a joint Memorandum of Understanding
        with the Imperial County Board of Supervisors, the Department
        of Defense, and the Department of Transportation; such an
        agreement shall not impose any obligation, term, or condition
        on the property owned by Imperial County; and
            (3) prohibit the appropriation of the land until--
                    (A) the date on which a joint Memorandum of
                Understanding is signed by the parties listed in
                paragraph (2);
                    (B) the date on which a notice of realty action
                terminates the application; and
                    (C) the date on which a document of conveyance is
                published.

SEC. 4. VINAGRE WASH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Vinagre Wash Special
Management Area in the State, to be managed by the El Centro Field
Office and the Yuma Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Management Area is to conserve,
protect, and enhance--
            (1) the plant and wildlife values of the Management Area;
        and
            (2) the outstanding and nationally significant ecological,
        geological, scenic, recreational, archaeological, cultural,
        historic, and other resources of the Management Area.
    (c) Boundaries.--The Management Area shall consist of the public
land in Imperial County, California, comprising approximately 81,880
acres, as generally depicted on the map.
    (d) Map; Legal Description.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable, but not later than
        3 years, after the date of enactment of this title, the
        Secretary shall submit a map and legal description of the
        Management Area to--
                    (A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
                of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
                of the Senate.
            (2) Effect.--The map and legal description submitted under
        paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if
        included in this title, except that the Secretary may correct
        any errors in the map and legal description.
            (3) Availability.--Copies of the map submitted under
        paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public
        inspection in--
                    (A) the Office of the Director of the Bureau of
                Land Management; and
                    (B) the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land
                Management in the State.

SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall allow hiking, camping,
hunting, and sightseeing and the use of motorized vehicles, mountain
bikes, and horses on designated routes in the Management Area in a
manner that--
            (1) is consistent with the purpose of the Management Area
        described in section 4(b);
            (2) ensures public health and safety; and
            (3) is consistent with applicable laws and regulations,
        including the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
    (b) Off-Highway Vehicle Use.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and all
        other applicable laws, the use of off-highway vehicles shall be
        permitted on routes in the Management Area generally depicted
        on the map.
            (2) Closure.--The Secretary may temporarily close or
        permanently reroute a portion of a route described in paragraph
        (1)--
                    (A) to prevent, or allow for restoration of,
                resource damage;
                    (B) to protect tribal cultural resources, including
                the resources identified in the tribal cultural
                resources management plan;
                    (C) to address public safety concerns; or
                    (D) as otherwise required by law.
            (3) Designation of additional routes.--During the 3-year
        period beginning on the date of enactment of this title, the
        Secretary--
                    (A) shall accept petitions from the public
                regarding additional routes for off-highway vehicles;
                and
                    (B) may designate additional routes that the
                Secretary determines--
                            (i) would provide significant or unique
                        recreational opportunities; and
                            (ii) are consistent with the purposes of
                        the Management Area.
    (c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land
within the Management Area is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) right-of-way, leasing, or disposition under all laws
        relating to--
                    (A) minerals; or
                    (B) solar, wind, and geothermal energy.
    (d) No Buffers.--The establishment of the Management Area shall
not--
            (1) create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the
        Management Area; or
            (2) preclude uses or activities outside the Management Area
        that are permitted under other applicable laws, even if the
        uses or activities are prohibited within the Management Area.
    (e) Notice of Available Routes.--The Secretary shall ensure that
visitors to the Management Area have access to adequate notice relating
to the availability of designated routes in the Management Area
through--
            (1) the placement of appropriate signage along the
        designated routes;
            (2) the distribution of maps, safety education materials,
        and other information that the Secretary determines to be
        appropriate; and
            (3) restoration of areas that are not designated as open
        routes, including vertical mulching.
    (f) Stewardship.--The Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes
and other interests, shall develop a program to provide opportunities
for monitoring and stewardship of the Management Area to minimize
environmental impacts and prevent resource damage from recreational
use, including volunteer assistance with--
            (1) route signage;
            (2) restoration of closed routes;
            (3) protection of Management Area resources; and
            (4) recreation education.
    (g) Protection of Tribal Cultural Resources.--Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary, in
accordance with chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, and any
other applicable law, shall--
            (1) prepare and complete a tribal cultural resources survey
        of the Management Area; and
            (2) consult with the Quechan Indian Nation and other Indian
        tribes demonstrating ancestral, cultural, or other ties to the
        resources within the Management Area on the development and
        implementation of the tribal cultural resources survey under
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 6. POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.

    (a) Protection of Wilderness Character.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall manage the Federal
        land in the Management Area described in paragraph (2) in a
        manner that preserves the character of the land for the
        eventual inclusion of the land in the National Wilderness
        Preservation System.
            (2) Description of land.--The Federal land described in
        this paragraph is--
                    (A) the approximately 10,860 acres of land, as
                generally depicted as the Indian Pass Additions on the
                map entitled ``Vinagre Wash Proposed Special Management
                Area'' and dated November 10, 2009;
                    (B) the approximately 17,250 acres of land, as
                generally depicted as Milpitas Wash Potential
                Wilderness on the map entitled ``Vinagre Wash Proposed
                Special Management Area'' and dated November 10, 2009;
                    (C) the approximately 11,840 acres of land, as
                generally depicted as Buzzards Peak Potential
                Wilderness on the map entitled ``Vinagre Wash Proposed
                Special Management Area'' and dated November 10, 2009;
                and
                    (D) the approximately 9,350 acres of land, as
                generally depicted as Palo Verde Mountains Potential
                Wilderness on the map entitled ``Vinagre Wash Proposed
                Special Management Area'' and dated November 10, 2009.
            (3) Use of land.--
                    (A) Military uses.--The Secretary shall manage the
                Federal land in the Management Area described in
                paragraph (2) in a manner that is consistent with the
                Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that
                the Secretary may authorize use of the land by the
                Secretary of the Navy for Naval Special Warfare
                Tactical Training, including long-range small unit
                training and navigation, vehicle concealment, and
                vehicle sustainment training, in accordance with
                applicable Federal laws.
                    (B) Prohibited uses.--The following shall be
                prohibited on the Federal land described in paragraph
                (2):
                            (i) Permanent roads.
                            (ii) Commercial enterprises.
                            (iii) Except as necessary to meet the
                        minimum requirements for the administration of
                        the Federal land and to protect public health
                        and safety--
                                    (I) the use of mechanized vehicles;
                                and
                                    (II) the establishment of temporary
                                roads.
            (4) Wilderness designation.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal land described in
                paragraph (2) shall be designated as wilderness and as
                a component of the National Wilderness Preservation
                System on the date on which the Secretary, in
                consultation with the Secretary of Defense, publishes a
                notice in the Federal Register that all activities on
                the Federal land that are incompatible with the
                Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have
                terminated.
                    (B) Designation.--On designation of the Federal
                land under clause (i)--
                            (i) the land described in paragraph (2)(A)
                        shall be incorporated in, and shall be
                        considered to be a part of, the Indian Pass
                        Wilderness;
                            (ii) the land described in paragraph (2)(B)
                        shall be designated as the ``Milpitas Wash
                        Wilderness'';
                            (iii) the land described in paragraph
                        (2)(C) shall be designated as the ``Buzzard
                        Peak Wilderness''; and
                            (iv) the land described in paragraph (2)(D)
                        shall be incorporated in, and shall be
                        considered to be a part of, the Palo Verde
                        Mountains Wilderness.
    (b) Administration of Wilderness.--Subject to valid existing
rights, the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition
by this title shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with
this Act and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Management area.--The term ``Management Area'' means
        the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Vinagre
        Wash Proposed Special Management Area; Indian Pass Mountains
        and Palo Verde Mountains Potential Wilderness Additions, and
        Buzzards Peak, Milpitas Wash Potential Wilderness'' and dated
        February 19, 2015.
            (3) Public land.--The term ``public land'' has the meaning
        given the term ``public lands'' in section 103 of the Federal
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of
        California.

Summary: Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the state of California approximately 934 acres of specified public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in San Diego County, upon termination of all mining claims to such lands, to be managed in accordance with the provisions of the California Wilderness Act. On the submission of an application by Imperial County, California, the Department of Transportation shall seek a conveyance from Interior of approximately 3,500 acres of BLM-administered land adjacent to the Imperial County Holtville Airport in Imperial County, California, for purposes of airport expansion. The bill establishes the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area in California to conserve, protect, and enhance its plant and wildlife values and nationally significant resources. The area shall consist of approximately 81,880 acres of certain public lands in Imperial County. Interior shall manage specified lands in the management area to preserve their character for eventual inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.