SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Meat and Poultry Products Safety
Improvement Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. MICROBIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    (a) Meat.--The Federal Meat Inspection Act is amended by inserting
after section 8 (21 U.S.C. 608) the following:

``SEC. 8A. MICROBIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--In order to protect the public health and
promote food safety, the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe
performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in
meat and meat products processed by each establishment receiving
inspection services under this Act.
    ``(b) Enforcement.--If the Secretary determines that an
establishment fails to meet a standard established under subsection (a)
and that the establishment fails to take actions necessary to meet the
standard, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall refuse to
allow any meat or meat product subject to the standard and processed by
the establishment to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as
`inspected and passed'.''.
    (b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by
inserting after section 7 (21 U.S.C. 456) the following:

``SEC. 7A. MICROBIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--In order to protect the public health and
promote food safety, the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe
performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in
poultry and poultry products processed by each establishment receiving
inspection services under this Act.
    ``(b) Enforcement.--If the Secretary determines that an
establishment fails to meet a standard established under subsection (a)
and that the establishment fails to take actions necessary to meet the
standard, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall refuse to
allow any poultry or poultry product subject to the standard and
processed by the establishment to be labeled, marked, stamped, or
tagged as `inspected and passed'.''.
    (c) Effectiveness of Current Regulations.--Consistent with section
553 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
have the authority to enforce the microbiological performance standards
of the Secretary in effect on January 1, 2000.

SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY TRACEBACK.

    (a) Livestock.--Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 25. LIVESTOCK TRACEBACK.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall, as the Secretary determines
necessary, prescribe by regulation that cattle, sheep, swine, goats,
horses, mules, and other equines presented for slaughter for human food
purposes be identified in the manner prescribed by the Secretary to
enable the Secretary to trace each animal to any premises at which the
animal has been held for such period prior to slaughter that the
Secretary determines necessary to carry out this Act.
    ``(b) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment
inspected under this Act of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
mules, or other equines not identified as prescribed by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each
        person, firm, and corporation required to identify livestock
        pursuant to subsection (a) maintain accurate records, as
        prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and
        identification of the livestock.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described
        in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a
        duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the
        representative to access to each place of business of the
        person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records
        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation
        described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to
        be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as
        the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(d) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or
carcasses thereof, were held.
    ``(e) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter,
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at
which were held any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or
other equines, or the carcasses thereof.
    ``(f) Pathogens.--If the Secretary finds any human pathogen,
disease, or any residue in any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
mules, or other equines at the time they are presented for slaughter or
in any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food product
prepared in an official establishment and the Secretary finds that
there is a reasonable probability that human consumption of any meat or
meat food product containing the human pathogen, disease, or residue
presents a threat to public health, the Secretary may prohibit or
restrict the movement of any animals, carcasses, parts of carcasses,
meat, meat food product, or any other article from any source of the
human pathogen, disease, or residue until the Secretary determines that
the human pathogen, disease, or residue at the source no longer
presents a threat to public health.
    ``(g) Use of Common Methods.--The Secretary shall use any means of
identification and recordkeeping methods used by producers or handlers
of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines
whenever the Secretary determines that such means of identification and
recordkeeping methods will enable the Secretary to carry out this
section.''.
    (b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by
inserting after section 23 (21 U.S.C. 467e) the following:

``SEC. 23A. POULTRY TRACEBACK.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall, as the Secretary determines
necessary, prescribe by regulation that poultry presented for slaughter
for human food purposes be identified in the manner prescribed by the
Secretary to enable the Secretary to trace each animal to any premises
at which the animal has been held for such period prior to slaughter
that the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this Act.
    ``(b) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment
inspected under this Act of any poultry not identified as prescribed by
the Secretary.
    ``(c) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each
        person, firm, and corporation required to identify poultry
        pursuant to subsection (a) maintain accurate records, as
        prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and
        identification of the poultry.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described
        in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a
        duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the
        representative to access to each place of business of the
        person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records
        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation
        described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to
        be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as
        the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(d) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any
poultry, or carcasses thereof, were held.
    ``(e) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter,
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at
which were held any poultry or the carcasses thereof.
    ``(f) Pathogens.--If the Secretary finds any human pathogen,
disease, or any residue in any poultry at the time the poultry is
presented for slaughter or in any carcasses, parts of carcasses,
poultry, or poultry food product prepared in an official establishment
and the Secretary finds that there is a reasonable probability that
human consumption of any poultry or poultry food product containing the
human pathogen, disease, or residue presents a threat to public health,
the Secretary may prohibit or restrict the movement of any animals,
carcasses, parts of carcasses, poultry, poultry food product, or any
other article from any source of the human pathogen, disease, or
residue until the Secretary determines that the human pathogen,
disease, or residue at the source no longer presents a threat to public
health.
    ``(g) Use of Common Methods.--The Secretary shall use any means of
identification and recordkeeping methods used by producers or handlers
of poultry whenever the Secretary determines that such means of
identification and recordkeeping methods will enable the Secretary to
carry out this section.''.

SEC. 4. STATE REPORTING OF FOOD BORNE PATHOGEN ILLNESSES.

    (a) Meat.--Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 661) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) State Reporting of Food Borne Pathogen Illnesses.--Each State
shall report to the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services any outbreak of food borne pathogen illnesses from meat and
meat products in the State.''.
    (b) Poultry.--Section 5 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 454) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) State Reporting of Food Borne Pathogen Illnesses.--Each State
shall report to the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services any outbreak of food borne pathogen illnesses from poultry and
poultry products in the State.''.

SEC. 5. EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.

    (a) Meat.--The Federal Meat Inspection Act is amended by inserting
after section 405 (21 U.S.C. 675) the following:

``SEC. 405A. EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.

    ``(a) In General.--No establishment at which inspection is
maintained under this Act may harass, prosecute, hold liable, or
discriminate against any employee or other person because the employee
or other person--
            ``(1) is assisting or demonstrating an intent to assist in
        achieving compliance with this Act (including any regulation);
            ``(2) is refusing to violate or assist in the violation of
        this Act (including any regulation); or
            ``(3) has commenced, caused to be commenced, or is about to
        commence a proceeding, has testified or is about to testify at
        a proceeding, or has assisted or participated or is about to
        participate in any manner in such a proceeding or in any other
        action to carry out this Act.
    ``(b) Complaints.--Not later than 1 year after an alleged violation
occurred, an employee or other person alleging a violation of this
section, or another person at the request of the employee, may file a
complaint with the Secretary.
    ``(c) Remedial Action.--If the Secretary determines, on the basis
of a complaint, that an establishment violated subsection (a), the
Secretary shall order the establishment to--
            ``(1) take affirmative action to abate the violation; and
            ``(2) pay compensatory damages, including back pay, to the
        aggrieved employee or other person.''.
    (b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by
inserting after section 12 (21 U.S.C. 461) the following:

``SEC. 12A. EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.

    ``(a) In General.--No establishment at which inspection is
maintained under this Act may harass, prosecute, hold liable, or
discriminate against any employee or other person because the employee
or other person--
            ``(1) is assisting or demonstrating an intent to assist in
        achieving compliance with this Act (including any regulation);
            ``(2) is refusing to violate or assist in the violation of
        this Act (including any regulation); or
            ``(3) has commenced, caused to be commenced, or is about to
        commence a proceeding, has testified or is about to testify at
        a proceeding, or has assisted or participated or is about to
        participate in any manner in such a proceeding or in any other
        action to carry out this Act.
    ``(b) Complaints.--Not later than 1 year after an alleged violation
occurred, an employee or other person alleging a violation of this
section, or another person at the request of the employee, may file a
complaint with the Secretary.
    ``(c) Remedial Action.--If the Secretary determines, on the basis
of a complaint, that an establishment violated subsection (a), the
Secretary shall order the establishment to--
            ``(1) take affirmative action to abate the violation; and
            ``(2) pay compensatory damages, including back pay, to the
        aggrieved employee or other person.''.

SEC. 6. BIOLOGICAL THREATS TO FOOD SUPPLY.

    Section 409 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Biological Threats to Food Supply.--The Secretary and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            ``(1) identify potential biological threats to the food
        supply of the United States; and
            ``(2) prepare and (as necessary) implement a rapid response
        plan to prevent or respond to the threats.''.

SEC. 7. STUDY OF RECRUITMENT OF INSPECTORS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study
of means of improving the recruitment of individuals to serve as
inspectors under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.),
particularly in urban areas.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the results of the
study conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 8. RAPID DETECTION METHODS.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct
        a study to determine whether chlorophyll detector technology,
        or other rapid detection technologies, should be required to be
        used by each establishment receiving inspection services under
        the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the
        Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) to
        detect the presence of manure carrying E. coli bacteria and
        other human pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and
        poultry products.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
        Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and
        the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
        Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Research and Development.--The Secretary may enter into
contracts with qualified persons to carry out research on, and
development of, technology described in subsection (a)(1).

Summary: Meat and Poultry Products Safety Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Inspection Act, respectively, to: (1) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and meat products, and poultry and poultry products processed in an establishment inspected under such Acts. (2) direct the Secretary, in the case of an establishment failing to meet such standards, to prohibit such establishment from labeling any meat or poultry product as inspected or passed. (3) direct the Secretary to prescribe by regulation that poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines presented for slaughter for human consumption be identified in a manner permitting traceback of holding premises. (4) authorize the Secretary, in the instance of a finding of human pathogen, disease, or residue at a slaughtering or processing establishment, to prohibit the transfer of meat poultry, or products whose human consumption may pose a risk to public health. (5) provide protections for employees who assist in achieving compliance with the provisions of this Act. And (6) require State reporting of food borne pathogen illnesses. Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to direct the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify biological threats to the US food supply, and prepare a response plan. Directs the Secretary to study whether chlorophyl detector technology or other rapid detection technologies should be used by inspected establishments to detect E. coli bacteria and other human pathogens. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for related research and technology development.

A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Work Force Enhancement for
Technology Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) Skilled American workers are as essential to the
        Nation's productivity and long-term competitiveness as are new
        technologies. As technologies become more sophisticated and
        computer controlled, managers and other workers in
        manufacturing firms who are skilled in the effective
        utilization and operation of those advanced and modern
        technologies will become increasingly important to the Nation's
        international competitiveness, standard of living, and national
        security.
            (2) When United States manufacturing firms invest in
        advanced and modern technologies, they can increase their
        productivity and competitiveness by simultaneously investing in
        targeted worker training for the effective utilization and
        operation of those specific technologies.
            (3) United States manufacturing firms, particularly smaller
        firms, are increasingly turning to the expanding technology
        extension activities of the Department of Commerce's National
        Institute of Standards and Technology for technical and
        managerial assistance in order to identify and install the best
        and most appropriate advanced and modern technologies.
            (4) With its extensive knowledge of the best available
        technologies, the National Institute of Standards and
        Technology, with its associated Regional Centers for the
        Transfer of Manufacturing Technology and, when established, its
        Manufacturing Outreach Centers, can provide training in the
        effective utilization and operation of these technologies, can
        promote the development of effective training materials for
        these technologies, and can serve as a clearinghouse for
        information on the best available training materials.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to enhance the
international competitiveness, standard of living, and national
security of the United States by expanding the current technology
extension activities of the Department of Commerce's National Institute
of Standards and Technology (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
``Institute'') to include worker training in the effective utilization
and operation of specific advanced and modern technologies.

SEC. 3. WORKER TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

    In addition to existing responsibilities and authorities prescribed
by law, the Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this Act referred to as
the ``Secretary''), through the Director of the Institute (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ``Director''), shall direct Regional
Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology and, when
established, Manufacturing Outreach Centers, to utilize, when
appropriate, their expertise and capability to assist managers and
other workers in United States manufacturing firms in effectively
utilizing and operating advanced and modern technologies--
            (1) by making available assessments of the needs of United
        States manufacturing firms for worker training in the effective
        utilization and operation of specific technologies the firms
        have adopted or are planning to adopt;
            (2) by making available to United States manufacturing
        firms information on commercially and publicly provided worker
        training services, including those provided by United States
        sources of technologies, in the effective utilization and
        operation of specific technologies the firms have adopted or
        are planning to adopt; and
            (3) by making available to United States manufacturing
        firms accessible and affordable training services for the
        effective utilization and operation of specific technologies
        the firms have adopted or are planning to adopt when such
        training is not available from commercially or other publicly
        provided training services.

SEC. 4. WORKER TRAINING ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.

    In addition to existing responsibilities and authorities prescribed
by law, the Secretary, through the Director and in consultation with
appropriate Federal officials and with leaders of industry and labor,
shall assist managers and other workers in United States manufacturing
firms in effectively utilizing and operating advanced and modern
technologies--
            (1) by establishing and managing a clearinghouse for
        information, to be available through the National Technology
        Transfer Center to the Regional Centers for the Transfer of
        Manufacturing Technology, to the Manufacturing Outreach Centers
        when they are established, to other technology training
        entities, or directly to United States manufacturing firms, on
        the best available training material and services for the
        effective utilization and operation of specific advanced and
        modern technologies;
            (2) by encouraging United States providers of advanced and
        modern technologies for manufacturing firms to develop training
        material specifically designed for the managers and other
        workers responsible for utilizing and operating such
        technologies; and
            (3) by establishing as an important criterion in the
        assessment of advanced and modern technologies the availability
        of training material specifically designed for the managers and
        other workers responsible for utilizing and operating such
        technologies.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the
establishment and management of a technology training clearinghouse
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1995 and 1996.

Summary: Work Force Enhancement for Technology Transfer Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to direct Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology and, when established, Manufacturing Outreach Centers, to assist managers and other workers in US manufacturing firms in using advanced and modern technologies, through needs assessments, information, and training services. Requires the Secretary, through the Director, to assist such managers and other workers in such use by: (1) establishing an information clearinghouse on the best available training material and services. (2) encouraging US providers of such technologies for manufacturing firms to develop training material specifically designed for the managers and other workers responsible. And (3) establishing the availability of such specifically designed training material as an important criterion in assessing such technologies. Authorizes appropriations for a technology training clearinghouse.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Sharing Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Assistance for Community Food Projects.--Section 25 of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' at the
                end; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
                following:
                    ``(C) $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015
                through 2017; and
                    ``(D) $8,500,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each
                fiscal year thereafter.''.
    (b) Assistance for Gleaning Projects.--The Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 30. ASSISTANCE FOR GLEANING PROJECTS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Gleaning project.--The term `gleaning project' means
        a project in which an entity--
                    ``(A) collects edible, surplus food that would be
                thrown away and distributes the food to agencies or
                nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry; or
                    ``(B) harvests for free distribution to the needy,
                or for donation to agencies or nonprofit organizations
                for ultimate distribution to the needy, an agricultural
                crop that has been donated by the owner of the crop.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a
        public food program service provider, a tribal organization, or
        a private nonprofit entity that--
                    ``(A) has experience in the area of--
                            ``(i) providing food to individuals in low-
                        income communities; or
                            ``(ii) engaging in efforts to reduce food
                        insecurity in low-income communities, including
                        food distribution, improving access to
                        services, or coordinating services and
                        programs;
                    ``(B) demonstrates competency to implement a
                gleaning project, to provide fiscal accountability, to
                collect data, and to prepare reports and other
                necessary documentation relating to such project;
                    ``(C) demonstrates a willingness to share
                information relating to such project with researchers,
                practitioners, and other persons; and
                    ``(D) submits to the Secretary an application that
                contains such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
                require by rule, including an agreement to provide the
                non-Federal cost of such project.
    ``(b) Authority To Provide Assistance.--
            ``(1) Funds.--From amounts made available to carry out this
        Act, the Secretary may make grants to assist eligible entities
        to establish and carry out gleaning projects.
            ``(2) Limitation on grants.--The aggregate amount of funds
        provided as grants made under this section may not exceed
        $500,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    ``(c) Preference for Certain Gleaning Projects.--In selecting
gleaning projects to receive grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give preference to projects designed to develop new resources and
strategies to help reduce food insecurity and prevent food insecurity
in low-income communities that are the subject of such projects by--
            ``(1) developing creative food resources; or
            ``(2) coordinating food services with park and recreation
        programs, and other community-based activities, to reduce
        barriers to access to food.
    ``(d) Cost-Sharing Requirements.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
        carrying out a gleaning project for which a grant is made under
        this section shall be paid with such grant by the Secretary in
        such amount as the Secretary determines but may not exceed 50
        percent of the cost of such project.
            ``(2) Non-federal share.--The recipient of a grant under
        this section shall provide in cash or in kind, fairly
        evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services, from
        non-Federal sources for the cost of such project that is not
        paid under paragraph (1).
    ``(e) Term of Grant.--
            ``(1) Single grant.--Only 1 grant may be made under this
        section for a particular gleaning project.
            ``(2) Term.--The period during which the grant made under
        this section may be expended may not exceed 5 years.
    ``(f) Technical Assistance and Related Information.--
            ``(1) Technical assistance.--In carrying out this section,
        the Secretary may provide assistance to an eligible entity
        regarding gleaning projects, processes, and development.
            ``(2) Sharing information.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may share
                information concerning gleaning projects and issues
                with the public through publications, conferences, and
                other appropriate forums.
                    ``(B) Other interested persons.--The Secretary may
                share information concerning gleaning projects with
                researchers, practitioners, and other interested
                persons.
    ``(g) Reports to Congress.--Not later than September 30, 2018, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a
report that describes with respect to each grant made under this
section information that includes--
            ``(1) a description of each activity funded with such
        grant; and
            ``(2) the degree of success in improving the long-term
        capacity of the low-income community served by the gleaning
        project involved to address food and agriculture problems
        related to hunger or access to healthy food in such
        community.''.

Summary: Food Sharing Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to: (1) reduce from $9 million to $8.5 million the annual limitation on the total amount of grants that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may provide under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program, and (2) authorize USDA to establish a separate program to provide up to $500,000 annually for grants to establish and carry out gleaning projects. In a gleaning project, an eligible entity: (1) collects edible, surplus food that would be thrown away and distributes the food to agencies or nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry. Or (2) harvests for free distribution to the needy, or for donation to agencies or nonprofit organizations for ultimate distribution to the needy, an agricultural crop that has been donated by the owner of the crop. The eligible entities include public food program service providers, tribal organizations, and private nonprofit entities that meet certain requirements for experience, demonstrated competency, cost-sharing, and a willingness to share information regarding the project.

Food Sharing Act of 2017


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Funds Transfer Equal
Consumer Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. EQUAL CONSUMER PROTECTION.

    (a) Definition of Error.--Section 908(f) of the Electronic Fund
Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693f(f)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs
        (6) and (7); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
        paragraphs:
            ``(5) an electronic fund transfer affecting the customer's
        account in connection with a transaction for goods or services
        not accepted by the customer or a designee of the customer or
        not delivered to the customer or any such designee, or that is
        not in accordance with the agreement made at the time of a
        transaction;''.
    (b) Covered Transactions.--Section 903(6) of the Electronic Fund
Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693a(6)) is amended by inserting after the 2nd
sentence the following new sentence: ``Such term also includes any
transaction initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic
instrument, or computer, including transactions initiated through the
use of a check card or a card commonly referred to as a debit card,
without regard to the manner in which the third party conveys the
order, instruction, or authorization to the financial institution to
credit or debit the consumer's account at the financial institution.''.
    (c) Prompt Provisional Recredit Required.--Section 908(c) of the
Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693f(c)) is amended by
striking the first sentence and inserting the following new sentence:
``Prompt Provisional Recredit Required.--If a financial institution
receives notice of an error in the manner and within the time period
specified in subsection (a), the financial institution shall, within 1
business day after receiving such notice, provisionally recredit the
consumer's account for the amount alleged to be in error, subject to
section 909, including interest where applicable, pending the
conclusion of the investigation by the financial institution under
subsection (a) and the determination of whether an error has
occurred.''.
    (d) Prompt Error Resolution Required.--Section 908(a) of the
Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693f(a) is amended to read as
follows:
    ``(a) Investigation of Reported Error Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--If, before the end of the 60-day period
        beginning on the date a financial institution transmits
        consumer documentation pursuant to subsection (a), (c), or (d)
        of section 906 or a notice relating to a consumer account
        pursuant to section 906(b) to a consumer, the financial
        institution receives oral or written notice in which the
        consumer--
                    ``(A) provides sufficient information to allow the
                financial institution to identify the name and account
                number of the consumer;
                    ``(B) indicates the consumer's belief that the
                documentation transmitted, or the consumer's account to
                which the notice related, contains an error and the
                amount of such error; and
                    ``(C) indicates the reasons for the consumer's
                belief (where applicable) that an error has occurred,
        the financial institution shall investigate the alleged error,
        determine whether an error has occurred, and report or mail the
        results of such investigation and determination to the consumer
        within 1 business day.
            ``(2) Written confirmation of oral notice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In any case in which a consumer
                provides oral notice of an error to a financial
                institution in accordance with paragraph (1), the
                financial institution may require written confirmation
                to be provided to the institution by the consumer if
                the financial institution--
                            ``(i) advises the consumer of such
                        requirement at the time the oral notice is made
                        and the manner in which the confirmation shall
                        be provided; and
                            ``(ii) provides the consumer with the
                        address to which such confirmation should be
                        sent.
                    ``(B) Timely receipt of consumer statement.--If a
                requirement by a financial institution for a written
                confirmation pursuant to subparagraph (A) of an oral
                notice by a consumer may be satisfied by a written
                statement prepared and submitted by the consumer, such
                confirmation shall be timely if the financial
                institution receives such confirmation before the end
                of the 15-day period beginning on the date the
                financial institution provided the notice to the
                consumer under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Timely return of financial institution's
                confirmation form.--If a requirement by a financial
                institution for a written confirmation pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) of an oral notice by a consumer may be
                only be confirmed by the consumer's signature on a
                written confirmation form sent by the financial
                institution to the consumer for such purpose--
                            ``(i) such confirmation shall be timely if
                        the financial institution receives such
                        confirmation form from the consumer with the
                        consumer's signature before the end of the 30-
                        day period beginning on the date the financial
                        institution provided the notice to the consumer
                        under subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) such confirmation shall be deemed to
                        have been timely received if the consumer fails
                        to receive the written confirmation form to
                        sign from the financial institution before the
                        end of the 20-day period beginning on such
                        date.
            ``(3) Failure to timely confirm.--If a financial
        institution which requires written confirmation of a consumer's
        oral notice of an error in accordance with paragraph (2)(A)
        does not receive such confirmation in accordance with
        subparagraph (B) or (C)(i) of paragraph (2) before the end of
        the applicable period described in the appropriate
        subparagraph, the financial institution--
                    ``(A) need not provisionally recredit the
                consumer's account in accordance with subsection (c) ;
                and
                    ``(B) shall not be liable under subsection (e).
            ``(4) Burden of proof.--In any investigation or resolution
        of an alleged error under this section, the burden of proof is
        on the financial institution to show that an error did not
        occur.''.
    (e) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 908(b) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15
        U.S.C. 1693f(b)) is amended by inserting ``subsection (c) and''
        after ``, subject to''.
            (2) The first sentence of section 908(d) of the Electronic
        Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693f(d)) is amended by striking
        ``or (c)''.
            (3) Section 908(e)(1) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act
        (15 U.S.C. 1693f(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``ten-day
        period'' and inserting ``1-day period''.

Summary: Electronic Funds Transfer Equal Consumer Protection Act - Amends the the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to treat as an error any electronic fund transfer affecting the customer's account regarding a transaction for goods or services not accepted by or not delivered to the customer, or not in accordance with the agreement made at the time of the transaction. Redefines electronic fund transfer to cover any transaction initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer, including transactions initiated through the use of a check card or a debit card. Revises requirements for a financial institution's discretionary provisional recredit of a consumer's account after receiving notice of an error. Makes such a provisional recredit mandatory, within one business day after receipt of such a notice. Revises requirements for prompt resolution of errors to authorize a financial institution to require a consumer to submit written confirmation of an oral error notice before it recredits provisionally the consumer's account.

To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to provide similar protections under that Act for consumers as apply under the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Service
Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FEES.

    (a) Admission Fees.--Section 4(a) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is
amended as follows:
            (1) In the first sentence of paragraph (1)(A)(i), by
        striking ``$25'' and inserting ``$40''.
            (2) By amending the second sentence of paragraph (1)(A)(i)
        to read as follows: ``The permittee and the accompanying
        spouse, children, and parents of the permittee shall be
        entitled to general admission into any area designated pursuant
        to this section.''.
            (3) By modifying the margin of clause (ii) of paragraph
        (1)(A) to align with the margin of clause (i).
            (4) By inserting at the end of clause (ii) of paragraph
        (1)(A) the following: ``Such receipts shall be made available,
        subject to appropriation, for authorized resource protection,
        rehabilitation, and conservation projects as provided for by
        subsection (i), including projects to be carried out by the
        Public Land Corps or any other conservation corps pursuant to
        the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1701 and
        following), or other related programs or authorities, on lands
        administered by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
        of Agriculture.''.
            (5) In paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``$15'' and inserting
        ``$25'' and by adding at the end the following new sentence:
        ``Any amount by which the fee for such an annual permit exceeds
        $15 shall be credited to the appropriation account of the unit
        of the National Park System that collected the fee, shall be
        available to the unit without further appropriation, and shall
        remain available until expended.''.
            (6) In paragraph (2), by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)'',
        by striking the fifth and sixth sentences, by amending the
        fourth sentence to read as follows: ``The fee for a single-
        visit permit at any designated area shall be not more than $6
        per person for persons entering by any means, except that the
        fee shall not exceed $20 for all persons entering a designated
        area in a single noncommercial vehicle.'', and by adding at the
        end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) The Secretary shall establish a pilot project at
        Yosemite National Park that utilizes incentives, including
        waiving or reducing admission fees, to encourage use of public
        transit which serves the purpose of reducing vehicular traffic
        within Yosemite National Park.''.
            (7) In paragraph (3), by striking the last sentence.
            (8) In paragraph (4), by striking ``No other free permits
        shall be issued to any person'' and inserting ``No other free
        permits shall be issued to any person, except as otherwise
        provided by this subsection''.
            (9) In paragraph (4), by amending the second sentence to
        read as follows: ``Such permit shall be nontransferable, shall
        be issued for a one-time charge of $10, and shall entitle the
        permittee and the accompanying spouse of the permitee to
        general admission into any area designated pursuant to this
        subsection.''.
            (10) In paragraph (6) by striking ``on Interior and Insular
        Affairs'' and inserting ``on Natural Resources''.
            (11) In paragraph (9), by striking ``San Juan National
        Historic Site, and Canaveral National Seashore'' and inserting
        ``and San Juan National Historic Site'' and by adding the
        following at the end thereof: ``The Secretary of the Interior
        shall submit a report to the Congress within 6 months after the
        enactment of this sentence respecting the areas at which the
        Secretary determines admission fees would be appropriate but at
        which such fees are prohibited by law and respecting each area
        at which such fees are authorized but not being collected
        (including an explanation of the reasons that such fees are not
        being collected).''.
            (12) By amending paragraph (11) to read as follows:
            ``(11) In the case of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National
        Parks, a single-visit fee collected at one unit shall also
        admit the person who paid such fee for a single visit to the
        other unit.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 4(e) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is amended by striking
``$100'' and inserting ``$1,000''.
    (c) Technical Amendments.--(1) Section 4(h) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is
amended by striking ``on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United
States House of Representatives and United States Senate'' and
inserting ``on Natural Resources of the United States House of
Representatives and on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate'', by striking ``Bureau of Outdoor Recreation'' and
inserting ``National Park Service'', and by striking ``Bureau'' and
inserting ``National Park Service''.
    (2) Section 4(g) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is amended by striking ``or
charges for commercial or other activities not related to recreation''.
    (d) Use of Fees.--Section 4(i) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is amended as
follows:
            (1) By inserting ``Use of Fees.--'' after ``(i)''.
            (2) In the first sentence of paragraph (1)(B), by striking
        ``fee collection costs for that fiscal year'' and inserting
        ``fee collection costs for the immediately preceding fiscal
        year'' and by striking ``section in that fiscal year'' and
        inserting ``section in such immediately preceding fiscal
        year''.
            (3) In the second sentence of paragraph (1)(B), by striking
        ``in that fiscal year''.
            (4) In paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following
        new subparagraph:
    ``(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) and notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for fiscal years after fiscal year 1995, the
amount by which the receipts collected pursuant to this section by the
National Park Service (except for the portion of fee receipts withheld
as provided in subparagraph (B) for fee collection costs) exceeds the
receipts collected pursuant to this section by the National Park
Service in fiscal year 1993 shall be covered into a special fund
established in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the
`National Park Renewal Fund'. Amounts in such fund shall be available
to the Secretary of the Interior, without further appropriation, for
resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance
activities related to resource protection and visitor enjoyment in
areas managed by the National Park Service and shall be allocated among
national park system units in accordance with subsection (j). Such
amounts shall remain available until expended. The Secretary shall
develop procedures for the use of amounts in the fund that ensure
accountability and demonstrated results consistent with the purposes of
this Act. Beginning after the first full fiscal year following
enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit an annual
report to Congress, on a unit-by-unit basis, detailing the fees
receipts collected pursuant to this section and the expenditures of
such receipts.''.
    (e) Time of Reimbursement.--Section 4(k) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is
amended by striking the last sentence.
    (f) Fees for Special Uses.--Section 4 of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is
amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:
    ``(o) Fees for Special Uses.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
establish reasonable fees for nonrecreational uses of national park
system units that require special arrangements, including permits. The
fees shall be set at such level as the Secretary deems necessary to
insure that the United States will receive fair market value for the
use of the area concerned and shall, at a minimum, cover all costs of
providing necessary services associated with such special uses, except
that the Secretary may, in his discretion, waive or reduce such fees in
the case of any nonprofit organization or any organization using an
area within the national park system for educational or park-related
purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall retain so much of the revenue from such fees as is equal to fee
collection costs and the costs of providing the necessary services
associated with such special uses. Such retained amounts shall be
credited to the appropriation account for the national park system unit
concerned and shall remain available until expended, beginning in the
fiscal year in which the amounts are so credited.''.
    (g) Admission or Recreation Use Fees.--Section 4 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 and following) is
amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:
    ``(p) Admission or Recreation Use Fees.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no admission or recreation use fee of any kind shall
be charged or imposed for entrance into, or use of, any federally owned
area operated and maintained by a Federal agency and used for outdoor
recreation purposes, except as provided for by this Act.''.

SEC. 3. CHALLENGE COST-SHARE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
negotiate and enter into challenge cost-share agreements with
cooperators. For purposes of this section--
            (1) The term ``challenge cost-share agreement'' means any
        agreement entered into between the Secretary and any cooperator
        for the purpose of sharing costs or services in carrying out
        any authorized functions and responsibilities of the Secretary
        with respect to any unit of the national park system (as
        defined in section 2(a) of the Act of August 8, 1953 (16 U.S.C.
        1b-1c)), any affiliated area, or any designated national scenic
        or historic trail.
            (2) The term ``cooperator'' means any State or local
        government, public or private agency, organization,
        institution, corporation, individual, or other entity.
    (b) Use of Federal Funds.--In carrying out challenge cost-share
agreements, the Secretary is authorized, subject to appropriation, to
provide the Federal funding share from any funds available to the
National Park  Service.

SEC. 4. COST RECOVERY FOR DAMAGE TO NATIONAL PARK RESOURCES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds payable to
United States as restitution on account of damage to national park
resources or property shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior.
Any such funds, and any other funds received as a result of forfeiture,
compromise, or settlement on account of damage to national park
resources or property shall be credited to the appropriation account
for the national park system unit concerned and shall be available,
without further appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary,
without regard to fiscal year limitation, to improve, protect, or
rehabilitate any park resources or property which have been damaged by
the action of a permittee or any unauthorized person.

Summary: National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to increase fees for admission to units of the National Park System (NPS) and other specified areas. Makes receipts from admission available, subject to appropriation, for authorized resource protection, rehabilitation, and conservation projects. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot project at Yosemite National Park that utilizes incentives, including waiving or reducing admission fees, to encourage use of public transit which serves the purpose of reducing vehicular traffic within such park. Revises provisions regarding the issuance of lifetime admission permits, including a limitation that such a permit entitles only the permittee and the accompanying spouse to free admission. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress respecting areas where the Secretary determines that admission fees would be appropriate but where such fees are prohibited by law, and areas where such fees are authorized but not being collected. Increases the penalty for violations of rules and regulations regarding admission and special recreation use fees. Modifies provisions regarding the use of fees collected. Requires that specified receipts be covered into a special National Park Renewal Fund. Makes such funds available for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource protection and visitor enjoyment in areas managed by the National Park Service. Repeals a requirement that qualified public or private entities selling annual admission permits reimburse the United States for the full amount to be received from the sale of such permits when or before the agency delivers the permits to such entity for sale. Directs the Secretary to establish reasonable fees for nonrecreational uses of NPS units that require special arrangements. Prohibits charging an admission or recreation use fee for entrance into, or use of, any federally owned area operated and maintained by a Federal agency which is used for outdoor recreation purposes, except as provided for by such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) negotiate and enter into agreements with State or local governments, individuals, or other entities for the purpose of sharing costs or services in carrying out authorized functions and responsibilities of the Secretary with respect to NPS units. And (2) provide, subject to appropriation, the Federal funding share from any funds available to the National Park Service in carrying out such agreements. Requires any funds payable to the United States as restitution for damages to national park resources or property to be paid to the Secretary and made available for improvement, protection, or rehabilitation of damaged resources or property.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``MMA Territorial Equity for Low-
Income Individuals Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF RESIDENTS OF TERRITORIES UNDER MEDICARE
              PRESCRIPTION DRUG TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 1860D-31 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-141) is amended by inserting after
``or the District of Columbia'' the following: ``or in Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands''.
    (b) Conforming Change in Availability of Funds.--Subsection (j)(2)
of such section is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for the entire period of the operation of
        this section'' and inserting ``for 2004''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Additional Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (b) of such
section is amended--
            (A) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) the following:
        ``The poverty line to be applied under this subparagraph to an
        individual residing in a territory shall be the same as the
        poverty line applicable to individuals residing in the
        continental United States.''; and
            (B) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following:
        ``The poverty line to be applied under this paragraph to an
        individual residing in a territory shall be the same as the
        poverty line applicable to individuals residing in the
        continental United States.''.
    (2) Subsection (f)(3)(C)(ii) of such section is amended by striking
``that is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 3. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF RESIDENTS OF TERRITORIES IN PREMIUM AND
              COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES UNDER MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-14(a)(3) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1935 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396v) is amended--
                    (A) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by striking
                ``subject to subsection (e)'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ``Each of
                the 50 States and the District of Columbia'' and
                inserting ``Each State'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), by striking ``and''
                at the end of subclause (I), and by adding after
                subclause (II) the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) in the case of a territory
                                subject to a limitation on payments
                                under this title under subsections (f)
                                and (g) of section 1108, the ratio of
                                the total amounts of the payment
                                limitations under such subsections for
                                such territory for fiscal year 2003, to
                                the total amounts that would be payable
                                to such territory under this title for
                                such fiscal year but for such payment
                                limitations; and''; and
                    (D) by striking subsection (e).
            (2) Section 1108(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(f)) is
        amended by striking ``and section 1935(e)(1)(B)''.
            (3) Section 1860D-14(a)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
        114(a)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``The poverty line to be applied in the territories shall be
        the same as the poverty line applied to States in the
        continental United States.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be
effective as if included in the enactment of the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).

SEC. 4. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT ON ACCESS OF MEDICARE
              BENEFICIARIES IN TERRITORIES TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
to undertake a study that examines the access of medicare beneficiaries
residing in the United States territories to prescription drugs during
each of 3 periods:
            (1) Before mma.--The period before the date of the
        enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
        Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).
            (2) Discount card and transitional assistance.--The period
        during the implementation of the discount card and transitional
        assistance program (under section 1860D-31 of the Social
        Security Act).
            (3) Implementation of prescription drug benefit.--The
        period beginning on January 1, 2006.
    (b) Report.--The study under subsection (a) shall include a report
to the Secretary, the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate, on the results of such study. Such report shall include
information on--
            (1) the relative cost of prescription drugs to medicare
        beneficiaries residing in the territories, both retail and as
        affected through benefit changes effected under the Medicare
        Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
        (Public Law 108-173); and
            (2) statistical health improvements of such beneficiaries
        as a result of the enactment of such law.

Summary: MMA Territorial Equity for Low-Income Individuals Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat Medicare-eligible citizens of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the same as low-income citizens in the 50 States and the District of Columbia with respect to the Medicare prescription drug transitional assistance program, and premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Himan Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to undertake a study for a report to the Secretary and Congress on access of Medicare beneficiaries in territories to prescription drugs.

To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories with respect to transitional assistance and low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Iran voted in the United Nations General Assembly on
        December 10, 1948, to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human
        Rights, thereby committing to guarantee the ``life, liberty,
        and security of person'' of all people and rejecting ``cruel,
        inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment''.
            (2) Iran is a party to major international human rights
        instruments.
            (3) The Government of Iran is violating its international
        obligations to respect the human rights and fundamental
        freedoms of its citizens, including by--
                    (A) using torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading
                treatment or punishment, including flogging, and
                amputations;
                    (B) carrying out an increasingly high rate of
                executions in the absence of internationally recognized
                safeguards, including public executions;
                    (C) using stoning as a method of execution and
                maintaining a high number of persons in prison who
                continue to face sentences of execution by stoning;
                    (D) carrying out arrests, violent repression, and
                sentencing of women exercising their right to peaceful
                assembly, a campaign of intimidation against women's
                rights defenders, and continuing discrimination against
                women and girls;
                    (E) permitting or carrying out increasing
                discrimination and other human rights violations
                against persons belonging to religious, ethnic,
                linguistic, or other minorities;
                    (F) imposing ongoing, systematic, and serious
                restrictions of freedom of peaceful assembly and
                association and freedom of opinion and expression,
                including the continuing closures of media outlets,
                arrests of journalists, and the censorship of
                expression in online forums such as blogs and websites;
                and
                    (G) imposing severe limitations and restrictions on
                freedom of religion and belief, including by carrying
                out arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, and
                lengthy jail sentences for those exercising their
                rights to freedom of religion or belief and proposing a
                provision in a draft penal code that sets out a
                mandatory death sentence for apostasy, the abandoning
                of one's faith.
            (4) On June 19, 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner
        for Human Rights expressed concerns about the increasing number
        of arrests not in conformity with the law and the illegal use
        of excessive force in responding to protests following the June
        12, 2009, political processes in Iran, resulting in at least
        dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.
            (5) On August 1, 2009, authorities in the Government of
        Iran began a mass trial of more than 100 individuals in
        connection with election protests, most of whom were held for
        weeks, in solitary confinement, with little or no access to
        their lawyers or families, and many of whom showed signs of
        torture or abuse.
            (6) The ``Supreme Leader'' of Iran issued a statement on
        October 28, 2009, effectively criminalizing dissent in the
        aftermath of the national political processes of June 12, 2009.
            (7) On November 4, 2009, security forces in the Government
        of Iran used brutal force to disperse thousands of protesters,
        resulting in a number of injuries and arrests, in violation of
        international norms regarding the proportionate use of force
        against peaceful demonstrations.
            (8) At least 8 citizens of Iran were killed and an
        undetermined number were injured on December 27, 2009, when
        security forces of the Government of Iran violently broke up
        peaceful gatherings during the Ashura holiday.
            (9) The Government of Iran has recently sentenced numerous
        Iranian citizens to death without due process for politicized
        crimes relating to the peaceful demonstrations that followed
        the June 12, 2009, political processes, including ``waging war
        against God'', and has begun carrying out those execution
        sentences, including the death by hanging of 2 individuals on
        January 28, 2010.
            (10) The Iran Freedom Support Act (Public Law 109-293; 50
        U.S.C. 1701 note) declares that it should be the policy of the
        United States--
                    (A) to support efforts by the people of Iran to
                exercise self-determination over the form of government
                of their country; and
                    (B) to support independent human rights and
                peaceful pro-democracy forces in Iran.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE COMPLICIT IN
              HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN OR
              THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE JUNE 12, 2009, POLITICAL
              PROCESSES IN IRAN.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose sanctions described in
subsection (c) (1) and (2) with respect to each person on the list
required by subsection (b), beginning not later than the date on which
the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the
list required by subsection (b)(1) or the updated list required by
subsection (b)(2) (as the case may be).
    (b) List of Persons Who Are Complicit in Certain Human Rights
Abuses.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are
        citizens of Iran that the President determines are complicit in
        human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their
        family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether
        such abuses occurred in Iran.
            (2) Updates of list.--Not later than 180 days after the
        date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
        thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate
        congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1).
            (3) Public availability.--The list required by paragraph
        (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the
        websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department
        of State.
            (4) Consideration of data from other countries and
        nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required
        by paragraph (1), the President shall consider data already
        obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations,
        including organizations in Iran, that monitor the human rights
        abuses of the Government of Iran.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
            (1) Visa ban.--Ineligibility for a visa to enter the United
        States.
            (2) Financial sanctions.--Sanctions authorized under the
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
        seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or
        prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation and
        importation of property.
    (d) Termination of Sanctions.--The provisions of this section shall
cease to have force and effect beginning 90 days after the date on
which the President determines and certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that--
            (1) the persons sanctioned under this section have ceased
        to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against
        citizens of Iran or their family members on or after June 12,
        2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran; and
            (2) the Government of Iran has--
                    (A) unconditionally released all political
                prisoners, including the citizens of Iran detained in
                the aftermath of the June 12, 2009, political processes
                in Iran, and allowed for investigations of Iranian
                prisons by appropriate international human rights
                organizations;
                    (B) ceased its practices of violence, unlawful
                detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Iran while
                engaging in peaceful political activity;
                    (C) conducted a transparent investigation into the
                killings, arrest, and abuse of peaceful political
                activists in Iran and prosecuted those responsible;
                    (D) legalized all political activity;
                    (E) made public commitments to organizing free and
                fair elections for a new government--
                            (i) to be held in a timely manner within a
                        period not to exceed 180 days after the date on
                        which the President makes the determination and
                        certification to the appropriate congressional
                        committees under this subsection;
                            (ii) with the participation of multiple
                        independent political parties that have full
                        access to the media on an equal basis,
                        including (in the case of radio, television, or
                        other telecommunications media) in terms of
                        allotments of time for such access and the
                        times of day such allotments are given; and
                            (iii) to be conducted under the supervision
                        of internationally recognized observers;
                    (F) ceased any interference with broadcasts such as
                Voice of America and Radio Farda; and
                    (G) made public commitments to and is making
                demonstrable progress in--
                            (i) establishing an independent judiciary;
                        and
                            (ii) respecting internationally recognized
                        human rights and basic freedoms as recognized
                        in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 14(2) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
        (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
            (2) Country reports on human rights practices.--The term
        ``Country Reports on Human Rights Practices'' means the annual
        reports required to be submitted by the Department of State to
        Congress under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)).
            (3) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran''
        includes any agency or instrumentality of the Government of
        Iran, including any entity that is controlled by the Government
        of Iran.
            (4) Human rights abuses.--The term ``human rights abuses''
        means those forms of abuses detailed in the Department of
        State's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

Summary: Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran. Requires that: (1) the list of such persons required by this Act be made available to the public and posted on the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State websites. And (2) the President consider data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor Iran's human rights abuses in preparing such list. Terminates sanctions upon presidential certification to Congress that: (1) the sanctioned persons have ceased complicity in human rights abuses. And (2) the government of Iran has released all political prisoners, ceased its killing and abuse of Iranian citizens engaging in peaceful political activity and prosecuted those responsible, committed itself to free elections and respect for human rights, and ceased broadcast interference.

To impose sanctions on persons who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, political processes in Iran, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drunk Driving Repeat Offender
Prevention Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PREVENT REPEAT INTOXICATED
              DRIVING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 159 the following:
``Sec. 160. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat
              intoxicated driving
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Alcohol concentration.--The term `alcohol
        concentration' means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of
        blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
            ``(2) Driving while intoxicated; driving under the
        influence.--The terms `driving while intoxicated' and `driving
        under the influence' mean driving or being in actual physical
        control of a motor vehicle in a State while having a blood
        alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater.
            ``(3) Ignition interlock device.--The term `ignition
        interlock device' means an in-vehicle device that requires a
        driver to provide a breath sample prior to the motor vehicle
        starting, and that prevents a motor vehicle from starting if
        the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal
        limit.
            ``(4) Motor vehicle.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `motor vehicle' means a
                vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and
                manufactured primarily for use on public highways.
                    ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `motor vehicle' does
                not include--
                            ``(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail
                        line; or
                            ``(ii) a commercial vehicle.
    ``(b) Laws Requiring Ignition Interlock Devices.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State meets
        the requirements of this subsection if the State has enacted
        and is enforcing a law that requires throughout the State the
        installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of
        180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual who is
        convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the
        influence.
            ``(2) Exception.--The 180-day period referred to in
        paragraph (1) for the installation of an ignition interlock
        device may be reduced to a period of not fewer than 90 days,
        if--
                    ``(A) the driver's licence of the individual is
                suspended for a minimum of 180 days as a result of the
                conviction; and
                    ``(B) the period for the installation of an
                ignition interlock device begins after the last day of
                the suspension.
    ``(c) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Fiscal year 2018.--On October 1, 2017, the Secretary
        shall withhold 1 percent of the amount required to be
        apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
        section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of
        subsection (b).
            ``(2) Fiscal year 2019.--On October 1, 2018, the Secretary
        shall withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be
        apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
        section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of
        subsection (b).
            ``(3) Fiscal year 2020 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2019,
        and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary
        shall withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be
        apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
        section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of
        subsection (b).
    ``(d) Period of Availability of Withheld Funds; Effect of
Compliance and Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Period of availability of withheld funds.--Any funds
        withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment to a State
        shall remain available for apportionment to the State until the
        end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year for
        which the funds are authorized to be appropriated.
            ``(2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance.--
        If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld
        under subsection (c) from apportionment are to remain available
        for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State
        meets the requirements of subsection (b), the Secretary shall,
        on the first day on which the State meets the requirements of
        subsection (b), apportion to the State the funds withheld under
        subsection (c) that remain available for apportionment to the
        State.
            ``(3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned
        funds.--Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) shall remain available for expenditure until
                the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal
                year in which the funds are so apportioned; and
                    ``(B) if not apportioned at the end of that period,
                shall lapse.
            ``(4) Effect of noncompliance.--If, at the end of the
        period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from
        apportionment are available for apportionment to a State under
        paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirements of
        subsection (b), the funds shall lapse.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 159 the following:

``160. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated
                            driving.''.

Summary: Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Transportation to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2018-FY2020 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. Defines quot, driving while intoxicatedquot, and quot, driving under the influencequot. As driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or greater. Requires an ignition interlock device to: require a driver to provide a breath sample before the motor vehicle starts, and prevent a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit. Authorizes reduction of the 180-day period to 90 days if: the driver's license is suspended for a minimum of 180 days as a result of the conviction, and the period for installation of an ignition interlock device begins after the last day of the suspension.


SECTION 1. MODELING AND SIMULATION PROGRAMS.

    The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new title:

                   ``TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS

``SEC. 801. MODELING AND SIMULATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Purpose; Definition.--
            ``(1) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to promote
        the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher
        education, through the collaboration with new and existing
        programs, and specifically to promote the use of technology in
        such study through the creation of accurate models that can
        simulate processes or recreate real life, by--
                    ``(A) establishing a task force at the Department
                of Education to raise awareness of and define the study
                of modeling and simulation;
                    ``(B) provide grants to institutions of higher
                education to develop new modeling and simulation degree
                programs; and
                    ``(C) create grants for institutions of higher
                education to enhance existing modeling and simulation
                degree programs.
            ``(2) Definition.--In this section, the term `modeling and
        simulation' means a field of study related to the application
        of computer science and mathematics to develop a level of
        understanding of the interaction of the parts of a system and
        of a system as a whole.
    ``(b) Establishment of Taskforce.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of
        appropriations, the Secretary shall establish a taskforce
        within the Department of Education to study modeling and
        simulation and to support the development of the modeling and
        simulation field. The activities of such taskforce shall
        include--
                    ``(A) helping to define the study of modeling and
                simulation (including the content of modeling and
                simulation classes and programs);
                    ``(B) identifying best practices for such study;
                    ``(C) identifying core knowledge and skills that
                individuals who participate in modeling and simulation
                programs should aquire; and
                    ``(D) providing recommendations to the Secretary
                with respect to--
                            ``(i) the information described in
                        subparagraphs (A) through (C); and
                            ``(ii) a system by which grants under this
                        section will be distributed.
            ``(2) Taskforce membership.--The membership of the
        taskforce under this subsection shall be composed of
        representatives from--
                    ``(A) institutions of higher education with
                established modeling and simulation degree programs;
                    ``(B) the National Science Foundation;
                    ``(C) Federal Government agencies that use modeling
                and simulation extensively, including the Department of
                Defense, the National Institute of Health, the
                Department of Homeland Security, the Department of
                Health and Human Services, the Department of Energy,
                and the Department of Transportation;
                    ``(D) private industries with a primary focus on
                modeling and simulation; and
                    ``(E) national modeling and simulation
                organizations.
    ``(c) Enhancing Modeling and Simulation at Institutions of Higher
Education.--
            ``(1) Enhancement grants authorized.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to
                award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
                institutions to enhance modeling and simulation degree
                programs at such eligible institutions.
                    ``(B) Duration of grant.--A grant awarded under
                this subsection shall be awarded for a 3-year period,
                and such grant period may be extended for not more than
                2 years if the Secretary determines that an eligible
                institution has demonstrated success in enhancing the
                modeling and simulation degree program at such eligible
                institution.
                    ``(C) Minimum grant amount.--Subject to the
                availability of appropriations, a grant awarded to an
                eligible institution under this subsection shall not be
                for an amount less than $750,000.
                    ``(D) Non-federal share.--Each eligible institution
                receiving a grant under this subsection shall provide,
                from non-Federal sources, in cash or in kind, an amount
                equal to 25 percent of the amount of the grant to carry
                out the activities supported by the grant. The
                Secretary may waive the non-Federal share requirement
                under this subparagraph for an eligible institution if
                the Secretary determines a waiver to be appropriate
                based on the financial ability of the institution.
            ``(2) Eligible institutions.--For the purposes of this
        subsection, an eligible institution is an institution of higher
        education that--
                    ``(A) has an established modeling and simulation
                degree program, including a major, minor, or career-
                track program; or
                    ``(B) has an established modeling and simulation
                certifcate or concentration program.
            ``(3) Application.--To be considered for a grant under this
        subsection, an eligible institution shall submit to the
        Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and
        containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such
        application shall include--
                    ``(A) a letter from the President or provost of the
                eligible institution that demonstrates the
                institution's commitment to the enhancement of the
                modeling and simulation program at the institution of
                higher education;
                    ``(B) identification of designated faculty
                responsible for the enhancement of the institution's
                modeling and simulation program; and
                    ``(C) a detailed plan for how the grant funds will
                be used to enhance the modeling and simulation program
                of the institution.
            ``(4) Uses of funds.--A grant awarded under this subsection
        shall be used by an eligible institution to carry out the plan
        developed in accordance with paragraph (3)(C) to enhance
        modeling and simulation programs at the institution, which may
        include--
                    ``(A) in the case of an institution that is
                eligible under paragraph (2)(B), activities to assist
                in the establishment of a major, minor, or career-track
                modeling and simulation program at the eligible
                institution;
                    ``(B) expanding the multi-disciplinary nature of
                the institution's modeling and simulation programs;
                    ``(C) recruiting students into the field of
                modeling and simulation through the provision of
                fellowships or assistantships;
                    ``(D) creating new courses to compliment existing
                courses and reflect emerging developments in the
                modeling and simulation field;
                    ``(E) conducting research to support new
                methodologies and techniques in modeling and
                simulation; and
                    ``(F) purchasing equipment necessary for modeling
                and simulation programs.
    ``(d) Establishing Modeling and Simulation Programs.--
            ``(1) Establishment grants authorized.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to
                award grants to institutions of higher education to
                establish a modeling and simulation program, including
                a major, minor, career-track, certificate, or
                concentration program.
                    ``(B) Duration of grant.--A grant awarded under
                this subsection shall be awarded for a 3-year period,
                and such grant period may be extended for not more than
                2 years if the Secretary determines that an eligible
                institution has demonstrated success in establishing a
                modeling and simulation degree program at such eligible
                institution.
                    ``(C) Minimum grant amount.--Subject to the
                availability of appropriations, a grant awarded to an
                eligible institution under this subsection shall not be
                for an amount less than $750,000.
                    ``(D) Non-federal share.--Each eligible institution
                receiving a grant under this subsection shall provide,
                from non-Federal sources, in cash or in kind, an amount
                equal to 25 percent of the amount of the grant to carry
                out the activities supported by the grant. The
                Secretary may waive the non-Federal share requirement
                under this subparagraph for an eligible institution if
                the Secretary determines a waiver to be appropriate
                based on the financial ability of the institution.
            ``(2) Application.--To apply for a grant under this
        subsection, an eligible institution shall submit to the
        Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and
        containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such
        application shall include--
                    ``(A) a letter from the President or provost of the
                eligible institution that demonstrates the
                institution's commitment to the establishment of a
                modeling and simulation program at the institution of
                higher education;
                    ``(B) a detailed plan for how the grant funds will
                be used to establish a modeling and simulation program
                at the institution; and
                    ``(C) a description of how the modeling and
                simulation program established under this subsection
                will complement existing programs and fit into the
                institution's current program and course offerings.
            ``(3) Uses of funds.--A grant awarded under this subsection
        may be used by an eligible institution to--
                    ``(A) establish, or work toward the establishment
                of, a modeling and simulation program, including a
                major, minor, career-track, certificate, or
                concentration program at the eligible institution;
                    ``(B) provide adequate staffing to ensure the
                successful establishment of the modeling and simulation
                program, which may include the assignment of full-time
                dedicated or supportive faculty; and
                    ``(C) purchasing equipment necessary for a modeling
                and simulation program.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2009
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal
year--
            ``(1) $1,000,000 is authorized to carry out the activities
        of the task force established pursuant to subsection (b); and
            ``(2) of the amount remaining after the allocation for
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) 50 percent is authorized to carry out the
                grant program under subsection (c); and
                    ``(B) 50 percent is authorized to carry out the
                grant program under subsection (d).''.

Summary: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a taskforce within the Department of Education to recommend improvements to the study of modeling and simulation, and identify the core capacities that students in such programs should acquire. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the enhancement of their existing modeling and simulation programs. And (2) grants to IHEs for the establishment of such programs. Requires grantees to raise, from nonfederal sources, an amount equal to 25 of their grants.

To provide grants to encourage and enhance the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher education.