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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Funding Authority.--The Attorney General shall provide funds, 
subject to appropriations, to the National Center for Rural Law 
Enforcement if the Executive Director of the Center certifies, in 
writing, to the Attorney General that the Center--
            (1) is incorporated in accordance with applicable State 
        laws;
            (2) is in compliance with the by-laws of the Center;
            (3) shall use amounts made available under this section in 
        accordance with subsection (b); and
            (4) shall not support any political party or candidate for 
        elected or appointed office.
    (b) Uses of Funds.--
            (1) Required uses of funds.--The Center shall use funds 
        made available under this section to develop an educational 
        program for employees of law enforcement agencies serving rural 
        areas which shall include--
                    (A) the development and delivery of management 
                education and training, technical assistance, practical 
                research and evaluation, and computer and forensic 
                education and training for employees of law enforcement 
                agencies serving rural areas, tribal law enforcement 
                employees and railroad law enforcement employees, 
                including supervisory and executive managers of those 
                agencies;
                    (B) conducting research into the causes and 
                prevention of criminal activity in rural areas, 
                including the causes, assessment, evaluation, analysis, 
                and prevention of criminal activity;
                    (C) the development and dissemination of 
                information designed to assist States and units of 
                local government in rural areas throughout the United 
                States;
                    (D) the establishment and maintenance of a resource 
                and information center for the collection, preparation, 
                and dissemination of information regarding criminal 
                justice and law enforcement in rural areas, including 
                programs for the prevention of crime and recidivism; 
                and
                    (E) the delivery of assistance, in a consulting 
                capacity, to criminal justice agencies in the 
                development, establishment, maintenance, and 
                coordination of programs, facilities and services, 
                training, and research relating to crime in rural 
                areas.
            (2) Permissive uses of funds.--The Center may use funds 
        made available under this section to enhance the educational 
        program developed under paragraph (1), through--
                    (A) educational opportunities for rural law 
                enforcement agencies;
                    (B) the development, promotion, and voluntary 
                adoption of educational and training standards and 
                accreditation certification programs for law 
                enforcement agencies serving rural areas and the 
                employees of those agencies;
                    (C) grants to, and contracts with, State, and local 
                governments, law enforcement agencies, public and 
                private agencies, educational institutions, and other 
                organizations and individuals to carry out this 
                paragraph;
                    (D) the formulation and recommendation of law 
                enforcement policy, goals, and standards in rural areas 
                applicable to criminal justice agencies, organizations, 
                institutions, and personnel; and
                    (E) coordination with institutions of higher 
                education for the purpose of encouraging programs of 
                study for law enforcement in rural areas at such 
                institutions.
    (c) Powers.--In carrying out subsection (b), the Executive Director 
may--
            (1) request the head of any Federal department or agency to 
        detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that 
        department or agency to the Center to assist it in carrying out 
        its duties under this Act;
            (2) request the Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration to provide the Center, on a reimbursable basis, 
        the administrative support services necessary for the Center to 
        carry out its responsibilities under this Act; and
            (3) procure temporary and intermittent services under 
        section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates of 
        compensation established by the Board, but not to exceed the 
        daily equivalent of the maximum rate of pay payable for a 
        position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
        5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Travel Expenses.--For purposes of official travel, expenses 
shall be reimbursed, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the 
same manner as such expenses are permitted under sections 5702 and 5703 
of title 5, United States Code.
    (e) Reporting Requirements.--The Center shall submit an annual 
report to the Attorney General that includes--
            (1) a description of the education and training program 
        conducted by the Center;
            (2) the number and demographic representation of 
        individuals who attended programs sponsored by the Center;
            (3) a description of the extent resources of other 
        governmental agencies or private entities were used; and
            (5) a description of the extent contracts with other public 
        and private resources were used.
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Board'' means the members of the Board of 
        the Center as elected according to its bylaws.
            (2) The term ``Center'' means the National Center for Rural 
        Law Enforcement, a nonprofit corporation located in Little 
        Rock, Arkansas.
            (3) The term ``Executive Director'' means the Executive 
        Director of the Center as appointed according to the bylaws of 
        the Center.
            (4) The term ``metropolitan statistical area'' has the same 
        meaning given such term by the Bureau of the Census.
            (5) The term ``rural law enforcement agency'' means a law 
        enforcement agency that serves a city, town, township, borough, 
        or village outside a metropolitan statistical area.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
            (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
        2001 through 2005.
Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1999 - Directs the Attorney General to provide funds to the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement if the Center's Executive Director certifies in writing that the Center: (1) is incorporated in accordance with applicable State laws; (2) is in compliance with its by-laws; (3) shall use amounts made available in accordance with requirements of this Act; and (4) shall not support any political party or candidate for elected or appointed office. 
Requires the Center to use such funds to develop an educational program for employees of law enforcement agencies serving rural areas for specified purposes, including: (1) the development and delivery of management education and training for employees of law enforcement agencies serving rural areas; and (2) the delivery of assistance (in a consulting capacity) to criminal justice agencies in the development and coordination of programs, training, and research relating to crime in rural areas. 
Permits the Center to use such funds to enhance that educational program through specified means, including: (1) educational opportunities for rural law enforcement agencies; and (2) coordination with institutions of higher education to encourage programs of study for law enforcement in rural areas at such institutions. 
Sets forth reporting requirements.  Authorizes appropriations.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. JUDICIAL EDUCATION FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--Chapter 42 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 630. Judicial Education Fund
    ``(a) In this section, the term--
            ``(1) `institution of higher education' has the meaning 
        given under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1001(a));
            ``(2) `private judicial seminar'--
                    ``(A) means a seminar, symposia, panel discussion, 
                course, or a similar event that provides continuing 
                legal education to judges; and
                    ``(B) does not include--
                            ``(i) seminars that last 1 day or less and 
                        are conducted by, and on the campus of, an 
                        institute of higher education;
                            ``(ii) seminars that last 1 day or less and 
                        are conducted by national bar associations or 
                        State or local bar associations for the benefit 
                        of the bar association membership; or
                            ``(iii) seminars of any length conducted 
                        by, and on the campus of an institute of higher 
                        education or by national bar associations or 
                        State or local bar associations, where a judge 
                        is a presenter and at which judges constitute 
                        less than 25 percent of the participants;
            ``(3) `national bar association' means a national 
        organization that is open to general membership to all members 
        of the bar; and
            ``(4) `State or local bar association' means a State or 
        local organization that is open to general membership to all 
        members of the bar in the specified geographic region.
    ``(b) There is established within the United States Treasury a fund 
to be known as the `Judicial Education Fund' (in this section referred 
to as the `Fund').
    ``(c) Amounts in the Fund may be made available for the payment of 
necessary expenses, including reasonable expenditures for 
transportation, food, lodging, private judicial seminar fees and 
materials, incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private 
judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center. 
Necessary expenses shall not include expenditures for recreational 
activities or entertainment other than that provided to all attendees 
as an integral part of the private judicial seminar. Any payment from 
the Fund shall be approved by the Board.
    ``(d) The Board may approve a private judicial seminar after 
submission of information by the sponsor of that private judicial 
seminar that includes--
            ``(1) the content of the private judicial seminar 
        (including a list of presenters, topics, and course materials); 
        and
            ``(2) the litigation activities of the sponsor and the 
        presenters at the private judicial seminar (including the 
        litigation activities of the employer of each presenter) on the 
        topic related to those addressed at the private judicial 
        seminar.
    ``(e) If the Board approves a private judicial seminar, the Board 
shall make the information submitted under subsection (d) relating to 
the private judicial seminar available to judges and the public by 
posting the information on the Internet.
    ``(f) The Judicial Conference shall promulgate guidelines to ensure 
that the Board only approves private judicial seminars that are 
conducted in a manner so as to maintain the public's confidence in an 
unbiased and fair-minded judiciary.
    ``(g) There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit in the 
Fund $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, to 
remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 42 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``630. Judicial Education Fund.''.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE JUDICIAL SEMINAR GIFTS PROHIBITED.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section, the term--
            (1) ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning 
        given under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1001(a));
            (2) ``private judicial seminar''--
                    (A) means a seminar, symposia, panel discussion, 
                course, or a similar event that provides continuing 
                legal education to judges; and
                    (B) does not include--
                            (i) seminars that last 1 day or less and 
                        are conducted by, and on the campus of, an 
                        institute of higher education;
                            (ii) seminars that last 1 day or less and 
                        are conducted by national bar associations or 
                        State or local bar associations for the benefit 
                        of the bar association membership; or
                            (iii) seminars of any length conducted by, 
                        and on the campus of an institute of higher 
                        education or by national bar associations or 
                        State or local bar associations, where a judge 
                        is a presenter and at which judges constitute 
                        less than 25 percent of the participants;
            (3) ``national bar association'' means a national 
        organization that is open to general membership to all members 
        of the bar; and
            (4) ``State or local bar association'' means a State or 
        local organization that is open to general membership to all 
        members of the bar in the specified geographic region.
    (b) In General.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Judicial Conference of the United States 
shall promulgate regulations to apply section 7353(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of 
anything of value in connection with a private judicial seminar.
    (c) Exception.--The prohibition under the regulations promulgated 
under subsection (b) shall not apply if--
            (1) the judge participates in a private judicial seminar as 
        a speaker, panel participant, or otherwise presents 
        information;
            (2) Federal judges are not the primary audience at the 
        private judicial seminar; and
            (3) the thing of value accepted is--
                    (A) reimbursement from the private judicial seminar 
                sponsor of reasonable transportation, food, or lodging 
                expenses on any day on which the judge speaks, 
                participates, or presents information, as applicable;
                    (B) attendance at the private judicial seminar on 
                any day on which the judge speaks, participates, or 
                presents information, as applicable; or
                    (C) anything excluded from the definition of a gift 
                under regulations of the Judicial Conference of the 
                United States under sections 7351 and 7353 of title 5, 
                United States Code, as in effect on the date of 
                enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. RECUSAL LISTS.

    Section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) Each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States 
shall maintain a list of all financial interests that would require 
disqualification under subsection (b)(4).
    ``(2) Each list maintained under paragraph (1) shall be made 
available to the public at the office of the clerk for the court at 
which a justice, judge, or magistrate is assigned.''.
Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) establish within the Treasury a Judicial Education Fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center; and (2) require each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States to maintain a list (to be made available to the public) of all financial interests that would require disqualification in any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate regulations to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of anything in value in connection with a private judicial seminar, with specified exceptions.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Jobs First Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION FOR 
              CERTAIN REPATRIATED FOREIGN EARNINGS.

    (a) In General.--Section 965 of such Code is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Temporary Extension and Modification.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of an election under this 
        subsection, subsection (f)(1) shall be applied by substituting 
        `the date of the enactment of subsection (g)' for `the date of 
        the enactment of this section'.
            ``(2) Percentage deductible.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of an election under 
                this subsection, subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by 
                substituting `the applicable percentage' for `85 
                percent'.
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of this 
                section, the applicable percentage is 29 percent, 
                increased by the number of percentage points determined 
                with respect to the taxpayer under subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Increased deduction for payroll expansion.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For purposes of 
                        subparagraph (B), the number of percentage 
                        points determined with respect to a taxpayer 
                        under this subparagraph shall be--
                                    ``(I) so much of the percentage 
                                increase, if any, in the taxpayer's 
                                qualified payroll for all quarters 
                                ending during the taxable year as 
                                compared to the qualified payroll for 
                                the same quarters during the taxpayer's 
                                taxable year ending during 2010 as does 
                                not exceed 14 percent, multiplied by
                                    ``(II) 4.
                            ``(ii) Qualified payroll.--For purposes of 
                        this subparagraph, the term `qualified payroll' 
                        means the amount of all wages (within the 
                        meaning of section 3121(a)) paid or incurred by 
                        the taxpayer to the employees of such taxpayer, 
                        except that, with respect to each such 
                        employee, such wages shall be taken into 
                        account only to the extent that such wages do 
                        not exceed the contribution and benefit base as 
                        determined under section 230 of the Social 
                        Security Act.
                            ``(iii) Railway labor.--In the case of 
                        remuneration subject to the tax imposed by 
                        section 3221(a), clause (ii) shall be applied 
                        by substituting `all compensation (within the 
                        meaning of section 3231(e))' for `all wages 
                        (within the meaning of section 3121(a))'.
                            ``(iv) Special rule for converted 
                        employees.--For purposes of this subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The wages of any 
                                specified individual shall not be taken 
                                into account.
                                    ``(II) Specified individual.--
                                Except as provided by the Secretary, 
                                the term `specified individual' means 
                                any individual who, during the 2-year 
                                period ending on the date of the 
                                enactment of this subsection, performed 
                                services directly or indirectly for the 
                                taxpayer and was treated for purposes 
                                of employment taxes as not an employee 
                                with respect to the performance of such 
                                services.
            ``(3) Special rules.--
                    ``(A) Recapture in case of payroll decrease during 
                recapture period.--The Secretary shall, by regulations, 
                provide for recapturing any portion of the benefit 
                under any deduction allowable by this subsection, and 
                attributable to paragraph (2)(C), to the extent--
                            ``(i) the taxpayer's qualified payroll for 
                        all quarters ending during the taxable year for 
                        which the such deduction was allowed, exceeds
                            ``(ii) the taxpayer's qualified payroll for 
                        all quarters ending during either of the 2 
                        taxable years following the taxable year with 
                        respect to which such deduction was allowed.
                    ``(B) Controlled groups.--All employers treated as 
                a single employer under section (a) or (b) of section 
                52 shall be treated as a single employer for purposes 
                of this subsection.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 965 of such Code is amended 
        by striking paragraph (4).
            (2) Section 965 of such Code is amended by striking ``June 
        30, 2003'' each place it occurs and inserting ``June 30, 
        2010''.
            (3) Subparagraph (B) of section 965(b)(3) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``October 3, 2004'' and inserting ``October 
        1, 2011''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years ending on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act

American Jobs First Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the election to deduct dividends received by a domestic corporation from a controlled foreign corporation.  Increases the amount of such deduction by increases in the payroll of the domestic corporation over the previous taxable year.  Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, by regulations, for a recapture of any portion of the increased tax deduction allowed to a domestic corporation if such corporation's payroll decreases during either of the two taxable years following the taxable year in which the increased deduction was allowed.