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[EX Q]: 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.
[EX A]: 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.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mothers' and Infants' Good Health 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR CHILD BIRTH.

    (a) In General.--A health plan that provides maternity benefits 
that include benefits for child birth shall ensure that--
            (1) in the case of delivery in a hospital or other 
        inpatient setting, coverage is provided for a minimum of 48 
        hours of inpatient care following a vaginal delivery and a 
        minimum of 96 hours of inpatient care following a caesarean 
        section for a mother and her newly born child in a health care 
        facility; and
            (2) in the case of delivery in the home or other outpatient 
        setting, coverage for appropriate home health care in the 
        setting is provided for a minimum of 48 hours following 
        delivery.
    (b) Terms of Coverage.--A health plan fails to provide coverage 
required under subsection (a) if the plan imposes cost-sharing with 
respect to care described in such subsection which varies depending on 
the length of stay within the minimum period required under such 
subsection.
    (c) Prohibition.--In implementing the requirements of this section, 
a health plan may not modify the terms and conditions of coverage based 
on the determination by an enrollee to request less than the minimum 
coverage required under subsection (a).
    (d) Notice.--A health plan shall provide notice to each enrollee 
under such plan regarding the coverage required by this section in 
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in consultation with the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners. Such notice shall be in writing and 
prominently positioned in any literature or correspondence made 
available or distributed by the health plan and shall be transmitted--
            (1) in the next mailing of general information made by the 
        plan to the enrollee,
            (2) as part of the yearly informational packet sent to the 
        enrollee, or
            (3) not later than January 1, 1996,
whichever is earliest.
    (e) Enforcement.--
            (1) Failure to provide coverage.--Any health plan that 
        violates the provisions of this section (other than subsection 
        (d)) shall be subject to a civil money penalty in an amount 
        determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            (2) Failure to provide notice.--Any health plan that 
        violates the provisions of subsection (d) shall be subject to a 
        civil money penalty in an amount determined by the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services.
            (3) Process.--The provisions of section 1128A of the Social 
        Security Act (other than subsections (a) and (b)) shall apply 
        to civil money penalties under this subsection in the same 
        manner as they apply to a penalty or proceeding under section 
        1128A(a) of such Act.
    (f) Health Plan.--
            (1) In general.--As used in this section, the term ``health 
        plan'' means any plan or arrangement which provides, or pays 
        the cost of, health benefits.
            (2) Exclusions.--Such term does not include the following, 
        or any combination thereof:
                    (A) Coverage only for accidental death or 
                dismemberment.
                    (B) Coverage providing wages or payments in lieu of 
                wages for any period during which the employee is 
                absent from work on account of sickness or injury.
                    (C) A medicare supplemental policy (as defined in 
                section 1882(g)(1) of the Social Security Act).
                    (D) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability 
                insurance.
                    (E) Worker's compensation or similar insurance.
                    (F) Automobile medical-payment insurance.
                    (G) A long-term care policy, including a nursing 
                home fixed indemnity policy (unless the Secretary 
                determines that such a policy provides sufficiently 
                comprehensive coverage of a benefit so that it should 
                be treated as a health plan).
                    (H) Such other plan or arrangement as the Secretary 
                of Health and Human Services determines is not a health 
                plan.
            (3) Certain plans included.--Such term includes any plan or 
        arrangement not described in any subparagraph of paragraph (2) 
        which provides for benefit payments, on a periodic basis, for--
                    (A) a specified disease or illness, or
                    (B) period of hospitalization,
        without regard to the costs incurred or services rendered 
        during the period to which the payments relate.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of section 2 shall apply to all health plans 
offered, sold, issued, or renewed after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
[EX A]: Mothers' and Infants' Good Health Act of 1995 - Requires a health plan that provides maternity benefits that include benefits for child birth to provide coverage for a minimum amount of time following delivery in:  (1) a health care facility; and (2) the home or other outpatient setting.  Prohibits a health plan from modifying the terms and conditions of coverage, if an enrollee requests less than the minimum coverage required in this Act. 
Requires a health plan to provide notice, as specified, to each enrollee regarding the coverage required in this Act. 
Establishes civil penalties for failure to provide coverage and failure to provide notice.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Grand juries are typically used as the process by which 
        allegations of police misconduct are prosecuted.
            (2) There exists a symbiotic relationship between local 
        prosecutors and the law enforcement officers who regularly 
        testify in routine grand jury investigations.
            (3) The closeness of this relationship creates public 
        suspicion that accused police officers receive preferential 
        consideration from grand juries when they are subject to grand 
        jury investigations.
            (4) Police officers have the right to appear before the 
        grand jury investigating allegations of wrongdoing by said 
        officer, and give testimony not subject to a thorough cross 
        examination.
            (5) Grand jury proceedings are by law secret proceedings.
            (6) The secret grand jury process has historically resulted 
        in a refusal to indict when the subject of their investigation 
        is a local law enforcement officer.
            (7) The recent grand jury proceedings following the deaths 
        of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have followed historical 
        tradition, ending with a refusal to indict the law enforcement 
        officers involved in their deaths.
            (8) The American people have lost confidence in the 
        secretive grand jury process when it is used to evaluate 
        allegations of police misconduct.
            (9) The loss of confidence in our system of justice leads 
        to the undermining of the principles of equality and justice 
        upon which this country was founded.
            (10) Preliminary hearings are often replaced with direct 
        presentments, whereby the prosecutor may send a case directly 
        to the grand jury without a public preliminary hearing.

SEC. 3. HEARING BEFORE A JUDGE REQUIRED.

    (a) Receipt of Grant Funds.--In order for a State or unit of local 
government in a State to be eligible to receive Federal funding under 
subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), the State shall comply 
with the requirements of this section.
    (b) Notification Requirements.--
            (1) Notification to prosecutor.--In the case of a law 
        enforcement officer of a local law enforcement agency who uses 
        deadly force against a person in the course of the officer's 
        employment, and thereby causes the death of that person, not 
        later than 24 hours after the death occurs, the chief officer 
        of the law enforcement agency of the locality in which the 
        death occurred shall report the death to the elected prosecutor 
        of that locality.
            (2) Notification to governor.--Not later than 24 hours 
        after receiving notice under paragraph (1), the elected 
        prosecutor of the locality in which the death occurred shall 
        report the death to the Governor of that State.
    (c) Hearing Requirement; Appointment of Special Prosecutor.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 days after receiving 
        notice under subsection (b)(2), the Governor of the State in 
        which the death occurred shall appoint a special prosecutor to 
        present evidence on behalf of the State at a hearing before a 
        judge in the appropriate court, in order to determine whether 
        probable cause exists for the State to bring criminal charges 
        against the law enforcement officer relating to the death of 
        the person, which determination shall be made by the judge. The 
        Governor shall use a random process to select the special 
        prosecutor from among all of the elected prosecutors in the 
        State, excluding the elected prosecutor of the locality in 
        which the death occurred.
            (2) Timing.--The hearing described in paragraph (1) shall 
        be held not later than 90 days after the appointment of the 
        special prosecutor, unless the judge determines that good cause 
        exists to delay the hearing.
            (3) Court to remain open to the public.--Except as 
        determined appropriate by the presiding judge, in a hearing 
        described in paragraph (1), the court shall remain open to the 
        public, and upon scheduling the hearing the judge shall provide 
        notice to the public of the date, time, and location of the 
        hearing.
    (d) State Law Enforcement Agency To Have Exclusive Authority Over 
Investigation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 24 hours after receiving 
        notice under subsection (b)(2), the Governor shall report the 
        death to the chief officer of the State law enforcement agency 
        of the State in which the death occurred, and the State law 
        enforcement agency shall assume exclusive control of the 
        investigation of the death during the pendency of the probable 
        cause hearing.
            (2) Cooperation of local law enforcement agency.--The chief 
        officer of the law enforcement agency of the locality in which 
        the death occurred shall cooperate with the special prosecutor 
        and the chief officer of the State law enforcement agency by 
        responding promptly to requests for information related to the 
        death.
    (e) Written Determination of Probable Cause.--Not later than 5 days 
after the conclusion of a hearing described in subsection (c), the 
judge presiding over the hearing shall issue the determination 
described in subsection (c) in writing, and shall submit such 
determination to the elected prosecutor of the locality in which the 
death occurred. Such determination shall be made available to the 
public.
    (f) Recommendations of the Special Prosecutor.--Upon the conclusion 
of a hearing described in subsection (c), the special prosecutor shall 
submit written recommendations to the elected prosecutor of the 
locality in which the death occurred, including a recommendation 
regarding whether criminal charges should be brought against the law 
enforcement officer relating to the death of the person.
    (g) Tolling of Procedural Deadlines.--Any applicable filing or 
other procedural deadlines are tolled during the pendency of the 
hearing described in subsection (c).
    (h) Preservation of Prosecutorial Discretion.--The hearing 
described in subsection (c) shall be purely advisory, and shall have no 
binding effect on the elected prosecutor of the locality in which the 
death occurred. After the conclusion of the hearing described in 
subsection (c), the elected prosecutor of the locality in which the 
death occurred shall retain prosecutorial discretion as to whether to 
bring charges against the law enforcement officer, including whether to 
hold a grand jury proceeding in the appropriate court.
[EX A]:
Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015  Conditions a state or local government's eligibility for funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program on the state's compliance with this Act. Requires: (1) the chief officer of the law enforcement agency of a locality in which a death results from the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer of such agency to report the death to the elected prosecutor of that locality within 24 hours of such death, and (2) the elected prosecutor to report the death to the governor of the state within 24 hours after receiving such notice.  Directs the governor: (1) within three days after receiving such report, to appoint a special prosecutor to present evidence on the state's behalf at a hearing before a judge to determine whether probable cause exists to bring criminal charges against the law enforcement officer; (2) to use a random process to select the special prosecutor from among all of the elected prosecutors in the state, excluding the elected prosecutor of the locality in which the death occurred; and (3) within 24 hours after being notified of such death, to report the death to the chief officer of the state's law enforcement agency, which shall assume exclusive control of the investigation of the death during the pendency of the probable cause hearing.  Requires: (1) the hearing to be held within 90 days after the appointment of the special prosecutor, unless the judge determines that good cause exists to delay it; (2) the court to remain open to the public for such hearing, except as determined appropriate by the presiding judge; (3) the presiding judge, within five days of the hearing's conclusion, to issue a determination regarding probable cause and to submit such determination to the elected prosecutor of the locality in which the death occurred; and (4) the special prosecutor to submit recommendations to the elected prosecutor, including regarding whether criminal charges should be brought against the officer. Declares that the probable cause hearing shall have no binding effect on the elected prosecutor.