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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Landowners Equal Treatment Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) The Secretary of the Interior, through the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service, recently demanded and 
        received compensation for the loss of use of federally owned 
        property resulting from constructive use of the property for 
        other public purposes, in an amount of approximately 
        $26,000,000.
            (2) The Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a 
        regulation allowing for compensation of Federal agencies for 
        the lost use of agency property for public purposes, through a 
        definition of the term ``constructive use'' that includes off-
        site impacts of Federal agency actions on federally owned 
        property.
            (3) The Federal Government enjoys no right under the 
        Constitution to compensation for use of Federal agency property 
        for other public purposes, while the rights of private persons 
        to be compensated for the taking of their property by the 
        Government for a public purpose is a fundamental right 
        protected by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the 
        Constitution.
            (4) Private property owners should be compensated in a 
        manner that is at least as equitable as the compensation 
        afforded to Federal agencies when their property is used or 
        constructively used for other public purposes.
            (5) Fair and equitable treatment of private property owners 
        will increase the willingness of private property owners to 
        provide habitat for wildlife and plants protected under the 
        Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to increase the efforts of 
private property owners to protect and restore habitat for wildlife, by 
ensuring that their constitutional and legal property rights will be 
honored, respected, and protected in the implementation of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973.

SEC. 3. MINIMIZING IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                ``minimizing impacts on private property

    ``Sec. 19. (a) In General.--In implementing this Act, the head of 
an agency shall make every possible effort to avoid, minimize, or 
mitigate impacts on non-Federal property that result in Federal use of 
the property as a direct result of the action of the agency head under 
this Act or in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. An agency shall 
not take action that results in a Federal use of non-Federal property 
under this Act unless the agency--
            ``(1) obtains the written permission of its owner;
            ``(2) negotiates a voluntary agreement authorizing that 
        use; or
            ``(3) pays compensation in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Compensation for Federal Use of Non-Federal Property.--An 
agency that takes action under this Act or in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act that results in a Federal use of non-Federal 
property or any portion of non-Federal property without the written 
consent of the owner of the property shall compensate the owner for the 
fair market value of the Federal use of the property or portion. 
Compensation paid shall reflect the duration of the Federal use as 
necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act.
    ``(c) Request of Owner.--An owner of non-Federal property seeking 
compensation under this section shall make a written request for 
compensation to the agency implementing the agency action resulting in 
the Federal use of property. The request shall, at a minimum, identify 
the affected portion of the property, the nature of the Federal use of 
non-Federal property for which the compensation is sought, and the 
amount of compensation sought.
    ``(d) Negotiations.--The agency may negotiate with the owner to 
reach agreement on the amount of the compensation under this section, 
the terms of any agreement for payment, and the terms of any Federal 
use of non-Federal property for which compensation is paid. If such an 
agreement is reached, the agency shall within 6 months pay the owner 
the amount agreed upon. An agreement under this section may include a 
transfer of title or an agreement to limit the period of time of the 
Federal use of non-Federal property.
    ``(e) Choice of Remedies.--If, not later than 180 days after the 
written request is made, the parties have not reached an agreement on 
compensation, the owner of the property may elect binding arbitration 
or seek compensation due under this section in a civil action.
    ``(f) Arbitration.--The procedures that govern the arbitration 
shall, as nearly as practicable, be those established under title 9, 
United States Code, for arbitration proceedings to which that title 
applies. An award made in such arbitration shall include a reasonable 
attorney's fee and other arbitration costs, including appraisal fees. 
The agency shall promptly pay any award made to the owner.
    ``(g) Civil Actions.--A civil action to enforce this section may be 
filed under section 11(g). An owner who prevails in a civil action 
against the agency pursuant to this section shall be entitled to, and 
the agency shall be liable for, the amount of compensation awarded plus 
reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs, including 
appraisal fees. The court shall award interest on the amount of any 
compensation from the time of the Federal use of non-Federal property.
    ``(h) Source of Payments.--Any payment made under this section to 
an owner of property and any judgment obtained by an owner of property 
in a civil action under this section shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, be made from the annual appropriation of the agency 
that took the agency action giving rise to the payment or civil action. 
If the agency action resulted from a requirement imposed by another 
agency, then the agency making the payment or satisfying the judgment 
may seek partial or complete reimbursement from the appropriated funds 
of the other agency. For this purpose, the head of the agency concerned 
may transfer or reprogram any appropriated funds available to the 
agency. If insufficient funds exist for the payment or to satisfy the 
judgment, it shall be the duty of the head of the agency to seek the 
appropriation of such funds for the next fiscal year.
    ``(i) Availability of Appropriations.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any obligation of the United States to make any 
payment under this section shall be subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    ``(j) Duty of Notice to Owners.--An agency may not take any action 
that is a Federal use of non-Federal property unless the agency has 
given 30 days notice to each owner of the property directly affected 
explaining their rights under this section and either obtaining their 
permission for the Federal use or providing the procedures for 
obtaining any compensation that may be available under this section.
    ``(k) Rules of Construction.--The following rules of construction 
shall apply to this Act:
            ``(1) Other rights preserved.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to limit any right to compensation that exists under 
        the Constitution or under other laws.
            ``(2) Extent of federal authority.--Payment of compensation 
        under this section (other than when property is bought by the 
        Federal Government at the option of the owner) shall not confer 
        any rights on the Federal Government other than the Federal use 
        of non-Federal property agreed to so that the agency action may 
        achieve the species conservation purposes of this Act.
    ``(l) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(2) Federal use.--(A) The term `Federal use' means--
                    ``(i) any action under this Act to--
                            ``(I) permanently incorporate non-Federal 
                        property into a Federal facility;
                            ``(II) place non-Federal property under the 
                        control of the Secretary; or
                            ``(III) temporarily occupy non-Federal 
                        property in a manner that is adverse to the 
                        constitutional right of the owner of the 
                        property against taking of the property by the 
                        Federal Government; and
                    ``(ii) any constructive use of non-Federal 
                property.
            ``(B) In this paragraph the term `constructive use' means 
        any action described in subparagraph (C) taken under this Act 
        that results in--
                    ``(i) substantial diminution in the normal or 
                reasonably expected uses of non-Federal property;
                    ``(ii) a reduction in the fair market value of non-
                Federal property of 25 percent or more; or
                    ``(iii) in the case of the right to receive water, 
                any diminution in the quantity of water received or 
                available for use.
            ``(C) The actions referred to in subparagraph (B) are the 
        following:
                    ``(i) The imposition or enforcement of a 
                prohibition of use of non-Federal property the purpose 
                of which is to provide or retain habitat for any 
                species of wildlife or plant determined to be an 
                endangered species or threatened species.
                    ``(ii) A designation of non-Federal property as 
                critical habitat under this Act.
                    ``(iii) The denial of a permit under section 10 
                that results in the loss of the ability to use non-
                Federal property in order to provide habitat for 
                wildlife or plants.
                    ``(iv) An agency action pursuant to a reasonable 
                and prudent alternative suggested by the Secretary 
                under section 7, that would cause an agency to restrict 
                the use of non-Federal property.
                    ``(v) The imposition by any governmental entity of 
                a limitation or restriction on an otherwise permissible 
                use of non-Federal property by the owner of the 
                property, as a condition of a Federal agency providing 
                any land, money, permit, or other benefit to the 
                governmental entity, if imposition of the limitation or 
                restriction by the agency directly would constitute a 
                Federal use of non-Federal property under the other 
                provisions of this paragraph, unless the governmental 
                entity has some other legal basis for imposing the 
                limitation or restriction.
            ``(3) Fair market value.--The term `fair market value' 
        means the most probable price at which property or a right to 
        use property would change hands, in a competitive and open 
        market under all conditions requisite to fair sale, between a 
        willing buyer and willing seller, neither being under any 
        compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge 
        of relevant facts, and without regard to the presence of any 
        species protected under this Act. With respect to a right to 
        use property, fair market value shall be determined on or 
        immediately before the exercise of the right.
            ``(4) Law of the state.--The term `law of the State' 
        includes the law of a political subdivision of a State.
            ``(5) Non-federal property.--The term `non-Federal 
        property' means property which is owned by a person other than 
        any Federal entity of government.
            ``(6) Property.--The term `property' means land, an 
        interest in land, the right to use or receive water, and any 
        personal property, as defined under the law of the State.''.

Ex Output:
Landowners Equal Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the head of an agency to make every possible effort to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts on non-Federal property that result from Federal use of the property (including constructive use) as a direct result of an agency action under such Act (including actions to provide or retain habitat for endangered or threatened species or to designate non-Federal property as critical habitat).  Prohibits an agency from taking action under such Act that results in a Federal use of non-Federal property unless it: (1) obtains the landowner's permission; (2) negotiates a voluntary agreement authorizing such use; or (3) compensates the landowner for the fair market value of the Federal use.  Sets forth provisions governing landowner requests for compensation, compensation negotiations, arbitration or civil actions to resolve compensation disagreements, and payment of compensation from an agency's annual appropriations. 
Prohibits an agency from taking any action that is a Federal use of non-Federal property unless it has given 30 days notice to each property owner directly affected explaining their rights and either obtaining their permission or providing procedures for obtaining compensation.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Futures Investor Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FUTURES INVESTORS PROTECTION FUND.

    (a) Futures Investor Protection Corporation.--
            (1) Creation and membership.--
                    (A) Creation.--There is established a nonprofit 
                corporation to be known as the ``Futures Investor 
                Protection Corporation'' (in this Act referred to as 
                the ``FIPC''), which shall not be an agency or 
                establishment of the United States Government.
                    (B) Membership.--
                            (i) Members of fipc.--The FIPC shall be a 
                        membership corporation the members of which 
                        shall be all persons registered under the 
                        Commodity Exchange Act with the Commission as a 
                        futures commission merchant, other than persons 
                        whose principal business, in the determination 
                        of the FIPC, taking into account business of 
                        affiliated entities, is conducted outside the 
                        United States and its territories and 
                        possessions.
                            (ii) Commission review; additional 
                        members.--Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
                        3(a)(2) of SIPA shall apply with respect to 
                        determinations of the FIPC in the same way the 
                        subparagraphs apply with respect to 
                        determinations of the SIPC and to brokers and 
                        dealers referred to in such subparagraph (D).
                            (iii) Disclosure.--Section 3(a)(2)(D) of 
                        SIPA shall apply to futures commission 
                        merchants in the same way the section applies 
                        to brokers and dealers referred to in such 
                        section.
            (2) Powers.--The FIPC shall have all the powers conferred 
        on the SIPC.
            (3) Board of directors.--
                    (A) Functions.--The FIPC shall have a Board of 
                Directors which, subject to the provisions of this Act, 
                shall determine the policies which shall govern the 
                operations of FIPC.
                    (B) Number and appointment.--The Board of Directors 
                shall consist of 7 persons as follows:
                            (i) 1 director shall be appointed by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury from among the 
                        officers and employees of the Department of the 
                        Treasury.
                            (ii) 1 director shall be appointed by the 
                        Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
                        System from among the officers and employees of 
                        that Board.
                            (iii) 5 directors shall be appointed by the 
                        President, by and with the advice and consent 
                        of the Senate, as follows:
                                    (I) 3 directors shall be selected 
                                from among persons who are associated 
                                with, and representative of different 
                                aspects of, the futures industry, not 
                                all of whom shall be from the same 
                                geographical area of the United States.
                                    (II) 2 directors shall be selected 
                                from the general public from among 
                                persons who are not associated with a 
                                futures commission merchant or a 
                                contract market, or similarly 
                                associated with any self-regulatory 
                                organization or other futures industry 
                                group, and who have not had any such 
                                association during the 2 years 
                                preceding appointment.
                    (C) Chairman and vice chairman.--The President 
                shall designate a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among 
                those directors appointed under subparagraph 
                (B)(iii)(II).
                    (D) Terms.--
                            (i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clauses (ii) and (iii), each director shall be 
                        appointed for a term of 3 years.
                            (ii) Initially appointed members.--Of the 
                        directors first appointed under subparagraph 
                        (B)--
                                    (I) 2 shall hold office for a term 
                                expiring on December 31, 2017;
                                    (II) 2 shall hold office for a term 
                                expiring on December 31, 2018; and
                                    (III) 3 shall hold office for a 
                                term expiring on December 31, 2019,
                        as designated by the President at the time they 
                        take office. The designation shall be made in a 
                        manner which will assure that no 2 persons 
                        appointed under the authority of the same 
                        subclause of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall have 
                        terms which expire simultaneously.
                            (iii) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Board 
                        shall be filled in the same manner as the 
                        original appointment was made. Any director 
                        appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to 
                        the expiration of the term for which the 
                        predecessor of the director was appointed shall 
                        be appointed only for the remainder of the 
                        term. A director may serve after the expiration 
                        of the term for which appointed until the 
                        successor of the director has taken office.
                    (E) Compensation.--All matters relating to 
                compensation of directors shall be as provided in the 
                bylaws of the FIPC.
            (4) Meetings of board; bylaws and rules.--Subsections (d) 
        and (e) of section 3 of SIPA shall apply with respect to the 
        FIPC and the Commission in the same way the subsections apply 
        with respect to the SIPC and the Securities and Exchange 
        Commission.
    (b) FIPC Fund.--
            (1) In general.--The FIPC shall establish, and make 
        deposits into and payments from, an ``FIPC fund'' (in this Act 
        referred to as the ``fund'') in the same manner in which the 
        SIPC has established, and is authorized to make deposits into 
        and payments from, the SIPC fund.
            (2) Assessments.--The FIPC shall impose on its members 
        assessments subject to the same rules that apply to the 
        imposition by the SIPC of assessments on the members of the 
        SIPC.
    (c) Other Provisions.--Sections 5 through 16 of the SIPA shall 
apply with respect to the FIPC and the members, directors, officers, 
and employees of the FIPC, the Commission, the FIPC fund, futures 
commission merchants and their affiliates, futures contracts, futures 
transactions, customers, and debtors in the same way the sections apply 
with respect to the SIPC and the members, directors, officers, and 
employees of the SIPC, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SIPC 
fund, persons registered as brokers or dealers (as defined in section 
16(12) of the SIPA) and their affiliates, securities, securities 
transactions, customers (as defined in section 16(2) of the SIPA), and 
debtors (as defined in section 16(5) of the SIPA), respectively.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
            (2) Contract market.--The term ``contract market'' means a 
        board of trade designated as a contract market under the 
        Commodity Exchange Act.
            (3) Futures contract.--The term ``futures contract'' means 
        a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, within 
        the meaning of the Commodity Exchange Act.
            (4) Futures commission merchant.--The term ``futures 
        commission merchant'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        1a(28) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
            (5) SIPA.--The term ``SIPA'' means the Security Investors 
        Protection Act of 1970.
            (6) SIPC.--The term ``SIPC'' means the Security Investors 
        Protection Corporation.
            (7) SIPC fund.--The term ``SIPC fund'' means the fund 
        established under section 4(a)(1) of the SIPA.

SEC. 3. SUITABILITY RULES.

    (a) In General.--The Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 4t the following:

``SEC. 4U. SUITABILITY RULES.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Recommendations must be suitable for the customer.--A 
        futures commission merchant shall not recommend a transaction 
        or investment strategy involving a contract of sale of a 
        commodity for future delivery, unless the futures commission 
        merchant has a reasonable basis to believe that the transaction 
        or investment strategy is suitable for the customer, based on 
        the information obtained through the reasonable diligence of 
        the futures commission merchant to ascertain the customer's 
        investment profile. A customer's investment profile includes, 
        but is not limited to, the customer's age, other investments, 
        financial situation and needs, tax status, investment 
        objectives, investment experience, investment time horizon, 
        liquidity needs, risk tolerance, and any other information the 
        customer may disclose to the futures commission merchant in 
        connection with the recommendation.
            ``(2) Safe harbor in certain cases.--A futures commission 
        merchant is deemed to comply with paragraph (1) in the case of 
        a customer with an institutional account, if--
                    ``(A) the futures commission merchant has a 
                reasonable basis to believe that the customer is 
                capable of evaluating investment risks independently, 
                both in general and with regard to particular 
                transactions and investment strategies involving a 
                contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery; 
                and
                    ``(B) the customer affirmatively indicates that it 
                is exercising independent judgment in evaluating the 
                recommendations of the futures commission merchant.
    ``(b) Applicability With Respect to Certain Agents.--If a customer 
with an institutional account has delegated decisionmaking authority to 
an agent, subsection (a) shall be applied with respect to the agent.
    ``(c) Institutional Account Defined.--In this section, the term 
`institutional account' means the account of--
            ``(1) a bank, savings and loan association, insurance 
        company or registered investment company;
            ``(2) an investment adviser registered with the Securities 
        and Exchange Commission under section 203 of the Investment 
        Advisers Act or with a State securities commission (or any 
        agency or office performing like functions); or
            ``(3) any other person (whether a natural person, 
        corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) with total assets 
        of at least $50,000,000.
    ``(d) Penalties.--The Commission may impose one or more of the 
following sanctions on a person found by the Commission to have 
violated this section or to have neglected or refused to comply with an 
order issued by the Commission under this section:
            ``(1) Censure.
            ``(2) A fine.
            ``(3) Expulsion of the person from, or revocation of the 
        membership of the person in, a registered entity.
            ``(4) Suspension for a definite period or a period 
        contingent on the performance of a particular act, or 
        revocation, of the registration of the person under this Act 
        with the Commission as a futures commission merchant.
            ``(5) Suspension or bar of the person from association with 
        any other futures commission merchant.
            ``(6) A temporary or permanent cease and desist order 
        against the person.
            ``(7) Any other fitting sanction.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Within 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall 
issue regulations for the implementation of the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 4. REVIEW OF PROOF OF CLAIMS RULES.

    (a) In General.--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall 
review the guidelines for establishing account classes and determining 
the basis for pro rata shares under, and the sample claim form set 
forth in, part 190 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
consider the desirability of allowing use of a set date for valuation 
purposes rather than the date of actual liquidation of positions.
    (b) Report to the Congress.--Within 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall 
submit to the Congress a written report that contains the findings of 
the Commission with respect to the matters referred to in subsection 
(a), and includes such changes to the regulations in such part as the 
Commission deems appropriate.

Ex Output:
Futures Investor Protection Act This bill establishes the Futures Investor Protection Corporation (FIPC) as a nonprofit membership corporation for all futures commission merchants registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In general, the FIPC's powers and duties shall mirror those of the Security Investors Protection Corporation (the nonprofit membership corporation for registered broker-dealers). In addition, the bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to establish suitability rules with respect to&nbsp;recommendations&nbsp;by a&nbsp;futures commission merchant to a customer. The CFTC must review certain guidelines regarding proof of claims, as specified by the bill. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LEGAL STATUS OF CONTRACT PERSONNEL.

    (a) Clarification of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 
Act.--
            (1) Inclusion of contractors.--Subsection (a) of section 
        3261 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
                    (B) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph 
                (2) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) while employed under a contract (or subcontract at 
        any tier) awarded by any department or agency of the United 
        States, where the work under such contract is carried out in an 
        area, or in close proximity to an area (as designated by the 
        Department of Defense), where the Armed Forces is conducting a 
        contingency operation,''.
            (2) Definition.--Section 3267 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) The term `contingency operation' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10.''.
    (b) Department of Justice Inspector General Report.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
        Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report in 
        accordance with this subsection.
            (2) Content of report.--The report under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) a description of the status of Department of 
                Justice investigations of alleged violations of section 
                3261 of title 18, United States Code, to have been 
                committed by contract personnel, which shall include--
                            (i) the number of complaints received by 
                        the Department of Justice;
                            (ii) the number of investigations into 
                        complaints opened by the Department of Justice;
                            (iii) the number of criminal cases opened 
                        by the Department of Justice; and
                            (iv) the number and result of criminal 
                        cases closed by the Department of Justice;
                    (B) findings and recommendations about the number 
                of criminal cases prosecuted by the Department of 
                Justice involving violations of section 3261 of title 
                18, United States Code; and
                    (C) with respect to covered contracts where the 
                work under such contracts is carried out in Iraq or 
                Afghanistan--
                            (i) a list of each charge brought against 
                        contractors or contract personnel performing 
                        work under such a covered contract, including--
                                    (I) a description of the offense 
                                with which a contractor or contract 
                                personnel were charged; and
                                    (II) the disposition of such 
                                charge; and
                            (ii) a description of any legal actions 
                        taken by the United States Government against 
                        contractors or contract personnel as a result 
                        of--
                                    (I) a criminal charge brought 
                                against such contractors or contract 
                                personnel; or
                                    (II) a complaint received regarding 
                                the activities of such contractors or 
                                contract personnel.
            (3) Format of report.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
        be submitted in unclassified format, but may contain a 
        classified annex as appropriate.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIVE UNIT FOR 
              CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

    (a) Establishment of Theater Investigative Unit.--The Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall ensure that there are 
adequate personnel through the creation of Theater Investigative Units 
to investigate allegations of criminal violations of section 3261 of 
title 18, United States Code, by contract personnel.
    (b) Responsibilities of Theater Investigative Unit.--The Theater 
Investigative Unit established for a theater of operations shall--
            (1) investigate reports that raise reasonable suspicion of 
        criminal misconduct by contract personnel;
            (2) investigate reports of fatalities resulting from the 
        potentially unlawful use of force by contract personnel; and
            (3) upon conclusion of an investigation of alleged criminal 
        misconduct, refer the case to the Attorney General of the 
        United States for further action, as appropriate in the 
        discretion of the Attorney General.
    (c) Responsibilities of Federal Bureau of Investigation.--
            (1) Resources.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation shall ensure that each Theater Investigative Unit 
        has adequate resources and personnel to carry out its 
        responsibilities.
            (2) Notification.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation shall notify Congress whenever a Theater 
        Investigative Unit is established or terminated in accordance 
        with this section.
            (3) Security.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation shall request security assistance from the 
        Secretary of Defense in any case in which a Theater 
        Investigative Unit does not have the resources or is otherwise 
        unable to provide adequate security to ensure the safety of 
        such Unit. The Director may not request or provide for security 
        for a Theater Investigate Unit from any individual or entity 
        other than the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Secretary 
        of Defense.
    (d) Assistance on Request of Attorney General.--In consultation 
with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Attorney 
General may request assistance from the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the head 
of any other Executive agency, notwithstanding any statute, rule, or 
regulation to the contrary, including the assignment of additional 
personnel and resources to a Theater Investigative Unit.
    (e) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ensures compliance 
with the provisions of this Act pursuant to section 5(c), and annually 
thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 
submit to Congress a report containing--
            (1) the number of reports received by Theater Investigative 
        Units relating to suspected criminal misconduct by contractors 
        or contract personnel;
            (2) the number of reports received by Theater Investigative 
        Units relating to fatalities resulting from the use of force by 
        contractors or contract personnel;
            (3) the number of cases referred by Theater Investigative 
        Units to the Attorney General for further investigation or 
        other action; and
            (4) any recommended changes to Federal law that the 
        Director considers necessary to perform the duties of the 
        Director under this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered contract.--The term ``covered contract'' means 
        an agreement--
                    (A) that is--
                            (i) a prime contract awarded by an agency;
                            (ii) a subcontract at any tier under any 
                        prime contract awarded by an agency; or
                            (iii) a task order issued under a task or 
                        delivery order contract entered into by an 
                        agency; and
                    (B) according to which the work under such 
                contract, subcontract, or task order is carried out in 
                a region outside the United States in which the Armed 
                Forces are conducting a contingency operation.
            (2) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term ``Executive agency'' in section 105 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (3) Contingency operation.--The term ``contingency 
        operation'' has the meaning given the term section 101(13) of 
        title 10, United States Code.
            (4) Contractor.--The term ``contractor'' means an entity 
        performing a covered contract.
            (5) Contract personnel.--The term ``contract personnel'' 
        means persons assigned by a contractor (including 
        subcontractors at any tier) to perform work under a covered 
        contract.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Applicability.--The provisions of this Act shall apply to all 
covered contracts and all covered contract personnel in which the work 
under the contract is carried out in an area, or in close proximity to 
an area (as designated by the Department of Defense), where the Armed 
Forces is conducting a contingency operation on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Immediate Effectiveness.--The provisions of this Act shall 
enter into effect immediately upon the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Implementation.--With respect to covered contracts and covered 
contract personnel discussed in subsection (a)(1), the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the head of any other agency to 
which this Act applies, shall have 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act to ensure compliance with the provisions of this 
Act.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect intelligence 
activities that are otherwise permissible prior to the enactment of 
this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 4, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

Ex Output:

MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007 - Provides that persons who, while employed under a federal agency contract in, or in close proximity to, an area where the Armed Forces are conducting a contingency operation, engage in conduct that would constitute an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year if engaged in within U.S. jurisdiction, shall be punished as provided for that offense.

Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report to Congress on: (1) the status of DOJ's investigations of alleged violations committed by contract personnel; (2) findings and recommendations about the number of criminal cases prosecuted by DOJ involving such violations; and (3) with respect to covered contracts where the work is carried out in Iraq or Afghanistan, a list of each charge brought against contractors or contract personnel and a description of any legal actions taken by the United States as a result of such a criminal charge or a complaint.

Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ensure that there are adequate personnel, through the creation of Theater Investigative Units, to investigate allegations of such criminal violations by contract personnel. Requires such a Unit to refer a case, if appropriate, to the Attorney General for further action. Requires the Director to request security assistance from the Secretary of Defense in any case in which a Unit does not have the resources or is otherwise unable to provide adequate security to ensure its safety. Authorizes the Attorney General to request assistance from the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the head of any other agency, including the assignment of additional personnel and resources to a Unit.

Requires the Director to report annually to Congress on the number of reports received by Units relating to suspected criminal misconduct by contractors or to fatalities resulting from the use of force by contractors, the number of cases referred by the Units to the Attorney General for further investigation or action, and any recommended changes to federal law that the Director considers necessary to perform the duties of the Director under this Act.