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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile 
Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

    Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1801(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``graduated 
                sanctions'' and inserting ``graduated sanctions and 
                incentives''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``hiring juvenile 
                court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed 
                defenders and special advocates, and'';
                    (C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), and 
                redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as paragraphs 
                (4) through (15), respectively; and
                    (D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``research-based bullying, cyberbullying, and 
                gang prevention programs'' and inserting 
                ``interventions such as researched-based anti-bullying, 
                anti-cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs, as 
                well as mental health services and trauma-informed 
                practices'';
            (2) in section 1802--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after 
                ``individualized sanctions'' the following: ``, 
                incentives,'';
                    (B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking 
                ``graduated sanctions'' and inserting ``graduated 
                sanctions and incentives''; and
                    (C) in subsection (f)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by inserting after ``A sanction 
                                may include'' the following: ``a range 
                                of court-approved interventions, such 
                                as''; and
                                    (II) by inserting after ``a fine,'' 
                                the following: ``a restorative justice 
                                program,''; and
                            (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
                        following:
            ``(3) Incentives.--The term `incentives' means 
        individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated responses to a 
        juvenile offender's compliance with court orders and case 
        disposition terms designed to reinforce or modify the skills 
        and behaviors of the juvenile offender. An incentive may 
        include a certificate of achievement, a letter of 
        recommendation, a family or program activity, a meeting or 
        special outing with a community leader, a reduction in 
        community service hours, a reduced curfew or home-restriction, 
        a decrease in required court appearances, or a decrease in the 
        term of court-ordered supervision.'';
            (3) in section 1810(a), by striking ``$350,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2006 through 2009'' and inserting ``$25,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``(a) Definition of Applicable Committees.--In this section, the 
term `applicable committees' means--
            ``(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
            ``(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives.
    ``(b) Accountability.--All grants awarded by the Attorney General 
under this part shall be subject to the following accountability 
provisions:
            ``(1) Audit requirement.--
                    ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `unresolved audit finding' means a finding in the final 
                audit report of the Inspector General of the Department 
                of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant 
                funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
                unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 
                12 months after the date on which the final audit 
                report is issued.
                    ``(B) Audit.--Beginning in the first fiscal year 
                beginning after the date of enactment of this section, 
                and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector 
                General of the Department of Justice shall conduct 
                audits of recipients of grants awarded by the Attorney 
                General under this part to prevent waste, fraud, and 
                abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 
                determine the appropriate number of grantees to be 
                audited each year.
                    ``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant 
                funds under this part that is found to have an 
                unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to 
                receive grant funds under this part during the first 2 
                fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month 
                period described in subparagraph (A).
                    ``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this 
                part, the Attorney General shall give priority to 
                eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved 
                audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before 
                submitting an application for a grant under this part.
                    ``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant 
                funds under this part during the 2-fiscal-year period 
                during which the entity is barred from receiving grants 
                under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall--
                            ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount 
                        of the grant funds that were improperly awarded 
                        to the grantee into the General Fund of the 
                        Treasury; and
                            ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 
                        repayment to the fund from the grant recipient 
                        that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
            ``(2) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
        year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, the 
        Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an 
        annual certification--
                    ``(A) indicating whether--
                            ``(i) all audits issued by the Inspector 
                        General of the Department of Justice under 
                        paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed 
                        by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General 
                        or Director;
                            ``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
                        under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and
                            ``(iii) all reimbursements required under 
                        paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and
                    ``(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients 
                excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
    ``(c) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
        grant to an applicant under this part, the Attorney General 
        shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded 
        under this part by the Attorney General to determine if 
        duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
            ``(2) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
        grants under this part to the same applicant for the same 
        purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable 
        committees a report that includes--
                    ``(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded under 
                this part, including the total dollar amount of any 
                duplicate grants awarded; and
                    ``(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the 
                duplicate grants.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best practices is 
encouraged for all activities for which grants under part R of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used.

SEC. 4. USE OF AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 
              GENERAL ADMINISTRATION TO CARRY OUT JUVENILE 
              ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

    In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney General 
shall use up to $25,000,000 of the amounts made available for 
Department of Justice, General Administration, to carry out part R of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.).
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
        reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program, 
        and for other purposes.''.

SOLUTION: Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016  (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2022 the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program. It subjects JABG grants to accountability measures. The Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Office of Inspector General must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients. DOJ must submit an annual certification to Congress and identify and report on duplicative grant awards. (Sec. 3) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for activities carried out with JABG funds. (Sec. 4) DOJ must use amounts made available for general administration to carry out the JABG Program.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Renewable Energy Promotion 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Adaptive Management 
        and Environmental Fund established by section 3(c).
            (2) Marine renewable energy.--The term ``marine renewable 
        energy'' means energy from--
                    (A) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, 
                estuaries, and tidal areas;
                    (B) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, man made 
                channels, and streams; and
                    (C) differentials in ocean temperature or ocean 
                thermal energy conversion.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.

SEC. 3. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Research and Development Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a marine 
        renewable energy research and development program that is 
        focused on--
                    (A) developing new marine renewable energy 
                technologies;
                    (B) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs 
                of marine renewable energy technologies;
                    (C) increasing the reliability and survivability of 
                marine renewable energy facilities;
                    (D) integrating marine renewable energy into the 
                national electric grid;
                    (E) identifying opportunities for cross-pollination 
                and development of economies of scale between offshore 
                wind and marine renewable energy sources;
                    (F) identifying the environmental impacts of marine 
                renewable energy and ways to address any negative 
                impacts; and
                    (G)(i) applying advanced systems engineering and 
                system integration methods to identify critical 
                interfaces and develop open standards for marine 
                renewable energy;
                    (ii) transferring the resulting intellectual 
                property to industry stakeholders as public information 
                through published interface definitions, standards, and 
                demonstration projects; and
                    (iii) developing incentives for industry to comply 
                with the standards.
            (2) Administration.--The program established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be separate from any wind and hydropower 
        program carried out by the Secretary.
    (b) Marine-Based Energy Device Verification Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a marine-
        based energy device verification program to provide a bridge 
        from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device 
        design and development efforts underway across the industry to 
        commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are to fund, 
        facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate 
        marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the 
        Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable 
        Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
        Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National 
        Laboratories, and in conjunction with universities and other 
        institutions of higher education, private business entities, 
        and other appropriate organizations, in order--
                    (A) to increase marine renewable energy experience; 
                and
                    (B) to build and operate enough candidate devices 
                to obtain statistically significant operating and 
                maintenance data.
            (3) Objectives.--The objectives of the program include--
                    (A) verifying the performance, reliability, 
                maintainability, and cost of new marine renewable 
                energy device designs and system components in an 
                operating environment;
                    (B) providing States, regulators, utilities, and 
                other stakeholders with a valid opportunity to test and 
                evaluate marine renewable energy technology in new 
                areas;
                    (C) documenting and communicating the experience 
                from those projects for the benefit of utilities, 
                independent power producers, other nonutility 
                generators, device suppliers, and others in the marine 
                renewable energy development community; and
                    (D) resolving environmental issues through robust 
                characterization, reliable impact prediction, effective 
                monitoring, development and use of adaptive management, 
                and informing engineering design to improve 
                environmental performance.
    (c) Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the use of marine renewable energy technologies 
                can reduce contributions to global warming;
                    (B) marine renewable energy technologies can be 
                produced domestically;
                    (C) marine renewable energy is a nascent industry; 
                and
                    (D) the United States must work to promote new 
                renewable energy technologies that reduce contributions 
                to global warming gases and improve domestic energy 
                production.
            (2) Fund.--
                    (A) Establishment.--There is established in the 
                Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be 
                known as the ``Adaptive Management and Environmental 
                Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are appropriated 
                to the Fund under subsection (d).
                    (B) Expenditures from fund.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), on 
                        request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the 
                        Secretary such amounts as the Secretary 
                        determines are necessary to provide grants to 
                        eligible entities to assist the entities in 
                        complying with Federal, State, or local 
                        regulatory permit requirements through 
                        assessment and demonstration of the 
                        environmental effects of marine renewable 
                        energy projects (including environmental 
                        studies, design, fabrication, deployment, 
                        operating, monitoring, environmental 
                        mitigation, and decommissioning costs).
                            (ii) Administrative expenses.--An amount 
                        not exceeding 10 percent of the amounts in the 
                        Fund shall be available for each fiscal year to 
                        pay the administrative expenses necessary to 
                        carry out this subsection.
                    (C) Transfers of amounts.--
                            (i) In general.--The amounts required to be 
                        transferred to the Fund under this paragraph 
                        shall be transferred at least monthly from the 
                        general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the 
                        basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury.
                            (ii) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall 
                        be made in amounts subsequently transferred to 
                        the extent prior estimates were in excess of or 
                        less than the amounts required to be 
                        transferred.
            (3) Eligibility.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                this subsection, an entity shall provide to the 
                Secretary a regulatory permit that includes conditions 
                for the removal of the marine renewable energy project 
                supported by the grant if the permitting authority 
                finds that the marine renewable energy project has an 
                unacceptable adverse impact on the environment.
                    (B) Administration.--A marine renewable energy 
                project shall not be required to be removed in the 
                absence of a finding by the permitting authority that 
                the project has an unacceptable adverse impact.
            (4) Public availability.--The results of any assessment or 
        demonstration conducted under this subsection shall be made 
        available to the public, except to the extent that the 
        assessment or demonstration contains information that is 
        protected from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (5) Audit requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Any entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall--
                            (i) track the use of grant funds from the 
                        Fund; and
                            (ii) certify annually to the Secretary that 
                        the grant funds were used only for purposes 
                        authorized under this subsection.
                    (B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
                procedures to ensure that the Secretary is able to 
                oversee and audit the use of funds by eligible 
                entities.
                    (C) Annual audits.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
                audit, at least annually, of the use of grant funds 
                received under this subsection by each eligible entity.
                    (D) Ineligibility.--The Secretary may declare an 
                entity ineligible for a grant under this subsection on 
                a finding of inappropriate use of funding.
            (6) Sunset provision.--
                    (A) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to 
                the appropriate committees of Congress if the Secretary 
                determines that the technologies and activities 
                supported under this subsection have achieved a level 
                of maturity that is sufficient to enable the program 
                authorized under this subsection to cease.
                    (B) Termination.--The program authorized under this 
                subsection and the Fund shall cease to exist effective 
                on the date of submission of a report described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (7) Administration.--The Secretary may use amounts in the 
        Fund to provide assistance to State resource agencies that are 
        processing applications for permits required for marine 
        renewables projects that have received assistance from the Fund 
        to assist staff with understanding and evaluating applications 
        and participating in the applicable Federal Energy Regulatory 
        Commission or Minerals Management Service regulatory process.
            (8) Environmental requirement.--Nothing in this section 
        eliminates or otherwise affects any requirement imposed under 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2021.

SOLUTION: Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a marine renewable energy research and development program, separate from any DOE wind and hydropower program, focused on: (1) developing new marine renewable energy technologies; (2) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs of such technologies; (3) increasing the reliability and survivability of marine renewable energy facilities; (4) integrating marine renewable energy into the national electric grid; (5) identifying opportunities for cross pollination and development of economies of scale between offshore wind and marine renewable energy sources; (6) identifying the environmental impacts of marine renewable energy and ways to address negative impacts; (7) applying advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine renewable energy; (8) transferring the resulting intellectual property to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (9) developing incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

Requires DOE to establish a marine-based energy device verification program to provide a bridge from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device design and development efforts underway across the industry to commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices. Sets forth as purpose of the Program to fund, facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National Laboratories in order to: (1) increase marine renewable energy experience; and (2) build and operate enough candidate devices to obtain statistically significant operating and maintenance data.

Establishes an Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund to provide grants for complying with requirements through assessment and demonstration of the environmental effects of marine renewable energy projects.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air Traffic Controllers Hiring Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. HIRING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

    Section 44506 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f) Revision of Hiring Practices.--
            ``(1) Consideration of applicants.--
                    ``(A) Ensuring selection of most qualified 
                applicants.--In appointing individuals to the position 
                of air traffic controller, the Administrator shall give 
                preferential consideration to the following applicants:
                            ``(i) An individual who--
                                    ``(I) has successfully completed 
                                air traffic controller training and 
                                graduated from an institution 
                                participating in the Collegiate 
                                Training Initiative program maintained 
                                under subsection (c)(1); and
                                    ``(II) has received from the 
                                institution--
                                            ``(aa) an appropriate 
                                        recommendation; or
                                            ``(bb) an endorsement 
                                        certifying that the individual 
                                        would have met the requirements 
                                        in effect as of December 31, 
                                        2013, for an appropriate 
                                        recommendation.
                            ``(ii) A qualified individual who is 
                        eligible for a veterans recruitment appointment 
                        pursuant to section 4214 of title 38.
                            ``(iii) A qualified individual who is an 
                        eligible veteran, as such term is defined in 
                        section 4211 of title 38, maintaining aviation 
                        experience obtained in the course of the 
                        individual's military experience.
                            ``(iv) A preference eligible veteran, as 
                        defined in section 2108 of title 5.
                            ``(v) A qualified individual maintaining 
                        practical air traffic control experience 
                        obtained at--
                                    ``(I) civilian installations of the 
                                Department of Defense;
                                    ``(II) Federal Aviation 
                                Administration air traffic control 
                                facilities; or
                                    ``(III) contract towers of Federal 
                                Aviation Administration.
                    ``(B) Consideration of additional applicants.--The 
                Administrator may consider additional applicants for 
                the position of air traffic controller only after 
                completing consideration of the applicants described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Elimination of biographical assessments.--
                    ``(A) Priority applicants.--An applicant described 
                in paragraph (1)(A) shall not be subject to any 
                biographical assessment (including a biographical 
                assessment validated under subparagraph (B)) as part of 
                the hiring practices of the Administration that apply 
                to applicants for the position of air traffic 
                controller with the Department of Transportation.
                    ``(B) Revision of hiring practices.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Administrator shall 
                        revise the hiring practices of the 
                        Administration referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                        to eliminate the use of any biographical 
                        assessment that unduly disqualifies applicants.
                            ``(ii) Validation.--Before implementing any 
                        biographical assessment as part of the hiring 
                        practices of the Administration referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall--
                                    ``(I) certify that the assessment 
                                or test was validated under the 
                                criteria set forth in clause (i) before 
                                implementation; and
                                    ``(II) disclose to the public the 
                                methods used for the validation.
                            ``(iii) Participation requirements.--The 
                        revision under this subparagraph shall not be 
                        subject to paragraph (3).
                    ``(C) Reconsideration of applicants disqualified on 
                the basis of biographical assessments.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If an individual applied 
                        for the position of air traffic controller with 
                        the Department in response to the FG-01 Vacancy 
                        Announcement issued on February 10, 2014, and 
                        was disqualified from the position as the 
                        result of a biographical assessment, the 
                        Administrator shall provide the applicant an 
                        opportunity to reapply as soon as practicable 
                        for the position under the revised hiring 
                        practices.
                            ``(ii) Waiver of age restriction.--The 
                        Administrator shall waive any maximum age 
                        restriction for the position of air traffic 
                        controller with the Department that would 
                        otherwise disqualify an individual from the 
                        position if the individual--
                                    ``(I) is reapplying for the 
                                position pursuant to clause (i) on or 
                                before December 31, 2017; and
                                    ``(II) met the maximum age 
                                requirement on the date of the 
                                individual's previous application for 
                                the position during the interim hiring 
                                process.
            ``(3) Participation of cti institutions in revision of 
        hiring practices.--Before making any revision to the hiring 
        practices that apply to applicants for the position of air 
        traffic controller with the Department, the Administrator shall 
        provide institutions of higher education participating in the 
        Collegiate Training Initiative program with notice of the 
        revision and an opportunity to comment.''.

SEC. 3. COLLEGIATE TRAINING INITIATIVE.

    Section 44506(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in 
the first sentence by striking ``may maintain'' and inserting ``shall 
maintain''.

SEC. 4. BEST PRACTICES FOR TRAINING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

    Section 44506 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Best Practices for Training.--The Administrator, in 
consultation with the Association of Collegiate Training Institutions, 
the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and the University 
Aviation Association, shall take into consideration any training 
initiatives for air traffic controllers that are locally developed at 
institutions of higher education participating in the Collegiate 
Training Initiative program for use in establishing best practices 
nationwide.''.

SEC. 5. VETERAN PREFERENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR FAA PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
              SYSTEM.

    Section 40122(g)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ``and sections 3330a-3330d'' before ``, relating to''.

SOLUTION:
Air Traffic Controllers Hiring Act of 2015 Directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in appointing individuals to the position of air traffic controller, to give preference to:  an individual who has successfully completed air traffic controller training and graduated from an institution participating in the Collegiate Training Initiative program (the program) and who has received from the institution either an appropriate recommendation or an endorsement certifying that the individual would have met the requirements in effect as of December 31, 2013, for an appropriate recommendation; a qualified individual who is eligible for a veterans recruitment appointment; a qualified individual who is an eligible veteran maintaining aviation experience obtained in the course of the individual's military experience; a preference eligible veteran; and a qualified individual maintaining practical air traffic control experience obtained at civilian installations of the Department of Defense, FAA air traffic control facilities, or contract towers of the FAA.  Allows the FAA to consider additional applicants only after completing consideration of such preferred applicants. Provides that a preferred applicant shall not be subject to any biographical assessment as part of FAA hiring practices that apply to applicants for the position of air traffic controller. Directs the FAA to revise its hiring practices to eliminate the use of any biographical assessment that unduly disqualifies applicants. Provides for reconsideration of individuals who applied in response to the FG-01 vacancy announcement of February 10, 2014, who were disqualified on the basis of such an assessment. Requires (currently, allows) the FAA to maintain the program by making new agreements and continuing existing agreements with institutions of higher education under which the institutions prepare students for the position of air traffic controller. Directs the FAA to take into consideration any training initiatives for air traffic controllers that are locally developed at institutions of higher education participating in the program for use in establishing best practices nationwide.