In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Soledad Canyon Mine Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Transit Mix Concrete Corporation holds two valid 
        Federal contracts, numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901, issued under 
        the Materials Act of 1947, for the extraction of approximately 
        56,000,000 tons of sand and gravel from the Federal mineral 
        estate in lands located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to the city 
        of Santa Clarita, California.
            (2) It is in the best interest of the citizens of 
        California and the Federal Government to cancel the Contracts 
        and prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon area of 
        California.
            (3) TMC should receive as just compensation for such 
        cancellation the fair market value of the Contracts and all 
        costs, fees, and covered liabilities incurred by TMC in good 
        faith in its efforts to develop the Contracts.
            (4) A site-specific solution that is fair to TMC and that 
        seeks to protect the environment and minimize impacts on local 
        transportation systems is in the best interest of the Nation.
            (5) Considerable sums of money have been expended by TMC 
        and the city of Santa Clarita on legal and other services in 
        trying to ensure their interests are protected with respect to 
        Contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) To provide to the Bureau of Land Management the 
        authority to cancel contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and 
        prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon.
            (2) To provide a means for TMC to recover as just 
        compensation for the cancellation of the Contracts the fair 
        market value of, and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities 
        pursuing the development of, the Contracts.
            (3) To provide the Bureau of Land Management tools to 
        verify expenses incurred by TMC and provide relief.
            (4) To provide timelines for the verification of costs 
        incurred by TMC and the determination of just compensation, and 
        to provide a dispute resolution process.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Contracts.--The term ``Contracts'' means Bureau of Land 
        Management mineral contracts numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901.
            (2) Covered liabilities.--The term ``covered liabilities'' 
        includes any court-ordered or court-approved payment, 
        settlement, or other liability on the part of TMC for damages, 
        costs, compensation, or reimbursement to any third party for 
        agreements entered into by TMC in good faith prior to January 
        1, 2008, in order to exercise rights under the Contracts.
            (3) Materials act of 1947.--The term ``Materials Act of 
        1947'' means the Act of July 31, 1947, (chapter 406; 61 Stat. 
        681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) TMC.--The term ``TMC'' means the Transit Mixed Concrete 
        Corporation and its successors in interest, including CEMEX 
        USA.

SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF THE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Contract Cancellations.--The Secretary shall cancel Bureau of 
Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw 
those areas that were subject to the Contracts from further mineral 
entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the 
Secretary, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--As compensation for the cancellation of 
        the Contracts, TMC shall receive fair market value of the 
        Contracts and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities in 
        trying to bring the Contracts into commercial production. As 
        such compensation, the Secretary shall provide to TMC surface 
        and mineral interests and additional value in accordance with 
        subsection (d) having a total value equal to the amount 
        described in paragraph (3). All such expenditures must have 
        been incurred by TMC in good faith in connection with its 
        efforts to bring the Contracts into commercial production: 
        Provided, however, that compensation for covered liabilities 
        may be paid to TMC under this section for up to 15 years 
        following the effective date of this Act.
            (2) Increase in adjusted basis of contract upon 
        cancellation.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986, the adjusted basis of any contract to which section 4(a) 
        applies shall be increased (immediately before the cancellation 
        of such contract under such section) by the excess (if any) 
        of--
                    (A) the fair market value of such contract 
                (determined immediately before such cancellation), over
                    (B) the adjusted basis of such contract (as 
                determined immediately before the application of this 
                section).
            (3) Value described.--The compensation provided for in 
        paragraph (1) is equal to the sum of the following:
                    (A) All amounts paid to the United States by TMC 
                with respect to the Contracts as bonus bids or other 
                prepayments.
                    (B) Interest on amounts referred to in subparagraph 
                (A), from the date of payment of such amounts to the 
                United States, at a rate determined by the Secretary.
                    (C) Amounts expended by TMC in securing the 
                contracts and trying to bring them into production, 
                including--
                            (i) all actual costs, including fees, 
                        associated with the engineering and 
                        environmental studies, and permitting 
                        proceedings, that were incurred in good faith 
                        in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted 
                        under the Contract terms; and
                            (ii) all actual legal costs, including fees 
                        and covered liabilities, incurred in good faith 
                        in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted 
                        in the Contracts, including all fees and costs 
                        associated with securing permits and 
                        entitlements, litigation to compel, secure, or 
                        defend permits or entitlements, and litigation 
                        in connection with disputes relating to mineral 
                        and surface estate rights to the property that 
                        is the subject of the Contracts.
                    (D) The fair market value of the Contracts.
            (4) Determination of fair market value.--The Secretary 
        shall, within six months after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, determine by mineral appraisal the fair market value of 
        the contracts at the time of such determination for purposes of 
        paragraph (3)(D), determine by mineral appraisal or other 
        generally accepted applicable appraisal techniques the fair 
        market value of the surface and mineral estate identified in 
        the map referred to in subsection (d), and notify TMC of those 
        determinations. In determining the fair market value of the 
        Contracts, the Secretary shall assume that--
                    (A) TMC has obtained all permits and entitlements 
                necessary to mine, produce, process, and sell sand and 
                gravel from the Contracts;
                    (B) mining operations under the Contracts have 
                commenced at the time of the determination, with 
                maximum annual production volumes that--
                            (i) are based on the projected supply and 
                        demand outlook at the time of determination; 
                        and
                            (ii) reflect depletion of the reserves of 
                        the Contracts within the effective periods of 
                        the Contract;
                    (C) the fair market value of the Contracts includes 
                the present value of expected future net cash flows to 
                be derived from the mining, producing, processing, and 
                sale of the sand and gravel contained in the Contracts 
                over the minimum time necessary to mine, produce, 
                process, and sell such sand and gravel, taking into 
                consideration--
                            (i) the material deposit contained in the 
                        contract sites and its quality, volume, 
                        minability, and reclamation requirements;
                            (ii) the proximity of the contract sites to 
                        markets;
                            (iii) the type of market that could be 
                        served from the contract sites, including 
                        future supply, demand, and probable price 
                        increases based upon construction material data 
                        developed by the State of California;
                            (iv) the cost of mining, producing, 
                        processing, and selling the material reserved 
                        in the contract sites;
                            (v) the types and costs of transportation 
                        for such production from the contract sites to 
                        markets;
                            (vi) royalties, taxes, and fees to mine and 
                        sell the production from the contract sites;
                            (vii) similar market sales of materials the 
                        area or region of the contract sites; and
                            (viii) the net present values of expected 
                        future cash flows from proposed mining 
                        operations of the Contract sites taking into 
                        consideration, at a minimum, the matters 
                        referred to in clauses (i) through (viii).
    (c) Submission of Expenses Incurred.--
            (1) In general.--To assist in the verification of the 
        amounts expended referred to in subsection (b)(3)(C), TMC shall 
        submit to the Secretary within 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act an itemized list of such amounts, with 
        enough detail and supporting documentation so the Secretary can 
        determine that the expenses are associated with the Contracts.
            (2) Arbitration.--The Secretary shall issue the 
        determination of the amounts expended referred to in subsection 
        (b)(3)(C) within 60 days after receipt of the itemized list 
        required under paragraph (1). If the Secretary disapproves such 
        list, the Secretary shall, upon request of TMC, determine the 
        economic value invested for purposes of subsection (b)(3) 
        through arbitration in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 
        5 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Return of Value Opportunities for TMC.--
            (1) In general.--Within six months after the completion of 
        the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary 
        shall provide to TMC the following:
                    (A) Surface and mineral estate interests and 
                additional value under subsection (b)(1) using the 
                surface and mineral estate as described and delineated 
                as Area A on the map entitled ``Cemex USA and City of 
                Victorville, California Land Disposal and Acquisition 
                Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, consisting 
                of approximately 5,000 acres.
                    (B) If the fair market value of the surface and 
                mineral estate used under subparagraph (A) is less than 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional 
                mineral or surface estate under subsection (b)(1) using 
                the surface and mineral estate as described and 
                delineated as Area B on the map entitled ``Cemex USA 
                and City of Victorville, California Land Disposal and 
                Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, 
                consisting of approximately 3,000 acres as is necessary 
                so that the sum of the values provided under 
                subparagraph (A) and this subparagraph does not exceed 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3).
                    (C) If the sum of the fair market values of the 
                surface and mineral estates and additional value 
                provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) is less that 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional 
                value as is necessary so that the sum of the values 
                provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) and this 
                subparagraph does not exceed the sum described in 
                subsection (b)(3), in the form of one or more of the 
                following that are mutually agreed to by the Secretary 
                and TMC:
                            (i) Credits that may be applied against 
                        future royalties, bonus bids, or rental fees 
                        for Federal lands administered by the Secretary 
                        and located within the State of California, 
                        including leases for all submerged lands of the 
                        outer Continental Shelf.
                            (ii) Interest in the mineral estate in 
                        Federal lands in the State of California that 
                        are available for sale under the Mineral 
                        Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or other 
                        law administered by the Secretary.
                            (iii) Interests in the surface estate in 
                        Federal lands in the State of California that 
                        are under the administrative jurisdiction of 
                        the Secretary and that are available for 
                        disposal.
    (e) Treatment of Credits.--
            (1) Term.--Credits provided under subsection (d) shall 
        expire at the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date 
        the credits are issued by the Secretary.
            (2) Assignment.--TMC may assign credits provided to TMC 
        under subsection (d) to any person who satisfies the same 
        requirements to hold the Contracts as those that applied to TMC 
        under the Materials Act of 1947.
    (f) Referral to Court of Claims.--
            (1) Referral.--If within 12 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary and TMC do not reach 
        agreement under subsections (b), (c), and (d) regarding the 
        financial and mineral production opportunities to be provided 
        by the Secretary to TMC under subsection (b)(1), or, if within 
        3 months after TMC receives notice in accordance with 
        subsection (b)(4) of the fair market value determined by the 
        Secretary of the surface and mineral estate identified in the 
        maps referred to in subsection (d) TMC or the city of 
        Victorville, California, notifies the Secretary that it 
        disagrees with the Secretary's determination, the Secretary 
        shall refer the issues upon which TMC, or the city of 
        Victorville, California, and the Secretary are not in agreement 
        with respect to such an agreement or fair market value to the 
        United States Court of Federal Claims for resolution
            (2) Resolution by court.--In any referral under this 
        subsection, the court shall--
                    (A) determine de novo the values described in 
                subsection (b) and (d), including the fair market 
                values of the surface and mineral estates as described 
                and delineated on the maps referred to in subsection 
                (d)(1); and
                    (B) determine and order the Secretary to provide 
                financial and mineral production opportunities 
                consistent with subparagraph (A), for purposes of 
                subsections (b)(1) and (d).

SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON FUTURE LEASING FOR LAND OR MINERAL ESTATE IN THE 
              VICTOR VALLEY AREA OF CALIFORNIA.

    Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, prior to any 
lease, transfer, or other disposition of land or any mineral or surface 
estate for any area that is located in the city of Victorville, 
California, the city of Victorville's sphere of influence, or the city 
of Victorville's proposed sphere of influence, all as delineated on the 
map entitled ``Cemex USA and City of Victorville, California Land 
Disposal and Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) consult with the city of Victorville, California, and 
        surface owners in that area; and
            (2) prohibit mining in that area.
Example Output: Soledad Canyon Mine Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw from further mineral entry the areas subject to them, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.

Requires Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation to receive, as compensation for cancellation of the contracts, their fair market value and its expenditures and covered liabilities in trying to bring the contracts into commercial production.

Increases the adjusted basis of the contracts upon cancellation for federal tax purposes.

Directs the Secretary, before any disposition of land, mineral or surface estate for any area located in the city of Victorville, California, to: (1) consult with the city and surface owners; and (2) prohibit mining in such area.

Example Input: SECTION 1. CERTAIN ENTRIES OF EDUCATIONAL TOYS ENTERED IN JULY 17 
              THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2004.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon proper 
request filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection within 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Bureau of 
Customs and Border Protection shall liquidate or reliquidate each entry 
described in subsection (c) as duty free.
    (b) Refund of Amounts Owed.--Any amounts owed by the United States 
pursuant to a request for liquidation or reliquidation of an entry 
under subsection (a) shall be paid with interest not later than 180 
days after the date on which the request is made.
    (c) Affected Entries.--The entries referred to in subsection (a) 
are as follows:


 
 
 
    Entry number                         Date of entry
  442-1802572-2........................    07/18/04
  442-1803331-2........................    07/20/04
  442-1803174-6........................    07/21/04
  442-1804156-2........................    07/23/04
  442-1803489-8........................    07/24/04
  442-1804516-7........................    07/25/04
  442-1804749-4........................    07/27/04
  442-1804638-9........................    07/27/04
  442-1805027-4........................    07/29/04
  442-1805377-3........................    07/30/04
  442-1805763-4........................    07/30/04
  442-1805828-5........................    08/01/04
  442-1805824-4........................    08/01/04
  442-1805841-8........................    08/02/04
  442-2141021-8........................    08/02/04
  442-1806261-8........................    08/05/04
  442-1806455-6........................    08/05/04
  442-1806970-4........................    08/08/04
  442-1806964-7........................    08/08/04
  442-1807049-6........................    08/09/04
  442-1807234-4........................    08/11/04
  442-1806849-0........................    08/12/04
  442-1807715-2........................    08/15/04
  442-1807718-6........................    08/15/04
  442-1807719-4........................    08/15/04
  442-1808430-7........................    08/16/04
  442-1808431-5........................    08/17/04
  442-1808546-0........................    08/17/04
  442-1808351-5........................    08/19/04
  442-1808353-1........................    08/19/04
  442-1808695-5........................    08/19/04
  442-1808356-4........................    08/20/04
  442-1808550-2........................    08/21/04
  442-1808554-4........................    08/21/04
  442-1809042-9........................    08/24/04
  442-1810838-7........................    08/28/04
  442-1810808-0........................    08/28/04
  442-1810378-4........................    08/29/04
  442-2142883-0........................    08/29/04
  442-1810398-2........................    08/30/04
  442-1811010-2........................    08/30/04
  442-1811059-9........................    08/31/04
  442-1811069-8........................    08/31/04
  442-1811089-6........................    08/31/04
  442-2142933-3........................    08/31/04
  442-1811103-5........................    09/02/04
  442-1811109-2........................    09/02/04
  442-1811373-4........................    09/03/04
  442-1811385-8........................    09/05/04
  442-1811387-4........................    09/05/04
  442-1812156-2........................    09/07/04
  442-1812882-3........................    09/09/04
  442-1813208-0........................    09/09/04
  442-1812515-9........................    09/10/04
  442-1812519-1........................    09/10/04
  442-1812908-6........................    09/10/04
  442-1812503-5........................    09/11/04
  442-1812915-1........................    09/12/04
  442-1813363-3........................    09/13/04
  442-1813418-5........................    09/13/04
  442-1813424-3........................    09/13/04
  442-1813443-3........................    09/13/04
  442-1814365-7........................    09/16/04
  442-1814543-9........................    09/16/04
  442-1813803-8........................    09/18/04
  442-1813794-9........................    09/19/04
  442-2144028-0........................    09/20/04
  442-1814723-7........................    09/21/04
  442-1814738-5........................    09/21/04
  442-1815510-7........................    09/24/04
  442-1815995-0........................    09/27/04
  442-1816074-3........................    09/27/04
  442-1816213-7........................    09/27/04
  442-1816216-0........................    09/27/04
  442-2144616-2........................    09/28/04
  442-1816835-7........................    10/02/04
  442-1816939-7........................    10/04/04
  442-1817475-1........................    10/05/04
  442-1818437-0........................    10/12/04
  442-1818441-2........................    10/12/04
  442-1819501-2........................    10/17/04
  442-1819196-1........................    10/18/04
  442-1819203-5........................    10/18/04
  442-1819215-9........................    10/18/04
  442-1820673-6........................    10/22/04
  442-1820683-5........................    10/22/04
  442-1820695-9........................    10/22/04
  442-6202213-8........................    10/23/04
  442-6202206-2........................    10/23/04
  442-6202216-1........................    10/24/04
  442-1821145-4........................    10/26/04
  442-1821825-1........................    10/30/04
Example Output: Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of educational toys and refund any amounts owed.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Religious Liberty Protection Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.

    (a) General Rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a 
government shall not substantially burden a person's religious 
exercise--
            (1) in a program or activity, operated by a government, 
        that receives Federal financial assistance; or
            (2) in any case in which the substantial burden on the 
        person's religious exercise affects, or in which a removal of 
        that substantial burden would affect, commerce with foreign 
        nations, among the several States, or with Indian tribes,
even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.
    (b) Exception.--A government may substantially burden a person's 
religious exercise if the government demonstrates that application of 
the burden to the person--
            (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental 
        interest; and
            (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that 
        compelling governmental interest.
    (c) Remedies of the United States.--Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to authorize the United States to deny or withhold Federal 
financial assistance as a remedy for a violation of this Act. However, 
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deny, impair, or 
otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General or the 
United States or any agency, officer, or employee thereof under other 
law, including section 4(d) of this Act, to institute or intervene in 
any action or proceeding.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

    (a) Procedure.--If a claimant produces prima facie evidence to 
support a claim alleging a violation of the Free Exercise Clause or a 
violation of a provision of this Act enforcing that clause, the 
government shall bear the burden of persuasion on any element of the 
claim; however, the claimant shall bear the burden of persuasion on 
whether the challenged government practice, law, or regulation burdens 
or substantially burdens the claimant's exercise of religion.
    (b) Land Use Regulation.--
            (1) Limitation on land use regulation.--
                    (A) Where, in applying or implementing any land use 
                regulation or exemption, or system of land use 
                regulations or exemptions, a government has the 
                authority to make individualized assessments of the 
                proposed uses to which real property would be put, the 
                government may not impose a substantial burden on a 
                person's religious exercise, unless the government 
                demonstrates that application of the burden to the 
                person is in furtherance of a compelling governmental 
                interest and is the least restrictive means of 
                furthering that compelling governmental interest.
                    (B) No government shall impose or implement a land 
                use regulation in a manner that does not treat 
                religious assemblies or institutions on equal terms 
                with nonreligious assemblies or institutions.
                    (C) No government shall impose or implement a land 
                use regulation that discriminates against any assembly 
                or institution on the basis of religion or religious 
                denomination.
                    (D) No government with zoning authority shall 
                unreasonably exclude from the jurisdiction over which 
                it has authority, or unreasonably limit within that 
                jurisdiction, assemblies or institutions principally 
                devoted to religious exercise.
            (2) Full faith and credit.--Adjudication of a claim of a 
        violation of the Free Exercise Clause or this subsection in a 
        non-Federal forum shall be entitled to full faith and credit in 
        a Federal court only if the claimant had a full and fair 
        adjudication of that claim in the non-Federal forum.
            (3) Nonpreemption.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
        preempt State law that is equally or more protective of 
        religious exercise.

SEC. 4. JUDICIAL RELIEF.

    (a) Cause of Action.--A person may assert a violation of this Act 
as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate 
relief against a government. Standing to assert a claim or defense 
under this section shall be governed by the general rules of standing 
under article III of the Constitution.
    (b) Attorneys' Fees.--Section 722(b) of the Revised Statutes (42 
U.S.C. 1988(b)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 
        1998,'' after ``Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993,''; 
        and
            (2) by striking the comma that follows a comma.
    (c) Prisoners.--Any litigation under this Act in which the claimant 
is a prisoner shall be subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 
1995 (including provisions of law amended by that Act).
    (d) Authority of United States To Enforce This Act.--The United 
States may sue for injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce 
compliance with this Act.

SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Religious Belief Unaffected.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to authorize any government to burden any religious belief.
    (b) Religious Exercise Not Regulated.--Nothing in this Act shall 
create any basis for restricting or burdening religious exercise or for 
claims against a religious organization, including any religiously 
affiliated school or university, not acting under color of law.
    (c) Claims to Funding Unaffected.--Nothing in this Act shall create 
or preclude a right of any religious organization to receive funding or 
other assistance from a government, or of any person to receive 
government funding for a religious activity, but this Act may require 
government to incur expenses in its own operations to avoid imposing a 
burden or a substantial burden on religious exercise.
    (d) Other Authority To Impose Conditions on Funding Unaffected.--
Nothing in this Act shall--
            (1) authorize a government to regulate or affect, directly 
        or indirectly, the activities or policies of a person other 
        than a government as a condition of receiving funding or other 
        assistance; or
            (2) restrict any authority that may exist under other law 
        to so regulate or affect, except as provided in this Act.
    (e) Governmental Discretion in Alleviating Burdens on Religious 
Exercise.--A government may avoid the preemptive force of any provision 
of this Act by changing the policy that results in the substantial 
burden on religious exercise, by retaining the policy and exempting the 
burdened religious exercise, by providing exemptions from the policy 
for applications that substantially burden religious exercise, or by 
any other means that eliminates the substantial burden.
    (f) Effect on Other Law.--In a claim under section 2(a)(2) of this 
Act, proof that a substantial burden on a person's religious exercise, 
or removal of that burden, affects or would affect commerce, shall not 
establish any inference or presumption that Congress intends that any 
religious exercise is, or is not, subject to any other law.
    (g) Broad Construction.--This Act should be construed in favor of a 
broad protection of religious exercise, to the maximum extent permitted 
by its terms and the Constitution.
    (h) Severability.--If any provision of this Act or of an amendment 
made by this Act, or any application of such provision to any person or 
circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this 
Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the 
provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.

SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE UNAFFECTED.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, interpret, or in 
any way address that portion of the first amendment to the Constitution 
prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion (referred to 
in this section as the ``Establishment Clause''). Granting government 
funding, benefits, or exemptions, to the extent permissible under the 
Establishment Clause, shall not constitute a violation of this Act. As 
used in this section, the term ``granting'', used with respect to 
government funding, benefits, or exemptions, does not include the 
denial of government funding, benefits, or exemptions.

SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 5 of the Religious Freedom Restoration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb-2) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a State, or subdivision 
        of a State'' and inserting ``a covered entity or a subdivision 
        of such an entity'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``term'' and all that 
        follows through ``includes'' and inserting ``term `covered 
        entity' means''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking all after ``means,'' and 
        inserting ``any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled 
        by, or central to, a system of religious belief, and includes 
        (A) the use, building, or conversion of real property by a 
        person or entity intending that property for religious 
        exercise; and (B) any conduct protected as exercise of religion 
        under the first amendment to the Constitution.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6(a) of the Religious Freedom 
Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb-3(a)) is amended by striking 
``and State''.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``religious exercise'' means any exercise of 
        religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system 
        of religious belief, and includes (A) the use, building, or 
        conversion of real property by a person or entity intending 
        that property for religious exercise; and (B) any conduct 
        protected as exercise of religion under the first amendment to 
        the Constitution;
            (2) the term ``Free Exercise Clause'' means that portion of 
        the first amendment to the Constitution that proscribes laws 
        prohibiting the free exercise of religion and includes the 
        application of that proscription under the 14th amendment to 
        the Constitution;
            (3) the term ``land use regulation'' means a law or 
        decision by a government that limits or restricts a private 
        person's uses or development of land, or of structures affixed 
        to land, where the law or decision applies to one or more 
        particular parcels of land or to land within one or more 
        designated geographical zones, and where the private person has 
        an ownership, leasehold, easement, servitude, or other property 
        interest in the regulated land, or a contract or option to 
        acquire such an interest;
            (4) the term ``program or activity'' means a program or 
        activity as defined in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 606 of 
        the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-4a);
            (5) the term ``demonstrates'' means meets the burdens of 
        going forward with the evidence and of persuasion; and
            (6) the term ``government''--
                    (A) means--
                            (i) a State, county, municipality, or other 
                        governmental entity created under the authority 
                        of a State;
                            (ii) any branch, department, agency, 
                        instrumentality, subdivision, or official of an 
                        entity listed in clause (i); and
                            (iii) any other person acting under color 
                        of State law; and
                    (B) for the purposes of sections 3(a) and 5, 
                includes the United States, a branch, department, 
                agency, instrumentality or official of the United 
                States, and any person acting under color of Federal 
                law.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.
Example Output:
Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999 - Prohibits a government (defined as a State, an entity created under State authority, the United States, an instrumentality or official of the United States, or any person acting under color of State or Federal law) from substantially burdening a person's religious exercise: (1) in a government-operated program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance; or (2) in any case in which the burden affects, or in which removal of the burden would affect, international or interstate commerce or commerce with Indian tribes.  Allows a substantial burden if the government demonstrates that it is the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling governmental interest. (Sec. 3) Places the burden of persuasion, when a claimant alleges a violation of the Free Exercise Clause or this Act, on: (1) the claimant regarding whether a substantial burden exists; and (2) the State regarding any other element of the claim. Prohibits a State, when applying a land use regulation or exemption in which the State has the authority to make individual assessments of proposed uses, from imposing a substantial burden unless the State demonstrates a that the burden is the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling governmental interest. Prohibits a State from: (1) imposing a land use regulation in a way that does not treat religious assemblies or institutions on equal terms with nonreligious assemblies or institutions; (2) imposing a land use regulation that discriminates against any assembly or institution on the basis of religion or religious denomination; or (3) unreasonably excluding or limiting from a jurisdiction assemblies or institutions principally devoted to religious exercise.  Declares that adjudication of a claim of a violation of the Free Exercise Clause or this paragraph in a non-Federal forum shall be entitled to full faith and credit in a Federal court only if the claimant had a full and fair adjudication of that claim in the non-Federal forum.  Declares that this Act does not preempt State law that is equally or more protective of religious exercise. (Sec. 4) Empowers a person to assert a violation of this Act as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government, with standing governed by general standing rules under article III of the Constitution.  Amends Federal law to add a reference to the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998 (sic) to provisions allowing the award of attorney's fees.  Applies the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 to litigation under this Act by prisoners.  Empowers the United States to sue for injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce this Act. (Sec. 5) Declares that this Act does not: (1) authorize a State to burden any religious belief; (2) create any basis for burdening religious exercise or for claims against a religious organization not acting under color of law; (3) create or preclude a right of any religious organization to receive government funding or assistance or of any person to receive government funding for a religious activity (but allows this Act to require government to incur expenses in its own operations to avoid imposing a burden or a substantial burden on religious exercise); (4) authorize a government to regulate or affect, directly or indirectly, the activities or policies of a person other than a government as a condition of receiving funding or other assistance; or (5) restrict any authority that may exist under other law to so regulate or affect, except as provided in this Act.  Declares that this Act should be construed in favor of broad protection of religious exercise, to the maximum extent permitted by its terms and the Constitution. (Sec. 6) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, interpret, or address the Establishment Clause of the Constitution (prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion). (Sec. 7) Amends the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to end its applicability to the States and to make it applicable only to the Federal Government, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories and possessions.  Redefines exercise of religion to mean any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by or central to a system of religious belief, including: (1) the use, building, or converting of real property for religious exercise; and (2) any conduct protected as a religious exercise under the first amendment to the Constitution. (Sec. 8) Defines, for this Act, religious exercise to mean any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by or central to a system of religious belief, including: (1) the use, building, or converting of real property for religious exercise; and (2) any conduct protected as a religious exercise under the first amendment to the Constitution.