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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. JUDICIAL EDUCATION FUND.

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

``630. Judicial Education Fund.''.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE JUDICIAL SEMINAR GIFTS PROHIBITED.

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

SEC. 4. RECUSAL LISTS.

    Section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) Each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States 
shall maintain a list of all financial interests that would require 
disqualification under subsection (b)(4).
    ``(2) Each list maintained under paragraph (1) shall be made 
available to the public at the office of the clerk for the court at 
which a justice, judge, or magistrate is assigned.''.

Answer: Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) establish within the Treasury a Judicial Education Fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center; and (2) require each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States to maintain a list (to be made available to the public) of all financial interests that would require disqualification in any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

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


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Information Privacy Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``covered person'' means a person that is 
        subject to the jurisdiction of any of the Federal financial 
        regulatory authorities; and
            (2) the term ``Federal financial regulatory authorities'' 
        means--
                    (A) each of the Federal banking agencies, as that 
                term is defined in section 3(z) of the Federal Deposit 
                Insurance Act; and
                    (B) the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC. 3. PRIVACY OF CONFIDENTIAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION.

    (a) Rulemaking.--The Federal financial regulatory authorities shall 
jointly issue final rules to protect the privacy of confidential 
customer information relating to the customers of covered persons, not 
later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act (and shall 
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking not later than 150 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act), which rules shall--
            (1) define the term ``confidential customer information'' 
        to be personally identifiable data that includes transactions, 
        balances, maturity dates, payouts, and payout dates, of--
                    (A) deposit and trust accounts;
                    (B) certificates of deposit;
                    (C) securities holdings; and
                    (D) insurance policies;
            (2) require that a covered person may not disclose or share 
        any confidential customer information to or with any affiliate 
        or agent of that covered person if the customer to whom the 
        information relates has provided written notice, as described 
        in paragraphs (4) and (5), to the covered person prohibiting 
        such disclosure or sharing--
                    (A) with respect to an individual that became a 
                customer on or after the effective date of such rules, 
                at the time at which the business relationship between 
                the customer and the covered person is initiated and at 
                least annually thereafter; and
                    (B) with respect to an individual that was a 
                customer before the effective date of such rules, at 
                such time thereafter that provides a reasonable and 
                informed opportunity to the customer to prohibit such 
                disclosure or sharing and at least annually thereafter;
            (3) require that a covered person may not disclose or share 
        any confidential customer information to or with any person 
        that is not an affiliate or agent of that covered person unless 
        the covered person has first--
                    (A) given written notice to the customer to whom 
                the information relates, as described in paragraphs (4) 
                and (5); and
                    (B) obtained the informed written or electronic 
                consent of that customer for such disclosures or 
                sharing;
            (4) require that the covered person provide notices and 
        consent acknowledgments to customers, as required by this 
        section, in separate and easily identifiable and 
        distinguishable form;
            (5) require that the covered person provide notice as 
        required by this section to the customer to whom the 
        information relates that describes what specific types of 
        information would be disclosed or shared, and under what 
        general circumstances, to what specific types of businesses or 
        persons, and for what specific types of purposes such 
        information could be disclosed or shared;
            (6) require that the customer to whom the information 
        relates be provided with access to the confidential customer 
        information that could be disclosed or shared so that the 
        information may be reviewed for accuracy and corrected or 
        supplemented;
            (7) require that, before a covered person may use any 
        confidential customer information provided by a third party 
        that engages, directly or indirectly, in activities that are 
        financial in nature, as determined by the Federal financial 
        regulatory authorities, the covered person shall take 
        reasonable steps to assure that procedures that are 
        substantially similar to those described in paragraphs (2) 
        through (6) have been followed by the provider of the 
        information (or an affiliate or agent of that provider); and
            (8) establish a means of examination for compliance and 
        enforcement of such rules and resolving consumer complaints.
    (b) Limitation.--The rules prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) 
may not prohibit the release of confidential customer information--
            (1) that is essential to processing a specific financial 
        transaction that the customer to whom the information relates 
        has authorized;
            (2) to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory 
        authority having jurisdiction over the covered financial entity 
        for examination, compliance, or other authorized purposes;
            (3) to a court of competent jurisdiction;
            (4) to a consumer reporting agency, as defined in section 
        603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for inclusion in a 
        consumer report that may be released to a third party only for 
        a purpose permissible under section 604 of that Act; or
            (5) that is not personally identifiable.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in this section or the rules prescribed 
under this section shall be construed to amend or alter any provision 
of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Answer: Financial Information Privacy Act of 1999 - Directs the Federal financial regulatory authorities (banking regulatory agencies and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)) to jointly issue final rules to protect the privacy of confidential information relating to customers of institutions under their respective jurisdictions (covered institution). 
Mandates that such rules: (1) prohibit a covered institution from disclosing or sharing confidential customer information with any affiliate or agent if the customer has provided a written notice which forbids such disclosure; (2) prohibit a covered institution from disclosing or sharing confidential customer information with a non-affiliate or non-agent unless the customer has provided written or electronic consent; (3) require the covered institution to disclose to the customer the specific type of information disclosed or shared, under what circumstances, to what specific types of businesses, and for what types of purposes; (4) require customer access to information that could be disclosed so that it may be reviewed for accuracy and supplementation; and (5) establish a compliance and enforcement mechanism that includes consumer complaint resolution. 
Cites circumstances under which such information may be released.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Pregnant Women and 
Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) according to the National Toxicology Program of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services--
                    (A) chromium is a metal that can take various 
                forms, including ``hexavalent chromium'', which is 
                created when the metal is heated;
                    (B) hexavalent chromium, also called ``Chrome 6'', 
                is widely used in metal fabrication, chrome finishing 
                and plating, stainless-steel production, leather 
                tanning, and wood preservatives to reduce corrosion and 
                for other purposes; and
                    (C) determining the full extent of human exposures 
                to Chrome 6 can be difficult to quantify because 
                exposure studies do not normally identify the specific 
                form of chromium, but people can come into contact with 
                Chrome 6 through breathing in air, drinking water, or 
                touching products that contain the metal;
            (2) according to the Environmental Protection Agency--
                    (A) in 2009, facilities in the United States 
                released almost 8,000,000 pounds of chromium into the 
                air, water, and land; and
                    (B) in 2010, chromium was a primary contaminant in 
                more than 500 of the most heavily contaminated sites on 
                the National Priorities List developed by the President 
                in accordance with section 105(a)(8)(B) of the 
                Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)), which 
                means that more than 40 percent of those most heavily 
                contaminated sites in the United States are 
                contaminated with chromium;
            (3) in 1990, the International Agency for the Research on 
        Cancer declared that Chrome 6 was known to cause cancer in 
        people when inhaled;
            (4) as early as 1998, the Environmental Protection Agency 
        also concluded that Chrome 6 could cause cancer when inhaled;
            (5) in 2008, the National Toxicology Program of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services concluded that Chrome 6 
        in drinking water shows ``clear evidence'' of cancer-causing 
        activity in laboratory animals;
            (6) a 2010 draft toxicological review of Chrome 6 by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency found that the contaminant in 
        tap water is ``likely to be carcinogenic to humans'' and cited 
        significant cancer concerns and other health effects from 
        animal studies, including anemia and damage to the 
        gastrointestinal tract, lymph nodes, and liver;
            (7) nearly 2 decades before the date of enactment of this 
        Act, in 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency established a 
        tap water standard for total chromium at 100 parts per billion;
            (8) in 2009, the State of California proposed a public 
        health goal of 0.06 parts per billion for Chrome 6 in drinking 
        water, which is almost 1,700 times lower than the standard for 
        total chromium established by the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
            (9) in 2010, the State of California proposed a public 
        health goal of 0.02 parts per billion for Chrome 6 in drinking 
        water and stated that ``new research has documented that young 
        children and other sensitive populations are more susceptible 
        than the general population to health risks from exposure to 
        carcinogens'';
            (10) in 2011, the State of California established a final 
        public health goal of 0.02 parts per billion for Chrome 6 in 
        drinking water;
            (11) a December 2010 report from a nonprofit organization, 
        which represents a snapshot in time for water quality, tested 
        tap water in 35 cities across the United States for chromium 
        and Chrome 6 and found that--
                    (A) the majority of chromium in drinking water was 
                Chrome 6; and
                    (B) tap water in 31 cities across the country 
                contained Chrome 6, of which the 10 cities with the 
                highest levels were--
                            (i) Norman, Oklahoma;
                            (ii) Honolulu, Hawaii;
                            (iii) Riverside, California;
                            (iv) Madison, Wisconsin;
                            (v) San Jose, California;
                            (vi) Tallahassee, Florida;
                            (vii) Omaha, Nebraska;
                            (viii) Albuquerque, New Mexico;
                            (ix) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and
                            (x) Bend, Oregon; and
            (12) tap water from 25 cities had levels of Chrome 6 above 
        the 2009 proposed public health goal of the State of 
        California.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish--
            (1) by not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, a health advisory for hexavalent chromium in 
        drinking water that--
                    (A) is fully protective of, and considers, the body 
                weight and exposure patterns of pregnant women, 
                infants, and children;
                    (B) provides an adequate margin of safety; and
                    (C) takes into account all routes of exposure to 
                hexavalent chromium; and
            (2) by not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, a national primary drinking water regulation for 
        hexavalent chromium that fully protects pregnant women, 
        infants, and children, taking into consideration body weight, 
        exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure to hexavalent 
        chromium.

SEC. 3. HEALTH ADVISORY AND NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION 
              FOR HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM.

    Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(12)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Hexavalent chromium.--
                            ``(i) Health advisory.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of this section, not later than 
                        90 days after the date of enactment of this 
                        subparagraph, the Administrator shall publish a 
                        health advisory for hexavalent chromium that is 
                        fully protective, with an adequate margin of 
                        safety, of the health of vulnerable individuals 
                        (including pregnant women, infants, and 
                        children), taking into consideration body 
                        weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of 
                        exposure.
                            ``(ii) Proposed regulations.--
                        Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                        section, the Administrator shall propose (not 
                        later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
                        of this subparagraph) and shall finalize (not 
                        later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
                        of this subparagraph) a national primary 
                        drinking water regulation for hexavalent 
                        chromium--
                                    ``(I) that based on the factors in 
                                clause (i) and other relevant data, is 
                                protective, with an adequate margin of 
                                safety, of vulnerable individuals 
                                (including pregnant women, infants, and 
                                children); and
                                    ``(II) the maximum contaminant 
                                level of which is as close to the 
                                maximum contaminant level goal for 
                                hexavalent chromium, and as protective 
                                of vulnerable individuals, as is 
                                feasible.''.

Answer:
Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2012 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish a health advisory for hexavalent chromium that is fully protective of the health of vulnerable individuals (including pregnant women, infants, and children), taking into consideration body weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure; and (2) establish a national primary drinking water regulation for hexavalent chromium that is protective of vulnerable individuals and the maximum contaminant level of which is as close to the maximum contaminant level goal for hexavalent chromium, and as protective of vulnerable individuals, as is feasible.