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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Buyback Our Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. GUN BUYBACK GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General, through the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department 
of Justice, shall establish a gun buyback grant program under which the 
Assistant Attorney General may make grants to law enforcement agencies 
of States, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to 
assist in funding gun buyback programs carried out by such agencies.
    (b) Gun Buyback Program Defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``gun buyback program'' means, with respect to a law enforcement 
agency of a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribal 
government, a program carried out by such agency under which guns are 
purchased or surrendered to such agency.
    (c) Applications.--A law enforcement agency described in subsection 
(a) desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs an application for 
the grant, in accordance with subsection (d) and which shall be in such 
form and contain such information as the Assistant Attorney General may 
require.
    (d) Requirements.--The Assistant Attorney General may make a grant 
under this section to a law enforcement agency described in subsection 
(a), with respect to a gun buyback program, only if the application 
submitted under subsection (c) by such agency provides assurances 
that--
            (1) the law enforcement agency will adequately advertise 
        such program to the public;
            (2) such program will be administered by law enforcement 
        personnel;
            (3) all guns received through such program will remain in 
        the possession of law enforcement personnel;
            (4) adequate safeguards will be established and followed to 
        prevent the occurrence of fraud in such program;
            (5) the law enforcement agency will have in place a process 
        to test on site a gun purchased from an individual through such 
        program before payment is provided to such individual; and
            (6) an adequate process will be in place to destroy all 
        guns received through such program.
    (e) Matching Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), to be eligible 
        for a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency must 
        certify that the law enforcement agency will match all Federal 
        funds provided under such grant with an equal amount of cash or 
        in-kind goods or services from other non-Federal sources.
            (2) Waiver.--The Assistant Attorney General for the Office 
        of Justice Programs may waive, wholly or in part, the matching 
        requirement under paragraph (1) with respect to a grant made 
        under this section to a law enforcement agency for a gun 
        buyback program if such program provides for obtaining only the 
        guns identified by the National Academy of Sciences pursuant to 
        subsection (f).
    (f) National Academy of Sciences Standards.--The Attorney General, 
through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 
Programs, shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences to develop standards for identifying, and identify, guns that 
are the most likely to be used in violent crimes and establish a 
pricing scale for purchasing guns so identified through gun buyback 
programs receiving grants under this section.
    (g) Reports.--
            (1) Reports required by grantees.--In the case of a law 
        enforcement agency described in subsection (a) receiving a 
        grant under this section with respect to a gun buyback program, 
        such agency shall submit to the Assistant Attorney General for 
        the Office of Justice Programs--
                    (A) not later than 90 days after receipt of such 
                grant and every 90 days thereafter during the period 
                for which the program is carried out, a report 
                including--
                            (i) the number and types of guns collected 
                        and destroyed through such program during such 
                        period; and
                            (ii) recommendations for improving future 
                        gun buyback programs in the jurisdiction of 
                        such agency; and
                    (B) not later than 90 days after the last day of 
                such program, a final report including the information 
                described in each of subclauses (I) and (II) of clause 
                (i) with respect to the duration of the program.
            (2) Reports by the office of justice programs.--Not later 
        than one year after the date of the enactment of this section 
        and annually thereafter, the Assistant Attorney General for the 
        Office of Justice Programs shall submit to Congress a report 
        on--
                    (A) the number of gun buyback programs that 
                received funding under this section;
                    (B) the number of guns received through each such 
                gun buyback program;
                    (C) the total number of guns purchased through all 
                such gun buyback programs; and
                    (D) recommendations on improving the grant program 
                under this section and gun buyback programs.
    (h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the 
        Northern Mariana Islands.
            (2) Unit of local government.--The term ``unit of local 
        government'' means a county, municipality, town, township, 
        village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government 
        below the State level.
            (3) Violent crime.--The term ``violent crime'' means 
        murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and 
        aggravated assault, as reported by the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime Report.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022.

A:   Buyback Our Safety Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The OJP must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop standards to identify the guns likely to be used in violent crimes and to establish a pricing scale for guns purchased through a gun buyback program. 
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iraq Congressional Oversight 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On October 16, 2002, the Authorization for Use of 
        Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-
        243) was enacted into law.
            (2) On March 19, 2003, the President, pursuant to the 
        authorities provided to the President by Public Law 107-243, 
        committed United States Armed Forces to combat operations in 
        Iraq.
            (3) On April 9, 2003, Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime 
        fell to Coalition Forces.
            (4) On April 16, 2003, the Emergency Wartime Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11) was enacted into 
        law, which included $2,500,000,000 for the relief and 
        reconstruction of Iraq.
            (5) On May 12, 2003, the Coalition Provisional Authority 
        (CPA) subsumed the Organization for Reconstruction and 
        Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), and citing United Nations 
        Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) and the laws of war, 
        vested itself with executive, legislative, and judicial 
        authority over the Iraqi government until such time as the 
        Iraqi government gained its sovereignty.
            (6) On November 6, 2003, the Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of 
        Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106) was enacted 
        into law, which included an additional $18,400,000,000 for the 
        relief and reconstruction of Iraq.
            (7) On June 28, 2004, the new Iraqi government gained its 
        sovereignty.
            (8) On January 30, 2005, the Iraqi people successfully 
        elected their first interim National Assembly.
            (9) On March 16, 2005, the 275-member interim Iraqi 
        National Assembly convened to appoint an interim national 
        government and to begin the drafting of a constitution.
            (10) On September 18, 2005, the interim Iraqi National 
        Assembly completed negotiations on the draft constitution.
            (11) On October 15, 2005, the Iraqi people approved the 
        draft constitution by a national referendum.
            (12) On November 30, 2005, the President, through the 
        National Security Council, issued the National Strategy for 
        Victory in Iraq.
            (13) On December 15, 2005, the people of Iraq voted to 
        elect the first permanent National Assembly in accordance with 
        the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq.
            (14) On March 16, 2006, the newly-elected National Assembly 
        convened for their first session.
            (15) On May 20, 2006, the Iraqi Prime Minister-designee 
        named a cabinet, except for the posts of Minister of Defense 
        and Minister of Interior, and the Prime Minister-designee and 
        the cabinet received a vote of confidence from the National 
        Assembly.
            (16) On June 7, 2006, Iraq's National Assembly approved the 
        individuals that the Iraqi Prime Minister nominated for 
        Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, and National 
        Security Advisor, completing the formation of Iraq's first 
        permanent democratic government.

SEC. 3. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.

    Congress makes the following statements of policy:
            (1) Congress remains supportive of and inspired by the 
        service and sacrifice made by and dedication and commitment to 
        a democratic, stable, and prosperous Iraq displayed by members 
        of the United States Armed Forces and civilian personnel in 
        Iraq and by personnel serving world-wide in support of 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom.
            (2) Congress remains supportive of and inspired by the 
        service and sacrifice made by and dedication and commitment to 
        a democratic, stable, and prosperous Iraq displayed by the 
        military and civilian personnel of Coalition countries serving 
        in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Iraqi patriots 
        working toward a better future for their country and the 
        children of Iraq.
            (3) Congress recognizes the complex and interdependent 
        nature of the challenges associated with the political, 
        security, infrastructure, and economic development of and 
        governance capacity building at and between the national, 
        national capital city, regional, provincial, provincial capital 
        city, and strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq.
            (4) Congress recognizes the achievements to date made by 
        the United States Armed Forces, Coalition Forces, Iraqi 
        Security Forces, and civilian personnel toward the political, 
        security, infrastructure, and economic development of Iraq.
            (5) Congress recognizes the issuance of the President's 
        National Strategy for Victory in Iraq on November 30, 2005.
            (6) Congress supports the formation of a democratic, 
        pluralistic, federal, and united Government of Iraq.
            (7) Congress urges elected Iraqis to maintain their 
        commitment to and preserve a national unity government.
            (8) Congress remains deeply concerned about insurgent 
        attacks and threats against United States Armed Forces, 
        Coalition Forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and civilians in Iraq.
            (9) Congress is concerned about the increase of ethnic and 
        sectarian violence in Iraq following the February 22, 2006, 
        bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra, Iraq, and about 
        continued ethnic and sectarian tensions across Iraq and within 
        its cities.
            (10) Congress is concerned about the increasing power that 
        unauthorized politically-aligned militias wield in Iraq, their 
        destabilizing effect on security in Iraq, and the challenges 
        they present to the development of professional Iraqi Security 
        Forces.
            (11) Congress urges the Government of Iraq to continue to 
        pursue policies to promote the development of--
                    (A) a market-based economy in Iraq that increases 
                private-sector employment opportunities for Iraqi 
                workers;
                    (B) private-sector investment opportunities for 
                domestic and international investors; and
                    (C) a government budget process that reflects an 
                appropriate level of investment in the development of 
                and the continued operations and maintenance for Iraq's 
                national infrastructure.
            (12) Congress notes that the National Strategy for Victory 
        in Iraq is not specific regarding vital measures or other 
        benchmarks in Iraq's political, security, infrastructure, and 
        economic development that need to be met to signal to Congress 
        and the American people that victory in Iraq has been achieved 
        and the majority of United States Armed Forces currently 
        deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom can be redeployed to their 
        peacetime duty stations.
            (13) Congress notes the findings of the reports pursuant to 
        the section entitled ``Measuring Stability and Security in 
        Iraq'' of House Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H.R. 
        1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 
        the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 
        109-13), submitted by the Secretary of Defense (in consultation 
        with other appropriate members of the National Security 
        Council) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
        Majority Leader of the Senate, and the congressional defense 
        committees that identifies security, economic, and Iraqi 
        Security Force training performance standards and goals, 
        accompanied by a notional timetable for achieving these goals.
            (14) Congress notes the report submitted pursuant to the 
        United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
        163); 119 Stat. 3465-3467), and the current military mission 
        and the diplomatic, political, economic, and military measures 
        that are being or have been undertaken to successfully complete 
        or support that mission.
            (15) Congress reaffirms the findings of the section 
        entitled ``Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq'' of House 
        Conference Report 109-72 and of section 1227 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, and notes the 
        advantages of consolidating various reports into a single 
        report, from the President, that reflects the requirements of 
        both laws referenced in paragraphs (13) and (14) and that 
        includes the requirements of section 4 of this Act.
            (16) Congress is concerned that the reports submitted to 
        Congress pursuant to the section entitled ``Measuring Stability 
        and Security in Iraq'' of House Conference Report 109-72 and of 
        section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2006, do not provide sufficient content, 
        information, data, and analysis for Congress to comprehensively 
        evaluate the mission in Iraq.
            (17) Congress urges that the reports transmitted pursuant 
        to section 4 of this Act be organized and written to provide 
        content, information, data, and analysis on the mission in Iraq 
        as it pertains to the political, security, infrastructure, and 
        economic development of and governance capacity building at and 
        between the national, national capital city, regional, 
        provincial, provincial capital city, and strategic municipal 
        levels of government within Iraq.
            (18) It is the duty of Congress under Article I, Section 8 
        of the United States Constitution to ``raise and support 
        Armies,'' and that by requiring the President to report to 
        Congress on Operation Iraqi Freedom, Congress is better able to 
        carry out this constitutional duty.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the President shall, in accordance with, in support of, 
and to more clearly define the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, 
transmit to Congress a report that--
            (1) consolidates the requirements of the section entitled 
        ``Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq'' of House 
        Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H.R. 1268, Emergency 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 
        Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13) and the 
        United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
        163); 119 Stat. 3465-3467) by containing the information 
        required to be submitted to Congress pursuant to the 
        requirements of such provisions of law;
            (2) identifies the specific or vital measures or other 
        benchmarks that define the terms of completion of and 
        conditions for victory for Operation Iraqi Freedom and their 
        correlation with the strategic objectives and lines of action 
        outlined in the appendix of the National Strategy for Victory 
        in Iraq;
            (3) describes the nature and substance of the programs 
        implemented to achieve such strategic objectives and lines of 
        action; and
            (4) analyzes using metrics the effectiveness of such 
        programs toward achieving the specific vital measures or other 
        benchmarks required to be identified by paragraph (2).
    (b) Update.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall transmit to Congress 
        an update of the report required by subsection (a) not less 
        than once every 120 days after the date on which the President 
        transmits the report required by such subsection until such 
        time as Operation Iraqi Freedom has been completed.
            (2) Contents.--Each update of the report--
                    (A) may reflect adjustments to the specific or 
                vital measures or other benchmarks identified pursuant 
                to subsection (a)(2), or to the nature or substance of 
                the programs described in subsection (a)(3), as 
                realties, circumstances, and events in Iraq change or 
                evolve; and
                    (B) shall include detailed justifications as to why 
                adjustments to such specific or vital measures or other 
                benchmarks, or to the nature or substance of such 
                programs, were made.
    (c) Additional Requirements.--The report required by subsection (a) 
and updates of the report required by subsection (b) shall be--
            (1) organized and written to provide content, data, 
        information, and analysis on the complex interdependent nature 
        of the challenges associated with the political, security, 
        infrastructure, and economic development of and governance 
        capacity building at and between the national, national capital 
        city, regional, provincial, provincial capital city, and 
        strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq; and
            (2) accompanied by a comprehensive all-source intelligence 
        analysis of Iraq that includes information by and from the 
        national, national capital city, regional, provincial, 
        provincial capital city, and strategic municipal levels of 
        government within Iraq.
    (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) and updates of the 
report required by subsection (b) shall be transmitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex.

A: Iraq Congressional Oversight Enhancement Act - Directs the President to transmit periodically to Congress a consolidated, comprehensive report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Home Heating Loan Guarantee Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Heating oil, propane, and natural gas help to keep 70 
        percent of United States households warm.
            (2) For 8,000,000 homes alone in the United States, heating 
        oil is the primary source of heating and 6,200,000 of those 
        homes are in the Northeast, including the Central Atlantic 
        States.
            (3) Over the last year and a half, the retail cost of 
        heating oil has nearly tripled, as follows:
                    (A) In January 2007, a gallon of heating oil cost 
                $1.59.
                    (B) By autumn of 2007, the cost of 1 gallon was 
                $2.75.
                    (C) From October 2008 through March 2009, heating 
                oil is projected to average $4.13 per gallon, an 
                increase of about 25 percent over last winter.
                    (D) Increases in natural gas and propane prices 
                this winter are also projected.
            (4) Many homeowners, already strapped financially, simply 
        will not be able to heat their homes this winter.
            (5) In Northeastern Pennsylvania this winter, the average 
        homeowner who uses 950 gallons of home heating oil will have to 
        pay between $3,000 to $4,000 for heating.
            (6) While the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
        operated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through 
        the Administration for Children and Families (the program is 
        commonly referred to as ``LIHEAP'') is a big help to consumers, 
        the Program by itself is not enough to meet the challenge and 
        the Congress should act to increase its funding as a separate 
        matter.
            (7) Heating oil dealers have faced and will continue to 
        face tremendous stress because of the price increase.
            (8) Home heating oil dealers suffered cash flow problems in 
        the Winter of 2007-2008 and, with such large price increases, 
        the problems will only get worse in the Winter of 2008-2009.
            (9) In the usage of trade in the home heating oil supply 
        and distribution system, home heating oil dealers must 
        typically pay suppliers within 10 days of delivery of oil.
            (10) If customers cannot make timely payments to dealers, 
        dealers, in turn, lack the cash to pay suppliers to keep 
        supplies flowing to consumers.

SEC. 3. GUARANTEED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION LOANS TO HOME HEATING 
              SUPPLIERS.

    (a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Consumer.--The term ``consumer'' means an individual or 
        household who acquires goods or services from a home heating 
        supplier primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
            (2) Depository institution.--The term ``depository 
        institution'' has the same meaning as in section 19(b)(1)(A) of 
        the Federal Reserve Act.
            (3) Eligible consumer.--The term ``eligible consumer 
        means'' means any individual or household whose household 
        income for the last year ending before any receiving any loan 
        under this section did not exceed an amount equal to 150 
        percent of the national median household income for such year.
            (4) Qualified home heating loan.--The term ``qualified home 
        heating loan'' means an unsecured consumer loan to an eligible 
        consumer that is made for the sole purpose of paying a home 
        heating supplier for home heating supplies delivered by such 
        supplier (or to be delivered), or repairs made by the supplier 
        to broken home heating equipment or leaking or frozen lines, 
        during the 2008-2009 home heating season.
            (5) Home heating supplier.--The term ``home heating 
        supplier'' means a business engaged in retail distribution of 
        heating oil, propane, or natural gas to consumers.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.
    (b) Loan Guarantees Authorized.--Subject to the requirements of 
this section and to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in 
advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary may guarantee qualified 
home heating loans made by depository institutions during the 2008-2009 
home heating season when the Secretary determines that such action is 
necessary to minimize disruptions in the supply and distribution of 
home heating resources due to the inability of customers of the 
suppliers to pay for home heating supplies delivered by such supplier 
or repairs made by the supplier to broken home heating equipment or 
leaking or frozen lines.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) Annual percentage rate.--The interest imposed on any 
        qualified home heating loan that is guaranteed by the Secretary 
        under this section shall be at a fixed rate and the annual 
        percentage rate (as determined in accordance with the Truth in 
        Lending Act) with respect to such loan may not exceed 5 
        percent.
            (2) Origination fees.--The total amount of loan origination 
        fees imposed in connection with any qualified home heating loan 
        that is guaranteed by the Secretary under this section, in 
        accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall 
        prescribe, may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the 
        principal of the loan.
            (3) Maximum loan amount.--The amount of any credit extended 
        under any qualified home heating loan that is guaranteed by the 
        Secretary under this section may not exceed $5,000.
            (4) Repayment period.--Any qualified home heating loan that 
        is guaranteed by the Secretary under this section shall be 
        fully amortized under a repayment schedule that requires full 
        repayment before the end of the 2-year period beginning on the 
        date the loan is consummated.
            (5) Other terms and conditions.--The Secretary may 
        establish by regulation such additional terms and conditions 
        that shall apply with regard to qualified home heating loans as 
        the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.
    (d) Provisions Relating to Program.--
            (1) Distribution of proceeds.--To accelerate the 
        distribution of loan proceeds and limit fraud, the Secretary 
        may require, by regulation, that the proceeds of a qualified 
        home heating loan to be disbursed directly to a home heating 
        supplier designated by the consumer, except that the Secretary 
        may also require that the consumer cosign for any disbursement 
        of such proceeds when necessary for the protection of 
        consumers.
            (2) Background checks.--The Secretary may take such action 
        as appropriate, or require such verification by a depository 
        institution as appropriate, to ascertain--
                    (A) the character and creditworthiness of a home 
                heating supplier, including any owner or managing 
                directors or employees of the supplier, and any 
                consumer seeking to qualify for a home heating loan; 
                and
                    (B) the effectiveness of the consumer operations of 
                the home heating supplier established to meet the 
                requirements of the Secretary under paragraph (1).
            (3) Overall loan limits.--The Secretary may, by regulation 
        establish such criteria and requirements, as the Secretary may 
        determine to be appropriate with respect to--
                    (A) the total number of loans or the aggregate loan 
                amounts guaranteed under this section that are made to 
                customers of any single home heating supplier or by any 
                depository institution; and
                    (B) the total number of loans or the aggregate loan 
                maximum loan amounts guaranteed under this section that 
                are made to customers of home heating suppliers, or by 
                depository institutions, operating in a geographical 
                area or region as the Secretary may prescribe.
            (4) Self-certification.--To expedite implementation of the 
        program, a depository institution may self-certify that any 
        consumer loan and any consumer meets the eligibility standards 
        for a qualified home heating loan in order to obtain the 
        guarantee with respect to a home heating loan to such consumer, 
        except that any guarantee of such loan shall be subject to a 
        demonstration by such depository institution that the loan 
        actually met such eligibility standards if the depository 
        institution submits a claim to the Secretary with regard to 
        such guarantee in the event of nonpayment by the consumer.
    (e) Enforcement.--The Secretary may exercise any power or authority 
of the Secretary arising under any other provision of law, including 
section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to carry out this section 
and enforce any provision of this section or any requirement or 
obligation arising under this section or any regulation prescribed 
under this section.

A:
Home Heating Loan Guarantee Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee qualified home heating loans made by depository institutions during the 2008-2009 home heating season if necessary to minimize disruptions in the supply and distribution of home heating resources because of the inability of customers of the suppliers to pay for home heating supplies or repairs made to broken home heating equipment or leaking or frozen lines.

Sets forth terms and conditions governing the loan guarantee, including overall loan limits.
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