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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Services, Education, and 
Rehabilitation for Veterans Act'' or the ``SERV Act''.

SEC. 2. VETERAN'S TREATMENT COURTS.

    (a) Delegation.--The Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy (referred to in this Act as the ``Director'') shall 
delegate the authority to administer the program and other such 
activities necessary to carry out this Act to the Department of 
Justice.
    (b) Grants.--The Attorney General may make grants to States, State 
courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal 
governments acting directly or through agreements with other public or 
private entities, for the purpose of developing, implementing, or 
enhancing veteran's treatment courts or expanding operational drug 
courts to serve veterans.
    (c) Eligibility.--Grants under this Act shall be made to veteran's 
treatment courts and drug courts serving veterans that effectively 
integrate substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, mandatory 
drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services, in a 
judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over nonviolent, 
substance-abusing offenders that have served in the United States 
military.

SEC. 3. GRANT AUTHORITY.

    The Attorney General may make grants to States, State courts, local 
courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, 
acting directly or through agreements with other public or private 
entities, for programs that involve--
            (1) continuing judicial supervision over offenders with 
        substance abuse or mental health problems who are not violent 
        offenders and have served in the United States military; and
            (2) the integrated administration of other sanctions and 
        services, which shall include--
                    (A) mandatory periodic testing for the use of 
                controlled substances or other addictive substances 
                during any period of supervised release or probation 
                for each participant;
                    (B) substance abuse and mental health treatment 
                (such as treatment for depression and post-traumatic 
                stress disorder) for each participant;
                    (C) diversion, probation, or other supervised 
                release involving the possibility of prosecution, 
                confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance 
                with program requirements or failure to show 
                satisfactory progress; and
                    (D) programmatic, offender management, and 
                aftercare services such as relapse prevention, health 
                care, education, vocational training, job placement, 
                housing placement, and child care or other family 
                support services for each participant who requires such 
                services.

SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--To request a grant under this Act, a State, State 
court, local court, unit of local government, or Indian tribal 
government shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such 
form and containing such information as the Attorney General may 
reasonably require.
    (b) Applications.--In addition to any other requirements that may 
be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under 
this Act shall--
            (1) include a long-term strategy and detailed 
        implementation plan;
            (2) explain the applicant's inability to fund the program 
        adequately without Federal assistance;
            (3) certify that the Federal support provided will be used 
        to supplement, and not supplant, State, Indian tribal, and 
        local sources of funding that would otherwise be available;
            (4) identify related governmental or community initiatives 
        which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;
            (5) certify that there has been appropriate consultation 
        with all affected agencies, specifically the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human 
        Services, and that there will be appropriate coordination with 
        all affected agencies in the implementation of the program;
            (6) certify that participating offenders will be supervised 
        by 1 or more designated judges with responsibility for the 
        veteran's treatment court program;
            (7) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and 
        continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of 
        Federal support; and
            (8) describe the methodology that will be used in 
        evaluating the program.
    (c) Certifications.--Each such application shall contain the 
certification that the program for which the grant is requested shall 
meet each of the requirements of this Act.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL SHARE.

    The Federal share of a grant made under this Act may not exceed 75 
percent of the total costs of the program described in the application 
submitted under section 4 for the fiscal year for which the program 
receives assistance under this Act, unless the Attorney General waives, 
wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching contribution under 
this section. In-kind contributions may constitute a portion of the 
non-Federal share of a grant.

SEC. 6. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.

    (a) Report to Attorney General and the Director.--For each fiscal 
year, each recipient of a grant under this Act during that fiscal year 
shall submit to the Attorney General, the Director, and the Secretary 
for Veterans Affairs a report regarding the effectiveness of activities 
carried out using that grant. Each report shall include an evaluation 
in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on 
which such reports shall be submitted.
    (b) Report to Congress.--The Director, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, shall submit a yearly report on the effectiveness on 
the activities carried out under this Act to the House and Senate 
Committees on the Judiciary and the House and Senate Committees on 
Veterans Affairs.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' means a person who 
        served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who 
        was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other 
        than dishonorable.
            (2) Veteran's treatment court.--The term ``veteran's 
        treatment court'' means a program specifically for veterans 
        that meets the drug court criteria established by the Violent 
        Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-
        322).
            (3) Violent offender.--The term ``violent offender'' means 
        a person who--
                    (A) is charged with or convicted of an offense, 
                during the course of which offense or conduct--
                            (i) the person carried, possessed, or used 
                        a firearm or dangerous weapon;
                            (ii) there occurred the death of or serious 
                        bodily injury to any person; or
                            (iii) there occurred the use of force 
                        against the person of another, without regard 
                        to whether any of the circumstances described 
                        in clause (i) or (ii) is an element of the 
                        offense or conduct of which or for which the 
                        person is charged or convicted.
                    (B) has 1 or more prior convictions for a felony 
                crime of violence involving the use or attempted use of 
                force against a person with the intent to cause death 
                or serious bodily harm.

SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Consultation.--The Attorney General shall consult with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and any other appropriate officials in carrying out this Act.
    (b) Regulatory Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General may issue regulations 
        and guidelines necessary to carry out this Act.
            (2) Participation limits.--In additional to the general 
        authority provided under paragraph (1), the Attorney General 
        shall--
                    (A) issue regulations and guidelines to ensure that 
                programs authorized in this Act do not permit 
                participation by violent offenders; and
                    (B) immediately suspend funding for any grant under 
                this part, pending compliance, if the Attorney General 
                finds that violent offenders are participating in any 
                program funded under this part.
    (c) Geographic Distribution.--The Attorney General shall ensure 
that, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution 
of grant awards is made under this Act.

SEC. 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION.

    (a) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Attorney General may 
provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act.
    (b) Evaluations.--The Attorney General may provide for evaluations 
in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 10. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL DRUG COURT INSTITUTE.

    (a) Comprehensive, National Training and Technical Assistance for 
Drug Courts.--The National Drug Court Institute in Alexandria, Virginia 
shall--
            (1) conduct national, comprehensive training programs for 
        State and local communities for the purpose of improving the 
        professional skills of drug court practitioners and enhancing 
        the ability of State and local communities to expand drug 
        courts to reach all addicted citizens in need of their 
        resources; and
            (2) provide national, comprehensive Technical Assistance to 
        adult, juvenile and family dependency drug courts including a 
        combination of information gathering, needs assessment, 
        cultural proficiency, analysis, problem solving, action 
        planning, referral and follow-up.
    (b) Ancillary Projects.--The National Drug Court Institute in 
Alexandria, Virginia shall complete ancillary programs designed to 
facilitate the expansion and improvement of drug courts nationwide 
including--
            (1) a Judicial Task Force to develop a transition plan for 
        new drug court judges;
            (2) a resource center to maintain and distribute drug court 
        evaluations reviewed in the National Drug Court Institute 
        Review, and to request new research and evaluations for the 
        drug court field;
            (3) publishing annually the National Drug Court Institute 
        Review to provide research, analysis, and commentary of 
        importance to the drug court field; and
            (4) searching drug court literature and identify, reprint, 
        and disseminate important and relevant scholarship to the drug 
        court field.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014 to remain 
available until expended.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Except for section 10, there are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Director to carry out this Act $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2009 to 2014.

A: Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to administer the veteran's treatment courts program established by this Act.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states and other entities: (1) to develop, implement, or enhance veteran's treatment courts or to expand operational drug courts to serve veterans; and (2) for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over nonviolent offenders with substance abuse or mental health problems who have served in the U.S. military. Requires such programs to include mandatory periodic testing for the use of drugs, substance abuse and mental health treatment, opportunities for diversion, probation, or supervised release, and programmatic, offender management, and aftercare services.

Directs the National Drug Court Institute to conduct national training programs for state and local communities to improve the professional skills of drug court practitioners and provide comprehensive technical assistance to adult, juvenile, and family dependency drug courts.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Pollution Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) mercury and mercury compounds are highly toxic to 
        humans, ecosystems, and wildlife;
            (2) as many as 10 percent of women in the United States of 
        childbearing age have mercury in their bloodstreams at a level 
        that could pose risks to their unborn babies, and hundreds of 
        thousands of children born annually in the United States are at 
        risk of neurological problems relating to mercury exposure in 
        utero;
            (3) the most significant source of mercury exposure to 
        people in the United States is ingestion of mercury-
        contaminated fish;
            (4) the long-term solution to mercury pollution is to 
        minimize global mercury use and releases of mercury to 
        eventually achieve reduced contamination levels in the 
        environment, rather than reducing fish consumption, since 
        uncontaminated fish represents a critical and healthy source of 
        nutrition for people worldwide;
            (5) mercury pollution is a transboundary pollutant that--
                    (A) is deposited locally, regionally, and globally; 
                and
                    (B) affects bodies of water near industrial areas, 
                such as the Great Lakes, as well as bodies of water in 
                remote areas, such as the Arctic Circle;
            (6) of the approximately 30 plants in the United States 
        that produce chlorine, only 7 use the obsolete ``mercury cell'' 
        chlor-alkali process, and 4 have not yet committed to phasing 
        out mercury use;
            (7)(A) less than 5 percent of the total quantity of 
        chlorine and caustic soda produced in the United States comes 
        from the chlor-alkali plants described in paragraph (6) that 
        use the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
            (B) cost-effective alternatives are available and in use in 
        the remaining 95 percent of chlorine and caustic soda 
        production; and
            (C) other countries, including Japan, have already banned 
        the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
            (8) the chlor-alkali industry acknowledges that--
                    (A) mercury can contaminate products manufactured 
                at mercury cell facilities; and
                    (B) the use of some of those products results in 
                the direct and indirect release of mercury;
            (9) despite those quantities of mercury known to have been 
        used or to be in use, neither the chlor-alkali industry nor the 
        Environmental Protection Agency is able--
                    (A) to adequately account for the disposition of 
                the mercury used at those facilities; or
                    (B) to accurately estimate current mercury 
                emissions; and
            (10) it is critically important that the United States work 
        aggressively toward the minimization of supply, demand, and 
        releases of mercury, both domestically and internationally.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    Congress declares that the United States should develop policies 
and programs that will--
            (1) reduce mercury use and emissions within the United 
        States;
            (2) reduce mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury 
        currently in use or circulation within the United States; and
            (3) reduce exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of 
        women of childbearing age and young children.

SEC. 4. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 6 the 
following:

``SEC. 6A. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

    ``(a) Definition of Chlor-alkali Facility.--In this section, the 
term `chlor-alkali facility' means a facility used for the manufacture 
of chlorine or caustic soda using a mercury cell process.
    ``(b) Prohibition.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, it shall be unlawful to manufacture chlorine or 
        caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United 
        States.
            ``(2) Notice.--The owner or operator of any existing chlor-
        alkali facility shall notify the Administrator no later than 
        June 30, 2012, whether it will--
                    ``(A) replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new 
                manufacturing facility that does not use mercury; or
                    ``(B) cease operations.
            ``(3) Closure.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a closure 
        notice is filed under paragraph (2)(B) shall cease 
        manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no 
        later than June 30, 2013.
            ``(4) Replacement.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a 
        replacement notice is filed under paragraph (2)(A) may continue 
        to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells 
        until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and 
        construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete, 
        or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.
    ``(c) Export Ban.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
section, the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental 
mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures 
containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-
alkali facility is prohibited.
    ``(d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section affects the 
ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store 
elemental mercury in accordance with section 5(g)(2) of the Mercury 
Export Ban Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table of contents of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 6 the following:

``Sec. 6A. Use of mercury in chlorine and caustic soda 
                            manufacturing.''.
    (2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 15 of such Act are each 
amended by striking ``or 6'' and inserting ``, 6 or 6A''.

A: Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and young children.

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit: (1) the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United States; and (2) the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-alkali facility.

Requires the owner or operator of any existing chlor-alkali facility to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) no later than June 30, 2012, on whether the owner or operator will replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new manufacturing facility that does not use mercury or cease operations. Requires a chlor-alkali facility for which a closure notice is filed to cease manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no later than June 30, 2013. Authorizes a chlor-alkali facility for which a replacement notice is filed to continue to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.

Provides that this Act does not affect the ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store elemental mercury in accordance with the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Rural Landscapes Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. SPLIT ESTATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
226) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) Split Estates.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Covered land.--The term `covered land' means 
                land with respect to which--
                            ``(i) title to oil and gas resources is 
                        held by the United States; but
                            ``(ii) title to the surface estate is not 
                        held by the United States.
                    ``(B) Lease.--The term `lease' means a lease issued 
                by the Secretary under this Act that provides for the 
                development of oil and gas resources (including coalbed 
                methane) on covered land.
                    ``(C) Lessee.--The term `lessee' means the holder 
                of a lease for the development of oil and gas resources 
                on covered land.
                    ``(D) Oil and gas operations.--The term `oil and 
                gas operations' means all activities affecting the 
                interest of a surface owner in covered land that are 
                associated with exploration, drilling, or production of 
                oil and gas, through final reclamation of the affected 
                surface.
                    ``(E) Operator.--The term `operator' means a person 
                with the legal right to conduct oil and gas operations 
                on covered land.
                    ``(F) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the 
                Secretary of the Interior.
                    ``(G) Surface owner.--The term `surface owner' 
                means a person who holds legal or equitable title, as 
                demonstrated in the records of the applicable county 
                clerk or other local government official, to the 
                surface of the covered land on which the operator has 
                the right to conduct oil and gas operations.
            ``(2) Compensation and reclamation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An operator shall compensate the 
                surface owner for damages resulting from the oil and 
                gas operations of the operator on land affected by the 
                operations from--
                            ``(i) loss of agricultural production and 
                        income;
                            ``(ii) lost land value;
                            ``(iii) lost use of and lost access to the 
                        land of the surface owner; and
                            ``(iv) the lost value of improvements.
                    ``(B) Reclamation.--An operator shall reclaim the 
                surface affected by the oil and gas operations of the 
                operator.
            ``(3) Notice of operations.--
                    ``(A) Prior to initial entry.--Prior to initial 
                entry for activities that do not disturb the surface, 
                the operator shall provide at least five days notice by 
                certified mail or hand delivery to the surface owner.
                    ``(B) Operations.--Prior to commencing oil and gas 
                operations, the operator shall provide not less than 30 
                days notice by certified mail or hand delivery to the 
                surface owner with sufficient disclosure of the planned 
                operations to enable the surface owner to evaluate the 
                effect of the operations.
                    ``(C) Place of notice delivery.--The notices 
                required by this section shall be given to the surface 
                owner at the address shown by the records of the county 
                clerk at the time the notice is given.
                    ``(D) Notice deemed received.--Notices required by 
                this section shall be deemed to have been received five 
                days after mailing by certified mail or immediately 
                upon hand delivery.
            ``(4) Surface use agreement.--
                    ``(A) Surface use agreement.--At the time of 
                providing notice of operations under paragraph (3)(B), 
                the operator shall provide to the surface owner a 
                proposed surface use agreement that--
                            ``(i) to the extent known, specifies 
                        sufficient disclosure of the planned oil and 
                        gas operations to enable the surface owner to 
                        evaluate the effect of the operations on the 
                        property, including--
                                    ``(I) placement, specifications, 
                                maintenance and design of facilities, 
                                equipment and roads;
                                    ``(II) terms of ingress and egress;
                                    ``(III) water protection (quality 
                                and quantity);
                                    ``(IV) proposed reclamation; and
                                    ``(V) actions to minimize surface 
                                damages to the land including runoff 
                                and erosion; and
                            ``(ii) includes an offer of compensation 
                        for damages to the surface affected by oil and 
                        gas operations.
                    ``(B) Procedure.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after the date of receipt of the proposed 
                        surface use agreement, the surface owner may 
                        accept or reject the agreement.
                            ``(ii) Failure to accept.--Failure to 
                        accept the agreement during the 30-day period 
                        described in clause (i) may be considered a 
                        rejection of the agreement.
                    ``(C) Negotiations.--The surface owner and operator 
                may enter into negotiations regarding the surface use 
                agreement.
                    ``(D) Agreement.--The operator and the surface 
                owner may enter into a mutually acceptable agreement 
                that specifies the rights and obligations of the 
                parties with respect to the surface activities 
                conducted by the operator.
            ``(5) Entry without agreement; bond.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In lieu of executing a surface 
                use agreement under paragraph (4)(A), the operator may 
                enter the property of the surface owner and conduct oil 
                and gas operations as provided in this section.
                    ``(B) Financial assurance.--The operator shall 
                provide an appropriate financial assurance for the 
                benefit of the surface owner, as determined by the 
                Secretary, prior to commencing operations under this 
                paragraph.
                    ``(C) Release of financial assurance.--The 
                Secretary shall provide for the appropriate release of 
                the financial assurance on a determination that--
                            ``(i) the reclamation is complete; and
                            ``(ii) the surface owner has been 
                        compensated for any damages.
            ``(6) Notice of secretarial action with respect to federal 
        leases.--The Secretary shall make reasonable efforts to provide 
        to each surface owner of affected covered land, and to each 
        permittee or right-of-way holder with the right to use the 
        surface of affected Federal land, written notice of--
                    ``(A) any lease sale for an oil or gas lease under 
                this Act by not later than 30 days before the date of 
                the lease sale; and
                    ``(B) the issuance of a drilling permit by not 
                later than 5 days before the date of issuance.
            ``(7) Relationship to state law.--Nothing in this 
        subsection preempts any applicable State law.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

A:
Protecting Rural Landscapes Act of 2010 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act, with respect to the lease of oil and gas lands, to require a person with the legal right to conduct oil and gas operations on covered land (operator) to compensate the surface owner for damages resulting from: (1) loss of agricultural production and income; (2) lost land value; (3) lost use of and lost access to the land; and (4) the lost value of improvements. Requires the operator to reclaim the affected surface.

Requires the operator to give notice prior to: (1) initial entry for activities that do not disturb the surface; and (2) commencing oil and gas operations. Requires the operator, at the time of providing notice of commencement of oil and gas operations, to provide the surface owner with a proposed surface use agreement that includes an offer of compensation for damages to the surface affected by oil and gas operations.

Requires an operator to provide the surface owner with appropriate financial assurance of reclamation in lieu of executing a surface use agreement.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide notice of upcoming lease sales and drilling permits to each: (1) surface owner of affected covered land; and (2) permittee or right-of-way holder with the right to use the surface of affected federal land.
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