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[EX Q]: 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.''.
[EX A]: 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.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

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

SEC. 3. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Research and Development Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a marine 
        renewable energy research and development program that is 
        focused on--
                    (A) developing new marine renewable energy 
                technologies;
                    (B) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs 
                of marine renewable energy technologies;
                    (C) increasing the reliability and survivability of 
                marine renewable energy facilities;
                    (D) integrating marine renewable energy into the 
                national electric grid;
                    (E) identifying opportunities for cross-pollination 
                and development of economies of scale between offshore 
                wind and marine renewable energy sources;
                    (F) identifying the environmental impacts of marine 
                renewable energy and ways to address any negative 
                impacts; and
                    (G)(i) applying advanced systems engineering and 
                system integration methods to identify critical 
                interfaces and develop open standards for marine 
                renewable energy;
                    (ii) transferring the resulting intellectual 
                property to industry stakeholders as public information 
                through published interface definitions, standards, and 
                demonstration projects; and
                    (iii) developing incentives for industry to comply 
                with the standards.
            (2) Administration.--The program established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be separate from any wind and hydropower 
        program carried out by the Secretary.
    (b) Marine-Based Energy Device Verification Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a marine-
        based energy device verification program to provide a bridge 
        from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device 
        design and development efforts underway across the industry to 
        commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are to fund, 
        facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate 
        marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the 
        Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable 
        Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
        Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National 
        Laboratories, and in conjunction with universities and other 
        institutions of higher education, private business entities, 
        and other appropriate organizations, in order--
                    (A) to increase marine renewable energy experience; 
                and
                    (B) to build and operate enough candidate devices 
                to obtain statistically significant operating and 
                maintenance data.
            (3) Objectives.--The objectives of the program include--
                    (A) verifying the performance, reliability, 
                maintainability, and cost of new marine renewable 
                energy device designs and system components in an 
                operating environment;
                    (B) providing States, regulators, utilities, and 
                other stakeholders with a valid opportunity to test and 
                evaluate marine renewable energy technology in new 
                areas;
                    (C) documenting and communicating the experience 
                from those projects for the benefit of utilities, 
                independent power producers, other nonutility 
                generators, device suppliers, and others in the marine 
                renewable energy development community; and
                    (D) resolving environmental issues through robust 
                characterization, reliable impact prediction, effective 
                monitoring, development and use of adaptive management, 
                and informing engineering design to improve 
                environmental performance.
    (c) Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the use of marine renewable energy technologies 
                can reduce contributions to global warming;
                    (B) marine renewable energy technologies can be 
                produced domestically;
                    (C) marine renewable energy is a nascent industry; 
                and
                    (D) the United States must work to promote new 
                renewable energy technologies that reduce contributions 
                to global warming gases and improve domestic energy 
                production.
            (2) Fund.--
                    (A) Establishment.--There is established in the 
                Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be 
                known as the ``Adaptive Management and Environmental 
                Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are appropriated 
                to the Fund under subsection (d).
                    (B) Expenditures from fund.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), on 
                        request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the 
                        Secretary such amounts as the Secretary 
                        determines are necessary to provide grants to 
                        eligible entities to assist the entities in 
                        complying with Federal, State, or local 
                        regulatory permit requirements through 
                        assessment and demonstration of the 
                        environmental effects of marine renewable 
                        energy projects (including environmental 
                        studies, design, fabrication, deployment, 
                        operating, monitoring, environmental 
                        mitigation, and decommissioning costs).
                            (ii) Administrative expenses.--An amount 
                        not exceeding 10 percent of the amounts in the 
                        Fund shall be available for each fiscal year to 
                        pay the administrative expenses necessary to 
                        carry out this subsection.
                    (C) Transfers of amounts.--
                            (i) In general.--The amounts required to be 
                        transferred to the Fund under this paragraph 
                        shall be transferred at least monthly from the 
                        general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the 
                        basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury.
                            (ii) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall 
                        be made in amounts subsequently transferred to 
                        the extent prior estimates were in excess of or 
                        less than the amounts required to be 
                        transferred.
            (3) Eligibility.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                this subsection, an entity shall provide to the 
                Secretary a regulatory permit that includes conditions 
                for the removal of the marine renewable energy project 
                supported by the grant if the permitting authority 
                finds that the marine renewable energy project has an 
                unacceptable adverse impact on the environment.
                    (B) Administration.--A marine renewable energy 
                project shall not be required to be removed in the 
                absence of a finding by the permitting authority that 
                the project has an unacceptable adverse impact.
            (4) Public availability.--The results of any assessment or 
        demonstration conducted under this subsection shall be made 
        available to the public, except to the extent that the 
        assessment or demonstration contains information that is 
        protected from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (5) Audit requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Any entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall--
                            (i) track the use of grant funds from the 
                        Fund; and
                            (ii) certify annually to the Secretary that 
                        the grant funds were used only for purposes 
                        authorized under this subsection.
                    (B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
                procedures to ensure that the Secretary is able to 
                oversee and audit the use of funds by eligible 
                entities.
                    (C) Annual audits.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
                audit, at least annually, of the use of grant funds 
                received under this subsection by each eligible entity.
                    (D) Ineligibility.--The Secretary may declare an 
                entity ineligible for a grant under this subsection on 
                a finding of inappropriate use of funding.
            (6) Sunset provision.--
                    (A) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to 
                the appropriate committees of Congress if the Secretary 
                determines that the technologies and activities 
                supported under this subsection have achieved a level 
                of maturity that is sufficient to enable the program 
                authorized under this subsection to cease.
                    (B) Termination.--The program authorized under this 
                subsection and the Fund shall cease to exist effective 
                on the date of submission of a report described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (7) Administration.--The Secretary may use amounts in the 
        Fund to provide assistance to State resource agencies that are 
        processing applications for permits required for marine 
        renewables projects that have received assistance from the Fund 
        to assist staff with understanding and evaluating applications 
        and participating in the applicable Federal Energy Regulatory 
        Commission or Minerals Management Service regulatory process.
            (8) Environmental requirement.--Nothing in this section 
        eliminates or otherwise affects any requirement imposed under 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2021.
[EX A]: Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a marine renewable energy research and development program, separate from any DOE wind and hydropower program, focused on: (1) developing new marine renewable energy technologies; (2) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs of such technologies; (3) increasing the reliability and survivability of marine renewable energy facilities; (4) integrating marine renewable energy into the national electric grid; (5) identifying opportunities for cross pollination and development of economies of scale between offshore wind and marine renewable energy sources; (6) identifying the environmental impacts of marine renewable energy and ways to address negative impacts; (7) applying advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine renewable energy; (8) transferring the resulting intellectual property to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (9) developing incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

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

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

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Scenic Overflight 
Concessions Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to require all commercial 
air tour operators to hold a concessions permit with the Park Unit, and 
to provide Park Service authority to determine the appropriate level of 
commercial scenic tour overflight activity.
    (b) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
            (1) The National Park Service administers Federal parks, 
        monuments, and reservations, to conserve the scenery; natural, 
        cultural and historic values; wilderness values, including 
        natural quiet; and wildlife resources while providing for the 
        enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will 
        leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. 
        In recognition of these values, many park units are recognized 
        as internationally significant International Biosphere Reserves 
        and World Heritage Sites.
            (2) In order to manage National Park System units to 
        achieve the purposes for which they were established by 
        Congress, there is a need for National Park Service authority 
        to regulate commercial scenic overflight enterprises operating 
        over units of the National Park system.
            (3) It is the function of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration to manage the safe and efficient use of the 
        navigable airspace of the United States, as provided for in the 
        Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1391, et seq.); 
        and to protect the environment from adverse impacts in accord 
        with sections 307(c) and 611 of the foregoing Act and section 
        4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 
        1653(f)).
            (4) The auditory and visual intrusion of aircraft flying at 
        low altitudes can be incompatible with the preservation and 
        management of natural or cultural resources, the natural quiet, 
        scenery, and/or the public's enjoyment of the resources on 
        lands managed by the public land management agencies, notably 
        such sensitive areas as parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness 
        areas.
            (5) It is the joint responsibility of these agencies to 
        resolve these incompatible situations or mitigate them to the 
        fullest extent possible in order to maintain these public lands 
        for the purposes for which they were established while 
        recognizing the public's and the Government's need to transit 
        navigable airspace.
            (6) In recognition of the values for which National Park 
        Service lands are managed, the Federal Aviation Administration 
        and the National Park Service shall act cooperatively to reduce 
        the incidence of low-flying aircraft impacts from commercial 
        scenic tour overflights by helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, 
        blimps, and balloons over sensitive lands administered by the 
        National Park Service and to make these overflights compatible 
        with park preservation objectives.

SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL AIR TOURS.

    The Act of October 9, 1965 (16 U.S.C. 20-20g) commonly known as the 
National Park Service Concessions Policy Act is amended by adding the 
following new section at the end thereof:

``SEC. 10. COMMERCIAL AIR TOURS OVER NPS UNITS.

    ``(a) Issuance of Permits for Commercial Air Tours.--No person may 
fly an individual for compensation over any unit of the National Park 
System for the purpose of viewing any portion of such unit unless such 
person has in effect a valid commercial air tour permit issued by the 
Secretary. The Secretary may issue or deny such permits upon 
application of any person. Such permits may be issued subject to such 
conditions and restrictions as the Secretary deems necessary to protect 
the resources of such unit and to protect and enhance visitor 
enjoyment. Issuance or denial of a permit shall be consistent with the 
legislation establishing such unit, the guidelines under subsection 
(b), any applicable provisions of any general management plan in effect 
for such unit, and the provisions of law generally applicable to units 
of the national park system, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 
Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 
Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467). Any person who flies an individual for 
compensation over any unit of the National Park System for the purpose 
of viewing any portion of such unit shall be treated as entering such 
unit and providing a service within such unit for purposes of this Act. 
This subsection shall take effect on the date one year after the 
enactment of the National Park Scenic Overflight Concessions Act of 
1994 and shall apply to all flights described in this subsection made 
after such effective date.
    ``(b) Guidelines and Planning.--Not later than 12 months after the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish guidelines 
applicable to commercial air tour flights over national park system 
units providing for such flights where appropriate and restricting or 
prohibiting such flights where necessary in accordance with the 
provisions of law referred to in subsection (a). Each permit under 
subsection (a) for flights at any unit of the National Park System 
shall be based on such guidelines. Any such guidelines proposed by the 
Secretary shall be submitted to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration for review prior to adoption. Within 60 days 
after his receipt of such proposed guidelines, the Administrator shall 
provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary regarding any 
effects such guidelines may have on aircraft safety. The Secretary 
shall incorporate the Administrator's recommendations regarding 
aircraft safety in the final guidelines.
    ``(c) General Management Plans.--The Secretary may amend the 
general management plan for any national park system unit to establish 
air concessions requirements applicable to flights subject to the 
permit requirements of subsection (a). Such amendments shall be 
consistent with the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) and 
the guidelines published under subsection (b). The amendments shall--
            ``(1) document the degree to which commercial scenic 
        overflights may affect the natural resources of the park unit 
        concerned;
            ``(2) document the effects of such overflights on the park 
        visitor's experience; and
            ``(3) propose measures necessary to protect park resources 
        and the visitor's experience from the adverse effects of 
        commercial scenic overflights.
Each permit issued under subsection (a) for flights over any national 
park system unit after the effective date of general management plan 
amendments adopted under this subsection shall be consistent with such 
amendments.
    ``(d) Penalty.--Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any 
requirement of this section or of any rule or regulation promulgated by 
the Secretary under this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than 5 years or both.''.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

    (a) Reporting and Training.--The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
``Administrator''), in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, 
shall--
            (1) develop standardized reporting systems for the 
        documentation of low flying aircraft incidents in air space 
        over national park system units; and
            (2) develop training programs and instructional materials 
        for national park service personnel to enable them to recognize 
        and report instance of low flying aircraft incidents in air 
        space over national park system units.
    (b) Aircraft Noise.--The Administrator shall amend the regulations 
of the Federal Aviation Administration to treat aircraft noise 
abatement at national park system units as in the public interest.
    (c) Reports.--The Administrator and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit a joint report to the Congress within 3 years after the 
enactment of this Act containing a description of the progress made 
under this Act and other authority of law in mitigating the adverse 
effects of commercial scenic overflights at national park system units.
[EX A]:
National Park Scenic Overflight Concessions Act of 1994 - Amends the National Park Service Concessions Policy Act to prohibit a person from flying an individual for compensation over a National Park System (NPS) unit to view any portion of the unit unless the person has in effect a valid commercial air tour permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 
Requires the Secretary to publish guidelines applicable to commercial air tour flights over NPS units providing for such flights where appropriate and restricting or prohibiting such flights where necessary. 
Authorizes the Secretary to amend the general management plan for any NPS unit to establish air concessions requirements applicable to flights subject to the permit requirements of this Act that: (1) document the degree to which commercial scenic overflights may affect the natural resources of the park unit concerned and the effects of such overflights on the park visitor's experience; and (2) propose measures necessary to protect park resources and the visitor's experience from the adverse effects of commercial scenic overflights. 
Imposes a fine and up to five years' imprisonment on any person who knowingly or willfully violates any requirement, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in cooperation with the Secretary, to develop:  (1) standardized reporting systems for the documentation of low flying aircraft incidents in airspace over NPS units; and (2) training programs and instructional materials for National Park Service personnel to enable them to recognize and report such incidents. 
Requires the Administrator to amend the FAA regulations to treat aircraft noise abatement at NPS units as in the public interest. 
Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to report jointly to the Congress on the progress made under this Act and other authority of law in mitigating the adverse effects of commercial scenic overflights at NPS units.