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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Iran voted in the United Nations General Assembly on 
        December 10, 1948, to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human 
        Rights, thereby committing to guarantee the ``life, liberty, 
        and security of person'' of all people and rejecting ``cruel, 
        inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment''.
            (2) The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran 
        guarantees certain human rights and fundamental freedoms, 
        including political and civil rights, along with economic, 
        social, and cultural rights, including a prohibition on torture 
        and a guarantee of sentencing according to the law.
            (3) The Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to 4 major 
        United Nations human rights treaties: the Convention on the 
        Rights of the Child (which it ratified on July 13, 1994), the 
        International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
        Racial Discrimination (which it ratified on August 29, 1968), 
        and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 
        and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 
        Rights (both of which it ratified on June 24, 1975).
            (4) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is 
        violating its international and constitutional obligations to 
        respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of its 
        citizens, including by--
                    (A) using torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading 
                treatment or punishment, including flogging, and 
                amputations;
                    (B) carrying out an increasingly high rate of 
                executions in the absence of internationally recognized 
                safeguards, including public executions and executions 
                of juvenile offenders;
                    (C) using stoning as a method of execution and 
                maintaining a high number of persons in prison who 
                continue to face sentences of execution by stoning;
                    (D) carrying out arrests, violent repression, and 
                sentencing of women exercising their right to peaceful 
                assembly, a campaign of intimidation against women's 
                rights defenders, and continuing discrimination against 
                women and girls;
                    (E) permitting or carrying out increasing 
                discrimination and other human rights violations 
                against persons belonging to religious, ethnic, 
                linguistic, or other minorities;
                    (F) imposing ongoing, systematic, and serious 
                restrictions of freedom of peaceful assembly and 
                association and freedom of opinion and expression, 
                including the continuing closures of media outlets, 
                arrests of journalists, and the censorship of 
                expression in online forums such as blogs and websites; 
                and
                    (G) imposing severe limitations and restrictions on 
                freedom of religion and belief, including by carrying 
                out arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, and 
                lengthy jail sentences for those exercising their 
                rights to freedom of religion or belief and proposing a 
                provision in a draft penal code that sets out a 
                mandatory death sentence for apostasy, the abandoning 
                of one's faith.
            (5) On June 19, 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner 
        for Human Rights expressed concerns about the increasing number 
        of arrests not in conformity with the law and the illegal use 
        of excessive force in responding to protests following the June 
        12, 2009, elections in Iran, resulting in at least dozens of 
        deaths and hundreds of injuries.
            (6) On August 1, 2009, authorities in the Islamic Republic 
        of Iran began a mass trial of more than 100 individuals in 
        connection with election protests, most of whom were held for 
        weeks, in solitary confinement, with little or no access to 
        their lawyers or families, and many of whom showed signs of 
        torture or abuse.
            (7) The Supreme Leader of Iran issued a statement on 
        October 28, 2009, effectively criminalizing dissent in the 
        aftermath of the national election of June 12, 2009.
            (8) On November 4, 2009, security forces in the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran used brutal force to disperse thousands of 
        protesters, resulting in a number of injuries and arrests, in 
        violation of international standards regarding the 
        proportionate use of force against peaceful demonstrations.
            (9) At least 8 citizens of Iran were killed and an 
        undetermined number were injured on December 27, 2009, when 
        security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran violently broke 
        up peaceful gatherings during the Ashura holiday.
            (10) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has 
        recently sentenced numerous Iranian citizens to death without 
        due process for politicized crimes relating to the peaceful 
        demonstrations that followed the June 12, 2009, elections, 
        including ``waging war against God'', and has begun carrying 
        out those execution sentences, including the death by hanging 
        of 2 individuals on January 28, 2010.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE COMPLICIT IN 
              HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN OR 
              THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE JUNE 12, 2009, ELECTIONS 
              IN IRAN.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), the 
President shall impose sanctions described in subsection (c) with 
respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).
    (b) List of Persons Who Are Complicit in Certain Human Rights 
Abuses.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are 
        citizens of Iran that the President determines are complicit in 
        human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their 
        family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether 
        such abuses occurred in Iran.
            (2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees an updated list under 
        paragraph (1) periodically and as new information becomes 
        available.
            (3) Public availability.--The list required by paragraph 
        (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the 
        websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department 
        of State.
            (4) Consideration of data from other countries and 
        nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required 
        by paragraph (1), the President shall consider data already 
        obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations, 
        including organizations in Iran, that monitor the human rights 
        abuses of the Government of Iran.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Visa ban.--Ineligibility for a visa to enter the United 
        States.
            (2) Financial sanctions.--Sanctions authorized under the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
        seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or 
        prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation and 
        importation of property.
    (d) Exceptions To Comply With International Agreements.--The 
President may, by regulation, authorize exceptions to the imposition of 
sanctions under this section to permit the United States to comply with 
the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of 
America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other 
applicable international agreements.
    (e) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirement to impose or 
maintain sanctions with respect to a person under subsection (a) or the 
requirement to include a person on the list required by subsection (b) 
if the President--
            (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
        interest of the United States; and
            (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        report describing the reasons for the determination.
    (f) Termination of Sanctions.--The provisions of this section shall 
cease to have force and effect on the date on which the President 
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Government of Iran has--
            (1) unconditionally released all political prisoners, 
        including the citizens of Iran detained in the aftermath of the 
        June 12, 2009, presidential election in Iran;
            (2) ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention, 
        torture, and abuse of citizens of Iran while engaging in 
        peaceful political activity; and
            (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the 
        killings, arrest, and abuse of peaceful political activists in 
        Iran and prosecuted those responsible.
    (g) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' has the meaning given 
that term in section 14(2) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).

Answer: Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.

Requires that: (1) the list of such persons required by this Act be made available to the public and posted on the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State websites; and (2) the President consider data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor Iran's human rights abuses in preparing such list.

Authorizes the President to: (1) not apply such sanctions in order to permit U.S. compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations and other international agreements; and (2) waive such sanctions if in the U.S. national interest.

Terminates sanctions upon presidential certification to Congress that the government of Iran has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence and abuse of Iranian citizens engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings and abuse of peaceful political activists in Iran and prosecuted those responsible.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sacramento Valley Water Storage and 
Restoration Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The State of California and much of the West are 
        experiencing one of the driest years on record, exacerbating 
        water supply problems caused by a lack of surface water storage 
        infrastructure. The drought conditions have caused reductions 
        in water supplies to almost all water users in the State.
            (2) The Sites Project has been identified by the State of 
        California and the Federal Government as an important component 
        to integrated water management in the Sacramento Valley that 
        would advance the co-equal objectives of improving water 
        management and restoring ecological health for beneficial uses 
        of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Sacramento River 
        watershed.
            (3) Among other things, the Sites Project would--
                    (A) increase surface water storage to enhance water 
                management flexibility in the Sacramento Valley;
                    (B) provide flood control benefits;
                    (C) improve conditions for fish, waterfowl, and 
                wildlife in the Sacramento Valley, including anadromous 
                fish in the Sacramento River; and
                    (D) improve the operation of the State's water 
                system to provide improvements in ecosystem and water 
                quality conditions in the Bay-Delta while providing a 
                more reliable water supply for the State of California.
            (4) The Sites Project has been shown to provide 
        approximately 1,300,000 of additional yield when the Sites 
        Project is integrated into the operations of other State and 
        Federal reservoirs upstream of the Bay-Delta.
            (5) Healthy wetlands are of vital importance to wildlife in 
        California and require a reliable supply of water, and 
        additional surface water storage can help meet water supply 
        goals under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act.
            (6) It is in the interests of the United States for the 
        Federal Government to work with the Sites Project Authority, 
        which has been established under laws of the State of 
        California as an independent joint powers authority to, among 
        other things, study, promote, develop, design, finance, 
        acquire, construct, manage, and operate Sites Reservoir and 
        related facilities, in order to advance the Sites Project in 
        the most expeditious and cost-effective manner possible.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Commissioner.--The term ``Commissioner'' means the 
        Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.
            (3) Bureau.--The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of 
        Reclamation.
            (4) Authority.--The term ``Authority'' means the Sites 
        Project Authority that entered into a Joint Powers Agreement on 
        August 26, 2010, for the purpose of advancing the Sites Project 
        as a non-Federal facility and includes Glenn-Colusa Irrigation 
        District, Reclamation District 108, the Tehama-Colusa Canal 
        Authority, Maxwell Irrigation District, the County of Glenn, 
        the County of Colusa and Yolo County Flood Control and Water 
        Conservation District.
            (5) Sites project.--The term ``Sites Project'' means the 
        Sites Reservoir in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California, and 
        related facilities, including associated water conveyance and 
        hydropower generation and transmission facilities.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        California.
            (7) Central valley project.--The term ``Central Valley 
        Project'' means all Federal reclamation projects located within 
        or diverting water from or to the watershed of the Sacramento 
        and San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries as authorized by 
        the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), and all Acts 
        amendatory or supplemental thereto, including but not limited 
        to the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199), Act of 
        December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), Act of October 14, 1949 (63 
        Stat. 852), Act of September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), Act of 
        August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 879), Act of August 12, 1955 (69 
        Stat. 719), Act of June 3, 1960 (74 Stat. 156), Act of October 
        23, 1962 (76 Stat. 1173), Act of September 2, 1965 (79 Stat. 
        615), Act of August 19, 1967 (81 Stat. 167), Act of August 27, 
        1967 (81 Stat. 173), Act of October 23, 1970 (84 Stat. 1097), 
        Act of September 28, 1976 (90 Stat. 1324) and Act of October 
        27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050).
            (8) Repayment and water service contracts.--The terms 
        ``repayment contract'' and ``water service contract'' have the 
        same meaning as provided in sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the 
        Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1195), as 
        amended.

SEC. 4. FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.

    (a) Feasibility Study.--No later than June 30, 2015, the Secretary, 
acting through the Bureau, shall finalize and publish in the Federal 
Register, the feasibility study authorized in section 103(d)(1)(i)(II) 
of title I of Public Law 108-361.
    (b) Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact 
Report.--No later than June 30, 2015, the Secretary shall work with the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Army Corps of Engineers and the 
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator to coordinate the efforts 
of the relevant agencies and work with the State, the Authority, and 
other stakeholders to complete and issue the final joint environmental 
impact statement and environmental impact report on the Sites Project.
    (c) Availability of Documents.--The Secretary shall ensure that all 
documents associated with the preparation of planning and feasibility 
studies and applicable environmental reviews under the National 
Environmental Policy Act for the Sites Project shall be made available 
to the Authority.
    (d) Financial Assistance and Other Agreements.--To assist the 
Secretary in meeting the deadlines for completing the feasibility study 
and environmental impact statement identified in this section, no later 
than 90 days following enactment, the Secretary, acting through the 
Bureau, shall enter into such agreements with the Authority, including 
financial assistance agreements, to carry out such work as the Bureau 
and the Authority mutually agree is appropriate to ensure that all 
studies and environmental reviews are completed on an expeditious basis 
and that the shortest applicable process under the National 
Environmental Policy Act shall be utilized, including in the completion 
of the final feasibility study and final joint environmental impact 
statement and environmental impact report on the Sites Project.
    (e) Non-Federal Cost-Share.--The Secretary shall attribute all 
funds expended, or in-kind services provided, by the Authority or the 
State to advance the Sites Project, including the $42,379,999 in non-
Federal funds provided to the North-of-Delta Offstream Storage 
Feasibility Study reflected in the Bureau's fiscal year 2015 Budget 
Justification, to the non-Federal share of cost-share requirements for 
any Federal support provided to the Sites Project.
    (f) Requirements of Existing Law.--Nothing in the section herein 
modifies existing requirements of Federal law.

SEC. 5. CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Authorization of Construction.--Section 103(d)(1)(B) of title I 
of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act, 118 
Stat. 1681) is amended by--
            (1) adding after clause (i) the following:
                            ``(ii) Construction authorization.--If the 
                        Secretary determines the project described in 
                        clause (ii)(I) of subparagraph (A) is feasible, 
                        the Secretary is authorized to carry out the 
                        project in a manner that is substantially in 
                        accordance with the recommended plan, and 
                        subject to the conditions described in the 
                        feasibility study.'';
            (2) striking in clause (iii), ``the project'' and inserting 
        ``a project described in clause (ii)(I) of subparagraph (A)''; 
        and
            (3) redesignating clause (ii) and (iii) as clause (iii) and 
        (iv), respectively.
    (b) Project Partnership Agreements.--At the request of the 
Authority, the Bureau shall--
            (1) enter into a project partnership agreement with the 
        Authority for the Authority to provide full project management 
        control for construction of the Sites Project, or a separable 
        element of the project, in accordance with plans approved by 
        the Secretary; and
            (2) following execution of the project partnership 
        agreement, transfer to the Authority interest to carry out 
        construction of the project, or a separable element of the 
        project--
                    (A) if applicable, the balance of the unobligated 
                amounts appropriated for the Sites Project, except that 
                the Secretary shall retain sufficient amounts for the 
                Bureau to carry out any responsibilities of the Bureau 
                relating to the project; and
                    (B) additional amounts, as determined by the 
                Secretary, from amounts made available to the 
                Secretary, except that the total amount transferred to 
                the non-Federal interest shall not exceed the updated 
                estimate of the Federal share of the cost of 
                construction, including any required design.
    (c) Detailed Project Schedule.--Not later than 180 days after 
entering into a Project Partnership agreement, the Authority, to the 
maximum extent practicable, shall submit to the Secretary a detailed 
project schedule, based on estimated funding levels, that lists all 
deadlines for each milestone in the construction of the project.
    (d) Administration.--All laws and regulations that would apply to 
the Secretary if the Secretary were carrying out the project shall 
apply to Authority, if the Authority enters into an agreement with the 
Secretary to carry out the project under this section.

SEC. 6. NON-FEDERAL PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--At any time, notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, if the Commissioner determines and the Secretary concurs, 
that the Sites Project can be expedited by the Authority as a non-
Federal project, and that there is a demonstrable Federal interest for 
the Sites Project to be constructed and operated as a non-Federal 
project, the Bureau is authorized and directed to take any and all 
actions possible to advance the Sites Project as a non-Federal project, 
including, but not limited to, entering into cost-shared financial 
assistance agreements with the Authority to support construction of the 
Sites Project as a non-Federal project.
    (b) Title; Operations and Maintenance.--The Authority shall hold 
title to all facilities constructed under this section, and shall be 
solely responsible for the operation and maintenance costs of such 
facilities.
    (c) Federal Reviews and Permits.--The Bureau shall be the lead 
Federal agency for the purposes of all Federal reviews, analyses, 
opinions, statements, permits, licenses, or other approvals or 
decisions required under Federal law to allow the Authority to 
construct the Sites Project as a non-Federal project.
    (d) Coordinated Operations.--The Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized and directed to execute and implement a long-term agreement 
between the United States of America and the Authority that shall 
provide for the coordination of operations of the Central Valley 
Project and the Sites Project to--
            (1) satisfy any contracts entered into in subsection (e) of 
        this Act;
            (2) help meet any unmet needs for Sacramento Valley in-
        basin water uses;
            (3) help meet any unmet needs of existing Central Valley 
        Project repayment and water service contracts; and
            (4) ensure that any surplus water supplies from the Sites 
        Project are put to full and beneficial use.
    (e) Contracts.--The Secretary is authorized to enter into long-term 
contracts with the Authority to acquire water supplies made available 
from the Sites Project for the purposes of meeting the requirements 
section 3406(b)(3) and section 3408(j) of Public Law 102-575, the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, and such other purposes as the 
Secretary may deem appropriate.

SEC. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING.

    With respect to the Sites Project, the Bureau shall--
            (1) be the lead Federal agency for the purposes of all 
        Federal reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, permits, 
        licenses, or other approvals or decisions required under 
        Federal law to allow either the Bureau or the Authority to 
        construct the Sites Project, including all requirements under--
                    (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
                (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
                    (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
                1531 et seq.); and
                    (C) any other Federal law applicable to the 
                construction of the Sites Project facilities by the 
                Bureau or the Authority; and
            (2) take such steps as are necessary to ensure that all 
        Federal reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, permits, 
        licenses, or other approvals or decisions required under 
        Federal law to allow either the Bureau or the Authority to 
        construct the Sites Project are completed on an expeditious 
        basis and utilize the shortest applicable process.

SEC. 8. POWER GENERATION.

    (a) Purchase or Market Power.--The Secretary of Energy, acting 
through the Western Area Power Administration, shall determine no later 
than June 30, 2015, if there is a Federal interest in--
            (1) providing power to the Sites Project; and
            (2) purchasing and marketing the power produced by the 
        Sites Project.
    (b) Authorization To Provide, Market and Purchase Power.--If the 
Secretary of Energy determines there is a Federal interest in providing 
power to, and purchasing and marketing power from, the Sites Project, 
the Secretary of Energy is authorized and directed to take such actions 
as are necessary to support that determination.
    (c) Permit Lead and Marketing of Power if Western Area Power 
Administration Forgoes Participation in the Sites Project.--If the 
Sites Project is constructed as a non-Federal project by the Authority 
and the Secretary of Energy determines that there is no Federal 
interest in the Western Area Power Administration managing power 
provided to or emanating from the Sites Project, the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau, is authorized and directed to 
provide such support as is necessary to enable the Authority market the 
energy produced by the Sites Project, including securing all permits 
associated with managing power used and produced by the Sites Project.
    (d) Delivery and Management of Water.--Nothing in this subsection 
shall alter or impede the delivery and management of water, as water 
used for hydropower generation shall be deemed incidental to uses of 
water for which the Sites Project is intended to serve.

SEC. 9. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

    Nothing in this Act modifies or alters any obligations under--
            (1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
            (2) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.).

SEC. 10. SAVINGS CLAUSE.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any existing 
State law, including but not limited to area of origin and other water 
rights protections.

Answer: Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to: (1) finalize and publish in the Federal Register the feasibility study authorized in the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, for enlargement of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County, California; (2) work with the Secretary of Commerce, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, by June 30, 2015, to coordinate the efforts of the relevant agencies and work with the state of California, the Sites Project Authority, and other stakeholders to complete and issue the final joint environmental impact statement and report on the Sites Project (the Sites Reservoir in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California, and related facilities, including associated water conveyance and hydropower generation and transmission facilities); and (3) enter into agreements with the Authority to carry out such work as the Bureau and the Authority mutually agree is appropriate to ensure that all studies and environmental reviews are completed on an expeditious basis and that the shortest applicable process under the National Environmental Policy Act is utilized, including in the completion of the final feasibility study and final joint environmental impact statement and report on the Sites Project. Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to: (1) authorize construction of the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County if the Secretary determines that the project is feasible; and (2) direct the Bureau, at the Authority's request, to enter into a project partnership agreement for the Authority to provide full project management control for construction of the Sites Project, or a separable element of the Project, in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary. Authorizes and directs: (1) the Bureau to advance the Sites Project as a non-federal project if the Commissioner of the Bureau determines and the Secretary concurs that the Project can be expedited by the Authority as a non-federal project and that there is a demonstrable federal interest for the Project to be constructed and operated as a non-federal project, and (2) the Secretary to execute and implement a long-term agreement with the Authority for the coordination of operations of the Central Valley Project and the Sites Project.  Directs the Bureau to: (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, permits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions required under federal law to allow either the Bureau or the Authority to construct the Sites Project; and (2) take such steps as necessary to ensure that all such reviews, approvals, or decisions required to allow either the Bureau or the Authority to construct the Sites Project are completed on an expeditious basis and utilize the shortest applicable process. Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE): (1) acting through the Western Area Power Administration, to determine by no later than June 30, 2015, if there is a federal interest in providing power to, and purchasing and marketing power produced by, the Sites Project; (2) if so, to take actions to support such determination; and (3) if not, to provide such support as is necessary to enable the Authority to market the energy produced by the Project.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``American Veterans Disabled for Life 
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    The Congress finds as follows:
        (1) The Armed Forces of the United States have answered the 
    call and served with distinction around the world--from hitting the 
    beaches in World War II in the Pacific and Europe, to the cold and 
    difficult terrain in Korea, the steamy jungles of Vietnam, and the 
    desert sands of the Middle East.
        (2) All Americans should commemorate those who come home having 
    survived the ordeal of war, and solemnly honor those who made the 
    ultimate sacrifice in giving their lives for their country.
        (3) All Americans should honor the millions of living disabled 
    veterans who carry the scars of war every day, and who have made 
    enormous personal sacrifices defending the principles of our 
    democracy.
        (4) In 2000, Congress authorized the construction of the 
    American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
        (5) The United States should pay tribute to the Nation's living 
    disabled veterans by minting and issuing a commemorative silver 
    dollar coin.
        (6) The surcharge proceeds from the sale of a commemorative 
    coin would raise valuable funding for the construction of the 
    American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
    (a) $1 Silver Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not 
more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of disabled American 
veterans, each of which shall--
        (1) weigh 26.73 grams;
        (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
        (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
    (b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal 
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
    (c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
    (a) Design Requirements.--
        (1) Design.--The design of the coins minted under this Act 
    shall be emblematic of the service of our disabled veterans who, 
    having survived the ordeal of war, made enormous personal 
    sacrifices defending the principles of our democracy.
        (2) Designation and inscriptions.--On each coin minted under 
    this Act, there shall be--
            (A) a designation of the value of the coin;
            (B) an inscription of the year ``2010''; and
            (C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We 
        Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''.
    (b) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act 
shall be--
        (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 
    Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation and the Commission of 
    Fine Arts; and
        (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
    (b) Mint Facility.--
        (1) In general.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may 
    be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under 
    this Act.
        (2) Use of the united states mint at west point, new york.--It 
    is the sense of the Congress that the coins minted under this Act 
    should be struck at the United States Mint at West Point, New York, 
    to the greatest extent possible.
    (c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins under this 
Act only during the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2010.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
    (a) Sale Price.--The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by 
the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
        (1) the face value of the coins;
        (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with respect to such 
    coins; and
        (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including 
    labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 
    marketing, and shipping).
    (b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins 
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
    (c) Prepaid Orders.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for 
    the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.
        (2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under 
    paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.
    (a) In General.--All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of 
coins issued under this Act shall be paid to the Disabled Veterans' 
LIFE Memorial Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment 
to support the construction of American Veterans' Disabled for Life 
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
    (c) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other 
data of the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation as may be 
related to the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (b).
    (d) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may 
be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin 
during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the 
issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin 
programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative 
coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Answer:
American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the service of our disabled veterans who, having survived the ordeal of war, made enormous personal sacrifices defending the principles of our democracy.

Expresses the sense of Congress that, to the greatest extent possible, the coins should be struck at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York.

 Limits the period for coin issuance to the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2010.

Imposes a $10 surcharge per coin, to be distributed to the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment to support the construction of American Veterans' Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Prohibits a surcharge with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, at the time of issuance, it would result in more than the statuory maximum of two commemorative coin programs per year.