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SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

    The first section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Definition of Firefighting Personnel.--In this section, the 
term `firefighting personnel' means individuals, including volunteers, 
who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency 
medical service personnel of fire departments.
    ``(b) Assistance Program.--
            ``(1) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the 
        Administrator may--
                    ``(A) make grants on a competitive basis directly 
                to fire departments of a State, in consultation with 
                the chief executive of the State, for the purpose of 
                protecting the health and safety of the public, 
                firefighting personnel, and property against fire and 
                fire-related hazards; and
                    ``(B) provide assistance for fire prevention 
                programs in accordance with paragraph (4).
            ``(2) Office for administration of assistance.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--Before providing assistance 
                under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall establish 
                an office in the Administration to administer the 
                assistance under this section.
                    ``(B) Included duties.--The duties of the office 
                shall include the following:
                            ``(i) Recipient selection criteria.--To 
                        establish specific criteria for the selection 
                        of recipients of the assistance under this 
                        section, including a requirement for peer 
                        review of the selection process.
                            ``(ii) Grant-writing assistance.--To 
                        provide grant-writing assistance to applicants.
            ``(3) Use of fire department grant funds.--The 
        Administrator may make a grant under paragraph (1)(A) only if 
        the applicant for the grant agrees to use the grant funds for 
        one or more of the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To hire additional firefighting personnel.
                    ``(B) To train firefighting personnel in 
                firefighting, emergency response (including response to 
                a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of mass 
                destruction), arson prevention and detection, or the 
                handling of hazardous materials, or to train 
                firefighting personnel to provide any of the training 
                described in this subparagraph.
                    ``(C) To fund the creation of rapid intervention 
                teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes 
                of fires and other emergencies.
                    ``(D) To certify fire inspectors.
                    ``(E) To establish wellness and fitness programs 
                for firefighting personnel to ensure that the 
                firefighting personnel can carry out their duties.
                    ``(F) To fund emergency medical services provided 
                by fire departments.
                    ``(G) To acquire additional firefighting vehicles, 
                including fire trucks.
                    ``(H) To acquire additional firefighting equipment, 
                including equipment for communications, monitoring, and 
                response to a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of 
                mass destruction.
                    ``(I) To acquire personal protective equipment 
                required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational 
                Safety and Health Administration, and other personal 
                protective equipment for firefighting personnel, 
                including protective equipment to respond to a 
                terrorism incident or the use of a weapon of mass 
                destruction.
                    ``(J) To modify fire stations, fire training 
                facilities, and other facilities to protect the health 
                and safety of firefighting personnel.
                    ``(K) To enforce fire codes.
                    ``(L) To fund fire prevention programs.
                    ``(M) To educate the public about arson prevention 
                and detection.
                    ``(N) To provide incentives for the recruitment and 
                retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for 
                volunteer firefighting departments and other 
                firefighting departments that utilize volunteers, 
                including funding to enable training described in 
                subparagraph (B).
            ``(4) Fire prevention programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, the 
                Administrator shall use not less than 5 percent of the 
                funds made available under subsection (e)--
                            ``(i) to make grants to fire departments 
                        for the purpose described in paragraph (3)(L); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) to make grants to, or enter into 
                        contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
                        national, State, local, or community 
                        organizations that are recognized for their 
                        experience and expertise with respect to fire 
                        prevention or fire safety programs and 
                        activities, for the purpose of carrying out 
                        fire prevention programs.
                    ``(B) Priority.--In selecting organizations 
                described in subparagraph (A)(ii) to receive assistance 
                under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give 
                priority to organizations that focus on prevention of 
                injuries to children from fire.
            ``(5) Application.--The Administrator may provide 
        assistance to a fire department or organization under this 
        subsection only if the fire department or organization seeking 
        the assistance submits to the Administrator an application that 
        meets the following requirements:
                    ``(A) Form.--The application shall be in such form 
                as the Administrator may require.
                    ``(B) Information.--The application shall include 
                the following information:
                            ``(i) Financial need.--Information that 
                        demonstrates the financial need of the 
                        applicant for the assistance for which applied. 
                        In allocating funds under this section, the 
                        Administrator shall not discriminate against an 
                        applicant whose funding jurisdiction places a 
                        high budget priority on fire department needs.
                            ``(ii) Cost-benefit analysis.--An analysis 
                        of the costs and benefits, with respect to 
                        public safety, of the use of the assistance.
                            ``(iii) Reporting systems data.--An 
                        agreement to provide information to the 
                        national fire incident reporting system for the 
                        period covered by the assistance.
                            ``(iv) Other information.--Any other 
                        information that the Administrator may require.
            ``(6) Non-federal contribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Administrator may provide assistance under this 
                subsection only if the applicant for the assistance 
                agrees to provide 30 percent of the cost of the 
                purposes for which the assistance is sought under this 
                subsection in non-Federal funds for any fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Requirement for small community 
                organizations.--In the case of an applicant whose 
                personnel serve jurisdictions of 50,000 or fewer 
residents, the required non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A) 
shall be 10 percent.
            ``(7) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Administrator may 
        provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant 
        for the assistance agrees to maintain in the fiscal year for 
        which the assistance will be received the applicant's aggregate 
        expenditures for the uses described in paragraph (3) or (4) at 
        or above the average level of such expenditures in the two 
        fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance 
        will be received.
            ``(8) Report to the administrator.--The Administrator may 
        provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant 
        for the assistance agrees to submit to the Administrator a 
        report, including a description of how the assistance was used, 
        with respect to each fiscal year for which the assistance was 
        received.
            ``(9) Variety of fire department grant recipients.--The 
        Administrator shall ensure that grants under paragraph (1)(A) 
        for a fiscal year are made to a variety of fire departments, 
        including, to the extent that there are eligible applicants--
                    ``(A) career, volunteer, and combination fire 
                departments;
                    ``(B) fire departments located in communities of 
                varying sizes; and
                    ``(C) fire departments located in urban, suburban, 
                and rural communities.
            ``(10) Grant limitations.--
                    ``(A) Recipient limitation.--A grant recipient 
                under this section may not receive more than $750,000 
                under this section for any fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Limitation on expenditures for firefighting 
                vehicles.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds 
                appropriated to provide grants under this section for a 
                fiscal year may be used to assist grant recipients to 
                purchase vehicles, as authorized by paragraph (3)(G).
            ``(11) Reservation of grant funds for volunteer 
        departments.--In making grants to firefighting departments, the 
        Administrator shall ensure that those firefighting departments 
        that have either all-volunteer forces of firefighting personnel 
        or combined forces of volunteer and career firefighting 
        personnel collectively receive at least a proportion of the 
        total grant funding that equals the proportion of the United 
        States population that those firefighting departments protect.
    ``(c) Audits.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall be 
subject to audits to ensure that the grant proceeds are expended for 
the intended purposes and that the grant recipient complies with the 
requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b).
    ``(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' includes 
the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Administrator $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
        2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the funds appropriated 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator 
        may use not more than five percent of the funds to cover 
        salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred 
        by the Administrator to operate the office established under 
        subsection (b)(2) and make grants and provide assistance under 
        this section.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    The second section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2230) and section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
2231) are redesignated as sections 34 and 35, respectively.
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Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to competitive grants to fire departments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) U.S. Fire Administration. Adds protection of property to the list of grant purposes.Requires the grant administration office to require peer review of the grant recipient selection process.Adds funding for training as a volunteer recruitment and retention incentive among the proper uses of grant funds.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Powering American 
Jobs Act of 2014''.
    (b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title, etc.
Sec. 2. Extension and modification of credit for nonbusiness energy 
                            property.
Sec. 3. Extension of excise tax credits relating to certain fuels.
Sec. 4. Extension of credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling 
                            property.
Sec. 5. Extension of incentives for biodiesel and renewable diesel.
Sec. 6. Equalization of excise tax on liquefied natural gas and 
                            liquefied petroleum gas.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR NONBUSINESS ENERGY 
              PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 25C(g) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2015''.
    (b) Updated Energy Star Requirements for Windows, Doors, Skylights, 
and Roofing.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 25C(c) is amended 
        by striking ``which meets'' and all that follows through 
        ``requirements)''.
            (2) Energy efficient building envelope component.--
        Subsection (c) of section 25C is amended by redesignating 
        paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, 
        and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(2) Energy efficient building envelope component.--The 
        term `energy efficient building envelope component' means a 
        building envelope component which meets--
                    ``(A) applicable Energy Star program requirements, 
                in the case of a roof or roof products,
                    ``(B) version 6.0 Energy Star program requirements, 
                in the case of an exterior window, a skylight, or an 
                exterior door, and
                    ``(C) the prescriptive criteria for such component 
                established by the 2009 International Energy 
                Conservation Code, as such Code (including supplements) 
                is in effect on the date of the enactment of the 
                American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, in 
                the case of any other component.''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (D) of section 
        25C(c)(3), as so redesignated, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(D) any roof or roof products which are installed 
                on a dwelling unit and are specifically and primarily 
                designed to reduce the heat gain of such dwelling 
                unit.''.
    (c) Separate Standards for Tankless and Storage Water Heaters.--
Subparagraph (D) of section 25C(d)(3) is amended by striking ``which 
has either'' and all that follows and inserting ``which has--
                            ``(i) in the case of a natural gas, 
                        propane, or oil storage water heater, an energy 
                        factor of at least 0.80 or a thermal efficiency 
                        of at least 90 percent,
                            ``(ii) in the case of an electric heat pump 
                        storage water heater, an energy factor of at 
                        least 2.0,
                            ``(iii) effective April 16, 2015, in the 
                        case of a natural gas, propane, or oil storage 
                        water heater, with a rated BTU input of no more 
                        than 75,000 BTU/hr, an energy factor of at 
                        least 0.80 or, with a rated BTU input greater 
                        than 75,000 BTU/hr, a thermal efficiency of at 
                        least 90 percent,
                            ``(iv) effective April 16, 2015, in the 
                        case of an electric heat pump storage water 
                        heater, with a water storage capacity equal to 
                        or less than 55 gallons, an energy factor of at 
                        least 2.0 or, with a water storage capacity 
                        equal to or greater than 55 gallons, an energy 
                        factor of at least 2.2, and
                            ``(v) in the case of any other water 
                        heater, an energy factor of at least 0.90 or a 
                        thermal efficiency of at least 90 percent, 
                        and''.
    (d) Modification of Testing Standards for Biomass Stoves.--
Subparagraph (E) of section 25C(d)(3) is amended by inserting before 
the period the following: ``, when tested using the higher heating 
value of the fuel and in accordance with the Canadian Standards 
Administration B415.1 test protocol''.
    (e) Modifications to Residential Energy Property Expenditures.--
            (1) Qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnaces or hot 
        water boilers.--Paragraph (4) of section 25C(d) is amended to 
        read as follows:
            ``(4) Qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnace or hot 
        water boiler.--The term `qualified natural gas, propane, or oil 
        furnace or hot water boiler' means--
                    ``(A) a natural gas or propane furnace which 
                achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of 
                not less than 95,
                    ``(B) a natural gas or propane hot water boiler 
                which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency 
                rate of not less than 90, and
                    ``(C) an oil furnace or hot water boiler which--
                            ``(i) achieves an annual fuel utilization 
                        efficiency rate of not less than 87, and
                            ``(ii)(I) in the case of a hot water 
                        boiler, is installed with an indirect water 
                        heater, and
                            ``(II) in the case of a furnace, is 
                        installed with an electronically commutated 
                        blower motor.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2013.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EXCISE TAX CREDITS RELATING TO CERTAIN FUELS.

    (a) Excise Tax Credits and Outlay Payments for Biodiesel and 
Renewable Diesel Fuel Mixtures.--
            (1) Paragraph (6) of section 6426(c) is amended by striking 
        ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2015''.
            (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 6427(e)(6) is amended by 
        striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 
        2015''.
    (b) Extension of Alternative Fuels Excise Tax Credits.--
            (1) In general.--Sections 6426(d)(5) and 6426(e)(3) are 
        each amended by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2015''.
            (2) Outlay payments for alternative fuels.--Subparagraph 
        (C) of section 6427(e)(6) is amended by striking ``December 31, 
        2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2015''.
    (c) Extension of Alternative Fuels Excise Tax Credits Relating to 
Liquefied Hydrogen.--
            (1) In general.--Sections 6426(d)(5) and 6426(e)(3), as 
        amended by subsection (b), are each amended by striking 
        ``(September 30, 2014 in the case of any sale or use involving 
        liquefied hydrogen)''.
            (2) Outlay payments for alternative fuels.--Paragraph (6) 
        of section 6427(e) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``except as provided in 
                subparagraph (D), any'' in subparagraph (C), as amended 
                by this Act, and inserting ``any'',
                    (B) by striking the comma at the end of 
                subparagraph (C) and inserting ``, and'', and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (D) and redesignating 
                subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D).
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold or 
        used after December 31, 2013.
            (2) Liquefied hydrogen.--The amendments made by subsection 
        (c) shall apply to fuels sold or used after September 30, 2014.
    (e) Special Rule for Certain Periods During 2014.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in the case of--
            (1) any biodiesel mixture credit properly determined under 
        section 6426(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
        periods after December 31, 2013, and before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, and
            (2) any alternative fuel credit properly determined under 
        section 6426(d) of such Code for such periods,
such credit shall be allowed, and any refund or payment attributable to 
such credit (including any payment under section 6427(e) of such Code) 
shall be made, only in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or 
the Secretary's delegate) shall provide. Such Secretary shall issue 
guidance within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
providing for a one-time submission of claims covering periods 
described in the preceding sentence. Such guidance shall provide for a 
180-day period for the submission of such claims (in such manner as 
prescribed by such Secretary) to begin not later than 30 days after 
such guidance is issued. Such claims shall be paid by such Secretary 
not later than 60 days after receipt. If such Secretary has not paid 
pursuant to a claim filed under this subsection within 60 days after 
the date of the filing of such claim, the claim shall be paid with 
interest from such date determined by using the overpayment rate and 
method under section 6621 of such Code.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING 
              PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (g) of section 30C is amended by 
striking ``placed in service'' and all that follows and inserting 
``placed in service after December 31, 2015.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to property placed in service after December 31, 2013.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF INCENTIVES FOR BIODIESEL AND RENEWABLE DIESEL.

    (a) Credits for Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Used as Fuel.--
Subsection (g) of section 40A is amended by striking ``December 31, 
2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2015''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2013.

SEC. 6. EQUALIZATION OF EXCISE TAX ON LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND 
              LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.

    (a) Liquefied Petroleum Gas.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4041(a)(2) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
        ``and'' at the end of clause (i), by redesignating clause (ii) 
        as clause (iii), and by inserting after clause (i) the 
        following new clause:
                            ``(ii) in the case of liquefied petroleum 
                        gas, 18.3 cents per energy equivalent of a 
                        gallon of gasoline, and''.
            (2) Energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline.--Paragraph 
        (2) of section 4041(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline.--
                For purposes of this paragraph, the term `energy 
                equivalent of a gallon of gasoline' means, with respect 
                to a liquefied petroleum gas fuel, the amount of such 
                fuel having a Btu content of 115,400 (lower heating 
                value).''.
    (b) Liquefied Natural Gas.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4041(a)(2) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection 
        (a)(1), is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause 
        (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and 
        inserting ``, and'' and by inserting after clause (iii) the 
        following new clause:
                            ``(iv) in the case of liquefied natural 
                        gas, 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a 
                        gallon of diesel.''.
            (2) Energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel.--Paragraph (2) 
        of section 4041(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
        amended by subsection (a)(2), is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
                    ``(D) Energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel.--For 
                purposes of this paragraph, the term `energy equivalent 
                of a gallon of diesel' means, with respect to a 
                liquefied natural gas fuel, the amount of such fuel 
                having a Btu content of 128,700 (lower heating 
                value).''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--Section 4041(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated by 
        subsection (a)(1) and paragraph (1), is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``liquefied natural gas,'', and
                    (B) by striking ``peat), and'' and inserting 
                ``peat) and''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any sale or use of fuel after September 30, 2014.
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Powering American Jobs Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015: (1) the tax credit for nonbusiness energy efficient improvements; (2) excise tax credits and payments for alternative fuels, biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel mixtures, and alternative fuels relating to liquefied hydrogen; (3) the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures; and (4) the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable fuels. Equalizes the excise tax rate for liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. Modifies energy efficiency standards for windows, doors, skylights, roofing, water heaters, biomass stoves, and furnaces or hot water boilers. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Daniel Webster Congressional 
Fellowship Act''.

SEC. 2. DANIEL WEBSTER CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Daniel Webster 
Congressional Fellowship Program (hereafter referred to as the 
``Program''), under which up to 40 eligible law school graduates shall 
be selected as Daniel Webster Congressional Fellows (hereafter referred 
to as ``Fellows'') for each Congress.
    (b) Selection by Joint Congressional Leadership.--The Fellows for a 
Congress shall be selected jointly from among eligible individuals by 
the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the 
Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, or their designees.
    (c) Employment With Participating Office.--
            (1) In general.--An individual selected as a Fellow shall 
        be appointed to serve as an employee in a participating office 
        of the House of Representatives or Senate during the Congress 
        for which the Fellow is selected.
            (2) Compensation.--Notwithstanding any other authority 
        regarding the salaries of employees of the House of 
        Representatives or Senate, for each session of a Congress 
        during which a Fellow is employed in a participating office 
        under the Program, the individual shall receive compensation at 
        an annual rate established by the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, except 
        that the rate established by the Committees may not be less 
        than the average annual rate of compensation for pay periods 
        during that session for judicial clerks of the United States 
        District Court for the District of Columbia.

SEC. 3. CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--An individual is eligible to serve as a Fellow 
under the Program if the individual--
            (1) meets the criteria for eligibility described in 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) submits the application materials described in 
        subsection (c) at such time and in such form as the Committees 
        on House Administration of the House of Representatives and 
        Rules and Administration of the Senate may require.
    (b) Criteria Specified.--An individual meets the criteria described 
in this subsection if--
            (1) the individual received a juris doctor degree from an 
        accredited law school;
            (2) the individual provides evidence of a record of 
        exceptional academic achievement in law school;
            (3) the individual demonstrates a commitment to public 
        service and a strong interest in public policy;
            (4) the individual possesses the professional knowledge and 
        skills necessary to contribute successfully to the legislative 
        process; and
            (5) the individual meets such other criteria as the 
        Committees referred to in subsection (a)(2) may establish.
    (c) Application Materials.--The application materials described in 
this subsection are as follows:
            (1) A Program application prepared by the Committees 
        referred to in subsection (a)(2).
            (2) A resume highlighting academic, professional, and 
        personal achievements.
            (3) 2 writing samples.
            (4) A brief essay describing why the individual seeks to 
        become a Fellow.
            (5) Such other materials as the Committees may require.

SEC. 4. ASSIGNMENT OF FELLOWS TO PARTICIPATING OFFICES.

    (a) Assignment.--
            (1) In general.--The Committees on House Administration of 
        the House of Representatives and Rules and Administration of 
        the Senate shall assign the individuals selected as Fellows to 
        be appointed as employees with participating offices of the 
        House and Senate on the basis of such criteria as the 
        Committees shall establish, taking into consideration the 
        background and interest of each Fellow and the needs of the 
        participating office, except that--
                    (A) the number of Fellows assigned to offices of 
                the House of Representatives may not be less than the 
                number of Fellows assigned to offices of the Senate; 
                and
                    (B) the number of Fellows assigned to offices of a 
                House of Congress which are affiliated with the 
                majority political party of that House shall be equal 
                to the number of Fellows assigned to offices of that 
                House of Congress which are affiliated with the 
                minority political party of that House.
            (2) Treatment of committees.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1)--
                    (A) a Fellow who is assigned to a joint committee 
                of the Congress shall be considered to be assigned both 
                to an office of the House and an office of the Senate; 
                and
                    (B) a Fellow who is assigned to a committee shall 
                be considered to be assigned to an office affiliated 
                with the majority political party, except that if the 
                assignment specifies that the Fellow is to work under 
                the direction of the ranking minority member of the 
                committee, the Fellow shall be considered to be 
                assigned to an office affiliated with the minority 
                political party.
    (b) Participating Offices.--For purposes of this Act, a 
``participating office'' of the House of Representatives or Senate is 
any office of the House or Senate, including the office of a Member, 
committee, joint committee, or any other entity, which enters into an 
agreement with the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate (as the case may be) to participate in the Program.

SEC. 5. NO EFFECT ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR ALLOWANCE FOR PARTICIPATING 
              OFFICES.

    The employment of a Fellow by an office of the House of 
Representatives or Senate during a year, and the payment of a salary to 
such a Fellow by an office during a year, shall be in addition to all 
personnel and allowances otherwise made available to the office during 
the year under other provisions of law, rule, or other authority.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION; REGULATIONS.

    The Program shall be operated and administered jointly by the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and each such 
Committee is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out the Program.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out the Program such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2007 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated in any fiscal year 
pursuant to the authorization under this section shall remain available 
until expended.
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Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Act - Establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Program, under which up to 40 eligible law school graduates shall be selected by specified congressional leaders as Daniel Webster Congressional Fellows for each Congress.



Requires a Fellow to serve as an employee in a participating office of the House or Senate during the Congress for which the individual is selected.

Specifies eligibility criteria for a Fellow, including a juris doctor degree.