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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``El Camino Real de los Tejas National 
Historic Trail Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(23) El camino real de los tejas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), El 
                Camino Real de los Tejas (The Royal Road of historic 
                Tejas) National Historic Trail, a combination of 
                historic routes totaling 2,580 miles in length from the 
                Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas, to 
                Natchitoches, Louisiana, and including the Old San 
                Antonio Road, as generally depicted on the maps 
                entitled `El Camino Real de los Tejas', contained in 
                the report prepared pursuant to subsection (b) entitled 
                `National Historic Trail Feasibility Study and 
                Environmental Assessment: El Camino Real de los Tejas, 
                Texas-Louisiana', dated July 1998. The National Park 
                Service is authorized to administer designated portions 
                of this trail system as a national historic trail as 
                set forth in this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Establishment.--
                            ``(i) Publicly owned lands.--Congress 
                        authorizes the establishment of El Camino Real 
                        de los Tejas national historic trail and the 
                        respective administration on those portions of 
                        the historic trail routes and related historic 
                        sites within publicly owned lands when such 
                        trail related resources meet the purposes of 
                        this Act or certification criteria set by the 
                        Secretary of the Interior per section 3(a)(3) 
                        of this Act.
                            ``(ii) Privately owned lands.--Congress 
                        authorizes the establishment of El Camino Real 
                        de los Tejas national historic trail and the 
                        respective administration on those portions of 
                        the historic trail routes and related historic 
                        sites within privately owned lands only through 
                        the voluntary and expressed consent of the 
                        owner and when such trails and sites qualify 
                        for certification as officially established 
                        components of the national historic trail. The 
                        owner's approval of a certification agreement 
                        satisfies the consent requirement. 
                        Certification agreements are not legally 
                        binding and may be terminated at any time. 
                        Should land ownership change at a certified 
                        site, the certification will cease to be valid 
                        unless the new owner consents to a new 
                        agreement.
                    ``(C) Private property rights protection.--Nothing 
                in this Act or in the establishment of any portion of 
                the national historic trail authorizes any person to 
                enter private property without the consent of the 
                owner. Nothing in this Act or in the establishment of 
                any portion of the national historic trail will 
                authorize the Federal Government to restrict private 
                property owner's use or enjoyment of their property 
                subject to other laws or regulations. Authorization of 
                El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 
                under this Act does not itself confer any additional 
                authority to apply other Federal laws and regulations 
                on non-Federal lands along the trail. Laws or 
                regulations requiring public entities and agencies to 
                take into consideration a national historic trail shall 
                continue to apply notwithstanding the foregoing. 
                Notwithstanding section 7(g) of this Act, the United 
                States is authorized to acquire privately owned real 
                property or an interest in such property for purposes 
                of the national historic trail only with the consent of 
                the owner of such property and shall have no authority 
                to condemn or otherwise appropriate privately owned 
                real property or an interest in such property for the 
                purposes of El Camino Real de los Tejas National 
                Historic Trail.
                    ``(D) Coordination of activities.--The Secretary of 
                the Interior may coordinate with United States and 
                Mexican public and nongovernmental organizations, 
                academic institutions, and, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of State, the Government of Mexico and its 
                political subdivisions, for the purpose of exchanging 
                trail information and research, fostering trail 
                preservation and educational programs, providing 
                technical assistance, and working to establish an 
                international historic trail with complementary 
                preservation and education programs in each nation.''.
[EX A]: El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2003 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail. Authorizes establishment of such trail on portions of the trail on: (1) publicly owned lands; and (2) privately owned lands only with the consent of the owner.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``John R. Justice Prosecutors and 
Defenders Incentive Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LOAN REPAYMENT FOR PROSECUTORS AND DEFENDERS.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``PART JJ--LOAN REPAYMENT FOR PROSECUTORS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

``SEC. 3111. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to encourage 
qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as prosecutors 
and public defenders.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Prosecutor.--The term `prosecutor' means a full-time 
        employee of a State or local agency who--
                    ``(A) is continually licensed to practice law; and
                    ``(B) prosecutes criminal cases at the State or 
                local level.
            ``(2) Public defender.--The term `public defender' means an 
        attorney who--
                    ``(A) is continually licensed to practice law; and
                    ``(B) is--
                            ``(i) a full-time employee of a State or 
                        local agency or a nonprofit organization 
                        operating under a contract with a State or unit 
                        of local government, that provides legal 
                        representation to indigent persons in criminal 
                        cases; or
                            ``(ii) employed as a full-time Federal 
                        defender attorney in a defender organization 
                        established pursuant to subsection (g) of 
                        section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, 
                        that provides legal representation to indigent 
                        persons in criminal cases.
            ``(3) Student loan.--The term `student loan' means--
                    ``(A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under 
                part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.), excluding a loan under 
                section 428C of such Act, except as provided under 
                subparagraph (C);
                    ``(B) a loan made under part D or E of title IV of 
                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et 
                seq. and 1087aa et seq.), excluding a loan under 
                section 455(g) of such Act, except as provided under 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    ``(C) a loan made under section 428C or 455(g) of 
                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-3 and 
                1087e(g)) to the extent that such loan was used to 
                repay a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct 
                Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a loan made under 
                section 428 or 428H of such Act.
    ``(c) Program Authorized.--The Attorney General shall establish a 
program by which the Department of Justice shall assume the obligation 
to repay a student loan, by direct payments on behalf of a borrower to 
the holder of such loan, in accordance with subsection (d), for any 
borrower who--
            ``(1) is employed as a prosecutor or public defender; and
            ``(2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower 
        seeks forgiveness.
    ``(d) Terms of Agreement.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive repayment 
        benefits under subsection (c), a borrower shall enter into a 
        written agreement that specifies that--
                    ``(A) the borrower will remain employed as a 
                prosecutor or public defender for a required period of 
                service of not less than 3 years, unless involuntarily 
                separated from that employment;
                    ``(B) if the borrower is involuntarily separated 
                from employment on account of misconduct, or 
                voluntarily separates from employment, before the end 
                of the period specified in the agreement, the borrower 
                will repay the Attorney General the amount of any 
                benefits received by such employee under this section;
                    ``(C) if the borrower is required to repay an 
                amount to the Attorney General under subparagraph (B) 
                and fails to repay such amount, a sum equal to that 
                amount shall be recoverable by the Federal Government 
                from the borrower (or such borrower's estate, if 
                applicable) by such methods as are provided by law for 
                the recovery of amounts owed to the Federal Government;
                    ``(D) the Attorney General may waive, in whole or 
                in part, a right of recovery under this subsection if 
                it is shown that recovery would be against equity and 
                good conscience or against the public interest; and
                    ``(E) the Attorney General shall make student loan 
                payments under this section for the period of the 
                agreement, subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
            ``(2) Repayments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any amount repaid by, or 
                recovered from, a borrower or the estate of a borrower 
                under this subsection shall be credited to the 
                appropriation account from which the amount involved 
                was originally paid.
                    ``(B) Merger.--Any amount credited under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be merged with other sums in 
                such account and shall be available for the same 
                purposes and period, and subject to the same 
                limitations, if any, as the sums with which the amount 
                was merged.
            ``(3) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Student loan payment amount.--Student loan 
                repayments made by the Attorney General under this 
                section shall be made subject to such terms, 
                limitations, or conditions as may be mutually agreed 
                upon by the borrower and the Attorney General in an 
                agreement under paragraph (1), except that the amount 
                paid by the Attorney General under this section shall 
                not exceed--
                            ``(i) $10,000 for any borrower in any 
                        calendar year; or
                            ``(ii) an aggregate total of $60,000 in the 
                        case of any borrower.
                    ``(B) Beginning of payments.--Nothing in this 
                section shall authorize the Attorney General to pay any 
                amount to reimburse a borrower for any repayments made 
                by such borrower prior to the date on which the 
                Attorney General entered into an agreement with the 
                borrower under this subsection.
    ``(e) Additional Agreements.--
            ``(1) In general.--On completion of the required period of 
        service under an agreement under subsection (d), the borrower 
        and the Attorney General may, subject to paragraph (2), enter 
        into an additional agreement in accordance with subsection (d).
            ``(2) Term.--An agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 
        may require the borrower to remain employed as a prosecutor or 
        public defender for less than 3 years.
    ``(f) Award Basis; Priority.--
            ``(1) Award basis.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General shall provide repayment benefits under this section on 
        a first-come, first-served basis, and subject to the 
        availability of appropriations.
            ``(2) Priority.--The Attorney General shall give priority 
        in providing repayment benefits under this section in any 
        fiscal year to a borrower who--
                    ``(A) received repayment benefits under this 
                section during the preceding fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) has completed less than 3 years of the first 
                required period of service specified for the borrower 
                in an agreement entered into under subsection (d).
    ``(g) Regulations.--The Attorney General is authorized to issue 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this section.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 
and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.''.
[EX A]: John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007- Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to assume the obligation to repay student loans for borrowers who agree to remain employed, for at least three years, as: (1) state or local criminal prosecutors; or (2) state, local, or federal public defenders in criminal cases. Allows a borrower and the Attorney General to enter into an additional loan repayment agreement, after the required three-year period, for a successive period of service which may be less than three years. Limits the amount paid under such program on behalf of any borrower to $10,000 per calendar year and $60,000 total.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Veterans Services Outreach and 
Training Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF OUTREACH.

    Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(34) The term `outreach' means the act or process of 
        reaching out in a systematic manner to proactively provide 
        information, services, and benefits counseling to veterans, and 
        to the spouses, children, and parents of veterans, who may be 
        eligible to receive benefits under the laws administered by the 
        Secretary, and to ensure that such individuals are fully 
        informed about, and assisted in applying for, any benefits and 
        programs under such laws.''.

SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GRANT PROGRAM FOR RURAL COUNTY 
              VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS.

    (a) Grants.--Chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 532 the following new section:
``Sec. 533. Grants to assist certain rural counties in employing 
              veteran service officers; professional qualifications
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to improve outreach 
and assistance to veterans, and to the spouses, children, and parents 
of veterans, who may be eligible to receive veterans' or veterans-
related benefits and who are residing in rural counties through the 
training of covered veteran service officers to serve in rural 
counties.
    ``(b) Grant Program.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to 
make competitive grants in accordance with this section to provide 
financial assistance to State departments of veterans affairs for the 
purpose stated in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Amount of Grant.--The amount of a grant under this section 
shall be determined by the Secretary, but may not exceed $2,000,000.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--A State department of veterans affairs that 
receives a grant under this section may distribute any amount of the 
grant funds to qualified State, county, or local agencies and qualified 
non-profit veterans service organizations that provide casework 
services to rural veterans. Grant funds distributed under this 
subsection shall be used for the purpose stated in subsection (a).
    ``(e) Eligibility.--For purposes of this section, a State is 
eligible for a grant under this section if it can demonstrate any of 
the following:
            ``(1) That it has at least one county, in which veterans 
        reside, that does not have a covered veterans service officer.
            ``(2) That it has at least one county, in which veterans 
        reside, that has a covered veterans service officer who 
        performs covered veterans service officer functions on less 
        than a full-time basis and that county is able to demonstrate a 
        need for additional services by a covered veterans service 
        officer.
            ``(3) That it has at least one county, in which not fewer 
        than 1,000 veterans reside, that currently has a full-time 
        covered veterans service officer, but only if the county is 
        able to demonstrate a need for additional services by a covered 
        veterans service officer.
    ``(f) Competition for Grant.--An eligible State seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application for the 
grant. The application shall be in such form and shall contain such 
information as the Secretary may require, including information 
establishing that the State is an eligible State under this section. 
From the applications submitted the Secretary shall approve those 
applications that the Secretary determines to be the most promising in 
carrying out the purposes of the grant program. Each State whose 
application is selected by the Secretary to receive a grant under the 
grant program shall receive funds in an amount determined by the 
Secretary under subsection (c). In making such determination, the 
Secretary shall take into consideration the amount of the total 
appropriation for the grant program, the relative size of the State's 
veteran population, and the funding necessary to improve training and 
outreach of covered veteran service officers in rural counties. Such 
funds shall go to the State department of veterans affairs.
    ``(g) Requirements for State Receipt of Federal Funds.--Each State 
receiving a grant under this section shall--
            ``(1) provide to the Secretary information and assurances 
        that the funds received under the grant program for the 
        training of covered veteran service officers will go to assist 
        counties described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection 
        (e);
            ``(2) provide an assurance that the State agency shall 
        match the Federal funds provided under this section by 
        providing at least 20 percent of the total cost of the grant 
        program; and
            ``(3) use funds received under this section only to 
        supplement the amount of funds that would, in the absence of 
        such Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal sources 
        for the purposes of this section, and not to supplant such 
        funds.
    ``(h) Grant Frequency.--Grants under this section shall be made on 
an annual basis.
    ``(i) Covered Veteran Service Officer Defined.--In this section, 
the term `covered veteran service officer' means a qualified employee 
(regardless of job title)--
            ``(1) who is an employee of a State, county, local 
        government, or a veterans service organization recognized under 
        section 5902 of this title;
            ``(2) whose duties include providing to veterans advice and 
        casework services related to benefits provided under laws 
        administered by the Secretary; and
            ``(3) who is accredited by the Department to file a claim 
        with the Veterans Benefits Administration on behalf of a 
        claimant who is a veteran or a veteran's survivor.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2013.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
531 the following new item:

``532. Grants to assist certain rural counties in employing veteran 
                            service officers; professional 
                            qualifications.''.
    (c) Comptroller General Report.--The Comptroller General shall 
conduct a review of the grant program under section 533 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and shall submit to 
Congress a report on the results of such review. In carrying out the 
review, the Comptroller General shall examine the effectiveness of the 
grant program in improving the representation of veterans living in 
rural areas by trained individuals who assist the veterans in 
understanding and receiving access to the benefits to which they are 
entitled.
[EX A]:
Rural Veterans Services Outreach and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to make competitive grants to provide financial assistance to state departments of veterans affairs for the training of rural county veteran service officers in order to improve outreach and assistance to veterans, as well as their spouses, children, and parents, who may be eligible to receive veterans' or veterans-related benefits and who are residing in rural counties. Limits each grant to $2 million. Requires grants to be made on an annual basis.