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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. FINANCIAL LITERACY SERVICES.

    Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                     ``financial literacy services

    ``Sec. 1150A.  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Area agency on aging.--The term `area agency on 
        aging' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the 
        Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
            ``(2) Financial literacy services.--The term `financial 
        literacy services' means the services described in subsection 
        (b)(1).
            ``(3) Older individual.--The term `older individual' has 
        the meaning given that term in such section 102.
    ``(b) Grants for Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to 
        eligible entities and other entities determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary to enable the entities to provide services to 
        improve financial literacy among older individuals, including 
        older individuals who are women, and the family members and 
        legal representatives of such individuals. The Secretary shall 
        make the grants on a competitive basis, and nationwide.
            ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, an entity shall be an area agency on 
        aging or another entity that meets such requirements as the 
        Secretary may specify.
            ``(3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require. In the case of an 
        entity who intends to provide the financial literacy services 
        jointly with other services as described in paragraph (4)(C), 
        the application shall include information demonstrating that 
        the entity has the capacity to provide the services jointly.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall use the funds made 
                available through the grant to provide financial 
                literacy services, such as financial literacy 
                education, training, and assistance.
                    ``(B) Provision through contracts.--The entity may 
                provide the services directly or by entering into a 
                contract with an organization that provides counseling, 
                advice, or representation to older individuals and the 
                family members and legal representatives of such 
                individuals in a community served by the entity.
                    ``(C) Provision with other services.--The entity 
                may provide the services alone or jointly with other 
                services provided by or funded by the eligible entity, 
                such as--
                            ``(i) services provided through State 
                        Health Insurance Assistance Programs;
                            ``(ii) services provided through a Long-
                        Term Care Ombudsman program under section 
                        307(a)(9) or 712 of the Older Americans Act of 
                        1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027, 3058g);
                            ``(iii) information and assistance services 
                        provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965 
                        (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
                            ``(iv) legal assistance services provided 
                        under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
                        U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
                            ``(v) services provided through Senior 
                        Medicare Patrol Projects conducted by the 
                        Administration on Aging;
                            ``(vi) case management services; and
                            ``(vii) services provided through Aging and 
                        Disability Resource Centers.
            ``(5) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
        annual report on the activities carried out by entities under a 
        grant under this subsection.
    ``(c) National Support Center for Financial Literacy Grant.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant to an 
        eligible center to coordinate the services provided through, 
        and support the grant recipients under, the grant program 
        carried out under subsection (b).
            ``(2) Eligible center.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, a center shall--
                    ``(A) be an entity that is housed within an 
                organization described in section 501(c) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from 
                taxation under section 501(a) of such Code;
                    ``(B) have a minimum of 10 years experience 
                operating a national program and support center with a 
                focus on financial literacy; and
                    ``(C) be primarily engaged in outreach and training 
                activities designed to provide financial education and 
                retirement planning for low- and moderate-income 
                individuals, particularly with respect to women; and
                    ``(D) have a demonstrated record of collaboration 
                with organizations that focus on the needs of low- and 
                moderate-income individuals and with national 
                organizations serving the elderly, including those 
                working with area agencies on aging and women, as well 
                as organizations with expertise in financial services 
                and related fields.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--A center that receives a grant under 
        this subsection shall use the funds made available through the 
        grant to--
                    ``(A) design and conduct training (which may 
                include providing training for trainers) related to 
                financial literacy services;
                    ``(B) provide curricula for financial literacy 
                services;
                    ``(C) develop and disseminate relevant information 
                about financial literacy services;
                    ``(D) conduct outreach to national, State, and 
                community organizations through a series of strategic 
                partnerships in order to improve financial literacy 
                among older individuals and the family members and 
                legal representatives of such individuals;
                    ``(E) provide technical assistance to the grant 
                recipients under subsection (b) with respect to the 
                program; and
                    ``(F) collect data from such grant recipients about 
                the services provided under this section, and the 
                impact of those services.
            ``(4) Addressing challenges to women in securing adequate 
        retirement income.--In addition to the activities described in 
        paragraph (3), a center that receives a grant under this 
        subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant 
        to conduct activities that are focused on addressing the 
        challenges faced by older women, women of color, single women, 
        and women who are heads of households to securing an adequate 
        retirement income.
    ``(d) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that the activities 
carried out under the grant program under subsection (b) and under a 
grant made under subsection (c) are coordinated with the activities 
carried out by--
            ``(1) the Office of Financial Education of the Department 
        of the Treasury; and
            ``(2) the Financial Literacy and Education Commission 
        established under section 513 of the Financial Literacy and 
        Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 9702).
    ``(e) Funding.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services from the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund established under section 201 such funds as are necessary for 
making grants under this section.''.
[EX A]: Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals, including family members and legal representatives of such individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary to make such a grant to a national support center to: (1) coordinate services provided through the grant program; and (2) support grant recipients.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

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

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

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

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

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

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

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

``Sec. 6A. Use of mercury in chlorine and caustic soda 
                            manufacturing.''.
    (2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 15 of such Act are each 
amended by striking ``or 6'' and inserting ``, 6 or 6A''.
[EX A]: Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and young children.

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

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

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

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Contracting Ethics Oversight 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. ETHICS COMPLIANCE BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in 
regulations a requirement that a contracting officer of the Department 
of Defense may not determine a contractor to be responsible for 
purposes of the award of a covered contract for the Department unless 
the entity to be awarded the contract has in place, by the deadline 
specified in subsection (c), an internal ethics compliance program, 
including a code of ethics and internal controls, to facilitate the 
timely detection and disclosure of improper conduct in connection with 
the award or performance of the covered contract and to ensure that 
appropriate corrective action is taken with respect to such conduct.
    (b) Elements of Ethics Compliance Program.--Each ethics compliance 
program required of a contractor under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) Requirements for periodic reviews of the performance of 
        the covered contract to ensure compliance of contractor 
        personnel with applicable Government contracting requirements, 
        including laws, regulations, and contractual requirements.
            (2) Internal reporting mechanisms, such as a hot-line, for 
        contractor personnel to report suspected improper conduct among 
        contractor personnel.
            (3) Audits of the performance of the covered contract.
            (4) Mechanisms for disciplinary actions against contractor 
        personnel found to have engaged in improper conduct, including 
        the exclusion of such personnel from the exercise of 
        substantial authority.
            (5) Mechanisms for the reporting to appropriate Government 
        officials, including the contracting officer and the Office of 
        the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, of 
        suspected improper conduct among contractor personnel, 
        including suspected conduct involving corruption of a 
        Government official or individual acting on behalf of the 
        Government, not later than 30 days after the date of discovery 
        of such suspected conduct.
            (6) Mechanisms to ensure full cooperation with Government 
        officials responsible for investigating suspected improper 
        conduct among contractor personnel and for taking corrective 
        actions.
            (7) Mechanisms to ensure the recurring provision of 
        training to contractor personnel on the requirements and 
        mechanisms of the ethics compliance program.
            (8) Mechanisms to ensure the oversight of the ethics 
        compliance program by contractor personnel with substantial 
        authority within the contractor.
    (c) Deadline for Program.--The deadline specified in this 
subsection for a contractor having in place an ethics compliance 
program required under subsection (a) for purposes of a covered 
contract is 30 days after the date of the award of the contract.
    (d) Determination of Existence of Program.--In determining whether 
a contractor has in place an ethics compliance program required under 
subsection (a), a contracting officer of the Department may use the 
assistance of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense.
    (e) Suspension or Debarment.--The regulations prescribed under 
subsection (a) shall provide that any contractor under a covered 
contract whose personnel are determined not to have reported suspected 
improper conduct in accordance with the requirements and mechanisms of 
the ethics compliance program concerned may, at the election of the 
Secretary of Defense, be suspended from the contract or debarred from 
further contracting with the Department of Defense.
    (f) Covered Contract Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
contract'' means any contract to be awarded to a contractor of the 
Department of Defense if, in the year before the contract is to be 
awarded, the total amount of contracts of the contractor with the 
Federal Government exceeded $5,000,000.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PERSONAL FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy, after consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, shall submit to Congress a report that contains--
            (1) a description of current Federal laws, regulations, and 
        practices relating to restrictions on personal financial 
        interests applicable to Federal employees and non-Federal 
        employees; and
            (2) the Administrator's findings and any recommendations 
        for establishing a requirement for compliance with restrictions 
        relating to personal financial interests such as those that 
        apply to Federal employees by--
                    (A) those employees of a covered Government 
                contractor who are specifically retained for and engage 
                in providing advice to one or more Federal agencies; 
                and
                    (B) employees of federally funded research and 
                development centers.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered government contractor.--The term ``covered 
        Government contractor'' means any entity (other than a Federal 
        agency) awarded a contract by a Federal agency under which one 
        or more individuals hired by the entity perform an acquisition 
        planning function that is closely associated with the 
        responsibilities of a Federal employee. For purposes of the 
        preceding sentence, the term ``acquisition planning function'' 
        means the function of providing advice to a Federal agency on 
        acquisition planning with respect to a particular acquisition 
        or acquisitions.
            (2) Federal employee.--The term ``Federal employee'' means 
        an employee of a Federal agency.
            (3) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means any 
        of the following:
                    (A) any executive department or independent 
                establishment in the executive branch of the 
                Government, including any wholly owned Government 
                corporation.
                    (B) any establishment in the legislative or 
                judicial branch of the Government (except the Senate, 
                the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the 
                Capitol and any activities under the Architect's 
                direction).
            (4) Federally funded research and development center.--The 
        term ``federally funded research and development center'' means 
        a federally funded research and development center identified 
        by the National Science Foundation in accordance with the 
        Federal Acquisition Regulation.
[EX A]:
Defense Contracting Ethics Oversight Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe in regulations a requirement that a Department of Defense (DOD) contracting officer may not determine a contractor to be responsible for the award of a covered contract for DOD (one in excess of $5 million) unless the contracting entity has in place, within 30 days after contract award, an internal ethics compliance program to facilitate the timely detection and disclosure of improper conduct in connection with the award or performance of the contract, and to ensure that appropriate corrective action is taken with respect to such conduct. Allows for the suspension or debarment of contractors determined not to have reported suspected improper conduct.

Requires a report from the Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy to Congress on personal financial conflicts of interests of contractor employees and employees of federally funded research and development centers.