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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Roads for America Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) An individual who is 65 years of age needs 4 times the 
        amount of light to see at night as compared to an individual 
        who is 25 years of age.
            (2) The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety projects that by 
        2030 1 in every 4 drivers will be 65 years of age or older.
            (3) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs provides added decision time for older drivers.
            (4) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs also provides for faster response time by emergency 
        medical technicians and police and fire personnel by increasing 
        their ability to read and understand signs and reduce travel 
        time to a site.
            (5) More than 50 percent of traffic accidents resulting in 
        fatalities occur at night, and increased retroreflectivity of 
        traffic signs addresses this issue.
            (6) In 2007, the following deadlines were established in 
        the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices in response to a 
        statutory requirement from Congress:
                    (A) By January 22, 2012, roadway owners must adopt 
                a plan to ensure that their signs meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (B) By January 22, 2015, regulatory and warning 
                signs and post-mounted signs must meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (C) By January 22, 2018, overhead and street name 
                signs must meet minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (7) The Federal Highway Administration has estimated that 
        the cost for making these retroreflectivity improvements for 
        signage throughout the United States is $37,000,000 over a 10-
        year period.
            (8) At no point must a roadway owner replace a sign that 
        meets the minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (9) The United States is currently experiencing the worst 
        economic conditions since the Great Depression.
            (10) As a result, local governments across the United 
        States are experiencing one of the most economically 
        challenging times in history, with available revenues unable to 
        match the costs of services demanded by the public.
            (11) To compensate for depressed revenue collections during 
        the economic downturn, counties and cities are adopting severe 
        cost-cutting measures, such as laying off and furloughing 
        employees (including public safety personnel), cancelling or 
        postponing planned capital improvements, deferring necessary 
        maintenance, cutting equipment inventories, and in some cases 
        declaring bankruptcy.
            (12) The costs of employee benefits continue to rise and 
        local governments have to devote more resources to keep up with 
        inflation.
            (13) States are passing along the costs of services to 
        local governments as a method to balance their budgets.
            (14) The outlook for recovery appears to be at least 5 
        years away given that, even when the economy recovers, local 
        governments experience a delay in increased tax collections due 
        to the nature of property tax collections.

SEC. 3. RETROREFLECTIVITY LEVEL STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRAFFIC SIGNS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall modify the 
target compliance dates for minimum retroreflectivity level standards 
set forth in section 2A.08 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control 
Devices for Streets and Highways, 2009 Edition (incorporated by 
reference in subpart F of part 655 of title 23, Code of Federal 
Regulations) so that the following target compliance dates apply:
            (1) A target compliance date of January 22, 2012, for 
        implementation and continued use of an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain traffic sign 
        retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels.
            (2) A target compliance date of January 22, 2018, for 
        replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide 
        (except street name) signs that are identified using the 
        assessment or management method as failing to meet the 
        established minimum levels.
            (3) A target compliance date of January 22, 2021, for 
        replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that 
        are identified using the assessment or management method as 
        failing to meet the established minimum levels.
    (b) Effect on Proposed Regulations.--The Secretary shall revise the 
notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on 
August 31, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 54156), to incorporate the target 
compliance dates specified in subsection (a).
    (c) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds available to the 
Secretary to carry out this section notwithstanding any funding 
limitation enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Highway Signs and Pavement Markings.--Section 148(a)(3)(B)(xi) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(xi) Installation, replacement, and 
                        upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings, 
                        including any upgrade of materials and the 
                        implementation of any assessment or management 
                        method designed to meet a State-established 
                        performance standard, Federal regulation, or 
                        requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform 
                        Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum 
                        levels of retroreflectivity.''.
    (b) Maintaining Minimum Levels of Retroreflectivity.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 148(a) of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Project to maintain minimum levels of 
        retroreflectivity.--The term `project to maintain minimum 
        levels of retroreflectivity' means a project undertaken 
        pursuant to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 
        requiring public agencies to use an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain highway sign or pavement 
        marking retroreflectivity at or above prescribed minimum 
        levels.''.
            (2) Eligible projects.--Section 148(d)(1) of such title is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) any project to maintain minimum levels of 
                retroreflectivity on a public road, whether or not such 
                project is included in the State strategic highway 
                safety plan; or''.
            (3) Increased federal share.--The first sentence of section 
        120(c)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ``maintaining 
        minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or 
        pavement markings,'' after ``signalization,''.
    (c) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--Section 148 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(i) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--The Secretary shall issue standards for the use of funds 
apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(5) for highway safety 
improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in 
order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. 
Such standards shall ensure that the projects are carried out so as to 
meet defined criteria, consistent with other safety upgrades, using a 
systematic approach. Such standards shall permit the use of the funds 
for an initial upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings in the 
State, but shall prohibit the funds from being used for maintenance 
activities.''.
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Safe Roads for America Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to modify the target compliance dates for the following minimum retroreflectivity level standards: (1) implementation and continued use of an assessment or management method that is designed to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels; (2) replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide (except street name) signs identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels; and (3) replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that are identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels.

 Requires the Secretary to revise the notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2011, to incorporate the new target compliance dates.

Includes measures designed to meet a state-established performance standard, federal regulation, or requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum levels of retroreflectivity as projects for purposes of the highway safety improvement program.

Allows a maximum 100% federal share of the costs of construction related to maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or pavement markings.

Directs the Secretary to issue standards for the use of funds apportioned to a state for highway safety improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. Requires such standards to prohibit fund use for maintenance activities.


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SECTION 1. NATIONAL GUARD OPERATION ABOUT FACE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SKILLS 
              FOR AT RISK YOUTH.

    (a) Chapter 5 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 510. National Guard operation about face to provide life-skills 
              for at-risk youth
    ``(a) Program Authority and Purpose.--The Secretary of Defense, 
through the Chief, National Guard Bureau, may use the National Guard to 
conduct an at-risk youth life skills program to be known as `National 
Guard Operation About Face', which shall be a community based outreach 
program for at-risk youth, which shall include after-school and summer 
classes to provide academic skills, computer literacy, employability 
skills, life-coping skills, and communication skills supplemented with 
work experience activities to create vibrant communities that foster 
economic opportunity and encourage life-long learning.
    ``(b) Conduct of the Program.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide for the conduct of the National Guard Operation About Face in 
such States as the Secretary considers to be appropriate.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall carry out the National Guard Operation 
About Face using--
            ``(A) funds appropriated directly to the Secretary of 
        Defense for the program; and
            ``(B) nondefense funds made available or transferred to the 
        Secretary of Defense by other Federal agencies to support the 
        program.
    ``(3) For purposes of a transfer under paragraph (2)(B), 
administration of the National Guard Operation About Face is a good or 
service for which an agency agreement may be entered into under section 
1535 of title 31, United States Code.
    ``(c) Program Agreements.--(1) To carry out the National Guard 
Operation About Face in a State, the Secretary of Defense shall enter 
into an agreement with the Governor of the State, or in the case of the 
District of Columbia National Guard, with the commanding general of the 
District of Columbia National, under which the Governor or the 
commanding general will establish, organize, and administer the 
National Guard Operation About Face in the State.
    ``(2) The agreement may provide for the Secretary to provide funds 
to the State for civilian personnel costs attributable to the use of 
civilian employees of the National Guard in the conduct of the National 
Guard Operation About Face.
    ``(d) Persons Eligible To Participate in Program.--Any at risk 
youth may participate in the National Guard Operation About Face. The 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the standards and procedures for 
selecting participants from among at risk youth.
    ``(e) Authorized Benefits for Participants.--To the extent provided 
in an agreement entered into in accordance with subsection (c):
            ``(1) Any funds made available or transferred to the 
        Secretary of Defense by other Federal agencies under section 
        (b)(2)(B) of this section may be used to provide a stipend to 
        participants for the work experience portion of the National 
        Guard Operation About Face:
                    ``(A) For the original purpose for which the funds 
                were appropriated and in accordance with the 
                regulations of the Federal agency from which the funds 
                were made available or transferred.
                    ``(B) For the purpose for which defense funds are 
                appropriated and in accordance with the regulations 
                prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the National 
                Guard Operation About Face.
                    ``(C) In the case of a conflict between the 
                regulations described in paragraph (A) and (B), the 
                regulations of the Federal agency from which the funds 
                were made available or transferred shall apply.
            ``(2) A participant in the national Guard Operation About 
        Face may receive the following additional benefits in 
        connection with the program:
                    ``(A) Light refreshments.
                    ``(B) Transportation.
                    ``(C) Supplies.
                    ``(D) Services.
    ``(f) Program Personnel.--Personnel of the National Guard of a 
State in which the National Guard Operation About Face is conducted may 
serve on full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of providing 
managerial, administrative, training, or supporting services for the 
program.
    ``(g) Equipment and Facilities.--Equipment and facilities of the 
National Guard, including military property of the United States issued 
to the National Guard, may be used in carrying out the National Guard 
Operation About Face.
    ``(h) Supplemental Resources.--To carry out the National Guard 
Operation About Face in a State, the Governor of the State or, in the 
case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the 
District of Columbia National Guard, may supplement funds made 
available under the program out of other resources (including gifts) 
available to the Governor or the commanding general. The Governor or 
the commanding Federal may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of money, other property or services for the National Guard 
Operation About Face.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `State' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the territories, and the District of Columbia.
            ``(2) The term `at-risk youth' has the same meaning given 
        that term in section 1432 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6472.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``510. National Guard operation about face to provide life-skills for 
                            at-risk youth.''.
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Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, through the Chief, National Guard Bureau, to use the National Guard to conduct an at-risk youth life skills program to be known as "National Guard Operation About Face." Requires such program to: (1) be a community-based outreach program for at-risk youth; and (2) include after-school and summer classes to provide academic skills, computer literacy, employability skills, life-coping skills, and communication skills supplemented with work experience activities. Requires agreements with State governors and the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard to carry out the program. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards and procedures for selecting program participants from at risk youth. Authorizes the use of State National Guard personnel, equipment, and facilities, as well as State supplemental resources, in support of such program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 1998''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations that have 
        participated in carrying out programs under the Indian 
        Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
        1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) have--
                    (A) improved the effectiveness of services provided 
                by those tribes and organizations;
                    (B) enabled more American Indians to secure 
                employment;
                    (C) assisted welfare recipients who are American 
                Indians; and
                    (D) otherwise demonstrated the value of integrating 
                education, employment, and training services;
            (2) the initiative under the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 should be 
        strengthened by ensuring that all programs that emphasize the 
        value of work may be included within a demonstration program of 
        an Indian tribe or Alaska Native organization;
            (3) the initiative under the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 shares goals and 
        innovative approaches of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.);
            (4) the programs referred to in paragraph (2) should be 
        implemented by the Office of Self-Governance of the Department 
        of the Interior, the unit within the Department of the Interior 
        that is responsible for carrying out self-governance programs 
        under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
        Act; and
            (5) the initiative under the Indian Employment, Training 
        and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 should have the 
        benefit of the support and attention of the officials of--
                    (A) the Department of the Interior; and
                    (B) other Federal agencies with policymaking 
                authority with respect to programs that emphasize the 
                value of work for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND RELATED 
              SERVICES DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1992.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3402) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated 
        by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following:
            ``(1) Federal agency.--The term `Federal agency' has the 
        same meaning given the term `agency' in section 551(1) of title 
        5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Programs Affected.--Section 5 of the Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 
3404) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The 
        programs'';
            (2) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1) of 
        this subsection, by striking ``employment opportunities, or 
        skill development'' and all that follows through the end of the 
        subsection, and inserting ``securing employment, retaining 
        employment, or creating employment opportunities or other 
        programs relating to employment.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Programs.--The programs referred to in subsection (a) may 
include, at the option of an Indian tribe--
            ``(1) the program commonly referred to as the general 
        assistance program established under the Act of November 2, 
        1921 (commonly known as the `Snyder Act') (42 Stat. 208, 
        chapter 115; 25 U.S.C. 13); and
            ``(2) the program known as the Johnson-O'Malley Program 
        established under the Johnson-O'Malley Act (25 U.S.C. 452 
        through 457), if the applicable plan for the Indian tribe under 
        section 4 includes educational services for elementary and 
        secondary school students that familiarize those students with 
        aspects of employment.''.
    (c) Plan Review.--Section 7 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3406) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Federal department'' and inserting 
        ``Federal agency'';
            (2) by striking ``Federal departmental'' and inserting 
        ``Federal agency'';
            (3) by striking ``department'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``agency''; and
            (4) in the third sentence, by inserting ``statutory 
        requirement,'' after ``to waive any''.
    (d) Plan Approval.--Section 8 of the Indian Employment, Training 
and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3407) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period 
        the following: ``(including any request for a waiver that is 
        made as part of the plan submitted by the tribal government)''; 
        and
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting before the period 
        the following: ``, including reconsidering the disapproval of 
        any waiver requested by the Indian tribe''.
    (e) Job Creation Activities.--Section 9 of the Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 
3408) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The plan 
        submitted''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Employment Opportunities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, including any requirement of a program that is integrated 
        under a plan under this Act, a tribal government may use funds 
        made available to an Indian tribe by a Federal agency under a 
        statutory or administrative formula for the creation of 
        employment opportunities, including providing private sector 
        training placement under section 10.
            ``(2) Determination of percentage.--The percentage of funds 
        that a tribal government may use under this subsection is the 
        greater of--
                    ``(A) the rate of unemployment in the area subject 
                to the jurisdiction of the tribal government; or
                    ``(B) 10 percent.''.
    (f) Federal Responsibilities.--Section 11(a) of the Indian 
Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 
U.S.C. 3410(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Bureau of Indian Affairs'' and inserting ``Office of Self-
        Governance'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'';
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by inserting ``delivered under an arrangement 
                subject to the approval of the Indian tribe 
                participating in the project,'' after ``appropriate to 
                the project,''; and
                    (B) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) the convening by an appropriate official of the lead 
        agency (whose appointment is subject to the confirmation of the 
        Senate) and a representative of the Indian tribes that carry 
        out demonstration projects under this Act, in consultation with 
        each such Indian tribe, of a meeting not less than 2 times 
        during each fiscal year for the purpose of providing an 
        opportunity for all Indian tribes that carry out demonstration 
        projects under this Act to discuss with officials of each 
        department specified in subsection (a) issues relating to the 
        implementation of this Act.''.
    (g) Additional Responsibilities.--In assuming the responsibilities 
for carrying out the duties of a lead agency under section 11(a) of the 
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
1992 (25 U.S.C. 3410(a)) pursuant to the amendments made to that 
section by subsection (f) of this section, the Director of the Office 
of Self-Governance of the Department of the Interior shall ensure that 
an orderly transfer of those lead agency functions to the Office occurs 
in such a manner as to eliminate any potential adverse effects on any 
Indian tribe that participates in a demonstration project under the 
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.).
    (h) Personnel.--In carrying out the amendment made by subsection 
(f)(1), the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer from the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs to the Office of Self-Governance of the Department of 
the Interior such personnel and resources as the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate.
    (i) Deadline for Transfer of Functions.--The transfer of functions 
to the Office of Self-Governance of the Department of the Interior 
required by the amendment made by section 3(f)(1) shall be carried out 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. CONSOLIDATED ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

    The Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration 
Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 19. CONSOLIDATED ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) In General.--The head of each Federal agency specified in 
section 4 that otherwise has jurisdiction over a program that is 
integrated under this Act (in accordance with a plan under section 6) 
shall permit a tribal government that carries out that plan to 
establish a consolidated advisory committee to carry out the duties of 
each advisory committee that would otherwise be required under 
applicable law (including any council or commission relating to private 
industry) to carry out the programs integrated under the plan.
    ``(b) Waivers.--As necessary to carry out subsection (a), each 
agency head referred to in that subsection shall waive any statutory 
requirement, regulation, or policy requiring the establishment of an 
advisory committee (including any advisory commission or council).''.

SEC. 5. ALASKA REGIONAL CONSORTIA.

    The Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration 
Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.), as amended by section 4 of this 
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 20. ALASKA REGIONAL CONSORTIA.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall permit a regional 
consortium of Alaska Native villages or regional or village 
corporations (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)) to carry out a project 
under a plan that meets the requirements of this Act through a 
resolution adopted by the governing body of that consortium or 
corporation.
    ``(b) Withdrawal.--Nothing in subsection (a) is intended to 
prohibit an Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation 
from withdrawing from participation in any portion of a program 
conducted pursuant to that subsection.''.
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Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act Amendments of 1998 - Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to:  (1) revise requirements regarding affected programs to include programs for securing employment, retaining employment, or creating employment opportunities or other programs relating to employment and permits such programs to include, at the option of a tribe, the general assistance program established under the Snyder Act and the Johnson-O'Malley Program established under the Johnson-O'Malley Act, if a tribe's plan includes educational services that familiarize elementary and secondary school students with aspects of employment; (2) require the Secretary of the Interior to reconsider disapproval of any statutory waiver requested by a tribe; (3) authorize the use of a percentage of funds made available by a Federal agency under a statutory or administrative formula for the creation of employment opportunities; and (4) transfer Federal responsibility for demonstration programs under the Act from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to the Office of Self-Governance (OSG) of the Department of the Interior and provide for the transfer of personnel and resources from BIA to OSG. 
Permits a regional consortium of Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations to carry out a project under a plan that meets the Act's requirements through a resolution adopted by the governing body of that consortium or corporation.  Provides that such authorization shall not prohibit such a village or corporation from withdrawing from participation in any portion of a program.