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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness to Local Contractors Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF STATE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE TAX, EMPLOYMENT, AND 
              LICENSING LAWS AGAINST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS.

    (a) Requirement for State Tax Clearance From Potential Construction 
Contractors.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2305(b) of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(10) In order to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror 
for a contract for the construction of a public building, facility, or 
work, a bidder or offeror shall submit with the bid or offer a tax 
clearance from the State in which the contract is to be performed. For 
purposes of this paragraph, a tax clearance is a document from an 
appropriate State agency indicating that the bidder or offeror is in 
compliance with all the tax laws of the State in which the contract is 
to be performed.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 303B of title III 
        of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 253b) is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(n) Tax Clearance.--In order to be considered a responsible 
bidder or offeror for a contract for the construction of a public 
building, facility, or work, a bidder or offeror shall submit with the 
bid or offer a tax clearance from the State in which the contract is to 
be performed. For purposes of this paragraph, a tax clearance is a 
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the bidder or 
offeror is in compliance with all the tax laws of the State in which 
the contract is to be performed.''.
    (b) Requirement To Withhold Final Contract Payment Until Receipt of 
State Tax Clearance and Certification of Compliance With Employment 
Laws From Contractor.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2307 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Requirement To Withhold Final Payment.--(1) The head of an 
agency shall withhold final payment under a contract for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work until the 
contractor submits to the agency both of the following:
            ``(A) A tax clearance from the State in which the contract 
        is or was performed.
            ``(B) A certification stating that the contractor is in 
        compliance (or was in compliance during the performance of the 
        contract) with all applicable State laws that require employers 
        to make payments to or for the benefit of employees, including 
        laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers compensation, 
        health insurance, and disability insurance.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tax clearance is a 
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the 
contractor is or was in compliance with all the tax laws of the State 
in which the contract is or was performed.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 305 of title III of 
        the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 255) is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(h) Requirement To Withhold Final Payment.--(1) The head of an 
executive agency shall withhold final payment under a contract for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work until the 
contractor submits to the agency both of the following:
            ``(A) A tax clearance from the State in which the contract 
        is or was performed.
            ``(B) A certification stating that the contractor is in 
        compliance (or was in compliance during the performance of the 
        contract) with all applicable State laws that require employers 
        to make payments to or for the benefit of employees, including 
        laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers compensation, 
health insurance, and disability insurance.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tax clearance is a 
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the 
contractor is or was in compliance with all the tax laws of the State 
in which the contract is or was performed.''.
    (c) Authority To Withhold Payment to Contractor of Amounts 
Necessary To Meet State Tax Obligations.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2307 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(k) Authority To Withhold Payment To Meet State Tax 
Obligations.--The head of an agency may withhold, from any payment due 
to a contractor under a contract made by the agency for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work, an amount 
considered necessary by the head of the agency to pay to the State in 
which the contract is being performed the amount of the contractor's 
State tax liability that is attributable to the contract. The head of 
the agency that so withholds a payment may, upon request of the State 
in which the contract is being performed and with such documentation as 
the head of the agency considers necessary, pay such tax liability 
amount directly to the State from the withheld payment. Any amount of a 
withheld payment that exceeds the actual State tax liability amount 
shall be paid to the contractor.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 305 of title III of 
        the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 255) is further amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(i) Authority To Withhold Payment To Meet State Tax 
Obligations.--The head of an executive agency may withhold, from any 
payment due to a contractor under a contract made by the agency for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work, an amount 
considered necessary by the head of the agency to pay to the State in 
which the contract is being performed the amount of the contractor's 
State tax liability that is attributable to the contract. The head of 
the executive agency that so withholds a payment may, upon request of 
the State in which the contract is being performed and with such 
documentation as the head of the agency considers necessary, pay such 
tax liability amount directly to the State from the withheld payment. 
Any amount of a withheld payment that exceeds the actual State tax 
liability amount shall be paid to the contractor.''.
    (d) Requirement for Construction Contractors To Obtain Applicable 
State Licenses.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--(A) Chapter 141 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 2410n. Construction contracts: requirement to obtain applicable 
              State licenses
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall require, in any contract entered 
into by the Secretary for the construction of a public building, 
facility, or work which is to be performed in a State that requires 
persons performing the type of work to be performed under the contract 
to be licensed, that the contractor be so licensed.''.
    (B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2410n. Construction contracts: requirement to obtain applicable State 
                            licenses.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Title III of the Federal 
        Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 
        et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 318. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN APPLICABLE 
              STATE LICENSES.

    ``The head of an executive agency shall require, in any contract 
entered into by the agency for the construction of a public building, 
facility, or work which is to be performed in a State that requires 
persons performing the type of work to be performed under the contract 
to be licensed, that the contractor be so licensed.''.
    (e) Requirement To Explain Hawaii Excise Tax in Federal Acquisition 
Regulation.--The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to 
contain provisions explaining the general excise tax law of the State 
of Hawaii.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

Answer: Fairness to Local Contractors Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and defense contract law to require a bidder or offeror, to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror for the construction of a public building, facility, or work, to submit a tax clearance (a document stating that such entity is in compliance with all State tax laws) from the State in which the contract is to be performed. Requires the head of a Federal or defense agency to withhold the final payment under such a contract until the contractor submits both a tax clearance and a certification of compliance with all State laws concerning payments to employees under a contract, including unemployment insurance, workers compensation, health insurance, and disability insurance.

Authorizes the head of a Federal or defense agency to: (1) withhold from any contractor payments amounts necessary to pay any State tax liability attributable to the contract; and (2) pay such amount directly to such State.

Directs the Secretary of Defense or agency head to require a contractor to be licensed if the State in which a construction contract is to be performed requires a license.

Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to explain the general excise tax law of Hawaii.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Use Prevention Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ``RECOMMEND''.

    Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(47) A practitioner will be deemed to have `recommended' 
        the use of marihuana if the practitioner offered advice, or 
        responded to a request for advice, suggesting the use of 
        marihuana while acting in the course of his or her professional 
        capacity.''.

SEC. 3. DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION.

    (a) Denial of Registration.--Section 303(f) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subclauses (I) through (V), respectively, and indenting 
        accordingly;
            (2) by striking ``(f) The Attorney General'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(f) Registration of Practitioners to Dispense or Conduct Research 
With Controlled Substances.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General'';
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Attorney'' 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Denial of registration.--
                    ``(A) Discretionary denial of application.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Attorney'';
            (4) in the third sentence, by striking ``In determining the 
        public interest'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) Determination of public interest.--
                        In determining the public interest for purposes 
                        of clause (i)'';
            (5) in the undesignated paragraph following subclause (V), 
        as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by 
        striking ``Separate registration'' and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Registration for research purposes.--Separate 
        registration''; and
            (6) by adding at the end of paragraph (2), as so designated 
        by paragraph (3) of this subsection, the following:
                    ``(B) Mandatory denial of application.--The 
                Attorney General shall deny an application for 
                registration under this subsection upon a finding by 
                the Attorney General that the applicant practitioner--
                            ``(i) administered, dispensed, or 
                        recommended the use of marihuana to an 
                        individual in violation of Federal or State 
                        law; or
                            ``(ii) has been excluded (or directed to be 
                        excluded) from participation in a program 
                        pursuant to section 1128(a)(5) of the Social 
                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)(5)).''.
    (b) Revocation of Registration.--Section 304(a) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and 
                indenting accordingly;
                    (B) by striking ``(a) A registration'' and 
                inserting ``(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a 
                registration''; and
                    (C) in the undesignated paragraph following 
                subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by striking ``A 
                registration'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Revocation of registration to dispense a narcotic 
        drug.--A registration'';
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Mandatory revocation of registration.--The Attorney 
        General shall revoke a registration described in paragraph (1) 
        upon a finding by the Attorney General that the registrant--
                    ``(A) administered, dispensed, or recommended the 
                use of marihuana to an individual in violation of 
                Federal or State law; or
                    ``(B) has been excluded (or directed to be 
                excluded) from participation in a program pursuant to 
                section 1128(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)(5)).''.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MARIHUANA.

    Section 403(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon ``, 
        including acquiring or obtaining possession of marihuana by 
        means of claiming a medical need, with the intent of selling or 
        distributing the marihuana'';
            (2) in paragraph (8), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) if that person is a practitioner, to prescribe, 
        dispense, or recommend the use of marihuana.''.

SEC. 5. ENHANCED PENALTIES RELATING TO MARIHUANA.

    Section 403 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) In addition to any other applicable penalty, any practitioner 
who violates this section by prescribing, dispensing, or recommending 
the use of marihuana to a person under 21 years of age shall be 
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 8 years, a fine of 
not more than $60,000, or both.''.

SEC. 6. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES FROM 
              PARTICIPATION IN MEDICARE AND STATE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS 
              FOR ILLEGALLY DISPENSING MARIHUANA.

    Section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5)(A) Any person (including an organization, agency, or 
        other entity, but excluding a beneficiary, as defined in 
        subsection 1128A(i)(5)) that administers, dispenses, or 
        recommends the use of marihuana to an individual in violation 
        of a Federal or State law.
            ``(B) In this paragraph, the terms `administer', 
        `dispense', `recommend', and `marihuana' have the same meanings 
        as in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
        802)).''.

Answer: Drug Use Prevention Act of 1997 - Amends:  (1) the Social Security Act to exclude individuals and entities from participation in Medicare and State health care programs (participation) for administering, dispensing, or recommending the use of marihuana to an individual in violation of Federal or State law; and (2) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to direct the Attorney General to deny an application for registration, or revoke a registration, of a practitioner to dispense, or conduct research with, controlled substances upon a finding by the Attorney General that the applicant practitioner administered, dispensed, or recommended the use of marihuana to an individual in violation of Federal or State law or that the applicant practitioner has been excluded (or directed to be excluded) from participation for illegally dispensing marihuana. 
Deems a practitioner to have "recommended" the use of marihuana if he or she offered advice, or responded to a request for advice, suggesting the use of marihuana while acting in the course of his or her professional capacity. 
Amends the CSA to prohibit:  (1) an individual from acquiring or obtaining possession of marihuana by means of claiming a medical need, with the intent of selling or distributing the marihuana; and (2) a practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or recommending the use of marihuana. 
Directs that, in addition to any other applicable penalty, any practitioner who violates the CSA by prescribing, dispensing, or recommending the use of marihuana to a person under age 21 be sentenced to up to eight years' imprisonment, fined up to $60,000, or both.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Timber Management Improvement Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Under the timber management policy of nondeclining even 
        flow, articulated in section 13(a) of the Forest and Rangeland 
        Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the allowable sale 
        quantity for a national forest is a function of total timber 
        growth, which depends on available timberland area and the rate 
        of timber growth.
            (2) Protecting the northern spotted owl and other factors 
        will lead to reductions in the Federal land available for 
        timber harvesting, leading to declines in harvests and to 
        undesirable declines in timber industry employment.
            (3) Increases in timber management investments on Federal 
        and other lands not protected as spotted owl habitat could 
        offset some of the declines in allowable sale quantities 
        resulting from spotted owl protection.
            (4) No separate studies of timber management investment 
        opportunities on Federal timberlands have been conducted for 
        more than a decade.
            (5) The fund established by section 3 of the Act of June 9, 
        1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b; commonly referred to as the ``K-V 
        fund''), was originally established to assure adequate funding 
        for timber management investments for the national forests, but 
        since 1976, substantial and increasing portions of this fund 
        have been used for wildlife habitat improvement, watershed 
        improvement, and other nontimber resource projects.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) identify and examine timber management investment 
        opportunities on Federal timberlands in the States of 
        California, Oregon, and Washington;
            (2) expand financial assistance programs for timber 
        investments on non-Federal timberlands in the States of 
        California, Oregon, and Washington; and
            (3) assure that amounts from the fund established by 
        section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930, are available for timber 
        management investments on Federal timberlands, consistent with 
        the original intent of that Act.

SEC. 3. TIMBER MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT STUDY.

    (a) Yields and Costs Report.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall each prepare a report 
displaying the yields and costs, both financial and environmental, of 
timber management investment opportunities for lands under their 
respective jurisdictions in the States of California, Oregon, and 
Washington. Timber management investment opportunities considered shall 
include--
            (1) reforestation, including site preparation, direct 
        seeding, planting, and interplanting; and
            (2) timber stand improvement, including release (manual, 
        chemical, and mechanical), fertilization, pruning, 
        precommercial thinning, and commercial thinning.
    (b) Land and Forest Class.--The report prepared under subsection 
(a) shall present the yield and cost information for each of the 
following:
            (1) Timber site productivity class.
            (2) Current forest condition class, including old-growth, 
        second-growth, sawtimber, poletimber, saplings, seedlings, and 
        nonstock.
            (3) Land suitability allocation for timber production under 
        the appropriate forest plan.
    (c) Lands Classified As Unsuitable For Timber Production.--The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall include in the report required by this 
section--
            (1) the reasons why lands in Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 
        are classified as not suitable for timber production pursuant 
        to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning of 
        1974, distinguishing among timber site productivity classes and 
        current forest conditions; and
            (2) the specific identity of those lands deemed to be 
        unsuitable for timber production solely due to difficulties in 
        meeting the reforestation requirements of the Forest and 
        Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, and a 
        description of those difficulties.
    (d) Exchange and Consolidation of Lands.--In addition to other 
matters required to be included in the study under this section, the 
study shall address opportunities for land exchanges with private 
landowners to consolidate Federal landholdings in the States of 
California, Oregon, and Washington to enhance reforestation and timber 
stand improvement.
    (e) Advisory Boards.--In order to assure a comprehensive and 
unbiased report on the costs and yields of timber management investment 
opportunities, the Secretary of Agriculture on a forest-by-forest basis 
in Forest Service Regions 5 and 6, and the Secretary of the Interior on 
a district-by-district basis for the Bureau of Land Management 
districts subject to this Act, shall establish and consult with 
advisory boards before releasing a draft of the report required by 
subsection (a) to the public. The advisory boards shall be comprised of 
individuals who, in the appropriate Secretary's judgment, represent a 
diversity of views. The appropriate Secretaries shall provide the 
advisory boards with the opportunity to review and comment on the 
practices and investments being examined under subsection (a) and on 
the draft of the report before its release to the public. The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to advisory boards established 
under this subsection.
    (f) Consultation With Private and Other Public Timberland Owners.--
(1) In preparing the report required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
consult with private and other public timberland owners in the general 
vicinity of the forest or district, as appropriate, to--
            (A) identify possible timber management investments and 
        practices, and
            (B) identify potential costs and yields of those 
        investments and practices.
    (2) The report shall include information gathered under this 
subsection in a manner which protects the proprietary nature of 
corporate cost information and the cost and yield estimates of the 
Secretaries.
    (g) Date of Submission.--The report required by this section shall 
be submitted to the Congress within 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 4. PRIVATE FOREST LANDS.

    Section 4 of the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2103) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section, not 
less than $1,500,000 shall be made available for assistance under this 
section in each of the States of California, Oregon, and Washington for 
planning, reforestation, and timber stand improvement practices to 
further second growth management of timber resources to offset the 
expected decline in timber harvests from Federal lands as a result of 
listing the northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973. Such assistance shall be concentrated 
in those counties containing Federal lands designated as habitat 
conservation areas for the purposes of the protection and recovery of 
the northern spotted owl.''.

SEC. 5. KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT.

    (a) Reforestation of BLM Lands.--Section 3 of the Act of June 9, 
1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 3.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the lands 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of 
Land Management in the same manner as such subsection applies with 
respect to national forest lands.''.
    (b) Reforestation Under the K-V Act.--Section 3(a) of the Act of 
June 9, 1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b), as amended by subsection (a) of this 
Act, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or'' before ``(3)''; and
            (2) by striking ``timber, or (4)'' and all that follows 
        through ``Provided,'' and inserting ``timber: Provided,''.

Answer:
Timber Management Improvement Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, acting through the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, respectively, to prepare a report displaying the yields and costs (financial and environmental) of timber management investment opportunities for Federal lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington.  Requires both Secretaries to establish advisory boards to review and comment on the investments examined. 
Amends the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act of 1978 to allocate appropriations for private forest lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington to further second growth management of timber resources to offset the expected decline in timber harvests from Federal lands as a result of listing the northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.  Requires financial assistance to be concentrated in those counties containing Federal lands designated as habitat conservation areas for the purposes of the protection and recovery of the northern spotted owl. 
Amends specified Federal law (the Knutson-Vandenberg Act) to assure that amounts from the fund established by such Act are available for timber management investments on Federal lands consistent with the Act's original intent.