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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Glacier Bay National Park Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE AND WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--(1) Subject to conditions set forth in subsection 
(c), if the State of Alaska, in a manner consistent with this Act, 
offers to transfer to the United States the lands identified in 
paragraph (2) in exchange for the lands identified in paragraph (4), 
selected from the area described in section 3(b)(1), the Secretary of 
the Interior (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall 
complete such exchange no later than 6 months after the issuance of a 
license to Gustavus Electric Company by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (in this Act referred to as ``FERC''), in accordance with 
this Act. This land exchange shall be subject to the laws applicable to 
exchanges involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the 
National Park System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the 
exchange of State lands required by State law.
    (2) The lands to be conveyed to the United States by the State of 
Alaska shall be determined by mutual agreement of the Secretary and the 
State of Alaska. Lands that will be considered for conveyance to the 
United States pursuant to the process required by State law are lands 
owned by the State of Alaska in the Long Lake area within Wrangell-St. 
Elias National Park and Preserve, or other lands owned by the State of 
Alaska.
    (3) If the Secretary and the State of Alaska have not agreed on 
which lands the State of Alaska will convey by a date not later than 6 
months after a license is issued pursuant to this Act, the United 
States shall accept, within 1 year after a license is issued, title to 
land having a sufficiently equal value to satisfy State and Federal 
law, subject to clear title and valid existing rights, and absence of 
environmental contamination, and as provided by the laws applicable to 
exchanges involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the 
National Park System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the 
exchange of State lands required by State law. Such land shall be 
accepted by the United States, subject to the other provisions of this 
Act, from among the following State lands in the priority listed:


                          copper river meridian

        (A) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, 
    and 3, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\. Containing 617.68 acres, 
    as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
        (B) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 11, lots 1 and 
    2, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 12; 
    Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\. Containing 1,191.75 acres, 
    as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
        (C) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 2, NW\1/4\NE\1/
    4\ and NW\1/4\. Containing 200.00 acres, as shown on the plat of 
    survey accepted June 9, 1922.
        (D) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 6. lots 1 
    through 10, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\. Containing approximately 
    529.94 acres, as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
    (4) The lands to be conveyed to the State of Alaska by the United 
States under paragraph (1) are lands to be designated by the Secretary 
and the State of Alaska, consistent with sound land management 
principles, based on those lands determined by FERC with the 
concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, in accordance 
with section 3(b), to be the minimum amount of land necessary for the 
construction and operation of a hydroelectric project.
    (5) The time periods set forth for the completion of the land 
exchanges described in this Act may be extended as necessary by the 
Secretary should the processes of State law or Federal law delay 
completion of an exchange.
    (6) For purposes of this Act, the term ``land'' means lands, 
waters, and interests therein.
    (b) Wilderness.--(1) To ensure that this transaction maintains, 
within the National Wilderness Preservation System, approximately the 
same amount of area of designated wilderness as currently exists, the 
following lands in Alaska shall be designated as wilderness in the 
priority listed, upon consummation of the land exchange authorized by 
this Act and shall be administered according to the laws governing 
national wilderness areas in Alaska:
        (A) An unnamed island in Glacier Bay National Park lying 
    southeasterly of Blue Mouse Cove in sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, T. 36 
    S., R. 54 E., CRM, and shown on United States Geological Survey 
    quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (D-2), Alaska, containing approximately 
    789 acres.
        (B) Cenotaph Island of Glacier Bay National Park lying within 
    Lituya Bay in sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, T. 37 S., R. 47 E., CRM, 
    and shown on United States Geological Survey quadrangle Mt. 
    Fairweather (C-5), Alaska, containing approximately 280 acres.
        (C) An area of Glacier Bay National Park lying in T. 31. S., R. 
    43 E and T. 32 S., R. 43 E., CRM, that is not currently designated 
    wilderness, containing approximately 2,270 acres.
    (2) The specific boundaries and acreage of these wilderness 
designations may be reasonably adjusted by the Secretary, consistent 
with sound land management principles, to approximately equal, in sum, 
the total wilderness acreage deleted from Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve pursuant to the land exchange authorized by this Act.
    (c) Conditions.--Any exchange of lands under this Act may occur 
only if--
        (1) following the submission of a complete license application, 
    FERC has conducted economic and environmental analyses under the 
    Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791-828) (notwithstanding provisions 
    of that Act and the Federal regulations that otherwise exempt this 
    project from economic analyses), the National Environmental Policy 
    Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370), and the Fish and Wildlife 
    Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666), that conclude, with the 
    concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to 
    subparagraphs (A) and (B), that the construction and operation of a 
    hydroelectric power project on the lands described in section 
    3(b)--
            (A) will not adversely impact the purposes and values of 
        Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as constituted after 
        the consummation of the land exchange authorized by this 
        section);
            (B) will comply with the requirements of the National 
        Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470-470w); and
            (C) can be accomplished in an economically feasible manner;
        (2) FERC held at least one public meeting in Gustavus, Alaska, 
    allowing the citizens of Gustavus to express their views on the 
    proposed project;
        (3) FERC has determined, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
    and the State of Alaska, the minimum amount of land necessary to 
    construct and operate this hydroelectric power project; and
        (4) Gustavus Electric Company has been granted a license by 
    FERC that requires Gustavus Electric Company to submit an 
    acceptable financing plan to FERC before project construction may 
    commence, and the FERC has approved such plan.

SEC. 3. ROLE OF FERC.

    (a) License Application.--(1) The FERC licensing process shall 
apply to any application submitted by Gustavus Electric Company to the 
FERC for the right to construct and operate a hydropower project on the 
lands described in subsection (b).
    (2) FERC is authorized to accept and consider an application filed 
by Gustavus Electric Company for the construction and operation of a 
hydropower plant to be located on lands within the area described in 
subsection (b), notwithstanding section 3(2) of the Federal Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 796(2)). Such application must be submitted within 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (3) FERC will retain jurisdiction over any hydropower project 
constructed on this site.
    (b) Analyses.--(1) The lands referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section are lands in the State of Alaska described as follows:


                          copper river meridian

    Township 39 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, Section 36 
(unsurveyed), SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. Containing 
approximately 130 acres.
    Township 40 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, Section 1 
(unsurveyed), NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native allotment A-442; Section 2 
(unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean high tide 
line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and U.S. Survey 945; 
Section 11 (unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean 
high tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944; Section 12 
(unsurveyed), fractional, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
and those portions of NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\ lying above the mean high 
tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native 
allotment A-442. Containing approximately 1,015 acres.
    (2) Additional lands and acreage will be included as needed in the 
study area described in paragraph (1) to account for accretion to these 
lands from natural forces.
    (3) With the concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, 
the FERC shall determine the minimum amount of lands necessary for 
construction and operation of such project.
    (4) The National Park Service shall participate as a joint lead 
agency in the development of any environmental document under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in the licensing of such 
project. Such environmental document shall consider both the impacts 
resulting from licensing and any land exchange necessary to authorize 
such project.
    (c) Issuance of License.--(1) A condition of the license to 
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project 
shall be FERC's approval, prior to any commencement of construction, of 
a finance plan submitted by Gustavus Electric Company.
    (2) The National Park Service, as the existing supervisor of 
potential project lands ultimately to be deleted from the Federal 
reservation in accordance with this Act, waives its right to impose 
mandatory conditions on such project lands pursuant to section 4(e) of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)).
    (3) FERC shall not license or relicense the project, or amend the 
project license unless it determines, with the Secretary's concurrence, 
that the project will not adversely impact the purposes and values of 
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as constituted after the 
consummation of the land exchange authorized by this Act). 
Additionally, a condition of the license, or any succeeding license, to 
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project 
shall require the licensee to mitigate any adverse effects of the 
project on the purposes and values of Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve identified by the Secretary after the initial licensing.
    (4) A condition of the license to construct and operate any portion 
of the hydroelectric power project shall be the completion, prior to 
any commencement of construction, of the land exchange described in 
this Act.

SEC. 4. ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

    (a) Special Use Permit.--Notwithstanding the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133-1136), the Secretary shall issue a 
special use permit to Gustavus Electric Company to allow the completion 
of the analyses referred to in section 3. The Secretary shall impose 
conditions in the permit as needed to protect the purposes and values 
of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
    (b) Park System.--The lands acquired from the State of Alaska under 
this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the National 
Park System, subject to valid existing rights. Upon completion of the 
exchange of lands under this Act, the Secretary shall adjust, as 
necessary, the boundaries of the affected National Park System units to 
include the lands acquired from the State of Alaska; and adjust the 
boundary of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to exclude the lands 
transferred to the State of Alaska under this Act. Any such adjustment 
to the boundaries of National Park System units resulting from this Act 
shall not be charged against any acreage limitations under section 
103(b) of Public Law 96-487.
    (c) Wilderness Area Boundaries.--The Secretary shall make any 
necessary modifications or adjustments of boundaries of wilderness 
areas as a result of the additions and deletions caused by the land 
exchange referenced in section 2. Any such adjustment to the boundaries 
of National Park System units shall not be considered in applying any 
acreage limitations under section 103(b) of Public Law 96-487.
    (d) Concurrence of the Secretary.--Whenever in this Act the 
concurrence of the Secretary is required, it shall not be unlawfully 
withheld or unreasonably delayed.

SEC. 5. APPLICABLE LAW.

    The authorities and jurisdiction provided in this Act shall 
continue in effect until such time as this Act is expressly modified or 
repealed by Congress.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Ex Output:
Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998 - Provides for:  (1) an exchange of specified State lands in Alaska for specified Federal lands to be completed within six months after the issuance of a license to Gustavus Electric Company (GEC) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the construction and operation of a hydroelectric project on such Federal lands; or (2) the exchange of other specified Alaska lands having a sufficiently equal value to satisfy State and Federal law within one year after such license is issued if the Secretary of the Interior and Alaska have not agreed on which lands Alaska will convey within such six-month period. 
Designates specified State lands and waters in Alaska as wilderness upon consummation of such exchange to ensure that this transaction maintains approximately the same amount of area of designated wilderness. 
Conditions such land exchange on:  (1) FERC's having conducted economic and environmental analyses pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act that conclude that the construction and operation of a hydroelectric power project on such lands will not adversely impact the purposes and values of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, will comply with the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act, and can be accomplished in an economically feasible manner; (2) FERC holding at least one public meeting in Gustavus, Alaska, allowing its citizens to express their views on the proposed project; (3) FERC having determined, with the concurrence of the Secretary and Alaska, the minimum amount of land necessary to construct and operate the project; (4) GEC having been granted a FERC license that requires it to submit an acceptable financing plan to FERC before project construction commences; and (5) FERC approving such plan. 
Makes the FERC licensing process applicable to any application submitted by GEC to FERC for the right to construct and operate a hydropower project on specified Alaska lands.  Authorizes FERC to accept and consider an application filed by GEC for construction and operation of such a project, notwithstanding FPA provisions, if submitted within three years after this Act's enactment.  Provides for FERC to retain jurisdiction over any hydropower project constructed on such site.  Sets forth additional provisions regarding issuance of a license for construction or operation of such a project. 
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to issue a special use permit to GEC to allow completion of the required analyses.  Requires the Secretary to impose conditions in the permit as needed to protect the purposes and values of the Preserve.  Requires the lands acquired from Alaska to be added to and administered as part of the National Park System, subject to valid existing rights. 
Continues the authorities and jurisdiction provided in this Act until expressly modified or repealed by the Congress.


Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Workforce Improvement and 
Jobs Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTING ALIENS EARNING MASTER'S OR HIGHER DEGREE IN UNITED 
              STATES FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS ON H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS.

    Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(9) For any fiscal year, the applicable numerical limitation 
contained in paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien 
issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) who has earned a master's or higher degree from an 
institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), until the number of 
aliens who are exempted from such numerical limitation during such year 
exceeds 20,000.''.

SEC. 3. MAKING PERMANENT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORITIES WITH 
              RESPECT TO H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Attestation Requirements.--Section 212(n)(1)(E)(ii) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)(E)(ii)) is amended 
by striking ``subparagraph, and before October 1, 2003,'' and inserting 
``subparagraph''.
    (b) Fee.--Section 214(c)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(9)(A)) is amended by striking ``before October 1, 
2003''.
    (c) Department of Labor Investigative Authorities.--Section 
413(e)(2) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act 
of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is repealed.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Attestation requirements.--The amendment made by 
        subsection (a) shall apply to applications under section 
        212(n)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act filed on or 
        after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (2) Fee.--The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply 
        to petitions under section 214(c) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act filed on or after the date that is 30 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Department of labor investigative authority.--The 
        amendment made by subsection (c) shall take effect on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION FEE.

    (a) Imposition of Fee.--Section 214(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(12)(A) In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall impose a fraud prevention and 
detection fee on an employer filing a petition under paragraph (1)--
            ``(i) initially to grant an alien nonimmigrant status 
        described in subparagraph (H)(i)(b) or (L) of section 
        101(a)(15); or
            ``(ii) to obtain authorization for an alien having such 
        status to change employers.
    ``(B) In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the 
Secretary of State shall impose a fraud prevention and detection fee on 
an alien filing an application abroad for a visa authorizing admission 
to the United States as a nonimmigrant described in section 
101(a)(15)(L), if the alien is covered under a blanket petition 
described in paragraph (2)(A).
    ``(C) The amount of the fee imposed under subparagraph (A) or (B) 
shall be $500.
    ``(D) The fee imposed under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall only 
apply to principal aliens and not to the spouses or children who are 
accompanying or following to join such principal aliens.
    ``(E) Fees collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the 
Treasury in accordance with section 286(v).''.
    (b) Establishment of Account; Use of Fees.--Section 286 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(v) H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established in the general fund 
        of the Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the 
        `H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Account'. 
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be 
        deposited as offsetting receipts into the account all fees 
        collected under section 214(c)(12).
            ``(2) Use of fees to combat fraud.--
                    ``(A) Secretary of state.--One-third of the amounts 
                deposited into the H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and 
                Detection Account shall remain available to the 
                Secretary of State until expended for programs and 
                activities at United States embassies and consulates 
                abroad--
                            ``(i) to increase the number diplomatic 
                        security personnel assigned exclusively to the 
                        function of preventing and detecting fraud by 
                        applicants for visas described in subparagraph 
                        (H)(i) or (L) of section 101(a)(15);
                            ``(ii) otherwise to prevent and detect such 
                        fraud pursuant to the terms of a memorandum of 
                        understanding or other cooperative agreement 
                        between the Secretary of State and the 
                        Secretary of Homeland Security; and
                            ``(iii) upon request by the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security, to assist such Secretary in 
                        carrying out the fraud prevention and detection 
                        programs and activities described in 
                        subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Secretary of homeland security.--One-third of 
                the amounts deposited into the H-1B and L Fraud 
                Prevention and Detection Account shall remain available 
                to the Secretary of Homeland Security until expended 
                for programs and activities to prevent and detect fraud 
                with respect to petitions under paragraph (1) or (2)(A) 
                of section 214(c) to grant an alien nonimmigrant status 
                described in subparagraph (H)(i) or (L) of section 
                101(a)(15).
                    ``(C) Secretary of labor.--One-third of the amounts 
                deposited into the H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and 
                Detection Account shall remain available to the 
                Secretary of Labor until expended for enforcement 
                programs and activities described in section 212(n).
                    ``(D) Consultation.--The Secretary of State, the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of 
                Labor shall consult one another with respect to the use 
                of the funds in the H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and 
                Detection Account.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and the fees imposed 
under such amendments shall apply to petitions under section 214(c) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, and applications for nonimmigrant 
visas under section 222 of such Act, filed on or after the date that is 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. ENSURING INTEGRITY OF VISAS FOR INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREES.

    (a) Nonimmigrant L-1 Visa Category.--
            (1) In general.--Section 214(c)(2) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)) is amended by adding at 
        the end the following:
    ``(F) An alien who will serve in a capacity involving specialized 
knowledge with respect to an employer for purposes of section 
101(a)(15)(L) and will be stationed primarily at the worksite of an 
employer other than the petitioning employer or its affiliate, 
subsidiary, or parent shall not be eligible for classification under 
section 101(a)(15)(L) if--
            ``(i) the alien will be controlled and supervised 
        principally by such unaffiliated employer; or
            ``(ii) the placement of the alien at the worksite of the 
        unaffiliated employer is part of an arrangement merely to 
        provide labor for the unaffiliated employer rather than in 
        connection with the provision of a product or service for which 
        specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is 
        necessary.''.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to petitions filed on or after the effective date 
        of this section, whether for initial, extended, or amended 
        classification.
    (b) Requirement for Prior Continuous Employment for Certain 
Intracompany Transferees.--
            (1) In general.--Section 214(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)(A)) is amended by 
        striking the last sentence (relating to reduction of the 1-year 
        period of continuous employment abroad to 6 months).
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply only to petitions for initial classification filed 
        on or after the effective date of this section.
    (c) Maintenance of Statistics.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        maintain statistics regarding petitions filed, approved, 
        extended, and amended with respect to nonimmigrants described 
        in section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)), including the number of such 
        nonimmigrants who are classified on the basis of specialized 
        knowledge and the number of nonimmigrants who are classified on 
        the basis of specialized knowledge in order to work primarily 
        at offsite locations.
            (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to petitions 
        filed on or after the effective date of this section.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

Ex Output:
American Workforce Improvement and Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt up to 20,000 aliens holding a master's or higher degree from the numerical limitation on H-1B (temporary employment in a specialty occupation) nonimmigrants in any fiscal year.

Makes permanent: (1) the attestation requirement concerning nondisplacement of U.S. workers applicable to H-1B-dependent employers and willful violators; (2) the filing fee applicable to H-1B petitioners; and (3) the Secretary of Labor's authority under the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act to investigate an employer's alleged failure to meet specified labor attestation conditions (by repealing a sunset provision in that Act).

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a fraud prevention and detection fee on H-1B or L (intracompany business personnel) petitioners for use in combating fraud and carrying out labor attestation enforcement activities. Establishes an H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Account for the deposit of such fees.

Renders ineligible for L visa status those aliens who will serve in a capacity involving specialized knowledge at the worksite of an employer other than the petitioning employer or its affiliate if: (1) the alien will be controlled principally by the unaffiliated employer; or (2) the placement with the unaffiliated employer is part of an arrangement merely to provide labor rather than to use the alien's specialized knowledge.

Eliminates the current reduction in the continuous employment requirement for aliens seeking L visa status pursuant to an employer's blanket petition.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain statistics regarding L visa petitions.


Ex Input:
.--Section 301(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for 
        nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary 
        spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, 
        other direct spending (excluding interest), contingencies, and 
        net interest;''.
    (b) Long-Term Budgeting.--Section 301 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(k) Long-Term Budgeting.--In addition to the levels required to 
be included in a concurrent resolution on the budget under subsection 
(a), such concurrent resolution shall set forth appropriate levels, as 
a percent of the current gross domestic product of the United States, 
for total Federal revenues, total outlays, debt held by the public, and 
the surplus or deficit in the budget for the fiscal year 10 years, 20 
years, and 30 years after the last fiscal year of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget.''.

SEC. 9. LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION.

    (a) Long-Term Reconciliation.--Section 310 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) Long-Term Reconciliation Directives in a Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget.--
            ``(1) Long-term reconciliation directives.--In addition to 
        a reconciliation measure as set forth in subsection (a), a 
        concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year, to the 
        extent necessary to effectuate the spending levels as set forth 
        for such categories in section 301(a) (providing for long-term 
        spending levels as a percentage of gross domestic product) of 
        such resolution, may--
                    ``(A) specify the total amount by which Medicare, 
                Medicaid, the OASDI Trust Funds, and other direct 
                spending outlays are to be reduced within the 
                jurisdiction of a committee as a percentage of gross 
                domestic product of such fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) direct that committee to determine and 
                recommend changes to accomplish a reduction of such 
                total amount for such categories as a percentage of 
                gross domestic product.
            ``(2)  Limitation on amendments to long-term reconciliation 
        legislation.--(A) It shall not be in order in the House of 
        Representatives to consider any amendment to a reconciliation 
        bill or reconciliation resolution if such amendment decreases 
        outlay reductions below the level of such outlay reductions 
        provided (for the fiscal years covered) in the reconciliation 
        instructions which relate to such long-term reconciliation 
        bill.
            ``(B) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
        any amendment to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation 
        resolution if such amendment decreases outlay reductions below 
        the level of such outlay reductions provided (for the fiscal 
        years covered) in the reconciliation instructions which relate 
        to such long-term reconciliation bill.
            ``(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply if a 
        declaration of war by the Congress is in effect.
            ``(D) For purposes of this section, the levels of outlays 
        as a percentage of a gross domestic product for a fiscal year 
        shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the 
        Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or of 
        the Senate.
            ``(E) In the Senate, a motion to strike a provision shall 
        always be in order.
            ``(3) Subject matter.--Subject matter included in a long-
        term reconciliation bill may be any of the following:
                    ``(A) Any part of the Medicare Program.
                    ``(B) Medicaid and other health-related spending.
                    ``(C) The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability 
                Insurance Trust Fund to make the program solvent.
                    ``(D) Other direct spending.
            ``(4) Application.--Subsections (b)(1)(E) and (F) of 
        section 313 and subsections (c), (d), and (g) of this section 
        shall not apply to long-term reconciliation measures reported 
        under this subsection. Reforms that are necessary for the 
        fundamental restructuring of any program included in any such 
        measure shall not be deemed to be extraneous for purposes of 
        such section 313.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 310(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``subsection (a)'' and 
inserting ``subsections (a) and (h)''.

SEC. 10. LONG-TERM SPENDING INCREASE POINT OF ORDER.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(as amended by section 6) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

              ``long-term spending increase point of order

    ``Sec. 317.  (a) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of 
Proposals.--The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to 
the extent practicable, prepare for each bill and joint resolution 
reported from committee, and amendments thereto and conference reports 
thereon, an estimate of whether the measure causes, relative to current 
law, a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in 
any of the four ten fiscal-year periods beginning in the first fiscal 
year after the last fiscal year covered in the most recently enacted 
concurrent resolution on the budget.
    ``(b) In the Senate.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
report that causes a net increase in deficits in excess of 
$5,000,000,000 in any of the four ten fiscal-year periods beginning in 
the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered in the most 
recently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget.
    ``(c) In the House of Representatives.--It shall not be in order in 
the House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, motion, or conference report that causes a net increase in 
deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the four ten fiscal-year 
periods beginning in the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year 
covered in the most recently enacted concurrent resolution on the 
budget.
    ``(d) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
section, the levels of net deficit increases shall be determined on the 
basis of estimates provided by the chairmen of the Senate and House 
Committees on the Budget, as applicable.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in 
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 319 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 317. Long-term spending increase point of order.''.

SEC. 11. CBO AND OMB PROJECTIONS.

    (a) Congressional Budget Office.--Section 308 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsections:
    ``(e) Long-Term Projections.--Each year, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office shall issue a report projecting total 
spending, revenue, deficits, and debt for at least 40 years beginning 
with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered in the 
most recently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget as a 
percentage of current projected gross domestic product annually based 
on current law and current law levels as modified to maintain current 
policy.
    ``(f) CBO Spending Review Report Issuance.--As a component of the 
report required by subsection (e), the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall issue a Spending Review Report and transmit such 
report to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate.
    ``(g) Content of Spending Review Report.--The content of the 
Spending Review Report referred to in subsection (f) shall include 
analyses of the following:
            ``(1) OASDI.--The solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and 
        Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
            ``(2) Medicare.--The long-range sustainability of the 
        spending levels of Medicare.
            ``(3) Medicaid and other health-related spending.--The 
        long-range sustainability of the spending levels of Medicaid 
        and other health-related spending.
            ``(4) Other direct spending.--The long-range sustainability 
        of spending levels of other direct spending.
            ``(5) Long-term sustainability.--The long-term 
        sustainability of total Government outlays, deficit, and debt.
            ``(6) Net interest.--Projections of net interest.
    ``(h) Definitions.--For purposes of the development of the Spending 
Review Report referred to in subsection (f):
            ``(1) Solvency of the oasdi.--The term `solvency' as used 
        in this section means the solvency of the Old-Age Security and 
        Disability Insurance Trust Funds over a 75-year period 
        beginning in the year the Spending Review Report is reported 
        and in the last year of that period.
            ``(2) Sustainability.--The term `sustainability' means that 
        the projected growth in the Medicare program, the Medicaid 
        program or other health-related spending, or any other direct 
        spending program (other than the Old-Age Security and 
        Disability Insurance Trust Funds or the Medicare or Medicaid 
        program), beginning with the first fiscal year after the last 
        fiscal year covered in the most recently enacted concurrent 
        resolution on the budget, does not exceed the annual rate of 
        growth of the gross domestic product of the United States.''.
    (b) Office of Management and Budget.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by redesignating the second paragraph 
(37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(40) long-term projections of total spending over 30 
        years (or 75 years in the case of Social Security) as a 
        percentage of gross domestic product annually and the impact of 
        proposed policies over that period.''.

SEC. 12. LONG-TERM ANALYSIS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE OF 
              LEGISLATION.

    (a) Long-Term Analysis by Congressional Budget Office.--(1) Part A 
of title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

   ``long-term analysis by congressional budget office of legislation

    ``Sec. 407.  (a) Analysis.--The Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare--
            ``(1) for major legislation reported by any committee of 
        the House of Representatives or the Senate; and
            ``(2) for any bill or resolution so requested by the 
        chairman or ranking member of the Committee on the Budget or 
        the chairman or ranking member of the committee of 
        jurisdiction,
and submit to such committee or to the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget making such request an estimate of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out such bill or resolution for the ten fiscal-
year period beginning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal 
year covered by the most recently enacted concurrent resolution on the 
budget subject to the analysis of such bill or resolution by the 
Director under section 402, together with the basis for each such 
estimate. The estimates, comparison, and description so submitted shall 
be included in the report accompanying such bill or resolution if 
timely submitted to such committee before such report is filed.
    ``(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `major 
legislation' means any bill or joint resolution if the gross spending 
or revenue effect of such bill or resolution for any fiscal year for 
which an estimate was made under section 402 is greater than .25 
percent of the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) of the United 
States for the fiscal year.''.
    (2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 406 the following new item:

``Sec. 407. Long-term analysis by Congressional Budget Office of 
                            legislation.''.
    (b) Analysis by Congressional Budget Office.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking ``in each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year'' 
and inserting ``in at least each of the 9 fiscal years following such 
fiscal year''.

SEC. 13. LONG-TERM BUDGETING REFLECTED IN PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 
              SUBMISSIONS.

    Paragraphs (5), (6), and (12)(B) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, are amended by striking ``4 fiscal years after that 
year'' and inserting ``9 fiscal years after that year and the ten 
fiscal-year period beginning thereafter''.

SEC. 14. GAO AND OMB STATEMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL 
              CONDITION.

    (a) Government Accountability Office.--Not later than 6 weeks after 
the President's budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, or 6 weeks after the President submits his budget 
review, the Government Accountability Office shall submit a report on 
the financial condition of the Government, including the long-term 
unfunded obligations.
    (b) Definition of Long-Term Unfunded Obligations.--Section 3 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(12) The term `unfunded obligations' means the dollar sum 
        of the Total Net Position as displayed in the United States 
        Government Balance Sheets contained within the most recently 
        published Financial Report of the United States Government; 
        plus the 75-year actuarial balances, using the intermediate 
        open-group assumption, of Medicare's Hospital Insurance, 
        Supplementary Medical Insurance, and Prescription Drug programs 
        contained within the most recently published Annual Report of 
        the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and 
        Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds; plus the 
        75-year actuarial balance, using the intermediate open group 
        assumption, of the Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance 
        program contained within the most recently published Annual 
        Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and 
        Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
        Funds; plus the 75-year actuarial balance of the Black Lung 
        Disability Trust Fund (20-8144-0-7-601); plus the 75-year 
        actuarial balance of the Rail Industry Pension Fund (60-8011-0-
        7-601) under section 255(g)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.
    (c) President's Budget Submission.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, (as amended by section 8(b)) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(41) a report on the financial condition of the 
        Government, including the long-term unfunded obligations.''.

SEC. 15. MEDICARE TRIGGER.

    (a) Section 803.--Section 803 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
                following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(C) the most recent report of the Medicare 
                Trustees (including any illustrative scenario prepared 
                by the Office of the Actuary);
                    ``(D) an analysis by the Chief Actuary of Medicare 
                on the proposed legislation; and
                    ``(E) the assessment of the Committee on the Budget 
                of the report of the Trustees and the analysis by the 
                Chief Actuary of Medicare on the proposed 
                legislation.''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) Effective certification.--The certification referred 
        to in paragraph (3) shall have no force or effect unless and 
        until all of the criteria set forth therein are inserted in the 
        Congressional Record.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Fallback Procedure for Floor Consideration if the House Fails 
To Vote on Final Passage by July 30.--After July 30 of any year during 
which the President is required to submit proposed legislation to 
Congress under section 1105(h) of title 31, United States Code, unless 
the House of Representatives has voted on final passage of any medicare 
funding legislation for which there is an affirmative certification 
under subsection (b)(3)(A), then, after the expiration of 30 calendar 
days (and concurrently 5 legislative days), the medicare funding 
legislation shall be discharged from any committee to which it has been 
referred.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Inapplicability of Procedures to Certain Legislation.--
Procedures set forth in this section shall not apply to any legislation 
including--
            ``(1) changes in budget authority and outlays not within 
        function 570 (spending outside the medicare program); or
            ``(2) revenue increases other than those receipts from a 
        dedicated medicare financing source.''.
    (b) Section 804.--Section 804 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``, then any 
        Senator'' and all that follows and inserting ``, then the 
        medicare funding legislation measure shall be discharged from 
        the committee.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``The motion to proceed shall be nondebatable.''.
    (c) Section 805.--(1) Subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108-173) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 805. DEDICATION OF SAVINGS.

    ``The chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate, as appropriate, shall adjust the 
appropriate allocations, aggregates, and other levels to reflect the 
budget impact achieved by legislation introduced pursuant to section 
803(a) for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Balanced Budget Emergency and Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, or the Standing Rules of the Senate.''.
    (2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(d) of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108-173) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
804 the following new item:

``Sec. 805. Dedication of savings.''.

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Balancing Our Obligations for the Long-Term Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish for FY2030-FY2050: (1) direct spending limits, and (2) total spending limits. Prescribes certain deficit control mechanisms (sequestration and reduction orders) for such period.

Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) determine common scorekeeping guidelines, and (2) prepare estimates in conformance with such guidelines. Prescribes and/or revises requirements for discretionary, direct, total, and deficit sequestration preview and final reports. Eliminates Pay-As-You-Go reports.

Adds the following programs and activities to the list exempted from sequestration orders: (1) obligated balances of budget authority carried over from prior fiscal years; (2) federal obligations required to be paid under the U.S. Constitution or legally contractual obligations; (3) Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts (20-1895-0-1-808); and (4) intragovernmental transfers.

Modifies and/or repeals certain mandatory general and special sequestration rules.

Amends the Act to establish the baseline for the three 10-fiscal years beginning after the last such outyear based on enacted law, as an estimate of current year levels of budget authority, outlays, or receipts for: (1) discretionary spending; (2) Medicare; (3) Medicaid and other health-related spending; (4) other direct spending; (5) social security; (6) other categories, as appropriate; and (7) net interest.

Amends the Congessional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make an annual projection for at least 40 years of total spending, revenue, deficits, and debt beginning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered in the most recently enacted budget resolution as a percentage of current projected gross domestic product (GDP), based on current law and current law levels as modified to maintain current policy.

 Requires CBO to issue an annual Spending Review Report on the solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Fund and the long-range sustainability of the spending levels of Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending as well as other direct spending. Prescribes procedures for introduction and expedited consideration in each chamber of spending review legislation if such report indicates OASDI Trust Fund insolvency or the non-sustainability of other specified direct spending.

Replaces the requirement that budget resolutions include new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category with a requirement that they include subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending (excluding interest), contingencies, and net interest.

Requires budget resolutions to set forth appropriate levels, as a percent of the current GDP, for total federal revenues, total outlays, debt held by the public, and the surplus or deficit in the budget for the 10th, 20th, and 30th fiscal years after the last fiscal year of the budget resolution (long-term budgeting).

Requires inclusion in a budget resolution of specified long-term reconciliation directives.

Requires CBO to estimate whether each measure reported from committee (except those under the Committee on Appropriations) causes a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four ensuing 10-year periods. Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any measure that causes such a net increase in deficits.

Requires CBO to prepare a specified long-term cost analysis and submit it to the requesting chairman or ranking member of the congressional budget committee or of the committee of jurisdiction for: (1) major legislation reported by any congressional committee, and (2) any bill or resolution requested by such chairman or ranking member.

Requires inclusion of specified long-term budgeting in the President's budget submission.

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report, in the President's budget submission, on the federal government's financial condition, including the long-term unfunded obligations.

Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to revise legislative procedures for congressional consideration of the President's proposed legislation in response to a Medicare funding warning (Medicare trigger).

Requires the appropriate chairman of the congressional budget committee to adjust the appropriate allocations, aggregates, and other levels to reflect the budget impact achieved by such introduced legislation for CBA purposes, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, the Rules of the House of Representatives, or the Standing Rules of the Senate.