In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adults Achieving the American Dream 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, 
        93 million adults in the United States have limited reading, 
        writing, and mathematics skills, and 14 percent of adults in 
        the United States have below basic proficiency in prose 
        literacy.
            (2) According to the United States Census, nearly 16 
        percent of adults over the age of 25 have not attained a high 
        school diploma or its equivalent.
            (3) According to the United States Census, over 23 million 
        individuals speak do not speak English well.
            (4) An estimated 8 million aliens admitted for lawful 
        permanent residency are eligible to apply for United States 
        citizenship.
            (5) Recent reports indicate that a majority of Adult 
        English as a Second Language programs have waiting lists, and 
        some such programs have dropped waiting lists because of the 
        extreme demand for English as a second language services.
            (6) Only three percent of the 93 million adults who could 
        benefit from adult education services, English literacy, and 
        civics education programs actually participate in such services 
        and programs.
            (7) There is a growing and urgent need for additional adult 
        education, English literacy, and civics education programs for 
        adults in the United States.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT.

    (a) Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Program.--
Section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 
9202) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(19) Integrated english literacy and civics education 
        programs.--The term `integrated English literacy and civics 
        education programs' means programs of instruction designed to 
        help an individual of limited English proficiency achieve 
        competence in English through contextualized instruction on the 
        rights and responsibilities of citizenship, naturalization 
        procedures, civic participation, and United States history and 
        government to help such an individual acquire the skills and 
        knowledge to become an active and informed parent, worker, and 
        community member.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 205 of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 9204) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $750,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2009, $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $950,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2011, $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and 
$1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013''.
    (c) Reservation of Funds.--Section 211(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
9211(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$8,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$15,000,000'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``1.5 percent'' and inserting 
                ``1.25 percent'';
                    (B) by striking ``$8,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$12,000,000''; and
                    (C) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) shall reserve 12 percent of the amount that remains 
        after reserving and making available funds under paragraphs 
        (1), (2), and (3) to carry out section 244.''.
    (d) National Institute for Literacy.--Section 242(c)(1) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 9252(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) 
                as clauses (iii), (iv), and (v), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (i) the following new 
                clause:
                            ``(ii) effective practices in the provision 
                        of integrated English literacy and civics 
                        education programs;'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I) as 
        subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(G) to coordinate and share information with 
                national organizations and associations that are 
                interested in integrated English literacy and civics 
                education programs;''.
    (e) National Leadership Activities.--Section 243 of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 9253) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, and 
                integrated English literacy and civics education 
                programs'' before the semicolon at the end; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and 
                integrated English literacy and civics education 
                programs'' before ``based on scientific evidence'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, and 
                integrated English literacy and civics education 
                programs'' before the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), insert ``integrated 
                English literacy and civics education programs,'' 
                before ``and workplace literacy programs'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (E)--
                            (i) in clause (i), insert ``, and 
                        integrated English literacy and civics 
                        education programs'' before the semicolon at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (iii) in clause (iv)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``and section 
                                244'' after ``section 231''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following new 
                        clause:
                            ``(v) the extent to which integrated 
                        English literacy and civics education programs 
                        carried out under section 244 lead participants 
                        in such programs to increase their civic 
                        participation and, if applicable, lead such 
                        participants to become United States 
                        citizens.''.
    (f) Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education.--Chapter 4 of 
subtitle A of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9251 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section:

``SEC. 244. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--From funds reserved under section 211(a)(4) for 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to States, from 
allocations under subsection (b), for integrated English literacy and 
civics education programs.
    ``(b) Allocations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and with 
        respect to funds described in subsection (a), the Secretary 
        shall allocate--
                    ``(A) 65 percent to States on the basis of a 
                State's need for integrated English and civics 
                education programs, as determined by calculating each 
                State's share of a ten-year average of the data 
                compiled by the Office of Immigration Statistics of the 
                Department of Homeland Security, for immigrants 
                admitted for lawful permanent residence for the ten 
                most recent years; and
                    ``(B) 35 percent to the States on the basis of 
                whether the State experienced growth, as measured by 
                the average of the three most recent years for which 
                data compiled by the Office of Immigration Statistics 
                of the Department of Homeland Security are available, 
                for immigrants admitted for lawful permanent residence.
            ``(2) Minimum.--No State shall receive an allocation under 
        paragraph (1) in an amount that is less than $60,000.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANDING EVEN START FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS.

    Section 1002(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Even start.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 
        3 of part B, there are authorized to be appropriated 
        $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.''.

SEC. 5. RESEARCH IN ADULT EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 133(c)(A) of the Education Sciences Reform 
Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9533(c)(A)) is amended by inserting ``education 
and'' before ``literacy''.
    (b) National Research and Development Center.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Education shall direct 
        the Commissioner for Education Research of the National Center 
        for Education Research established pursuant to section 131 of 
        the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9531) to 
        establish a national research and development center for adult 
        education and literacy as described in section 133(c)(A) of 
        such Act (22 U.S.C. 9533(c)(A)) (as amended by subsection (a)).
            (2) Provision for expansion of research.--If, as of the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner has 
        established a center for adult literacy in accordance with 
        section 133(c)(A) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 
        the Commissioner shall expand the topic of research of such 
        center to include adult education, in accordance with the 
        amendment made by subsection (a).

SEC. 6. IMMIGRANTS TO NEW AMERICANS.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall transfer to the Secretary 
of Education to carry out integrated English literacy and civics 
education programs under section 244 of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (as added by section 3(f) of this Act) two percent of all 
fees collected under section 218(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(a)(2)) and two percent of all civil 
penalties collected under section 274A(e)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(e)(4)).

SEC. 7. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER PROVIDED ADULT ENGLISH LITERACY AND BASIC 
              EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related 
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 45O. EMPLOYER-PROVIDED ADULT ENGLISH LITERACY AND BASIC 
              EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the credit 
determined under this section with respect to any employer for the 
taxable year is an amount equal to 20 percent of qualified education 
program expenses for the taxable year.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The amount of the credit determined under 
subsection (a) shall not exceed an amount equal to the product of 
$1,000 multiplied by the average number of full-time employees of the 
employer for the taxable year.
    ``(c) Qualified Education Program Expenses.--For purposes of this 
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified education program 
        expenses' means expenses paid or incurred by an employer to 
        make available qualified education to employees of the 
        employer, who are individuals of limited English proficiency or 
        have not received a secondary school diploma, or its recognized 
        equivalent, or who lack sufficient mastery of basic educational 
        skills to enable the individuals to function effectively in 
        society.
            ``(2) Qualified education.--The term `qualified education' 
        means adult education and literacy activities provided--
                    ``(A) by an eligible provider which for the fiscal 
                year ending during the employer's taxable year receives 
                Federal funds under section 231 of the Adult Education 
                and Family Literacy Act for adult education and 
                literacy activities, or
                    ``(B) in curriculum approved by an eligible agency.
            ``(3) Other terms defined.--The terms `individuals of 
        limited English proficiency', `eligible provider', `adult 
        education and literacy activities', and `eligible agency' shall 
        have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Adult 
        Education and Family Literacy Act.
    ``(d) Special Rules.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Full-time employment.--An employee shall be 
        considered full-time if such employee is employed at least 30 
        hours per week for 25 or more calendar weeks in the taxable 
        year.
            ``(2) Aggregation rule.--All persons treated as a single 
        employer under subsection (a) or (b) or section 52, or 
        subsection (m) or (o) of section 414, shall be treated as one 
        person.
    ``(e) Denial of Double Benefit.--No deduction or credit shall be 
allowed under any other provision of this chapter for any amount taken 
into account in determining the credit under this section.
    ``(f) Election To Have Credit Not Apply.--A taxpayer may elect (at 
such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations 
prescribe) to have this section not apply for any taxable year.''.
    (b) Credit To Be Part of General Business Credit.--Subsection (b) 
of section 38 of such Code (relating to current year business credit) 
is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (30), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting ``, 
plus'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(32) the adult English literacy and basic education 
        programs credit determined under section 45O.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item:

``45O. Employer-provided adult English literacy and basic education 
                            programs.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
Example Output: Adults Achieving the American Dream Act of 2007 - Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to reauthorize appropriations through FY2013 for adult education and literacy services, including integrated English literacy and civics education programs. Increases the maximum amounts that can be reserved from such funds for: (1) the National Institute for Literacy; and (2) national leadership activities. Reserves an amount for integrated English literacy and civics education programs.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education programs for immigrants admitted for lawful residence in the United States.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for Even Start Family Literacy Programs for FY2008 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the establishment of a national research and development center that includes research in adult education.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for employer-provided adult education and literacy programs.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing American Families 
Effectively (SAFE) Act''.

                          TITLE I--IMMIGRATION

SEC. 101. VISAS.

    (a) Student.--No citizens from a country which is one the State 
Department's list of governments which have sponsored terrorism or on 
the State Department's list of governments which have been less than 
fully cooperative in anti-terrorism efforts shall be granted a visa 
permitting study in the United States.
    (b) Diversity Immigrant Program.--No citizen from a country on the 
State Department's list of governments which have sponsored terrorism 
or on the State Department's list of governments which have been less 
than fully cooperative in anti-terrorism efforts may be issued an 
immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) (governing the diversity immigrant program).

             TITLE II--DATA SHARING; INTELLIGENCE GATHERING

SEC. 201. REQUIRING SHARING BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OF 
              CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORD EXTRACTS WITH OTHER FEDERAL 
              AGENCIES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE BORDER SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 105 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1105), is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by adding ``and data exchange'' 
        at the end;
            (2) by inserting ``(a) Liaison With Internal Security 
        Officers.--'' after ``105.'';
            (3) by striking ``the internal security of'' and inserting 
        ``the internal and border security of''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Criminal History Record Information.--The Attorney General 
and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide 
the Secretary of State and the Commissioner access to the criminal 
history record information contained in the National Crime Information 
Center's Interstate Identification Index, Wanted Persons File, and to 
any other files maintained by the National Crime Information Center 
that may be mutually agreed upon by the Attorney General and the 
official to be provided access, for the purpose of determining whether 
a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal history 
record indexed in any such file. Such access shall be provided by means 
of extracts of the records for placement in the Department of State's 
automated visa lookout database or other appropriate database, and 
shall be provided without any fee or charge. The Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide periodic updates of the 
extracts at intervals mutually agreed upon by the Attorney General and 
the official provided access. Upon receipt of such updated extracts, 
the receiving official shall make corresponding updates to the 
official's databases and destroy previously provided extracts. Such 
access to any extract shall not be construed to entitle the Secretary 
of State to obtain the full content of the corresponding automated 
criminal history record. To obtain the full content of a criminal 
history record, the Secretary of State shall submit the applicant's 
fingerprints and any appropriate fingerprint processing fee authorized 
by law to the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    ``(c) Reconsideration.--The provision of the extracts described in 
subsection (b) may be reconsidered by the Attorney General and the 
receiving official upon the development and deployment of a more cost-
effective and efficient means of sharing the information.
    ``(d) Regulations.--For purposes of administering this section, the 
Secretary of State shall, prior to receiving access to National Crime 
Information Center data, promulgate final regulations--
            ``(1) to implement procedures for the taking of 
        fingerprints; and
            ``(2) to establish the conditions for the use of the 
        information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
        in order--
                    ``(A) to limit the redissemination of such 
                information;
                    ``(B) to ensure that such information is used 
                solely to determine whether to issue a visa to an 
                individual;
                    ``(C) to ensure the security, confidentiality, and 
                destruction of such information; and
                    ``(D) to protect any privacy rights of individuals 
                who are subjects of such information.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act is amended by amending the item relating to section 
105 to read as follows:

``Sec. 105. Liaison with internal security officers and data 
                            exchange.''.
    (c) Effective Date and Implementation.--The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall be fully implemented not later than 18 months after such date.
    (d) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
State, jointly, shall report to the Congress on the implementation of 
the amendments made by this section.
    (e) Construction.--Nothing in this section, or in any other law, 
shall be construed to limit the authority of the Attorney General or 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide access 
to the criminal history record information contained in the National 
Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index, or to any 
other information maintained by such center, to any Federal agency or 
officer authorized to enforce or administer the immigration laws of the 
United States, for the purpose of such enforcement or administration, 
upon terms that are consistent with sections 212 through 216 of the 
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
14611 et seq.).

SEC. 202. AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.

    Section 2510(7) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, and (for purposes only of section 2517 as it relates to 
foreign intelligence information) any Federal law enforcement, 
intelligence, national security, national defense, protective, 
immigration personnel, or the President or Vice President of the United 
States'' after ``such offenses''.

SEC. 203. PERIOD OF ORDERS OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF NON-UNITED 
              STATES PERSONS UNDER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE.

    (a) Including Agents of a Foreign Power.--(1) Section 105(e)(1) of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1805(e)(1)) is amended by inserting ``or an agent of a foreign power, 
as defined in section 101(b)(1)(A),'' after ``or (3),''.
    (2) Section 304(d)(1) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1824(d)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ``or an agent of a foreign power, as defined in section 
101(b)(1)(A),'' after ``101(a),''.
    (b) Period of Order.--Such section 304(d)(1) is further amended by 
striking ``forty-five'' and inserting ``90''.

            TITLE III--EXPANSION OF FBI LINGUISTIC CAPACITY

SEC. 301. EMPLOYMENT OF TRANSLATORS BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
              INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Authority.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
is authorized to expedite the employment of personnel as translators to 
support counterterrorism investigations and operations without regard 
to applicable Federal personnel requirements and limitations.
    (b) Security Requirements.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall establish such security requirements as are 
necessary for the personnel employed as translators.
    (c) Report.--The Attorney General shall report to the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate on--
            (1) the number of translators employed by the FBI and other 
        components of the Department of Justice;
            (2) any legal or practical impediments to using translators 
        employed by other Federal State, or local agencies, on a full, 
        part-time, or shared basis; and
            (3) the needs of the FBI for specific translation services 
        in certain languages, and recommendations for meeting those 
        needs.

                       TITLE IV--CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SEC. 401. STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR PROSECUTING TERRORISM OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3286. Terrorism offenses
    ``(a) An indictment may be found or an information instituted at 
any time without limitation for any Federal terrorism offense or any of 
the following offenses:
            ``(1) A violation of, or an attempt or conspiracy to 
        violate, section 32 (relating to destruction of aircraft or 
        aircraft facilities), 37(a)(1) (relating to violence at 
        international airports), 175 (relating to biological weapons), 
        229 (relating to chemical weapons), 351(a)-(d) (relating to 
        congressional, cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination and 
        kidnaping), 792 (relating to harboring terrorists), 831 
        (relating to nuclear materials), 844(f) or (i) when it relates 
        to bombing (relating to arson and bombing of certain property), 
        1114(1) (relating to protection of officers and employees of 
        the United States), 1116, if the offense involves murder 
        (relating to murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, 
        official guests, or internationally protected persons), 1203 
        (relating to hostage taking), 1751(a)-(d) (relating to 
        Presidential and Presidential staff assassination and 
        kidnaping), 2332(a)(1) (relating to certain homicides and other 
        violence against United States nationals occurring outside of 
        the United States), 2332a (relating to use of weapons of mass 
        destruction), 2332b (relating to acts of terrorism transcending 
        national boundaries) of this title.
            ``(2) Section 236 (relating to sabotage of nuclear 
        facilities or fuel) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
        2284);
            ``(3) Section 601 (relating to disclosure of identities of 
        covert agents) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        421).
            ``(4) Section 46502 (relating to aircraft piracy) of title 
        49.
    ``(b) An indictment may be found or an information instituted 
within 15 years after the offense was committed for any of the 
following offenses:
            ``(1) Section 175b (relating to biological weapons), 842(m) 
        or (n) (relating to plastic explosives), 930(c) if it involves 
        murder (relating to possessing a dangerous weapon in a Federal 
        facility), 956 (relating to conspiracy to injure property of a 
        foreign government), 1030(a)(1), 1030(a)(5)(A), or 1030(a)(7) 
        (relating to protection of computers), 1362 (relating to 
        destruction of communication lines, stations, or systems), 1366 
        (relating to destruction of an energy facility), 1992 (relating 
        to trainwrecking), 2152 (relating to injury of fortifications, 
        harbor defenses, or defensive sea areas), 2155 (relating to 
        destruction of national defense materials, premises, or 
        utilities), 2156 (relating to production of defective national 
        defense materials, premises, or utilities), 2280 (relating to 
        violence against maritime navigation), 2281 (relating to 
        violence against maritime fixed platforms), 2339A (relating to 
        providing material support to terrorists), 2339B (relating to 
        providing material support to terrorist organizations), or 
        2340A (relating to torture).
            ``(2) Any of the following provisions of title 49: the 
        second sentence of section 46504 (relating to assault on a 
        flight crew with a dangerous weapon), section 46505(b)(3), 
        (relating to explosive or incendiary devices, or endangerment 
        of human life by means of weapons, on aircraft), section 46506 
        if homicide or attempted homicide is involved, or section 
        60123(b) (relating to destruction of interstate gas or 
        hazardous liquid pipeline facility) of title 49.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by amending the 
item relating to section 3286 to read as follows:

``3286. Terrorism offenses.''.
    (c) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to the prosecution of any offense committed before, on, or after the 
date of enactment of this section.

SEC. 402. ALTERNATIVE MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR TERRORISM CRIMES.

    Section 3559 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Authorized Terms of Imprisonment for Terrorism Crimes.--A 
person convicted of any Federal terrorism offense may be sentenced to 
imprisonment for any term of years or for life, notwithstanding any 
maximum term of imprisonment specified in the law describing the 
offense. The authorization of imprisonment under this subsection is 
supplementary to, and does not limit, the availability of any other 
penalty authorized by the law describing the offense, including the 
death penalty, and does not limit the applicability of any mandatory 
minimum term of imprisonment, including any mandatory life term, 
provided by the law describing the offense.''.

SEC. 403. PENALTIES FOR TERRORIST CONSPIRACIES.

    Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting after section 2332b the following:
``Sec. 2332c. Attempts and conspiracies
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), any person who attempts 
or conspires to commit any Federal terrorism offense shall be subject 
to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the 
commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.
    ``(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), any person who attempts 
or conspires to commit any offense described in section 25(2) shall be 
subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the 
commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.
    ``(c) A death penalty may not be imposed by operation of this 
section.''; and
            (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of the 
        chapter, by inserting after the item relating to section 2332b 
        the following new item:

``2332c. Attempts and conspiracies.''.

                        TITLE V--PROBABLE CAUSE

SEC. 501. PROBABLE CAUSE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation probable 
cause shall be the maximum standard for authorizing an investigation, 
or issuing a search warrant, related to investigations of suspected 
terrorists.
Example Output: Securing American Families Effectively (SAFE) Act - Prohibits the granting of a visa permitting study in the United States, or the issuance of an immigration visa under the diversity immigrant program, to citizens from a country which is on the State Department's list of governments which have sponsored terrorism or which have been less than fully cooperative in anti-terrorism efforts.Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service access to criminal history record information.Increases: (1) the scope of persons authorized to disclose and use intercepted communications relating to foreign intelligence information; and (2) the period of electronic surveillance orders for non-U.S. persons under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.Authorizes: (1) the FBI Director to expedite the employment of translators; (2) an indictment at any time without limitation for any Federal terrorism offense; and (3) alternative maximum penalties for terrorism crimes.Provides that any person who attempts or conspires to commit any Federal terrorism offense shall be subject to the same penalties as prescribed for the terrorism offense, with exceptions.Makes probable cause the maximum standard for authorizing an investigation, or issuing a search warrant related to an investigation, of suspected terrorists.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Workers' Pension Protection Act''.

                  TITLE I--MINIMUM GUARANTEED BENEFITS

SEC. 101. MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN BENEFITS GUARANTEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 4022A(c) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322A(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$5'' each place it appears in paragraph 
        (1) and inserting ``$11'',
            (2) by striking ``$15'' in paragraph (1) and inserting 
        ``$33'', and
            (3) by striking paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) and by 
        redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), 
        respectively.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4244(e)(4) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 1424(e)(4)) is amended by striking ``and without regard to 
section 4022A(c)(2)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to benefits payable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
except that such amendments shall not apply to any multiemployer plan 
that has received financial assistance (within the meaning of section 
4261 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) within the 
1-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.

   TITLE II--TREATMENT OF ASSET DEFICIENT MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS

SEC. 201. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSET DEFICIENT MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Part 3 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended by redesignating section 308 as section 309 and by adding after 
section 307 the following:

``SEC. 308. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSET DEFICIENT MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

    ``(a) Limitation on Benefit Increases for Asset Deficient Plans.--
The trustees of a multiemployer plan shall not increase benefits for a 
plan year if the plan is an asset deficient plan (as defined in 
subsection (e)(5)) on the last day of the plan year immediately 
preceding the plan year in which the increase in benefits would take 
effect.
    ``(b) Limitation on Amount of Benefit Increase for Other 
Multiemployer Plans.--The trustees of a multiemployer plan to which 
subsection (a) does not apply shall not increase benefits for a plan 
year to the extent the increase in benefits would result in a funded 
current liability percentage of less than 90 percent for the plan year 
in which the benefit increase takes effect (determined by taking into 
account the amount of the unfunded current liability under the plan 
attributable to the benefit increase).
    ``(c) Treatment of Interest Rates.--
            ``(1) In general.--The rate of interest used to determine 
        current liabilities of a multiemployer plan for purposes of 
        this section shall be the rate of interest used under section 
        302(b)(5)(B), except that the highest rate in the permissible 
        range under clause (ii) thereof shall not exceed the specified 
        percentage under paragraph (2) of the weighted average referred 
        to in such clause.
            ``(2) Specified percentage.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the specified percentage shall be determined as follows:

``In the case of plan years                               The specified
beginning in calendar year:                              percentage is:
    1999..........................................                 109 
    2000..........................................                 108 
    2001..........................................                 107 
    2002..........................................                 106 
    2003..........................................                 105.
    ``(d) Treatment of Mortality Tables.--
            ``(1) Standard table.--In the case of plan years beginning 
        before the first plan year to which the first tables prescribed 
        under paragraph (2) apply, the mortality table used in 
        determining current liability of a multiemployer plan for 
        purposes of this subsection shall be the table prescribed by 
        the Secretary of Labor which must be based on the prevailing 
        standard table (described in section 807 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986) used by the Commissioner of Internal 
        Revenue to determine reserves for group annuity contracts 
        issued on January 1, 1993.
            ``(2) Secretarial authority.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
        by regulation prescribe mortality tables to be used in 
        determining current liability under this subsection for plan 
        years beginning after December 31, 2000. Such tables shall be 
        identical to those prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury 
        under section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986.
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Benefits.--The term `benefits' means all benefits to 
        participants and their beneficiaries under a multiemployer 
        plan.
            ``(2) Current liability.--The term `current liability' 
        means all liabilities to participants and their beneficiaries 
        under a multiemployer plan.
            ``(3) Unfunded current liability.--The term `unfunded 
        current liability' means, with respect to any plan year, the 
        excess (if any) of--
                    ``(A) the current liability under a multiemployer 
                plan, over
                    ``(B) the value of the assets of the plan 
                determined under section 302(c)(2), reduced by any 
                credit balance in the funding standard account.
        The Secretary of Labor may provide for such reduction for 
        purposes of any other provision which references this 
        paragraph.
            ``(4) Funded current liability percentage.--The term 
        `funded current liability percentage' means, with respect to 
        any plan year, the percentage which--
                    ``(A) the amount determined under paragraph (3)(B), 
                is of
                    ``(B) the current liability under the multiemployer 
                plan.
            ``(5) Asset deficient plan.--The term `asset deficient 
        plan' means, with respect to any plan year, a multiemployer 
        plan with a funded current liability percentage of 95 percent 
        or less.''
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for part 3 of 
subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 308 and 
inserting the following:

``Sec. 308. Restrictions on asset deficient multiemployer plans.
``Sec. 309. Effective dates.''

SEC. 202. EXCEPTION TO RULE PROHIBITING DECREASE OF ACCRUED BENEFITS.

    Section 204(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1054(g)(1)) is amended by inserting ``or an amendment 
which reduces an increase in accrued benefits resulting from an 
increase in benefits prohibited by section 308 (a) or (b)'' after 
``4281''.

SEC. 203. NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS AND OTHERS OF MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN 
              FUNDING STATUS.

    Section 105 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1025) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Not later than 180 days after the close of each plan year, 
the trustees of a multiemployer plan shall provide to plan 
participants, beneficiaries, and employers contributing to the plan--
            ``(1) notice of the plan's funded current liability 
        percentage on the last day of the preceding plan year, and
            ``(2) notice of the limits on the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
        Corporation's guarantee should the plan become insolvent.
Such notice shall be written in a manner so as to be understood by the 
average plan participant.''

SEC. 204. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this title shall apply to plan years 
beginning after December 31, 1998.

                    TITLE III--ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS

SEC. 301. INTEREST RATE AND MORTALITY ASSUMPTIONS USED IN DETERMINING 
              WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 4213(b) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1393(b)) is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, by 
inserting ``(1)'' before ``In determining'', and by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Effective for plan years beginning after December 31, 
        1998--
                    ``(A) Interest rate.--The rate of interest used to 
                determine an employer's withdrawal liability under this 
                part shall be the rate of interest determined under 
                section 308(c).
                    ``(B) Mortality tables.--The mortality table used 
                in determining an employer's withdrawal liability under 
                this part shall be the mortality table determined under 
                section 308(d) for determining current liability.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 1998.

                TITLE IV--ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(a)) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of 
paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and 
inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) by an employer which contributes to a multiemployer 
        plan--
                    ``(A) to enjoin any act or practice which violates 
                any provision of section 308, 204(g)(1), or 105(e), or
                    ``(B) to obtain other appropriate equitable 
                relief--
                            ``(i) to redress such violations of such 
                        sections, or
                            ``(ii) to enforce any provision of such 
                        sections.''

SEC. 402. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS.

    Section 502(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) In any action under subsection (a)(10) by an 
        employer, the court in its discretion may allow a reasonable 
        attorney's fee and costs of action to either party.''

SEC. 403. CIVIL ACTIONS BY CORPORATION.

    Section 4003(e)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1303(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``and'' before 
subparagraph (B) and by adding before the period at the end the 
following: ``, and (C) in the case of a multiemployer plan, sections 
308, 204(g)(1), 105(e), and 4213(b)(2).''

SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this title shall apply to actions relating 
to acts or practices involving plan years beginning after December 31, 
1998.

       TITLE V--INCREASE IN MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN INSURANCE PREMIUMS

SEC. 501. INCREASE IN MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN INSURANCE PREMIUMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4006(a)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and before January 1, 1999,'' 
                before ``an amount'', and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of subclause 
                (IV) and inserting ``, and'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) in the case of a multiemployer plan, 
                        for plan years beginning after December 31, 
                        1998, an amount equal to--
                                    ``(I) $3.50 for each participant 
                                for plan years beginning in 1999,
                                    ``(II) $4.35 for each participant 
                                for plan years beginning in 2000, and
                                    ``(III) $5.20 for each participant 
                                for plan years beginning after December 
                                31, 2000.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 1998.
Example Output:
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  Minimum Guaranteed Benefits 
     Title II:  Treatment of Asset Deficient Multiemployer Pension 
          Plans 
     Title III:  Actuarial Assumptions 
     Title IV:  Administration and Enforcement 
     Title V:  Increase in Multiemployer Plan Insurance Premiums 
Workers' Pension Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to revise protections for workers in multiemployer pension plans. 
Title I:  Minimum Guaranteed Benefits
 - Revises a formula and increases the amount of multiemployer plan benefits guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 
Title II:  Treatment of Asset Deficient Multiemployer Pension Plans
 - Prohibits multiemployer pension plan trustees from increasing benefits if the plan is an asset deficient plan with a funded current liability percentage of 95 percent or less. Allows a plan that is not asset deficient to choose to increase benefits if the benefit increase would not reduce the funding levels to below 90 percent. 
Requires multiemployer plans to use specified interest rate assumptions and mortality tables. 
Modifies a rule which prohibits decrease of accrued benefits to make an exception for plan amendments which reduce an increase resulting from an increase in benefits prohibited under this title. 
Requires multiemployer plan administrators to notify plan participants, beneficiaries, and contributing employers of the plan's funding status and the limits of the guarantee by the PBGC if the plan becomes insolvent. 
Title III:  Actuarial Assumptions
 - Requires multiemployer plans, for purposes of determining withdrawal liability, to adopt the interest rate and mortality tables for determining current liability which are specified under title I of this Act. 
Title IV:  Administration and Enforcement
 - Grants employers that contribute to multiemployer plans the right to seek an injunction against a plan to prevent an impermissible benefit increase or any other violations of specified provisions, or obtain other appropriate relief to redress such violations or enforce such provisions. 
Authorizes a court, in its discretion, to award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to either party in such actions. 
Title V:  Increase in Multiemployer Plan Insurance Premiums
 - Provides for phased-in increases in multiemployer plan insurance premiums.