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Ex Input:
SECTION 1. CAREERS TO CLASSROOMS.

    Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part E as part F;
            (2) by redesignating sections 2401 and 2402 as sections 
        2601 and 2602, respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:

                    ``PART G--CAREERS TO CLASSROOMS

``SEC. 2401. CAREERS TO CLASSROOMS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Alternative certification program.--The term 
        `alternative certification program' means a State-approved 
        program that--
                    ``(A) provides the education and training necessary 
                to enable an individual to be eligible for teacher 
                certification in the State within a reduced period of 
                time, compared to the time typically required to 
                receive such certification; and
                    ``(B) relies upon an individual's experience, 
                expertise, academic qualifications, or other factors in 
                lieu of traditional course work for eligibility to 
                receive a degree in the field of education.
            ``(2) Eligible individual.--The term `eligible individual' 
        means an individual--
                    ``(A) who has submitted an application described in 
                subsection (d) to be a certified teacher through a 
                State-approved alternative certification program in an 
                elementary school or secondary school;
                    ``(B) who has an associate, baccalaureate, or 
                advanced degree from an accredited institution of 
                higher education;
                    ``(C) who--
                            ``(i) has substantial, demonstrable career 
                        experience and competence in mathematics, 
                        natural science, computer science, engineering, 
                        foreign language or another field of expertise 
                        determined by the State to be a field for which 
                        there is a significant shortage of qualified 
                        teachers and teacher applicants in that State; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) within 5 years of the date on which 
                        the individual submits an application described 
                        in subparagraph (A)--
                                    ``(I) has received a baccalaureate 
                                or advanced degree from an accredited 
                                institution of higher education in a 
                                field of expertise described in clause 
                                (i); and
                                    ``(II)(aa) has graduated with at 
                                least a 3.0 grade point average (or 
                                equivalent average on a different 
                                scale) in the major or graduate program 
                                for which the individual obtained the 
                                degree;
                                    ``(bb) has graduated at least in 
                                the top 50 percent of the individual's 
                                undergraduate or graduate class;
                                    ``(cc) can demonstrate a high level 
                                of competence through a high level of 
                                academic performance in core academic 
                                coursework and through successful 
                                passage of academic subject tests 
                                required by the State under its 
                                alternative certification program; and
                                    ``(dd) meets any additional 
                                academic or other standards or 
                                qualifications established by the 
                                State;
                    ``(D) in the case of an individual receiving a 
                stipend under this section, who agrees to, in good 
                faith, seek employment and to consider offers of 
                employment in the individual's subject matter of 
                expertise in a high need elementary or secondary school 
                within that State; and
                    ``(E) who meets any additional teacher 
                certification or other requirements that may be 
                established by the State.
            ``(3) High need elementary or secondary school.--The term 
        `high need elementary or secondary school' means a school--
                    ``(A)(i) in which the percentage of students from 
                families below the Federal poverty level (as determined 
                by the Secretary) is 20 percent or more; and
                    ``(ii) that the State determines has experienced a 
                significant period in which teacher vacancies have 
                remained unfilled due to greater than normal difficulty 
                in recruiting or retaining qualified teachers;
                    ``(B) is within the top quartile of schools 
                statewide with regard to the number of unfilled, 
                available teacher positions; or
                    ``(C) is located in an area, other than a 
                metropolitan statistical area, that the State 
                determines has a high percentage of students from low-
                income families or is one that has experienced greater 
                than normal difficulty in recruiting or retaining 
                teachers.
    ``(b) Program Authorized.--The Secretary may award, on a 
competitive basis, grants to States to enable such States to carry out 
the following activities:
            ``(1) Teacher recruitment, education, training, referral, 
        placement, and retention activities to place eligible 
        individuals as certified teachers in public schools through 
        State-approved alternative certification programs.
            ``(2) To award stipends (in an amount not to exceed the 
        lesser of $5,000 per person or an amount equal to the total 
        costs of the types described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (8), 
        and (9) of section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        incurred by the eligible individual in obtaining alternative 
        certification under this section) to eligible individuals who--
                    ``(A) are enrolled in a State authorized 
                alternative certification program; and
                    ``(B) agree to--
                            ``(i) seek certification through teacher 
                        certification programs in that State; and
                            ``(ii) teach in a high need school in that 
                        State;
        with a preference being given to individuals who are deemed 
        financially in need of such assistance by the State.
            ``(3) To provide grants, in a manner prescribed by the 
        State, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per eligible 
        individual, per year, to high need elementary or secondary 
        schools to offset the teacher mentoring, alternative 
        certification, and other direct costs associated with accepting 
        eligible individuals under this section.
            ``(4) To develop, or to award grants to accredited 
        institutions of higher education for the development of, 
        alternative certification programs, with preference given to 
        programs tailored to eligible individuals under this section.
            ``(5) Other activities determined by the State to be 
        reasonably necessary to carry-out the purposes of this section.
    ``(c) Criteria for Awarding of Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this section a State shall--
                    ``(A) submit to the Secretary an application that 
                contains--
                            ``(i) a description of the manner in which 
                        the State will carry out activities under this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) a description of the alternative 
                        certification program of the State or a 
                        description of the manner in which the State is 
                        attempting to implement an alternative 
                        certification program;
                    ``(B) provide assurances to the Secretary that the 
                State will submit to the Secretary, at the end of the 
                grant period, a report on how the activities carried 
                out with funds made available under the grant were 
                utilized, including a description of--
                            ``(i) the manner in which the funds were 
                        used to increase the number of qualified 
                        teachers hired in the State;
                            ``(ii) the manner in which the funds 
                        improved teacher quality;
                            ``(iii) the number of teachers hired under 
                        the grant;
                            ``(iv) the professional experience and 
                        field of expertise of each teacher hired under 
                        the grant; and
                            ``(v) the manner in which the funds were 
                        used to meet other objectives of this section 
                        or other objectives of the State with regard to 
                        teacher hiring, quality, retention, and student 
                        performance;
                    ``(C) provide assurances that amounts received 
                under the grant will be used to supplement and not 
                supplant other Federal, State, and local funds expended 
                to provide services for individuals and entities 
                eligible to receive funds under this section; and
                    ``(D) provide assurances to the Secretary that 
                amounts received under the grants will be expended 
                within 3 years of the receipt of such funds and agree 
                to return unused funds to the Secretary.
            ``(2) Preference.--The Secretary shall give preference in 
        the awarding of grants under this section to States that have 
        developed, or that are developing, alternative certification 
        programs that--
                    ``(A) rapidly place quality certified teachers into 
                the classroom;
                    ``(B) emphasize subject matter content; and
                    ``(C) lead to the certification and placement of a 
                large number of teachers in relation to the number of 
                public elementary school and secondary school teachers 
                in the State.
            ``(3) Limitations.--A grant under this section may be made 
        for a period of up to 3 years, and may not exceed $10,000,000 
        per year.
            ``(4) Geographic diversity.--To the extent practicable, the 
        Secretary shall award grants under this section to support 
        programs in different geographic regions of the United States.
    ``(d) Application by Eligible Individuals.--To be eligible to 
participate as an eligible individual under this section, an individual 
shall submit an application to the State, or to an entity or individual 
designated by the State to receive such applications. Such application 
shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the academic, professional, and 
        other qualifications of the individual, including the academic 
        or professional subject matter expertise of the individual;
            ``(2) a description of the subject matter area, and, if 
        applicable, the grade level, in which the individual desires to 
        teach;
            ``(3)(A) a description of whether the individual is seeking 
        a stipend under this section (if offered by the State); and
            ``(B) if the individual is seeking such a stipend, a 
        description of the willingness of the individual to teach in a 
        high need elementary or secondary school for at least 2 years 
        under this section; and
            ``(4) any other information or documentation that may be 
        required by the State.
    ``(e) Stipends.--
            ``(1) Counted for eligibility purposes.--A stipend received 
        by an eligible individual under this section shall be taken 
        into account in determining the eligibility of the individual 
        for Federal student-based financial assistance.
            ``(2) Repayment.--The recipient of a stipend under this 
        section shall repay amounts received under such stipend to the 
        State from which the stipend was received if--
                    ``(A) the recipient fails to complete the 
                applicable alternative certification program;
                    ``(B) the recipient rejects a bona fide offer of 
                employment during the 1-year period beginning on the 
                date on which the individual completes the applicable 
                alternative certification program; or
                    ``(C) the recipient fails to teach for at least 2 
                years in a public elementary school or secondary school 
                within that State during the 5-year period beginning on 
                the date on which the individual completes the 
                applicable alternative certification program.
            ``(3) Additional procedures.--A State that receives a grant 
        under this section may establish additional procedures and 
        rules with respect to the reimbursement of the State of any 
        stipend funds under paragraph (2), and shall retain such 
        reimbursed funds to carry out activities under this section.
            ``(4) Exceptions.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply 
        during the period of time in which an eligible individual is--
                    ``(A) pursuing a full-time course of study;
                    ``(B) serving on active duty as a member of the 
                Armed Forces;
                    ``(C) temporarily totally disabled for a period of 
                time not to exceed 3 years;
                    ``(D) not able to secure employment for a period of 
                not more than 12 months by reason of the care required 
                by a spouse who is disabled; or
                    ``(E) otherwise exempted from the requirements of 
                such paragraphs as may be provided by the Secretary.
    ``(f) Public Awareness.--The Secretary shall disseminate and 
otherwise make available information concerning the program under this 
section, including--
            ``(1) through the posting of a website on the Internet to 
        enable interested persons to easily find information and 
        application material for participation in activities under this 
        section, that contains a nationwide, publicly searchable data 
        bank of all State programs and all available public elementary 
        and secondary teaching positions the Secretary is able to 
        practicably ascertain, and a means by which individuals may 
        apply to, or inquire of, multiple States' alternative 
        certification programs under this section;
            ``(2) providing information to every State about the 
        program under this section, including the criteria for State 
        and individual eligibility; and
            ``(3) conducting other activities, either directly or 
        through contract with other appropriate entities, to broaden 
        awareness and participation in the program under this section.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 
in fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

Ex Output:
Careers to Classrooms Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Careers to Classrooms program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to States for: (1) teacher recruitment, education, training, referral, placement, and retention activities to place eligible individuals as certified teachers in public schools through State-approved alternative certification programs; (2) stipends for eligible individuals enrolled in programs who agree to seek certification through teacher certification programs in that State and teach in a high-need school in that State, with preference for those individuals needing such assistance; (3) grants to high-need elementary or secondary schools to offset the teacher mentoring, alternative certification, and other direct costs associated with accepting eligible individuals under this Act; (4) grants to accredited institutions of higher education to develop alternative certification programs, with preference given to programs tailored to eligible individuals; and (5) other activities determined by the State to be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires preference for such grants to be given to States that have developed, or are developing, alternative certification programs that: (1) rapidly place quality certified teachers into the classroom; (2) emphasize subject matter content; and (3) lead to the certification and placement of a large number of teachers in relation to the number of public elementary school and secondary school teachers in the State.


Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Trade Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Internet has become an unprecedented medium for 
        competition, trade, free expression, and access to information.
            (2) The Internet is a driver of the global economy and must 
        remain open, stable, and secure.
            (3) Trade in Internet-enabled services and transfers of 
        data and other digital information have become increasingly 
        critical drivers of the economic growth of the United States. 
        The United States International Trade Commission found in a 
        July 2013 report, entitled ``Digital Trade in the U.S. and 
        Global Economies, Part 1'', that ``U.S. exports of digitally 
        enabled services (one measure of international digital trade) 
        grew from $282.1 billion in 2007 to $356.1 billion in 2011, 
        with exports exceeding imports every year''.
            (4) The United States is the global leader in Internet-
        enabled platforms, networks, and services. Certain liability 
        protections for those entities under the law of the United 
        States, which promote innovation and creativity and allow for 
        cooperative efforts to address harmful activity, have been 
        critical to the growth of the Internet economy in the United 
        States.
            (5) According to McKinsey & Company, more than \3/4\ of the 
        value added by the Internet is in traditional industries.
            (6) Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade benefits 
        small- and medium-size enterprises by providing unparalleled 
        access to global markets.
            (7) Proposals have been put forward by some trading 
        partners of the United States to restrict the flow of lawful 
        information across borders. Those proposals would cause 
        increased government control over the Internet and could create 
        a fragmented Internet.
            (8) Localization barriers to trade are frequently used to 
        protect, favor, or stimulate domestic industries at the expense 
        of industries in other countries. Those localization 
        requirements harm the competitiveness of and end-users in the 
        United States.
            (9) Restrictive policies regarding the flow of information 
        across borders are nontariff barriers that are harmful to 
        innovation and economic advancement. Those policies impede 
        trade in digital products and services and constrain the 
        ability of United States companies from many sectors to 
        effectively operate across borders.
            (10) Cross-border data flows are critical to manufacturers, 
        institutions of higher education, hospitals, retailers, 
        financial services firms, laboratories, and many other 
        organizations that use the Internet to improve their 
        productivity and manage global networks of customers, 
        suppliers, researchers, and employees.
            (11) The free flow of information across borders provides 
        choices and reduces costs to consumers worldwide.
            (12) The position of the United States Government has been 
        and is to advocate for the free flow of information across 
        borders.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) agencies in the executive branch, including the Office 
        of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed 
        with experts and leaders to fulfill the mission of promoting an 
        open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital 
        trade; and
            (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity 
        to formally inform efforts of agencies in the executive branch 
        related to digital trade.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATING PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNET-ENABLED COMMERCE AND 
              DIGITAL TRADE.

    It shall be a negotiating principle of the United States in 
negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, 
and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding and 
enforceable provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled 
commerce and digital trade, including provisions--
            (1) preventing or eliminating barriers to the movement of 
        electronic information across borders, including by encouraging 
        interoperability of data protection regimes and eliminating 
        barriers to accessing, processing, transferring, or storing 
        information;
            (2) ensuring transparency in measures affecting the free 
        flow of information within and across borders;
            (3) continuing the current practice of not imposing customs 
        duties on electronic transmissions;
            (4) prohibiting measures that condition market access or 
        other commercial benefits on localization of data, 
        infrastructure, or investment;
            (5) prohibiting any country from imposing measures that 
        require an entity to use computing infrastructure or services 
        in that country or otherwise require an entity to access, 
        process, transfer, or store data in the territory of that 
        country;
            (6) ensuring that the Internet continues to operate within 
        the successful multi-stakeholder governance model;
            (7) ensuring that provisions affecting intermediary 
        liability for Internet-enabled platforms, networks, and 
        services are consistent with the law of the United States;
            (8) ensuring digital trade policies contemplate various 
        business activities across all industrial sectors and allow for 
        future technological advancement; and
            (9) otherwise eliminating discriminatory treatment of 
        Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.

Ex Output:
Digital Trade Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) executive branch agencies, including the Office of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed with experts and leaders to promote an open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital trade; and (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity to inform executive agency efforts related to digital trade.  States that it shall be a U.S. negotiating principle in negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.


Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau Advisory Opinion Act''.

SEC. 2. ADVISORY OPINIONS.

    Section 1022(b) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 
(12 U.S.C. 5512(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Advisory opinions.--
                    ``(A) Establishing procedures.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Director shall 
                        establish a procedure to provide responses to 
                        specific inquiries by a covered person 
                        concerning conformance of prospective conduct 
                        with the Federal consumer financial law. In 
                        establishing the procedures the Director shall 
                        consult with the prudential regulators and such 
                        other Federal departments and agencies as the 
                        Director determines appropriate, and obtain the 
                        views of all interested persons through a 
                        public notice and comment period.
                            ``(ii) Hypothetical inquiries prohibited.--
                        An inquiry may only be made by a covered person 
                        under this paragraph with respect to conduct 
                        that the person intends to engage in.
                            ``(iii) Right to withdraw inquiry.--Any 
                        covered person making an inquiry under this 
                        paragraph may withdraw such inquiry at any time 
                        prior to the Director issuing an opinion in 
                        response to such inquiry, and any opinion based 
                        on an inquiry that has been withdrawn shall 
                        have no force or effect.
                    ``(B) Issuance of opinions.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Director shall, 
                        within 90 days after receiving an inquiry under 
                        this paragraph, issue an opinion in response to 
                        that inquiry. Such opinion shall state whether 
                        or not the specified prospective conduct would, 
                        for purposes of Bureau's present enforcement 
                        policy, violate Federal consumer financial law.
                            ``(ii) Extension permitted.--If the 
                        Director determines that the Bureau requires 
                        additional time to issue an opinion on an 
                        inquiry, the Director may make a single 
                        extension of the deadline described under 
                        clause (i) of 45 days or less.
                    ``(C) Rebuttable presumption.--In any action 
                brought under the Federal consumer financial law, there 
                shall be a rebuttable presumption that any conduct for 
                which the Director has issued an opinion that such 
                conduct is in conformity with the Bureau's 
                interpretation of Federal consumer financial law, is in 
                compliance with Federal consumer financial law. Such a 
                presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the 
                evidence. In considering such presumption, a court 
                shall weigh all relevant factors, including whether the 
                information submitted to the Director was accurate and 
                complete and whether the conduct at issue in the action 
                was within the scope of the conduct addressed in the 
                opinion of the Director.
                    ``(D) Confidentiality.--Any document or other 
                material that is received by or prepared by the Bureau 
                or any other Federal department or agency in connection 
                with an inquiry under this paragraph, including any 
                opinion issued by the Director under this paragraph, 
                shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of 
                title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
                the Freedom of Information Act) and may not, except 
                with the consent of the covered person making such 
                inquiry, be made publicly available, regardless of 
                whether the Director responds to such inquiry or the 
                covered person withdraws such inquiry before receiving 
                an opinion.
                    ``(E) Assistance for small businesses.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Bureau shall assist, 
                        to the maximum extent practicable, small 
                        businesses in preparing inquiries under this 
                        paragraph.
                            ``(ii) Small business defined.--For 
                        purposes of this clause, the term `small 
                        business' has the meaning given the term `small 
                        business concern' under section 3 of the Small 
                        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).''.

Ex Output:

Bureau Advisory Opinion Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to: (1) establish a procedure to respond to specific inquiries by a covered person concerning conformance of prospective conduct with federal consumer financial law, and (2) issue an opinion in response to the inquiry within 90 days (with a single allowable extension of another 45 days). (A "covered person" under the Act is: (1) any person that engages in offering or providing a consumer financial product or service, and (2) any affiliate of that person if the affiliate acts as a service provider to the person.) Creates a rebuttable presumption in any action brought under federal consumer financial law that any conduct for which the Director has issued an opinion that it is in conformity with the opinion is indeed in compliance with federal consumer financial law. Exempts such inquiries and advisory opinions from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.