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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Back to Work Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS TO RESPOND TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS 
              OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

    (a) In General.--Section 173(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) to the Governor of any State who applies for 
        assistance under subsection (f) to provide employment and 
        training assistance to workers affected by major economic 
        dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple 
        layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
        2001.''.
    (b) Requirements.--Section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Relief for Dislocations Caused by the Terrorist Attacks of 
September 11, 2001.--
            ``(1) Grant recipient eligibility.--To be eligible to 
        receive a grant under subsection (a)(4), a Governor shall 
        submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require. Such application shall contain a certification by the 
        Governor that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 
        contributed importantly to plant closures, mass layoffs of 
        workers, multiple layoffs of workers, or other major economic 
        dislocations in the State.
            ``(2) State administration.--The Governor may designate one 
        or more local workforce investment boards or other entities 
        with the capability to respond to the circumstances relating to 
        the particular closure, layoff, or other dislocation to 
        administer the grant under subsection (a)(4).
            ``(3) Participant eligibility.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An individual shall be eligible 
                to receive assistance described in subparagraph (B) 
                under a grant awarded under subsection (a)(4) if such 
                individual is a dislocated worker and the Governor has 
                certified that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
                2001, contributed importantly to the dislocation.
                    ``(B) Types of assistance.--Assistance described in 
                this subparagraph is--
                            ``(i) employment and training assistance, 
                        including employment and training activities 
                        described in section 134; and
                            ``(ii) temporary health care coverage 
                        assistance described in paragraph (4).
            ``(4) Temporary health care coverage assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Temporary health care coverage 
                assistance described in this paragraph consists of 
                health care coverage premium assistance provided to 
                qualified individuals under this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Qualified individuals.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, a qualified individual is an individual 
                who--
                            ``(i) is a dislocated worker referred to in 
                        paragraph (3)(A) with respect to whom the 
                        Governor has made the certification regarding 
                        the dislocation as required under such 
                        paragraph, and
                            ``(ii) has enrolled in a program for health 
                        care coverage premium assistance established by 
                        the Governor for purposes of this paragraph.
                    ``(C) Provision of assistance.--Health care 
                coverage premium assistance provided under the program 
                established by the Governor for purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) shall be not in excess of 75 percent 
                        of the full amount of the premium for the 
                        health care coverage,
                            ``(ii) shall be provided with respect to 
                        not more than the first 10 months of the period 
                        of dislocation of the qualified individual, and
                            ``(iii) shall be credited against the 
                        premium otherwise owed with respect to the 
                        qualified individual.
                    ``(D) Limitation on entitlement.--Nothing in this 
                subsection shall be construed as establishing any 
                entitlement of qualified individuals to premium 
                assistance under this subsection.
                    ``(E) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) Health care coverage.--The term 
                        `health care coverage' means health insurance 
                        coverage other than coverage under--
                                    ``(I) title XVIII of the Social 
                                Security Act,
                                    ``(II) title XIX of the Social 
                                Security Act (other than section 1928),
                                    ``(III) title XXI of the Social 
                                Security Act,
                                    ``(IV) chapter 55 of title 10, 
                                United States Code,
                                    ``(V) chapter 17 of title 38, 
                                United States Code,
                                    ``(VI) chapter 89 of title 5, 
                                United States Code (other than coverage 
                                which is comparable to continuation 
                                coverage under section 4980B of the 
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or
                                    ``(VII) the Indian Health Care 
                                Improvement Act.
                        Such term also does not include coverage under 
                        a qualified long-term care insurance contract 
                        and health insurance coverage in the individual 
                        market.
                            ``(ii) Premium.--The term `premium' means, 
                        in connection with health care coverage, the 
                        premium which would (but for this section) be 
                        charged for the cost of coverage.
            ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be 
                appropriated $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 for 
                the award of grants under subsection (a)(4) in 
                accordance with this subsection.
                    ``(B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
                to the authorization of appropriations under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) are in addition to amounts made 
                        available under section 132(a)(2)(A) or any 
                        other provision of law to carry out this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) are authorized to remain available 
                        until 18 months after the date of the enactment 
                        of this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS TO PROMOTE SERVICES UNDER THE WORKFORCE 
              INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) In the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United 
        States on September 11, 2001, many workers and their families 
        are dealing with job loss and other effects of an economic 
        slowdown.
            (2) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 was enacted to 
        create the Nation's coordinated workforce development system, 
        under which assistance is provided for workers who have been 
        laid off, including job training assistance.
            (3) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides services 
        such as--
                    (A) one-stop career centers, which provide 
                integrated resources for job seekers and businesses, 
                including job search, job placement services and job 
                referrals to employers;
                    (B) individual training accounts, which are job 
                training vouchers established by local areas and given 
                to individuals to allow them to choose where they would 
                like to receive their job training; and
                    (C) rapid response services, under which States 
                establish on-site offices at affected businesses to 
                make immediate contact with employees and employers to 
                provide assistance in the areas of job search and 
                training activities.
            (4) The Nation's workforce development system is designed 
        to help individual dislocated workers and provide rapid 
        response services in times of mass layoffs or dislocations.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to 
take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment.

A: Back to Work Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to expand the National Emergency Grant program, for an 18-month period, to include grants to States to provide certain employment and training assistance and temporary health care coverage premium assistance for workers affected by major economic dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prison Judgment Relief Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES FOR PRISON CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3626 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3626. Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions
    ``(a) Requirements for Relief.--
            ``(1) Limitations on prospective relief.--The court shall 
        not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the court 
        finds that there is a violation of a Federal right and that 
        such relief is narrowly drawn and the least intrusive means to 
        remedy the violation of the Federal right. In determining the 
        intrusiveness of the relief, the court shall give substantial 
        weight to any adverse impact on public safety or the operation 
        of a criminal justice system caused by the relief.
            ``(2) Prison population reduction relief.--In any civil 
        action with respect to prison conditions, the court shall not 
        grant or approve any relief whose purpose or effect is to 
        reduce or limit the prison population, unless the plaintiff 
        proves that crowding is the primary cause of the deprivation of 
        the Federal right and no other relief will remedy that 
        deprivation.
    ``(b) Termination of Relief.--
            ``(1) Automatic termination of prospective relief after 4-
        year period.--In any civil action with respect to prison 
        conditions, any prospective relief shall automatically 
        terminate 4 years after the later of--
                    ``(A) the date of entry of the final judgment in 
                which the court found the violation of a Federal right 
                that was the basis for the relief; or
                    ``(B) in the case of a final judgment entered more 
                than 4 years before the date of the enactment of the 
                Prison Judgment Relief Act of 1995, 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of such Act.
            ``(2) Immediate termination of prospective relief.--In any 
        civil action with respect to prison conditions, a defendant or 
        intervenor shall be entitled to the immediate termination of 
        any prospective relief, if that relief was approved or granted 
        in the absence of a finding by the court that prison conditions 
        violated a Federal right.
    ``(c) Procedure for Motions Affecting Prospective Relief.--The 
court shall promptly rule on any motion to modify or terminate 
prospective relief in a civil action with respect to prison conditions.
    ``(d) Standing.--Any Federal, State, or local official or unit of 
government--
            ``(1) whose jurisdiction or function includes the 
        prosecution or custody of persons in a prison subject to; or
            ``(2) who otherwise is or may be affected by;
any relief whose purpose or effect is to reduce or limit the prison 
population shall have standing to oppose the imposition or continuation 
in effect of that relief and may intervene in any proceeding relating 
to that relief. Standing shall be liberally conferred under this 
subsection so as to effectuate the remedial purposes of this section.
    ``(e) Special Masters.--In any civil action in a Federal court with 
respect to prison conditions, any special master or monitor shall be a 
United States magistrate and shall make proposed findings on the record 
on complicated factual issues submitted to that special master or 
monitor by the court, but shall have no other function. The parties may 
not by consent extend the function of a special master beyond that 
permitted under this subsection.
    ``(f) Attorney's Fees.--No attorney's fee under section 722 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1988) may be granted 
to a plaintiff in a civil action with respect to prison conditions 
except to the extent such fee is--
            ``(1) directly and reasonably incurred in proving an actual 
        violation of the plaintiff's Federal rights; and
            ``(2) proportionally related to the extent the plaintiff 
        obtains court ordered relief for that violation.''.
    ``(g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `prison' means any Federal, State, or local 
        facility that incarcerates or detains juveniles or adults 
        accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated 
        delinquent for, violations of criminal law;
            ``(2) the term `relief' means all relief in any form which 
        may be granted or approved by the court, and includes consent 
        decrees and settlement agreements (except a settlement 
        agreement the breech of which is not subject to any court 
        proceeding which such agreement settled); and
            ``(3) the term `prospective relief' means all relief other 
        than compensatory monetary damages.''
    (b) Application of Amendment.--Section 3626 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to 
all relief (as defined in such section) whether such relief was 
originally granted or approved before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 3526 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of subchapter C of chapter 229 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``crowding'' and 
inserting ``conditions''.

A: Prison Judgment Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the court from granting or approving prospective relief with respect to prison conditions unless it finds that there is a violation of a Federal right and that such relief is narrowly drawn and the least intrusive means to remedy the violation of such right. Directs the court, in determining the intrusiveness of the relief, to give substantial weight to any adverse impact on public safety or the operation of a criminal justice system. 
Prohibits the court, in any civil action with respect to such conditions, from granting or approving relief to reduce or limit the prison population, unless the plaintiff proves that crowding is the primary cause of the deprivation of the Federal right and no other relief will remedy that deprivation. 
Specifies that any prospective relief in such an action shall automatically terminate four years after the later of:  (1) the date of entry of the final judgment in which the court found the violation of a Federal right; or (2) 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.  Entitles a defendant or intervenor to immediate termination of prospective relief that was approved or granted in the absence of a finding by the court that such conditions violated a Federal right. 
Requires the court to promptly rule on any motion to modify or terminate prospective relief in a civil action with respect to prison conditions. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) standing (Federal, State, or local officials shall have standing under specified circumstances to oppose the imposition or continuation of relief and to intervene in proceedings relating to that relief); (2) special masters; and (3) limits on attorney's fees.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation and Logistics Hiring 
Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means a person acting as--
                    (A) a shipper or a consignee;
                    (B) a broker, a freight forwarder, or a household 
                goods freight forwarder (as such terms are defined in 
                section 13102 of title 49, United States Code);
                    (C) a non-vessel-operating common carrier, an ocean 
                freight forwarder, or an ocean transportation 
                intermediary (as such terms are defined in section 
                40102 of title 46, United States Code);
                    (D) an indirect air carrier authorized to operate 
                under a Standard Security Program approved by the 
                Transportation Security Administration;
                    (E) a customs broker licensed in accordance with 
                section 111.2 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations;
                    (F) an interchange motor carrier subject to 
                paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 13902(i); or
                    (G) a warehouse (as defined in Article 7-102(13) of 
                the Uniform Commercial Code).
            (2) Motor carrier.--The term ``motor carrier'' means a 
        motor carrier or a household goods motor carrier (as such terms 
        are defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code) 
        that is subject to Federal motor carrier financial 
        responsibility and safety regulations.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        a political subdivision of any such State, any intrastate 
        agency, any other political agency of 2 or more States, the 
        District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
        Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL HIRING STANDARDS FOR MOTOR CARRIERS.

    (a) National Standard.--Before tendering a shipment, but not more 
than 35 days before the pickup of a shipment by the hired motor 
carrier, an entity shall verify that the motor carrier, at the time of 
such verification--
            (1) is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor 
        Carrier Safety Administration to operate as a motor carrier or 
        household goods motor carrier, if applicable;
            (2) has the minimum insurance coverage required by Federal 
        law; and
            (3)(A) before the safety fitness regulations are issued 
        pursuant to subsection (c), does not have an unsatisfactory 
        safety fitness rating issued by the Federal Motor Carrier 
        Safety Administration in force at the time of such 
        verification; or
            (B) after the safety fitness regulations are issued 
        pursuant to subsection (c), does not have a safety fitness 
        rating issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
        Administration under such regulations that is the equivalent of 
        the unsatisfactory fitness rating referred to in subparagraph 
        (A).
    (b) Intended Use of Data.--
            (1) In general.--Only evidence of an entity's compliance 
        with subsection (a) may be admitted as evidence or otherwise 
        used in a civil action for damages resulting from a claim of 
        negligent selection or retention of such motor carrier against 
        the entity.
            (2) Excluded evidence.--All other motor carrier data 
        created or maintained by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
        Administration including safety measurement system data or 
        analysis of such data, may not be admitted into evidence in a 
        case or proceeding in which it is asserted or alleged that an 
        entity's selection or retention of a motor carrier was 
        negligent.
    (c) Rulemaking.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
        shall promulgate safety fitness determination regulations that 
        update and revise the standards for establishing an 
        unsatisfactory safety rating for motor carriers.
            (2) Factors for an unsatisfactory rating.--In the 
        regulations promulgated pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall determine if a motor carrier is not fit to 
        operate a commercial motor vehicle in or affecting interstate 
        commerce in accordance with section 31144 of title 49, United 
        States Code.
    (d) Compliance With All Safety Laws.--All commercial carriers shall 
comply with all applicable Federal laws pertaining to safety.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this Act shall apply 
with respect to any action commenced on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act without regard to whether the harm that is the 
subject of the action, or the conduct that caused the harm, occurred 
before such date of enactment.

A:
Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act This bill establishes a national hiring standard for motor carriers. The bill defines an"entity" as a person acting as:  a shipper or a consignee;   a broker, a freight forwarder, or a household goods freight forwarder;  a non-vessel-operating common carrier, an ocean freight forwarder, or an ocean transportation intermediary;  an indirect air carrier authorized to operate under a Standard Security Program approved by the Transportation Security Administration;   a federally licensed customs broker; an interchange motor carrier; or  a warehouse.  Before tendering a shipment, but not more than 35 days before the pickup of a shipment by the hired motor carrier, an entity shall verify that the carrier:   is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to operate as a motor carrier or household goods motor carrier;   has the minimum insurance coverage required by federal law; and   does not have an unsatisfactory safety fitness rating issued by the FMCSA.  Only evidence of an entity's compliance with this Act may be admitted as evidence in a civil action for damages resulting from a claim of negligent selection or retention of such motor carrier against the entity. No other motor carrier data created or maintained by the FMCSA, including safety measurement system data or analysis of such data, may be admitted in a case or proceeding in which it is asserted or alleged that an entity's selection or retention of a motor carrier was negligent.  The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate safety fitness determination regulations that update and revise the standards for establishing an unsatisfactory safety rating for motor carriers. In the regulations promulgated, the Secretary shall determine if a carrier is not fit to operate a commercial motor vehicle in or affecting interstate commerce.  All commercial carriers shall comply with all applicable federal laws pertaining to safety.
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