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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Soledad Canyon Mine Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Transit Mix Concrete Corporation holds two valid 
        Federal contracts, numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901, issued under 
        the Materials Act of 1947, for the extraction of approximately 
        56,000,000 tons of sand and gravel from the Federal mineral 
        estate in lands located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to the city 
        of Santa Clarita, California.
            (2) It is in the best interest of the citizens of 
        California and the Federal Government to cancel the Contracts 
        and prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon area of 
        California.
            (3) TMC should receive as just compensation for such 
        cancellation the fair market value of the Contracts and all 
        costs, fees, and covered liabilities incurred by TMC in good 
        faith in its efforts to develop the Contracts.
            (4) A site-specific solution that is fair to TMC and that 
        seeks to protect the environment and minimize impacts on local 
        transportation systems is in the best interest of the Nation.
            (5) Considerable sums of money have been expended by TMC 
        and the city of Santa Clarita on legal and other services in 
        trying to ensure their interests are protected with respect to 
        Contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) To provide to the Bureau of Land Management the 
        authority to cancel contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and 
        prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon.
            (2) To provide a means for TMC to recover as just 
        compensation for the cancellation of the Contracts the fair 
        market value of, and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities 
        pursuing the development of, the Contracts.
            (3) To provide the Bureau of Land Management tools to 
        verify expenses incurred by TMC and provide relief.
            (4) To provide timelines for the verification of costs 
        incurred by TMC and the determination of just compensation, and 
        to provide a dispute resolution process.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Contracts.--The term ``Contracts'' means Bureau of Land 
        Management mineral contracts numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901.
            (2) Covered liabilities.--The term ``covered liabilities'' 
        includes any court-ordered or court-approved payment, 
        settlement, or other liability on the part of TMC for damages, 
        costs, compensation, or reimbursement to any third party for 
        agreements entered into by TMC in good faith prior to January 
        1, 2008, in order to exercise rights under the Contracts.
            (3) Materials act of 1947.--The term ``Materials Act of 
        1947'' means the Act of July 31, 1947, (chapter 406; 61 Stat. 
        681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) TMC.--The term ``TMC'' means the Transit Mixed Concrete 
        Corporation and its successors in interest, including CEMEX 
        USA.

SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF THE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Contract Cancellations.--The Secretary shall cancel Bureau of 
Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw 
those areas that were subject to the Contracts from further mineral 
entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the 
Secretary, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--As compensation for the cancellation of 
        the Contracts, TMC shall receive fair market value of the 
        Contracts and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities in 
        trying to bring the Contracts into commercial production. As 
        such compensation, the Secretary shall provide to TMC surface 
        and mineral interests and additional value in accordance with 
        subsection (d) having a total value equal to the amount 
        described in paragraph (3). All such expenditures must have 
        been incurred by TMC in good faith in connection with its 
        efforts to bring the Contracts into commercial production: 
        Provided, however, that compensation for covered liabilities 
        may be paid to TMC under this section for up to 15 years 
        following the effective date of this Act.
            (2) Increase in adjusted basis of contract upon 
        cancellation.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986, the adjusted basis of any contract to which section 4(a) 
        applies shall be increased (immediately before the cancellation 
        of such contract under such section) by the excess (if any) 
        of--
                    (A) the fair market value of such contract 
                (determined immediately before such cancellation), over
                    (B) the adjusted basis of such contract (as 
                determined immediately before the application of this 
                section).
            (3) Value described.--The compensation provided for in 
        paragraph (1) is equal to the sum of the following:
                    (A) All amounts paid to the United States by TMC 
                with respect to the Contracts as bonus bids or other 
                prepayments.
                    (B) Interest on amounts referred to in subparagraph 
                (A), from the date of payment of such amounts to the 
                United States, at a rate determined by the Secretary.
                    (C) Amounts expended by TMC in securing the 
                contracts and trying to bring them into production, 
                including--
                            (i) all actual costs, including fees, 
                        associated with the engineering and 
                        environmental studies, and permitting 
                        proceedings, that were incurred in good faith 
                        in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted 
                        under the Contract terms; and
                            (ii) all actual legal costs, including fees 
                        and covered liabilities, incurred in good faith 
                        in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted 
                        in the Contracts, including all fees and costs 
                        associated with securing permits and 
                        entitlements, litigation to compel, secure, or 
                        defend permits or entitlements, and litigation 
                        in connection with disputes relating to mineral 
                        and surface estate rights to the property that 
                        is the subject of the Contracts.
                    (D) The fair market value of the Contracts.
            (4) Determination of fair market value.--The Secretary 
        shall, within six months after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, determine by mineral appraisal the fair market value of 
        the contracts at the time of such determination for purposes of 
        paragraph (3)(D), determine by mineral appraisal or other 
        generally accepted applicable appraisal techniques the fair 
        market value of the surface and mineral estate identified in 
        the map referred to in subsection (d), and notify TMC of those 
        determinations. In determining the fair market value of the 
        Contracts, the Secretary shall assume that--
                    (A) TMC has obtained all permits and entitlements 
                necessary to mine, produce, process, and sell sand and 
                gravel from the Contracts;
                    (B) mining operations under the Contracts have 
                commenced at the time of the determination, with 
                maximum annual production volumes that--
                            (i) are based on the projected supply and 
                        demand outlook at the time of determination; 
                        and
                            (ii) reflect depletion of the reserves of 
                        the Contracts within the effective periods of 
                        the Contract;
                    (C) the fair market value of the Contracts includes 
                the present value of expected future net cash flows to 
                be derived from the mining, producing, processing, and 
                sale of the sand and gravel contained in the Contracts 
                over the minimum time necessary to mine, produce, 
                process, and sell such sand and gravel, taking into 
                consideration--
                            (i) the material deposit contained in the 
                        contract sites and its quality, volume, 
                        minability, and reclamation requirements;
                            (ii) the proximity of the contract sites to 
                        markets;
                            (iii) the type of market that could be 
                        served from the contract sites, including 
                        future supply, demand, and probable price 
                        increases based upon construction material data 
                        developed by the State of California;
                            (iv) the cost of mining, producing, 
                        processing, and selling the material reserved 
                        in the contract sites;
                            (v) the types and costs of transportation 
                        for such production from the contract sites to 
                        markets;
                            (vi) royalties, taxes, and fees to mine and 
                        sell the production from the contract sites;
                            (vii) similar market sales of materials the 
                        area or region of the contract sites; and
                            (viii) the net present values of expected 
                        future cash flows from proposed mining 
                        operations of the Contract sites taking into 
                        consideration, at a minimum, the matters 
                        referred to in clauses (i) through (viii).
    (c) Submission of Expenses Incurred.--
            (1) In general.--To assist in the verification of the 
        amounts expended referred to in subsection (b)(3)(C), TMC shall 
        submit to the Secretary within 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act an itemized list of such amounts, with 
        enough detail and supporting documentation so the Secretary can 
        determine that the expenses are associated with the Contracts.
            (2) Arbitration.--The Secretary shall issue the 
        determination of the amounts expended referred to in subsection 
        (b)(3)(C) within 60 days after receipt of the itemized list 
        required under paragraph (1). If the Secretary disapproves such 
        list, the Secretary shall, upon request of TMC, determine the 
        economic value invested for purposes of subsection (b)(3) 
        through arbitration in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 
        5 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Return of Value Opportunities for TMC.--
            (1) In general.--Within six months after the completion of 
        the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary 
        shall provide to TMC the following:
                    (A) Surface and mineral estate interests and 
                additional value under subsection (b)(1) using the 
                surface and mineral estate as described and delineated 
                as Area A on the map entitled ``Cemex USA and City of 
                Victorville, California Land Disposal and Acquisition 
                Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, consisting 
                of approximately 5,000 acres.
                    (B) If the fair market value of the surface and 
                mineral estate used under subparagraph (A) is less than 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional 
                mineral or surface estate under subsection (b)(1) using 
                the surface and mineral estate as described and 
                delineated as Area B on the map entitled ``Cemex USA 
                and City of Victorville, California Land Disposal and 
                Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, 
                consisting of approximately 3,000 acres as is necessary 
                so that the sum of the values provided under 
                subparagraph (A) and this subparagraph does not exceed 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3).
                    (C) If the sum of the fair market values of the 
                surface and mineral estates and additional value 
                provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) is less that 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional 
                value as is necessary so that the sum of the values 
                provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) and this 
                subparagraph does not exceed the sum described in 
                subsection (b)(3), in the form of one or more of the 
                following that are mutually agreed to by the Secretary 
                and TMC:
                            (i) Credits that may be applied against 
                        future royalties, bonus bids, or rental fees 
                        for Federal lands administered by the Secretary 
                        and located within the State of California, 
                        including leases for all submerged lands of the 
                        outer Continental Shelf.
                            (ii) Interest in the mineral estate in 
                        Federal lands in the State of California that 
                        are available for sale under the Mineral 
                        Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or other 
                        law administered by the Secretary.
                            (iii) Interests in the surface estate in 
                        Federal lands in the State of California that 
                        are under the administrative jurisdiction of 
                        the Secretary and that are available for 
                        disposal.
    (e) Treatment of Credits.--
            (1) Term.--Credits provided under subsection (d) shall 
        expire at the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date 
        the credits are issued by the Secretary.
            (2) Assignment.--TMC may assign credits provided to TMC 
        under subsection (d) to any person who satisfies the same 
        requirements to hold the Contracts as those that applied to TMC 
        under the Materials Act of 1947.
    (f) Referral to Court of Claims.--
            (1) Referral.--If within 12 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary and TMC do not reach 
        agreement under subsections (b), (c), and (d) regarding the 
        financial and mineral production opportunities to be provided 
        by the Secretary to TMC under subsection (b)(1), or, if within 
        3 months after TMC receives notice in accordance with 
        subsection (b)(4) of the fair market value determined by the 
        Secretary of the surface and mineral estate identified in the 
        maps referred to in subsection (d) TMC or the city of 
        Victorville, California, notifies the Secretary that it 
        disagrees with the Secretary's determination, the Secretary 
        shall refer the issues upon which TMC, or the city of 
        Victorville, California, and the Secretary are not in agreement 
        with respect to such an agreement or fair market value to the 
        United States Court of Federal Claims for resolution
            (2) Resolution by court.--In any referral under this 
        subsection, the court shall--
                    (A) determine de novo the values described in 
                subsection (b) and (d), including the fair market 
                values of the surface and mineral estates as described 
                and delineated on the maps referred to in subsection 
                (d)(1); and
                    (B) determine and order the Secretary to provide 
                financial and mineral production opportunities 
                consistent with subparagraph (A), for purposes of 
                subsections (b)(1) and (d).

SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON FUTURE LEASING FOR LAND OR MINERAL ESTATE IN THE 
              VICTOR VALLEY AREA OF CALIFORNIA.

    Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, prior to any 
lease, transfer, or other disposition of land or any mineral or surface 
estate for any area that is located in the city of Victorville, 
California, the city of Victorville's sphere of influence, or the city 
of Victorville's proposed sphere of influence, all as delineated on the 
map entitled ``Cemex USA and City of Victorville, California Land 
Disposal and Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) consult with the city of Victorville, California, and 
        surface owners in that area; and
            (2) prohibit mining in that area.

Output: Soledad Canyon Mine Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw from further mineral entry the areas subject to them, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.

Requires Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation to receive, as compensation for cancellation of the contracts, their fair market value and its expenditures and covered liabilities in trying to bring the contracts into commercial production.

Increases the adjusted basis of the contracts upon cancellation for federal tax purposes.

Directs the Secretary, before any disposition of land, mineral or surface estate for any area located in the city of Victorville, California, to: (1) consult with the city and surface owners; and (2) prohibit mining in such area.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Student Non-Discrimination Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Public school students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual 
        or transgender (LGBT), or are perceived to be LGBT, or who 
        associate with LGBT people, have been and are subjected to 
        pervasive discrimination, including harassment, bullying, 
        intimidation and violence, and have been deprived of equal 
        educational opportunities, in schools in every part of our 
        Nation.
            (2) While discrimination, including harassment, bullying, 
        intimidation and violence, of any kind is harmful to students 
        and to our education system, actions that target students based 
        on sexual orientation or gender identity represent a distinct 
        and especially severe problem.
            (3) Numerous social science studies demonstrate that 
        discrimination, including harassment, bullying, intimidation 
        and violence, at school has contributed to high rates of 
        absenteeism, dropout, adverse health consequences, and academic 
        underachievement among LGBT youth.
            (4) When left unchecked, discrimination, including 
        harassment, bullying, intimidation and violence, in schools 
        based on sexual orientation or gender identity can lead, and 
        has lead to, life-threatening violence and to suicide.
            (5) Public school students enjoy a variety of 
        constitutional rights, including rights to equal protection, 
        privacy, and free expression, which are infringed when school 
        officials engage in discriminatory treatment or are indifferent 
        to discrimination, including harassment, bullying, intimidation 
        and violence, on the basis of sexual orientation or gender 
        identity.
            (6) While Federal statutory protections expressly address 
        discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, 
        disability, and national origin, Federal civil rights statutes 
        do not expressly include ``sexual orientation'' or ``gender 
        identity''. As a result, students and parents have often had 
        limited legal recourse to redress for discrimination on the 
        basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to ensure that all students have access to public 
        education in a safe environment free from discrimination, 
        including harassment, bullying, intimidation and violence, on 
        the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity;
            (2) to provide a comprehensive Federal prohibition of 
        discrimination in public schools based on actual or perceived 
        sexual orientation or gender identity;
            (3) to provide meaningful and effective remedies for 
        discrimination in public schools based on actual or perceived 
        sexual orientation or gender identity;
            (4) to invoke congressional powers, including but not 
        limited to the power to enforce the 14th Amendment to the 
        Constitution and to provide for the general welfare pursuant to 
        section 8 of article I of the Constitution and the power to 
        enact all laws necessary and proper for the execution of the 
        foregoing powers pursuant to section 8 of article I of the 
        Constitution, in order to prohibit discrimination in public 
        schools on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; 
        and
            (5) to allow the Department of Education to effectively 
        combat discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender 
        identity in public schools through regulation and enforcement, 
        as the Department has issued regulations under and enforced 
        title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other 
        nondiscrimination laws in a manner that effectively addresses 
        discrimination.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Program or activity.--The terms ``program or activity'' 
        and ``program'' have same meanings given such terms as applied 
        under section 606 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
        2000d-4a) to the operations of public entities under paragraph 
        (2)(B) of such section.
            (2) Gender identity.--The term ``gender identity'' means 
        the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other 
        gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or 
        without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth.
            (3) Harassment.--The term ``harassment'' means conduct that 
        is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to limit a 
        student's ability to participate in or benefit from a public 
        school education program or activity, or to create a hostile or 
        abusive educational environment at a public school, including 
        acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression, 
        intimidation, or hostility, if such conduct is based on--
                    (A) a student's actual or perceived sexual 
                orientation or gender identity; or
                    (B) the actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
                gender identity of a person or persons with whom a 
                student associates or has associated.
            (4) Public schools.--The term ``public schools'' means 
        public elementary and secondary schools, including local 
        educational agencies, educational service agencies, and State 
        educational agencies, as defined in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            (5) Sexual orientation.--The term ``sexual orientation'' 
        means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
            (6) Student.--The term ``student'' means an individual who 
        is enrolled in a public school or who, regardless of official 
        enrollment status, attends classes or participates in a public 
        school's programs or educational activities.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION; EXCEPTIONS.

    (a) In General.--No student shall, on the basis of actual or 
perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such individual or 
of a person with whom the student associates or has associated, be 
excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be 
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving 
Federal financial assistance.
    (b) Harassment.--For purposes of this Act, discrimination includes, 
but is not limited to, harassment of a student on the basis of actual 
or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such student or 
of a person with whom the student associates or has associated.
    (c) Retaliation Prohibited.--
            (1) Prohibition.--No person shall be excluded from 
        participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to 
        discrimination, retaliation, or reprisal under any program or 
        activity receiving Federal financial assistance based on his or 
        her opposition to conduct made unlawful by this Act.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        ``opposition to conduct made unlawful by this Act'' includes, 
        but is not limited to--
                    (A) opposition to conduct reasonably believed to be 
                made unlawful by this Act,
                    (B) any formal or informal report, whether oral or 
                written, to any governmental entity, including public 
                schools and employees thereof, regarding conduct made 
                unlawful by this Act or reasonably believed to be made 
                unlawful by this Act,
                    (C) participation in any investigation, proceeding, 
                or hearing related to conduct made unlawful by this Act 
                or reasonably believed to be made unlawful by this Act, 
                and
                    (D) assistance or encouragement provided to any 
                other person in the exercise or enjoyment of any right 
                granted or protected by this Act,
        if in the course of that expression, the person involved does 
        not purposefully provide information known to be false to any 
        public school or other governmental entity regarding a 
        violation, or alleged violation, of this Act.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT; REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL 
              COMMITTEES.

    Each Federal department and agency which is empowered to extend 
Federal financial assistance to any education program or activity, by 
way of grant, loan, or contract other than a contract of insurance or 
guaranty, is authorized and directed to effectuate the provisions of 
section 4 of this Act with respect to such program or activity by 
issuing rules, regulations, or orders of general applicability which 
shall be consistent with achievement of the objectives of the Act 
authorizing the financial assistance in connection with which the 
action is taken. No such rule, regulation, or order shall become 
effective unless and until approved by the President. Compliance with 
any requirement adopted pursuant to this section may be effected--
            (1) by the termination of or refusal to grant or to 
        continue assistance under such program or activity to any 
        recipient as to whom there has been an express finding on the 
        record, after opportunity for hearing, of a failure to comply 
        with such requirement, but such termination or refusal shall be 
        limited to the particular political entity, or part thereof, or 
        other recipient as to whom such a finding has been made, and 
        shall be limited in its effect to the particular program, or 
        part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been so found, or
            (2) by any other means authorized by law,
except that no such action shall be taken until the department or 
agency concerned has advised the appropriate person or persons of the 
failure to comply with the requirement and has determined that 
compliance cannot be secured by voluntary means. In the case of any 
action terminating, or refusing to grant or continue, assistance 
because of failure to comply with a requirement imposed pursuant to 
this section, the head of the Federal department or agency shall file 
with the committees of the House and Senate having legislative 
jurisdiction over the program or activity involved a full written 
report of the circumstances and the grounds for such action. No such 
action shall become effective until 30 days have elapsed after the 
filing of such report.

SEC. 6. CAUSE OF ACTION.

    (a) Cause of Action.--Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an 
aggrieved individual may assert a violation of this Act in a judicial 
proceeding. Aggrieved persons may be awarded all appropriate relief, 
including but not limited to equitable relief, compensatory damages, 
cost of the action, and remedial action.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed to 
preclude an aggrieved individual from obtaining other remedies under 
any other provision of law or to require such individual to exhaust any 
administrative complaint process or notice-of-claim requirement before 
seeking redress under this section.
    (c) Statute of Limitations.--For actions brought pursuant to this 
section, the statute of limitations period shall be determined in 
accordance with section 1658(a) of title 28 of the United States Code. 
The tolling of any such limitations period shall be determined in 
accordance with the law governing actions under section 1979 of the 
Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) in the forum State.

SEC. 7. STATE IMMUNITY.

    (a) State Immunity.--A State shall not be immune under the 11th 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal 
court for a violation of this Act.
    (b) Waiver.--A State's receipt or use of Federal financial 
assistance for any program or activity of a State shall constitute a 
waiver of sovereign immunity, under the 11th Amendment to the 
Constitution or otherwise, to a suit brought by an aggrieved individual 
for a violation of section 4 of this Act.
    (c) Remedies.--In a suit against a State for a violation of this 
Act, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are 
available for such a violation to the same extent as such remedies are 
available for such a violation in the suit against any public or 
private entity other than a State.

SEC. 8. ATTORNEY'S FEES.

    Section 722(b) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1988(b)) is 
amended by inserting ``the Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2011,'' 
after ``Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 
2000,''.

SEC. 9. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

    (a) Federal and State Nondiscrimination Laws.--Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to preempt, invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, 
procedures, or legal standards available to victims of discrimination 
or retaliation under any other Federal law or law of a State or 
political subdivision of a State, including title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 1979 of 
the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations imposed by this 
Act are in addition to those imposed by title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), and the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
    (b) Free Speech and Expression Laws and Religious Student Groups.--
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter legal standards 
regarding, or affect the rights available to individuals or groups 
under, other Federal laws that establish protections for freedom of 
speech and expression, such as legal standards and rights available to 
religious and other student groups under the 1st Amendment to the 
Constitution and the Equal Access Act (20 U.S.C. 4071 et seq.).

SEC. 10. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act, or any application of such provision 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the 
remainder of this Act, and the application of the provision to any 
other person or circumstance shall not be affected.

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall not apply to conduct occurring before the 
effective date of this Act.

Output: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates.

Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination.

Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act.

Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating them.

Allows an aggrieved individual to assert a violation of this Act in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees should they prevail.

Deems a state's receipt of federal educational assistance for a program to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for conduct prohibited under this Act regarding such program.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Oil Shale Development Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. OIL SHALE LEASING.

    (a) Declaration of Policy.--Congress declares that it is the policy 
of the United States that--
            (1) United States oil shale and oil sands are strategically 
        important domestic resources that should be developed through 
        methods that help reduce the growing dependence of the United 
        States on politically and economically unstable sources of 
        foreign oil imports;
            (2) the development of oil shale and oil sands, for 
        research and commercial development, should be conducted in an 
        environmentally sound and economically feasible manner; and
            (3) development described in paragraph (2) should occur at 
        a deliberate pace, with an emphasis on sustainability, to 
        benefit the United States while taking into account affected 
        States and communities.
    (b) Leasing for Research and Development.--
            (1) In general.--In accordance with section 21 of the 
        Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 241) and any other applicable 
        law, except as provided in this section, not later than 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, from land otherwise 
        available for leasing, the Secretary of the Interior (referred 
        to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall, for a period 
        determined by the Secretary, make available for leasing such 
        land as the Secretary considers to be necessary to conduct 
        research and development activities with respect to innovative 
        technologies for the recovery of shale oil from oil shale 
        resources on public land.
            (2) Application.--The Secretary may offer to lease the land 
        to persons that submit an application for the lease, if the 
        Secretary determines that there is no competitive interest in 
        the land.
            (3) Administration.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) provide for environmentally sound research and 
                development of oil shale;
                    (B) provide for an appropriate return to the 
                public, as determined by the Secretary;
                    (C) before carrying out any activity that will 
                disturb the surface of land, provide for an adequate 
                bond, surety, or other financial arrangement to ensure 
                reclamation;
                    (D) provide for a primary lease term of 10 years, 
                after which the lease term may be extended if the 
                Secretary determines that diligent research and 
                development activities are occurring on the land 
                leased;
                    (E) require the owner or operator of a project 
                under this subsection, within such period as the 
                Secretary may determine--
                            (i) to submit a plan of operations;
                            (ii) to develop an environmental protection 
                        plan; and
                            (iii) to undertake diligent research and 
                        development activities;
                    (F) ensure that leases under this section are not 
                larger than necessary to conduct research and 
                development activities under an application under 
                paragraph (2);
                    (G) provide for consultation with affected State 
                and local governments; and
                    (H) provide for such requirements as the Secretary 
                determines to be in the public interest.
            (4) Moneys received.--Any moneys received from a leasing 
        activity under this subsection shall be paid in accordance with 
        section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191).
    (c) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.--Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall complete a programmatic 
environmental impact statement that analyzes potential leasing for 
commercial development of oil shale resources on public land.
    (d) Analysis of Potential Leasing Program.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
        report (including recommendations) analyzing a potential 
        leasing program for the commercial development of oil shale on 
        public land.
            (2) Inclusions.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) an analysis of technologies and research and 
                development programs for the production of oil and 
                other materials from oil shale and tar sands in 
                existence on the date on which the report is prepared;
                    (B) an analysis of--
                            (i) whether leases under the program should 
                        be issued on a competitive basis;
                            (ii) the term of the leases;
                            (iii) the maximum size of the leases;
                            (iv) the use and distribution of bonus bid 
                        lease payments;
                            (v) the royalty rate to be applied, 
                        including whether a sliding scale royalty rate 
                        should be used;
                            (vi) whether an opportunity should be 
                        provided to convert research and development 
                        leases into leases for commercial development, 
                        including the terms and conditions that should 
                        apply to the conversion;
                            (vii) the maximum number of leases and 
                        maximum acreage to be leased under the leasing 
                        program to an individual; and
                            (viii) any infrastructure required to 
                        support oil shale development in industry and 
                        communities; and
                    (C) an analysis, developed in conjunction with the 
                appropriate State water resource agencies, of the 
                demand for, and availability of, water with respect to 
                the development of oil shale.
            (3) Public participation.--In preparing the report under 
        this subsection, the Secretary shall provide notice to, and 
        solicit comment from--
                    (A) the public;
                    (B) representatives of local governments;
                    (C) representatives of industry; and
                    (D) other interested parties.
            (4) Participation by certain states.--In preparing the 
        report under this subsection, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) provide notice to, and solicit comment from, 
                the Governors of the States of Colorado, Utah, and 
                Wyoming; and
                    (B) incorporate into the report submitted to 
                Congress under paragraph (1) any response of the 
                Secretary to those comments.
    (e) National Oil Shale Assessment.--
            (1) Assessment.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
                national assessment of oil shale resources for the 
                purposes of evaluating and mapping oil shale deposits, 
                in the geographic areas described in subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Geographic areas.--The geographic areas 
                referred to in subparagraph (A), listed in the order in 
                which the Secretary shall assign priority, are--
                            (i) the Green River Region of the States of 
                        Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming;
                            (ii) the Devonian oil shales of the eastern 
                        United States; and
                            (iii) any remaining area in the central and 
                        western United States (including the State of 
                        Alaska) that contains oil shale, as determined 
                        by the Secretary.
            (2) Use of state surveys and universities.--In carrying out 
        the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary may request 
        assistance from any State-administered geological survey or 
        university.
    (f) State Water Rights.--Nothing in this section preempts or 
affects any State water law or interstate compact relating to water.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.


Output: Oil Shale Development Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) make available for leasing public land considered necessary to conduct research and development activities with respect to innovative technologies for the recovery of shale oil; (2) complete a programmatic environmental impact statement that analyzes potential leasing for commercial development of oil shale resources on public land; and (3) implement a national assessment of oil shale resources for the purposes of evaluating and mapping oil shale deposits, in specified geographic areas.

Declares that this Act does not preempt or affect any state water law or interstate compact relating to water.