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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Review EPA's Language on Agriculture 
and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013'' or the ``RELATE with 
the Farm Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Review of Regulatory Agenda.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall review publications that may give notice that the Environmental 
Protection Agency is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, 
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability 
and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial 
number of agricultural entities, including--
            (1) any regulatory agenda of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency published pursuant to section 602 of title 5, United 
        States Code;
            (2) any regulatory plan or agenda published by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Management and 
        Budget pursuant to an Executive order, including Executive 
        Order 12866; and
            (3) any other publication issued by the Environmental 
        Protection Agency or the Office of Management and Budget that 
        may reasonably be foreseen to contain notice of plans by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency to prepare any guidance, 
        policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general 
        applicability and future effect that may have a significant 
        impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.
    (b) Information Gathering.--For a publication item reviewed under 
subsection (a) that the Secretary determines may have a significant 
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities, the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) solicit from the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency any information the Administrator may provide 
        to facilitate a review of the publication item;
            (2) utilize the Chief Economist of the Department of 
        Agriculture to produce an economic impact statement for the 
        publication item that contains a detailed estimate of potential 
        costs to agricultural entities;
            (3) identify individuals representative of potentially 
        affected agricultural entities for the purpose of obtaining 
        advice and recommendations from such individuals about the 
        potential impacts of the publication item; and
            (4) convene a review panel for analysis of the publication 
        item that includes the Secretary, any full-time Federal 
        employee of the Department of Agriculture appointed to the 
        panel by the Secretary, and any employee of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory 
        Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget that accepts 
        an invitation from the Secretary to participate in the panel.
    (c) Duties of the Review Panel.--A review panel convened for a 
publication item under subsection (b)(4) shall--
            (1) review any information or material obtained by the 
        Secretary and prepared in connection with the publication item, 
        including any draft proposed guidance, policy, memorandum, 
        regulation, or statement of general applicability and future 
        effect;
            (2) collect advice and recommendations from agricultural 
        entity representatives identified by the Administrator after 
        consultation with the Secretary;
            (3) compile and analyze such advice and recommendations; 
        and
            (4) make recommendations to the Secretary based on the 
        information gathered by the review panel or provided by 
        agricultural entity representatives.
    (d) Comments.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date the 
        Secretary convenes a review panel pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(4), the Secretary shall submit to the Administrator 
        comments on the planned or proposed guidance, policy, 
        memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability 
        and future effect for consideration and inclusion in any 
        related administrative record, including--
                    (A) a report by the Secretary on the concerns of 
                agricultural entities;
                    (B) the findings of the review panel;
                    (C) the findings of the Secretary, including any 
                adopted findings of the review panel; and
                    (D) recommendations of the Secretary.
            (2) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the comments 
        in the Federal Register and make the comments available to the 
        public on the public Internet website of the Department of 
        Agriculture.
    (e) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive initiation of the review 
panel under subsection (b)(4) as the Secretary determines appropriate.
    (f) Definition of Agricultural Entity.--In this section, the term 
``agricultural entity'' means any entity involved in or related to 
agricultural enterprise, including enterprises that are engaged in the 
business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of 
livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related 
industries.

Output: Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities. Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item. Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Offshore Energy Security 
Act of 2008'' or the ``DOES Act''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND INVENTORY OF CERTAIN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
              RESOURCES.

    (a) Definition of United States Person.--In this section, the term 
``United States person'' means--
            (1) any United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted 
        for permanent residence in the United States; and
            (2) any person other than an individual, if 1 or more 
        individuals described in paragraph (1) own or control at least 
        51 percent of the securities or other equity interest in the 
        person.
    (b) Authorization of Activities and Exports Involving Hydrocarbon 
Resources by United States Persons.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law (including a regulation), United States persons 
(including agents and affiliates of those United States persons) may--
            (1) engage in any transaction necessary for the exploration 
        for and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of 
        any foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the 
        exclusive economic zone of the United States; and
            (2) export without license authority all equipment 
        necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon 
        resources described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Travel in Connection With Authorized Hydrocarbon Exploration 
and Extraction Activities.--Section 910 of the Trade Sanctions Reform 
and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) General License Authority for Travel-Related Expenditures by 
Persons Engaging in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction 
Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, 
        authorize under a general license the travel-related 
        transactions listed in section 515.560(c) of title 31, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, for travel to, from or within Cuba in 
        connection with exploration for and the extraction of 
        hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime 
        Exclusive Economic Zone that is contiguous to the United 
        States' Exclusive Economic Zone.
            ``(2) Persons authorized.--Persons authorized to travel to 
        Cuba under this section include full-time employees, 
        executives, agents, and consultants of oil and gas producers, 
        distributors, and shippers.''.
    (d) Moratorium of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the Gulf 
of Mexico.--
            (1) In general.--Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico 
        Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 
        109-432) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1);
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``125 miles'' and 
                inserting ``45 miles'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``100 miles'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``45 miles''; and
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
            (2) Regulations.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior 
                shall promulgate regulations that establish appropriate 
                environmental safeguards for the exploration and 
                production of oil and natural gas on the outer 
                Continental Shelf.
                    (B) Minimum requirements.--At a minimum, the 
                regulations shall include--
                            (i) provisions requiring surety bonds of 
                        sufficient value to ensure the mitigation of 
                        any foreseeable incident;
                            (ii) provisions assigning liability to the 
                        leaseholder in the event of an incident causing 
                        damage or loss, regardless of the negligence of 
                        the leaseholder or lack of negligence;
                            (iii) provisions no less stringent than 
                        those contained in the Spill Prevention, 
                        Control, and Countermeasure regulations 
                        promulgated under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
                        (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
                            (iv) provisions ensuring that--
                                    (I) no facility for the exploration 
                                or production of resources is visible 
                                to the unassisted eye from any shore of 
                                any coastal State; and
                                    (II) the impact of offshore 
                                production facilities on coastal vistas 
                                is otherwise mitigated;
                            (v) provisions to ensure, to the maximum 
                        extent practicable, that exploration and 
                        production activities will result in no 
                        significant adverse effect on fish or wildlife 
                        (including habitat), subsistence resources, or 
                        the environment; and
                            (vi) provisions that will impose seasonal 
                        limitations on activity to protect breeding, 
                        spawning, and wildlife migration patterns.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 105 of the Department of 
        the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-54; 119 Stat. 521) (as amended by 
        section 103(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
        2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432)) is amended by 
        inserting ``and any other area that the Secretary of the 
        Interior may offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related 
        activity under section 104 of that Act'' after ``2006)''.
    (e) Inventory of Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas 
Resources Off Southeastern Coast of the United States.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to 
        in this subsection as the ``Secretary'') may conduct an 
        inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters 
        of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the 
        Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) off of the 
        coast of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South 
        Carolina, or Georgia in accordance with this subsection.
            (2) Best available technology.--In conducting the 
        inventory, the Secretary shall use the best technology 
        available to obtain accurate resource estimates.
            (3) Request by governor.--The Secretary may conduct an 
        inventory under this subsection off the coast of a State 
        described in paragraph (1) only if the Governor of the State 
        requests the inventory.
            (4) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress and 
        the requesting Governor a report on any inventory conducted 
        under this subsection.
            (5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
        subsection.
    (f) Enhanced Oil Recovery.--Section 354(c)(4)(B) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15910(c)(4)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) are carried out in geologically 
                        challenging fields.''.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF PETROLEUM ACQUISITION FOR STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 
              RESERVE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, during calendar year 2008--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall suspend acquisition 
        of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the 
        royalty-in-kind program; and
            (2) the Secretary of Energy shall suspend acquisition of 
        petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other 
        acquisition method.
    (b) Resumption.--Not earlier than 30 days after the date on which 
the President notifies Congress that the President has determined that 
the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the 
most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior may resume acquisition of 
        petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the 
        royalty-in-kind program; and
            (2) the Secretary of Energy may resume acquisition of 
        petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other 
        acquisition method.

Output: Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act of 2008, or the DOES Act - Permits United States persons to: (1) engage in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of any foreign exclusive economic zone contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States; and (2) export without license authority all pertinent equipment for such activity.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone contiguous to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Identifies as persons authorized to travel to Cuba any full-time employees, executives, and agents and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) repeal the moratorium on oil and gas leasing east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) decrease to 45 miles within the coastline of Florida the moratorium on oil and gas leasing.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations that establish environmental safeguards for oil and natural gas exploration and production on the outer Continental Shelf.

Authorizes such Secretary to inventory the oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, only if the respective state governor requests it.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy, in evaluating applications for enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injection, to grant priority consideration to applications carried out in geologically challenging fields.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy (Secretaries) to suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during calendar 2008. Authorizes the Secretaries to resume such acquisition after the President notifies Congress that the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Early Education Employee Benefit Act 
of 2002''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants on a 
competitive basis, and payable during a period of not less than 2 years 
and not more than 5 years, to eligible States and political 
subdivisions of States--
            (1) to establish innovative partnerships with private 
        partners to reduce the cost incurred by employees and union 
        members to obtain early education (including child care, 
        preschool, and other early childhood programs), or
            (2) to assist private partners to pay part of the cost of 
        acquiring, building, and renovating physical premises to be 
        used as new early education facilities.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES TO 
              RECEIVE GRANTS.

    To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a State or a 
political subdivision of a State shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such form, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require by rule, including--
            (1) the agency designated by the State, or the political 
        subdivision of a State, to serve as the lead agency that will 
        administer such grant,
            (2) a description of the program such applicant intends to 
        carry out with such grant,
            (3) a description of the source, and increasing annual 
        amount, of the funds such applicant will use to pay the non-
        Federal share of the cost to carry out such program during a 
        period not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years, and
            (4) an agreement that such State or such political 
        subdivision--
                    (A) will contribute (from non-Federal funds) to 
                carry out such program, an amount equal to 50 percent 
                of the amount of such grant,
                    (B) will not require a private partner to offer on-
                site early education as a condition for participation 
                in an Early Education Benefit Agreement, and
                    (C) will use such grant to supplement, not 
                supplant, spending by such State, such political 
                subdivision, and private partners to improve access to 
                and enhance the quality of early education.

SEC. 4. SELECTION OF APPLICANTS TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

    In making grants under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority 
to eligible applicants that--
            (1) are, in the judgment of the Secretary, most likely to 
        increase the number of employees and members who receive an 
        Early Education Benefit through their employers and unions,
            (2) propose innovative public-private partnerships that 
        will carry out early education programs that are likely to be 
        replicated,
            (3) are likely to be sustainable beyond the period during 
        which such grant is expended,
            (4) are developed in consultation with child care resource 
        and referral agencies and networks, and with employers and 
        unions,
            (5) demonstrate the intention and ability to provide--
                    (A) with funds to be expended for the use described 
                in section 5(1), Early Education Benefits through Early 
                Education Benefit Agreements to a significant number of 
                employees of private employers with fewer than 50 
                employees, or
                    (B) with funds to be expended for the use described 
                in section 5(2), Early Education Start-up Grants to 
                private employers with fewer than 50 employees, and
                    (6) have experience working on early childhood 
                issues and working in partnership with the business 
                community, or have an agreement to implement the 
                program funded by a grant made under section 2 through 
                a nonprofit entity with such experience.

SEC. 5. USES OF FUNDS.

    A recipient of a grant made under section 2 shall use such grant--
            (1) to enter into Early Education Benefit Agreements to 
        provide Early Education Benefits, or
            (2) to provide funds to private partners to establish new 
        early education facilities,
except that not more than 5 percent of such grant may be used to pay 
administrative costs incurred by such recipient to carry out this Act, 
including providing outreach to private partners.

SEC. 6. EARLY EDUCATION BENEFIT AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive funds to be used for 
the purpose specified in section 5(1) from a grant made under section 
2, a private partner, or consortia of private partners, shall enter 
into an Early Education Benefit Agreement with the recipient of such 
grant that includes the following:
            (1) An assurance that such private partner, or such 
        consortia, will pay not less than--
                    (A) \1/3\ of the cost of such Early Education 
                Benefit, or
                    (B) \1/5\ of such cost if such private partner, or 
                such consortia, creates a new early education facility 
                that--
                            (i) serves children less than 2 years of 
                        age or children with disabilities, or
                            (ii) is available during nontraditional 
                        work hours.
            (2) An assurance that such private partner, or such 
        consortia, shall offer such Early Education Benefit on a 
        priority basis to such employees or such members who have lower 
        incomes if such Early Education Benefit is not offered to all 
        such employees or all such members.
            (3) An assurance that if such private partner, or such 
        consortia, requires that such Early Education Benefit received 
        by an employee or member be expended at a limited number of 
        sites where early education (including child care, preschool, 
        and other early childhood programs) is provided, then 
there shall be at least 1 provider of early education (including child 
care, preschool, and other early childhood programs) for which such 
Early Education Benefit may be expended, that is--
                    (A) located at or near the residence or place of 
                employment of such employee or such member, and
                    (B) accredited by the National Association for the 
                Education of Young Children or the National Association 
                for Family Child Care, or taking steps to obtain such 
                accreditation.
            (4) An assurance that early education paid for in whole or 
        in part by such Early Education Benefit will be provided by a 
        provider that is licensed or regulated by the State.
            (5) A detailed description of--
                    (i) the nature of the Early Education Benefit to be 
                provided,
                    (ii) the respective financial contributions of such 
                private partner, or such consortia, and such grant 
                recipient, and the procedures by which such 
                contributions will be made,
                    (iii) the number of employees or members expected 
                to receive the Early Education Benefit provided under 
                such Agreement, and
                    (iv) the estimated total cost of such Benefit to 
                such private partner (or such consortia), such grant 
                recipient, and such employees or such members.
    (b) Selection of Private Partners To Enter Into Early Education 
Benefit Agreements.--In selecting private partners with which to enter 
into Early Education Benefit Agreements, a recipient of a grant made 
under section 2 shall give priority to--
            (1) private partners that will make larger financial 
        contributions to the Early Education Benefit,
            (2) private partners with fewer employees or members,
            (3) private partners that will make an Early Education 
        Benefit available to employees and members on a sliding scale 
        inversely proportional to their level of earned income, and
            (4) private partners that have a history of personnel 
        policies and practices that enable their employees or their 
        members to balance work commitments with family obligations.

SEC. 7. EARLY EDUCATION START-UP GRANTS.

    (a) Eligibility To Receive Funds.--To be eligible to receive funds 
for the use specified in section 5(2) from a grant made under section 
2, a private partner shall agree--
            (1) to subsidize attendance at the proposed new early 
        education facility for children of lower-paid employees or 
        members, and
            (2) to pay not less than \1/3\ of the cost of acquiring, 
        building, and renovating physical premises to be used as such 
        facility.
    (b) Selection of Private Partners To Receive Funds.--In providing 
funds to private partners from a grant received for the use specified 
in section 5(2), a recipient of a grant made under section 2 shall give 
priority to--
            (1) private partners that will create a facility to provide 
        early education that--
                    (A) serves children less than 2 years of age or 
                children with disabilities, or
                    (B) is available during nontraditional hours during 
                which their parents are employed,
            (2) private partners that will operate such a facility that 
        is accredited, has a low ratio of children to adults, or 
        demonstrates other facts that show such facility offers an 
        early education program of high quality,
            (3) private partners that will pay with nongovernmental 
        funds a larger share of the cost of the use for which the Early 
        Education Start-up Grant funds will be expended,
            (4) private partners that have fewer employees or members, 
        and
            (5) private partners that have a history of personnel 
        policies and practices that enable their employees or members 
        to balance work commitments with family obligations.

SEC. 8. REPORTS.

    (a) Reports by Grantees.--The Secretary shall issue rules that 
require each recipient of a grant made under section 2 to submit 
annually to the Secretary a report that includes the following 
information for the fiscal year for which such report is submitted:
            (1) The number of Early Education Benefit Agreements 
        participated in and Start-Up Grants made.
            (2) Information about the private partners, including the 
        industry of which they are a part and their size.
            (3) Information about the number of employees who are both 
        offered and are receiving Early Education Benefits as a result 
        of such grant,including the number and average incomes of 
        employees who are receiving Early Education Benefits and the 
        number of employees who were offered and declined Early 
        Education Benefits.
            (4) Information about the amount of private spending on 
        Early Education Benefits and on the investment in new early 
        education facilities leveraged by the grants.
            (5) If appropriate and available, information about whether 
        and at what level private partners have continued to provide 
        Early Education Benefits after the conclusion of the grantee's 
        participation in an Early Education Benefit Agreement.
    (b) Reports by the Secretary.--The Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress biennially a report that includes the following information 
for the period of 2 fiscal years for which such report is submitted:
            (1) Summaries of the reports received under subsection (a) 
        by the Secretary for such period.
            (2) A description of the implementation of this Act, and 
        its impact on employees' access to early education programs for 
        their children, during such period.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who is 
        less that 6 years of age.
            (2) Early Education Benefit.--The term ``Early Education 
        Benefit'' means assistance, in cash or in kind, to pay any part 
        of the cost incurred by employees and union members to obtain 
        early education (including child care, preschool, and other 
        early childhood programs) for their children.
            (3) Early Education Benefit Agreement.--The term ``Early 
        Education Benefit Agreement'' means a contract under which a 
        recipient of a grant under section 2 and a private partner that 
        receives from such recipient funds provided for the use 
        described in section 5(1) agree to provide jointly an Early 
        Education Benefit for children of the members or employees of 
        such private partner.
            (4) Private Partner.--The term ``private partner'' means a 
        private employer, labor union, and consortia of employers or 
        labor unions.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2007.


Output: Early Education Employee Benefit Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make competitive matching grants to States and local governments to: (1) enter Early Education Benefit Agreements with private partners to provide part of the cost of Early Education Benefits, which reduce costs incurred by employees and union members to obtain early education (including child care, preschool, and other early childhood programs); or (2) make Early Education Start-Up Grants to assist private partners to pay part of the cost of acquiring, building, and renovating physical premises to be used as new early education facilities, if such partners subsidize attendance at those facilities for children of lower-paid employees or union members.