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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
            (1) Alternative to foreclosure.--The term ``alternative to 
        foreclosure''--
                    (A) means a course of action with respect to a 
                mortgage offered by a servicer to a borrower as an 
                alternative to a covered foreclosure action; and
                    (B) includes a short sale and a deed in lieu of 
                foreclosure.
            (2) Borrower.--The term ``borrower'' means a mortgagor 
        under a mortgage who is in default or at risk of imminent 
        default, as determined by the Secretary through regulations.
            (3) Foreclosure action.--The term ``foreclosure action'' 
        means a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure.
            (4) Loan modification program.--The term ``loan 
        modification program'' means a program or procedure designed to 
        change the terms of a mortgage in the case of the default, 
        delinquency, or imminent default or delinquency of a mortgagor, 
        including a loan modification program established by a servicer 
        that reduces the principal owed by the mortgagor on the 
        mortgage.
            (5) Mortgage.--The term ``mortgage'' means a federally 
        related mortgage loan, as defined in section 3(1) of the Real 
        Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602(1)), 
        that is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential 
        real property.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (7) Servicer.--The term ``servicer''--
                    (A) has the same meaning as in section 6(i) of the 
                Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 
                U.S.C. 2605(i)); and
                    (B) includes a person responsible for servicing a 
                pool of mortgages.

SEC. 3. MEDIATION REQUIRED BEFORE FORECLOSURE.

    (a) Initiation of Foreclosure Actions.--A servicer may not initiate 
a foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has--
            (1) made a reasonable effort to initiate mediation 
        proceedings in accordance with the process established in 
        regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (c) to determine 
        whether the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an 
        alternative to foreclosure; and
            (2) offered the borrower a loan modification or an 
        alternative to foreclosure, if the borrower is eligible for the 
        loan modification or alternative to foreclosure.
    (b) Suspension of Foreclosure Actions.--
            (1) In general.--A servicer shall suspend a foreclosure 
        action that was initiated before the date of enactment of this 
        Act until the servicer--
                    (A) completes a mediation proceeding in accordance 
                with the process established in regulations prescribed 
                pursuant to subsection (c) to determine whether the 
                borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an 
                alternative to foreclosure; and
                    (B) offers the borrower a loan modification or an 
                alternative to foreclosure, if the borrower is eligible 
                for a loan modification or an alternative to 
                foreclosure.
            (2) Suspension.--During the period of the suspension under 
        paragraph (1), a servicer may not--
                    (A) send a notice of foreclosure to a borrower;
                    (B) conduct or schedule a sale of the real property 
                securing the mortgage of the borrower; or
                    (C) cause final judgment to be entered against the 
                borrower.
            (3) Reasonable efforts.--A servicer is not required to 
        suspend a foreclosure action under paragraph (1) if the 
        servicer--
                    (A) makes a reasonable effort to schedule a 
                mediation proceeding to determine whether the borrower 
                is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative 
                to foreclosure; and
                    (B) documents that the borrower has not agreed to a 
                mediation proceeding to determine whether the borrower 
                is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative 
                to foreclosure.
            (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
        construed to require a servicer to delay an unavoidable 
        foreclosure, such as foreclosure that results from a borrower 
        abandoning the residential real property securing a mortgage.
    (c) Establishment of Mediation Process.--The Secretary shall 
establish through regulations a mediation process to determine whether 
the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative to 
foreclosure under this section.

SEC. 4. BAR TO FORECLOSURE ACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), a violation of this Act 
shall be a bar to a foreclosure action.
    (b) Effect of Subsequent Compliance.--If a servicer is in 
compliance with this Act, the servicer may bring or proceed with a 
foreclosure action, without regard to a prior violation of this Act by 
the servicer.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this Act.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    Each servicer that initiates mediation proceedings under section 3 
shall submit to the Secretary a quarterly report at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information, with respect to such 
proceedings, as the Secretary may require.
[A]: Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Act - Prohibits a servicer from initiating a foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has: (1) made a reasonable effort to initiate mediation proceedings to determine if the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure; and (2) offered the borrower, if eligible, such a modification or alternative.

Requires a servicer to suspend a foreclosure action initiated before the enactment of this Act until the servicer: (1) completes such a mediation proceeding; and (2) offers the borrower, if eligible, a modification or alternative.

Prohibits a servicer, during the suspension period, from: (1) sending the borrower a notice of foreclosure, (2) conducting or scheduling a sale of the real property securing the mortgage, or (3) causing final judgment to be entered against the borrower.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish such a mediation process.

Declares that a servicer is not required to suspend a foreclosure action if the servicer makes a reasonable effort to schedule a mediation proceeding and documents that the borrower has not agreed to one.

Makes a violation of this Act a bar to a foreclosure action. Allows a servicer in compliance with this Act, however, to bring or proceed with a foreclosure action, regardless of any prior violation.


[Q]: SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

    The first section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Definition of Firefighting Personnel.--In this section, the 
term `firefighting personnel' means individuals, including volunteers, 
who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency 
medical service personnel of fire departments.
    ``(b) Assistance Program.--
            ``(1) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the 
        Administrator may--
                    ``(A) make grants on a competitive basis directly 
                to fire departments of a State, in consultation with 
                the chief executive of the State, for the purpose of 
                protecting the health and safety of the public, 
                firefighting personnel, and property against fire and 
                fire-related hazards; and
                    ``(B) provide assistance for fire prevention 
                programs in accordance with paragraph (4).
            ``(2) Office for administration of assistance.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--Before providing assistance 
                under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall establish 
                an office in the Administration to administer the 
                assistance under this section.
                    ``(B) Included duties.--The duties of the office 
                shall include the following:
                            ``(i) Recipient selection criteria.--To 
                        establish specific criteria for the selection 
                        of recipients of the assistance under this 
                        section, including a requirement for peer 
                        review of the selection process.
                            ``(ii) Grant-writing assistance.--To 
                        provide grant-writing assistance to applicants.
            ``(3) Use of fire department grant funds.--The 
        Administrator may make a grant under paragraph (1)(A) only if 
        the applicant for the grant agrees to use the grant funds for 
        one or more of the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To hire additional firefighting personnel.
                    ``(B) To train firefighting personnel in 
                firefighting, emergency response (including response to 
                a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of mass 
                destruction), arson prevention and detection, or the 
                handling of hazardous materials, or to train 
                firefighting personnel to provide any of the training 
                described in this subparagraph.
                    ``(C) To fund the creation of rapid intervention 
                teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes 
                of fires and other emergencies.
                    ``(D) To certify fire inspectors.
                    ``(E) To establish wellness and fitness programs 
                for firefighting personnel to ensure that the 
                firefighting personnel can carry out their duties.
                    ``(F) To fund emergency medical services provided 
                by fire departments.
                    ``(G) To acquire additional firefighting vehicles, 
                including fire trucks.
                    ``(H) To acquire additional firefighting equipment, 
                including equipment for communications, monitoring, and 
                response to a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of 
                mass destruction.
                    ``(I) To acquire personal protective equipment 
                required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational 
                Safety and Health Administration, and other personal 
                protective equipment for firefighting personnel, 
                including protective equipment to respond to a 
                terrorism incident or the use of a weapon of mass 
                destruction.
                    ``(J) To modify fire stations, fire training 
                facilities, and other facilities to protect the health 
                and safety of firefighting personnel.
                    ``(K) To enforce fire codes.
                    ``(L) To fund fire prevention programs.
                    ``(M) To educate the public about arson prevention 
                and detection.
                    ``(N) To provide incentives for the recruitment and 
                retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for 
                volunteer firefighting departments and other 
                firefighting departments that utilize volunteers, 
                including funding to enable training described in 
                subparagraph (B).
            ``(4) Fire prevention programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, the 
                Administrator shall use not less than 5 percent of the 
                funds made available under subsection (e)--
                            ``(i) to make grants to fire departments 
                        for the purpose described in paragraph (3)(L); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) to make grants to, or enter into 
                        contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
                        national, State, local, or community 
                        organizations that are recognized for their 
                        experience and expertise with respect to fire 
                        prevention or fire safety programs and 
                        activities, for the purpose of carrying out 
                        fire prevention programs.
                    ``(B) Priority.--In selecting organizations 
                described in subparagraph (A)(ii) to receive assistance 
                under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give 
                priority to organizations that focus on prevention of 
                injuries to children from fire.
            ``(5) Application.--The Administrator may provide 
        assistance to a fire department or organization under this 
        subsection only if the fire department or organization seeking 
        the assistance submits to the Administrator an application that 
        meets the following requirements:
                    ``(A) Form.--The application shall be in such form 
                as the Administrator may require.
                    ``(B) Information.--The application shall include 
                the following information:
                            ``(i) Financial need.--Information that 
                        demonstrates the financial need of the 
                        applicant for the assistance for which applied. 
                        In allocating funds under this section, the 
                        Administrator shall not discriminate against an 
                        applicant whose funding jurisdiction places a 
                        high budget priority on fire department needs.
                            ``(ii) Cost-benefit analysis.--An analysis 
                        of the costs and benefits, with respect to 
                        public safety, of the use of the assistance.
                            ``(iii) Reporting systems data.--An 
                        agreement to provide information to the 
                        national fire incident reporting system for the 
                        period covered by the assistance.
                            ``(iv) Other information.--Any other 
                        information that the Administrator may require.
            ``(6) Non-federal contribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Administrator may provide assistance under this 
                subsection only if the applicant for the assistance 
                agrees to provide 30 percent of the cost of the 
                purposes for which the assistance is sought under this 
                subsection in non-Federal funds for any fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Requirement for small community 
                organizations.--In the case of an applicant whose 
                personnel serve jurisdictions of 50,000 or fewer 
residents, the required non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A) 
shall be 10 percent.
            ``(7) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Administrator may 
        provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant 
        for the assistance agrees to maintain in the fiscal year for 
        which the assistance will be received the applicant's aggregate 
        expenditures for the uses described in paragraph (3) or (4) at 
        or above the average level of such expenditures in the two 
        fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance 
        will be received.
            ``(8) Report to the administrator.--The Administrator may 
        provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant 
        for the assistance agrees to submit to the Administrator a 
        report, including a description of how the assistance was used, 
        with respect to each fiscal year for which the assistance was 
        received.
            ``(9) Variety of fire department grant recipients.--The 
        Administrator shall ensure that grants under paragraph (1)(A) 
        for a fiscal year are made to a variety of fire departments, 
        including, to the extent that there are eligible applicants--
                    ``(A) career, volunteer, and combination fire 
                departments;
                    ``(B) fire departments located in communities of 
                varying sizes; and
                    ``(C) fire departments located in urban, suburban, 
                and rural communities.
            ``(10) Grant limitations.--
                    ``(A) Recipient limitation.--A grant recipient 
                under this section may not receive more than $750,000 
                under this section for any fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Limitation on expenditures for firefighting 
                vehicles.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds 
                appropriated to provide grants under this section for a 
                fiscal year may be used to assist grant recipients to 
                purchase vehicles, as authorized by paragraph (3)(G).
            ``(11) Reservation of grant funds for volunteer 
        departments.--In making grants to firefighting departments, the 
        Administrator shall ensure that those firefighting departments 
        that have either all-volunteer forces of firefighting personnel 
        or combined forces of volunteer and career firefighting 
        personnel collectively receive at least a proportion of the 
        total grant funding that equals the proportion of the United 
        States population that those firefighting departments protect.
    ``(c) Audits.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall be 
subject to audits to ensure that the grant proceeds are expended for 
the intended purposes and that the grant recipient complies with the 
requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b).
    ``(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' includes 
the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Administrator $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
        2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the funds appropriated 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator 
        may use not more than five percent of the funds to cover 
        salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred 
        by the Administrator to operate the office established under 
        subsection (b)(2) and make grants and provide assistance under 
        this section.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    The second section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2230) and section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
2231) are redesignated as sections 34 and 35, respectively.
[A]: Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to competitive grants to fire departments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) U.S. Fire Administration. Adds protection of property to the list of grant purposes.Requires the grant administration office to require peer review of the grant recipient selection process.Adds funding for training as a volunteer recruitment and retention incentive among the proper uses of grant funds.


[Q]: SECTION 1. CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Amendment to Title 10.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 141 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 2381 the following 
        new section:
``Sec. 2382. Consolidation of contract requirements: policy and 
              restrictions
    ``(a) Policy.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary 
of each military department, the head of each Defense Agency, and the 
head of each Department of Defense Field Activity to ensure that the 
decisions made by that official regarding consolidation of contract 
requirements of the department, agency, or activity as the case may be, 
are made with a view to providing small business concerns with 
appropriate opportunities to participate in Department of Defense 
procurements as prime contractors and appropriate opportunities to 
participate in such procurements as subcontractors.
    ``(b) Limitation on Use of Acquisition Strategies Involving 
Consolidation.--(1) An official of a military department, Defense 
Agency, or Department of Defense Field Activity may not execute an 
acquisition strategy that includes a consolidation of contract 
requirements of the military department, agency, or activity with a 
total value in excess of $5,000,000, unless the senior procurement 
executive concerned first--
            ``(A) conducts market research;
            ``(B) identifies any alternative contracting approaches 
        that would involve a lesser degree of consolidation of contract 
        requirements; and
            ``(C) determines that the consolidation is necessary and 
        justified.
    ``(2) A senior procurement executive may determine that an 
acquisition strategy involving a consolidation of contract requirements 
is necessary and justified for the purposes of paragraph (1) if the 
benefits of the acquisition strategy substantially exceed the benefits 
of each of the possible alternative contracting approaches identified 
under subparagraph (B) of that paragraph. However, savings in 
administrative or personnel costs alone do not constitute, for such 
purposes, a sufficient justification for a consolidation of contract 
requirements in a procurement unless the total amount of the cost 
savings is expected to be substantial in relation to the total cost of 
the procurement.
    ``(3) Benefits considered for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and 
(2) may include cost and, regardless of whether quantifiable in dollar 
amounts--
            ``(A) quality;
            ``(B) acquisition cycle;
            ``(C) terms and conditions; and
            ``(D) any other benefit.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The terms `consolidation of contract requirements' 
        and `consolidation', with respect to contract requirements of a 
        military department, Defense Agency, or Department of Defense 
        Field Activity, mean a use of a solicitation to obtain offers 
        for a single contract or a multiple award contract to satisfy 
        two or more requirements of that department, agency, or 
        activity for goods or services that have previously been 
        provided to, or performed for, that department, agency, or 
        activity under two or more separate contracts smaller in cost 
        than the total cost of the contract for which the offers are 
        solicited.
            ``(2) The term ``multiple award contract'' means--
                    ``(A) a contract that is entered into by the 
                Administrator of General Services under the multiple 
                award schedule program referred to in section 
                2302(2)(C) of this title;
                    ``(B) a multiple award task order contract or 
                delivery order contract that is entered into under the 
                authority of sections 2304a through 2304d of this title 
                or sections 303H through 303K of the Federal Property 
                and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h 
                through 253k); and
                    ``(C) any other indeterminate delivery, 
                indeterminate quantity contract that is entered into by 
                the head of a Federal agency with two or more sources 
                pursuant to the same solicitation.
            ``(3) The term `senior procurement executive concerned' 
        means--
                    ``(A) with respect to a military department, the 
                official designated under section 16(3) of the Office 
                of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3)) as 
                the senior procurement executive for the military 
                department; or
                    ``(B) with respect to a Defense Agency or a 
                Department of Defense Field Activity, the official so 
                designated for the Department of Defense.
            ``(4) The term `small business concern' means a business 
        concern that is determined by the Administrator of the Small 
        Business Administration to be a small-business concern by 
        application of the standards prescribed under section 3(a) of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 2381 the following new item:

``2382. Consolidation of contract requirements: policy and 
                            restrictions.''.
    (b) Data Review.--
            (1) Requirement for review.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        revise the data collection systems of the Department of Defense 
        to ensure that such systems are capable of identifying each 
        procurement that involves a consolidation of contract 
        requirements within the department with a total value in excess 
        of $5,000,000.
            (2) Periodic review.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
        appropriate officials of the Department of Defense periodically 
        review the information collected pursuant to paragraph (1) in 
        cooperation with the Small Business Administration--
                    (A) to determine the extent of the consolidation of 
                contract requirements in the Department of Defense; and
                    (B) to assess the impact of the consolidation of 
                contract requirements on the availability of 
                opportunities for small business concerns to 
                participate in Department of Defense procurements, both 
                as prime contractors and as subcontractors.
            (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) The term ``bundling of contract requirements'' 
                has the meaning given that term in section 3(o)(2) of 
                the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(o)(2)).
                    (B) The term ``consolidation of contract 
                requirements'' has the meaning given that term in 
                section 2382(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as 
                added by subsection (a).
                    (C) The term ``small business concern'' means a 
                business concern that is determined by the 
                Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
                be a small-business concern by application of the 
                standards prescribed under section 3(a) of the Small 
                Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).
    (c) Evaluation of Bundling Effects.--Section 15(h)(2) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, and whether 
        contract bundling played a role in the failure,'' after 
        ``agency goals''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(G) The number and dollar value of consolidations of 
        contract requirements with a total value in excess of 
        $5,000,000, including the number of such consolidations that 
        were awarded to small business concerns as prime 
        contractors.''.
    (d) Reporting Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
        Administration shall conduct a study examining the best means 
        to determine the accuracy of the market research required under 
        section 15(e)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        644(e)(2)) for each bundled contract (as defined in section 
        3(o)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(o)(1)), to determine whether 
        the anticipated benefits were realized, or if they were not 
        realized, the reasons that the anticipated benefits were not 
        realized.
            (2) Provision of information.--The head of a Federal agency 
        shall provide to the appropriate procurement center 
        representative a copy of market research required of the agency 
        under section 15(e)(2) of the Small Business Act for 
        consolidations of contract requirements with a total value in 
        excess of $5,000,000, upon request.
            (3) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report 
        to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
        Representatives on the results of the study conducted under 
        this subsection.
            (4) Repeal of requirement for annual report.--Section 15 of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by striking 
        subsection (p).
[A]:
Directs the Secretary of Defense to require the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency and Department of Defense (DOD) Field Activity to ensure that decisions made regarding the consolidation of contract requirements (bundling) are made with a view to providing small businesses with appropriate opportunities to participate in DOD procurements as prime contractors and subcontractors. Limits the authority of any such official to execute an acquisition strategy that includes a consolidation of contract requirements with a total value in excess of $5 million. Requires the Secretary to review DOD data collection systems to ensure their capability of identifying each procurement that involves a consolidation in excess of such amount.Amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to report annually to the President the number and value of consolidations in excess of such amount, including the number of such consolidations that were awarded to small businesses as prime contractors. Requires the SBA Administrator to study the best means to determine the accuracy of certain required market research on bundled contracts to determine whether their anticipated benefits were realized.