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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Post Office Relocation Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. GUIDELINES FOR RENOVATION, RELOCATION, CLOSING, OR 
              CONSOLIDATION OF POST OFFICES.

    Section 404(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows--
    ``(b)(1) The Postal Service, prior to making a determination under 
subsection (a)(3) of this section as to the necessity for the 
renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of any post office, 
shall provide adequate notice of its intention to renovate, relocate, 
close, or consolidate such post office at least 60 days prior to the 
proposed date of such renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation 
to persons served by such post office.
    ``(2) Such notification shall be made in writing and shall be hand 
delivered or delivered by mail to persons served by such post office, 
and shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation 
within the zip codes served by such post office. Such notification 
shall include--
            ``(A) an identification of the renovation, relocation, 
        closing, or consolidation;
            ``(B) a summary of the reasons for the renovation, 
        relocation, closing, or consolidation; and
            ``(C) the proposed date for the renovation, relocation, 
        renovation, closing, or consolidation.
    ``(3) Any person served by the post office may offer an alternative 
renovation, relocation, consolidation, or closing proposal within the 
60 day notice period. The Postal Service shall deliver a response in 
writing by hand delivery or certified mail to the person making the 
proposal. In a case in which the Postal Service rejects a bona fide 
proposal, the Postal Service shall state in writing the reasons for the 
rejection.
    ``(4) At the end of the 60 day notice period, the Postal Service 
shall make a determination under subsection (a)(3). Prior to making a 
final determination, the Postal Service shall conduct a hearing, and 
persons served by the post office may present oral or written testimony 
with respect to the renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation 
of such post office. The Postal Service, in making a determination as 
to whether or not to renovate, relocate, close, or consolidate a post 
office shall consider--
            ``(A) the extent to which such post office is part of a 
        core downtown business area;
            ``(B) the effect of such renovation, relocation, closing, 
        or consolidation on the community served by such post office;
            ``(C) whether the community served by such post office 
        opposes a renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation;
            ``(D) the effect of such renovation, relocation, closing, 
        or consolidation on employees of the Postal Service employed at 
        such office;
            ``(E) whether such renovation, relocation, closing, or 
        consolidation is consistent with the policy of the Government, 
        as stated in section 101(b) of this title, that the Postal 
        Service shall provide a maximum degree of effective and regular 
        postal services to rural areas, communities, and small towns 
        where post offices are not self sustaining;
            ``(F) the quantified long-term economic saving to the 
        Postal Service resulting from such renovation, relocation, 
        closing, or consolidation;
            ``(G) whether postal officials engaged in negotiations with 
        persons served by the post office concerning the proposed 
        renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation;
            ``(H) whether management of the post office contributed to 
        a desire to relocate;
            ``(I) the adequacy of the existing post office, and whether 
        all reasonable alternatives have been explored; and
            ``(J) such other factors as the Postal Service determines 
        are necessary.
    ``(5) Any determination of the Postal Service to renovate, 
relocate, close, or consolidate a post office shall be in writing and 
shall include the findings of the Postal Service with respect to the 
considerations required to be made under paragraph (4) of this 
subsection. Such determination and findings shall be made available to 
persons served by such post office.
    ``(6) The Postal Service shall take no action to renovate, 
relocate, close, or consolidate a post office until 60 days after its 
written determination is made available to persons served by such post 
office.
    ``(7) A determination of the Postal Service to renovate, relocate, 
close, or consolidate any post office may be appealed by any person 
served by such post office to the Postal Rate Commission within 30 days 
after such determination is made available to such person under 
paragraph (5). The Commission shall review such determination on the 
basis of the record before the Postal Service in the making of such 
determination. The Commission shall make a determination based upon 
such review no later than 120 days after receiving any appeal under 
this paragraph. The commission shall set aside any determination, 
findings, and conclusions found to be--
            ``(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or 
        otherwise not in accordance with the law;
            ``(B) without observance of procedure required by law; or
            ``(C) unsupported by substantial evidence on the record.
The Commission may affirm the determination of the Postal Service or 
order that the entire matter be returned for further consideration, but 
the Commission may not modify the determination of the Postal Service. 
The Commission may suspend the effectiveness of the determination of 
the Postal Service until the final disposition of the appeal. The 
provisions of section 556, section 557, and chapter 7 of title 5 shall 
not apply to any review carried out by the Commission under this 
paragraph.
    ``(8) In a case in which a community has procedures to address the 
renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of buildings in the 
community, and the public participation requirements of such procedures 
are more stringent than those provided in this subsection, the Postal 
Service shall follow such procedures and disregard the procedures 
established in this subsection.
    ``(9) The Postal Service, in making a determination to renovate, 
relocate, close, or consolidate any post office, shall comply with any 
zoning, planning, or land use regulations, or building codes applicable 
to State or local public entities, including the zoning authority, of 
the local jurisdiction.''.

SEC. 3. POLICY STATEMENT.

    Section 101(g) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``The Postal Service shall also 
consider the effect a new postal facility may have on the community 
served by the prior facility.''.

A: Post Office Relocation Act of 1997 - Modifies Federal postal provisions to require a 60-day notice before the renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation (currently, the closing or consolidation) of a post office.  Requires such notice to be:  (1) hand delivered or delivered by mail; and (2) published in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the zip codes served by such post office. 
Sets forth provisions which:  (1) allow any person served by the post office to offer an alternative renovation, relocation, consolidation, or closing proposal within such 60-day period; and (2) require the Postal Service to conduct a hearing to allow the individual to present oral or written testimony. 
Revises the factors to be considered in deciding whether or not to renovate, relocate, close, or consolidate a post office to include:  (1) the extent to which the post office is part of a core downtown business area; (2) the sentiment of the community; (3) whether postal officials negotiated with persons served; (4) whether management of the post office contributed to a desire to relocate; and (5) the adequacy of the existing post office. 
Requires the Postal Service to follow a community's public participation procedures to address the renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of buildings in the community if participation requirements of such procedures are more stringent than those provided in this Act. 
Requires the Postal Service, in making a determination to renovate, relocate, close, or consolidate any post office, to comply with any zoning, planning, or land use regulations or building codes applicable to State or local public entities, including the zoning authority of the local jurisdiction. 
Includes within the Postal Service policy with respect to planning and building new postal facilities that the Service consider the effect a new facility may have on the community.
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Q: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Twice since 1989, the northwestern coast of Maui, 
        Hawaii, has been plagued with massive blooms of the green alga, 
        Cladorphora sericea. Blooms of the red alga, Hypnea 
        musciformis, have also occurred in the area and in the Kihei 
        area.
            (2) The algal blooms have destroyed corals and other reef-
        building organisms, and have washed up on beaches and severely 
        impeded the recreational use of affected coastal areas.
            (3) The algal blooms are particularly detrimental to the 
        natural ecological balance of the near-shore reef environment.
            (4) Although the specific causes of the algal blooms are 
        uncertain, algal growth is stimulated in a proportional manner 
        by concentrations of chemicals such as fertilizers and 
        insecticides, which enter the ocean through freshwater runoff.
            (5) The Department of Health of the State of Hawaii has 
        indicated that the department does not have the resources at 
        this time to determine the cause of the algal blooms.
            (6) Extensive research will be required to determine the 
        factors that contribute to algal growth.
            (7) Potential sources of nutrients that may contribute to 
        algal growth include the near-shore disposal of sewage in 
        injection wells from the Lahaina Wastewater Treatment Plant, 
        surface runoff from agricultural lands and urban resort areas, 
        and subsurface point sources in the areas.
            (8) The long-term environmental impacts of the algal blooms 
        are unknown, but in the short term, reefs exposed to the algae 
        are being destroyed and the deterioration of the coral has 
        detrimental effects on fish and other wildlife that depend on 
        the reefs for survival.
            (9) The algal blooms are generating negative economic 
        impacts as well as negative biological impacts, as additional 
        reports indicate that the algae are decreasing the intake of 
        fish caught by local fishermen in the affected marine waters.
            (10) The Maui Algae Task Force is comprised of community 
        environmental activists and has been assembled to address the 
        problem of algal blooms.
            (11) The Maui Algae Task Force hopes to work in cooperation 
        with the Department of Health of the State of Hawaii and the 
        Environmental Protection Agency to identify and eradicate the 
        causes of the algal blooms.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Administrator'') 
shall conduct a study to--
            (1) determine the causes of recent algal blooms off the 
        northwestern coast of Maui, Hawaii; and
            (2) research alternatives for the improved management of 
        chemicals present in wastewater treatment and fresh water 
        runoff.
    (b) Study Requirements.--In carrying out the study under this 
section, the Administrator shall--
            (1) survey and monitor--
                    (A) seaweed populations and animals for which the 
                seaweed is a food source;
                    (B) surface water runoff sediments in the study 
                area; and
                    (C) inputs into the study area from subsurface 
                point sources, including any such inputs from the 
                Lahaina wastewater treatment plant; and
            (2) study the responses of--
                    (A) the seaweed populations referred to in 
                paragraph (1)(A) to different concentrations of 
                nutrients; and
                    (B) the animals referred to in paragraph (1)(A) to 
                pesticides and other biological toxins.
    (c) Equipment; Grants.--
            (1) Acquisition of equipment.--In carrying out the study 
        under this section, the Administrator is authorized to acquire 
        such monitoring and testing equipment as the Administrator 
        determines necessary.
            (2) Grants.--In carrying out the study under this section, 
        the Administrator is authorized to establish a grant program to 
        provide grants to eligible entities that submit approved 
        applications to the Administrator. The following entities may 
        submit an application to conduct study activities under this 
        section:
                    (A) The Department of Health of the State of 
                Hawaii.
                    (B) The Maui Algae Task Force.
                    (C) Appropriate Federal, State, or county 
                departments or agencies.
                    (D) Any other entity that the Administrator 
                determines to be appropriate.
    (d) Demonstration Projects.--In carrying out the study under this 
section, the Administrator is authorized to establish demonstration 
projects to identify and implement best management practices for the 
control of nonpoint source pollution from erosion and agricultural 
runoff.
    (e) Reports.--
            (1) Interim report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
        Congress a report that includes interim results of the study 
        conducted under this section, and such recommendations as the 
        Administrator determines to be appropriate.
            (2) Final report.--Not later than January 31, 1996, the 
        Administrator shall submit to Congress a final report that 
        summarizes the results of the study conducted under this 
        section and includes such recommendations as the Administrator 
        determines to be appropriate.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out this 
section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

A: Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the causes of recent algal blooms off the northwestern coast of Maui, Hawaii, and to research alternatives for the improved management of chemicals present in wastewater treatment and fresh water runoff. 
Authorizes the Administrator to establish:  (1) a grant program to enable eligible entities to conduct study activities; and (2) demonstration projects to implement best management practices for the control of nonpoint source pollution from erosion and agricultural runoff. 
Authorizes appropriations.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Approximately 40,000,000 people, over 75 percent 
        civilians, died as a result of civil and international wars 
        fought with conventional weapons during the 45 years of the 
        cold war, demonstrating that conventional weapons can in fact 
        be weapons of mass destruction.
            (2) Conflict has actually increased in the post cold war 
        era, with 26 wars in progress during 1992.
            (3) War is both a human tragedy and an ongoing economic 
        disaster affecting the entire world, including the United 
        States and its economy, because it decimates both local 
        investment and potential export markets.
            (4) International trade in conventional weapons increases 
        the risk and impact of war in an already over-militarized 
        world, creating far more costs than benefits for the United 
        States economy through increased United States defense and 
        foreign assistance spending and reduced demand for United 
        States civilian exports.
            (5) The newly established United Nations Register of 
        Conventional Arms can be an effective first step in support of 
        limitations on the supply of conventional weapons to developing 
        countries and compliance with its reporting requirements by a 
        foreign government can be an integral tool in determining the 
        worthiness of such government for the receipt of United States 
        military assistance and arms transfers.
            (6) It is in the national security and economic interests 
        of the United States to reduce dramatically the 
        $1,000,000,000,000 that all countries spend on armed forces 
        every year, $200,000,000,000 of which is spent by developing 
        countries, an amount equivalent to 4 times the total bilateral 
        and multilateral foreign assistance such countries receive 
        every year.
            (7) According to the Congressional Research Service, the 
        United States supplies more conventional weapons to developing 
        countries than all other countries combined, averaging 
        $15,600,000,000 a year in agreements to supply such weapons to 
        developing countries since the end of the cold war, compared to 
        $7,000,000,000 a year in such agreements prior to the 
        dissolution of the Soviet Union.
            (8) In recent years the vast majority of United States arms 
        transfers to developing countries are to countries with an 
        undemocratic form of government whose citizens, according to 
        the Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights 
        Practices do not have the ability to peaceably change their 
        form of government.
            (9) Although a goal of United States foreign policy should 
        be to work with foreign governments and international 
        organizations to reduce militarization and dictatorship and 
        therefore prevent conflicts before they arise, during 3 recent 
        deployments of United States Armed Forces--to the Republic of 
        Panama, the Persian Gulf, and Somalia--such Armed Forces faced 
        conventional weapons that had been provided or financed by the 
        United States to undemocratic governments.
            (10) The proliferation of conventional arms and conflicts 
        around the globe are multilateral problems, and the fact that 
        the United States has emerged as the world's primary seller of 
        conventional weapons, combined with the world leadership role 
        of the United States, signifies that the United States is in a 
        position to seek multilateral restraints on the competition for 
        and transfers of conventional weapons.
            (11) Congress has the constitutional responsibility to 
        participate with the executive branch in decisions to provide 
        military assistance and arms transfers to a foreign government, 
        and in the formulation of a policy designed to reduce 
        dramatically the level of international militarization.
            (12) A decision to provide military assistance and arms 
        transfers to a government that is undemocratic, does not 
        adequately protect human rights, is currently engaged in acts 
        of armed aggression, or is not fully participating in the 
        United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, should require a 
        higher level of scrutiny than does a decision to provide such 
        assistance and arms transfers to a government to which these 
        conditions do not apply.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to provide clear policy guidelines and 
congressional responsibility for determining the eligibility of foreign 
governments to be considered for United States military assistance and 
arms transfers.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND ARMS 
              TRANSFERS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
United States military assistance and arms transfers may not be 
provided to a foreign government for a fiscal year unless the President 
certifies to the Congress for that fiscal year that such government 
meets the following requirements:
            (1) Promotes democracy.--Such government--
                    (A) was chosen in free and fair elections and 
                permits free and fair elections to take place;
                    (B) promotes civilian control of the military and 
                security forces, and has civilian institutions that 
                determine national security policy and control the 
                operations and spending of the armed forces, security 
                forces, and police or other law enforcement forces;
                    (C) promotes the rule of law, equality before the 
                law, and respect for individual and minority rights, 
                including freedom to speak, publish, associate, and 
                organize;
                    (D) promotes the strengthening of the political and 
                civil infrastructure of democracy, including democratic 
                legislatures and local government structures and 
                institutions of civil society that emphasize pluralism 
                and autonomy from the central government; and
                    (E) promotes strong internal and autonomous 
                institutions and groups to monitor the conduct of 
                public officials and to combat corruption.
            (2) Respects human rights.--Such government--
                    (A) does not engage in gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights, including--
                            (i) extra judicial or arbitrary executions;
                            (ii) disappearances;
                            (iii) torture or severe mistreatment;
                            (iv) prolonged arbitrary imprisonment;
                            (v) systematic official discrimination on 
                        the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, 
                        or national origin; and
                            (vi) grave breaches of international laws 
                        of war or equivalent violations of the laws of 
                        war in internal conflicts;
                    (B) vigorously investigates, disciplines, and 
                prosecutes those responsible for gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights;
                    (C) permits access on a regular basis to political 
                prisoners by international humanitarian organizations 
                such as the International Committee of the Red Cross;
                    (D) promotes the independence of the judiciary and 
                other official bodies that oversee the protection of 
                human rights;
                    (E) does not impede the free functioning of 
                domestic and international human rights organizations; 
                and
                    (F) provides access on a regular basis to 
                humanitarian organizations in situations of conflict or 
                famine.
            (3) Not engaged in certain acts of armed aggression.--Such 
        government is not currently engaged in acts of armed aggression 
        in violation of international law.
            (4) Full participation in u.n. register of conventional 
        arms.--Such government is fully participating in the United 
        Nations Register of Conventional Arms by annually reporting to 
        such Register--
                    (A) the number and type of conventional weapons 
                that such government possessed during the preceding 
                year; and
                    (B) the number and type of conventional weapons 
                transferred to and from the country of such government 
                during the preceding year.
    (b) Requirement for Continuing Compliance.--Any certification with 
respect to a foreign government for a fiscal year under subsection (a) 
shall cease to be effective for that fiscal year if the President 
certifies to the Congress that such government has not continued to 
comply with the requirements contained in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
such subsection.
    (c) Exemption.--The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall 
not apply with respect to a foreign government for a fiscal year if--
            (1) the President submits a request for an exemption to the 
        Congress containing a determination that it is in the national 
        security interest of the United States to provide military 
        assistance and arms transfers to such government; and
            (2) the Congress enacts a law approving such exemption 
        request.
    (d) Notification to Congress.--The President shall submit to the 
Congress initial certifications under subsection (a) and requests for 
exemptions under subsection (c) in conjunction with the submission of 
the annual request for enactment of authorizations and appropriations 
for foreign assistance programs for a fiscal year and shall, where 
appropriate, submit additional or amended certifications and requests 
for exemptions at any time thereafter in the fiscal year.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate should hold hearings on controversial 
certifications submitted under section 4(a) and all requests for 
exemptions submitted under section 4(c).

SEC. 6. UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND ARMS TRANSFERS DEFINED.

    For purposes of this Act, the terms ``United States military 
assistance and arms transfers'' and ``military assistance and arms 
transfers'' mean--
            (1) assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to military assistance), 
        including the transfer of excess defense articles under 
        sections 516 through 519 of that Act;
            (2) assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international military 
        education and training);
            (3) assistance under the ``Foreign Military Financing 
        Program'' under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act; or
            (4) the transfer of defense articles, defense services, or 
        design and construction services under the Arms Export Control 
        Act, including defense articles and defense services licensed 
        or approved for export under section 38 of that Act.

A:
Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1993 - Prohibits U.S. military assistance and arms transfers to a foreign government unless the President certifies to the Congress that the government:  (1) meets specified conditions regarding democracy, including that it was chosen in free and fair elections and promotes civilian control of the military, the rule of law, and respect for individual rights; (2) does not engage in human rights violations, investigates and prosecutes those responsible for human rights violations, permits access to political prisoners by international organizations, and provides access to such organizations in situations of conflict or famine; (3) is not engaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of international law; and (4) is participating in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms by annually reporting to the Register the number and type of conventional weapons possessed by, and transferred to and from, the country during the preceding year. 
Authorizes an exemption from such prohibition for a fiscal year if: (1) the President requests an exemption from the Congress stating that it is in the national security interest to provide military assistance and arms transfers to a government; and (2) the Congress enacts a law approving such request. 
Requires the President to submit initial certifications and requests for exemptions in conjunction with the submission of the annual request for enactment of authorizations and appropriations for foreign assistance. 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on controversial certifications and all requests for exemptions.
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