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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Arson Prevention Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that_
        (1) arson is a serious and costly problem, and is responsible 
    for approximately 25 percent of all fires in the United States;
        (2) arson is a leading cause of fire deaths, accounting for 
    approximately 700 deaths annually in the United States, and is the 
    leading cause of property damage due to fire in the United States;
        (3) estimates of arson property losses are in the range of 
    $2,000,000,000 annually, or approximately 1 of every 4 dollars lost 
    to fire;
        (4) the incidence of arson in the United States is seriously 
    underreported, in part because of the lack of adequate 
    participation by local jurisdictions in the National Fire Incident 
    Reporting System (NFIRS) and the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 
    program;
        (5) there is a need for expanded training programs for arson 
    investigators;
        (6) there is a need for improved programs designed to enable 
    volunteer firefighters to detect arson crimes and to preserve 
    evidence vital to the investigation and prosecution of arson cases;
        (7) according to the National Fire Protection Association, of 
    all the suspicious and incendiary fires estimated to occur, only 
    \1/3\ are confirmed as arson; and
        (8) improved training of arson investigators will increase the 
    ability of fire departments to identify suspicious and incendiary 
    fires, and will result in increased and more effective prosecution 
    of arson offenses.

SEC. 3. ARSON PREVENTION GRANTS.

    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
inserting after section 24 (15 U.S.C. 2220) the following new section:

``SEC. 25. ARSON PREVENTION GRANTS.

    ``(a) Definitions._As used in this section:
        ``(1) Arson._The term `arson' includes all incendiary and 
    suspicious fires.
        ``(2) Office._The term `Office' means the Office of Fire 
    Prevention and Arson Control of the United States Fire 
    Administration.
    ``(b) Grants._The Administrator, acting through the Office, shall 
carry out a demonstration program under which not more than 10 grant 
awards shall be made to States, or consortia of States, for programs 
relating to arson research, prevention, and control.
    ``(c) Goals._In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall 
award 2-year grants on a competitive, merit basis to States, or 
consortia of States, for projects that promote one or more of the 
following goals:
        ``(1) To improve the training by States leading to professional 
    certification of arson investigators, in accordance with nationally 
    recognized certification standards.
        ``(2) To provide resources for the formation of arson task 
    forces or interagency organizational arrangements involving police 
    and fire departments and other relevant local agencies, such as a 
    State arson bureau and the office of a fire marshal of a State.
        ``(3) To combat fraud as a cause of arson and to advance 
    research at the State and local levels on the significance and 
    prevention of fraud as a motive for setting fires.
        ``(4) To provide for the management of arson squads, including_
            ``(A) training courses for fire departments in arson case 
        management, including standardization of investigative 
        techniques and reporting methodology;
            ``(B) the preparation of arson unit management guides; and
            ``(C) the development and dissemination of new public 
        education materials relating to the arson problem.
        ``(5) To combat civil unrest as a cause of arson and to advance 
    research at the State and local levels on the prevention and 
    control of arson linked to urban disorders.
        ``(6) To combat juvenile arson, such as juvenile fire-setter 
    counseling programs and similar intervention programs, and to 
    advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention of 
    juvenile arson.
        ``(7) To combat drug-related arson and to advance research at 
    the State and local levels on the causes and prevention of drug-
    related arson.
        ``(8) To combat domestic violence as a cause of arson and to 
    advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention of 
    arson arising from domestic violence.
        ``(9) To combat arson in rural areas and to improve the 
    capability of firefighters to identify and prevent arson initiated 
    fires in rural areas and public forests.
        ``(10) To improve the capability of firefighters to identify 
    and combat arson through expanded training programs, including_
            ``(A) training courses at the State fire academies; and
            ``(B) innovative courses developed with the Academy and 
        made available to volunteer firefighters through regional 
        delivery methods, including teleconferencing and satellite 
        delivered television programs.
    ``(d) Structuring of Applications._The Administrator shall assist 
grant applicants in structuring their applications so as to ensure that 
at least one grant is awarded for each goal described in subsection 
(c).
    ``(e) State Qualification Criteria._In order to qualify for a grant 
under this section, a State, or consortium of States, shall provide 
assurances adequate to the Administrator that the State or consortium_
        ``(1) will obtain at least 25 percent of the cost of programs 
    funded by the grant, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal sources;
        ``(2) will not as a result of receiving the grant decrease the 
    prior level of spending of funds of the State or consortium from 
    non-Federal sources for arson research, prevention, and control 
    programs;
        ``(3) will use no more than 10 percent of funds provided under 
    the grant for administrative costs of the programs; and
        ``(4) is making efforts to ensure that all local jurisdictions 
    will provide arson data to the National Fire Incident Reporting 
    System or the Uniform Crime Reporting program.
    ``(f) Extension._A grant awarded under this section may be extended 
for one or more additional periods, at the discretion of the 
Administrator, subject to the availability of appropriations.
    ``(g) Technical Assistance._The Administrator shall provide 
technical assistance to States in carrying out programs funded by 
grants under this section.
    ``(h) Consultation and Cooperation._In carrying out this section, 
the Administrator shall consult and cooperate with other Federal 
agencies to enhance program effectiveness and avoid duplication of 
effort, including the conduct of regular meetings initiated by the 
Administrator with representatives of other Federal agencies concerned 
with arson and concerned with efforts to develop a more comprehensive 
profile of the magnitude of the national arson problem.
    ``(i) Assessment._Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall submit a report 
to Congress that_
        ``(1) identifies grants made under this section;
        ``(2) specifies the identity of grantees;
        ``(3) states the goals of each grant; and
        ``(4) contains a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of 
    the grant program under this section.
    ``(j) Regulations._Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall issue regulations 
to implement this section, including procedures for grant applications.
    ``(k) Administration._The Administrator shall directly administer 
the grant program required by this section, and shall not enter into 
any contract under which the grant program or any portion of the 
program will be administered by another party.
    ``(l) Purchase of American Made Equipment and Products._
        ``(1) Sense of congress._It is the sense of Congress that any 
    recipient of a grant under this section should purchase, when 
    available and cost-effective, American made equipment and products 
    when expending grant monies.
        ``(2) Notice to recipients of assistance._In allocating grants 
    under this section, the Administrator shall provide to each 
    recipient a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) 
    by the Congress.''.

SEC. 4. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER TRAINING.

    Section 24(a)(2) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2220(a)(2)) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ``, with particular emphasis on the needs of 
volunteer firefighters for improved and more widely available arson 
training courses''.

SEC. 5. CPR TRAINING.

    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 32. CPR TRAINING.

    ``No funds shall be made available to a State or local government 
under section 25 unless such government has a policy to actively 
promote the training of its firefighters in cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation.''.

SEC. 6. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HOUSING EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 31(c)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(1)) is amended_
        (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``No Federal'' and 
    inserting in lieu thereof ``Except as otherwise provided in this 
    paragraph, no Federal''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
    ``(C) Housing covered by this paragraph that does not have an 
adequate and reliable electrical system shall not be subject to the 
requirement under subparagraph (A) for protection by hard-wired smoke 
detectors, but shall be protected by battery operated smoke detectors.
    ``(D) If funding has been programmed or designated for the 
demolition of housing covered by this paragraph, such housing shall not 
be subject to the fire protection requirements of subparagraph (A), but 
shall be protected by battery operated smoke detectors.''.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 17 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2216) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) In addition to any other amounts that are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act_
        ``(1) $500,000 for fiscal year 1995 for basic research on the 
    development of an advanced course on arson prevention;
        ``(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for the expansion of 
    arson investigator training programs at the Academy under section 
    24 and at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or through 
    regional delivery sites;
        ``(3) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for 
    carrying out section 25, except for salaries and expenses for 
    carrying out section 25; and
        ``(4) $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for 
    salaries and expenses for carrying out section 25.''.

SEC. 8. SUNSET.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds are 
authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year after fiscal year 
1996 for carrying out the programs for which funds are authorized by 
this Act, or the amendments made by this Act.







                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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Arson Prevention Act of 1994 - Amends the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, acting through the Office of Fire Prevention and Arson Control, to carry out a demonstration program under which not more than ten grant awards shall be made to States or consortia of States (States) for programs relating to arson research, prevention, and control. 
Directs the Administrator, in carrying out such provision, to award two-year grants on a competitive, merit basis to States for projects that promote one or more of specified goals, including:  (1) improving the training by States leading to professional certification of arson investigators; (2) providing resources for the formation of arson task forces or interagency organizational arrangements involving the police and fire departments and other relevant local agencies; (3) combating fraud as a cause of arson and advancing research at the State and local levels on the significance and prevention of fraud as a motive for setting fires; (4) combating juvenile arson, drug-related arson, and domestic violence as a cause of arson; and (5) improving the capability of firefighters to identify and combat arson through expanded training programs. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) the structuring of applications; (2) State qualification criteria; (3) the extension of grants; (4) technical assistance; (5) consultation and cooperation with other Federal agencies; (6) assessment; and (7) the purchase of American made equipment and products by grant recipients. 
(Sec. 4) Includes within a provision requiring the Administrator to provide training and instructional materials in skills and knowledge necessary to assist Federal, State, and local fire service and law enforcement personnel in arson prevention, detection, and control, a requirement that particular emphasis be placed on the needs of volunteer firefighters for improved and more widely available arson training courses. 
(Sec. 5) Prohibits making certain funds available to a State or local government under the Act unless such government has a policy to actively promote the training of its firefighters in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 
(Sec. 6) Exempts Federal employee housing that does not have an adequate and reliable electrical system from the requirement for protection by hard-wired (but requires battery operated) smoke detectors. 
(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations, including appropriations for basic research on the development of an advanced course on arson prevention and for the expansion of arson investigator training programs at the National Fire Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center or through regional delivery sites. 
(Sec. 8) Prohibits any funds from being authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year after FY 1996 for carrying out the programs for which funds are authorized by this Act or the amendments made by this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accurate Education for Prenatal 
Screenings Act''.

SEC. 2. CELL-FREE DNA PRENATAL SCREENING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting, after section 317T (42 U.S.C. 247b-22), the following:

``SEC. 317U. CELL-FREE DNA PRENATAL SCREENING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Education Programs.--With respect to cell-free DNA prenatal 
screening, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop, implement, and 
maintain two programs, one for patients and one for health care 
providers, to educate patients and health care providers regarding 
matters including--
            ``(1) the purposes and definitions of such screenings;
            ``(2) the reasons for patients and health care providers to 
        consider such screenings;
            ``(3) the conditions such screenings may detect, including 
        accurate and up-to-date information about such conditions' 
        clinical features, prognoses, and treatments according to 
        relevant national disability organizations and medical 
        professional societies;
            ``(4) the risks and benefits of, and alternatives to, the 
        various methods of administering such screenings and prenatal 
        diagnostic testings, including the option to forego such 
        screenings and testings, as per guidelines established by 
        medical professional societies;
            ``(5) the possible results of such screenings;
            ``(6) the accuracy of the results of such screenings, 
        including positive predictive value, negative predictive value, 
        specificity, sensitivity, the inability of such screenings to 
        reliably diagnose chromosomal abnormalities, and the fact that 
        such screenings may yield false-positive and false-negative 
        results;
            ``(7) the need for diagnostic testing, and counseling by a 
        genetics professional, for patients whose screenings yield 
        positive, abnormal, or indeterminate results; and
            ``(8) the need for communication of screening results to 
        patients and appropriate follow up per guidelines established 
        by medical professional societies.
    ``(b) Materials.--Each program developed under this section shall 
include the provision of materials that--
            ``(1) contain information that is peer-reviewed, balanced, 
        accurate, and up-to-date;
            ``(2) enable the respective target audience to understand 
        the available options with regards to cell-free DNA prenatal 
        screenings, other prenatal screenings, and diagnostic tests;
            ``(3) promote the informed consent, and enhance the 
        decision-making processes of, the respective target audience 
        before and after such screenings;
            ``(4) contain information that appropriately addresses the 
        diversity of the patient population, including patients 
        proficient in languages other than English; and
            ``(5) contain contact information for relevant services and 
        support organizations for patients.
    ``(c) Assessment.--In developing, implementing, and maintaining 
programs and materials under this section, the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
shall--
            ``(1) consult with relevant medical professional, 
        disability support, patient advocacy, parents, and genetics 
        professionals organizations;
            ``(2) consult with companies and laboratories that perform 
        cell-free DNA prenatal screenings or develop the technologies 
        for such screenings;
            ``(3) assess and evaluate existing education activities and 
        materials for health care providers and patients related to 
        such screenings; and
            ``(4) take the results of such consultations, assessment, 
        and evaluation into account in developing educational programs 
        and materials under this section.
    ``(d) Annual Report.--Not later than 16 months after the date of 
enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit a progress report to the Congress with respect to--
            ``(1) the development and implementation of the education 
        programs established under this section;
            ``(2) the accessibility of each program to its respective 
        target audience;
            ``(3) the adoption of each program by its respective target 
        audience; and
            ``(4) the Secretary's efforts to ensure health care 
        providers and patients receive the materials created pursuant 
        to this section.
    ``(e) Deadline.--The Secretary shall develop and implement the 
education programs required by section 317U of the Public Health 
Service Act (as added by subsection (a)) not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act''.
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Accurate Education for Prenatal Screenings Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop, implement, and maintain two programs, one to educate patients and one to educate health care providers regarding:   the purposes and definitions of cell-free DNA prenatal screenings;   the reasons for patients and providers to consider such screenings;  the conditions such screenings may detect;  the risks and benefits of, and alternatives to, the various methods of administering such screenings and prenatal diagnostic testing;  the possible results of such screenings and the accuracy of such results;   the need for diagnostic testing, and counseling by a genetics professional, for patients whose screenings yield positive, abnormal, or indeterminate results; and   the need for communication of results to patients and appropriate follow-up per guidelines established by medical professional societies.  Requires each program to provide materials that:   contain information that is peer-reviewed, balanced, accurate, and up-to-date;   enable the respective target audience to understand the available options with regard to such screenings, other prenatal screenings, and diagnostic tests;   promote the informed consent of, and enhance the decision-making processes of, the respective target audience before and after such screenings;   contain information that appropriately addresses the diversity of the patient population; and   contain contact information for relevant services and support organizations for patients.    Requires CDC to submit annual reports regarding:  the development and implementation of such programs;   the accessibility of each program to, and the adoption of each program by, its respective target audience; and   CDC's efforts to ensure that providers and patients receive the materials created pursuant to this Act. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) more than 35 percent of families in the northeastern 
        United States depend on oil to heat their homes each winter, 
        and most of those families have no practical alternative to 
        paying the going price for heating oil or seeking public or 
        private assistance to pay for heating oil;
            (2) consumers experienced sudden and dramatic increases in 
        prices for home heating oil during the winters of 1989, 1996, 
        and 1999, causing hardship to families and other people of the 
        United States, including people on fixed and low incomes, 
        people living in rural areas, the elderly, farmers, truckers 
        and the driving public, and governments that pay home heating 
        oil bills;
            (3) a substantial part of each sudden increase in home 
        heating oil prices has been caused by vastly inadequate 
        supplies of home heating oil accumulated during the summer, 
        fall, and winter months by importers, refiners, and 
        wholesalers; and
            (4) increased stability in home heating oil prices is 
        necessary to maintain the economic vitality of the Northeast.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to ensure that minimally 
adequate stocks of home heating oil are accumulated in the Northeast to 
meet reasonably foreseeable demand during each winter while protecting 
consumers from sudden increases in the price of home heating oil.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 152 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (15 U.S.C. 
6232) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), 
        (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (8), 
        (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Home heating oil.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `home heating oil' 
                means distillate fuel oil.
                    ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `home heating oil' 
                includes No. 1 and No. 2 diesel and fuel oils.'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1)) the following:
            ``(6) Northeast.--The term `Northeast' means the States of 
        Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 
        Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
            ``(7) Primary heating oil inventory.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `primary heating oil 
                inventory' means a heating oil inventory held by an 
                importer, refiner, or wholesaler.
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--The term `primary heating oil 
                inventory' does not include any inventory held by a 
                retailer for the direct sale to an end user of home 
                heating oil.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) Wholesaler.--The term `wholesaler' means any person 
        that--
                    ``(A) owns, operates, leases, or otherwise controls 
                a bulk terminal having a total petroleum storage 
                capacity of 50,000 barrels or more;
                    ``(B) stores home heating oil; and
                    ``(C)(i) resells petroleum products to retail 
                businesses that market the petroleum products to end 
                users; or
                    ``(ii) receives petroleum products by tanker, 
                barge, or pipeline.
            ``(16) Winter season.--The term `winter season' means the 
        months of November through March.''.

SEC. 4. HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE FOR THE NORTHEAST.

    Part B of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (15 U.S.C. 6231 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 157 the following:

``SEC. 157A. VOLUNTARY PLANS FOR HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE.

    ``(a) Submission and Development of Voluntary Plans.--Importers, 
refiners, and wholesalers that hold primary heating oil inventories for 
sale to markets in the Northeast, acting individually or in 1 or more 
groups, should, for the purposes of ensuring stability in energy fuel 
markets and protecting consumers from dramatic swings in price--
            ``(1) develop voluntary plans, in consultation with 
        interested individuals from nonprofit organizations and the 
        public and private sectors, to maintain readily available 
        minimum product inventories of heating oil in the Northeast, 
        possibly in combination with the hedging of future inventories, 
        to mitigate the risk of severe price increases to consumers and 
        to reduce adverse impacts on the regional and national 
        economies; and
            ``(2) submit the voluntary plans to the Secretary not later 
        than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.
    ``(b) Certification and Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the Secretary determines that a plan 
        submitted under subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) is likely to achieve the purposes of this 
                Act, the Secretary shall so certify, and the importer, 
                refiner, or wholesaler shall implement the plan; or
                    ``(B) is not likely to achieve the purposes of this 
                section, the Secretary shall issue a statement 
                explaining why the plan does not appear likely to 
                achieve those purposes.
            ``(2) Report.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to 
        Congress a report describing the findings and reasons for a 
        certification or failure to certify a plan under this 
        subsection.
    ``(c) Defense to Antitrust Actions.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be available as a defense to 
        a civil or criminal action brought under the antitrust laws (or 
        any similar State law) with respect to an action taken to 
        develop and carry out a voluntary plan under subsection (a) by 
        an importer, refiner, or wholesaler the fact that--
                    ``(A) the action is taken--
                            ``(i) in the course of developing the 
                        voluntary plan; and
                            ``(ii) in the course of carrying out the 
                        voluntary plan, if the voluntary plan is 
                        certified by the Secretary under subsection 
                        (b);
                    ``(B) the action is not taken for the purpose of 
                injuring competition; and
                    ``(C) the importer, refiner, or wholesaler is in 
                compliance with this section.
            ``(2) Limitation.--Except in the case of an action taken to 
        develop a voluntary plan, the defense provided in paragraph (1) 
        shall be available only if the person asserting the defense 
        demonstrates that the action was specified in, or within the 
        reasonable contemplation of, a voluntary plan certified by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(3) Burden of proof.--A person interposing the defense 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the burden of proof, except that 
        the burden shall be on the person against which the defense is 
        asserted with respect to whether an action is taken for the 
        purpose of injuring competition.
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report describing the results of the implementation of all 
voluntary plans certified under this section, including specific 
compliance by importers, refiners, and wholesalers that serve the 
Northeast market with respect to the adequacy of the home heating oil 
supply.
    ``(e) Plan Adopted by Secretary.--If, by the date that is 240 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, for each importer, 
refiner, and wholesaler in the Northeast, a certified plan is not 
implemented in accordance with subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
adopt and implement a plan in accordance with section 157B.

``SEC. 157B. HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE FOR THE NORTHEAST.

    ``(a) Establishment of Private Home Heating Oil Reserves.--If a 
certified plan described in section 157A is not implemented in 
accordance with that section for each importer, refiner, and wholesaler 
that stores home heating oil for sale in the Northeast, not later than 
300 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall establish a private home heating oil reserve for the Northeast in 
accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Inventory.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall periodically monitor supply levels as necessary 
to ensure that each importer, refiner, and wholesaler of home heating 
oil that stores home heating oil for sale in the Northeast shall have 
in inventory and readily available to refiners in the Northeast a 
quantity of home heating oil that the Secretary determines is equal to 
the quantity that each importer, refiner, or wholesaler may reasonably 
be expected to require to supply the needs of its customers during the 
present or following winter season without subjecting consumers to 
sudden price increases that are due in part to inadequate buildup of 
heating oil inventories.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not require any 
        importer, refiner, or wholesaler to store any product under 
        paragraph (1) in a quantity greater than 95 percent of the 
        average storage capacity for home heating oil reasonably 
        available to the importer, refiner, or wholesaler during the 
        preceding 2 years.
            ``(3) Increased inventory.--If the Secretary determines 
        that an inventory of home heating oil does not meet the 
        requirement of under paragraph (1), the Secretary may direct an 
        importer, refiner, or wholesaler to acquire, store, and 
        maintain in readily available inventories any quantity of home 
        heating oil that the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
        supply heating oil needs in the Northeast without subjecting 
        consumers to sudden price increases that are due in part to 
        inadequate buildup of heating oil inventories.
            ``(4) Regulations.--As soon as practicable after the date 
        of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations necessary to carry out this section, including 
        regulations that--
                    ``(A) authorize civil penalties to enforce this 
                section; and
                    ``(B) provide that the Secretary shall cooperate 
                with State energy authorities in carrying out this 
                section.
    ``(c) Excess Inventory.--At the end of each winter season, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take 
appropriate and reasonable action to enable importers, refiners, and 
wholesalers of home heating oil to sell any remaining excess 
inventories of heating oil that the importers, refiners, and 
wholesalers may have.
    ``(d) Implementation.--In implementing this section, the Secretary 
shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the manner of 
implementation supports the maintenance of an economically sound and 
competitive petroleum industry.
    ``(e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the implementation of a 
plan under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report describing the results of the implementation of the plan, 
including specific compliance by importers, refiners, and wholesalers 
in the Northeast with respect to home heating oil supply buildup.''.
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Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress regarding the certification status of submitted voluntary plans.
Provides a defense to an antitrust action brought against such voluntary plans.
Requires the Secretary, if a certified plan is not implemented for each such importer, refiner, and wholesaler, to establish a private home heating oil reserve for the Northeast, according to specified requirements.