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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tuition Assistance for Families 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF TUITION TAX DEDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 222(b)(2) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to dollar limitation) are 
amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--The applicable dollar limit 
                shall be equal to--
                            ``(i) in the case of a taxpayer whose 
                        adjusted gross income for the taxable year does 
                        not exceed $65,000 ($130,000 in the case of a 
                        joint return), $12,000,
                            ``(ii) with respect to any taxable year 
                        beginning in 2004 or 2005, in the case of a 
                        taxpayer not described in clause (i) whose 
                        adjusted gross income for the taxable year does 
                        not exceed $80,000 ($160,000 in the case of a 
                        joint return), $2,000, and
                            ``(iii) in the case of any other taxpayer, 
                        zero.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of any 
                        taxable year beginning after 2003, each dollar 
                        amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
                        be increased by an amount equal to--
                                    ``(I) such dollar amount, 
                                multiplied by
                                    ``(II) the cost-of-living 
                                adjustment determined under section 
                                (1)(f)(3) for the calendar year in 
                                which the taxable year begins, by 
                                substituting `2002' for `1992'.
                            ``(ii) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted 
                        under clause (i) is not a multiple of $100, 
                        such amount shall be rounded to the next lowest 
                        multiple of $100.''.
    (b) Permanent Deduction.--Section 222 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (relating to qualified tuition and related expenses) is amended 
by striking subsection (e).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2002.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF LIFETIME LEARNING CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 25A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to per taxpayer credit) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``20 percent'' and inserting ``25 
        percent'', and
            (2) by striking ``$10,000 ($5,000 in the case of taxable 
        years beginning before January 1, 2003)'' and inserting 
        ``$12,000''.
    (b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 25A(h) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to inflation adjustments) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Dollar limitation on amount of lifetime learning 
        credit.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any taxable year 
                beginning after 2003, the dollar amount referred to in 
                subsection (c)(1) shall be increased by an amount equal 
                to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment 
                        determined under section (1)(f)(3) for the 
                        calendar year in which the taxable year begins, 
                        by substituting `2002' for `1992'.
                    ``(B) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under 
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, such amount 
                shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of 
                $100.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2002.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN INCOME LIMITS FOR HOPE AND LIFETIME LEARNING 
              CREDITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 25A(d)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to limitation based on modified adjusted gross 
income) is amended by striking ``$40,000 ($80,000'' and inserting 
``$55,000 ($110,000''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 25A(h)(2)(A) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``2001'' in the matter preceding clause (i) 
        and inserting ``2003'',
            (2) by striking ``the $40,000 and $80,000 amounts'' in such 
        matter and inserting ``the $55,000 and $110,000 amounts'', and
            (3) by striking ``2000'' in clause (ii) and inserting 
        ``2002''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2002.

SEC. 5. MAXIMUM PELL GRANT AWARDS.

    The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107-116) is amended under the heading ``Student Financial Assistance'' 
by striking ``$4,000'' and inserting ``$4,500''.

SEC. 6. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

    (a) Scholarships.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to 
award a scholarship for academic year 2003-2004 and succeeding academic 
years to each student in a State who graduated in the top 5 percent of 
such student's graduating class from secondary school in academic year 
2002-2003 or a succeeding academic year to enable such student to pay 
the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education.
    (b) Amount.--Each scholarship awarded under this section shall be 
in the amount of $1,000.
    (c) Use.--Each student awarded a scholarship under this section 
shall use the funds to pay the cost of attendance at an institution of 
higher education.
    (d) Construction of Needs Provision.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        nothing in this section, or any other Act, shall be construed 
        to permit the receipt of a scholarship under this section to be 
        counted for any needs test in connection with the awarding of 
        any grant or the making of any loan under the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) or any other provision of 
        Federal law relating to educational assistance.
            (2) Exception.--In determining the need of a student for 
        Federal financial assistance, an institution of higher 
        education may take into consideration the amount of scholarship 
        assistance received under this section if the total amount of 
        scholarship assistance received under this section plus the 
        amount of other financial assistance available to a student 
        exceeds the student's cost of attendance at the institution.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Education shall promulgate 
regulations regarding how scholarships awarded under this section will 
be allocated to both public and private school students.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Cost of attendance.--The term `cost of attendance' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 472 of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).
            (2) Institution of higher education.--The term `institution 
        of higher education' has the meaning given the term in section 
        101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

SOLUTION: Tuition Assistance for Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax deduction for qualified higher education tuition and related expenses. Sets such deduction at: (1) $12,000 for those with incomes up to $65,000 single or $130,000 joint; and (2) $2,000 for those whose incomes are above that level, but not more than $80,000 single or $160,000 joint. Provides inflation adjustment. Makes such tuition deduction permanent.Increases the amount of the Lifetime Learning tax credit percentage from 20 to 25 percent. Increases the amount of education expenses subject to such credit from $10,000 to $12,000 (thus making the maximum allowable credit $3,000, rather than the current $2,000). Provides inflation adjustment.Raises annual income limits for the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits to $55,000 single and $110,000 joint.Amends the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-116) to increase the maximum Pell Grant award from $4,000 to $4,500.Establishes an academic achievement scholarship program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a $1,000 college scholarship to each student in a State who graduates in the top five percent of his or her secondary school's graduating class.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevention of Escapement of 
Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF GENETICALLY ALTERED SALMON.

    (a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for a person--
            (1) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase a 
        covered fish, or a product containing covered fish, in 
        interstate or foreign commerce;
            (2) to have custody, control, or possession of, with the 
        intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase a 
        covered fish, or a product containing covered fish, in 
        interstate commerce;
            (3) to engage in net-pen aquaculture of covered fish;
            (4) to release a covered fish into a natural environment; 
        or
            (5) to have custody, control, or possession of a covered 
        fish with the intent to release it into a natural environment.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a fish, fish 
part, or product--
            (1) under confined use, or intended for confined use, for 
        scientific research;
            (2) collected for the purpose of enforcing this Act; or
            (3) if the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
        Atmosphere, in consultation with the Director of the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service and any other Federal, State, 
        or tribal entity the Under Secretary considers appropriate, 
        reviews any application requesting an action by a department or 
        agency of the Federal government to permit an act prohibited 
        under subsection (a), including any environmental assessment 
        prepared as part of that application, and--
                    (A) prepares a finding of no significant impact in 
                accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
                of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
                    (B) finds the application to be consistent with an 
                environmental impact statement prepared by the Under 
                Secretary in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the 
                National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
                4332) that includes--
                            (i) an environmental risk analysis that 
                        assesses the potential direct and indirect 
                        impacts from escapement of covered fish on wild 
                        and cultured fish stocks and environments that 
                        may be exposed to such covered fish;
                            (ii) a failure mode and effects analysis 
                        that quantitatively assesses the best- and 
                        worst-case probabilities of failure of each 
                        applicable confinement technique;
                            (iii) an assessment of the costs of control 
                        or eradication of escaped covered fish; and
                            (iv) an assessment of the potential 
                        economic damage in terms of loss of production 
                        or sales to relevant wild and cultured fish 
                        stocks and environments from the escapement of 
                        covered fish.
    (c) Environmental Impact Considerations.--
            (1) Notice.--Each agency, department, or other unit of the 
        Federal Government shall promptly notify the Under Secretary of 
        Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere when an action involving 
        covered fish, or a product containing covered fish is first 
        identified by such unit.
            (2) Ensuring compliance.--The Under Secretary of Commerce 
        for Oceans and Atmosphere, in cooperation with each Federal, 
        State, or tribal entity that the Under Secretary considers 
        appropriate, may monitor any mitigation measures proposed under 
        subsection (b)(3) to ensure implementation and compliance 
        therewith.
            (3) Provisions as complementary.--The provisions of this 
        Act are in addition to, and shall not affect the operation of, 
        other Federal, State, or local laws regulating a covered fish, 
        or a product containing covered fish.
    (d) Rules and Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
rules and regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES.

    (a) Enforcement.--The Secretary of Commerce may enforce section 2 
in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties provided under sections 308, 309, 310, and 311 of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861).
    (b) Penalties.--A person who violates section 2 shall be subject to 
the penalties, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, under 
sections 308, 309, 310, and 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861).

SEC. 4. REPORT ON RISKS TO WILD FISH STOCKS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall 
transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives the report under section 1007 of the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (21 U.S.C. 2106).

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Confined use.--The term ``confined use'' means any 
        operation, undertaken within a secured, land-based facility, 
        that involves a covered fish controlled by specific measures 
        that effectively prevent the covered fish from having contact 
        with and impact on the external environment, including 
        biological and physical confinement measures.
            (2) Covered fish.--The term ``covered fish'' means any 
        finfish, live or dead, including the gametes, fertilized eggs, 
        offspring, and descendants thereof, that is modified or 
        produced through the application of recombinant 
        deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technologies, using DNA from an 
        organism's own genome or that of another species, that overcome 
        natural physiological reproductive barriers and that are not 
        techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.
            (3) Finding of no significant impact.--The term ``finding 
        of no significant impact'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 1508.13 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (4) Product.--The term ``product'' means an item 
        manufactured or produced for sale or use as food.

SOLUTION: Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act  This bill prohibits a person from:   shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish, or a food product containing those fish, in commerce;  having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce;  engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish;  releasing those fish into a natural environment; or  having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment.    Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this Act are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this Act, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage. Each federal agency must promptly notify NOAA when an action involving those fish or food products is first identified by the agency. The Department of Commerce may enforce penalties for violations of this Act under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM.

    (a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in 
the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the 
application of that alien.
    (b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under subsection 
(a) to--
        (1) any alien who--
            (A) is a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, or any 
        of the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
            (B) personally delivers into the custody of the United 
        States Government a living American Vietnam War POW/MIA; and
        (2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in 
    paragraph (1).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) American vietnam war pow/mia.--
            (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        the term ``American Vietnam War POW/MIA'' means an individual--
                (i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within the 
            meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code) 
            in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such 
            title and this subsection) as a result of the Vietnam War; 
            or
                (ii) who is an employee (as defined in section 5561(2) 
            of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as 
            defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of 
            the Vietnam War.
            (B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an individual 
        with respect to whom it is officially determined under section 
        552(c) of title 37, United States Code, that such individual is 
        officially absent from such individual's post of duty without 
        authority.
        (2) Missing status.--The term ``missing status'', with respect 
    to the Vietnam War, means the status of an individual as a result 
    of the Vietnam War if immediately before that status began the 
    individual--
            (A) was performing service in Vietnam; or
            (B) was performing service in Southeast Asia in direct 
        support of military operations in Vietnam.
        (3) Vietnam war.--The term ``Vietnam War'' means the conflict 
    in Southeast Asia during the period that began on February 28, 
    1961, and ended on May 7, 1975.

SEC. 3. AMERICAN KOREAN WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM.

    (a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in 
the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the 
application of that alien.
    (b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under subsection 
(a) to--
        (1) any alien--
            (A) who is a national of North Korea, China, or any of the 
        independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
            (B) who personally delivers into the custody of the United 
        States Government a living American Korean War POW/MIA; and
        (2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in 
    paragraph (1).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) American korean war pow/mia.--
            (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        the term ``American Korean War POW/MIA'' means an individual--
                (i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within the 
            meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code) 
            in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such 
            title and this subsection) as a result of the Korean War; 
            or
                (ii) who is an employee (as defined in section 5561(2) 
            of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as 
            defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of 
            the Korean War.
            (B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an individual 
        with respect to whom it is officially determined under section 
        552(c) of title 37, United States Code, that such individual is 
        officially absent from such individual's post of duty without 
        authority.
        (2) Korean war.--The term ``Korean War'' means the conflict on 
    the Korean peninsula during the period that began on June 27, 1950, 
    and ended January 31, 1955.
        (3) Missing status.--The term ``missing status'', with respect 
    to the Korean War, means the status of an individual as a result of 
    the Korean War if immediately before that status began the 
    individual--
            (A) was performing service in the Korean peninsula; or
            (B) was performing service in Asia in direct support of 
        military operations in the Korean peninsula.
SEC. 4. BROADCASTING INFORMATION ON THE ``BRING THEM HOME ALIVE'' 
PROGRAM.
    (a) Requirement.--
        (1) In general.--The International Broadcasting Bureau shall 
    broadcast, through WORLDNET Television and Film Service and Radio, 
    VOA-TV, VOA Radio, or otherwise, information that promotes the 
    ``Bring Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act to foreign 
    countries covered by paragraph (2).
        (2) Covered countries.--The foreign countries covered by 
    paragraph (1) are--
            (A) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, and North Korea; and
            (B) Russia and the other independent states of the former 
        Soviet Union.
    (b) Level of Programming.--The International Broadcasting Bureau 
shall broadcast--
        (1) at least 20 hours of the programming described in 
    subsection (a)(1) during the 30-day period that begins 15 days 
    after the date of enactment of this Act; and
        (2) at least 10 hours of the programming described in 
    subsection (a)(1) in each calendar quarter during the period 
    beginning with the first calendar quarter that begins after the 
    date of enactment of this Act and ending five years after the date 
    of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Availability of Information on the Internet.--The International 
Broadcasting Bureau shall ensure that information regarding the ``Bring 
Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act is readily available 
on the World Wide Web sites of the Bureau.
    (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that RFE/RL, 
Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and any other recipient of Federal 
grants that engages in international broadcasting to the countries 
covered by subsection (a)(2) should broadcast information similar to 
the information required to be broadcast by subsection (a)(1).
    (e) Definition.--The term ``International Broadcasting Bureau'' 
means the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States 
Information Agency or, on and after the effective date of title XIII of 
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as contained 
in division G of Public Law 105-277), the International Broadcasting 
Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION DEFINED.
    In this Act, the term ``independent states of the former Soviet 
Union'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

SOLUTION:
Requires the granting of the same status to any alien (and parent, spouse, or child) who is a national of North Korea, China, or any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union and who personally delivers a living American Korean War POW or MIA.
Directs the International Broadcasting Bureau to broadcast to such foreign countries information that promotes such ("Bring Them Home Alive") refugee programs. Requires: (1) a minimum programming level for such broadcasting; and (2) the Bureau to ensure that such information is made available on the Internet.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Asia, and any other recipient of Federal grants that broadcasts to such countries should also broadcast such information.