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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Significant Regulation Oversight Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Finding.--The Congress finds that oversight of significant 
rules will be enhanced if they are subject to congressional review and 
approval after being proposed by an agency.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to ensure that before a 
significant rule takes effect--
            (1) Congress is given an adequate opportunity to review the 
        rule and ensure that it is in accordance with the intent of 
        Congress in enacting the law under which the rule is proposed; 
        and
            (2) Congress approves the rule in accordance with the 
        procedures established by this Act.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT RULES BY CONGRESS.

    (a) Congressional Approval of Significant Rules Required.--A 
significant rule shall not take effect before the date of the enactment 
of a joint resolution described in section 4(a) comprised solely of the 
text of the significant rule.
    (b) Reporting and Review of Significant Rules.--(1) Before a 
proposed significant rule would take effect as a final rule, the agency 
proposing the rule shall submit to each House of Congress a report 
containing the following:
            (A) A copy of the proposed significant rule.
            (B) A concise summary of the proposed significant rule, its 
        purpose, and anticipated effects.
            (C) A complete copy of any cost-benefit analysis report 
        that has been prepared by the agency with respect to the 
        proposed significant rule.
            (D) An explanation of the specific statutory interpretation 
        under which a rule is proposed, including an explanation of--
                    (i) whether the interpretation is expressly 
                required by the text of the statute; or
                    (ii) if the interpretation is not expressly 
                required by the text of the statute, an explanation 
                that the interpretation is within the range of 
                permissible interpretations of the statute as 
                identified by the agency, and an explanation why the 
                interpretation selected by the agency is the agency's 
                preferred interpretation.
            (E) Any other relevant information or requirements under 
        any other Act and any relevant Executive order.
    (2) Upon receipt of a report under paragraph (1), each House of 
Congress shall provide a copy of the report to the Chairman and ranking 
minority party member of each committee with jurisdiction over the 
subject matter of the report.
    (c) No Inference To Be Drawn Where Congress Fails To Approve.--If 
Congress fails to enact a joint resolution approving a proposed 
significant rule, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress 
from any action or inaction of Congress with regard to such rule or any 
related statute.

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR SIGNIFICANT RULES.

    (a) Introduction.--The majority leader of each House of the 
Congress shall introduce (by request) a joint resolution comprised 
solely of the text of a proposed significant rule not later than 3 
session days in the Senate or 3 legislative days in the House of 
Representatives after the date on which an agency submits a report 
under section 3(b) containing the text of the proposed significant 
rule. If the joint resolution is not introduced in either House as 
provided in the preceding sentence, then any Member of that House may 
introduce the joint resolution.
    (b) Referral and Consideration.--(1) The joint resolution shall be 
referred to the appropriate committee of the House in which it is 
introduced. The committee may report the joint resolution without 
substantive revision and with or without recommendation or with an 
adverse recommendation, or the committee may vote not to report the 
joint resolution. If the committee votes to order the joint resolution 
reported, it shall be reported not later than the end of the period 
(not to exceed 45 session days in the Senate or 45 legislative days in 
the House of Representatives) established for consideration of the 
joint resolution by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the 
majority leader of the Senate, as the case may be. Except in the case 
of a joint resolution which a committee votes not to report, a 
committee failing to report a joint resolution within such period shall 
be automatically discharged from consideration of the joint resolution, 
and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
    (2) A vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall be taken 
in that House on or before the close of the 90th session day in the 
Senate or 90th legislative day in the House of Representatives after 
the date of the introduction of the joint resolution in that House.
    (3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the 
consideration of a joint resolution under this section shall be highly 
privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be 
in order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
    (B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a joint resolution 
under this section shall be limited to not more than 4 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be 
debatable. It shall not be in order to move to recommit a joint 
resolution under this section or to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
    (C) All appeals from the decisions of the chair relating to the 
application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
procedure relating to a joint resolution under this section shall be 
decided without debate.
    (D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the preceding 
provisions of this subsection, consideration of a joint resolution 
under this section shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 
Representatives applicable to other joint resolutions in similar 
circumstances.
    (4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a 
joint resolution under this section shall be privileged and not 
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall 
it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to.
    (B) Debate in the Senate on a joint resolution under this section, 
and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 
limited to not more than 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided 
between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader 
or their designees.
    (C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
connection with a joint resolution under this section shall be limited 
to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled 
by, the mover and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in 
the event the manager of the joint resolution is in favor of any such 
motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled 
by the minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of 
them, may, from time under their control on the passage of a joint 
resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the 
consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
    (D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a joint 
resolution under this section is not debatable. A motion to recommit a 
joint resolution under this section is not in order.
    (c) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a joint resolution 
considered under this section shall be in order in either the House of 
Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of 
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be in 
order in either House for the presiding officer to entertain a request 
to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
    (d) Treatment if the Other House Has Acted.--If, before the passage 
by one House of a joint resolution of that House described in 
subsection (a), that House receives from the other House a joint 
resolution described in subsection (a) comprised of the same text, 
then--
            (1) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
        joint resolution had been received from the other House, and
            (2) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
        resolution of the other House.
    (e) Constitutional Authority.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it 
        is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
        subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
        extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as  relating to the 
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the 
same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

SEC. 5. EXISTING RULES.

    (a) In General.--Any existing rule may be revised or revoked in 
accordance with this section if a petition for review so requests.
    (b) Introduction.--If a petition for review is filed with the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, the 
Clerk or the Secretary shall determine whether the petition meets the 
requirements of subsection (d). If the Clerk or the Secretary 
determines that a petition meets those requirements, he or she shall 
notify the majority leader of that House. The majority leader so 
notified shall, within 3 session days in the Senate or 3 legislative 
days in the House of Representatives, introduce a joint resolution (by 
request) that makes the revision or revocation of existing rules 
proposed by the petition upon the enactment of that joint resolution. 
If the joint resolution is not introduced as provided in the preceding 
sentence, then any Member of that House may introduce the joint 
resolution.
    (c) Procedures for Consideration in the House of Representatives 
and the Senate.--Any joint resolution introduced under subsection (b) 
shall be considered in the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
accordance with the procedures respecting a joint resolution set forth 
in section 4.
    (d) Petitions for Review.--A petition for review under subsection 
(a) shall contain the following:
            (1) Any rule affected by the petition and the contents of 
        that rule as it would exist if a joint resolution revising or 
        revoking that rule pursuant to the petition were enacted.
            (2) For a petition in the Senate, the signatures of 30 
        Senators, or for a petition in the House of Representatives, 
        the signatures of 120 Members.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
        administrative procedure).
            (2) Session day and legislative day.--The terms ``session 
        day'' and ``legislative day'' do not include, with respect to a 
        House of the Congress, any day throughout which that House is 
        not in session.
            (3) Rule.--(A) The term ``rule'' has the meaning given such 
        term by section 551 of title 5, United States Code, except that 
        such term does not include--
                    (i) any rule of particular applicability including 
                a rule that approves or prescribes--
                            (I) future rates, wages, prices, services, 
                        or allowances therefor,
                            (II) corporate or financial structures, 
                        reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions 
                        thereof, or
                            (III) accounting practices or disclosures 
                        bearing on any of the foregoing, or
                    (ii) any rule of agency organization, personnel, 
                procedure, practice, or any routine matter.
            (B) The term ``final rule'' means any final rule or interim 
        final rule.
            (4) Significant rule.--The term ``significant rule'' means 
        any rule proposed by an agency that is specified or described 
        as such in the Act that authorizes the rule.

SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY.

    Nothing in this Act applies to any rule concerning monetary policy 
proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.
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Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 2001 - Prohibits a significant rule from taking effect before the enactment of a joint resolution described in this Act comprising solely of the text of such rule. Calls for congressional reporting and review of significant rules before they take effect as final rules.Provides that, if Congress fails to enact a joint resolution approving the proposed rule, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress from any action or inaction with regard to such rule or any related statute.Sets forth: (1) the congressional approval procedure for significant rules; and (2) provisions with respect to revising or revoking an existing rule.Exempts from this Act rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adolescent Web Awareness Requires 
Education Act'' or the ``AWARE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Internet is an invaluable tool that is critical to 
        the ability of the Nation to compete in a global economy. The 
        Internet provides instant access to research and boundless 
        information and connects individuals around the world.
            (2) About 93 percent of youth ages 12 through 17 years use 
        online services regularly and nearly 45 percent of children 
        ages 3 to 11 years will use the Internet on a monthly basis in 
        2009. Eighty-nine percent of teens have a profile on social 
        networking sites. Eighty percent of teens ages 13 through 17 
        years use cell phones, most of which have built-in cameras.
            (3) Bullying in schools can take many forms, including 
        sending insulting, threatening, or offensive messages via 
        Internet sites, email, instant messaging, cell phone text 
        messaging, telephone, or any other electronic messaging system.
            (4) In a recent survey, 1 in 5 teenagers stated that they 
        had used their cell phones to send explicit photos of 
        themselves to a peer, a practice commonly known as ``sexting''. 
        In most States, such conduct can subject young adults to felony 
        child pornography charges and the potential punishment of 
        registering as a sex offender.
            (5) The Internet has facilitated the growth of a 
        multibillion dollar global market for child pornography, far 
        exceeding the capacity of law enforcement to respond at the 
        Federal, State, and local level.
            (6) Internet safety education, coupled with technology 
        tools, is the most effective way to resolve and prevent these 
        crimes and other dangers committed on the Internet and in other 
        new media.
            (7) According to an empirical study of 1,379 fourth grade 
        students in Virginia, the first State to mandate Internet 
        safety education in its schools, the students improved their 
        responses to 8 of 10 Internet safety scenarios after completing 
        an Internet safety education program, with the greatest 
        improvement in uncomfortable content and cyberbullying.
            (8) The enactment of the Children's Internet Protection Act 
        (Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-336) mandated that schools 
        implement Internet safety policies and technology protection 
        measures in order to receive discounts to obtain affordable 
        telecommunications and Internet access. Most schools have now 
        developed acceptable use policies and have implemented 
        filtering and other technology-based solutions to help protect 
        children.
            (9) However, less than 25 percent of educators feel 
        comfortable teaching students how to protect themselves from 
        online predators, bullies, and identity thieves, according to a 
        recent study by the National Cyber Security Alliance and 
        Educational Technology Policy, Research, and Outreach. The same 
        study found that 90 percent of educators have received less 
        than 6 hours of professional development on issues related to 
        online security in the past year. As a result, many students 
        receive little or no education on safe and responsible use of 
        the Internet and other new media.
            (10) The widespread use of the Internet, cell phones, 
        interactive gaming, and other electronic communication devices 
        by children both inside and outside of schools suggests that 
        acceptable use policies and filtering alone cannot resolve 
        Internet safety concerns and that a greater focus on education 
        would be beneficial.
            (11) In a national poll on children's health, parents 
        ranked Internet safety fifth among their top health concerns 
        for children. Yet according to a Common Sense Media poll 
        conducted in 2006, almost 90 percent of parents say that they 
        lack the knowledge about how to protect their children online. 
        For this reason, educating parents about Internet safety is key 
        to empowering them to understand actual risks and to take an 
        active role in protecting their children.
            (12) The problem of online harassment, or cyberbullying, of 
        youth by other youths is widespread and results in a range of 
        children's experiences from minor irritation to severe 
        emotional harm. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has found that 
        online harassment tends to begin in third and fourth grade, 
        peaks in seventh and eighth grade, and continues in reduced 
        amounts throughout high school, college, and professional 
        school.
            (13) Gang members increasingly are using the Internet as a 
        recruitment tool to entice would-be members and as an 
        intimidation tool to threaten rival gangs. Gang members use the 
        Internet, in particular, to promote their message.
            (14) More research is needed in several areas of youth 
        online safety, including--
                    (A) the prevention of minor-to-minor solicitation 
                and other inappropriate use of the Internet;
                    (B) the prevention of the creation of problematic 
                content by youths;
                    (C) the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
                transgender youth and youth with disabilities that may 
                be particularly vulnerable;
                    (D) the interplay between socioeconomic class and 
                risk factors;
                    (E) the role that pervasive digital image and video 
                capture devices play in harassment of youth by other 
                youth and youth production of problematic content;
                    (F) the intersection of different mobile and 
                Internet-based technologies; and
                    (G) the online activities of registered sex 
                offenders.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) facilitate research and identify best practices in 
        Internet safety education for youth, parents, and education 
        officials; and
            (2) establish a competitive grant program for State 
        education agencies, local educational agencies, and nonprofit 
        organizations to institute best practices relating to Internet 
        education and the research-based recommendations derived from 
        the study conducted under this Act.

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Authority To Make Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (e)(1), the Attorney 
        General, after consultation with the Secretary of Education and 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall make grants 
        to eligible entities to carry out an Internet safety education 
        program.
            (2) Period.--A grant under this section shall be for a 2-
        year period.
    (b) Application.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
section shall submit an application to the Attorney General, which 
shall include--
            (1) a description of the partnership arrangements, if any, 
        of the eligible entity relating to the activities to be carried 
        out with the grant;
            (2) a description of the measurable goals of the eligible 
        entity relating to the activities to be carried out with the 
        grant;
            (3) a description of how the Internet safety education 
        program of the eligible entity shall achieve the measurable 
        goals described in paragraph (2);
            (4) a description of the plan of the eligible entity to 
        continue to implement the Internet safety education program 
        after the grant under this section ends;
            (5) a description of how funds under the grant may be used 
        and coordinated with Internet safety education programs being 
        carried out on the date of enactment of this Act or other 
        Internet safety education programs established with grants 
        under this section;
            (6) a description of the target audience under the proposed 
        Internet safety education program;
            (7) a certification that the eligible entity enforces the 
        operation of technology protection measures under section 
        254(h)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        254(h)(5)) if the eligible entity provides Internet access to 
        minors; and
            (8) any other information or assurances required by the 
        Attorney General.
    (c) Prioritization.--In making grants under this section, the 
Attorney General shall give priority to an eligible entity that--
            (1) identifies and targets at-risk children;
            (2) works in partnership with the private sector, law 
        enforcement, the philanthropic community, the media, 
        researchers, social services organizations, or other community-
        based groups;
            (3) provides Internet safety education programs at no cost 
        to students or schools;
            (4) accommodates different languages and language 
        proficiencies;
            (5) accommodates differing levels of technological 
        sophistication; or
            (6) has a viable plan to sustain the Internet safety 
        education program after the grant program ends.
    (d) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity may use a grant under this 
section to--
            (1) identify, develop, and implement Internet safety 
        education programs, including educational technology, 
        multimedia and interactive applications, online resources, and 
        lesson plans;
            (2) provide professional training to elementary and 
        secondary school teachers, administrators, and other staff on 
        Internet safety and new media literacy;
            (3) educate parents about teaching their children how to 
        use the Internet and new media safely and responsibly and help 
        parents identify and protect their children from risks relating 
        to use of the Internet and new media;
            (4) develop online risk prevention programs for children;
            (5) train and support peer-driven Internet safety education 
        initiatives;
            (6) coordinate and fund research initiatives that 
        investigate online risks to children and Internet safety 
        education; or
            (7) develop and implement public education campaigns to 
        promote awareness of online risks to children and Internet 
        safety education.
    (e) Grant Guidance.--
            (1) In general.--Before making grants under this section, 
        and not later than 1 month after the date on which the study 
        under paragraph (3)(A) is completed, the applicable agency 
        heads, in consultation with education groups, internet safety 
        groups, and other relevant experts in the field of new media 
        and child safety, shall issue detailed guidance for the grant 
        program under this section.
            (2) Contents of guidance.--The grant guidance shall be 
        implemented by the Attorney General in accordance with best 
        practices relating to Internet education and the research-based 
        recommendations derived from the study conducted under 
        paragraph (3)(A).
            (3) Internet safety research.--
                    (A) Initial research.--The Attorney General shall 
                enter into contracts with 1 or more private companies, 
                government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to 
                complete a study, not later than 6 months after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, regarding--
                            (i) the nature, prevalence, and quality of 
                        Internet safety education programs and any 
                        evidence-based research conducted relating to 
                        the programs;
                            (ii) findings regarding which children are 
                        most at risk;
                            (iii) gaps in Internet safety education and 
                        youth online risk research; and
                            (iv) any other area determined appropriate 
                        by the Attorney General.
                    (B) Additional research.--Subject to the 
                availability of appropriations, the Attorney General 
                shall enter into contracts with private companies, 
                government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to 
                conduct additional research regarding the issues 
                described in subparagraph (A). Any research conducted 
                under this subparagraph shall be included in the 
                reports under subsection (g)(3).
    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Attorney General shall provide 
technical assistance to eligible entities that receive a grant under 
this section, which may include maintaining a Web site to facilitate 
outreach and communication among the eligible entities that receive a 
grant under this section.
    (g) Reports.--
            (1) Eligible entities.--An eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General 
        and make public an annual report regarding the activities 
        carried out using funds made available under the grant, which 
        shall include--
                    (A) a description of how the eligible entity 
                implemented the Internet safety education program 
                carried out with the grant;
                    (B) a detailed description of the audience reached;
                    (C) an analysis of whether and to what degree the 
                goals for the Internet safety education program were 
                met;
                    (D) an analysis of the challenges, if any, that 
                interfered with achieving the goals described in 
                subparagraph (C);
                    (E) plans for future Internet safety programs; and
                    (F) an accounting of the funds used.
            (2) Compilation of annual reports for revised grant 
        guidance.--The Attorney General shall--
                    (A) review the report under paragraph (1) submitted 
                by each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
                this section during the first fiscal year for which 
                grants under this section are made; and
                    (B) not later than 6 months after the date on which 
                all reports described in subparagraph (A) are 
                submitted, modify, as appropriate, the grant guidance 
                based on the reports after consultation with the 
                Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services.
            (3) Reports to congress.--Not later than 27 months after 
        the date on which the Attorney General makes the first grant 
        under this section, and annually thereafter, the applicable 
        agency heads shall submit to Congress a report regarding the 
        grant program under this section, which shall include--
                    (A) a compilation of the information and findings 
                of the annual reports submitted under paragraph (1);
                    (B) the findings and conclusions of the applicable 
                agency heads, including findings and conclusions 
                relating to the effectiveness of Internet safety 
                education programs carried out using a grant under this 
                section; and
                    (C) best practices identified by the applicable 
                agency heads relating to Internet safety education.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Attorney General to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
            (2) Limitation.--Of amounts made available to carry out 
        this section, not more than 5 percent shall be available to 
        carry out subsections (e), (f), and (g)(2).

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Applicable agency heads.--The term ``applicable agency 
        heads'' means the Attorney General, after consultation with the 
        Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a partnership between a State educational 
                agency and 1 or more local educational agencies (as 
                those terms are defined in section 9101 of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 7801)) of the State;
                    (B) a local educational agency;
                    (C) a nonprofit organization; or
                    (D) a consortium of elementary schools or secondary 
                schools (as those terms are defined in section 9101 of 
                the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 7801)) collaborating with an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
            (3) Grant guidance.--The term ``grant guidance'' means the 
        grant guidance issued under section 3(e)(1).
            (4) Internet safety education program.--The term ``Internet 
        safety education program'' means an age-appropriate, research-
        based program that encourages safe and responsible use of the 
        Internet, promotes an informed, critical understanding of 
        Internet dangers, and educates children, parents, and 
        communities about how to prevent or respond to problems or 
        dangers related to the Internet or new media.
            (5) New media.--The term ``new media''--
                    (A) means emerging digital, computerized, or 
                networked information and communication technologies 
                that often have interactive capabilities; and
                    (B) includes email, instant messaging, text 
                messaging, Web sites, blogs, interactive gaming, social 
                media, cell phones, and mobile devices.
            (6) Nonprofit.--The term ``nonprofit'' means an 
        organization that is described in section 501(c) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 
        501(a) of that Code.
answer:
Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act or the AWARE Act - Directs the Attorney General to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), partnerships between states and LEAs, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of elementary and secondary schools that collaborate with such entities to carry out an age-appropriate, research-based Internet safety education program that encourages safe and responsible Internet use.

Requires such program to educate children, parents, and communities about how to prevent or respond to problems or dangers related to the Internet or new media.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) enter into contracts with one or more private companies, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to complete a study on Internet safety; and (2) provide technical assistance to grant recipients.


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SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and 
        Programs Affecting Alaska Natives (hereafter in this Act 
        referred to as the ``Alaska Natives Commission'') was 
        established by the Indian Law Enforcement Act (42 U.S.C. 2991a 
        note) following--
                    (A) the publication in 1989 of the report entitled 
                ``Report on the Status of Alaska Natives: A Call for 
                Action by the Alaska Federation of Natives''; and
                    (B) extensive congressional hearings that focused 
                on the need for the first comprehensive assessment of 
                the social, cultural, and economic condition of 86,000 
                Alaska Natives since the enactment of the Alaska Native 
                Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
            (2)(A) The 14-member Alaska Natives Commission held--
                    (i) 15 regional hearings throughout Alaska between 
                July 1992 and October 1993; and
                    (ii) 2 statewide hearings in Anchorage, Alaska, 
                coinciding with the conventions of 1992 and 1993 of the 
                Alaska Federation of Natives.
            (B) In May 1994, the Alaska Natives Commission issued a 3-
        volume, 440-page report.
            (3) As required by the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, 
        the report referred to in paragraph (2) was formally conveyed 
        to the Congress, the President of the United States, and the 
        Governor of Alaska.
            (4) The Alaska Natives Commission found that many Alaska 
        Native individuals, families, and communities were experiencing 
        a social, cultural, and economic crisis marked by rampant 
        unemployment, the lack of economic opportunity, alcohol abuse, 
        depression, and morbidity and mortality rates that were 
        described by health care professionals as staggering.
            (5) The Alaska Natives Commission found that due to the 
        high rate of unemployment and lack of economic opportunities 
        for Alaska Natives, government programs for the poor have 
        become the foundation of many village economies.
            (6) Displacing traditional Alaska Native social safety 
        nets, the programs referred to in paragraph (5) (that were 
        developed with well-meaning intentions) have--
                    (A) undermined the healthy interdependence and 
                self-sufficiency of Alaska Native tribes and families; 
                and
                    (B) placed Alaska Native tribes and families at 
                risk of becoming permanent dependents of the Federal 
                Government.
            (7) Despite the seemingly insurmountable problems referred 
        to in the preceding paragraphs, the Alaska Natives Commission 
        found that Alaska Natives, building on the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act, had commenced a unique process of critical 
        self-examination that, if supported by the Congress through 
        innovative legislation and effective public administration at 
        all levels, including traditional Native governance, could 
        provide the basis for an Alaska Native social, cultural, 
        economic, and spiritual renewal.
            (8) The Alaska Natives Commission recognized that the key 
        to the future well-being of Alaska Natives resided in--
                    (A) the systematic resumption of responsibility by 
                Alaska Natives for the well-being of the members of 
                Alaska Native tribes;
                    (B) the strengthening of the economies of Alaska 
                Natives;
                    (C) the strengthening, operation, and control of 
                their systems of governance, social services, 
                education, health care, and law enforcement; and
                    (D) exercising rights that Alaska Natives have as a 
                result of the special relationship of Alaska Natives 
                with the Federal Government and as citizens of the 
                United States and Alaska.
            (9) The Alaska Natives Commission recognized that the 
        following 3 basic principles must be respected in addressing 
        the myriad of problems facing Alaska Natives--
                    (A) self-reliance;
                    (B) self-determination; and
                    (C) the integrity of Native cultures.
            (10) There is a need to address the problems confronting 
        Alaska Natives referred to in the preceding paragraphs.
            (11) The problems referred to in paragraph (10) should be 
        addressed rapidly, with certainty, and in conformity with the 
        real economic, social, and cultural needs of Alaska Natives.
            (12) The Congress--
                    (A) retains and has exercised its constitutional 
                authority over Native affairs in Alaska subsequent to 
                the Treaty of Cession of Alaska to the United States; 
                and
                    (B) through this Act, exercises that authority.

SEC. 2. ALASKA NATIVE IMPLEMENTATION STUDY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Alaska Natives Commission adopted certain 
        recommendations that raise important policy questions that--
                    (A) are unresolved in Alaska; and
                    (B) require further study and review before 
                Congress considers legislation to implement solutions 
                to address these recommendations; and
            (2) the Alaska Federation of Natives is the representative 
        body of statewide Alaska Native interests that is best suited 
        to further investigate and report to Congress with proposals to 
        implement the recommendations of the Alaska Natives Commission.
    (b) Grant.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make a 
        grant to the Alaska Federation of Natives to--
                    (A) conduct a study under this section; and
                    (B) submit the report to the persons and entities 
                specified in subsection (e).
            (2) Condition for grant.--The grant under paragraph (1) may 
        only be made if the Alaska Federation of Natives enters into an 
        agreement with the Secretary of the Interior that states that 
as a condition to receive the grant, the Alaska Federation of Natives 
will abide by the approval of requirements of this section.
    (c) Study.--Pursuant to subsection (b), the Alaska Federation of 
Natives shall--
            (1) examine the recommendations of the Alaska Natives 
        Commission;
            (2) examine initiatives in the United States, Canada, and 
        other governments for successful approaches to addressing the 
        issues that are similar to the issues addressed by the Alaska 
        Natives Commission;
            (3) conduct hearings within the Alaska Native community on 
        further approaches that could be used to implement the 
        recommendations of the Alaska Natives Commission; and
            (4) provide recommended legislation and submit other 
        recommendations to the Congress concerning actions the Congress 
        should take to implement such recommendations.
    (d) Consideration of Local Control.--In developing its 
recommendations pursuant to subsection (c)(4), the Alaska Federation of 
Natives shall give specific attention to the ways in which the 
recommendations may be achieved at the local level with maximum local 
control of the implementation of the recommendations.
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
        which a grant is made under subsection (b), the Alaska 
        Federation of Natives shall submit a report on the study 
        conducted under this section, together with the recommendations 
        developed pursuant to subsection (c)(4), to--
                    (A) the President;
                    (B) the Congress; and
                    (C) the Governor and the legislature of the State 
                of Alaska.
            (2) Availability.--The Alaska Federation of Natives shall 
        make the report submitted to Congress under paragraph (1) 
        available to Alaska Native villages and organizations and to 
        the general public.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of the Interior, $350,000 for the grant 
under subsection (b).
    (g) Additional State Funding.--The Congress encourages the State of 
Alaska to provide the additional funding necessary for the completion 
of the study under this section.
    (h) Alaska Native Defined.--For purposes of the study conducted 
under this Act, the term ``Alaska Native'' shall have the meaning 
provided the term ``Native'' under section 3(b) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
answer:

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make a grant to the Alaska Federation of Natives to further investigate and report to the Congress with proposals to implement the recommendations of the Alaska Natives Commission. 
Authorizes appropriations. 
Encourages additional State funding for the completion of the study.