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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat 
Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered vegetation management activity.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``covered vegetation 
                management activity'' means any activity described in 
                subparagraph (B) that--
                            (i) is carried out on public land 
                        administered by the Bureau of Land Management;
                            (ii) meets the objectives of the order of 
                        the Secretary numbered 3336 and dated January 
                        5, 2015;
                            (iii) conforms to an applicable land use 
                        plan;
                            (iv) protects, restores, or improves 
                        greater sage-grouse or mule deer habitat in a 
                        sagebrush steppe ecosystem as described in--
                                    (I) Circular 1416 of the United 
                                States Geological Survey entitled 
                                ``Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush 
                                Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on 
                                Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat--Part 1. 
                                Concepts for Understanding and Applying 
                                Restoration'' (2015); or
                                    (II) the habitat guidelines for 
                                mule deer published by the Mule Deer 
                                Working Group of the Western 
                                Association of Fish and Wildlife 
                                Agencies;
                            (v) will not permanently impair--
                                    (I) the natural state of the 
                                treated area;
                                    (II) outstanding opportunities for 
                                solitude;
                                    (III) outstanding opportunities for 
                                primitive, unconfined recreation;
                                    (IV) economic opportunities 
                                consistent with multiple-use 
                                management; or
                                    (V) the identified values of a unit 
                                of the National Landscape Conservation 
                                System; and
                            (vi)(I) restores native vegetation 
                        following a natural disturbance;
                            (II) prevents the expansion into greater 
                        sage-grouse or mule deer habitat of--
                                    (aa) juniper, pinyon pine, or other 
                                associated conifers; or
                                    (bb) nonnative or invasive 
                                vegetation;
                            (III) reduces the risk of loss of greater 
                        sage-grouse or mule deer habitat from wildfire 
                        or any other natural disturbance; or
                            (IV) provides emergency stabilization of 
                        soil resources after a natural disturbance.
                    (B) Description of activities.--An activity 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
                            (i) manual cutting and removal of juniper 
                        trees, pinyon pine trees, other associated 
                        conifers, or other nonnative or invasive 
                        vegetation;
                            (ii) mechanical mastication, cutting, or 
                        mowing, mechanical piling and burning, 
                        chaining, broadcast burning, or yarding;
                            (iii) removal of cheat grass, medusa head 
                        rye, or other nonnative, invasive vegetation;
                            (iv) collection and seeding or planting of 
                        native vegetation using a manual, mechanical, 
                        or aerial method;
                            (v) seeding of nonnative, noninvasive, 
                        ruderal vegetation only for the purpose of 
                        emergency stabilization;
                            (vi) targeted use of an herbicide, subject 
                        to the condition that the use shall be in 
                        accordance with applicable legal requirements, 
                        Federal agency procedures, and land use plans;
                            (vii) targeted livestock grazing to 
                        mitigate hazardous fuels and control noxious 
                        and invasive weeds;
                            (viii) temporary removal of wild horses or 
                        burros in the area in which the activity is 
                        being carried out to ensure treatment 
                        objectives are met;
                            (ix) in coordination with the affected 
                        permit holder, modification or adjustment of 
                        permissible usage under an annual plan of use 
                        of a grazing permit issued by the Secretary to 
                        achieve restoration treatment objectives;
                            (x) installation of new, or modification of 
                        existing, fencing or water sources intended to 
                        control use or improve wildlife habitat; or
                            (xi) necessary maintenance of, repairs to, 
                        rehabilitation of, or reconstruction of an 
                        existing permanent road or construction of 
                        temporary roads to accomplish the activities 
                        described in this subparagraph.
                    (C) Exclusions.--The term ``covered vegetation 
                management activity'' does not include--
                            (i) any activity conducted in a wilderness 
                        area or wilderness study area; or
                            (ii) any activity for the construction of a 
                        permanent road or permanent trail.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Temporary road.--The term ``temporary road'' means a 
        road that is--
                    (A) authorized--
                            (i) by a contract, permit, lease, other 
                        written authorization; or
                            (ii) pursuant to an emergency operation;
                    (B) not intended to be part of the permanent 
                transportation system of a Federal department or 
                agency;
                    (C) not necessary for long-term resource 
                management;
                    (D) designed in accordance with standards 
                appropriate for the intended use of the road, taking 
                into consideration--
                            (i) safety;
                            (ii) the cost of transportation; and
                            (iii) impacts to land and resources; and
                    (E) managed to minimize--
                            (i) erosion; and
                            (ii) the introduction or spread of invasive 
                        species.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF HABITAT FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE AND MULE DEER.

    (a) Categorical Exclusion.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop 1 or 
        more categorical exclusions (as defined in section 1508.4 of 
        title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
        regulation)) for covered vegetation management activities 
        carried out to protect, restore, or improve habitat for greater 
        sage-grouse or mule deer.
            (2) Administration.--In developing and administering a 
        categorical exclusion under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
        shall--
                    (A) comply with the National Environmental Policy 
                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
                    (B) apply the extraordinary circumstances 
                procedures under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of 
                Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), in 
                determining whether to use the categorical exclusion; 
                and
                    (C) consider--
                            (i) the relative efficacy of landscape-
                        scale habitat projects;
                            (ii) the likelihood of continued declines 
                        in the populations of greater sage-grouse and 
                        mule deer in the absence of landscape-scale 
                        vegetation management; and
                            (iii) the need for habitat restoration 
                        activities after wildfire or other natural 
                        disturbances.
    (b) Implementation of Covered Vegetative Management Activities 
Within the Range of Greater Sage-grouse and Mule Deer.--If a 
categorical exclusion developed under subsection (a) is used to 
implement a covered vegetative management activity in an area within 
the range of both greater sage-grouse and mule deer, the covered 
vegetative management activity shall protect, restore, or improve 
habitat concurrently for both greater sage-grouse and mule deer.
    (c) Long-term Monitoring and Maintenance.--Before commencing any 
covered vegetation management activity that is covered by a categorical 
exclusion under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop a long-term 
monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least the 20 year-period 
beginning on the date of commencement, to ensure that management of the 
treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the covered 
vegetation management activity.
    (d) Disposal of Vegetative Material.--Subject to applicable local 
restrictions, any vegetative material resulting from a covered 
vegetation management activity that is covered by a categorical 
exclusion under subsection (a) may be--
            (1) used for--
                    (A) fuel wood; or
                    (B) other products; or
            (2) piled or burned, or both.
    (e) Treatment for Temporary Roads.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 2(1)(B)(xi), any 
        temporary road constructed in carrying out a covered vegetation 
        management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion 
        under subsection (a)--
                    (A) shall be used by the Secretary for the covered 
                vegetation management activity for not more than 2 
                years; and
                    (B) shall be decommissioned by the Secretary not 
                later than 3 years after the earlier of the date on 
                which--
                            (i) the temporary road is no longer needed; 
                        and
                            (ii) the project is completed.
            (2) Requirement.--A treatment under paragraph (1) shall 
        include reestablishing native vegetative cover--
                    (A) as soon as practicable; but
                    (B) not later than 10 years after the date of 
                completion of the applicable covered vegetation 
                management activity.

            Passed the Senate September 6, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                JULIE E. ADAMS,

                                                             Secretary.

Ex Output:
Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Interior to categorically exclude vegetative management activities that establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Examples of vegetative management activities include restoring native vegetation following a natural disturbance or preventing the expansion of nonnative or invasive vegetation into such habitat.  A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions which do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required. The bill prohibits the categorical exclusion from including: (1) activity conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area, or (2) activity for the construction of a permanent road or trail. Before commencing a vegetative management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion, Interior must develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least 20 years, to ensure that management of the treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the vegetative management activity. Vegetative material resulting from vegetative management activity may be: (1) used for fuel wood or other products; or (2) piled or burned, or both.  Native vegetative cover must be reestablished on a temporary road constructed in connection with a categorically excluded vegetative management activity in order to minimize soil erosion from areas disturbed by the temporary road.


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SECTION 1. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL CHILD 
              ABDUCTORS AND RELATIVES OF SUCH ABDUCTORS.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(a)(10)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking the comma at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking ``, or'' at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by amending subclause (III) to read as follows:
                                    ``(III) is a spouse (other than the 
                                spouse who is the parent of the 
                                abducted child), child (other than the 
                                abducted child), parent, sibling, 
                                cousin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or 
                                grandparent of an alien described in 
                                clause (i), is an agent of such an 
                                alien, or is a principal employing such 
                                an alien as an agent, if such person 
                                has been designated by the Secretary of 
                                State at the Secretary's sole and 
                                unreviewable discretion; or'' and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(IV) is a spouse of the abducted 
                                child described in clause (i), if such 
                                person has been designated by the 
                                Secretary of State at the Secretary's 
                                sole and unreviewable discretion,
                        is inadmissible until such child is surrendered 
                        to the person granted custody by the order 
                        described in that clause, and such custodian 
                        and child are permitted to return to the United 
                        States or such custodian's place of 
                        residence.''.
    (b) Identification of Aliens Supporting Abductors and Relatives of 
Abductors; Notice to Custodial Parents and Guardians; Annual Report; 
Definitions.--Section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                            ``(iv) Identification of aliens supporting 
                        abductors and relatives of abductors.--In all 
                        instances in which an alien commits an act 
                        described in clause (i), the Secretary of State 
                        shall take appropriate action to identify the 
                        individuals who are inadmissible under clause 
                        (ii).
                            ``(v) Notice to custodial parents and 
                        guardians.--In all instances in which an alien 
                        commits an act described in clause (i), the 
                        Secretary of State shall, upon request of the 
                        person granted custody of the child concerned, 
                        inform the person of whether, and when, any 
                        individual who is inadmissible under clause 
                        (ii) by reason of such act has been issued a 
                        visa or otherwise authorized to enter the 
                        United States.
                            ``(vi) Annual report.--The Secretary of 
                        State annually shall submit to the Committee on 
                        International Relations, the Committee on 
                        Government Reform, and the Committee on the 
                        Judiciary of the United States House of 
                        Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign 
                        Relations, the Committee on Governmental 
                        Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
                        the United States Senate, a report that 
                        provides, with respect to the preceding year, 
                        an accounting of the number of cases known to 
                        the Secretary of State, disaggregated according 
                        to the nationality of the alien concerned--
                                    ``(I) in which an authority under 
                                this subparagraph was exercised (and 
                                with respect to each such case, the 
                                specific ground for inadmissibility 
                                shall be specified); and
                                    ``(II) in which an authority under 
                                this subparagraph has not been 
                                exercised but in which an alien, after 
                                entry of an order by a court in the 
                                United States granting custody to a 
                                person of a United States citizen 
                                child, detained or retained the child, 
                                or withheld custody of the child, 
                                outside the United States from the 
                                person granted custody by that order.
                            ``(vii) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
                        subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) the term `child' means an 
                                individual who was a child at the time 
                                the individual was detained or 
                                retained, or at the time custody of the 
                                individual was withheld, as described 
                                in clause (i), regardless of the age or 
                                marital status of the individual after 
                                such time; and
                                    ``(II) the term `sibling' includes 
                                a step-sibling or half-sibling.''.

Ex Output:
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. admission of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors until the child is surrendered to the legal custodian and such child and custodian are permitted to return to the United States or the custodian's residence. (Currently such prohibition applies to relatives of abductors.) Expands the scope of "relatives" to include cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and grandparents. Includes the spouse of the abducted child within such prohibition.Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) identify inadmissible aliens supporting child abductors and relatives of abductors; and (2) provide notice, upon request, to custodial parents and guardians if such an alien has been authorized to enter the United States.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Building Efficiently Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. SHORTER DEPRECIATION RECOVERY PERIODS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT 
              BUILDINGS.

    (a) 25-Year Recovery Period for Energy Efficient Nonresidential 
Real Property.--
            (1) In general.--Section 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
        following new subparagraph:
                    ``(G) 25-year property.--The term `25-year 
                property' means any qualified energy efficient 
                nonresidential real property.''.
            (2) Qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property 
        defined.--Subsection (i) of section 168 of such Code is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) Qualified energy efficient nonresidential real 
        property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified energy 
                efficient nonresidential real property' means a 
                building which is nonresidential real property which is 
                described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D).
                    ``(B) New or reconstructed building.--A building is 
                described in this subparagraph if--
                            ``(i) the certification requirements of 
                        subparagraph (E) with respect to the building 
                        are met,
                            ``(ii) the original use of the building 
                        commences with the taxpayer, and
                            ``(iii) the building is placed in service 
                        after the date of the enactment of this 
                        paragraph.
                    ``(C) Improvements to existing building.--A 
                building is described in this subparagraph if, only 
                after improvements are made to the building--
                            ``(i) the certification requirements of 
                        subparagraph (E) with respect to the building 
                        are met,
                            ``(ii) the original use of the improved 
                        building commences with the taxpayer,
                            ``(iii) the improved building is placed in 
                        service after the date of the enactment of this 
                        paragraph, and
                            ``(iv) the taxpayer elects to the 
                        application of this paragraph with respect to 
                        the building.
                    ``(D) Buildings acquired by purchase.--A building 
                is described in this subparagraph if the building--
                            ``(i) is acquired by purchase from an 
                        unrelated person,
                            ``(ii) meets the certification requirements 
                        of subparagraph (E), and
                            ``(iii) is placed in service after the date 
                        of the enactment of this paragraph.
                    ``(E) Certification requirements.--The requirements 
                of this subparagraph are met if, with respect to a 
                building, the building is certified in accordance with 
                section 179D(d)(6) as being constructed, reconstructed, 
                or modified, as the case may be, under a plan designed 
                to reduce the total annual energy and power costs of 
                the building by 40 percent or more in comparison to a 
                reference building which meets the minimum requirements 
                of Standard 90.1-2004 using methods of calculation 
                under section 179D(d)(2).
                    ``(F) Standard 90.1-2004.--The term `Standard 90.1-
                2004' means Standard 90.1-2004 of the American Society 
                of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning 
                Engineers and the Illuminating Engineering Society of 
                North America (as in effect on July 30, 2012).
                    ``(G) Related persons.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (D), a person is related to another person 
                if--
                            ``(i) the persons are members of an 
                        affiliated group (as defined in section 1504), 
                        or
                            ``(ii) the persons have a relationship 
                        described in subsection (b) of section 267; 
                        except that, for purposes of this clause, the 
                        phrase `80 percent or more' shall be 
                        substituted for the phrase `more than 50 
                        percent' each place it appears in such 
                        subsection and rules similar to the rules of 
                        subsections (c) and (e) (other than paragraphs 
                        (4) and (5) thereof) shall apply.
                    ``(H) Denial of double benefit.--If this section 
                applies to a building by reason of subsection 
                (e)(3)(G), the deduction under section 179D shall not 
                be allowed.''.
    (b) 20-Year Recovery Period for Energy Efficient Residential Rental 
Property.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (F) of section 168(e)(3) of 
        such Code (relating to 20-year property) is amended to read as 
        follows:
                    ``(F) 20-year property.--The term `20-year 
                property' means--
                            ``(i) initial clearing and grading land 
                        improvements with respect to any electric 
                        utility transmission and distribution plant, 
                        and
                            ``(ii) any qualified energy efficient 
                        residential rental property.''.
            (2) Qualified energy efficient residential rental property 
        defined.--Subsection (i) of section 168 of such Code, as 
        amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(21) Qualified energy efficient residential rental 
        property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified energy 
                efficient nonresidential real property' means a 
                building which is residential rental property which is 
                described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D).
                    ``(B) New or reconstructed building.--A building is 
                described in this subparagraph if--
                            ``(i) the certification requirements of 
                        subparagraph (E) with respect to the building 
                        are met,
                            ``(ii) the original use of which commences 
                        with the taxpayer, and
                            ``(iii) the building is placed in service 
                        after the date of the enactment of this 
                        paragraph.
                    ``(C) Improvements to existing building.--A 
                building is described in this subparagraph if, only 
                after improvements are made to the building--
                            ``(i) the certification requirements of 
                        subparagraph (E) with respect to the building 
                        are met,
                            ``(ii) the original use of the improved 
                        building commences with the taxpayer,
                            ``(iii) the improved building is placed in 
                        service after the date of the enactment of this 
                        paragraph, and
                            ``(iv) the taxpayer elects to the 
                        application of this paragraph with respect to 
                        the building.
                    ``(D) Buildings acquired by purchase.--A building 
                is described in this subparagraph if the building--
                            ``(i) is acquired by purchase from an 
                        unrelated person,
                            ``(ii) meets the certification requirements 
                        of subparagraph (E), and
                            ``(iii) is placed in service after the date 
                        of the enactment of this paragraph.
                    ``(E) Certification requirements.--The requirements 
                of this subparagraph are met if, with respect to a 
                building, the building is certified in accordance with 
                section 179D(d)(6) as being constructed, reconstructed, 
                or modified, as the case may be, under a plan designed 
                to reduce the total annual energy and power costs of 
                the building by 40 percent or more in comparison to a 
                reference building which meets the minimum requirements 
                of the International Energy Conservation Code 2004 
                using methods of calculation under section 179D(d)(2).
                    ``(F) Related persons.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (D), a person is related to another person 
                if--
                            ``(i) the persons are members of an 
                        affiliated group (as defined in section 1504), 
                        or
                            ``(ii) the persons have a relationship 
                        described in subsection (b) of section 267; 
                        except that, for purposes of this clause, the 
                        phrase `80 percent or more' shall be 
                        substituted for the phrase `more than 50 
                        percent' each place it appears in such 
                        subsection and rules similar to the rules of 
                        subsections (c) and (e) (other than paragraphs 
                        (4) and (5) thereof) shall apply.
                    ``(G) Denial of double benefit.--If this section 
                applies to a building by reason of subsection 
                (e)(3)(F)(ii), the deduction under section 179D shall 
                not be allowed.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The table contained in section 168(c) of such Code is 
        amended by inserting after the item relating to 20-year 
        property the following new item:

        ``25-year property................................. 25 years''.
            (2) The table contained in section 467(e)(3)(A) of such 
        Code is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``which is not 25-year property'' 
                after ``nonresidential real property'', and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to 
                residential rental property and nonresidential real 
                property the following new item:

        ``25-year property.................................19 years.''.
            (3) Clauses (iv), (v), and (ix) of section 168(e)(3)(E) of 
        such Code are each amended by inserting ``(not described in 
        subparagraph (G))'' after ``property''.
    (d) Requirement To Use Straight Line Method.--Paragraph (3) of 
section 168(b) of such Code (relating to property to which straight 
line method applies) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (F), 
(G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (G), (H), (I), and (J), 
respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Property described in subsection 
                (e)(3)(F)(ii) or subsection (e)(3)(G).''.
    (e) Alternative System.--The table contained in section 
168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to 
subparagraph (F) and inserting the following new items:

        ``(F)(i)...............................................     25 
         (F)(ii)...............................................     20 
         (G)...................................................   25''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2012.

Ex Output:

Building Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for depreciation purposes: (1) a 25-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property, and (2) a 20-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient residential rental property.