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Q: SECTION 1. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized 
        agency of the United Nations, charged with coordinating health 
        efforts within the United Nations system. The World Health 
        Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of the WHO, which 
        convenes annually in May to set the policies and priorities of 
        the organization. Statehood is not a requirement for attendance 
        at the WHA, and numerous observers, including non-members and 
        non-governmental organizations, attended the most recent WHA in 
        May 2017.
            (2) Taiwan began seeking to participate in the WHO as an 
        observer in 1997. In 2009, with strong support from successive 
        United States Administrations, Congress, and like-minded WHO 
        Member States, and during a period of improved Cross-Strait 
        relations, Taiwan received an invitation to attend the WHA as 
        an observer under the name ``Chinese Taipei''. Taiwan received 
        the same invitation each year until 2016, when following the 
        election of President Tsai-Ing Wen of the Democratic 
        Progressive Party, Taiwan's engagement in the international 
        community began facing increased resistance from the People's 
        Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan's invitation to the 2016 WHA 
        was received late and included new language conditioning 
        Taiwan's participation on the PRC's ``one China principle''. In 
        2017, Taiwan did not receive an invitation to the WHA.
            (3) Taiwan remains a model contributor to world health, 
        having provided financial and technical assistance to respond 
        to numerous global health challenges. Taiwan has invested over 
        $6 billion in international medical and humanitarian aid 
        efforts impacting over 80 countries since 1996. In 2014, Taiwan 
        responded to the Ebola crisis by donating $1 million and 
        providing 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment. 
        Through the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, the 
        United States and Taiwan have jointly conducted training 
        programs for experts to combat MERS, Dengue Fever, and Zika. 
        These diseases know no borders, and Taiwan's needless exclusion 
        from global health cooperation increases the dangers presented 
        by global pandemics.
            (4) Taiwan's international engagement has faced increased 
        resistance from the PRC. Taiwan was not invited to the 2016 
        Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization 
        (ICAO), despite participating as a guest at the organization's 
        prior summit in 2013. Taiwan's request to participate in the 
        2016 General Assembly of the International Criminal Police 
        Organization (INTERPOL) was also rejected. In May 2017, PRC 
        delegates disrupted a meeting of the Kimberley Process on 
        conflict diamonds held in Perth, Australia, until delegates 
        from Taiwan were asked to leave. In June 2017, the Republic of 
        Panama granted diplomatic recognition to the PRC, terminating a 
        longstanding diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.
            (5) Congress has established a policy of support for 
        Taiwan's participation in international bodies that address 
        shared transnational challenges, particularly in the WHO. 
        Congress passed H.R. 1794 in the 106th Congress, H.R. 428 in 
        the 107th Congress, and S. 2092 in the 108th Congress to direct 
        the Secretary of State to establish a strategy for, and to 
        report annually to Congress on, efforts to obtain observer 
        status for Taiwan at the WHA. Congress also passed H.R. 1151 in 
        the 113th Congress, directing the Secretary to report on a 
        strategy to gain observer status for Taiwan at the ICAO 
        Assembly, and H.R. 1853 in the 114th Congress, directing the 
        Secretary to report on a strategy to gain observer status for 
        Taiwan at the INTERPOL Assembly. However, in 2016 Taiwan did 
        not receive invitations to attend any of these events as an 
        observer.
    (b) Augmentation of Report Concerning the Participation of Taiwan 
in the World Health Organization.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 1 of Public Law 
        108-235 (118 Stat. 656) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(3) An account of the changes and improvements the 
        Secretary of State has made to the United States plan to 
        endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the World 
        Health Assembly, following any annual meetings of the World 
        Health Assembly at which Taiwan did not obtain observer 
        status.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect and apply beginning with the first report 
        required under subsection


              

         (c) of section 1 of Public Law 108-235 that is submitted after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

A:  (Sec. 1) This bill requires the annual reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress concerning the U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA) held by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to include an account of the changes and improvements that the State Department has made to such plan following any annual meetings of the WHA at which Taiwan did not obtain such status. 
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Q: That section 4 of 
Public Law 94-456 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``subsection (a)'' in subsection (c) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsections (a) and (d)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) In order to convey to the Village Corporations named in 
this subsection certain lands the Villages have selected under section 
12(a) of the Settlement Act, the Secretary shall convey all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface estate 
of the lands described in paragraph (2) to the Village Corporations 
within Cook Inlet Region named in paragraph (2) in partial satisfaction 
of each Village Corporation's statutory entitlement under section 12(a) 
of the Settlement Act. Conveyances shall be made pursuant to sections 
12(a) and 14(f) of the Settlement Act. The conveyances described in 
paragraph (2) shall be made within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this subsection.
    ``(2) The lands described in this paragraph are to be conveyed to 
Village Corporations as follows:
    To Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 24, 25, and 36 (fractional).
    To Knikatnu, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 1 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 3 (fractional);
                    Sections 4 and 9.
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 9 (fractional).
    To Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).
            Township 2 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).
            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 1 (fractional);
                    Sections 6 and 14;
                    Sections 23, 24, and 26 (fractional);
                    Sections 32 and 33;
                    Sections 34 and 35 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 10 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 13 and 19 through 24, inclusive;
                    Section 25 (fractional);
                    Sections 32 and 34 (fractional).
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 6 through 8 (fractional), inclusive;
                    Section 16;
                    Sections 22 and 23 (fractional);
                    Section 26.
            Township 4 North, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 20 and 36.
    To Seldovia Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 13 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 7 and 8;
                    Section 16 (fractional);
                    Sections 17 and 18;
                    Sections 19 and 20 (fractional).
    To Tyonek Native Corporation:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 2 (fractional);
                    Section 3.
            Township 2 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 36.
            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 12 (fractional);
                    Section 31.
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 15, 21, and 30 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 26;
                    Sections 27 and 28 (fractional);
                    Sections 29 through 31 (fractional), inclusive;
                    Sections 33, 35, and 36 (fractional).
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 15 (fractional);
                    Section 35.
Aggregating approximately 29,900 acres, more or less.
    ``(3) No later than 180 days following the completion of the 
conveyances required by paragraph (1), Cook Inlet Region, Inc., shall 
convey to each of the Village Corporations referred to in paragraph (2) 
the surface estate in such lands described in Appendix A of that 
certain Agreement dated August 31, 1976, known as the Deficiency 
Agreement, as the Village Corporations have identified, and in the 
order they identified in their priority selection rounds, to satisfy 
each Village Corporation's section 12(a) entitlement under the 
Settlement Act.
    ``(4) If the Secretary does not convey the lands in paragraph (2) 
within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this subsection, then 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
surface estate of such lands shall nevertheless pass immediately to the 
Village Corporations named in paragraph (2).
    ``(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to increase or 
decrease the entitlement under the Settlement Act of any of the Village 
Corporations named in this subsection or of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.''.

A: Amends Federal law to provide for conveyance of certain Alaskan lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to:  (1) Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.; (2) Knikatnu, Inc.; (3) Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.; (4) Seldovia Native Association, Inc.; and (5) Tyonek Native Corporation.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Remote Sensing Applications Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) although urban land use planning, growth management, 
        and other functions of State, local, regional, and tribal 
        agencies are rightfully within their jurisdiction, the Federal 
        Government can and should play an important role in the 
        development and demonstration of innovative techniques to 
        improve comprehensive land use planning and growth management;
            (2) the United States is making a major investment in 
        acquiring remote sensing and other geospatial information from 
        both governmental and commercial sources;
            (3) while much of the data is being acquired for scientific 
        and national security purposes, it also can have important 
        applications to help meet societal goals;
            (4) it has already been demonstrated that Landsat data and 
        other earth observation data can be of enormous assistance to 
        Federal, State, local, regional, and tribal agencies for urban 
        land use planning, coastal zone management, natural and 
        cultural resource management, and disaster monitoring;
            (5) remote sensing, coupled with the emergence of 
        geographic information systems and satellite-based positioning 
        information, offers the capability of developing important new 
        applications of integrated sets of geospatial information to 
        address societal needs;
            (6) the full range of applications of remote sensing and 
        other forms of geospatial information to meeting public sector 
        requirements has not been adequately explored or exploited;
            (7) the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, 
        Presidential Decision Directive 23 of 1994, and the Commercial 
        Space Act of 1998 all support and promote the development of 
        United States commercial remote sensing capabilities;
            (8) many State, local, regional, tribal, and Federal 
        agencies are unaware of the utility of remote sensing and other 
        geospatial information for meeting their needs, even when 
        research has demonstrated the potential applications of that 
        information;
            (9) even when aware of the utility of remote sensing and 
        geospatial technologies in the area of wildland fire management 
        to detect and monitor a wildland fire in real-time from the 
        early stages of fire growth, many State, local, regional, and 
        tribal agencies are hampered by a lack of overall strategy 
        guiding interagency management of resources and technology, 
        according to a September 2003 Government Accounting Office 
        report;
            (10) remote sensing and other geospatial information, 
        especially when used in a coordinated approach, can be 
        particularly useful to State, local, regional, and tribal 
        agencies in the area of urban planning, especially in their 
        efforts to plan for and manage the impacts of growth, 
        development, and sprawl, as well as in wildland fire management 
        and environmental impact and disaster relief planning and 
        management;
            (11) the United States Geological Survey, in coordination 
        with other agencies, can play a unique role in demonstrating 
        how data acquired for scientific purposes, when combined with 
        other data sources and processing capabilities, can be applied 
        to assist State, local, regional, and tribal agencies and the 
        private sector in decisionmaking in such areas as agriculture, 
        weather forecasting, and forest management; and
            (12) in addition, the United States Geological Survey, in 
        conjunction with other agencies, can play a unique role in 
        stimulating the development of the remote sensing and other 
        geospatial information sector through pilot projects to 
        demonstrate the value of integrating governmental and 
        commercial remote sensing data with geographic information 
        systems and satellite-based positioning data to provide useful 
        applications products.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the United 
        States Geological Survey;
            (2) the term ``geospatial information'' means knowledge of 
        the nature and distribution of physical and cultural features 
        on the landscape based on analysis of data from airborne or 
        spaceborne platforms or other types and sources of data; and
            (3) the term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).

SEC. 4. PILOT PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SECTOR APPLICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Director shall establish a program of grants 
for competitively awarded pilot projects to explore the integrated use 
of sources of remote sensing and other geospatial information to 
address State, local, regional, and tribal agency needs.
    (b) Preferred Projects.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Director shall give preference to projects that--
            (1) make use of existing public or commercial data sets;
            (2) integrate multiple sources of geospatial information, 
        such as geographic information system data, satellite-provided 
        positioning data, and remotely sensed data, in innovative ways;
            (3) include funds or in-kind contributions from non-Federal 
        sources;
            (4) involve the participation of commercial entities that 
        process raw or lightly processed data, often merging that data 
        with other geospatial information, to create data products that 
        have significant value added to the original data; and
            (5) taken together demonstrate as diverse a set of public 
        sector applications as possible.
    (c) Opportunities.--In carrying out this section, the Director 
shall seek opportunities to assist--
            (1) in the development of commercial applications 
        potentially available from the remote sensing industry;
            (2) State, local, regional, and tribal agencies in applying 
        remote sensing and other geospatial information technologies 
        for growth management; and
            (3) State, local, regional, and tribal agencies in 
        obtaining and utilizing satellite, aviation, and sensor 
        capabilities for wildland fire detection, analysis, and 
        observation.
    (d) Duration.--Assistance for a pilot project under subsection (a) 
shall be provided for a period not to exceed 3 years.
    (e) Report.--Each recipient of a grant under subsection (a) shall 
transmit a report to the Director on the results of the pilot project 
within 180 days of the completion of that project.
    (f) Workshop.--Each recipient of a grant under subsection (a) 
shall, not later than 180 days after the completion of the pilot 
project, conduct at least one workshop for potential users to 
disseminate the lessons learned from the pilot project as widely as 
feasible.
    (g) Regulations.--The Director shall issue regulations establishing 
application, selection, and implementation procedures for pilot 
projects, and guidelines for reports and workshops required by this 
section.

SEC. 5. PROGRAM EVALUATION.

    (a) Advisory Committee.--The Director shall establish an advisory 
committee, consisting of individuals with appropriate expertise in 
State, local, regional, and tribal agencies, the university research 
community, and the remote sensing and other geospatial information 
industry, to monitor the program established under section 4. The 
advisory committee shall consult with the Federal Geographic Data 
Committee and other appropriate industry representatives and 
organizations. Notwithstanding section 14 of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, the advisory committee established under this subsection 
shall remain in effect until the termination of the program under 
section 4.
    (b) Effectiveness Evaluation.--Not later than December 31, 2008, 
the Director shall transmit to the Congress an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of the program established under section 4 in exploring 
and promoting the integrated use of sources of remote sensing and other 
geospatial information to address State, local, regional, and tribal 
agency needs. Such evaluation shall have been conducted by an 
independent entity.

SEC. 6. DATA AVAILABILITY.

    The Director shall ensure that the results of each of the pilot 
projects completed under section 4 shall be retrievable through an 
electronic, Internet-accessible database.

SEC. 7. EDUCATION.

    The Director shall establish an educational outreach program to 
increase awareness at institutions of higher education and State, 
local, regional, and tribal agencies of the potential applications of 
remote sensing and other geospatial information.

SEC. 8. COST SENSITIVITY STUDY.

    The Director shall conduct a study of the effect of remote sensing 
imagery costs on potential State, local, regional, and tribal agency 
applications. The study shall identify applications that are likely to 
be most affected by reductions in the cost of remote sensing imagery. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director shall transmit to the Congress the results of the study 
conducted under this section.

SEC. 9. REPORT.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director shall submit to the Congress a report on how agencies are 
implementing the recommendations contained in the September 2003 
General Accounting Office report entitled ``Geospatial Information: 
Technologies Hold Promise for Wildland Fire Management, but Challenges 
Remain''.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States 
Geological Survey, $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 
through 2009 to carry out this Act.

A:
Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey to: (1) establish a program of grants for pilot projects to explore the integrated use of sources of remote sensing and other geospatial information to address State, local, regional, and tribal agency needs; (2) establish an advisory committee to monitor the program; (3) transmit to Congress an independent evaluation of program effectiveness; and (4) ensure that project results are retrievable through an Internet-accessible database.

 Requires the Director to seek opportunities to assist: (1) in the development of commercial applications potentially available from the remote sensing industry; and (2) State, local, regional, and tribal agencies in applying remote sensing and geospatial information technologies for growth management.

Requires the Director to: (1) establish an educational outreach program to increase awareness at institutions of higher education and such agencies of the potential applications of remote sensing and geospatial information; and (2) study the effect of remote sensing imagery costs on potential State, local, regional, and tribal agency applications.
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