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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Tracking Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.

    The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 301, by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(jj) The failure to comply with any requirement of section 414A 
(relating to the traceability of food).''; and
            (2) in chapter IV, by inserting after section 414 the 
        following:

``SEC. 414A. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.

    ``(a) Establishment of System.--Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a 
traceability system described in subsection (b) for all stages of 
manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food.
    ``(b) Description of System.--The traceability system required by 
subsection (a) shall require each article of food shipped in interstate 
commerce to be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to 
retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a 
recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or 
registered identification.
    ``(c) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
        person required to identify an article of food pursuant to 
        subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as prescribed by the 
        Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identification of 
        the article.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person described in paragraph (1) 
        shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a duly authorized 
        representative of the Secretary, allow the representative to 
        access to each place of business of the person to examine and 
        copy the records described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person described in paragraph (1) 
        shall maintain records as required under this subsection for 
        such period of time as the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(d) False Information.--No person shall falsify or misrepresent 
to any other person or to the Secretary, any information as to any 
location at which any article of food was held.
    ``(e) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person shall, 
without authorization from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 
records or other means of identification prescribed by the Secretary 
for use in determining the location at which any article of food was 
held.
    ``(f) Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to assist the Secretary in 
        implementing the traceability system under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall convene an advisory committee (referred to in 
        this subsection as the `Committee').
            ``(2) Membership.--The Committee shall consist of 13 
        members appointed by the Secretary which shall include--
                    ``(A) an equitable number of food safety and 
                tracking technology experts, representatives of the 
                food industry, and consumer advocates; and
                    ``(B) officials from the Center for Food Safety and 
                Applied Nutrition and the Office of Regulatory Affairs 
                of the Food and Drug Administration and the Agriculture 
                Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture.
            ``(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint a 
        Chairperson of the Committee.
            ``(4) Meeting.--The Committee shall convene not later than 
        180 days after the date of enactment of this section and 
        periodically thereafter at the call of the Chairperson.
            ``(5) Report of committee.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this section, the Committee shall 
                submit to the Secretary and the Office of the 
                Commissioner a report that describes the 
                recommendations regarding the most practicable approach 
                to providing for the traceability of food, including 
                the most efficient means of implementing the traceback 
                of contaminated foods.
                    ``(B) Considerations.--In developing the report 
                under subparagraph (A), the Committee shall consider 
                the following approaches to providing for the 
                traceability of food:
                            ``(i) A national database or registry 
                        operated by the Food and Drug Administration.
                            ``(ii) Electronic records identifying each 
                        prior sale, purchase, or trade of the food and 
                        its ingredients, and establishing that the food 
                        and its ingredients were grown, prepared, 
                        handled, manufactured, processed, distributed, 
                        shipped, warehoused, imported, and conveyed 
                        under conditions to ensure the safety of the 
                        food. The records would include an electronic 
                        statement with the date of, and the names and 
                        addresses of all parties to, each prior sale, 
                        purchase, or trade, and any other information 
                        as appropriate.
                            ``(iii) Standardized tracking numbers on 
                        all shipments. These numbers would identify the 
                        country of origin, the unique facility 
                        registration number, date of production, and 
                        lot number (if applicable).
                            ``(iv) Recall performance standards for 
                        each food or commodity type.
                            ``(v) Safeguards for the combining, 
                        repacking, or otherwise mixing of items of 
                        food, particularly fresh produce.
                            ``(vi) Other approaches that enable the 
                        reliable tracking of food and food products.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2011.''.
[EX A]: Food Tracking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit failing to comply with any requirement of this Act.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food; and (2) convene an advisory committee to assist in implementing the system. Requires the system to identify each article of food shipped in interstate commerce in a manner that enables the Secretary to retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or registered identification.

Authorizes the Secretary to direct each person required to identify an article of food to maintain accurate records regarding the purchase, sale, and identification of the article. Requires each such person to allow authorized representatives of the Secretary to examine and copy records. Prohibits any person from: (1) falsifying or misrepresenting information as to the location at which any article of food was held; or (2) altering, detaching, or destroying any records or other means of identification for use in determining such a location.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN MINERAL INTERESTS IN BILLINGS COUNTY, 
              NORTH DAKOTA.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to consolidate certain 
mineral interests in the Little Missouri National Grasslands in 
Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and 
private mineral interests in order to enhance land management 
capability and environmental and wildlife protection.
    (b) Exchange.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) if, not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company (referred 
        to in this section as ``Burlington'' and formerly known as 
        Meridian Oil Inc.), conveys title acceptable to the Secretary 
        of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Secretary'') to rights and interests identified on the map 
        entitled ``Billings County, North Dakota, Consolidated Mineral 
        Exchange--November 1995'', by quitclaim deed acceptable to the 
        Secretary, the Secretary shall convey to Burlington, subject to 
        valid existing rights, by quit-claim deed, all Federal rights 
        and interests identified on that map; and
            (2) if Burlington makes the conveyance under paragraph (1) 
        and, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, the owners of the remaining non-oil gas mineral 
        interests identified on that map convey title acceptable to the 
        Secretary to all rights, title, and interests in the interests 
        held by them, by quitclaim deed acceptable to the Secretary, 
        the Secretary shall convey to those owners, subject to valid 
        existing rights, by exchange deed, all Federal rights, title, 
        and interests in National Forest System lands and National 
        Grasslands in the State of North Dakota as are agreed to by the 
        Secretary and the owners of those interests.
    (c) Leasehold Interests.--As a condition precedent to the 
conveyance of interests by the Secretary to Burlington under this 
section, all leasehold and contractual interests in the oil and gas 
interests to be conveyed by Burlington to the United States under this 
section shall be released, to the satisfaction of the Secretary.
    (d) Approximate Equal Value of Exchanges With Other Interest 
Owners.--The values of the interests to be exchanged under subsection 
(b)(2) shall be approximately equal, as determined by the Secretary.
    (e) Land Use.--
            (1) Exploration and development.--The Secretary shall grant 
        to Burlington, and its successors and assigns, the use of 
        Federally-owned surface lands to explore for and develop 
        interests conveyed to Burlington under this Act, subject to 
        applicable Federal and State laws.
            (2) Surface occupancy and use.--Rights to surface occupancy 
        and use that Burlington would have absent the exchange under 
        this Act on its interests conveyed under this Act shall apply 
        to the same extent on the federally owned surface estate 
        overlying oil and gas rights conveyed to Burlington under this 
        Act.
    (f) Environmental Protection for Environmentally Sensitive Lands.--
All activities of Burlington, and its successors and assigns, relating 
to exploration and development on environmentally sensitive National 
Forest System lands, as described in the ``Memorandum of Understanding 
Concerning Certain Severed Mineral Estates, Billings County, North 
Dakota'', executed by the Forest Service and Burlington and dated 
November 2, 1995, shall be subject to the terms of the memorandum.
    (g) Map.--The map referred to in subsection (b) shall be provided 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, kept on file in 
the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, and made available for 
public inspection in the office of the Forest Supervisor of the Custer 
National Forest within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (h) Other Laws.--The exchange under subsection (b)(1) shall be 
deemed to meet the requirements of all other Federal laws, including 
all land exchange laws, environmental laws, and cultural laws (such as 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.)), and no 
further compliance with any other law shall be required in order to 
implement the exchanges.
    (i) Continuation of Multiple Use.--Nothing in this Act, shall 
limit, restrict, or otherwise affect the application of the principle 
of multiple use (including outdoor recreation, range, timber, 
watershed, and fish and wildlife purposes) in any area of the Little 
Missouri National Grasslands. Federal grazing permits or privileges in 
areas designated on the map entitled ``Billings County, North Dakota, 
Consolidated Mineral Exchange--November 1995'' or those lands described 
in the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Certain Severed Mineral 
Estates, Billings County, North Dakota'', shall not be curtailed or 
otherwise limited as a result of the exchange authorized by this Act.
[EX A]: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company (formerly known as Meridian Oil Inc.) all Federal rights and interests identified on a map entitled the "Billings County, North Dakota, Consolidated Mineral Exchange--November 1995," contingent on Burlington's conveyance to the Secretary of title to its own rights and interests identified on the same map. 
Directs the Secretary to convey to owners of the remaining non-oil gas mineral interests identified on the map all Federal rights, title, and interests in the National Forest System lands and National Grasslands in the State of North Dakota, contingent on the owners' conveyance to the Secretary, after Burlington's conveyance, of all their rights, title, and interests. 
Directs the Secretary to grant to Burlington the use of federally-owned surface lands to explore for and develop interests conveyed to Burlington under this Act.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND NON-EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(z) `Non-employee' means an individual who--
            ``(1) has been engaged, in the course of the trade or 
        business of the person, for the performance of labor or 
        services; and
            ``(2) is not an employee of the person.
    ``(aa) `Covered individual' when used with respect to an employer 
or other person means--
            ``(1) an employee of the employer; or
            ``(2) a non-employee of the person (including a person who 
        is an employer)--
                    ``(A) whom the person has engaged, in the course of 
                the trade or business of the person, for the 
                performance of labor or services; and
                    ``(B)(i) with respect to whom the person is 
                required to file an information return under section 
                6041A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
                    ``(ii) who is providing labor or services to the 
                person through an entity that is a trust, estate, 
                partnership, association, company, or corporation (as 
                such terms are used in section 7701(a)(1) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986) if--
                            ``(I) such individual has an ownership 
                        interest in the entity;
                            ``(II) creation or maintenance of such 
                        entity is a condition for the provision of such 
                        labor or services to the person; and
                            ``(III) the person would be required to 
                        file an information return for the entity under 
                        section 6041A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
                        of 1986 if the entity were an individual.''.
    (b) Classification as Employees.--Section 11(c) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c) Every employer subject to any 
        provision of this Act or of any order issued under this Act'' 
        and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Recordkeeping; Classification; Notice.--
            ``(1) Recordkeeping.--Every person subject to any provision 
        of this Act or of any order issued under this Act''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Classification.--Every person (including every 
        employer and enterprise), who employs any employee engaged in 
        commerce or in the production of goods for commerce or engages 
        any non-employee engaged in commerce or in the production of 
        goods for commerce, shall accurately classify each covered 
        individual as an employee or a non-employee (as the case may 
        be).
            ``(3) Notice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Every person subject to any 
                provision of this Act or of any order issued under this 
                Act shall provide the notice described in subparagraph 
                (C) to each employee of the person and each individual 
                classified by the person as a non-employee under 
                paragraph (2) and maintain a copy of such notice as a 
                required record under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Timing of notice.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The notice described in 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be provided, at a 
                        minimum, to each covered individual not later 
                        than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
                        the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, and 
                        thereafter--
                                    ``(I) for each new employee, upon 
                                employment; and
                                    ``(II) for each new non-employee, 
                                upon commencement of the labor or 
                                services provided by the non-employee.
                            ``(ii) Change in status.--Each person 
                        required to provide a notice under subparagraph 
                        (A) to a covered individual shall also provide 
                        such notice to such individual upon changing 
                        the status of such individual as an employee or 
                        a non-employee.
                    ``(C) Contents of notice.--The notice required 
                under this paragraph shall be in writing and shall--
                            ``(i) inform the covered individual of the 
                        classification of such individual, by the 
                        person submitting the notice, as an employee or 
                        a non-employee;
                            ``(ii) include a statement directing such 
                        individual to the Department of Labor website 
                        established under section 3 of the Payroll 
                        Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, for the purpose 
                        of providing further information about the 
                        legal rights of an employee;
                            ``(iii) include the address and telephone 
                        number for the applicable local office of the 
                        Department of Labor; and
                            ``(iv) include for each covered individual 
                        classified as a non-employee by the person 
                        providing the notice, the following statement: 
                        `Your rights to wage, hour, and other labor 
                        protections depend upon your proper 
                        classification as an employee or a non-
                        employee. If you have any questions or concerns 
                        about how you have been classified or suspect 
                        that you may have been misclassified, contact 
                        the U.S. Department of Labor.'.
                    ``(D) Presumption.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For purposes of this Act 
                        and the regulations or orders issued under this 
                        Act, a covered individual to whom a person is 
                        required to provide a notice under subparagraph 
                        (A) shall be presumed to be an employee of the 
                        person if the person has not provided the 
                        individual with such notice within the time 
                        required under subparagraph (B).
                            ``(ii) Rebuttal.--The presumption under 
                        clause (i) shall be rebutted only through the 
                        presentation of clear and convincing evidence 
                        that a covered individual described in such 
                        subparagraph is not an employee of the 
                        person.''.
    (c) Special Prohibited Acts.--Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 215(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate 
        against any covered individual (including an employee) because 
        such individual has--
                    ``(A) opposed any practice, filed any petition or 
                complaint, or instituted or caused to be instituted any 
                proceeding--
                            ``(i) under or related to this Act 
                        (including concerning the status of a covered 
                        individual as an employee or a non-employee for 
                        purposes of this Act); or
                            ``(ii) concerning the status of a covered 
                        individual as an employee or a non-employee for 
                        employment tax purposes within the meaning of 
                        subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                        1986;
                    ``(B) testified or is about to testify in any 
                proceeding described in subparagraph (A); or
                    ``(C) served, or is about to serve, on an industry 
                committee;'';
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) to wrongly classify an employee of the person as a 
        non-employee in accordance with section 11(c)(2).''.
    (d) Special Penalty for Certain Misclassification, Recordkeeping, 
and Notice Violations.--Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the sixth sentence, by striking ``any 
                employee'' each place the term occurs and inserting 
                ``any covered individual'';
                    (B) in the fourth sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``employees'' and inserting 
                        ``covered individual''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``he gives his consent'' 
                        and inserting ``such covered individual 
                        consents'';
                    (C) in the third sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``either of the preceding 
                        sentences'' and inserting ``any of the 
                        preceding sentences'';
                            (ii) by striking ``one or more employees'' 
                        and inserting ``one or more covered 
                        individuals''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``in behalf of himself or 
                        themselves and other employees'' and inserting 
                        ``on behalf of such covered individual or 
                        individuals and other covered individuals''; 
                        and
                    (D) by inserting after the first sentence the 
                following: ``Such liquidated damages are doubled 
                (subject to section 11 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 
                1947 (29 U.S.C. 260)) where, in addition to violating 
                the provisions of section 6 or 7, the employer has 
                violated the provisions of section 15(a)(6) with 
                respect to such employee or employees.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Any person who violates section 6, 7, 11(c), or 
        15(a)(6) shall be subject to a civil penalty, for each employee 
        or other individual who was the subject of such a violation, in 
        an amount--
                    ``(A) not to exceed $1,100; or
                    ``(B) in the case of a person who has repeatedly or 
                willfully committed such violation, not to exceed 
                $5,000.''.

SEC. 3. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS WEBSITE.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Labor shall establish a single webpage on the 
Department of Labor website that summarizes in plain language the 
rights of employees and non-employees under the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), including the rights described in 
the amendments made by section 2.

SEC. 4. MISCLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
              PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and'';
            (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding after paragraph (12) the following:
            ``(13)(A) Such auditing and investigative procedures as may 
        be necessary to identify employers that have not registered 
        under the State law or that are paying unreported wages, where 
        these actions or omissions by the employers have the effect of 
        excluding employees from unemployment compensation coverage; 
        and
            ``(B) The making of quarterly reports to the Secretary of 
        Labor (in such form as the Secretary of Labor may require) 
        describing the results of the procedures under subparagraph 
        (A); and
            ``(14) The establishment of administrative penalties for 
        misclassifying employees, or paying unreported wages to 
        employees without proper recordkeeping, for unemployment 
        compensation purposes.''.
    (b) Review of Auditing Programs.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
include, in the Department of Labor's system for measuring the 
performance of States in conducting unemployment compensation tax 
audits, a specific measure of the effectiveness of States in 
identifying the underreporting of wages and the underpayment of 
unemployment compensation contributions (including the effectiveness of 
States in identifying instances of such underreporting or underpayments 
despite the absence of canceled checks, original time sheets, or other 
similar documentation).
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 12 months 
        after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Exception.--If the Secretary of Labor finds that 
        legislation is necessary for the unemployment compensation law 
        of a State to comply with the amendments made by subsection 
        (a), such amendments shall not apply with respect to such law 
        until the later of--
                    (A) the day after the close of the first regular 
                session of the legislature of such State that begins 
                after the date of enactment of this Act; or
                    (B) 12 months after the date of enactment of this 
                Act.
    (d) Definition of State.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``State'' has the meaning given the term in section 3306(j) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR COORDINATION, REFERRAL, AND REGULATIONS.

    (a) Coordination and Referral.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any office, administration, or division of the Department of 
Labor that, while in the performance of its official duties, obtains 
information regarding the misclassification by a person subject to the 
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.), or any order issued under such Act of any individual regarding 
whether such individual is an employee or a non-employee engaged in the 
performance of labor or services for purposes of section 6 or 7 of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 206, 207), or in records required under section 11(c) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 211(c)), shall report such information to the Wage 
and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. The Wage and Hour 
Division may report such information to the Internal Revenue Service as 
the Wage and Hour Division considers appropriate.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Labor shall promulgate 
regulations to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 6. TARGETED AUDITS.

    The audits of employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) that are conducted by the Wage and Hour 
Division of the Department of Labor shall include certain industries 
with frequent incidence of misclassifying employees as non-employees, 
as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
[EX A]:
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to accurately classify their employees or non-employees as employees or independent contractors and to notify such employees or non-employees of their classification. The bill makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee or non-employee who has filed a complaint with respect to their employment classification, and (2) wrongly classify an employee as a non-employee. The bill doubles the amount of liquidated damages for unpaid wages and misclassifications of employees.   The bill amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require, as a condition for the federal grant program for unemployment compensation administration, auditing and investigative procedures to identify employers who are not registered under state law or who are paying unreported wages; and (2) impose administrative penalties for misclassification of employees or payment of unreported wages without proper recordkeeping.  The bill requires the Department of Labor to report any misclassification of an employee to its Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division is then authorized to report a misclassification to the Internal Revenue Service.