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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. FINANCIAL LITERACY SERVICES.

    Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                     ``financial literacy services

    ``Sec. 1150A.  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Area agency on aging.--The term `area agency on 
        aging' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the 
        Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
            ``(2) Financial literacy services.--The term `financial 
        literacy services' means the services described in subsection 
        (b)(1).
            ``(3) Older individual.--The term `older individual' has 
        the meaning given that term in such section 102.
    ``(b) Grants for Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to 
        eligible entities and other entities determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary to enable the entities to provide services to 
        improve financial literacy among older individuals, including 
        older individuals who are women, and the family members and 
        legal representatives of such individuals. The Secretary shall 
        make the grants on a competitive basis, and nationwide.
            ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, an entity shall be an area agency on 
        aging or another entity that meets such requirements as the 
        Secretary may specify.
            ``(3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require. In the case of an 
        entity who intends to provide the financial literacy services 
        jointly with other services as described in paragraph (4)(C), 
        the application shall include information demonstrating that 
        the entity has the capacity to provide the services jointly.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall use the funds made 
                available through the grant to provide financial 
                literacy services, such as financial literacy 
                education, training, and assistance.
                    ``(B) Provision through contracts.--The entity may 
                provide the services directly or by entering into a 
                contract with an organization that provides counseling, 
                advice, or representation to older individuals and the 
                family members and legal representatives of such 
                individuals in a community served by the entity.
                    ``(C) Provision with other services.--The entity 
                may provide the services alone or jointly with other 
                services provided by or funded by the eligible entity, 
                such as--
                            ``(i) services provided through State 
                        Health Insurance Assistance Programs;
                            ``(ii) services provided through a Long-
                        Term Care Ombudsman program under section 
                        307(a)(9) or 712 of the Older Americans Act of 
                        1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027, 3058g);
                            ``(iii) information and assistance services 
                        provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965 
                        (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
                            ``(iv) legal assistance services provided 
                        under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
                        U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
                            ``(v) services provided through Senior 
                        Medicare Patrol Projects conducted by the 
                        Administration on Aging;
                            ``(vi) case management services; and
                            ``(vii) services provided through Aging and 
                        Disability Resource Centers.
            ``(5) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
        annual report on the activities carried out by entities under a 
        grant under this subsection.
    ``(c) National Support Center for Financial Literacy Grant.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant to an 
        eligible center to coordinate the services provided through, 
        and support the grant recipients under, the grant program 
        carried out under subsection (b).
            ``(2) Eligible center.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, a center shall--
                    ``(A) be an entity that is housed within an 
                organization described in section 501(c) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from 
                taxation under section 501(a) of such Code;
                    ``(B) have a minimum of 10 years experience 
                operating a national program and support center with a 
                focus on financial literacy; and
                    ``(C) be primarily engaged in outreach and training 
                activities designed to provide financial education and 
                retirement planning for low- and moderate-income 
                individuals, particularly with respect to women; and
                    ``(D) have a demonstrated record of collaboration 
                with organizations that focus on the needs of low- and 
                moderate-income individuals and with national 
                organizations serving the elderly, including those 
                working with area agencies on aging and women, as well 
                as organizations with expertise in financial services 
                and related fields.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--A center that receives a grant under 
        this subsection shall use the funds made available through the 
        grant to--
                    ``(A) design and conduct training (which may 
                include providing training for trainers) related to 
                financial literacy services;
                    ``(B) provide curricula for financial literacy 
                services;
                    ``(C) develop and disseminate relevant information 
                about financial literacy services;
                    ``(D) conduct outreach to national, State, and 
                community organizations through a series of strategic 
                partnerships in order to improve financial literacy 
                among older individuals and the family members and 
                legal representatives of such individuals;
                    ``(E) provide technical assistance to the grant 
                recipients under subsection (b) with respect to the 
                program; and
                    ``(F) collect data from such grant recipients about 
                the services provided under this section, and the 
                impact of those services.
            ``(4) Addressing challenges to women in securing adequate 
        retirement income.--In addition to the activities described in 
        paragraph (3), a center that receives a grant under this 
        subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant 
        to conduct activities that are focused on addressing the 
        challenges faced by older women, women of color, single women, 
        and women who are heads of households to securing an adequate 
        retirement income.
    ``(d) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that the activities 
carried out under the grant program under subsection (b) and under a 
grant made under subsection (c) are coordinated with the activities 
carried out by--
            ``(1) the Office of Financial Education of the Department 
        of the Treasury; and
            ``(2) the Financial Literacy and Education Commission 
        established under section 513 of the Financial Literacy and 
        Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 9702).
    ``(e) Funding.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services from the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund established under section 201 such funds as are necessary for 
making grants under this section.''.

Output: Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals, including family members and legal representatives of such individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary to make such a grant to a national support center to: (1) coordinate services provided through the grant program; and (2) support grant recipients.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Fisheries Advisory 
Committee Act''.

SEC. 2. AMERICAN FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (15 
U.S.C. 713c-3), is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) American Fisheries Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Committee.--The term `Committee' means the 
                American Fisheries Advisory Committee established under 
                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Marketing and promotion.--The term `marketing 
                and promotion' means an activity aimed at encouraging 
                the consumption of seafood or expanding or maintaining 
                commercial markets for seafood.
                    ``(C) Processor.--The term `processor' means any 
                person in the business of preparing or packaging 
                seafood (including seafood of the processor's own 
                harvesting) for sale.
                    ``(D) Seafood.--The term `seafood' means farm-
                raised and wild-caught fish or shellfish harvested in 
                the United States or by a United States flagged vessel 
                for human consumption.
                    ``(E) Seafood industry.--The term `seafood 
                industry' means harvesters, marketers, growers, 
                processors, and persons providing them with goods and 
                services.
            ``(2) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of the American Fisheries Advisory Committee 
        Act, the Secretary shall establish five regions within the 
        American Fisheries Advisory Committee as follows:
                    ``(A) Region 1 shall consist of Alaska, Hawaii, the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
                territories of Guam and American Samoa.
                    ``(B) Region 2 shall consist of Maine, New 
                Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 
                New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, 
                Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
                    ``(C) Region 3 shall consist of Texas, Alabama, 
                Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the 
                territory of the Virgin Islands.
                    ``(D) Region 4 shall consist of California, 
                Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
                    ``(E) Region 5 shall consist of New Jersey, 
                Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South 
                Carolina, and Georgia.
            ``(3) Membership.--The Committee shall be composed of the 
        following members:
                    ``(A) Regional representation.--Each of the regions 
                listed in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph 
                (2) shall be represented on the Committee by two 
                members--
                            ``(i) who are appointed by the Secretary;
                            ``(ii) who reside in a State or territory 
                        in the region that the member will represent;
                            ``(iii) of which--
                                    ``(I) one shall have experience as 
                                a seafood harvester; and
                                    ``(II) one shall have experience as 
                                a processor; and
                            ``(iv) that are selected so that the 
                        members of the Committee have experience or 
                        expertise with as many seafood species as 
                        practicable.
                    ``(B) At-large members.--The Secretary shall 
                appoint to the Committee at-large members to ensure 
                that the Committee fairly reflects the expertise and 
                interest of the seafood industry located in each 
                region, as follows:
                            ``(i) One individual with experience in 
                        mass market food distribution.
                            ``(ii) One individual with experience in 
                        mass market food retail or food service.
                            ``(iii) One individual with experience in 
                        the marketing of seafood.
                            ``(iv) One individual with experience in 
                        growing seafood.
                            ``(v) One individual who is an employee of 
                        the National Marine Fisheries Service with 
                        expertise in fisheries research.
            ``(4) Member terms.--The term for a member of the Committee 
        shall be three years, except that the Secretary shall designate 
        staggered terms for the members initially appointed to the 
        Committee.
            ``(5) Responsibilities.--The Committee shall be responsible 
        for--
                    ``(A) identifying needs of the seafood industry 
                that may be addressed by a project funded with a grant 
                under subsection (c);
                    ``(B) developing the request for proposals for such 
                grants;
                    ``(C) reviewing applications for such grants; and
                    ``(D) selecting applications for approval under 
                subsection (c)(2)(B).
            ``(6) Chair.--The Committee shall elect a chair by a 
        majority of those voting, if a quorum is present.
            ``(7) Quorum.--A simple majority of members of the 
        Committee shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may 
        hold hearings.
            ``(8) Meetings.--
                    ``(A) Frequency.--The Committee shall meet not more 
                than two times each year.
                    ``(B) Location.--The meetings of the Committee 
                shall rotate between the geographic regions described 
                under paragraph (2).
                    ``(C) Federal advisory committee act.--The Federal 
                Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
                to the Committee.
            ``(9) Staff.--The Committee may employ staff as necessary 
        without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
        Code.
            ``(10) Per diem and expenses and funding.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A member of the Committee shall 
                serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed in 
                accordance with section 5703 of title 5, United States 
                Code, for reasonable travel costs and expenses incurred 
                in performing duties as a member of the Committee.
                    ``(B) Funding.--The reimbursements made under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be paid with the funds made 
                available for grants under subsection (c).
            ``(11) Conflict of interest.--The conflict of interest and 
        recusal provisions set out in section 302(j) of the Magnuson-
        Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1852(j)) shall apply to any decision by the Committee and to 
        all members of the Committee as if each member of the Committee 
        is an affected individual within the meaning of such section 
        302(j), except that in addition to the disclosure requirements 
        of section 302(j)(2)(C) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(j)(2)(C)), 
        each member of the Committee shall disclose any financial 
        interest or relationship in an organization or with an 
        individual that is applying for a grant under subsection (c) 
        held by the member of the Committee, including an interest as 
        an officer, director, trustee, partner, employee, contractor, 
        agent, or other representative.''.
    (b) Role in Approval of Grants.--Section 2(c)(3) of the Act of 
August 11, 1939 (15 U.S.C. 713c-3(c)(3)), is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(3) No application for a grant under this subsection may be 
approved unless--
            ``(A) the Secretary is satisfied that the applicant has the 
        requisite technical and financial capability to carry out the 
        project; and
            ``(B) the application is selected for funding by the 
        American Fisheries Advisory Committee under subsection (f).''.

Output: American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee. NOAA must establish five regions within the committee.The committee must consist of members chosen regionally and across all sectors of the fishing industry.Additionally, the committee must: (1)identify the needs of the fishing industry, (2)develop grant proposals to fund projects that address the industry needs, (3)review grant applications, and (4)provide NOAA with grant applicants for approval. NOAA must not approve a grant application unless the application is selected for funding by the committee.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Black Carbon and Other Aerosols 
Research Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to develop a monitoring and research plan--
                    (A) to identify natural and anthropogenic sources 
                of black carbon and other aerosols and to monitor their 
                atmospheric and deposited concentrations on both a 
                temporal and a spatial scale;
                    (B) to measure, monitor, model, and assess black 
                carbon and other aerosols in regard to their 
                atmospheric concentrations and deposited forms--
                            (i) to establish how these substances 
                        impact regional- and global-scale climate 
                        change and air quality;
                            (ii) to determine their regional impacts, 
                        with a focus on the polar regions and other 
                        snow and ice covered areas; and
                            (iii) to estimate, in the United States and 
                        globally, spatial and temporal black carbon and 
                        other aerosol concentrations, and deposition 
                        trends in collaboration with the National 
                        Institute of Standards and Technology and other 
                        appropriate partners; and
                    (C) to develop models to assist policy makers and 
                to increase understanding of--
                            (i) the transport and transformation of 
                        black carbon and other aerosols to improve 
                        knowledge of their distributions and climate-
                        forcing properties; and
                            (ii) the individual and combined roles of 
                        black carbon and other aerosols on regional and 
                        global climate change on both a temporal and a 
                        spatial scale; and
            (2) to establish a black carbon and other aerosols 
        monitoring and research program within the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration.
            (2) Black carbon.--The term ``black carbon'' means the 
        strongly light absorbing aerosol that--
                    (A) is composed of fine particles containing carbon 
                produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, 
                biofuel, and biomass and other activities;
                    (B) exists in both atmospheric and deposited forms; 
                and
                    (C) is sometimes associated with impaired air 
                quality and climate change.
            (3) Other aerosols.--The term ``other aerosols'' means the 
        components of atmospheric aerosols, fine particles suspended in 
        air, that contribute to climate-forcing and climate change, 
        including inorganic, organic, dust, and carbonaceous 
        substances, either separately or in combination.

SEC. 4. BLACK CARBON AND OTHER AEROSOLS MONITORING AND RESEARCH PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall develop an observation, 
monitoring, modeling, and research plan for black carbon and other 
aerosols that includes--
            (1) analysis of gaps in scientific methods and research 
        on--
                    (A) black carbon and other aerosols; and
                    (B) the effect of black carbon, both singly and in 
                combination with other factors, on climate change and 
                air quality on both a regional and a global scale;
            (2) identification of priorities for Federal research on 
        black carbon and other aerosols necessary to understand their 
        role in climate change and air quality on both a regional and a 
        global scale;
            (3) a framework for modeling--
                    (A) the temporal and spatial effects of black 
                carbon and other aerosols on climate, both singly and 
                in combination, on regional and global scales and 
                processes;
                    (B) the transportation and transformation of black 
                carbon and other aerosols to gain insight into their 
                distribution and climate-forcing properties; and
                    (C) the influence of black carbon on clouds and 
                cloud particles to understand and quantify their role 
                in large-scale circulation and the hydrologic cycle;
            (4) appropriate methods that--
                    (A) identify sources of black carbon and other 
                aerosols, both anthropogenic and naturally occurring, 
                and
                    (B) measure, monitor, and increase understanding of 
                the atmospheric concentrations and properties as well 
                as the deposited forms,
        on both a temporal and a spatial scale;
            (5) a comparative evaluation of the global and regional 
        climate-forcing properties of black carbon and other aerosols 
        and their effect on regional and global climate change and the 
        loss of Arctic sea ice; and
            (6) observation systems, needs, and assets necessary to 
        develop and implement a black carbon and other aerosols 
        monitoring and research program within the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration.
    (b) Advisory Panel.--The Administrator shall establish a Black 
Carbon and Other Aerosols Advisory Panel to assist in the development 
and implementation of the plan.
    (c) Report.--No later than 270 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of 
Representatives Committee on Science and Technology describing the plan 
required by subsection (a).

SEC. 5. BLACK CARBON AND OTHER AEROSOLS RESEARCH AND MONITORING 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish and maintain a 
black carbon and other aerosols monitoring and research program that 
combines observations, research, monitoring, modeling, and other 
activities within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
consistent with the plan required by section 4(a), that includes--
            (1) coordinated monitoring and research activities to 
        improve understanding of the sources, atmospheric 
        concentrations, deposited forms, and interactions among black 
        carbon and other aerosols that influence their contribution to 
        climate change processes on both a regional and a global scale;
            (2) strategic modeling activities that improve 
        understanding of--
                    (A) the transportation and transformation of 
                aerosols, to improve knowledge of their distributions 
                and climate-forcing properties; and
                    (B) the separate and combined roles of black carbon 
                and other aerosols in regional and global climate 
                change and air quality, on regional, global and 
                temporal scales, to improve understanding of these 
                substances and their roles in climate change;
            (3) educational opportunities that--
                    (A) encourage an interdisciplinary and 
                international approach to exploring the associated 
                sources and impacts of black carbon and other aerosols; 
                and
                    (B) increase interactions between the measurement 
                and modeling communities in order to optimize use of 
                available data;
            (4) public outreach activities that improve understanding 
        of the current scientific knowledge of black carbon and other 
        aerosols and their impact on climate change;
            (5) coordination of black carbon and other aerosols 
        monitoring research with the National Institute of Standards 
        and Technology and other appropriate international and national 
        government agencies, private entities, and others; and
            (6) an assessment of the role black carbon and other 
        aerosols have in regional and global climate change and air 
        quality.
    (b) Grant Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish a grant 
        program to provide grants for critical research and projects 
        that improve the ability to measure, monitor, model, and assess 
        black carbon and other aerosols with respect to their 
        atmospheric concentrations and deposited forms, including 
        research that supports means of reducing the impacts of black 
        carbon and other aerosols on climate.
            (2) Consultation with panel.--The Administrator shall 
        consult with the Black Carbon and Other Aerosols Advisory 
        Panel, and shall work cooperatively with the National Institute 
        of Standards and Technology and other Federal agencies, to 
        establish criteria for such research and projects.
            (3) Participation by federal agencies.--Federal agencies 
        may collaborate with, and participate in, such research and 
        projects to the extent requested by the grant recipient.
            (4) Award process.--Grants under this subsection shall be 
        awarded extramurally through a competitive peer-reviewed, 
        merit-based process that may be conducted jointly with other 
        Federal agencies working on black carbon and aerosols and their 
        role in and relationship to climate change.
    (c) Coordination With Other Agencies.--The Administrator shall 
coordinate development of the plan under section 4 and the monitoring 
and research program under subsection (a) of this section with the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology and other relevant 
Federal agencies.
    (d) Additional Authority.--In conducting the program, the 
Administrator may execute and perform such contracts, leases, grants, 
or cooperative agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of this Act on such terms as the Administrator considers appropriate.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for 
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015--
            (1) $10,000,000 for grants under section 5(b); and
            (2) $10,000,000 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to carry out the other provisions of this Act.


Output: Black Carbon and Other Aerosols Research Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to: (1) develop an observation, monitoring, modeling, and research plan for black carbon and other aerosols that contribute to climate-forcing and climate change, which shall analyze research gaps, identify federal research priorities, include a framework for modeling effects on climate, identify sources, monitor atmospheric concentrations, and provide for assets necessary to develop a monitoring and research program; and (2) establish a Black Carbon and Other Aerosols Advisory Panel to assist in development and implementation of such plan.

Directs the Administrator to establish a black carbon and other aerosols monitoring and research program that combines observations, research, monitoring, modeling, and other activities within NOAA, consistent with such plan, and that includes: (1) coordinated monitoring and research activities to improve understanding of specified factors that influence the contribution of such substances to climate change processes; (2) strategic modeling activities to improve understanding of the transportation and transformation of such substances, their distributions and climate-forcing properties, and their roles in climate change and air quality; (3) educational opportunities that encourage an interdisciplinary and international approach to exploring such substances' associated sources and impacts; (4) public outreach activities; and (5) coordination of monitoring research with various agencies and entities.

Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide grants for critical research and projects that improve the ability to measure, monitor, model, and assess such substances with respect to atmospheric concentrations and deposited forms, including research that supports means of reducing their impacts on climate.