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SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to enhance the appeal of service in the law enforcement 
        agencies of the United States Department of Justice;
            (2) to extend benefits of a higher education to qualified 
        and deserving young persons who by virtue of the death of or 
        total disability of an eligible officer are not otherwise able 
        to afford the same; and
            (3) to allow such family members to attain the vocational 
        and educational status which such individual might normally 
        have aspired to and obtained had a parent not been killed or 
        disabled in the service of the country.

SEC. 2. BASIC ENTITLEMENT.

    (a) Benefits.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
eligible dependent shall be entitled to educational assistance under 
this subpart for a period of one month for each month or fraction 
thereof of the eligible officer's service in a Federal law enforcement 
agency.
    (2) Such educational assistance shall consist of direct payments 
to--
            (A) an educational institution or institution of higher 
        learning for an eligible dependent's tuition, room, board, and 
        other charges imposed by such institution; and
            (B) the eligible dependent for an educational assistance 
        allowances to meet, in part, the cost of fees, supplies, books, 
        equipment and other educational costs, which allowances shall 
        be computed on the same basis set forth in title 38, subchapter 
        IV of the United States Code.
    (b) Benefits for Dependents of Officers Killed.--For each eligible 
dependent of an eligible officer who is killed in the line of duty, 
criteria established in subsection (a) shall not apply. Such eligible 
dependents shall be eligible to receive the benefits provided by this 
subpart for the maximum period of eligibility set forth in subsection 
(e).
    (c) Maximum Benefits.--No eligible dependent shall receive 
educational assistance under this subpart for a period in excess of 
forty-five months.

SEC. 3. TIME LIMITATIONS FOR COMPLETING A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION.

    No educational assistance shall be paid to or for an eligible 
dependent after--
            (1) ten years after the date on which the eligible officer 
        was killed or permanently and totally disabled; or
            (2) the eligible dependent's twenty-seventh birthday, 
        whichever occurs later.
SEC. 4. EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL COUNSELING.

    (a) Counseling Services.--The Attorney General shall make available 
to an eligible dependent upon such person's request, counseling 
services, including such educational and vocational counseling and 
guidance, testing, and other assistance as the Attorney General deems 
necessary to aid such person in selecting--
            (1) an educational or training objective and an educational 
        institution or training establishment appropriate for the 
        attainment of such objective; or
            (2) an employment objective that would be likely to provide 
        such eligible dependent with satisfactory employment 
        opportunities in light of such person's personal circumstances.
    (b) Notification.--The Attorney General shall take appropriate 
steps (including individual notification where feasible) to acquaint 
all eligible persons with the availability and advantages of such 
counseling services.
    (c) Service Providers.--For purposes of this subpart, the Attorney 
General may provide by interagency agreement with Federal, or State 
agency to provide the services specified.

SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS; APPROVAL.

    (a) Application.--Any eligible dependent who desires to initiate a 
program of education under this subpart shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as 
the Attorney General may reasonably require.
    (b) Approval.--The Attorney General shall approve such application 
unless the Attorney General finds that--
            (1) such dependent is not eligible or is not longer 
        eligible for or entitled to the educational assistance for 
        which application is made;
            (2) the eligible dependent selected educational institution 
        or training establishment fails to meet any requirement of this 
        subpart;
            (3) the eligible dependent's enrollment in, or pursuit of, 
        the program of education selected would violate a provision of 
        this subpart; or
            (4) the eligible dependent is already qualified by reason 
        of previous education or training, for the educational, 
        professional, or vocational objective for which the program of 
        education is offered.
    (c) Acceptance.--The Attorney General shall notify an eligible 
dependent of approval or disapproval of such dependent's application.

SEC. 6. STANDARDS.

    The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations 
regarding unacceptable courses or programs of study for which funding 
will not be provided under this subpart.

SEC. 7. DISCONTINUANCE FOR UNSATISFACTORY CONDUCT OR PROGRESS.

    (a) Discontinuation.--The Attorney General shall discontinue the 
direct payment to an educational institution or institution of higher 
education and educational assistance allowance of an eligible dependent 
if, at any time, the Attorney General finds that according to the 
regularly prescribed standards and practices of the educational 
institution, the dependent's conduct or progress is unsatisfactory.
    (b) Renewal.--The Attorney General may review the payment of the 
educational assistance allowance if the Attorney General finds that--
            (1) the cause of the unsatisfactory conduct or progress of 
        the eligible dependent has been removed; and
            (2) the program which the eligible dependent now proposes 
        to pursue (whether the same or revised) is suitable to the 
        eligible dependent's interests, and abilities.

SEC. 8. SPECIAL RULE.

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and any other general 
or special law to the contrary, the Attorney General is authorized and 
directed to reimburse or pay each eligible dependent of an eligible 
officer who was killed in the performance of duties on or after July 1, 
1992, but before the effective date of this statute, an amount 
equivalent to--
            (1) the full cost of tuition, room and board, and other 
        charges paid or for the eligible dependent to, and imposed on, 
        an eligible dependent by an educational institution or 
        institution of higher education; and
            (2) a retroactive educational assistance allowance for each 
        month in which the eligible dependent attended an educational 
        institution or institution of higher education, up to the date 
        of the payment. Following this initial payment, further 
        benefits will be paid to or for the benefit of such eligible 
        dependents in accordance with this chapter.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Federal law enforcement agency'' means the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
        and Firearms, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United 
        States Marshals Service, and any other federal agency directly 
        engaged in the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United 
        States, or the apprehension of individuals subject to criminal 
        prosecution by the United States.
            (2) The term ``eligible officer'' means any agent, special 
        agent, marshal, deputy, or assistant marshal or other similar 
        field officer by whatever name or title such officer is known 
        in a Federal law enforcement agency who has served at least one 
        hundred and eighty days and who is either killed in the 
        performance of duties or suffers injuries that are totally and 
        permanently disabling while performing such duties.
            (3) The term ``eligible dependent'' means the child of any 
        eligible officer who is a ``dependent'' (as defined in section 
        152 of the Internal Revenue Code) or spouse of an eligible 
        officer at the time of such officer's death or on the date of 
        total and disabling injury.
            (4) The term ``program of education'' shall mean any 
        curriculum or any combination of unit courses or subjects 
        pursued at an educational institution which is generally 
        accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the 
        attainment of a pre- determined and identified educational, 
        professional, or vocational objective. Such term also means any 
        curriculum of unit course or subjects pursued at an educational 
        institution which fulfill requirements for the attainment of 
        more than one predetermined and identified educational, 
        professional, or vocational objective if all the objectives 
        pursued as generally recognized as being reasonably related to 
        a single career field. To pursue any other course of study, an 
        eligible dependent shall apply to the AG for approval.
            (5) The term ``educational institution'' means any public 
        or private elementary school, secondary school, vocational 
        school, correspondence school, business school, junior college, 
        teachers' college, college, normal school, professional school, 
        university, or scientific or technical institutions, or other 
        accredited institutions furnishing education for adults.
            (6) The term ``institution of higher learning'' means a 
        college, university, or similar institution, including a 
        technical or business school, offering postsecondary level 
        academic instruction that leads to an associate or higher 
        degree if the school is empowered by the appropriate State 
        educational authority under State law to grant an associate or 
        higher degree. When there is no State law to authorize the 
        granting of a degree, the school may be recognized as an 
        institution of higher learning if it is accredited for degree 
        programs by a recognized accrediting agency. Such term shall 
        also include a hospital offering educational programs at the 
        post-secondary level without regard to whether the hospital 
        grants a postsecondary degree. Such term shall also include an 
        educational institution which is not located in a State, which 
        offers a course leading to a standard college degree, or the 
        equivalent, and which is recognized as such by the Secretary of 
        Education (or comparable official) of the country or other 
        jurisdiction in which the institution is located.
            (7) The term ``standard college degree'' means an associate 
        or higher degree awarded by--
                    (A) an institution of higher learning that is 
                accredited as a collegiate institution by a recognized 
                regional or national accrediting agency;
                    (B) an institution of higher learning that is a 
                ``candidate'' for accreditation as that term is used by 
                the regional or national accrediting agencies; or
                    (C) an institution of higher learning upon 
                completion of a course which is accredited by an agency 
                recognized to accredit specialized degree-level 
                programs. For the purpose of this section, the 
                accrediting agency must be one recognized by the 
                Secretary of Education under the provisions of section 
                1775 of this title 38.
Provides for educational assistance for eligible dependents of Federal law enforcement officers who are killed or disabled in the performance of their duties. 
Entitles such dependents to such assistance for:  (1) one month for each month (or fraction) of the disabled officer's service, up to a maximum of 45 months; and (2) the maximum 45 months, if the officer has been killed. 
Limits the period for using such assistance to before the later of: (1) ten years after the officer was killed or permanently and totally disabled; or (2) the dependent's 27th birthday. 
Directs the Attorney General to make certain counseling services available, upon the dependent's request, and to publicize the availability of such services. 
Provides for such assistance program applications and their approval, standards, discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress or conduct, and a special rule for retroactive assistance.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.-- This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Government 
Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Office of tribal government homeland security.
Sec. 5. Report to congress.
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and 
        the subsequent introduction of weapons grade anthrax into the 
        United States Postal System and Congressional office buildings 
        in Washington, D.C., the President and the Congress have worked 
        closely to respond to the need to rebuild and strengthen the 
        nation's public health, national security, and emergency 
        response systems.
            (2) Based on Article I, section 8 of the United States 
        Constitution, treaties, Federal statutes, and court decisions, 
        the United States has a unique historical and legal 
        relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native people, 
        which serves as the basis for the Federal Government's trust 
        responsibility and obligations. There are currently 558 
        federally-recognized Indian tribes in the United States, with 
        some 40 percent of Indian tribes located in the State of 
        Alaska. Indian tribes have principle responsibility for lands 
        and people within their jurisdiction.
            (3) Despite the government-to-government relationship 
        between Indian tribes and the United States, the United States 
        has failed to include and consult with Indian tribes with 
        regard to homeland security prevention, protection, and 
        response activities planning. Moreover, there are no specific 
        provisions for the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 
        Health Service to participate in homeland security programs and 
        funding.
            (4) Throughout many areas of the United States, facilities 
        operated, and services, activities and government functions 
        carried out, by Indian tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
        the Indian Health Service are the only sources available to 
        provide emergency health services, disaster response, and law 
        enforcement to the tribal and non-tribal community, thus 
        serving the role as ``first responders'' in the event of a 
        terrorist attack.
            (5) To provide for the public health and safety on tribal 
        lands and in the surrounding communities, it is imperative to 
        establish tribal participation in homeland security 
        initiatives. Indian tribes must be included in the national 
        strategy for homeland security and receive an appropriate share 
        of related funding.
            (6) The treatment of Indian tribes as State governments, as 
        appropriate, for developing funding methodologies, planning, 
        consultation, coordination, and for eligibility for grant 
        monies will ensure Indian tribes are adequately prepared to 
        respond to Homeland Security threats.
            (7) Indian tribes shall be treated as State, as 
        appropriate, for purposes of planning, consultation, 
        coordination, eligibility for grant monies and other purposes 
        to improve the United States capacity to prepare, prevent and 
        respond to terrorist activities.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To establish within the Department of Homeland Security 
        an office known as the Office of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security.
            (2) To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
        appoint, in consultation with Indian tribes, a Director of 
        Tribal Government Homeland Security.
            (3) To provide for more effective management of, and 
        accountability for the proper discharge of, the Secretary's 
        trust responsibility to Indian tribes and individual American 
        Indians and Alaska Natives by establishing in the Department of 
        Homeland Security an Office of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security.
            (4) To integrate and coordinate the efforts of the 
        Department of Homeland Security and Indian tribes to prepare 
        for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 
        terrorist attacks.
            (5) To provide strategic integration of the Homeland 
        Security activities of Indian tribes that will complement the 
        operational consolidation of the various directorates within 
        the Department.
            (6) To supplement the capacity of the Indian Health Service 
        and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to respond to the homeland 
        security needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives, without 
        jeopardizing the nonsecurity missions of the Indian Health 
        Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (7) To serve as an information clearinghouse and to enhance 
        the integration and coordination of Indian tribes and in the 
        activities of the Department of Homeland Security.
            (8) To establish an organizational framework within the 
        Department of Homeland Security through which the Federal 
        Government, Indian tribes, and State and local governments can 
        work effectively and collaboratively on public health and 
        safety, terrorism detection, prevention, response, and 
        protection of critical infrastructure.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (3) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of Tribal 
        Government Homeland Security established in section 4.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.

SEC. 4. OFFICE OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENT HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the 
        Department of Homeland Security an office to be known as the 
        ``Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security''.
            (2) Director.--The Office shall be headed by a Director, 
        appointed by the Secretary in consultation with Indian tribes, 
        whose title shall be the Director of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security. The Director shall be equal in pay and authority of 
        an Assistant Secretary.
    (b) Duties of Secretary; Director.--
            (1) Duties of the secretary.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) ensure the coordination of Federal programs 
                that provide assistance (including financial and 
                technical assistance) to eligible Indian tribes and 
                provide those governments with treatment as State 
                governments, as appropriate, for planning, 
                consultation, and coordination and for eligibility for 
                Federal grant monies and funds to improve capacity and 
                help prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities, and for other related purposes in and near 
                tribal communities;
                    (B) ensure Indian tribes are included in the 
                coordination activities of the Homeland Security 
                Department's Border and Transportation functions in the 
                same manner as State and local law enforcement 
                entities;
                    (C) ensure Indian tribes with jurisdiction over 
                lands adjacent to the Canadian and Mexican borders are 
                adequately prepared to help protect United States 
                borders, territorial waters, waterways, and other 
                transportation systems;
                    (D) ensure the broad spectrum of infrastructure 
                throughout Indian Country, including nuclear and 
                electrical power plants, water and sanitation 
                facilities, agricultural, food processing, oil, timber, 
                and other natural resources is adequately protected 
                against terrorist threats;
                    (E) ensure that Indian tribes are properly equipped 
                to prepare for, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities in the same manner as State and local 
                governments;
                    (F) provide Indian tribes the necessary equipment 
                for detection, protection, and decontamination in 
                emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction;
                    (G) provide Indian tribes with emergency 
                preparedness training and exercise programs and further 
                assistance for any emergency, including natural 
                disasters or disease;
                    (H) include Indian tribes in all facets of 
                research, development, resource assessment, and risk 
                analysis in the same manner as State and local 
                governments; and
                    (I) include Indian tribes, as appropriate, in the 
                coordination of the Homeland Security Department's 
                Immigration and Nationality functions in the same 
                manner as State and local law enforcement entities.
            (2) Duties of the director.--The Director shall--
                    (A) coordinate homeland security activities among 
                Indian tribes and related Federal agencies, including 
                integration and coordination of the efforts of the 
                Department of Homeland Security and Indian tribes to 
                prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and 
                recover from terrorist attacks;
                    (B) provide strategic integration to complement the 
                operational consolidation of the various directorates 
                within the Department of Homeland Security, with 
                respect to Indian tribes;
                    (C) ensure that Indian tribes are included in the 
                gathering and analysis of terrorist threats and other 
                information in the same manner as Federal, State, and 
                local law enforcement entities;
                    (D) serve as the Secretary's key point of contact 
                for Indian tribes in need of assistance and information 
                homeland security grants for purposes of planning, 
                consultation, coordination, eligibility for grant 
                monies and other purposes to improve the United States 
                capacity to prepare, prevent and respond to terrorist 
                activities and to work with Indian tribes and executive 
                agencies in promoting homeland security;
                    (E) serve as the coordinating center intended to 
                facilitate communication between and integration with 
                Indian tribes and other Federal departments that have 
                homeland security responsibilities, including but not 
                limited to health surveillance, emergency preparation 
                and response, border security, critical infrastructure 
                protection, technology, and communication;
                    (F) establish a network through which the Federal 
                Government, Indian tribes, and State and local 
                governments work collaboratively on public health and 
                safety, terrorism detection, prevention, response, and 
                protection of critical infrastructure targets; and
                    (G) establish a mechanism for the distribution of 
                warnings and information to tribal communities.
    (c) Treatment of Indian Tribes as States.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) treat Indian tribes as States, as appropriate, 
                for the purpose of homeland security consultation, 
                planning, coordination, bioterrorism preparedness, 
                prevention, and response, emergency preparedness and 
                response, border and transportation security, and for 
                other purposes related to protecting the homeland;
                    (B) include Indian tribes in funding methodologies 
                for purposes of allocating any financial resources; and
                    (C) support and facilitate the capacity necessary 
                for the Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs to respond to the homeland security needs of 
                American Indians and Alaska Natives, without 
                jeopardizing their non-security missions.
            (2) Discretionary authority.--The Secretary may delegate to 
        such Indian tribes primary responsibility for homeland security 
        activities within its respective jurisdiction.
    (d) Information Sharing.--The Secretary shall provide assistance to 
enhance information technology capabilities of Indian tribes and 
ensure--
            (1) the active participation of Indian tribes in the 
        coordination with Federal, State, and local governments and the 
        private sector as related to Homeland Security activities; and
            (2) provide Indian tribes access to the same type of 
        information being exchanged between Federal, State, and local 
        authorities for the purpose of providing government personnel, 
        agencies, and authorities, with appropriate intelligence 
        information, including warnings, regarding threats posed by 
        terrorism in a timely and secure manner.
    (e) Federal Grants.--
            (1) General eligibility.--Indian tribes shall be eligible 
        to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise any homeland 
        security-related Federal grant programs.
            (2) Authority to award grants.--The Secretary may award 
        grants to Indian tribes for the following purposes:
                    (A) Planning, consultation, and coordination to 
                improve infrastructure, to prevent terrorist 
                activities.
                    (B) Training and education of employees responsible 
                for public health, safety and emergency response 
                activities.
                    (C) Addressing communication gaps and 
                infrastructure needs related to homeland security.
                    (D) Increasing the capacity of Indian tribes to 
                help prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities and other public health and safety 
                emergencies.
                    (E) Development of a comprehensive plan to help 
                prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist activities 
                and other public health and safety emergencies.
                    (F) Implementation of plans to help prepare, 
                prevent, and respond to terrorist activities and other 
                public health and safety emergencies.
                    (G) The preparation of reports assessing the 
                emergency preparedness of Indian tribes, including an 
                assessment of Indian tribes' coordination with the 
                Department.
                    (H) Such other purposes related to the purposes of 
                this Act the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) directly or by contract, provide Indian tribes with 
        technical assistance in developing, implementing and managing 
        emergency response plans.
            (2) Ensure that legal, financial, and other expertise of 
        the Department of Homeland Security is made fully available in 
        an advisory capacity to Indian tribes to assist in the 
        development, implementation, and management of emergency 
        response plans.
            (3) Provide Department of Homeland Security programs 
        designed to provide legal, accounting, financial, or technical 
        assistance to eligible Indian tribes.
            (4) Facilitate cooperation with the heads of appropriate 
        Federal agencies working on Homeland Security initiatives.
            (5) Any other activity that the Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Director, considers appropriate to carry out this 
        section.
    (g) Assessment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an assessment report 
detailing the baseline readiness of Indian tribes to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives. In addition to an assessment of baseline 
readiness, the report shall contain any legislative recommendations 
necessary to improve coordination and integration of Indian tribes in 
the National Homeland Security Strategy.
    (h) Reporting.--The Secretary shall determine the effectiveness of 
the Office through the preparation of reports assessing the emergency 
preparedness of Indian tribes, including an assessment of Indian 
tribes' coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.
    (i) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not provide assistance under 
this section for any activity related to the operation of a gaming 
activity on Indian lands pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Director, shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the operation of 
the Office.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Each report prepared under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) for the period covered by the report, a summary of the 
        activities conducted by the Secretary, in carrying out 
        subsections (b) through (h) of section 4; and
            (2) any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Director, determines to be necessary 
        to carry out such sections.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated such sums are necessary to 
carry out this Act, to remain available until expended.
Tribal Government Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act - Establishes the Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security (Office) within the Department of Homeland Security. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to appoint a Director to head the Office.

Prescribes the Secretary's and the Director's duties of coordination, infrastructure and equipment readiness, training, and inclusion of Indian tribes in homeland security preparedness. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to treat Indian tribes as states, as appropriate for the purpose of homeland security. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate to Indian tribes primary responsibility for homeland security activities within their respective jurisdictions. Requires the Secretary to integrate the roles of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services with regard to homeland security. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to provide assistance to enhance information technology capabilities of tribes and ensure the participation of Indian tribes in the coordination with federal, state, and local governments and the private sector as related to Homeland Security activities. 
 
 Declares Indian tribes to be eligible to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise any homeland security-related federal grant program. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to Indian tribes for specified homeland security purposes. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to provide Indian tribes with: (1) technical assistance in developing, implementing, and managing emergency response plans; (2) Department of Homeland Security expertise and programs; (3) the cooperation of the heads of appropriate Federal agencies; and (4) any other activity the Secretary considers appropriate to provide homeland security technical assistance to Indian tribes.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International 
Nuclear Fuel for Peace and Nonproliferation Act of 2007''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
 TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL REGIME FOR THE ASSURED SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR FUEL 
                           FOR PEACEFUL MEANS

Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 103. Statements of policy.
Sec. 104. Report.
               TITLE II--INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK

Sec. 201. Voluntary contributions to the International Atomic Energy 
                            Agency.
Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations.

 TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL REGIME FOR THE ASSURED SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR FUEL 
                           FOR PEACEFUL MEANS

SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Since the United States Baruch Plan of 1946, the United 
        States has believed that an increase in the number of countries 
        that possess nuclear weapons and the means to create such 
        weapons makes the world less secure and stable by increasing 
        the chances that nuclear weapons would be used. A world in 
        which nuclear weapons are used again is less secure for all 
        concerned, and could well trigger a global arms race, as more 
        countries will be tempted to arm themselves with nuclear 
        weapons to prevent attacks by countries that possess nuclear 
        weapons.
            (2) It is therefore in the general security interest of all 
        countries, and in the vital national security interest of the 
        United States, that the number of countries that possess a 
        nuclear weapons capability necessarily be kept to a minimum and 
        ultimately reduced.
            (3) Uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing 
        facilities produce nuclear material that can either be used for 
        peaceful purposes in electricity-generating reactors, or can be 
        used to produce uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons. As 
        such, these facilities are inherently a proliferation risk, 
        allowing their possessor to be just months away from the 
        production of a nuclear explosive device.
            (4) It is also therefore in the general security interest 
        of all countries that the number of countries that operate 
        uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing facilities also 
        be kept to a minimum, consistent with the global demand for 
        nuclear power reactor fuel.
            (5) The financing and construction of additional uranium 
        enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing facilities in additional 
        countries around the world is indefensible on economic grounds 
        alone, given current and future supplies of uranium and 
        existing providers of uranium enrichment and spent-fuel 
        reprocessing services to the world market.
            (6) The desire to construct uranium enrichment and spent-
        fuel reprocessing facilities by additional countries, 
        therefore, is often based upon considerations other than 
        economic calculations. The possession of such facilities is 
        often elevated to a matter of national pride--a demonstration 
        to the world that the country that possesses this technology 
        has arrived at a level of technological development comparable 
        to that of the United States and other countries with advanced 
        civil nuclear power programs.
            (7) Furthermore, the acquisition of uranium enrichment and 
        spent-fuel reprocessing facilities can be perceived as a 
        demonstration of the developing world's independence from 
        technological domination by the more developed states. Article 
        IV of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 
        done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968 (21 UST 
        483; commonly referred to as the ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
        Treaty'' or the ``NPT''), recognizes that State Parties have an 
        ``inalienable right . . . to develop research, production and 
        use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without 
        discrimination''. However, this is a qualified right 
        conditioned by a State Party acting in conformity with the 
        NPT's obligation for such countries not to acquire, possess, or 
        develop nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices.
            (8) It has been long recognized that the proliferation of 
        national uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing 
        facilities would increase the likelihood of the emergence of 
        new nuclear weapon states. Concerned governments, 
        nongovernmental organizations, and individual experts have for 
        decades recognized the need to address this problem through 
        multilateral assurances of the uninterrupted supply of nuclear 
        fuel, the sharing of peaceful application of nuclear energy, an 
        international fuel bank to provide fuel if the fuel supply to a 
        country is disrupted, and even multilateral participation in 
        international uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing 
        facilities, as a means of reducing incentives of countries to 
        develop and construct such facilities themselves.
            (9) Until recently, such efforts have produced little more 
        than reports. However, the revelations of a nuclear black-
        market in uranium enrichment technology and equipment, combined 
        with the attempt by North Korea and Iran to possess such 
        technology and equipment to provide the basis for nuclear 
        weapons programs, have rekindled this debate with a new 
        urgency.
            (10) Iran has used the specter of a potentially unreliable 
        international supply of nuclear reactor fuel as a pretext for 
        developing its own uranium enrichment and spent-fuel 
        reprocessing capability, which would enable Iran to also 
        produce weapons-grade uranium and plutonium for nuclear 
        weapons.
            (11) Several initiatives have been proposed over the last 
        year to address these concerns. The United States has proposed 
        the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), which envisions a 
        consortium of countries with advanced nuclear capabilities 
        providing nuclear fuel services--fresh fuel and recovery of 
        used fuel--to other countries that agree to employ nuclear 
        energy only for power generation purposes, without possessing 
        national uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing 
        facilities.
            (12) The United States also joined France, the Russian 
        Federation, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands on 
        May 31, 2006, in proposing a ``Concept for a Multilateral 
        Mechanism for Reliable Access to Nuclear Fuel'' that would 
        facilitate or create new arrangements between suppliers and 
        recipients to provide fuel to countries with good 
        nonproliferation credentials in case of market failure.
            (13) Any assurance of the supply of nuclear fuel should 
        meet the condition outlined by President George W. Bush on 
        February 11, 2004: ``The world's leading nuclear exporters 
        should ensure that states have reliable access at reasonable 
        cost to fuel for civilian reactors, so long as those states 
        renounce enrichment and reprocessing.''.
            (14) The Russian Federation has proposed that one of its 
        uranium enrichment facilities be placed under international 
        management and oversight, as part of a ``Global Nuclear Power 
        Infrastructure'' proposal to create international nuclear fuel 
        cycle centers.
            (15) In conclusion, the creation of a multi-tiered system 
        to assure the supply of nuclear reactor fuel at current market 
        prices, under appropriate safeguards and conditions, could 
        reassure countries that are dependent upon or will construct 
        nuclear power reactors that they will have an assured supply of 
        nuclear fuel at current market prices, so long as such 
        countries forgo national uranium enrichment and spent-fuel 
        reprocessing facilities and are committed to the 
        nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.

SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the ``Concept for a Multilateral Mechanism for Reliable 
        Access to Nuclear Fuel'', proposed by the United States, 
        France, the Russian Federation, Germany, the United Kingdom, 
        and the Netherlands on May 31, 2006, is welcomed and should be 
        expanded upon at the earliest possible opportunity;
            (2) the proposal by the Government of the Russian 
        Federation to bring one of its uranium enrichment facilities 
        under international management and oversight is also a welcome 
        development and should be encouraged by the United States;
            (3) the offer by the Nuclear Threat Institute (NTI) of 
        $50,000,000 in funds to support the creation of an 
        international nuclear fuel bank by the International Atomic 
        Energy Agency (IAEA) is also welcomed, and the United States 
        and other member states of the IAEA should pledge collectively 
        at least an additional $100,000,000 in matching funds to 
        fulfill the NTI proposal; and
            (4) the governments, organizations, and experts currently 
        engaged in developing the initiatives described in paragraphs 
        (1) through (3) and other initiatives should seek to identify 
        additional incentives to be included in an international regime 
        for the assured supply of nuclear fuel for peaceful means at 
        current market prices, including participation in non-weapons-
        relevant technology development and fuel leasing to further 
        persuade countries that participation in such a multilateral 
        arrangement far outweighs the temptation and expense of 
        developing national uranium enrichment and plutonium 
        reprocessing facilities.

SEC. 103. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.

    (a) General Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
States to support the establishment of an international regime for the 
assured supply of nuclear fuel for peaceful means under multilateral 
authority, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
    (b) Additional Statement of Policy.--It is further the policy of 
the United States to--
            (1) oppose the development of a capability to produce 
        nuclear weapons by any non-nuclear weapon state, within or 
        outside of the NPT;
            (2) encourage states party to the NPT to interpret the 
        right to ``develop research, production and use of nuclear 
        energy for peaceful purposes,'' as described in Article IV of 
        the NPT, as being a qualified right that is conditioned by the 
        overall purpose of the NPT to prevent the spread of nuclear 
        weapons and nuclear weapons capability, including by refraining 
        from all nuclear cooperation with any state party that has not 
        demonstrated that it is in full compliance with its NPT 
        obligations, as determined by the International Atomic Energy 
        Agency; and
            (3) strengthen the Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines 
        concerning consultation by members regarding violations of 
        supplier and recipient understandings by instituting the 
        practice of a timely and coordinated response by Nuclear 
        Suppliers Group members to all such violations, including 
        termination of nuclear transfers to an involved recipient, that 
        discourage individual Nuclear Suppliers Group members from 
        continuing cooperation with such recipient until such time as a 
        consensus regarding a coordinated response has been achieved.

SEC. 104. REPORT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a report on the activities of the United States to 
support the establishment of an international regime for the assured 
supply of nuclear fuel for peaceful means at current market prices 
under multilateral authority, such as the International Atomic Energy 
Agency. The report shall include an assessment of the feasibility of 
establishing an international fuel services center within the United 
States.

               TITLE II--INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK

SEC. 201. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY 
              AGENCY.

    (a) Voluntary Contributions Authorized.--The President is 
authorized to make voluntary contributions on a grant basis to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (in this section referred to as the 
``IAEA'') for the purpose of supporting the establishment of an 
international nuclear fuel bank to maintain a reserve of low-enriched 
uranium for reactor fuel to provide to eligible countries in the case 
of a disruption in the supply of reactor fuel by normal market 
mechanisms.
    (b) Requirements.--Voluntary contributions under subsection (a) may 
be provided only if the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate that--
            (1) the IAEA has received pledges in a total amount of not 
        less than $100,000,000 and is in receipt of not less than 
        $75,000,000 of such pledges for the purpose of supporting the 
        establishment of the international nuclear fuel bank referred 
        to in subsection (a);
            (2) the international nuclear fuel bank referred to in 
        subsection (a) will be established within the territory of a 
        non-nuclear weapon state, and will be under the oversight of 
        the IAEA, only if--
                    (A) the non-nuclear weapon state, among other 
                things--
                            (i) has a full scope safeguards agreement 
                        with the IAEA and an additional protocol for 
                        safeguards in force;
                            (ii) has never been determined by the IAEA 
                        Board of Governors to be in noncompliance with 
                        its IAEA full scope safeguards agreement and 
                        its additional protocol for safeguards; and
                            (iii) has effective enforceable export 
                        controls regarding nuclear and dual-use nuclear 
                        technology and other sensitive materials 
                        comparable to those maintained by the United 
                        States; and
                    (B) the Secretary of State has never determined, 
                for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
                Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), 
                section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
                U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 
                (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of law, that 
                the government of the non-nuclear weapon state has 
                repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
                terrorism;
            (3) the international nuclear fuel bank referred to in 
        subsection (a) will provide nuclear reactor fuel to a country 
        only if, at the time of the request for nuclear reactor fuel--
                    (A) the country is in full compliance with its IAEA 
                safeguards agreement and has an additional protocol for 
                safeguards in force;
                    (B) in the case of a country that at any time prior 
                to the request for nuclear reactor fuel has been 
                determined to be in noncompliance with its IAEA 
                safeguards agreement, the IAEA Board of Governors 
                determines that the country has taken all necessary 
                actions to satisfy any concerns of the IAEA Director 
                General regarding the activities that led to the prior 
                determination of noncompliance;
                    (C) the country agrees to use the nuclear reactor 
                fuel in accordance with its IAEA safeguards agreement;
                    (D) the country has effective and enforceable 
                export controls regarding nuclear and dual-use nuclear 
                technology and other sensitive materials comparable to 
                those maintained by the United States;
                    (E) the country does not possess uranium enrichment 
                or spent-fuel reprocessing facilities of any scale; and
                    (F) the government of the country is not a state 
                sponsor of terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of 
                the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
                2405(j)), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export 
                Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of 
                law;
            (4) the international nuclear fuel bank referred to in 
        subsection (a) will not contain uranium enrichment or spent-
        fuel reprocessing facilities; and
            (5) the nuclear reactor fuel referred to in paragraph (3) 
        will be provided to a country referred to in such paragraph 
        only at current market prices.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirement of 
subparagraph (F) of subsection (b)(3) if the President--
            (1) determines that it is important to the national 
        security interests of the United States to do so; and
            (2) transmits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate a report that contains the basis of the 
        determination under paragraph (1).
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to authorize voluntary contributions under subsection (a) to 
support subsidization of the price of nuclear reactor fuel whose supply 
would be assured by the United States, the IAEA, or any other state or 
international entity covered by this section.

SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 to carry out section 201.
    (b) Availability of Appropriations.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are 
authorized to remain available until September 30, 2010.

International Nuclear Fuel for Peace and Nonproliferation Act of 2007 - States that it is U.S. policy to support the establishment of an international regime for the assured supply of nuclear fuel for peaceful means under multilateral authority, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Authorizes the President to make grant basis contributions to the IAEA for an international nuclear fuel bank to maintain a low-enriched uranium reserve of reactor fuel for eligible countries. Requires the President, prior to making such contributions, to certify to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that: (1) the IAEA has received specified monetary pledges for the international nuclear fuel bank; (2) the bank will be established in a non-nuclear weapon state under IAEA oversight; and (3) the bank will provide nuclear reactor fuel only to a country that is in full compliance with IAEA and other safeguards, agrees to use the nuclear reactor fuel in accordance with IAEA safeguards, does not operate uranium enrichment or spent-fuel reprocessing facilities, and is not a state sponsor of terrorism.