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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Information Privacy Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``covered person'' means a person that is 
        subject to the jurisdiction of any of the Federal financial 
        regulatory authorities; and
            (2) the term ``Federal financial regulatory authorities'' 
        means--
                    (A) each of the Federal banking agencies, as that 
                term is defined in section 3(z) of the Federal Deposit 
                Insurance Act; and
                    (B) the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC. 3. PRIVACY OF CONFIDENTIAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION.

    (a) Rulemaking.--The Federal financial regulatory authorities shall 
jointly issue final rules to protect the privacy of confidential 
customer information relating to the customers of covered persons, not 
later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act (and shall 
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking not later than 150 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act), which rules shall--
            (1) define the term ``confidential customer information'' 
        to be personally identifiable data that includes transactions, 
        balances, maturity dates, payouts, and payout dates, of--
                    (A) deposit and trust accounts;
                    (B) certificates of deposit;
                    (C) securities holdings; and
                    (D) insurance policies;
            (2) require that a covered person may not disclose or share 
        any confidential customer information to or with any affiliate 
        or agent of that covered person if the customer to whom the 
        information relates has provided written notice, as described 
        in paragraphs (4) and (5), to the covered person prohibiting 
        such disclosure or sharing--
                    (A) with respect to an individual that became a 
                customer on or after the effective date of such rules, 
                at the time at which the business relationship between 
                the customer and the covered person is initiated and at 
                least annually thereafter; and
                    (B) with respect to an individual that was a 
                customer before the effective date of such rules, at 
                such time thereafter that provides a reasonable and 
                informed opportunity to the customer to prohibit such 
                disclosure or sharing and at least annually thereafter;
            (3) require that a covered person may not disclose or share 
        any confidential customer information to or with any person 
        that is not an affiliate or agent of that covered person unless 
        the covered person has first--
                    (A) given written notice to the customer to whom 
                the information relates, as described in paragraphs (4) 
                and (5); and
                    (B) obtained the informed written or electronic 
                consent of that customer for such disclosures or 
                sharing;
            (4) require that the covered person provide notices and 
        consent acknowledgments to customers, as required by this 
        section, in separate and easily identifiable and 
        distinguishable form;
            (5) require that the covered person provide notice as 
        required by this section to the customer to whom the 
        information relates that describes what specific types of 
        information would be disclosed or shared, and under what 
        general circumstances, to what specific types of businesses or 
        persons, and for what specific types of purposes such 
        information could be disclosed or shared;
            (6) require that the customer to whom the information 
        relates be provided with access to the confidential customer 
        information that could be disclosed or shared so that the 
        information may be reviewed for accuracy and corrected or 
        supplemented;
            (7) require that, before a covered person may use any 
        confidential customer information provided by a third party 
        that engages, directly or indirectly, in activities that are 
        financial in nature, as determined by the Federal financial 
        regulatory authorities, the covered person shall take 
        reasonable steps to assure that procedures that are 
        substantially similar to those described in paragraphs (2) 
        through (6) have been followed by the provider of the 
        information (or an affiliate or agent of that provider); and
            (8) establish a means of examination for compliance and 
        enforcement of such rules and resolving consumer complaints.
    (b) Limitation.--The rules prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) 
may not prohibit the release of confidential customer information--
            (1) that is essential to processing a specific financial 
        transaction that the customer to whom the information relates 
        has authorized;
            (2) to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory 
        authority having jurisdiction over the covered financial entity 
        for examination, compliance, or other authorized purposes;
            (3) to a court of competent jurisdiction;
            (4) to a consumer reporting agency, as defined in section 
        603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for inclusion in a 
        consumer report that may be released to a third party only for 
        a purpose permissible under section 604 of that Act; or
            (5) that is not personally identifiable.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in this section or the rules prescribed 
under this section shall be construed to amend or alter any provision 
of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
[EX A]: Financial Information Privacy Act of 1999 - Directs the Federal financial regulatory authorities (banking regulatory agencies and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)) to jointly issue final rules to protect the privacy of confidential information relating to customers of institutions under their respective jurisdictions (covered institution). 
Mandates that such rules: (1) prohibit a covered institution from disclosing or sharing confidential customer information with any affiliate or agent if the customer has provided a written notice which forbids such disclosure; (2) prohibit a covered institution from disclosing or sharing confidential customer information with a non-affiliate or non-agent unless the customer has provided written or electronic consent; (3) require the covered institution to disclose to the customer the specific type of information disclosed or shared, under what circumstances, to what specific types of businesses, and for what types of purposes; (4) require customer access to information that could be disclosed so that it may be reviewed for accuracy and supplementation; and (5) establish a compliance and enforcement mechanism that includes consumer complaint resolution. 
Cites circumstances under which such information may be released.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Shimon Peres was born in Poland in 1923.
            (2) The Peres family emigrated to Tel Aviv in 1934, and all 
        of the family members of Shimon Peres who remained in Poland 
        were murdered during the Holocaust.
            (3) Before Israel gained independence, Shimon Peres earned 
        the respect of senior leaders in the independence movement in 
        Israel, most notably David Ben-Gurion.
            (4) The founding generation of Israel was central to the 
        development of Israel, and Shimon Peres is the only surviving 
        member of that founding generation.
            (5) Shimon Peres has served in numerous high-level cabinet 
        positions and ministerial posts in Israel, including head of 
        the Israeli Navy, Minister of Defense, Foreign Minister, Prime 
        Minister, and President, among many others.
            (6) Shimon Peres has honorably served Israel for over 70 
        years, during which he has significantly contributed to United 
        States interests and has played a pivotal role in forging the 
        strong and unbreakable bond between the United States and 
        Israel.
            (7) By presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon 
        Peres, the first to be awarded to a sitting President of 
        Israel, Congress proclaims its unbreakable bond with Israel and 
        reaffirms its continual support for Israel as we commemorate 
        the 65th anniversary of the independence of Israel and the 90th 
        birthday of Shimon Peres, which are both significant milestones 
        in Israeli history.
            (8) Maintaining strong bilateral relations between the 
        United States and Israel has been a priority of Shimon Peres 
        since he began working with the United States in the days of 
        John F. Kennedy. The strong bond is exemplified by the 
        following:
                    (A) President Reagan said to Shimon Peres upon his 
                visit to the United States, ``Mr. Prime Minister, I 
                thank you very much for your visit. It's been an 
                occasion to renew a friendship and to review and 
                enhance the strength of our unique bilateral 
                relationship.''
                    (B) At another point President Reagan said of 
                Shimon Peres, ``His vision, his statesmanship and his 
                tenacity are greatly appreciated here.''
                    (C) While visiting with Shimon Peres at the 
                Residence of the President in Jerusalem, President 
                Obama described Shimon Peres as ``. . . a son of Israel 
                who's devoted his life to keeping Israel strong and 
                sustaining the bonds between our two nations''.
                    (D) On March 20, 2013, Shimon Peres reaffirmed his 
                belief in the relationship between the United States 
                and Israel, stating, ``America stood by our side from 
                the very beginning. You support us as we rebuild our 
                ancient homeland and as we defend our land. From 
                Holocaust to redemption.''
                    (E) On March 21, 2013, Shimon Peres stated, ``. . . 
                America is so great and we are so small. But I learned 
                that you don't measure us by size, but by values. When 
                it comes to values, we are you and you are us. . . . As 
                I look back, I feel that the Israel of today has 
                exceeded the vision we had 65 years ago. Reality has 
                surpassed our dreams. The United States of America 
                helped us to make this possible.''

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award Authorized.--The President pro tempore of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold 
medal of appropriate design to President Shimon Peres.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the award referred to 
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike a gold 
medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined 
by the Secretary.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate medals in bronze of the 
gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 and sell such duplicate medals 
at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including 
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes 
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Charges.--There is authorized to be charged 
against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as 
may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant to 
this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

            Passed the Senate March 13, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1456

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

         To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.
[EX A]: .  Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control 
Assessment and Demonstration Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
        the Interior.
            (2) Western united states.--The term ``Western United 
        States'' refers to the States defined by the Act of June 17, 
        1902 (commonly known as the 1902 Reclamation Act; 43 U.S.C. 371 
        et seq.), which includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 
        Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, New 
        Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF SALT CEDAR AND RUSSIAN OLIVE INFESTATION IN 
              WESTERN UNITED STATES.

    (a) Assessment.--Not later than one year after the date on which 
funds are first made available to carry out this section, the 
Secretaries shall complete an assessment of the extent of Salt Cedar 
and Russian Olive invasion in the Western United States.
    (b) Content.--The assessment shall include the following:
            (1) To the extent practicable, documentation of the 
        quantity of water lost due to the infestation.
            (2) Documentation of the quantity of water saved due to 
        various control methods, including the portion of saved water 
        that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at 
        what rates.
            (3) Determination of the optimum control method for the 
        various land types and land uses.
            (4) Determination of what conditions indicate the need to 
        remove such growth and the optimal methods for disposal or use 
        of such growth.
            (5) Determination of methods to prevent the regrowth and 
        reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive and to 
        reestablish native species.
    (c) Report on Assessment.--
            (1) Preparation and content.--The Secretaries shall prepare 
        a report containing the results of the assessment. The report 
        shall identify long-term management and funding strategies that 
        could be implemented by Federal, State, Tribal, and private 
        land managers and owners on all land management types to 
        address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive. The 
        report shall also identify deficiencies or areas for further 
        study and where actual field demonstrations would be useful in 
        the control effort.
            (2) Submission.--The Secretaries shall submit the report to 
        the Committee on Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
        Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate.
    (d) Support for Identification of Long-Term Management and Funding 
Strategies.--The Secretaries may make grants to institutions of higher 
education or nonprofit organizations (or both) with an established 
background and expertise in the public policy issues associated with 
the control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive to obtain technical 
experience, support, and recommendations related to the identification 
of the long-term management and funding strategies required to be 
included in the report under subsection (c)(1). Each grant awarded 
under this subsection may not be less than $250,000.

SEC. 4. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF SALT CEDAR AND RUSSIAN 
              OLIVE IN WESTERN STATES.

    (a) Demonstration Projects.--
            (1) Projects required.--Based on the results of the 
        assessment and report in section 3, the Secretaries shall 
        initiate a program of not fewer than three demonstration 
        projects in the Western United States designed to address the 
        deficiencies and areas for further study to address the 
        invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, including the test of 
        additional control methods, identified by the report.
            (2) Implementation.--The Secretaries may enter into an 
        agreement with a State in the Western United States to carry 
        out a demonstration project. If the Secretaries select a 
        demonstration project for implementation on National Forest 
        System lands, the Secretary of Agriculture shall be responsible 
        for implementation of the project.
    (b) Elements of Projects.--
            (1) Design and scale.--Each demonstration project shall be 
        designed with integrated methods and adaptive management 
        strategies and carried out over time frames and spatial scales 
        large enough to accomplish the goals laid out in the report.
            (2) Scientific review.--Before being carried out, the 
        methods and strategies proposed for each demonstration project 
        shall be subject to review by scientific experts, including 
        non-Federal experts, selected by the Secretaries. The 
        Secretaries may use existing scientific review processes to the 
        extent they comply with this requirement.
    (c) Project Costs and Cost Sharing.--The total cost of each 
demonstration project may not exceed $7,000,000, including the costs of 
planning, design, implementation, revegetation, maintenance, and 
monitoring. In the case of a demonstration project conducted on lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretaries may accept, but not require, 
funds or in-kind contributions, including State agency provided 
services. The Federal share of the costs of any activity on private 
lands funded under the project shall be no more than 75 percent of the 
total cost of the activity.
    (d) Reporting Requirement.--During the period in which the 
demonstration projects are carried out, the Secretaries shall submit to 
the congressional committees specified in section 3(c)(2) an annual 
report describing--
            (1) the demonstration projects;
            (2) the progress made in carrying out the projects during 
        the period covered by the report; and
            (3) the costs of the projects under subsection (c).
    (e) Monitoring.--Demonstration projects shall include the 
following:
            (1) Documentation of the quantity of water saved due to 
        various control methods, including the portion of water saved 
        that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at 
        what rates.
            (2) Optimal revegetative states to prevent the regrowth and 
        reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive and to 
        reestablish native species.
    (f) Cooperation.--The Secretaries shall use the expertise of their 
various agencies, as well as other Federal agencies, institutions of 
higher education, State and local governments and political 
subdivisions thereof, including soil and water conservation districts, 
and Indian tribes, which are actively conducting assessments on or 
implementing Salt Cedar and Russian Olive control activities.

SEC. 5. RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, or otherwise 
bias, the use by the Secretaries of other statutory or administrative 
authorities to plan or conduct Salt Cedar or Russian Olive control and 
eradication that is not planned or conducted under this Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Assessment.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretaries $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 to conduct the assessment 
required by section 3.
    (b) Grants.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretaries $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 to award as grants under 
section 3(d).
    (c) Demonstration Projects.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretaries $18,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2005 through 2009 to carry out the program of demonstration 
projects under section 4.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 24, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.
[EX A]:
Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretaries) to assess the extent of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive invasion in the western United States (as defined by the 1902 Reclamation Act). Requires such assessment to include: (1) documentation of the quantity of water lost due to the infestation and of the quantity of water saved due to various control methods, including the portion of saved water that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; and (2) determination of the optimum control method for the various land types and land uses, of what conditions indicate the need to remove such growth and the optimal methods for disposal or use of such growth, and of the methods to prevent the regrowth and reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive and to reestablish native species.

Directs the Secretaries to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees (the congressional committees) a report containing the results of such assessment and identifying: (1) long-term management and funding strategies that could be implemented by Federal, State, tribal, and private land managers and owners on all land management types to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive; and (2) deficiencies or areas for further study and where actual field demonstrations would be useful in the control effort.

Authorizes the Secretaries to make grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or both) with an established background and expertise in public policy issues associated with the control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive in order to obtain technical experience, support, and recommendations related to the identification of the long-term management and funding strategies required to be included in such report. Limits each grant awarded to $250,000.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretaries, based on the assessment and report, to initiate a program of at least three demonstration projects in the western States designed to address deficiencies and areas for further study to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, including the testing of additional control methods identified by such report.

Allows the Secretaries to enter into an agreement with a western State to carry out a project and, if the Secretaries select a demonstration project for implementation in national Forest System lands, makes the Secretary of Agriculture responsible for implementation of such project.

Requires projects to be designed with integrated methods and adaptive management strategies and carried out over time frames and spatial scales large enough to accomplish the goals laid out in the report. Provides that, before being carried out, the methods and strategies proposed for each project shall be subject to review by scientific experts, including non-Federal experts, selected by the Secretaries.

Limits the total cost of each project to $7 million, including planning, design, implementation, revegetation, maintenance, and monitoring costs. Allows the Secretaries to accept, but not require, in cases of projects conducted on lands under the jurisdiction of either Secretary, funds or in-kind contributions, including State agency provided services. Limits the Federal share of the costs of any activity on private lands funded under a project to 75 percent of the activity's total cost.

Requires projects to include: (1) documentation of the quantity of water saved due to various control methods, including the portion of water saved that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; and (2) optimal revegetative states to prevent regrowth and reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive and to reestablish native species.

Requires the Secretaries to submit to the congressional committees annual reports on such projects.

(Sec. 4) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, or otherwise bias, use by the Secretaries of other statutory or administrative authorities to plan or conduct Salt Cedar or Russian Olive control and eradication.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretaries to: (1) conduct the assessment; (2) award the grants specified above; and (3) carry out the program of demonstration projects specified above.