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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Big Cat Public Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3371) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (k) as 
        subsections (b) through (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
    ``(a) Breed.--The term `breed' means to facilitate propagation or 
reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or to fail to 
prevent propagation or reproduction.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Consolidated farm and rural development act.--Section 
        349(a)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1997(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``section 2(a)'' and 
        inserting ``section 2(b)''.
            (2) Lacey act amendments of 1981.--
                    (A) Section 3(e)(2)(C) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
                of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)(2)(C)) is amended--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``section 
                        2(g)'' and inserting ``section 2(h)''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``section 
                        2(g)'' and inserting ``section 2(h)''.
                    (B) Section 7(c) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 
                1981 (16 U.S.C. 3376(c)) is amended by striking 
                ``section 2(f)(2)(A)'' and inserting ``section 
                2(g)(2)(A)''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS.

    Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 
                        semicolon at the end and inserting ``; or'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
                        ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon; and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``(1) through 
                (3)'' and inserting ``(1) through (3) or subsection 
                (e)''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Captive Wildlife Offense.--
            ``(1) In general.--It is unlawful for any person to import, 
        export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially 
        affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or to breed or 
        possess, any prohibited wildlife species.
            ``(2) Limitation on application.--Paragraph (1) does not 
        apply to--
                    ``(A) an entity exhibiting animals to the public 
                under a Class C license from the Department of 
                Agriculture and that holds such license in good 
                standing, if the entity--
                            ``(i) has not been, and does not employ any 
                        person engaged in animal care who has been, 
                        convicted of or fined for an offense involving 
                        the abuse or neglect of any animal pursuant to 
                        any State, local, or Federal law;
                            ``(ii) has not had, and does not employ any 
                        person who has had, a license or permit 
                        regarding the care, possession, exhibition, 
                        breeding, or sale of animals revoked or 
                        suspended by any State, local, or Federal 
                        agency, including the Department of 
                        Agriculture, within the preceding 3-year 
                        period;
                            ``(iii) has not been cited by the 
                        Department of Agriculture under the Animal 
                        Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) within the 
                        preceding 12-month period for any repeat 
                        violation for--
                                    ``(I) inadequate veterinary care;
                                    ``(II) handling that causes stress 
                                or trauma or a threat to public safety;
                                    ``(III) insufficient provisions of 
                                food or water; or
                                    ``(IV) failure to allow facility 
                                inspection;
                            ``(iv) does not allow any individual other 
                        than a trained professional employee or 
                        contractor of the licensee (or an accompanying 
                        employee receiving professional training) or a 
                        licensed veterinarian (or an accompanying 
                        veterinary student) to come into direct 
                        physical contact with a prohibited wildlife 
                        species;
                            ``(v) ensures that during public exhibition 
                        of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger (Panthera 
                        tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus), snow 
                        leopard (Uncia uncia), jaguar (Panthera onca), 
                        cougar (Puma concolor), or any hybrid thereof, 
                        the animal is at least 15 feet from members of 
                        the public unless there is a permanent barrier 
                        that prevents public contact or risk of 
                        contact;
                            ``(vi) does not breed any prohibited 
                        wildlife species unless the breeding is 
                        conducted pursuant to a species-specific, 
                        publicly available, peer-reviewed population 
                        management plan developed according to 
                        established conservation science principles;
                            ``(vii) maintains liability insurance in an 
                        amount of not less than $250,000 for each 
                        occurrence of property damage, bodily injury, 
                        or death caused by any prohibited wildlife 
                        species possessed by the person; and
                            ``(viii) has a written plan that is made 
                        available to local law enforcement, State 
                        agencies and Federal agencies on request, for 
                        the quick and safe recapture or destruction of 
                        prohibited wildlife species in the event a 
                        prohibited wildlife species escapes, including, 
                        but not limited to, written protocols for 
                        training staff on methods of safe recapture of 
                        the escaped prohibited wildlife species;
                    ``(B) a State college, university, or agency, or 
                State-licensed veterinarian;
                    ``(C) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for 
                prohibited wildlife species, and--
                            ``(i) is a corporation that is exempt from 
                        taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986 and described in sections 
                        501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of such Code;
                            ``(ii) does not commercially trade in 
                        prohibited wildlife species, including 
                        offspring, parts, and byproducts of such 
                        animals;
                            ``(iii) does not breed the prohibited 
                        wildlife species;
                            ``(iv) does not allow direct contact 
                        between the public and prohibited wildlife 
                        species; and
                            ``(v) does not allow the transportation and 
                        display of prohibited wildlife species off-
                        site;
                    ``(D) has custody of the prohibited wildlife 
                species solely for the purpose of expeditiously 
                transporting the prohibited wildlife species to a 
                person described in this paragraph with respect to the 
                species; or
                    ``(E) an entity or individual that is in possession 
                of a prohibited wildlife species that was born before 
                the date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public Safety 
                Act, and--
                            ``(i) not later than 180 days after the 
                        date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public 
                        Safety Act, the entity or individual registers 
                        each individual animal of each prohibited 
                        wildlife species with the United States Fish 
                        and Wildlife Service;
                            ``(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell any 
                        prohibited wildlife species after the date of 
                        the enactment of such Act; and
                            ``(iii) does not allow direct contact 
                        between the public and prohibited wildlife 
                        species.''.

SEC. 4. PENALTIES.

    (a) Civil Penalties.--Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(e),'' after ``(d),''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, (e),'' after ``subsection (d)''.
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``(e),'' after 
        ``(d),'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``(e),'' after 
        ``(d),'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(e),'' after ``(d),''; 
        and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (e) of 
        section 3 shall be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned 
        for not more than five years, or both. Each violation shall be 
        a separate offense and the offense shall be deemed to have been 
        committed not only in the district where the violation first 
        occurred, but also in any district in which the defendant may 
        have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife 
        species.''.

SEC. 5. FORFEITURE OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES.

    Section 5(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``bred, possessed,'' before 
``imported, exported,''.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3376(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with other 
        relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate any regulations 
        necessary to implement section 3(e).''.

SOLUTION: Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction.  The bill revises the list of entities that are exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions regarding those wildlife species to include: (1) certain entities that hold Class C licenses in good standing under the Animal Welfare Act, and (2) current owners of animals that were born before this bill's enactment if the animals are registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Those entities and owners may not allow direct contact between the public and the prohibited wildlife species. A person who knowingly violates the prohibition must be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. The bill considers each violation to be a separate offense. The offense must be deemed to have been committed not only in the district where the violation first occurred, but also in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife species. The bill extends forfeiture provisions to fish, wildlife, or plants that are bred or possessed. 

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Security and Freedom Through 
Encryption (SAFE) Act''.

SEC. 2. SALE AND USE OF ENCRYPTION.

    (a) In General.--Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after chapter 121 the following new chapter:

        ``CHAPTER 122--ENCRYPTED WIRE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

``2801. Definitions.
``2802. Freedom to use encryption.
``2803. Freedom to sell encryption.
``2804. Prohibition on mandatory key escrow.
``2805. Unlawful use of encryption in furtherance of a criminal act.
``Sec. 2801. Definitions
    ``As used in this chapter--
            ``(1) the terms `person', `State', `wire communication', 
        `electronic communication', `investigative or law enforcement 
        officer', `judge of competent jurisdiction', and `electronic 
        storage' have the meanings given those terms in section 2510 of 
        this title;
            ``(2) the terms `encrypt' and `encryption' refer to the 
        scrambling of wire or electronic information using mathematical 
        formulas or algorithms in order to preserve the 
        confidentiality, integrity, or authenticity of, and prevent 
        unauthorized recipients from accessing or altering, such 
        information;
            ``(3) the term `key' means the variable information used in 
        a mathematical formula, code, or algorithm, or any component 
        thereof, used to decrypt wire or electronic information that 
        has been encrypted; and
            ``(4) the term `United States person' means--
                    ``(A) any United States citizen;
                    ``(B) any other person organized under the laws of 
                any State, the District of Columbia, or any 
                commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
                States; and
                    ``(C) any person organized under the laws of any 
                foreign country who is owned or controlled by 
                individuals or persons described in subparagraphs (A) 
                and (B).
``Sec. 2802. Freedom to use encryption
    ``Subject to section 2805, it shall be lawful for any person within 
any State, and for any United States person in a foreign country, to 
use any encryption, regardless of the encryption algorithm selected, 
encryption key length chosen, or implementation technique or medium 
used.
``Sec. 2803. Freedom to sell encryption
    ``Subject to section 2805, it shall be lawful for any person within 
any State to sell in interstate commerce any encryption, regardless of 
the encryption algorithm selected, encryption key length chosen, or 
implementation technique or medium used.
``Sec. 2804. Prohibition on mandatory key escrow
    ``(a) Prohibition.--No person in lawful possession of a key to 
encrypted information may be required by Federal or State law to 
relinquish to another person control of that key.
    ``(b) Exception for Access for Law Enforcement Purposes.--
Subsection (a) shall not affect the authority of any investigative or 
law enforcement officer, acting under any law in effect on the 
effective date of this chapter, to gain access to encrypted 
information.
``Sec. 2805. Unlawful use of encryption in furtherance of a criminal 
              act
    ``Any person who willfully uses encryption in furtherance of the 
commission of a criminal offense for which the person may be prosecuted 
in a court of competent jurisdiction--
            ``(1) in the case of a first offense under this section, 
        shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined in the 
        amount set forth in this title, or both; and
            ``(2) in the case of a second or subsequent offense under 
        this section, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, 
        or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for part I of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to chapter 33 the following new item:

``122. Encrypted wire and electronic information............    2801''.

SEC. 3. EXPORTS OF ENCRYPTION.

    (a) Amendment to Export Administration Act of 1979.--Section 17 of 
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2416) is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Computers and Related Equipment.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and 
        (4), the Secretary shall have exclusive authority to control 
        exports of all computer hardware, software, and technology for 
        information security (including encryption), except that which 
        is specifically designed or modified for military use, 
        including command, control, and intelligence applications.
            ``(2) Items not requiring licenses.--No validated license 
        may be required, except pursuant to the Trading With The Enemy 
        Act or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (but 
        only to the estent that the authority of such Act is not 
        exercised to extend controls imposed under this Act), for the 
        export or reexport of--
                    ``(A) any software, including software with 
                encryption capabilities--
                            ``(i) that is generally available, as is, 
                        and is designed for installation by the 
                        purchaser; or
                            ``(ii) that is in the public domain for 
                        which copyright or other protection is not 
                        available under title 17, United States Code, 
                        or that is available to the public because it 
                        is generally accessible to the interested 
                        public in any form; or
                    ``(B) any computing device solely because it 
                incorporates or employs in any form software (including 
                software with encryption capabilities) exempted from 
                any requirement for a validated license under 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Software with encryption capabilities.--The Secretary 
        shall authorize the export or reexport of software with 
        encryption capabilities for nonmilitary end-uses in any country 
        to which exports of software of similar capability are 
        permitted for use by financial institutions not controlled in 
        fact by United States persons, unless there is substantial 
        evidence that such software will be--
                    ``(A) diverted to a military end-use or an end-use 
                supporting international terrorism;
                    ``(B) modified for military or terrorist end-use; 
                or
                    ``(C) reexported without any authorization by the 
                United States that may be required under this Act.
            ``(4) Hardware with encryption capabilities.--The Secretary 
        shall authorize the export or reexport of computer hardware 
        with encryption capabilities if the Secretary determines that a 
        product offering comparable security is commercially available 
        outside the United States from a foreign supplier, without 
        effective restrictions.
            ``(5) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `encryption' means the scrambling of 
                wire or electronic information using mathematical 
                formulas or algorithms in order to preserve the 
                confidentiality, integrity, or authenticity of, and 
                prevent unauthorized recipients from accessing or 
                altering, such information;
                    ``(B) the term `generally available' means, in the 
                case of software (including software with encryption 
                capabilities), software that is offered for sale, 
                license, or transfer to any person without restriction, 
                whether or not for consideration, including, but not 
                limited to, over-the-counter retail sales, mail order 
                transactions, phone order transactions, electronic 
                distribution, or sale on approval;
                    ``(C) the term `as is' means, in the case of 
                software (including software with encryption 
                capabilities), a software program that is not designed, 
                developed, or tailored by the software publisher for 
                specific purchasers, except that such purchasers may 
                supply certain installation parameters needed by the 
                software program to function properly with the 
                purchaser's system and may customize the software 
                program by choosing among options contained in the 
                software program;
                    ``(D) the term `is designed for installation by the 
                purchaser' means, in the case of software (including 
                software with encryption capabilities) that--
                            ``(i) the software publisher intends for 
                        the purchaser (including any licensee or 
                        transferee), who may not be the actual program 
                        user, to install the software program on a 
                        computing device and has supplied the necessary 
                        instructions to do so, except that the 
                        publisher may also provide telephone help line 
                        services for software installation, electronic 
                        transmission, or basic operations; and
                            ``(ii) the software program is designed for 
                        installation by the purchaser without further 
                        substantial support by the supplier;
                    ``(E) the term `computing device' means a device 
                which incorporates one or more microprocessor-based 
                central processing units that can accept, store, 
                process, or provide output of data; and
                    ``(F) the term `computer hardware', when used in 
                conjunction with information security, includes, but is 
                not limited to, computer systems, equipment, 
                application-specific assemblies, modules, and 
                integrated circuits.''.
    (b) Continuation of Export Administration Act.--For purposes of 
carrying out the amendment made by subsection (a), the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 shall be deemed to be in effect.

SOLUTION: Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to permit any person within any State, and any U.S. person in a foreign country, to use any encryption regardless of the encryption algorithm selected, encryption key length chosen, or implementation technique or medium used, with an exception for the unlawful use of encryption in furtherance of a criminal act. 
Allows any person within any State to sell in interstate commerce any encryption. 
Specifies that no person in lawful possession of a key to encrypted information may be required by Federal or State law to relinquish to another person control of that key, with an exception for access for law enforcement purposes. 
Sets penalties for the willful use of encryption in furtherance of the commission of a criminal offense. 
(Sec. 3) Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to grant the Secretary of Commerce exclusive authority to control exports of all hardware, software, and technology for information security (including encryption), except that which is specifically designed or modified for military use. 
Prohibits requiring any validated license (with limited exceptions pursuant to the Trading With The Enemy Act or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) for the export or reexport of any:  (1) software, including software with encryption capabilities that is generally available as is and that is designed for installation by the purchaser, or that is in the public domain for which copyright or other protection is not available or is available to the public because it is generally accessible to the public in any form; or (2) computing device solely because it incorporates or employs in any form software (including software with encryption capabilities) exempted from any requirement for a validated license under this section. 
Directs the Secretary to authorize the export or reexport of:  (1) software with encryption capabilities for nonmilitary end-uses in any country to which exports of software of similar capability are permitted for use by financial institutions not controlled in fact by U.S. persons, unless there is substantial evidence that such software will be diverted to a military end-use or an end-use supporting international terrorism, modified for military or terrorist end-use, or reexported without any U.S. authorization that may be required under the Act; and (2) computer hardware with encryption capabilities if the Secretary determines that a product offering comparable security is commercially available outside the United States from a foreign supplier without effective restrictions.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Orderly and Responsible 
Transit of Shipments Act of 2015'' or the ``PORTS Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDRESSING PORT SLOW-DOWNS, STRIKES, AND LOCK-OUTS.

    (a) National Emergencies.--Section 206 of the Labor Management 
Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 176) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``Whenever in the opinion'' and 
                inserting ``(a) Whenever in the opinion'';
                    (B) by striking ``a threatened or actual strike or 
                lock-out'' and inserting ``a slow-down, or a threatened 
                or an actual strike or lock-out,'';
                    (C) by striking ``he may appoint'' and inserting 
                ``the President may appoint''; and
                    (D) by striking ``to him within such time as he 
                shall prescribe'' and inserting ``to the President 
                within such time as the President shall prescribe and 
                in accordance with the third sentence of this 
                paragraph'';
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``The President'' 
        and inserting ``Not later than 30 days after appointing the 
        board of inquiry, the President''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) Whenever in the opinion of any Governor of a State or 
territory of the United States, a slow-down, or a threatened or an 
actual strike or lock-out, occurring at one or more ports in the United 
States, is affecting an entire industry or a substantial part thereof 
engaged in trade, commerce, transportation, transmission, or 
communication among the several States or with foreign nations, or 
engaged in the production of goods for commerce, will, if permitted to 
occur or to continue, imperil national or State health or safety, the 
Governor may request the President to appoint a board of inquiry under 
subsection (a).
    ``(2)(A) If the President does not appoint a board of inquiry 
within 10 days of receiving a request under paragraph (1), the Governor 
who made the request under such paragraph may appoint a board of 
inquiry to inquire into the issues involved in the dispute and prepare 
and submit, to the Governor and the President, a written report as 
described in subparagraph (B) within such time as the Governor shall 
prescribe and in accordance with the deadline under subparagraph (C).
    ``(B) The report described in this subparagraph shall include a 
statement of the facts with respect to the dispute, including a 
statement from each party to the dispute describing the position of 
such party, but shall not contain any recommendations.
    ``(C) Not later than 30 days after appointing a board of inquiry 
under subparagraph (A), the Governor shall--
            ``(i) file a copy of the report described in subparagraph 
        (B) with the Service; and
            ``(ii) make the contents of such report available to the 
        President and the public.
    ``(c) Any Governor of a State or territory of the United States 
(referred to in this subsection as the `supplementing Governor') may 
submit to the President or Governor who appointed a board of inquiry 
under subsection (a) or (b) a supplement to the report under such 
subsection that includes data pertaining to the impact on the State or 
territory of the supplementing Governor of a slow-down, or threatened 
or actual strike or lock-out, at 1 or more ports. Upon receiving such 
supplement, the President or Governor shall file such supplement with 
the Service and make the contents of such supplement available to the 
public.
    ``(d) For each dispute, only one board of inquiry may be appointed 
under subsection (a) or (b)(2) during any 90-day period.''.
    (b) Boards of Inquiry.--Section 207(a) of the Labor Management 
Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 177) is amended by striking ``as the 
President shall determine,'' and inserting ``as the President shall 
determine for a board of inquiry appointed under section 206(a), or as 
the Governor shall determine for a board of inquiry appointed by such 
Governor under section 206(b)(2),''.
    (c) Injunctions During National Emergencies.--Section 208 of the 
Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 178) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                            (i) by inserting ``appointed under 
                        subsection (a) or (b)(2) of section 206'' after 
                        ``board of inquiry'';
                            (ii) by striking ``strike or lock-out or 
                        the continuing thereof'' and inserting ``slow-
                        down, or threatened or actual strike or lock-
                        out, or the continuing thereof''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``such threatened or 
                        actual strike or lock-out'' and inserting 
                        ``such slow-down, or threatened or actual 
                        strike or lock-out, or the continuing 
                        thereof''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``strike or lock-
                out or the continuing thereof'' and inserting ``slow-
                down, strike, or lock-out, or the continuing thereof'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
        (c) and (d), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b)(1) If a slow-down, or a threatened or an actual strike or 
lock-out, is occurring at one or more ports and the President does not 
direct the Attorney General to make a petition under subsection (a) 
within 10 days of receiving a report from a board of inquiry appointed 
under subsection (a) or (b)(2) of section 206, any Governor of a State 
or territory of the United States in which such port or ports are 
located may direct the attorney general of such State or territory to 
petition the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in 
such State or territory to enjoin such slow-down, or threatened or 
actual strike or lock-out, or the continuing thereof, at the port or 
ports within such State or territory.
    ``(2) The district court described in paragraph (1) shall have 
jurisdiction to enjoin any slow-down, threatened or actual strike or 
lock-out, or continuing thereof, and to make such other orders as may 
be appropriate, if such court determines that such slow-down or 
threatened or actual strike or lock-out--
    ``(A) affects an entire industry or a substantial part thereof 
engaged in trade, commerce, transportation, transmission, or 
communication within the applicable State or territory, or engaged in 
the production of goods for commerce; and
    ``(B) if permitted to occur or to continue, will imperil national 
or State health and safety.''.
    (d) Reconvening of Boards of Inquiry; NLRB Secret Ballots.--Section 
209(b) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 179(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``Upon the issuance 
        of such order, the President'' and inserting ``(1) Upon the 
        issuance of any such order, the President or the Governor, as 
        the case may be,'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``report to the 
        President'' and inserting ``report to the President and any 
        Governor who initiated an action under section 206(b) or 
        208(b)'';
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``The President'' 
        and inserting ``The President or the Governor, as the case may 
        be,'';
            (4) in the fourth sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``The National Labor Relations 
                Board, within the succeeding fifteen days, shall take a 
                secret ballot'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Not later than 15 days after the board of inquiry 
        submits a report under paragraph (1), the National Labor 
        Relations Board, subject to paragraph (3), shall take a secret 
        ballot'';
                    (B) by striking ``as stated by him'' and inserting 
                ``as stated by the employer''; and
                    (C) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting 
                ``Attorney General or State attorney general, whichever 
                sought the injunction,''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) For each dispute, the National Labor Relations Board 
        shall take not more than 1 secret ballot in any 30-day period 
        for the same employees.''.
    (e) Discharge of Injunctions.--Section 210 of the Labor Management 
Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 180) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``the Attorney 
        General'' and inserting ``the Attorney General, or the State 
        attorney general, whichever sought the injunction,''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``the President'' 
        and inserting ``the President, or any Governor who initiated an 
        action under section 208(b),''.

SEC. 3. GAO STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
carry out a study of the West Coast ports slowdown to--
            (1) study the economic impact of the slowdowns and 
        congestion caused by the negotiations on the Nation as a whole 
        as well as each port;
            (2) review steps taken by the Federal Mediation and 
        Conciliation Service (FMCS) to resolve the dispute;
            (3) identify steps FMCS and the Administration could have 
        taken sooner to facilitate an agreement; and
            (4) determine what legislative changes could strengthen 
        these tools and result in more timely intervention.
    (b) Report.--Not later than the end of the 12-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall issue a report to Congress containing all findings and 
determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection 
(a).

SOLUTION:
Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments Act of 2015 or the PORTS Act This bill amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to extend to labor slowdowns occurring at U.S. ports the President's authority to appoint a board of inquiry into the issues involved. State and territorial governors shall have authority to request the President to appoint a board of inquiry if a slowdown, or a threatened or an actual strike or lock-out, occurring at one or more U.S. ports will, if continued, imperil national or state health or safety.  If the President does not appoint a board of inquiry within 10 days after receiving a request, the governor who made the request may appoint one to report on the dispute to the governor and the President, although without recommendations. Supplemental reports are also authorized. Boards of inquiry are limited to one that may appointed for each dispute during a 90-day period. Governors may also petition for injunctions against such labor or management actions affecting ports in their states or territories.  The National Labor Relations Board, for each dispute, shall take not more than one secret ballot for the same employees in any 30-day period. The Government Accountability Office shall study the West Coast ports slowdown to:  study the economic impact of the slowdowns and congestion caused by the negotiations on the nation as a whole as well as each port, review steps taken by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to resolve the dispute, identify steps FMCS and the Administration could have taken sooner to facilitate an agreement, and determine what legislative changes could strengthen these tools and result in more timely intervention.