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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Saver's Bonus Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the Department of Commerce, Americans are 
        currently saving less than 1 percent of their disposable 
        income.
            (2) According to the Federal Reserve's 2004 Survey of 
        Consumer Finances, 17 percent of all households have zero or 
        negative net worth, while 30 percent have net worth of less 
        than $10,000.
            (3) According to the Federal Reserve's 2004 Survey of 
        Consumer Finances, 11 percent of households do not have a 
        checking account and 9 percent do not have a transaction 
        account of any kind.
            (4) According to the Retirement Security Project, in 2004 
        more than half of all households had zero savings in an 
        employer-based 401(k)-type plan or tax-preferred savings plan 
        account.
            (5) It is in the economic interests of the United States to 
        promote savings among all members of society, regardless of 
        income.

SEC. 3. SAVER'S BONUS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall develop a 
program to match deposits made by qualifying low-income individuals 
into designated savings products.
    (b) Qualifying Low-Income Individuals.--For purposes of this Act, 
the term ``qualifying low-income individual'' means any individual 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be eligible for the 
saver's bonus under this Act.
    (c) Designated Savings Products.--For purposes of this Act, the 
term ``designated savings product'' means any savings product, 
including--
            (1) qualified retirement plans (as defined in section 
        4974(c)) of such Code,
            (2) qualified tuition programs under section 529 of such 
        Code,
            (3) Coverdell education savings accounts under section 530 
        of such Code,
            (4) United States savings bonds,
            (5) certificates of deposits with durations of at least 6 
        months, and
            (6) other types of savings products considered appropriate 
        by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of this Act.
    (d) Saver's Bonus Program.--The program established under 
subsection (a) shall provide that--
            (1) qualifying low-income individuals who direct their 
        Federal income tax refund (in its entirety or a portion 
        thereof) be deposited into any designated savings product shall 
        be eligible for a dollar-for-dollar match or saver's bonus to 
        be deposited directly in any designated savings product,
            (2) qualifying low-income individuals who claim (when 
        filing a Federal income tax return) to have deposited funds 
        into any designated savings product during the course of the 
        tax year shall be eligible for a saver's bonus to be deposited 
        directly into any designated savings product, and
            (3) the saver's bonus--
                    (A) shall equal $500 for qualifying low-income 
                individuals who are eligible for the earned income 
                credit under section 32 of such Code and shall be 
                phased out (but not below zero) for such individuals 
                whose earned income exceeds 120 percent of the earned 
                income threshold at which such eligibility ceases,
                    (B) shall be indexed for inflation every 5 years, 
                and
                    (C) shall be considered a refundable credit for 
                purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (e) Conforming Amendment Regarding Funding of Saver's Bonus.--
Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``or enacted by the Saver's Bonus Act of 2007,''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The program under, and amendment made by, this 
section shall be effective with respect to Federal income tax returns 
for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 4. OPENING OF ACCOUNTS ON FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS TO FACILITATE 
              SAVINGS.

    (a) Notification of Option.--
            (1) In general.--The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall 
        notify qualifying low-income individuals who qualify for a 
        Federal income tax refund but fail to provide an ACH direct 
        deposit number on their Federal income tax return that they 
        have the option of an electronic direct deposit and that they 
        may be eligible for the saver's bonus program under section 3 
        if they deposit a refund or a portion of their refund in any 
        designated savings product.
            (2) Method of notification.--The notification under 
        paragraph (1) shall be made through--
                    (A) a public awareness program undertaken by the 
                Secretary of the Treasury, in concert with the 
                Commissioner of the Internal Revenue and others as 
                necessary, at least 6 months before January 2009, and
                    (B) the inclusion of such a notice in the 
                instruction material for any Federal income tax return.
    (b) Establishment of Designated Account Program.--The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall develop, in consultation with the Federal Management 
System, a program to minimize the delivery of non-electronic Federal 
income tax refunds by depositing refunds electronically to an account 
held by a depository institution. This program shall include--
            (1) provisions for such tax refunds to be deposited into a 
        designated account,
            (2) establishment of account parameters with respect to 
        minimum balance requirements and limitations on overdrafts, 
        overdraft fees, and other requirements,
            (3) establishment of means for the taxpayer to access the 
        account electronically or through a payment card, and
            (4) provisions to allow taxpayers to open an account with 
        their Federal income tax refunds through financial service 
        providers, so long such account is held at a depository 
        institution that is insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance 
        Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.).
    (c) Effective Date.--The notification under subsection (a) and the 
program under subsection (b) shall be effective with respect to Federal 
income tax returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 5. PURCHASE OF SAVINGS BONDS ON FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS.

    (a) Notification of Option.--The Commissioner of Internal Revenue 
shall notify individual taxpayers that they have the option of 
purchasing United States savings bonds when they file their Federal 
income tax returns and that they may be eligible for the saver's bonus 
program under section 3. Such notification shall be included in the 
instruction material for any Federal income tax return.
    (b) Establishment of Savings Bond Purchase Program.--The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall develop, in consultation with a task force, a 
program for the purchase by individual taxpayers of United States 
savings bonds on their Federal income tax returns.
    (c) Effective Date.--The notification under subsection (a) and the 
program under subsection (b) shall be effective with respect to Federal 
income tax returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
[EX A]: Saver's Bonus Act of 2007 [sic] - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop programs to: (1) match deposits made by low-income individuals into certain savings accounts (saver's bonus); (2) deposit tax refunds electronically into savings accounts; and (3) allow individual taxpayers to purchase U.S. savings bonds on their federal income tax returns.

Requires the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to notify low-income taxpayers of their eligibility for the saver's bonus and of their options under this Act.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform 
Protection Act of 2011'' or the ``STANDUP Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has 
        reported that--
                    (A) motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of 
                death of Americans between 15 and 20 years of age;
                    (B) between 1999 and 2009, more than 90,000 
                Americans were killed in motor vehicle crashes 
                involving drivers between 15 and 20 years of age, an 
                average of 155 deaths per week;
                    (C) drivers between 16 and 20 years of age have a 
                fatality rate that is 4 times higher than the rate for 
                drivers between 25 and 70 years of age; and
                    (D) teenage drivers who are 16 years of age have a 
                motor vehicle crash rate that is almost 10 times higher 
                than the crash rate for drivers between 30 and 60 years 
                of age.
            (2) The National Transportation Safety Board found that 
        during the most recent 10-year period--
                    (A) teen drivers comprised less than 7 percent of 
                the driving population and accounted for more than 13 
                percent of drivers involved in all deadly crashes; and
                    (B) more than 20 percent of all highway fatalities 
                occurred in crashes that involved teen drivers.
            (3) Analysis by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 
        Research Institute shows that--
                    (A) teenage drivers comprise approximately 40 
                percent of the fatalities in motor vehicle crashes in 
                which they are involved; and
                    (B) the other 60 percent of the fatalities in those 
                crashes are--
                            (i) passengers who were riding in the 
                        vehicle with the teen driver;
                            (ii) drivers and passengers in other 
                        vehicles involved in a crash with the teen 
                        driver's vehicle; and
                            (iii) pedestrians.
            (4) According to the Insurance Institute for Highway 
        Safety--
                    (A) the chance that a vehicle driven by a 16- or 
                17-year-old will be involved in an accident--
                            (i) doubles when there are 2 other teens in 
                        the vehicle; and
                            (ii) quadruples when there are 4 teens in 
                        the vehicle;
                    (B) States with strong nighttime driving 
                restrictions experience lower fatal crash rates among 
                drivers ages 15 to 17 years old; and
                    (C) a higher age requirement for licensing teen 
                drivers is correlated with a lower number of fatal 
                crashes per capita.
            (5) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has 
        found that distraction caused by cellular phones is significant 
        enough to degrade driver performance, and is particularly 
        dangerous for inexperienced drivers between 15 and 20 years of 
        age.
            (6) That National Transportation Safety Board has found 
        that although only 20 percent of driving by teenage drivers 
        occurs at night, more than 50 percent of the motor vehicle 
        crash fatalities involving teenage drivers occur at night.
            (7) According to a 2007 report from the Texas 
        Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University--
                    (A) teenage drivers in rural areas are less likely 
                to be aware of the risks and dangers associated with 
                driving, placing them at higher risk of involvement in 
                crashes;
                    (B) teen drivers are more likely than other 
                drivers--
                            (i) to drive with other teenage passengers;
                            (ii) to drive late at night;
                            (iii) to exceed the speed limit;
                            (iv) to use cell phones while driving; and
                            (v) to fail to use seat belts while 
                        driving.
            (8) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
        reports that although 23 percent of the population of the 
        United States lives in rural areas, 57 percent of all traffic 
        fatalities occur on rural roads, underscoring the elevated 
        crash risk for teen drivers in rural areas.
            (9) The American Academy of Pediatrics has found evidence 
        that the area of the brain responsible for planning, impulse 
        control, and executive decisionmaking does not fully mature 
        until a person is between 20 and 25 years of age, placing teen 
        drivers at greater risk of being involved in an accident.
            (10) The Journal of the American Medical Association 
        reports that after Michigan and North Carolina adopted 
        comprehensive graduated driver licensing systems in 1997, 
        crashes involving 16-year-old drivers decreased by 25 percent 
        in Michigan and by 27 percent in North Carolina.
            (11) According to the Office of the Illinois Secretary of 
        State, teen driving deaths dropped by over 40 percent in 
        Illinois in the first full year following the 2007 
        implementation of a stronger graduated driver licensing law.
            (12) The National Transportation Safety Board reports that 
        over 40 States and the District of Columbia have implemented 
        some type of 3-stage graduated driver licensing system. 
        However, most States have not yet enacted all of the lifesaving 
        safety features of graduated driver licensing laws recommended 
        by the National Transportation Safety Board and supported by 
        research to protect the lives of teenage and novice drivers.
            (13) A 2010 national survey by the Insurance Institute of 
        Highway Safety indicates that--
                    (A) parents of teens favor graduated driver 
                licensing laws that are as strict or stricter than 
                those that currently exist in any State;
                    (B) \2/3\ of parents of teens believe that young 
                drivers should begin learning to drive at 16 years of 
                age or older;
                    (C) more than \1/2\ of parents of teens believe 
                that the minimum licensing age should be 17 years of 
                age or older;
                    (D) 90 percent of parents of teens support a 
                restriction on unsupervised nighttime driving;
                    (E) more than 75 percent of parents of teens 
                believe that the restriction on unsupervised nighttime 
                driving should begin at 10 p.m. or earlier;
                    (F) 89 percent of parents of teens support 
                restrictions on teen passengers; and
                    (G) more than 75 percent of parents of teens 
                believe that teen drivers should not be permitted to 
                more than 1 teen passenger in their vehicle.

SEC. 3. STATE GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING LAWS.

    (a) Minimum Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--A State is in compliance with this section 
        if the State has a graduated driver licensing law that requires 
        novice drivers younger than 21 years of age to comply with the 
        2-stage licensing process described in paragraph (2) before 
        receiving an unrestricted driver's license.
            (2) Licensing process.--A State is in compliance with the 
        2-stage licensing process described in this paragraph if the 
        State's driver's license laws include--
                    (A) a learner's permit stage that--
                            (i) commences at 16 years of age or older;
                            (ii) is at least 6 months in duration;
                            (iii) prohibits the driver from using a 
                        cellular telephone or any communications device 
                        in a nonemergency situation; and
                            (iv) remains in effect until--
                                    (I) the commencement of the 
                                intermediate stage; or
                                    (II) the driver reaches 18 years of 
                                age;
                    (B) an intermediate stage that--
                            (i) commences immediately after the 
                        expiration of the learner's permit stage;
                            (ii) is at least 6 months in duration;
                            (iii) prohibits the driver from using a 
                        cellular telephone or any communications device 
                        in a nonemergency situation;
                            (iv) prohibits driving at night;
                            (v) prohibits the driver from operating a 
                        motor vehicle with more than 1 non-familial 
                        passenger younger than 21 years of age unless a 
                        licensed driver who is at least 21 years of age 
                        is in the motor vehicle; and
                            (vi) remains in effect until the driver 
                        reaches 18 years of age; and
                    (C) any other requirement that the Secretary of 
                Transportation may require, including--
                            (i) in the learner's permit stage--
                                    (I) at least 40 hours of behind-
                                the-wheel training with a licensed 
                                driver who is at least 21 years of age;
                                    (II) a driver training course; and
                                    (III) a requirement that any such 
                                driver be accompanied and supervised by 
                                a licensed driver who is at least 21 
                                years of age at all times while such 
                                driver is operating a motor vehicle; 
                                and
                            (ii) in the learner's permit or 
                        intermediate stage, a requirement that, in 
                        addition to any other penalties imposed by 
                        State law, the grant of an unrestricted 
                        driver's license be automatically delayed for 
                        any individual who, during the learner's permit 
                        or intermediate stage, is convicted of a 
                        driving-related offense, such as--
                                    (I) driving while intoxicated;
                                    (II) misrepresentation of his or 
                                her true age;
                                    (III) reckless driving;
                                    (IV) driving without wearing a seat 
                                belt;
                                    (V) speeding; or
                                    (VI) any other driving-related 
                                offense, as determined by the 
                                Secretary.
    (b) Rulemaking.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        promulgate regulations necessary to implement this section in 
        accordance with the notice and comment provisions under section 
        553 of title 5, United States.
            (2) Exception.--A State that otherwise meets the minimum 
        requirements set forth in subsection (a) shall be deemed by the 
        Secretary to be in compliance with this section regardless of 
        whether a State law, which was enacted by the State before 
        January 1, 2011, establishes a class of license that permits 
        licensees younger than 18 years of age to drive a motor vehicle 
        in connection with work performed on or for the operation of a 
        farm owned by family members who are directly related to the 
        licensees.

SEC. 4. INCENTIVE GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--For each of the first 3 fiscal years beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall award a grant to any State that submits an 
application under subsection (b) if that State is in compliance with 
section 3(a) on or before the first day of that fiscal year.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Any State desiring a grant under this 
        section shall submit an application to the Secretary of 
        Transportation at such time, in such manner, and containing 
        such information as the Secretary may require, including a 
        certification by the Governor of the State that the State is in 
        compliance with section 3(a).
            (2) Review.--The Secretary shall review each State 
        application and determine whether or not the State is in 
        compliance with section 3(a).
    (c) Grants.--Amounts appropriated to carry out this section for 
each fiscal year shall be apportioned to each State that is in 
compliance with section 3(a) in an amount determined by multiplying--
            (1) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for 
        such fiscal year; by
            (2) the ratio that the amount of funds apportioned to each 
        such State for such fiscal year under section 402 of title 23, 
        United States Code, bears to the total amount of funds 
        apportioned to all such States for such fiscal year under such 
        section.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Amounts received by a State from a grant awarded 
under this section may be used for--
            (1) enforcing a 2-stage licensing process that complies 
        with section 3(a)(2);
            (2) training for law enforcement personnel and other 
        relevant State agency personnel relating to the enforcement 
        described in paragraph (1);
            (3) publishing relevant educational materials that pertain 
        directly or indirectly to the State graduated driver licensing 
        law; and
            (4) carrying out other administrative activities that the 
        Secretary considers relevant to the State's 2-stage licensing 
        process.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $25,000,000, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), to carry out this section during each fiscal 
year described in subsection (a).

SEC. 5. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Fourth fiscal year.--On the first day of the fourth 
        fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount 
        otherwise required to be apportioned to any State for such 
        fiscal year under each of the paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of 
        section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if the State is 
        not in compliance with section 3(a) on the first day of such 
        fiscal year.
            (2) Fifth fiscal year.--On the first day of the fifth 
        fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount 
        otherwise required to be apportioned to any State for such 
        fiscal year under each of the paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of 
        section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if that State 
        is not in compliance with section 3(a) on the first day of such 
        fiscal year.
            (3) Sixth and subsequent fiscal years.--On the first day of 
        each fiscal year after the fifth fiscal year beginning after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        withhold 10 percent of the amount otherwise required to be 
        apportioned to any State for such fiscal year under each of the 
        paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, 
        United States Code, if that State is not in compliance with 
        section 3(a) on the first day of such fiscal year.
    (b) Period of Availability of Withheld Funds.--
            (1) Funds withheld before the end of the sixth fiscal 
        year.--Any amount withheld from any State under subsection (a) 
        on or before the last day of the sixth fiscal year beginning 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain 
        available for distribution to the State under subsection (c) 
        until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal 
        year for which such amount is appropriated.
            (2) Funds withheld after the sixth fiscal year.--Any amount 
        withheld under subsection (a)(2) from any State after the end 
        of the sixth fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, may not be distributed to the State.
    (c) Apportionment of Withheld Funds After Compliance.--
            (1) In general.--If, before the last day of the period for 
        which funds withheld under subsection (a) remain available to a 
        State under subsection (b), the State comes into compliance 
        with section 3(a), the Secretary of Transportation shall, on 
        the first day on which the Secretary determines the State has 
        come into compliance, distribute to the State any amounts 
        withheld under subsection (a) that remains available for 
        apportionment to the State.
            (2) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned 
        funds.--Any amount distributed under paragraph (1) shall remain 
        available for expenditure by the State until the end of the 
        third fiscal year following the year for which the funds are so 
        apportioned. Any amount not expended by the State by the end of 
        such period shall revert back to the Treasury of the United 
        States.
            (3) Effect of noncompliance.--If a State is not in 
        compliance with section 3(a) at the end of the period for which 
        any amount withheld under subsection (a) remains available for 
        distribution to the State under subsection (b), such amount 
        shall revert back to the Treasury of the United States.
[EX A]: Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2011 or STANDUP Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants to states with graduated driver licensing laws that require novice drivers younger than age 21 to comply with a two-stage licensing process before receiving an unrestricted driver's license.

Requires such laws, at a minimum, to include: (1) a learner's permit stage that commences at age 16 or older, lasts at least six months, prohibits driver use of a cellular phone or other communications device in nonemergency situations, and remains in effect until commencement of the intermediate stage or the driver attains age 18; (2) an intermediate stage in effect until the driver attains age 18 that commences immediately after expiration of the learner's permit stage, lasts at least six months, prohibits driver use of a cellular phone or other communications device in nonemergency situations, prohibits nighttime driving, prohibits more than one non-familial passenger under age 21 unless there is a licensed driver at least age 21 present in the vehicle; and (3) any other requirement that the Secretary may require.

Deems a state that meets such minimum requirements to be in compliance regardless of whether a state law, enacted before January 1, 2011, establishes a class of license that permits licensees younger than age 18 to drive a motor vehicle in connection with work performed on or for the operation of a farm owned by family members of the licensees.

Directs the Secretary to withhold a certain percentage of federal-aid highway funds from states that do not comply with the requirements of this Act.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Community 
Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 1997''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
         TITLE I--MANAGEMENT OF WILDLAND/URBAN INTERFACE AREAS

Sec. 101. Identification of wildland/urban interface areas.
Sec. 102. Contracting to reduce hazardous fuels and undertake forest 
                            management projects in wildland/urban 
                            interface areas.
Sec. 103. Monitoring requirements.
Sec. 104. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 105. Termination of authority.
    TITLE II--FIRE DANGER REDUCTION BY REMOVAL OF GRASSES AND FORBS

Sec. 201. Removal of excess levels of grasses and forbs.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Regulations.
Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Management of Federal lands has been characterized by 
        large cyclical variations in fire suppression policies, timber 
        harvesting levels, and the attention paid to commodity and 
        noncommodity values.
            (2) Forests on Federal lands are experiencing significant 
        disease epidemics and insect infestations.
            (3) The combination of inconsistent management and natural 
        effects has resulted in a hazardous fuels buildup on Federal 
        lands that threatens catastrophic wildfire.
            (4) While the long-term effect of catastrophic wildfire on 
        forests and forest systems is a matter of debate, there should 
        be no question that catastrophic wildfire must be prevented in 
        areas of the Federal lands where wildlands abut, or are located 
        in close proximity to, communities, residences, and other 
        private and public facilities on non-Federal lands.
            (5) Wildfire resulting from hazardous fuels buildup in such 
        wildland/urban interface areas threatens the destruction of 
        communities, puts human life and property at risk, threatens 
        community water supplies with erosion that follows wildfire, 
        destroys wildlife habitat, and damages ambient air quality.
            (6) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
        Interior must assign a high priority and undertake aggressive 
        management to achieve the elimination of hazardous fuel buildup 
        and reduction of the risk of wildfire to the wildland/urban 
        interface areas on Federal lands. Protection of human life and 
        property, including water supplies and ambient air quality, 
        must be given the highest priority.
            (7) The noncommodity resources, including riparian zones 
        and wildlife habitats, in wildland/urban interface areas on 
        Federal lands which must be protected to provide recreational 
        opportunities, clean water, and other amenities to neighboring 
        communities and the public suffer from a backlog of unfunded 
        forest management projects designed to provide such protection.
            (8) In a period of fiscal austerity characterized by 
        shrinking budgets and personnel levels, Congress must provide 
        the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
        with innovative tools to accomplish the required reduction in 
        hazardous fuels buildup and undertake other forest management 
        projects in the wildland/urban interface areas on the Federal 
        lands at least cost.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide new authority 
and innovative tools to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior to safeguard communities, lives, and property by 
reducing or eliminating the threat of catastrophic wildfire, and to 
undertake needed forest management projects, in wildland/urban 
interface areas on Federal lands.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' means--
                    (A) federally managed lands administered by the 
                Bureau of Land Management under the Secretary of the 
                Interior; and
                    (B) federally managed lands administered by the 
                Secretary of Agriculture.
            (2) Forest management project.--The term ``forest 
        management project'' means a project, including riparian zone 
        enhancement, habitat improvement, forage removal by livestock 
        grazing or mechanical means, and soil stabilization or other 
        water quality improvement project, designed to protect one or 
        more noncommodity resources on or in close proximity to Federal 
        lands.
            (3) Land management plan.--The term ``land management 
        plan'' means the following:
                    (A) With respect to Federal lands described in 
                paragraph (1)(A), a land use plan prepared by the 
                Bureau of Land Management pursuant to section 202 of 
                the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
                U.S.C. 1712), or other multiple-use plan currently in 
                effect.
                    (B) With respect to Federal lands described in 
                paragraph (1)(B), a land and resource management plan 
                (or if no final plan is in effect, a draft land and 
                resource management plan) prepared by the Forest 
                Service pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and 
                Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
                U.S.C. 1604).
            (4) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) with respect to the Federal lands described in 
                paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary of the Interior; and
                    (B) with respect to the Federal lands described in 
                paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary of Agriculture.
            (5) Wildland/urban interface area.--The term ``wildland/
        urban interface area'' means an area of Federal land in close 
        proximity to communities and human habitations, such as homes, 
        cabins, and other property.
            (6) Congressional committees.--The term ``congressional 
        committees'' means the Committee on Resources and the Committee 
        on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on 
        Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
            (7) Hazardous fuels buildup.--The term ``hazardous fuels 
        buildup'' means an accumulation of forage, woody debris, and 
        predominantly dead and dying timber that has the likelihood of 
        igniting.

         TITLE I--MANAGEMENT OF WILDLAND/URBAN INTERFACE AREAS

SEC. 101. IDENTIFICATION OF WILDLAND/URBAN INTERFACE AREAS.

    (a) Annual Identification.--On or before September 30 of each year, 
each District Manager of the Bureau of Land Management and each Forest 
Supervisor of the Forest Service shall identify those areas on Federal 
lands within the jurisdiction of the District Manager or Forest 
Supervisor that the District Manager or Forest Supervisor determines--
            (1) meet the definition of wildland/urban interface areas; 
        and
            (2) have hazardous fuels buildups and other forest 
        management needs that warrant the use of forest management 
        projects as provided in section 102.
    (b) Treatment of Identification Process.--The identification of 
wildland/urban interface areas under subsection (a) that have hazardous 
fuels buildups and other forest management needs that warrant the use 
of forest management projects as provided in section 102 shall not be 
considered to be agency action for purposes of paragraph (2)(A) or 
(2)(E) of section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332).

SEC. 102. CONTRACTING TO REDUCE HAZARDOUS FUELS AND UNDERTAKE FOREST 
              MANAGEMENT PROJECTS IN WILDLAND/URBAN INTERFACE AREAS.

    (a) Contracting Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary concerned is authorized to 
        enter into contracts under this section for the sale of forest 
        products in a wildland/urban interface area identified under 
        section 101 for the purpose of reducing hazardous fuels 
        buildups in the area.
            (2) Inclusion of forest management projects.--Subject to 
        paragraph (3), the Secretary concerned may require, as a 
        condition of any sale of forest products referred to in 
        paragraph (1), that the purchaser of such products undertake 
        one or more forest management projects in the wildland/urban 
        interface area.
            (3) Conditions on inclusion.--The Secretary concerned may 
        include a forest management project as a condition in a 
        contract for the sale of forest products referred to in 
        paragraph (1) only when the Secretary determines that--
                    (A) the forest management project is consistent 
                with the applicable land management plan; and
                    (B) the objectives of the forest management project 
                can be accomplished most cost efficiently and 
                effectively when the project is performed as part of 
                the sale contract.
    (b) Financing and Supplemental Funding.--
            (1) Forest management credits.--The financing of a forest 
        management project required as a condition of a contract for a 
        sale authorized by subsection (a) shall be accomplished through 
        the inclusion in the contract of a provision for amortization 
        of the cost of the forest management project through the 
        issuance of forest management credits to the purchaser. Such 
        forest management credits shall offset the cost of the required 
        forest management project against the purchaser's payment for 
        forest products.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--The Secretary concerned may 
        use appropriated funds to assist the purchaser to undertake a 
        forest management project required as a condition of a contract 
        authorized by subsection (a) if such funds are provided from 
        the resource function or functions that directly benefit from 
        the performance of the project and are available from the 
        annual appropriation for such function or functions during the 
        fiscal year in which the sale is offered. The amount of 
        assistance to be provided for each forest management project 
        shall be included in the prospectus, and published in the 
        advertisement, for the sale.
    (c) Determination of Forest Management Credits.--Prior to the 
advertisement of a sale authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary 
concerned shall determine the amount of forest management credits to be 
allocated to each forest management project to be required as a 
condition of the sale contract. A description of the forest management 
project, and the amount of the forest management credits allocated to 
the project, shall be included in the prospectus, and published in the 
advertisement, for the sale.
    (d) Transfer of Forest Management Credits.--The Secretary concerned 
may permit a purchaser that holds forest management credits earned by 
the purchaser as part of a sale authorized by subsection (a), but not 
used in connection with that sale, to transfer the forest management 
credits to another sale authorized by subsection (a) if--
            (1) the subsequent sale is also purchased by that 
        purchaser; and
            (2) the sale parcel is located on Federal lands under that 
        Secretary's jurisdiction.
    (e) Treatment of Forest Management Credits as Moneys Received.--
            (1) Bureau of land management lands.--In the case of 
        Federal lands described in section 3(1)(A), all amounts earned 
        by or allowed to any purchaser of a sale authorized by 
        subsection (a) in the form of forest management credits shall 
        be considered to be money received for purposes of title II of 
        the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the 
        first section of the Act of May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 753; 43 
        U.S.C. 1181f-1), or other applicable law concerning the 
        distribution of receipts from the sale of forest products on 
        such lands.
            (2) Forest system lands.--In the case of Federal lands 
        described in section 3(1)(B), all amounts earned by or allowed 
        to any purchaser of a sale authorized by subsection (a) in the 
        form of forest management credits shall be considered to be 
        money received for purposes of the sixth paragraph under the 
        heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 
        260; 16 U.S.C. 500) and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 
        (36 Stat. 963; commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 500).
    (f) Cost Considerations.--Because of the strong concern for the 
safety of human life and property and the protection of water quality, 
air quality, and wildlife habitat, a sale authorized by subsection (a) 
shall not be precluded because the costs of the sale may exceed the 
revenues derived from the sale, nor shall such sales be considered in 
any calculations concerning the revenue effects of the forest products 
sales program for the Federal lands or units of the Federal lands.
    (g) Other Requirements.--Nothing in this title shall be construed 
to require or authorize any alteration in the procedures or 
requirements for sales of forest products otherwise authorized by law, 
including the applicable provisions of the small business set-aside 
program.

SEC. 103. MONITORING REQUIREMENTS.

    The Secretary concerned shall monitor the preparation and offering 
of contracts, and the performance of forest management projects, 
pursuant to section 102 to determine the effectiveness of such 
contracts and forest management projects in achieving the purpose of 
this Act.

SEC. 104. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Annual Report.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each 
full fiscal year in which contracts are entered into under section 102, 
the Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional committees a 
report, which shall provide for the Federal lands within the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned the following:
            (1) A list of the wildland/urban interface areas identified 
        on or before September 30 of the previous fiscal year pursuant 
        to section 101.
            (2) A summary of all contracts entered into, and all forest 
        management projects performed, pursuant to section 102 during 
        the preceding fiscal year;
            (3) A discussion of any delays in excess of three months 
        encountered during the preceding fiscal year, and likely to 
        occur in the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, in 
        preparing and offering the sales, and in performing the forest 
        management projects, pursuant to section 102.
            (4) The results of the monitoring required by section 103 
        of the contracts authorized, and the forest management projects 
        performed, pursuant to section 102.
            (5) Any anticipated problems in the implementation of this 
        title.
    (b) Four Year Report.--The fourth report prepared by the Secretary 
concerned under subsection (a) shall contain, in addition to the 
matters required by subsection (a), the following:
            (1) An assessment by the Secretary concerned regarding 
        whether the contracting authority provided in section 102 
        should be reauthorized beyond the period specified in section 
        105(a).
            (2) If reauthorization is warranted, such recommendations 
        as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate regarding 
        changes in such authority to better achieve the purpose of this 
        Act.

SEC. 105. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    (a) Termination Date.--The authority of the Secretary concerned to 
offer sales of forest products pursuant to section 102, and to require 
the purchasers of such products to undertake forest management projects 
as a condition of such sales, shall terminate at the end of the five-
fiscal year beginning on the first October 1st occurring after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Effect on Existing Sales.--Any contract for a sale of forest 
products pursuant to section 102 entered into before the end of the 
period specified in subsection (a), and still in effect at the end of 
such period, shall remain in effect after the end of such period 
pursuant to the terms of the contract.
    (c) Effect on Existing Forest Management Credits.--If any forest 
management credits from a sale of forest products pursuant to section 
102 are not used before the end of the period specified in subsection 
(a), and no law providing authority to offer sales pursuant to section 
102 after such period is enacted by Congress, such credits may be used 
after such period in any sale of forest products that is authorized by 
another law, is purchased by the purchaser of the sale in which the 
credits were earned, and is conducted by the Secretary concerned who 
had jurisdiction over the sale in which the credits were earned.

    TITLE II--FIRE DANGER REDUCTION BY REMOVAL OF GRASSES AND FORBS

SEC. 201. REMOVAL OF EXCESS LEVELS OF GRASSES AND FORBS.

    (a) Contracting Authority.--Whenever a county commission or other 
unit of local government certifies to the Secretary concerned that 
there is a danger of fire in a wildland/urban interface area as a 
result of excessive levels of grasses and forbs on Federal lands in the 
area and requests the removal of the excessive grasses and forbs, the 
Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into contracts with 
livestock operators or other parties for the removal of the excessive 
grasses and forbs.
    (b) Removal Methods.--In the case of a contract under subsection 
(a) with a livestock operator, the operator shall use grazing to remove 
the excessive grasses and forbs. In the case of contracts with other 
persons, mechanical means, such as discing or mechanical mowing, shall 
be used.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary concerned shall prescribe such regulations as are 
necessary and appropriate to implement this Act.

SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for each of the first five 
fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
[EX A]:
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  Management of Wildland-Urban Interface Areas 
     Title II:  Fire Danger Reduction By Removal of Grasses and Forbs 
     Title III:  Miscellaneous Provisions 
Community Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 1997 - 
Title I:  Management of Wildland-Urban Interface Areas
 - Requires the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to identify wildlife-urban interface areas (areas of Federal land in close proximity to communities and human habitations) with hazardous fuels buildups and other forest management needs. 
(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or of the Interior to (temporarily) enter into forest product sales contracts in order to reduce hazardous fuels buildups in such areas, which may require the purchaser to undertake forest management projects under specified conditions in return for forest management credits. 
Title II:  Fire Danger Reduction by Removal of Grasses and
 
Forbs
 - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, upon local certification of fire hazard due to excessive grasses and forbs in such areas, to enter into livestock grazing contracts for such vegetation's removal.  Authorizes appropriations. 
Title III:  Miscellaneous Provisions
 - Requires the Secretary concerned to issue implementing regulations within a specified time. 
Authorizes program appropriations.