109 HCON 106 IH: Expressing the sense of Congress that a site in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the 40 members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in the air crash at Bakers Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943.
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IV
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 106
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 17, 2005
Mrs. Capito submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that a site in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the 40 members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in the air crash at Bakers Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943.

Whereas during the Second World War, the United States Army Air Corps established rest and recreation facilities in Mackay, Queensland, Australia;
Whereas from the end of January 1943 until early 1944, thousands of United States servicemen were ferried from jungle battlefields in New Guinea to Mackay;
Whereas these servicemen traveled by air transport to spend an average of 10 days on a rest and relaxation furlough;
Whereas they usually were carried by two B-17C Flying Fortresses converted for transport duty;
Whereas on Monday, June 14, 1943, at about 6 a.m., a B-17C, Serial Number 40-2072, took off from Mackay Airport for Port Moresby;
Whereas there were 6 crew members and 35 passengers aboard;
Whereas the aircraft took off into fog and soon made two left turns at low altitude;
Whereas a few minutes after takeoff, when it was five miles south of Mackay, the plane crashed at Bakers Creek, killing everyone on board except Corporal Foye Kenneth Roberts of Wichita Falls, Texas, the sole survivor of the accident;
Whereas the cause of the crash remains a mystery, and the incident remains relatively unknown outside of Australia;
Whereas United States officials, who were under orders not to reveal the presence of Allied troops in Australia, kept the crash a military secret during the war;
Whereas due to wartime censorship, the news media did not report the crash;
Whereas relatives of the victims received telegrams from the United States War Department stating little more than that the serviceman had been killed somewhere in the South West Pacific;
Whereas the remains of the 40 crash victims were flown to Townsville, Queensland, where they were buried in the Belgian Gardens United States military cemetery on June 19, 1943;
Whereas in early 1946, they were disinterred and shipped to Hawaii, where 13 were reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, and the remainder were returned to the United States mainland for reburial;
Whereas 15 years ago, Robert S. Cutler was reading his father’s wartime journal and found a reference to the tragic B-17C airplane accident;
Whereas this discovery inspired Mr. Cutler to embark upon a research project that would consume more than a decade and take him to Australia;
Whereas retired United States Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Teddy W. Hanks, of Wichita Falls, Texas, who lost four of his World War II buddies in the crash, compiled a list of the casualties from United States archives in 1993 and began searching for their families;
Whereas the Bakers Creek Memorial Association, in conjunction with the Washington Post and retired United States Army genealogy experts Charles Gailey and Arvon Staats, located 23 additional families of victims of the accident during the past two years;
Whereas Joy Shingleton, Donnie Tenney, Wendy Andrus, and Wilma Post, the family of Army Air Corps Corporal Edward J. Tenney, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, helped to bring this recently uncovered World War II tragedy to light; and
Whereas as of February 24, 2005, the commander of the United States Fifth Air Force officially has notified the relatives of 36 of the 40 victims: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the 40 members of the Armed Forces of the United States who lost their lives in the air crash at Bakers Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943, provided that the Secretary of the Army have exclusive authority to approve the design and site for the memorial marker.


113 S1821 ES: Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act
U.S. Senate

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113th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 1821IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act.2.Acceleration of income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines(a)In generalFor purposes of section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a taxpayer may treat any contribution described in subsection (b) made after the date of the enactment of this Act, and before April 15, 2014, as if such contribution was made on December 31, 2013, and not in 2014.(b)Contribution describedA contribution is  described in this subsection if such contribution is a cash  contribution made for the relief of victims in areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan, for which a charitable contribution deduction is allowable under section 170 of the  Internal Revenue Code of 1986.(c)RecordkeepingIn the case of a contribution  described in subsection (b), a telephone bill showing the  name of the donee organization, the date of the contribution, and the amount of the contribution shall be treated  as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of section  170(f)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.Passed the Senate March 6, 2014.Secretary


117 HR 1684 IH: Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2021
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-03-09
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I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1684IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 9, 2021Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2021.2.Energy credit for energy storage technologies(a)In generalSubclause (II) of section 48(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (3)(A)(i) and inserting clause (i) or (ix) of paragraph (3)(A).(b)Energy storage technologiesSubparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of clause (vii), by adding or at the end of clause (viii), and by adding at the end the following new clause:(ix)equipment which receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including electrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and which has a capacity of not less than 5 kilowatt hours,.(c)Phaseout of creditParagraph (6) of section 48(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—(1)by striking energy in the heading and inserting and energy storage; and(2)by striking paragraph (3)(A)(i) both places it appears and inserting clause (i) or (ix) of paragraph (3)(A).(d)Effective dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2020.3.Residential energy efficient property credit for battery storage technology(a)In generalSubsection (a) of section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—(1)by striking and at the end of paragraph (5); and (2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(7)the qualified battery storage technology expenditures,.(b)Qualified battery storage technology expenditureSubsection (d) of section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(7)Qualified battery storage technology expenditureThe term qualified battery storage technology expenditure means an expenditure for battery storage technology which—(A)is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and(B)has a capacity of not less than 3 kilowatt hours..(c)Effective dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.


		III
		Calendar No. 22
		110th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		S. RES. 37
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			January 23, 2007
			Ms. Stabenow (for
			 herself and Mr. Levin) submitted the
			 following resolution; which was referred to the
			 Committee on the
			 Judiciary

			February 8, 2007
			 Reported by Mr. Leahy,
			 without amendment

		RESOLUTION
		Designating March 26, 2007, as
		  National Support the Troops Day and encouraging the people of
		  the United States to participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the
		  service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and
		  abroad.

		Whereas it was through the brave and noble efforts of the
			 forefathers of the United States that the United States first gained freedom
			 and became a sovereign country;
		Whereas there are more than 1,300,000 regular members of
			 the Armed Forces and more than 1,100,000 members of the National Guard and
			 Reserves serving the Nation in support and defense of the values and freedom
			 that all people in the United States cherish;
		Whereas the members of the Armed Forces deserve the utmost
			 respect and admiration of the people of the United States for putting their
			 lives in danger for the sake of the freedoms enjoyed by all people of the
			 United States;
		Whereas members of the Armed Forces are defending freedom
			 and democracy around the globe and are playing a vital role in protecting the
			 safety and security of all the people of the United States; and
		Whereas all people of the United States should participate
			 in a moment of silence to support the troops: Now, therefore, be it

		That the Senate—
			(1)designates March
			 26, 2007, as National Support the Troops Day; and
			(2)encourages all
			 people in the United States to participate in a moment of silence to reflect
			 upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and
			 abroad.

		February 8, 2007
		Reported without amendment


115 HR 837 IH: Build Bridges Not Walls Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-02-02
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I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 837IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 2, 2017Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. Correa, Mr. Evans, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Meng, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Soto, Mr. Takano, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Kihuen, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Vela, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Foster, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Moore, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Lee, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Welch, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Gutiérrez, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Engel, and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
			 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo prohibit construction of a continuous wall or fence between the United States and Mexico, and
			 for other purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Build Bridges Not Walls Act. 2.FindingsCongress finds the following:
 (1)The existing United States-Mexico border infrastructure already includes physical barriers, drones, cameras, motion detectors, thermal imaging sensors, ground sensors, and other surveillance tools.
 (2)The United States already maintains approximately 650 miles of border fence in areas that most effectively stop the unauthorized entry of people, vehicles, drugs, arms, and illicit items.
 (3)The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents nearly doubled from 10,717 in 1993 to 21,370 in 2016. (4)Most experts believe that the Trump Administration’s border wall will cost between $15 billion to $25 billion, not including additional maintenance costs.
 (5)Harsh terrain and conditions along remote parts of the United States-Mexico border make the construction of a wall or fence impractical, ineffective, and costly.
 (6)Former CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske stated that building a continuous wall is not feasible or the smartest way to use taxpayer money. (7)A continuous border wall would likely harm wildlife, destroy sensitive habitat for endangered species, damage the environment and the natural flow of floodwaters, and lead to costly litigation with landowners, the Native American community, and stakeholders.
 (8)Border security is a complex issue that depends on effectively using resources to maintain operational control of the border while also facilitating the movement of people, goods, and services.
 (9)The American people want Congress to use taxpayer dollars wisely and focus on middle-class priorities, including economic development, education, and health care.
 3.Prohibition on construction of a United States-Mexico border wallThe Executive order entitled Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements signed by the President on January 25, 2017, or any other substantially similar Executive order, memorandum, or other action by the President to use taxpayer dollars or fees to construct a continuous wall or fence between the United States and Mexico, shall have no force or effect.


116 S481 ES: Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2019
U.S. Senate

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116th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 481IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo encourage States to require the installation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the “Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2019”.2.Findings and sense of Congress(a)FindingsCongress finds the following:(1)Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning any fuel. Exposure to unhealthy levels of carbon monoxide can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, a serious health condition that could result in death.(2)Unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning from motor vehicles and improper operation of fuel-burning appliances, such as furnaces, water heaters, portable generators, and stoves, annually kills more than 400 individuals and sends approximately 15,000 individuals to hospital emergency rooms for treatment.(3)Research shows that installing carbon monoxide alarms close to the sleeping areas in residential homes and other dwelling units can help avoid fatalities.(b)Sense of CongressIt is the sense of Congress that Congress should promote the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in residential homes and dwelling units across the United States in order to promote the health and public safety of citizens throughout the United States.3.DefinitionsIn this Act:(1)Carbon monoxide alarmThe term carbon monoxide alarm means a device or system that—(A)detects carbon monoxide; and(B)is intended to sound an alarm at a carbon monoxide concentration below a concentration that could cause a loss of the ability to react to the dangers of carbon monoxide exposure.(2)CommissionThe term Commission means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.(3)Compliant carbon monoxide alarmThe term compliant carbon monoxide alarm means a carbon monoxide alarm that complies with the most current version of—(A)the Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms of the American National Standards Institute and UL (ANSI/UL 2034), or any successor standard; and(B)the Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors of the American National Standards Institute and UL (ANSI/UL 2075), or any successor standard.(4)Dwelling unitThe term dwelling unit—(A)means a room or suite of rooms used for human habitation; and(B)includes—(i)a single family residence;(ii)each living unit of a multiple family residence, including an apartment building; and(iii)each living unit in a mixed use building.(5)Fire code enforcement officialsThe term fire code enforcement officials means officials of the fire safety code enforcement agency of a State or local government or a Tribal organization.(6)International fire codeThe term IFC means—(A)the 2015 or 2018 edition of the International Fire Code published by the International Code Council; or(B)any amended or similar successor code pertaining to the proper installation of carbon monoxide alarms in dwelling units.(7)International residential codeThe term IRC means—(A)the 2015 or 2018 edition of the International Residential Code published by the International Code Council; or(B)any amended or similar successor code pertaining to the proper installation of carbon monoxide alarms in dwelling units. (8)NFPA 720The term NFPA 720 means—(A)the Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide Detection and Warning Equipment issued by the National Fire Protection Association in 2012; and(B)any amended or similar successor standard relating to the proper installation of carbon monoxide alarms in dwelling units.(9)StateThe term State—(A)has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)); and(B)includes—(i)the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and(ii)any political subdivision of a State.(10)Tribal organizationThe term Tribal organization has the meaning given the term in section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(l)).4.Grant program for carbon monoxide poisoning prevention(a)In generalSubject to the availability of appropriations authorized under subsection (f), the Commission shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to States and Tribal organizations that are eligible under subsection (b) to carry out the carbon monoxide poisoning prevention activities described in subsection (e).(b)EligibilityFor the purposes of this section, an eligible State or Tribal organization is any State or Tribal organization that—(1)demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Commission that the State or Tribal organization has adopted a statute or a rule, regulation, or similar measure with the force and effect of law, requiring compliant carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units in accordance with NFPA 72, the IFC, or the IRC; and(2)submits an application—(A)to the Commission at such time, in such form, and containing such additional information as the Commission may require; and(B)that may be filed on behalf of the State or Tribal organization by the fire safety code enforcement agency of that State or Tribal organization.(c)Grant amountThe Commission shall determine the amount of each grant awarded under this section.(d)Selection of grant recipientsIn selecting eligible States and Tribal organizations for the award of grants under this section, the Commission shall give favorable consideration to an eligible State or Tribal organization that demonstrates a reasonable need for funding under this section and that—(1)requires the installation of a one or more compliant carbon monoxide alarms in a new or existing educational facility, childcare facility, health care facility, adult dependent care facility, government building, restaurant, theater, lodging establishment, or dwelling unit—(A)within which a fuel-burning appliance, including a furnace, boiler, water heater, fireplace, or any other apparatus, appliance, or device that burns fuel, is installed; or(B)that has an attached garage; and(2)has developed a strategy to protect vulnerable populations, such as children, the elderly, or low-income households, from exposure to unhealthy levels of carbon monoxide.(e)Use of grant funds(1)In generalSubject to paragraph (2), an eligible State or Tribal organization to which a grant is awarded under this section may use the grant—(A)to purchase and install compliant carbon monoxide alarms in the dwelling units of low-income families or elderly individuals, facilities that commonly serve children or the elderly (including childcare facilities, public schools, and senior centers);(B)for the development and dissemination of training materials, instructors, and any other costs relating to the training sessions authorized under this subsection; or(C)to educate the public about—(i)the risk associated with carbon monoxide as a poison; and(ii)the importance of proper carbon monoxide alarm use.(2)Limitations(A)Administrative costsAn eligible State or Tribal organization to which a grant is awarded under this section may use not more than 5 percent of the grant amount to cover administrative costs that are not directly related to training described in paragraph (1)(B).(B)Public outreachAn eligible State or Tribal organization to which a grant is awarded under this section may use not more than 25 percent of the grant amount to cover the costs of activities described in paragraph (1)(D).(C)State contributionsAn eligible State to which a grant is awarded under this section shall, with respect to the costs incurred by the State in carrying out activities under the grant, provide non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of amount of Federal funds provided under the grant to administer the program. This subparagraph shall not apply to Tribal organizations. (f)Funding(1)In generalThe Commission shall carry out this Act using amounts appropriated to the Commission for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, to extent such funds are available.(2)Limitation on administrative expensesIn a fiscal year, not more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this Act may be used for administrative expenses. (g)ReportNot later than 1 year after the last day of each fiscal year in which grants are awarded under this section, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates the implementation of the grant program required under this section.Passed the Senate December 17, 2020.Secretary


117 S690 IS: Enhancing North Korea Humanitarian Assistance Act
U.S. Senate
2021-03-10
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II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 690IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 10, 2021Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsA BILLTo expedite the provision of humanitarian assistance, including life-saving medical care, to the people of North Korea, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Enhancing North Korea Humanitarian Assistance Act.2.FindingsCongress makes the following findings:(1)Providing humanitarian assistance, including to countries subject to sanctions imposed by the United States, is an expression of American values that furthers United States interests around the world and is consistent with international humanitarian law.(2)As of February 2020, roughly 10,100,000 people in North Korea are in urgent need of food assistance and roughly 10,400,000 need nutrition support and improved access to basic services, including health care, water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities.(3)More than 40 percent of people in North Korea are undernourished, and 1 out of every 5 children in the country younger than 5 years of age is stunted in growth.(4)More than 1/3 of household drinking water in North Korea is contaminated.(5)Independent experts have identified severe deficiencies in North Korea’s public health infrastructure, trained medical personnel, ability to communicate important safety information, and commitment to addressing those deficiencies.(6)North Korea has one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis in the world and humanitarian assistance is critical for countering the spread of deadly infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (commonly known as COVID–19).(7)North Korea cannot reliably maintain stocks of drugs to treat diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, posing the risk of interrupted treatments, which can lead to treatment failures and resistance to multiple therapies that make treatment significantly more difficult and costly.(8)The spread of COVID–19 in North Korea is likely having devastating consequences for the people of that country who are especially vulnerable to a pandemic because of deficiencies in public health infrastructure. The 2019 Global Health Security Index shows North Korea is the third least prepared country in the world to combat a health security crisis.(9)While the Government of North Korea has not reported any cases of COVID–19 in the country, the true extent and impact of the novel coronavirus inside North Korea is unknown, and government officials have not historically been open or transparent about humanitarian emergencies facing the people of North Korea.(10)Responses to the COVID–19 crisis, including border closings and quarantines, have caused economic shock and hampered international efforts that would otherwise be providing life-saving support to the people of North Korea.(11)In its final report published on August 28, 2020, the United Nations Panel of Experts on North Korea found that there can be little doubt that United Nations sanctions have had unintended effects on the humanitarian situation and aid operations within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.(12)Barriers to humanitarian access can result from decisions made or delayed by the Government of North Korea, by the governments of other countries, including the governments of the United States and the People’s Republic of China, and by the Committee of the United Nations Security Council established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006) (referred to in this Act as the 1718 Sanctions Committee).(13)Nongovernmental organizations that provide humanitarian assistance in North Korea must typically seek simultaneous authorizations from the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the 1718 Sanctions Committee, customs officials in the People’s Republic of China, and the Government of North Korea, adding further delays to humanitarian access.(14)The 1718 Sanctions Committee issued the document entitled Implementation Assistance Notice No. 7 on August 6, 2018, to clarify the process for granting requests for humanitarian exemptions by the United Nations and to reaffirm that sanctions are not intended to have adverse humanitarian consequences for civilians in North Korea. That guidance was updated on December 1, 2020, to help streamline permissions for COVID–19-related aid and to extend humanitarian waivers from 6 to 9 months. (15)United States Government travel restrictions impede the access of United States employees of humanitarian organizations inside North Korea and can complicate the monitoring and evaluation procedures that nongovernmental organizations have used to ensure that aid reaches the most vulnerable populations.(16)Humanitarian exceptions in comprehensive sanctions programs, such as the exceptions under section 510.512 of the North Korea Sanctions Regulations, are not effective unless the persons who provide assistance along with their financial institutions, suppliers, shippers, and other entities can make practical use of the exceptions.3.Sense of CongressIt is the sense of Congress that—(1)the interagency review mandated by the national security memorandum issued by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., on January 21, 2021, and entitled National Security Memorandum on United States Global Leadership to Strengthen the International COVID–19 Response and to Advance Global Health Security and Biological Preparedness, offers an opportunity to make appropriate adjustments to United States and multilateral sanctions to ensure that such sanctions do not inadvertently hinder humanitarian access to the people of North Korea;(2)national governments and multilateral authorities must take action to mitigate documented delays and ensure that sanctions imposed with respect to North Korea do not hinder efforts to provide humanitarian relief, including life-saving medical care to combat COVID–19, to the people of North Korea;(3)the Department of the Treasury should provide timely and meaningful responses to requests for specific licenses given that humanitarian organizations typically have a limited time to execute projects that must be approved by multiple United States Government agencies and foreign governments;(4)because humanitarian assistance is unlikely to enable large-scale sanctions evasion and revenue generation, sanctions enforcement should focus on ongoing North Korean activities, including ship-to-ship transfers of coal and other goods, cyberattacks, and the use of forced labor abroad, all highlighted in reports issued by the United Nations Panel of Experts on North Korea and other authoritative sources; (5)financial institutions should recognize and consider the reputational and practical costs of impeding legitimate efforts to deliver life-saving aid to North Korea; and(6)as of February 2021, the Department of State’s travel ban for humanitarian missions to North Korea, introduced in 2017, is inconsistent with the intent of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.), which explicitly exempted work related to the repatriation of the remains of United States veterans. 4.Enhancing exemptions from United States sanctions(a)In generalNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, shall take 1 or more of the following actions:(1)Modify the humanitarian exception under section 510.512 of the North Korea Sanctions Regulations to cover, in addition to the food and medicine already exempted, goods and other items that are not subject to the Export Administration Regulations and that support humanitarian projects to meet basic human needs in North Korea so that no specific license is required for such items.(2)(A)Modify the North Korea Sanctions Regulations to exempt from a requirement for a specific license a published list of nonsensitive items, in addition to the food and medicine already covered by section 510.512 of the North Korea Sanctions Regulations, used in humanitarian operations in North Korea in furtherance of the purposes set forth in section 4 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7802); (B)ensure that the list reflects the relevant recommendations included in the final report, published on February 7, 2020, of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009); and(C)review and republish the list, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, every 180 days and in response to requests by nongovernmental organizations that have previously engaged in authorized humanitarian activities in North Korea.(3)Modify the North Korea Sanctions Regulations so that—(A)a specific license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury is not required for partnerships and partnership agreements between nongovernmental organizations and persons owned or controlled by the Government of North Korea that are necessary for nongovernmental organizations to provide otherwise authorized services related to humanitarian activity in North Korea; and(B)a specific license is still required for any partnerships and partnership agreements with persons on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.(b)BriefingNot later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing—(1)for each action described in subsection (a), describing whether the action was taken and providing a justification for the decision to take or not take the action; and(2)detailing the benefits and risks associated with establishing a category of recognized nongovernmental organizations that would be exempt from requirements for specific licenses related to dealings with the Government of North Korea or persons on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control for purposes of transactions involving goods other than food or medicine to support authorized humanitarian activities in North Korea.(c)Modification to North Korea Sanctions RegulationsNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify the North Korea Sanctions Regulations so that personal computers and related peripherals that support authorized humanitarian activities by nongovernmental organizations are not considered to be luxury goods.(d)GuidanceNot later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, shall issue plainly worded guidance intended for financial institutions, shipping companies, foreign customs officials, and others involved in transactions related to humanitarian assistance that—(1)clarifies the applicability of the humanitarian exception under the North Korea Sanctions Regulations; and (2)describes best practices for ensuring that activities are consistent with that exception.(e)Report requiredNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control and in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—(1)a list of specific licenses related to humanitarian assistance in North Korea issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control during the 120-day period immediately preceding the submission of the report;(2)a list of requests for specific licenses related to humanitarian assistance in North Korea denied by the Office of Foreign Assets Control during such 120-day period, including explanations for the denials;(3)a list of requests for specific licenses related to humanitarian assistance in North Korea that have been pending for 30 days or more as of the date on which the report is submitted, including explanations for the delays;(4)a list of requests by non-United States persons for sanctions waivers related to humanitarian assistance in North Korea that have been pending for 30 days or more as of the date on which the report is submitted, including explanations for the delays; and (5)a description of recent efforts to streamline the process by which nongovernmental organizations engaged in humanitarian activity in North Korea apply for and are granted specific licenses or waivers.5.Enhancing multilateral sanctions exemptions(a)In generalThe Secretary of State shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the United Nations—(1)to extend the period for humanitarian exemptions from the 1718 Sanctions Committee to 1 year and remove the limitation on exemption applications per organization per year;(2)to apply lessons learned from expedited approvals of requests for humanitarian exemptions during the COVID–19 pandemic to speed approval at the 1718 Sanctions Committee of other critical exemption requests, such as requests that would address urgent needs identified in the annual reports of the United Nations on needs and priorities for North Korea; and(3)to modify applications for humanitarian exemptions from the 1718 Sanctions Committee to be less burdensome for nongovernmental organizations, drawing as appropriate on successes in approaches taken by other United Nations sanctions committees.(b)ReportingNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—(1)describing any requests for humanitarian exemptions to the 1718 Sanctions Committee known to have been denied in the 180 days preceding submission of the report or known to have been in process for more than 30 days as of the date of the report, and any known explanations for such denials and delays;(2)detailing any action by a foreign government in the 180 days preceding submission of the report that has delayed or impeded humanitarian assistance approved by the 1718 Sanctions Committee, including the status of obstacles to humanitarian assistance posed by customs officials in the People’s Republic of China; and(3)describing efforts in the 180 days preceding submission of the report to establish or maintain an approved banking channel for transactions related to humanitarian assistance for North Korea.6.Streamlining humanitarian travel authorizationsNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing—(1)detailing the benefits and risks associated with issuing a multi-entry special validation passport to individuals employed by a nongovernmental organization known to be engaged in authorized humanitarian activity in North Korea, with the purpose of reducing costs and delays associated with repeated passport applications; (2)detailing plans to expand eligibility for special validation to travel to North Korea related to repatriation of United States veterans remains from the Korean War and appropriate people-to-people exchanges related to conflict reduction or family reunification; and(3)setting forth a strategy to otherwise expedite and simplify the process to obtain a special travel permit to travel to North Korea on behalf of a humanitarian organization or to travel to North Korea using a United States passport to deliver or oversee humanitarian assistance.7.DefinitionsIn this Act: (1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.(2)Export administration regulationsThe term Export Administration Regulations means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations. (3)North korea sanctions regulationsThe term North Korea Sanctions Regulations means the regulations set forth in part 510 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations.


		IIB
		112th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 3298
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
		  STATES

			March 28, 2012
			Received; read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
			 Affairs

		AN ACT
		To establish the position of Special
		  Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban
		  Development, and for other purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Homes for Heroes Act of
			 2012.
		2.Special assistant
			 for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban
			 DevelopmentSection 4 of the
			 Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533) is amended by
			 adding at the end the following new subsection:

				(g)Special
				assistant for veterans affairs
					(1)EstablishmentThere
				shall be in the Department a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs, who shall
				be a special assistant to the Secretary and shall report directly to the
				Secretary.
					(2)AppointmentThe
				Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs shall be appointed based solely on merit
				and shall be covered under the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
				governing appointments in the competitive service.
					(3)ResponsibilitiesThe
				Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for—
						(A)ensuring veterans
				have fair access to housing and homeless assistance under each program of the
				Department providing either such assistance;
						(B)coordinating all
				programs and activities of the Department relating to veterans;
						(C)serving as a
				liaison for the Department with the Department of Veterans Affairs, including
				establishing and maintaining relationships with the Secretary of Veterans
				Affairs;
						(D)serving as a
				liaison for the Department, and establishing and maintaining relationships with
				the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness and officials of State,
				local, regional, and nongovernmental organizations concerned with
				veterans;
						(E)providing
				information and advice regarding—
							(i)sponsoring housing
				projects for veterans assisted under programs administered by the Department;
				or
							(ii)assisting
				veterans in obtaining housing or homeless assistance under programs
				administered by the Department;
							(F)coordinating with
				the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Veterans
				Affairs in carrying out section 3 of the Homes for Heroes Act of 2012; and
						(G)carrying out such
				other duties as may be assigned to the Special Assistant by the Secretary or by
				law.
						.
		3.Annual
			 supplemental report on veterans homelessness
			(a)In
			 generalThe Secretary of
			 Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in
			 coordination with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, shall
			 submit annually to the Committees of the Congress specified in subsection (b),
			 together with the annual reports required by such Secretaries under section
			 203(c)(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
			 11313(c)(1)), a supplemental report that includes the following
			 information with respect to the preceding year:
				(1)The same
			 information, for such preceding year, that was included with respect to 2010 in
			 the report by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary
			 of Veterans Affairs entitled Veterans Homelessness: A Supplemental
			 Report to the 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to
			 Congress.
				(2)Information
			 regarding the activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
			 relating to veterans during such preceding year, as follows:
					(A)The number of
			 veterans provided assistance under the housing choice voucher program for
			 Veterans Affairs supported housing (VASH) under section 8(o)(19) of the United
			 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)), the
			 socioeconomic characteristics of such homeless veterans, and the number, types,
			 and locations of entities contracted under such section to administer the
			 vouchers.
					(B)A summary
			 description of the special considerations made for veterans under public
			 housing agency plans submitted pursuant to section 5A of the United States
			 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) and under
			 comprehensive housing affordability strategies submitted pursuant to section
			 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
			 12705).
					(C)A description of
			 the activities of the Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs of the Department
			 of Housing and Urban Development.
					(D)A description of the efforts of the
			 Department of Housing and Urban Development and the other members of the United
			 States Interagency Council on Homelessness to coordinate the delivery of
			 housing and services to veterans.
					(E)The cost to the
			 Department of Housing and Urban Development of administering the programs and
			 activities relating to veterans.
					(F)Any other information that the Secretary of
			 Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs consider
			 relevant in assessing the programs and activities of the Department of Housing
			 and Urban Development relating to veterans.
					(b)CommitteesThe
			 Committees of the Congress specified in this subsection are as follows:
				(1)The Committee on
			 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
				(2)The Committee on
			 Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate.
				(3)The Committee on
			 Appropriations of the Senate.
				(4)The Committee on
			 Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
				(5)The Committee on
			 Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives.
				(6)The Committee on
			 Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

			Passed the House of
			 Representatives March 27, 2012.
			Karen L. Haas,
			Clerk


116 S94 ES: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
U.S. Senate

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116th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 94IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of
			 additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act.
		2.Findings; purpose
 (a)FindingsCongress finds that— (1)the use of firearms and archery equipment for target practice and marksmanship training activities on Federal land is allowed, except to the extent specific portions of that land have been closed to those activities;
 (2)in recent years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, portions of Federal land have been closed to target practice and marksmanship training for many reasons;
 (3)the availability of public target ranges on non-Federal land has been declining for a variety of reasons, including continued population growth and development near former ranges;
 (4)providing opportunities for target practice and marksmanship training at public target ranges on Federal and non-Federal land can help—
 (A)to promote enjoyment of shooting, recreational, and hunting activities; and
 (B)to ensure safe and convenient locations for those activities;
 (5)Federal law in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), provides Federal support for construction and expansion of public target ranges by making available to States amounts that may be used for construction, operation, and maintenance of public target ranges; and
 (6)it is in the public interest to provide increased Federal support to facilitate the construction or expansion of public target ranges.
 (b)PurposeThe purpose of this Act is to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges, including ranges on Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
			3.Definition of public target
 rangeIn this Act, the term public target range means a specific location that—
 (1)is identified by a governmental agency for recreational shooting;
 (2)is open to the public; (3)may be supervised; and
 (4)may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun shooting.
			4.Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife
			 Restoration Act
 (a)DefinitionsSection 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended—
 (1)by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and
 (2)by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

 (2)the term public target range means a specific location that—
 (A)is identified by a governmental agency for recreational shooting;
 (B)is open to the public; (C)may be supervised; and
 (D)may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun shooting;.
				(b)Expenditures for management of wildlife
 areas and resourcesSection 8(b) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669g(b)) is amended—
 (1)by striking (b) Each State and inserting the following:

						(b)Expenditures for management of wildlife
				areas and resources
 (1)In generalExcept as provided in paragraph (2), each State;
 (2)in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking construction, operation, and inserting operation;
 (3)in the second sentence, by striking The non-Federal share and inserting the following:

 (3)Non-Federal shareThe non-Federal share;
 (4)in the third sentence, by striking The Secretary and inserting the following:

 (4)RegulationsThe Secretary;
				and
 (5)by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following:

 (2)ExceptionNotwithstanding the limitation described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range..
				(c)Firearm and bow hunter education and safety
 program grantsSection 10 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1) is amended—
 (1)in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:

						(3)Allocation of additional
 amountsOf the amount apportioned to a State for any fiscal year under section 4(b), the State may elect to allocate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with the amount apportioned to the State under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range.;
 (2)by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

						(b)Cost sharing
 (1)In generalExcept as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using a grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activity.
							(2)Public target range construction or
 expansionThe Federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range in a State on Federal or non-Federal land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.;
				and
 (3)in subsection (c)(1)— (A)by striking Amounts made and inserting the following:

 (A)In generalExcept as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts made;
				and
 (B)by adding at the end the following:  (B)ExceptionAmounts provided for acquiring land for, constructing, or expanding a public target range shall remain available for expenditure and obligation during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal year for which the amounts are made available..
					5.Sense of Congress regarding
 cooperationIt is the sense of Congress that, consistent with applicable laws and regulations, the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management should cooperate with State and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any Federal land used as a public target range to encourage continued use of that land for target practice or marksmanship training.Passed the Senate April 10, 2019.Secretary


113 S2303 IS: United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act
U.S. Senate
2014-05-07
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		II
		113th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 2303
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			May 7, 2014
			Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

		A BILL
		To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the United States Coast
			 Guard.

			1.
			Short title
			This Act may be cited as the
			 United States Coast Guard
			 Commemorative Coin Act.

			2.
			Findings
			The Congress finds the following:

				(1)
				The United States
			 Coast Guard was founded on August 4, 1790, as the Revenue Cutter Service
			 under
			 the United States Department of the Treasury.

				(2)
				Congress created
			 the Coast Guard on January 28, 1915, by merging the Revenue Cutter Service
			 and
			 the United States Lifesaving Service, was moved to the Department of
			 Transportation in 1967, and on February 25, 2003, became part of the
			 Department
			 of Homeland Security.

				(3)
				Although the
			 smallest of the uniformed services, today the United States Coast Guard
			 conducts a wide variety of missions to protect the public, the
			 environment, and
			 the United States economic and security interests in any maritime region,
			 including international waters and America’s coasts, ports, and inland
			 waterways.

				(4)
				Every day, the
			 United States Coast Guard plays a broad and important role in homeland
			 security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental
			 pollution
			 response, and the maintenance of river, intra-coastal and offshore aids to
			 navigation (ATON).

				(5)
				The United States
			 Coast Guard is our Nation’s oldest seafaring military service, staying
			 true to
			 their motto, Semper Paratus or Always Ready, for 223
			 years.

				(6)
				The United States Coast Guard has an
			 estimated 42,300 men and women on active duty, who in 2012 responded to
			 nearly
			 20,000 search and rescue incidents saving over 3,500 lives and protecting
			 $77
			 million in property, removed 107 metric tons of cocaine and 56 metric tons
			 of
			 marijuana headed to the United States, and interdicted nearly 3,000
			 undocumented migrants on the high seas attempting to illegally enter the
			 United
			 States.

				(7)
				Section 213 of
			 Public Law 108–293 states that The Commandant may establish a National
			 Coast Guard Museum, on lands which will be federally owned and
			 administered by
			 the Coast Guard, and are located in New London, Connecticut, at, or in
			 close
			 proximity to, the Coast Guard Academy.

				(8)
				The National Coast
			 Guard Museum Association, a nonprofit association dedicated to improve
			 public
			 understanding of the history, service and missions of the Coast Guard, is
			 working with the United States Coast Guard, the City of New London, the
			 State
			 of Connecticut, and a range of local, regional, and national stakeholders
			 to
			 develop, plan and raise capital for the National Coast Guard Museum, to be
			 located in New London, Connecticut.

				(9)
				The United States
			 Coast Guard is the only military service without a national museum through
			 which to share its history and legacy with the American public.

			3.
			Coin
			 Specifications

				(a)
				Denominations
				The
			 Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
			 Secretary) shall mint and issue the following coins:

					(1)
					$5 gold
			 coins
					Not more than 100,000 $5 coins, which shall—

						(A)
						weigh 8.359
			 grams;

						(B)
						have a diameter of
			 0.850 inches; and

						(C)
						contain 90 percent
			 gold and 10 percent alloy.

					(2)
					$1 silver
			 coins
					Not more than 500,000 $1 coins, which shall—

						(A)
						weigh 26.73
			 grams;

						(B)
						have a diameter of
			 1.500 inches; and

						(C)
						contain 90 percent
			 silver and 10 percent copper.

					(3)
					Half dollar clad
			 coins
					Not more than 750,000 half dollar coins, which
			 shall—

						(A)
						weigh 11.34
			 grams;

						(B)
						have a diameter of
			 1.205 inches; and

						(C)
						be minted to the
			 specifications for half dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of
			 title 31,
			 United States Code.

				(b)
				Legal
			 tender
				The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as
			 provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.

				(c)
				Numismatic
			 items
				For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United
			 States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered to be
			 numismatic items.

			4.
			Design of
			 Coin

				(a)
				Design
			 requirements

					(1)
					In
			 general
					The design of the coins minted under this Act shall be
			 emblematic of the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States
			 Coast
			 Guard, and its role in securing our Nation since 1790.

					(2)
					Designations and
			 inscriptions
					On each coin minted under this Act, there shall
			 be—

						(A)
						a designation of
			 the value of the coin;

						(B)
						an inscription of
			 the year 2017; and

						(C)
						inscriptions of
			 the words Liberty, In God We Trust, United
			 States of America, and E Pluribus Unum.

				(b)
				Selection
				The
			 design for the coins minted under this Act shall—

					(1)
					contain motifs that specifically honor the
			 American Coast Guardsman of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in
			 peace,
			 such designs to be consistent with the traditions and heritage of the
			 United
			 States Coast Guard, the mission and goals of the National Coast Guard
			 Museum,
			 and the missions and goals of the National Coast Guard Museum
			 Foundation;

					(2)
					be selected by the Secretary, after
			 consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the National Coast
			 Guard
			 Museum Foundation, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and

					(3)
					be reviewed by the
			 Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

			5.
			Issuance of
			 coins

				(a)
				Quality of
			 coins
				Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated
			 and proof qualities.

				(b)
				Mint
			 facilities
				For each of the 3 coins minted under this Act, at
			 least 1 facility of the United States Mint shall be used to strike proof
			 quality coins, while at least 1 other such facility shall be used to
			 strike the
			 uncirculated quality coins.

				(c)
				Period for
			 issuance
				The Secretary may issue coins minted under this Act only
			 during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2017.

			6.
			Sale of
			 coins

				(a)
				Sale
			 price
				The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the
			 Secretary at a price equal to the sum of—

					(1)
					the face value of
			 the coins;

					(2)
					the surcharge
			 provided in section 7(a) with respect to such coins; and

					(3)
					the cost of
			 designing and issuing the coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of
			 machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).

				(b)
				Bulk
			 sales
				The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued
			 under this Act at a reasonable discount.

				(c)
				Prepaid
			 orders

					(1)
					In
			 general
					The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins
			 minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.

					(2)
					Discount
					Sale
			 prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a
			 reasonable discount.

			7.
			Surcharges

				(a)
				In
			 general
				All sales of coins minted under this Act shall include a
			 surcharge as follows:

					(1)
					A
			 surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin.

					(2)
					A
			 surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin.

					(3)
					A
			 surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dollar coin.

				(b)
				Distribution
				Subject
			 to section 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code, all surcharges
			 received by
			 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be
			 promptly
			 paid by the Secretary to the National Coast Guard Museum Foundation to
			 help
			 finance the design, construction, operations, and maintenance of the
			 National
			 Coast Guard Museum.

				(c)
				Audits
				The National Coast Guard Museum Foundation
			 shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title
			 31,
			 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received under subsection
			 (b).


114 S1670 IS: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015
U.S. Senate
2015-06-24
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II114th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1670IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 24, 2015Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Franken) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsA BILLTo amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance
			 for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims
			 of torture, and for other purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015. 2.Authorization of appropriations for domestic treatment centers for victims of tortureSection 5(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows:

 (1)Authorization of appropriationsOf the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 and 2017..
 3.Authorization of appropriations for foreign treatment centers for victims of tortureSection 4(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows:

 (1)Authorization of appropriationsOf the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 pursuant to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out section 130 of such Act $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 and 2017..
 4.Specialized training for Foreign Service officersSection 7 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended— (1)in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting through the Foreign Service Institute after foreign service officers; and
 (2)by adding at the end the following new subsection:  (c)ReportThe Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives an annual report on the implementation of subsection (a) for the preceding year, including a description of training on victims of torture for foreign service officers and the number of foreign service officers trained..
 5.Report on victims of torture who enter the United StatesThe Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives an annual report on the percentage and number of identified victims of torture who are approved to enter the United States as refugees and their initial placement in the United States.
		6.Guidance and support for indigenous foreign treatment centers and programs for victims of torture
 (a)In generalThe Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall provide guidance and support for indigenous foreign treatment centers and programs for victims of torture in order to increase the capacity of such centers and programs and to train other local health care providers, including hospitals, clinics and other health treatment facilities.
 (b)Authorization of appropriationsOf the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 to carry out section 130 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years 2016 and 2017.


110 HR 5025 IH: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on

U.S. House of Representatives
2008-01-16
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		I
		110th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 5025
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			January 16, 2008
			Mrs. Tauscher
			 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Ways and
			 Means

		A BILL
		To extend the temporary suspension of duty on
		  Pyriproxyfen.

		1.Pyriproxyfen
			(a)In
			 generalHeading 9902.05.23 of
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		I
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 1090
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			March 15, 2011
			Mr. Hoyer (for
			 himself, Mr. Fattah,
			 Mr. McGovern,
			 Mr. Meeks,
			 Mr. Jackson of Illinois,
			 Mr. Grijalva,
			 Ms. Richardson,
			 Mr. Serrano,
			 Mr. Filner,
			 Mr. Gutierrez,
			 Mr. Berman,
			 Mr. Engel,
			 Mr. Stark,
			 Mr. Blumenauer,
			 Ms. Norton, and
			 Mr. Sablan) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the Committee
			 on Education and the Workforce

		A BILL
		To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants
		  for the support of full-service community schools, and for other
		  purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Full-Service Community Schools Act of
			 2011.
		2.PurposesThe purposes of this Act are the
			 following:
			(1)Providing support
			 for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community
			 schools.
			(2)Improving the
			 coordination and integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for
			 children and families, particularly for students attending high-poverty
			 schools, including high-poverty rural schools.
			(3)Enabling educators
			 and school personnel to complement and enrich efforts to improve academic
			 achievement and other results.
			(4)Ensuring that
			 children have the physical, social, and emotional well-being to come to school
			 ready to engage in the learning process every day.
			(5)Promoting and
			 enabling family and community engagement in the education of children.
			(6)Enabling more
			 efficient use of Federal, State, local, and private sector resources that serve
			 children and families.
			(7)Facilitating the
			 coordination and integration of programs and services operated by
			 community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and State, local, and
			 tribal governments.
			(8)Engaging students
			 as resources to their communities.
			(9)Engaging the
			 business community and other community organizations as partners in the
			 development and operation of full-service community schools.
			3.DefinitionsIn this Act:
			(1)ESEA
			 definitionsThe terms elementary school, local
			 educational agency, and secondary school have the meanings
			 given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
			 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
			(2)Full-service
			 community schoolThe term full-service community
			 school means a public elementary or secondary school that—
				(A)participates in a
			 community-based effort to coordinate and integrate educational, developmental,
			 family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based
			 organizations and public and private partnerships; and
				(B)provides access to
			 such services to students, families, and the community, such as access during
			 the school year (including before- and after-school hours), as well as during
			 the summer.
				4.Local
			 programs
			(a)GrantsThe
			 Secretary of Education (in this Act referred to as the
			 Secretary) may award grants to eligible entities to assist
			 public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community
			 schools.
			(b)Use of
			 fundsGrants awarded under this section shall be used to—
				(1)coordinate not
			 less than 3 existing qualified services and provide not less than 2 additional
			 qualified services at 1 or more public elementary or secondary schools;
				(2)integrate multiple
			 services into a comprehensive, coordinated continuum supported by
			 research-based activities which achieve the performance goals established under
			 subsection (c)(4)(E) to meet the holistic needs of young people; and
				(3)if applicable,
			 coordinate and integrate services provided by community-based organizations and
			 government agencies with services provided by specialized instructional support
			 personnel.
				(c)ApplicationTo
			 seek a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application
			 to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.
			 The Secretary shall require that each such application include the
			 following:
				(1)A
			 description of the eligible entity.
				(2)A
			 memorandum of understanding among all partner entities that will assist the
			 eligible entity to coordinate and provide qualified services and that describes
			 the roles the partner entities will assume.
				(3)A
			 description of the capacity of the eligible entity to coordinate and provide
			 qualified services at a full-service community school.
				(4)A
			 comprehensive plan that includes descriptions of the following:
					(A)The student,
			 family, and school community to be served, including information about
			 demographic characteristics.
					(B)A needs assessment
			 that identifies the academic, physical, social, emotional, health, mental
			 health, and other needs of students, families, and community residents.
					(C)A community assets
			 assessment which identifies existing resources which could be aligned.
					(D)The most
			 appropriate metric to describe the plan’s reach within a community using
			 either—
						(i)the
			 number of families and students to be served, and the frequency of services;
			 or
						(ii)the
			 proportion of families and students to be served, and the frequency of
			 services.
						(E)Yearly measurable
			 performance goals, including an increase in the percentage of families and
			 students targeted for services each year of the program, which are consistent
			 with the following objectives:
						(i)Children are ready
			 for school.
						(ii)Students are
			 engaged and achieving academically.
						(iii)Students are
			 physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally healthy.
						(iv)Schools and
			 neighborhoods are safe and provide a positive climate for learning.
						(v)Families are
			 supportive and engaged in their children’s education.
						(vi)Students and
			 families are prepared for postsecondary education and 21st century
			 careers.
						(vii)Students are
			 contributing to their communities.
						(F)Performance
			 measures to monitor progress toward attainment of the goals established under
			 subparagraph (E), including a combination of the following, to the extent
			 applicable:
						(i)Multiple objective
			 measures of student achievement, including assessments, classroom grades, and
			 other means of assessing student performance.
						(ii)Attendance
			 (including absences related to illness and truancy) and chronic absenteeism
			 rates.
						(iii)Disciplinary
			 actions against students.
						(iv)Access to health
			 care and treatment of illnesses demonstrated to impact academic
			 achievement.
						(v)Performance in
			 making progress toward intervention services goals as established by
			 specialized instructional support personnel.
						(vi)Participation
			 rates by parents and family members in school-sanctioned activities and
			 activities that occur as a result of community and school collaboration, as
			 well as activities intended to support adult education and workforce
			 development.
						(vii)Number and
			 percentage of students and family members provided services under this
			 Act.
						(viii)Valid measures
			 of postsecondary education and career readiness.
						(ix)Service-learning
			 and community service participation rates.
						(G)Qualified
			 services, including existing and additional qualified services, to be
			 coordinated and provided by the eligible entity and its partner entities,
			 including an explanation of—
						(i)why
			 such services have been selected;
						(ii)how
			 such services will improve student academic achievement; and
						(iii)how such
			 services will address performance goals established under subparagraph
			 (E).
						(H)Plans to ensure
			 that each site has full-time coordination of qualified services at each
			 full-service community school, including coordination with existing specialized
			 instructional support personnel.
					(I)Planning,
			 coordination, management, and oversight of qualified services at each school to
			 be served, including the role of the school principal, partner entities,
			 parents, and members of the community.
					(J)Funding sources
			 for qualified services to be coordinated and provided at each school to be
			 served, whether such funding is derived from a grant under this section or from
			 other Federal, State, local, or private sources.
					(K)Plans for
			 professional development for personnel managing, coordinating, or delivering
			 qualified services at the schools to be served.
					(L)Plans for joint
			 utilization and maintenance of school facilities by the eligible entity and its
			 partner entities.
					(M)How the eligible
			 entity and its partner entities will focus services on schools eligible for a
			 schoolwide program under section 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
			 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314).
					(N)Plans for periodic
			 evaluation based upon attainment of the performance measures described in
			 subparagraph (F).
					(O)How the qualified
			 services will meet the principles of effectiveness described in subsection
			 (d).
					(5)A
			 plan for sustainability.
				(d)Principles of
			 effectivenessFor a program developed pursuant to this section to
			 meet principles of effectiveness, such program shall be based upon—
				(1)an assessment of
			 objective data regarding the need for the establishment of a full-service
			 community school and qualified services at each school to be served and in the
			 community involved;
				(2)an established set
			 of performance measures aimed at ensuring the availability and effectiveness of
			 high-quality services; and
				(3)if appropriate,
			 scientifically based research that provides evidence that the qualified
			 services involved will help students meet State and local student academic
			 achievement standards.
				(e)PriorityIn
			 awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to
			 eligible entities that—
				(1)(A)will serve a minimum of
			 1 or more full-service community schools eligible for a schoolwide program
			 under section 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
			 U.S.C. 6314), as part of a community- or district-wide strategy; or
					(B)include a local educational agency that
			 satisfies the requirements of—
						(i)subparagraph (A) or (B) of section
			 6211(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
			 7345(b)(1)); or
						(ii)subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
			 section 6221(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
			 U.S.C. 7351(b)(1)); and
						(2)will be connected
			 to a consortium comprised of a broad representation of stakeholders, or a
			 consortium demonstrating a history of effectiveness.
				(f)Grant
			 periodEach grant awarded under this section shall be for a
			 period of 5 years and may be renewed at the discretion of the Secretary based
			 on the eligible entity's demonstrated effectiveness in meeting the performance
			 goals and measures established under subparagraphs (E) and (F) of subsection
			 (c)(4).
			(g)PlanningThe
			 Secretary may authorize an eligible entity to use grant funds under this
			 section for planning purposes in an amount not greater than 10 percent of the
			 total grant amount.
			(h)Minimum
			 amountThe Secretary may not award a grant to an eligible entity
			 under this section in an amount that is less than $75,000 for each year of the
			 5-year grant period.
			(i)DefinitionsIn
			 this section—
				(1)the term
			 additional qualified services means qualified services directly
			 funded under this Act;
				(2)the term
			 eligible entity means a consortium of 1 or more local educational
			 agencies and 1 or more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations,
			 or other public or private entities;
				(3)the term
			 existing qualified services means qualified services already being
			 financed, as of the time of the application, by Federal, State, local or
			 private sources, or volunteer activities being supported as of such time by
			 civic, business, faith-based, social, and other similar organizations;
			 and
				(4)the term
			 qualified services means any of the following:
					(A)Early childhood
			 education.
					(B)Remedial education
			 activities and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time.
					(C)Summer enrichment
			 and learning experiences.
					(D)Programs under the
			 Head Start Act, including Early Head Start programs.
					(E)Nurse home
			 visitation services.
					(F)Programs that
			 promote parental involvement and family literacy, including the Reading First,
			 Early Reading First, and William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy
			 programs authorized in part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
			 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.).
					(G)Mentoring and
			 other youth development programs.
					(H)Parent leadership
			 development activities.
					(I)Parenting
			 education activities.
					(J)Child care
			 services.
					(K)Community service
			 and service-learning opportunities.
					(L)Developmentally
			 appropriate physical education.
					(M)Programs that
			 provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or
			 expelled.
					(N)Job training and
			 career counseling services.
					(O)Nutrition
			 services.
					(P)Primary health and
			 dental care.
					(Q)Mental health
			 counseling services.
					(R)Adult education,
			 including instruction in English as a second language.
					(S)Juvenile crime
			 prevention and rehabilitation programs.
					(T)Specialized
			 instructional support services.
					(U)Homeless
			 prevention services.
					(V)Other services
			 consistent with this Act.
					5.State
			 programs
			(a)GrantsThe
			 Secretary may award grants to State collaboratives to support the development
			 of full-service community school programs in accordance with this
			 section.
			(b)Use of
			 fundsGrants awarded under this section shall be used only for
			 the following:
				(1)Developing a State
			 comprehensive results and indicators framework to implement full-service
			 community schools, consistent with performance goals described in section
			 4(c)(4)(E).
				(2)Planning,
			 coordinating, and expanding the development of full-service community schools
			 in the State, particularly schools in high-poverty local educational agencies,
			 including high-poverty rural local educational agencies.
				(3)Providing
			 technical assistance and training for full-service community schools, including
			 professional development for personnel and creation of data collection and
			 evaluation systems.
				(4)Collecting,
			 evaluating, and reporting data about the progress of full-service community
			 schools.
				(5)Evaluating the
			 impact of State and Federal policies and guidelines on the ability of eligible
			 entities (as defined in section 4(i)) to integrate Federal and State programs
			 at full-service community schools, and taking action to make necessary
			 changes.
				(c)ApplicationTo
			 seek a grant under this section, a State collaborative shall submit an
			 application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
			 may require. The Secretary shall require that each such application include the
			 following:
				(1)A
			 memorandum of understanding among all governmental agencies and nonprofit
			 organizations that will participate as members of the State
			 collaborative.
				(2)A
			 description of the expertise of each member of the State collaborative—
					(A)in coordinating
			 Federal and State programs across multiple agencies;
					(B)in working with
			 and developing the capacity of full-service community schools; and
					(C)in working with
			 high-poverty schools or rural schools and local educational agencies.
					(3)A
			 comprehensive plan describing how the grant will be used to plan, coordinate,
			 and expand the delivery of services at full-service community schools.
				(4)A
			 comprehensive accountability plan that will be used to demonstrate
			 effectiveness, including the measurable performance goals of the program and
			 performance measures to monitor progress and assess services’ impact on
			 students and families and academic achievement.
				(5)An explanation of
			 how the State collaborative will work to ensure State policies and guidelines
			 can support the development of full-service community schools, as well as
			 provide technical assistance and training, including professional development,
			 for full-service community schools.
				(6)An explanation of
			 how the State will collect and evaluate information on full-service community
			 schools.
				(d)Grant
			 periodEach grant awarded under this section shall be for a
			 period of 5 years.
			(e)Minimum
			 amountThe Secretary may not award a grant to a State
			 collaborative under this section in an amount that is less than $500,000 for
			 each year of the 5-year grant period.
			(f)DefinitionsFor
			 purposes of this section—
				(1)the term
			 State includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the
			 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
			 American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other territory
			 or possession of the United States; and
				(2)the term
			 State collaborative means a collaborative of a State educational
			 agency and not less than 2 other governmental agencies or nonprofit
			 organizations that provide services to children and families.
				6.Advisory
			 committee
			(a)EstablishmentThere
			 is hereby established an advisory committee to be known as the
			 Full-Service Community Schools Advisory Committee (in this
			 section referred to as the Advisory Committee).
			(b)DutiesSubject
			 to subsection (c), the Advisory Committee shall—
				(1)consult with the
			 Secretary on the development and implementation of programs under this
			 Act;
				(2)identify
			 strategies to improve the coordination of Federal programs in support of
			 full-service community schools; and
				(3)issue an annual
			 report to the Congress on efforts under this Act, including a description
			 of—
					(A)the results of
			 local and national evaluations of such efforts; and
					(B)the scope of
			 services being coordinated under this Act.
					(c)ConsultationIn
			 carrying out its duties under this section, the Advisory Committee shall
			 consult annually with eligible entities awarded grants under section 4, State
			 collaboratives awarded grants under section 5, and other entities with
			 expertise in operating full-service community schools.
			(d)MembersThe
			 Advisory Committee shall consist of 5 members as follows:
				(1)The Secretary of
			 Education (or the Secretary’s delegate).
				(2)The Attorney
			 General of the United States (or the Attorney General’s delegate).
				(3)The Secretary of
			 Agriculture (or the Secretary’s delegate).
				(4)The Secretary of
			 Health and Human Services (or the Secretary’s delegate).
				(5)The Secretary of
			 Labor (or the Secretary’s delegate).
				7.General
			 provisions
			(a)Technical
			 assistanceThe Secretary, directly or through grants, shall
			 provide such technical assistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the
			 purposes of this Act.
			(b)Evaluations by
			 secretaryThe Secretary shall conduct evaluations on the
			 effectiveness of grants under sections 4 and 5 in achieving the purposes of
			 this Act.
			(c)Evaluations by
			 granteesThe Secretary shall require each recipient of a grant
			 under this Act—
				(1)to conduct
			 periodic evaluations of the progress achieved with the grant toward achieving
			 the purposes of this Act;
				(2)to use such
			 evaluations to refine and improve activities conducted with the grant and the
			 performance measures for such activities; and
				(3)to make the
			 results of such evaluations publicly available, including by providing public
			 notice of such availability.
				(d)Construction
			 clauseNothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or
			 otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded school or school
			 district employees under Federal, State, or local laws (including applicable
			 regulations or court orders) or under the terms of collective bargaining
			 agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements between such
			 employees and their employers.
			(e)Supplement, not
			 supplantFunds made available to a grantee under this Act may be
			 used only to supplement, and not supplant, any other Federal, State, or local
			 funds that would otherwise be available to carry out the activities assisted
			 under this Act.
			(f)Matching
			 funds
				(1)In
			 generalThe Secretary shall require each recipient of a grant
			 under this Act to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an amount
			 determined under paragraph (2).
				(2)Determination of
			 amount of match
					(A)Sliding
			 scaleSubject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall determine
			 the amount of matching funds to be required of a grantee under this subsection
			 based on a sliding fee scale that takes into account—
						(i)the
			 relative poverty of the population to be targeted by the grantee; and
						(ii)the
			 ability of the grantee to obtain such matching funds.
						(B)Maximum
			 amountThe Secretary may not require any grantee under this
			 section to provide matching funds in an amount that exceeds the amount of the
			 grant award.
					(3)In-kind
			 contributionsThe Secretary shall permit grantees under this
			 section to match funds in whole or in part with in-kind contributions.
				(4)ConsiderationNotwithstanding
			 this subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an applicant’s ability to
			 match funds when determining which applicants will receive grants under this
			 Act.
				(g)Special
			 ruleEntities receiving funds under this Act shall comply with
			 all existing Federal statutes that prohibit discrimination.
			8.Authorization of
			 appropriations
			(a)In
			 generalThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
			 Act such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2012 through
			 2016.
			(b)AllocationOf
			 the amounts appropriated to carry out this Act for each fiscal year—
				(1)85 percent shall be for section 4, and of
			 the funds allocated for new grants under such section, at least 10 percent
			 shall be made available for local educational agencies that satisfy the
			 requirements of—
					(A)subparagraph (A)
			 or (B) of section 6211(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
			 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7345(b)(1)); or
					(B)subparagraphs (A)
			 and (B) of section 6221(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
			 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351(b)(1));
					(2)10 percent shall
			 be for section 5; and
				(3)5 percent shall be for subsections (a) and
			 (b) of section 7, of which not less than $500,000 shall be for technical
			 assistance under section 7(a).