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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MEDAL.

After September 1, 2001, the President may award, and present in
the name of Congress, a Medal of Valor of appropriate design, with
ribbons and appurtenances, to a public safety officer who is cited by
the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor
Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of
duty. The Public Safety Medal of Valor shall be the highest national
award for valor by a public safety officer.

SEC. 3. MEDAL OF VALOR BOARD.

(a) Establishment of Board.--There is established a Medal of Valor
Review Board (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ''Board''),
which shall be composed of 11 members appointed in accordance with
subsection (b) and shall conduct its business in accordance with this
Act.
(b) Membership.--
(1) Members.--The members of the Board shall be individuals
with knowledge or expertise, whether by experience or training,
in the field of public safety, of which--
(A) two shall be appointed by the majority leader
of the Senate;
(B) two shall be appointed by the minority leader
of the Senate;
(C) two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives;
(D) two shall be appointed by the minority leader
of the House of Representatives; and
(E) three shall be appointed by the President,
including one with experience in firefighting, one with
experience in law enforcement, and one with experience
in emergency services.
(2) Term.--The term of a Board member shall be 4 years.
(3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the membership of the Board
shall not affect the powers of the Board and shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment.
(4) Operation of the board.--
(A) Chairman.--The Chairman of the Board shall be
elected by the members of the Board from among the
members of the Board.
(B) Meetings.--The Board shall conduct its first
meeting not later than 90 days after the appointment of
the last member appointed of the initial group of
members appointed to the Board. Thereafter, the Board
shall meet at the call of the Chairman of the Board.
The Board shall meet not less often than twice each
year.
(C) Voting and rules.--A majority of the members
shall constitute a quorum to conduct business, but the
Board may establish a lesser quorum for conducting
hearings scheduled by the Board. The Board may
establish by majority vote any other rules for the
conduct of the Board's business, if such rules are not
inconsistent with this Act or other applicable law.
(c) Duties.--The Board shall select candidates as recipients of the
Medal of Valor from among those applications received by the National
Medal of Valor Office. Not more often than once each year, the Board
shall present to the Attorney General the name or names of those it
recommends as Medal of Valor recipients. In a given year, the Board
shall not be required to select any recipients but may not select more
than 5 recipients. The Attorney General may in extraordinary cases
increase the number of recipients in a given year. The Board shall set
an annual timetable for fulfilling its duties under this Act.
(d) Hearings.--
(1) In general.--The Board may hold such hearings, sit and
act at such times and places, administer such oaths, take such
testimony, and receive such evidence as the Board considers
advisable to carry out its duties.
(2) Witness expenses.--Witnesses requested to appear before
the Board may be paid the same fees as are paid to witnesses
under section 1821 of title 28, United States Code. The per
diem and mileage allowances for witnesses shall be paid from
funds appropriated to the Board.
(e) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Board may secure
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the
Board considers necessary to carry out its duties. Upon the request of
the Board, the head of such department or agency may furnish such
information to the Board.
(f) Information To Be Kept Confidential.--The Board shall not
disclose any information which may compromise an ongoing law
enforcement investigation or is otherwise required by law to be kept
confidential.

SEC. 4. BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.

(a) Compensation of Members.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), each member of the Board shall be compensated at a rate equal to
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which
such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Board.
(2) All members of the Board who serve as officers or employees of
the United States, a State, or a local government, shall serve without
compensation in addition to that received for those services.
(b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Board shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular
places of business in the performance of service for the Board.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Public safety officer.--The term ''public safety
officer'' means a person serving a public agency, with or
without compensation, as a firefighter, law enforcement
officer, or emergency services officer, as determined by the
Attorney General. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
''law enforcement officer'' includes a person who is a
corrections or court officer or a civil defense officer.
(2) State.--The term ''State'' means each of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

SEC. 7. NATIONAL MEDAL OF VALOR OFFICE.

There is established within the Department of Justice a National
Medal of Valor Office. The Office shall provide staff support to the
Board to establish criteria and procedures for the submission of
recommendations of nominees for the Medal of Valor and for the final
design of the Medal of Valor.

SEC. 8. CONFORMING REPEAL.

Section 15 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
(15 U.S.C. 2214) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
new subsection (a):
''(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established an honorary award
for the recognition of outstanding and distinguished service by public
safety officers to be known as the Director's Award For Distinguished
Public Safety Service ('Director's Award').'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
(B) by striking ''(2)'';
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and redesignating
subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), and (e),
respectively; and
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
(B) by striking ''(2)''.

SEC. 9. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.

The Board shall consult with the Institute of Heraldry within the
Department of Defense regarding the design and artistry of the Medal of
Valor. The Board may also consider suggestions received by the
Department of Justice regarding the design of the medal, including
those made by persons not employed by the Department.

Passed the Senate May 14, 2001.

Attest:

Secretary.
107th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 39

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To provide a national medal for public safety officers who act with
extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, and for other
purposes.

Ex Output:
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 - Allows the President to award, and present in the name of the Congress, a Medal of Valor to a public safety officer cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. Provides that the Public Safety Medal of Valor shall be the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer.Establishes a Medal of Valor Review Board to select candidates to receive the Medal from among applications received by the National Medal of Valor Office. Requires the Board to consult with the Institute of Heraldry in the Department of Defense regarding the design of the Medal.Authorizes appropriations.Establishes within the Department of Justice a National Medal of Valor Office to provide staff support to the Board to establish criteria and procedures for the submission of nominee recommendations for the Medal and for the final design of the Medal.Amends the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish an honorary Director's (Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) Award for Distinguished Public Safety Service for the recognition of outstanding and distinguished service by public safety officers (repeals provisions regarding the President's Award for Outstanding Public Safety Service and the Secretary of Commerce's Award for Distinguished Public Safety Service).

Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) It is in the highest strategic interest of the United
States to field a fully operational missile defense system to
defend against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMs) of rogue nations, including North Korea and Iran.
(2) In the past year, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea tested a nuclear weapon and an intercontinental ballistic
missile and has made claims that it now possesses the ability
to miniaturize a nuclear warhead.
(3) The ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element of the
ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) is one of the most
critical capabilities needed to defend the United States
against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles,
conventional and nuclear.
(4) The test program of the Missile Defense Agency provides
vital data to demonstrate the operational effectiveness,
suitability, and survivability of the ballistic missile defense
system, and it contributes to United States nonproliferation
goals by sending a very credible message to the international
community on the ability of the United States to defeat
ballistic missiles in flight, thus reducing their value to
potential adversaries.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY OF GROUND-BASED
MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM.

(a) Testing Required.--Except as provided in subsection (c), not
less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency shall administer an intercept flight test of the ground-
based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense
system.
(b) Requirements.--The Director shall ensure that each test carried
out under subsection (a) provides, when possible, for one or more of
the following:
(1) Validation of the operational effectiveness of the
ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile
defense system.
(2) Use of assets in their operational configuration
against an inventory of targets to assess all aspects of
ground-based midcourse defense elements of the ballistic
missile defense system performance in a variety of flight test
regimes.
(3) Use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints.
(4) Evaluation of new concepts of operations and exercising
tactics, techniques, and procedures.
(5) Mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the
Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse
defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, its
hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its inherent operational
capability.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Nonintercept test.--The Director may forgo a test under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director, determines that conducting the
test would--
(A) jeopardize national security;
(B) not be successful due to specific ground-based
midcourse defense components needing a nonintercept
test; and
(C) likely lead to failure due to impractical time
considerations.
(2) Funding.--The Director may forgo a test under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director, determines that the test is not
sufficiently funded.
(3) National security waiver.--
(A) In general.--The Director may forgo a test
under subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary
of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency, Director of National
Intelligence, and the Commander of United States
Northern Command (NORTHCOM), determines that the
provision of testing as described in that subsection is
detrimental to the national security interests of the
United States.
(B) Notice required.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days
after forgoing a test pursuant to subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees notice
regarding the foregone test.
(ii) Elements.--Notice submitted under
clause (i) shall include the following:
(I) The rationale for forgoing the
test.
(II) The national security
interests of the United States
preventing the test.
(III) A plan to complete the
intercept test in the following fiscal
year, which does not affect testing in
following fiscal years.
(iii) Form.--Each notice under clause (ii)
shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but
may include a classified annex.
(d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ''congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

Ex Output:
Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) Missile Defense Agency to administer an intercept flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system at least once each fiscal year. Each test shall provide for: validation of the defense element's operational effectiveness; use of assets in their operational configuration against an inventory of targets to assess performance in a variety of flight test regimes; use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints; evaluation of new concepts of operations, tactics, and techniques; and mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse defense element, its hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its operational capability. The Agency may forgo a test if: it would jeopardize national security, not be successful due to specific ground-based midcourse defense components needing a non-intercept test, and likely fail due to impractical time considerations; or funding is insufficient. The Agency also may forgo a test if DOD determines that the testing is detrimental to U.S. national security interests and provides notice to Congress.

Ex Input:
SECTION 1. STALKING.

(a) Offense.--Chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
''Sec. 880. Stalking
''(a) Definitions.--In this section--
'' 'course of conduct' means a pattern of conduct composed
of a series of acts over a period of time (regardless of length
of time) evidencing a continuity of purpose.
'' 'credible threat' means a threat to cause great bodily
injury or death to a person made with the intent to place the
person in reasonable fear of great bodily injury or death to
himself or herself or a member of his or her family and with
the apparent ability to carry out the threat.
'' 'harass' means to engage in a knowing and willful course
of conduct that--
''(A) is directed at a particular person;
''(B) seriously alarms, disturbs, harasses, or
terrorizes the person;
''(C) serves no legitimate purpose;
''(D) would cause a reasonable person to suffer
substantial emotional distress; and
''(E) in fact causes substantial emotional distress
to the person.
'' 'prior conviction' means--
''(A) a conviction under this section; and
''(B) a conviction under State law prohibiting
conduct that is prohibited by this section.
'' 'protection order' means an order of any court that--
''(A) restrains a person from engaging in conduct
prohibited by this section; or
''(B) restrains a person from intentionally coming
into unsolicited contact, directly or indirectly, with
a person protected under this section.
'' 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.
''(b) Offenses.--(1) A person who, in the special maritime and
territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the course of
interstate travel, or by the use of an instrument of interstate or
foreign commerce, harasses or makes a credible threat against another
person shall be imprisoned not more than 2 years, fined not more than
$5,000, or both.
''(2) A person who is under a protection order who, in the special
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the
course of interstate travel, or by the use of an instrument of
interstate or foreign commerce, harasses or makes a credible threat
against another person shall be imprisoned not less than 2 years nor
more than 4 years, fined not less than $5,000 nor more than $100,000,
or both.
''(3) A person with a prior stalking conviction who, in the special
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the
course of interstate travel, or by the use of an instrument of
interstate or foreign commerce, harasses or makes a credible threat
against another person shall be imprisoned not less than 5 years nor
more than 10 years, fined not less than $25,000 nor more than $200,000,
or both.
''(c) Rule of Construction.--For the purposes of subsection (b), a
person shall be considered to engage in conduct in the course of
interstate or foreign travel if--
''(1) the person travels from 1 State to another or from a
foreign country to a State with the intention of engaging in
that conduct; and
''(2) the person engages in the conduct within 30 days
after entering the State in which the conduct occurs.
''(d) Prosecutorial Discretion.--An offense under subsection (b)
that is also an offense within the jurisdiction of a State shall not be
prosecuted by the United States under this section unless the Attorney
General (or the highest ranking subordinate of the Attorney General
with responsibility for criminal prosecutions) makes a written
determination that, in the judgment of the official who makes the
determination, the offender will not be expeditiously or effectively
prosecuted under State law.''.
''(e) Counseling.--If probation is granted to an offender under
this section, it shall be a condition of probation that the offender
participate in counseling, unless the court, upon a showing of good
cause, finds that counseling is not necessary.
''(f) Injunction.--
''(1) In general.--A court shall consider issuing an order
enjoining an offender under this section from any contact with
the victim for a period of up to 10 years.
''(2) Duration.--(A) The duration of an injunction under
this subsection shall be determined in light of--
''(i) the seriousness of the facts before the
court;
''(ii) the likelihood that the offender will
violate this section again; and
''(iii) the safety of the victim and the victim's
immediate family.
''(B) The duration of an injunction under this subsection
may be longer than 5 years only in an extreme case in which a
longer duration is necessary to protect the safety of the
victim or the victim's immediate family.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 41,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:

''880. Stalking.''.

Ex Output:
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties with respect to a person who: (1) in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the course of interstate travel, or by the use of an instrument of interstate or foreign commerce, harasses or makes a credible threat against another person; (2) under a protection order engages in such conduct; and (3) with a prior stalking conviction engages in such conduct.
Prohibits an offense within the jurisdiction of a State from being prosecuted by the United States under such provisions unless the Attorney General (or the highest ranking subordinate of the Attorney General with responsibility for criminal prosecutions) makes a written determination that the offender will not be expeditiously or effectively prosecuted under State law.
Requires as a condition of probation granted to an offender under such provisions that the offender participate in counseling, unless the court finds that counseling is not necessary.
Requires a court to consider issuing an order enjoining an offender from any contact with the victim for a period of up to ten years.