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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

(a) Automobile.--Section 32901(a)(3) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ''4-wheeled''; and
(2) by striking '', and rated at--'' and all that follows
and inserting a period.
(b) Medium-Duty Truck.--Section 32901(a) of such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), and (16) as
paragraphs (15), (16), and (17), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:
''(14) 'medium-duty truck' means a truck (as defined in
section 30127) with a gross vehicle weight between 10,000 and
26,000 pounds.''.
(c) Passenger Automobile.--Section 32901(a)(17) of such title, as
redesignated by subsection (b)(1), is amended by striking ''decides by
regulation--'' and all that follows through the period and inserting
''determines by regulation, to have a significant feature (except 4-
wheel drive) designed for off-highway operation.''.
(d) Fuel Economy Information.--Section 32908(a) of such title is
amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ''Definitions''
and inserting ''Definition''; and
(2) by striking ''section--'' and all that follows through
''(2)'' and inserting ''section, the term''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL INCREASE IN AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.

(a) Fuel Efficiency Standards.--
(1) In general.--Section 32902 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) through (c) and
inserting the following:
''(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months before the beginning of
each model year beginning with model year 2012, the Secretary of
Transportation, shall prescribe, by regulation, average fuel economy
standards for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for that model
year in accordance with subsection (b). The Secretary of Transportation
shall prescribe separate average fuel economy standards for different
classes of automobiles. The Secretary shall establish average fuel
economy standards for medium-duty trucks that are consistent with the
projected benefits of hybridization.
''(b) Annual Increases in Fuel Economy Standards.--
''(1) For model year 2012.--For model year 2012, the
average fuel economy standard for each class of automobiles
shall be the average combined highway and city miles per gallon
performance of all automobiles within that class of automobiles
in 2011 (rounded to the nearest /10\ mile per gallon).
''(2) For model years after model year 2012.--For each
model year beginning with model year 2013 and ending with model
year 2030, the average fuel economy attained by the fleet of
automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States shall be
at least 4 percent greater than the average fuel economy
standard for the fleet in the previous model year (rounded to
the nearest /10\ mile per gallon).
''(c) Amending Fuel Economy Standards.--
''(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b),
the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe an average fuel
economy standard for a class of automobiles in a model year
that is lower than the standard required under subsection (b)
if the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the
National Academy of Sciences, determines that the average fuel
economy standard prescribed in accordance with subsections (a)
and (b) for that class of automobiles in that model year--
''(A) is not technologically achievable;
''(B) cannot be achieved without materially
reducing the overall safety of automobiles manufactured
or sold in the United States and no offsetting safety
improvements can be practicably implemented for that
model year; or
''(C) is shown not to be cost effective.
''(2) Maximum standard.--Any average fuel economy standard
prescribed for a class of automobiles in a model year under
paragraph (1) shall be the maximum standard that--
''(A) is technologically achievable;
''(B) can be achieved without materially reducing
the overall safety of automobiles manufactured or sold
in the United States; and
''(C) is cost effective.
''(3) Considerations in determination of cost
effectiveness.--In determining cost effectiveness under
paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary of Transportation shall take
into account the total value to the United States of reduced
petroleum use, including the value of reducing external costs
of petroleum use, using a value for such costs equal to 50
percent of the value of 1 gallon of gasoline saved or the
amount determined in an analysis of the external costs of
petroleum use that considers--
''(A) value to consumers;
''(B) economic security;
''(C) national security;
''(D) foreign policy;
''(E) the impact of oil use--
''(i) on sustained cartel rents paid to
foreign suppliers;
''(ii) on long-run potential gross domestic
product due to higher normal-market oil price
levels, including inflationary impacts;
''(iii) on import costs, wealth transfers,
and potential gross domestic product due to
increased trade imbalances;
''(iv) on import costs and wealth transfers
during oil shocks;
''(v) on macroeconomic dislocation and
adjustment costs during oil shocks;
''(vi) on the cost of existing energy
security policies, including the management of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
''(vii) on the timing and severity of the
oil peaking problem;
''(viii) on the risk, probability, size,
and duration of oil supply disruptions;
''(ix) on the strategic behavior of the
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries and long-run oil pricing;
''(x) on the short term elasticity of
energy demand and the magnitude of price
increases resulting from a supply shock;
''(xi) on oil imports, military costs, and
related security costs, including intelligence,
homeland security, sea lane security and
infrastructure, and other military activities;
''(xii) on oil imports, diplomatic and
foreign policy flexibility, and connections to
geopolitical strife, terrorism, and
international development activities;
''(xiii) all relevant environmental hazards
under the jurisdiction of the Environmental
Protection Agency; and
''(xiv) on well-to-wheels urban and local
air emissions of pollutants and their
uninternalized costs;
''(F) the impact of the oil or energy intensity of
the United States economy on the sensitivity of the
economy to oil price changes, including the magnitude
of gross domestic product losses in response to short
term price shocks or long term price increases;
''(G) the impact of United States payments for oil
imports on political, economic, and military
developments in unstable or unfriendly oil-exporting
countries;
''(H) the uninternalized costs of pipeline and
storage oil seepage, and for risk of oil spills from
production, handling, and transport, and related
landscape damage; and
''(I) additional relevant factors, as determined by
the Secretary.
''(4) Minimum valuation.--When considering the value to
consumers of a gallon of gasoline saved, the Secretary of
Transportation may not use a value less than the greatest of--
''(A) the average national cost of a gallon of
gasoline sold in the United States during the 12-month
period ending on the date on which the new fuel economy
standard is proposed;
''(B) the most recent weekly estimate by the Energy
Information Administration of the Department of Energy
of the average national cost of a gallon of gasoline
(all grades) sold in the United States; and
''(C) the gasoline prices projected by the Energy
Information Administration for the 20-year period
beginning in the year following the year in which the
standards are established.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Title 49, United States Code,
is amended--
(A) in section 32902--
(i) in subsection (d) by striking
''subsection (b) or (c) of this section'' and
inserting ''subsection (a), (b), or (c)'';
(ii) by striking subsection (f);
(iii) in subsection (g)--
(I) by striking ''subsection (a) or
(d)'' and inserting ''this section'';
and
(II) by striking ''(and submit the
amendment to Congress when required
under subsection (c)(2) of this
section)''; and
(iv) in subsection (h) by striking
''subsections (c), (f), and (g) of this
section'' and inserting ''subsections (c) and
(g)'';
(B) in section 32903--
(i) by striking ''section 32902(b)-(d) of
this title'' each place it occurs and inserting
''subsections (a) through (d) of section
32902''; and
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking
''section 32902(a) of this title'' and
inserting ''subsections (a) through (d) of
section 32902''; and
(C) in section 32904--
(i) in subsection (a)--
(I) by striking ''subject to--''
and all that follows through ''(B)
section 32902(a)-(d) of this title''
and inserting ''subject to subsections
(a) through (d) of section 32902''; and
(II) by redesignating clauses (i)
and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively.
(b) Repeal of Credit for Dual Fueled Automobiles.--
(1) In general.--Section 32905 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
''(b) Dual Fueled Automobiles.--The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall measure the fuel economy for any
model of dual fueled automobile manufactured in model year 2012 and any
model year thereafter, in accordance with section 32904.''; and
(B) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
''(d) Gaseous Fuel Dual Fueled Automobiles.--The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall measure the fuel economy for
any model of gaseous fuel dual fueled automobile manufactured in model
year 2012 and any model year thereafter, in accordance with section
32904.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 32905 of such title is
further amended--
(A) by striking subsection (f); and
(B) redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.

Section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by
section 3, is further amended by inserting after subsection (e) the
following:
''(f) Requirement for Annual Increase in Duel Fueled Automobiles.--
Each manufacturer shall ensure that the percentage of automobiles
manufactured by such manufacturer in each of model years 2012 through
2022 that are dual fueled automobiles is not less than 10 percent
greater than the percentage of automobiles manufactured by such
manufacturer in the previous model year that are dual fueled
automobiles.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this Act shall--
(1) take effect on January 1, 2010; and
(2) apply to automobiles manufactured for model year 2012
and for each subsequent model year.

Answer: Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007 - Amends corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) provisions to revise the definition of: (1) "automobile" to mean any vehicle that is propelled by fuel, or by alternative fuel, and is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (currently, four-wheeled vehicles that are so propelled and manufactured for such use and that are up to 6,000 pounds and certain vehicles between 6,000 and 10,000 pounds); and (2) "passenger automobile" to eliminate the exception for 4-wheel drive automobiles and vehicles weighing more than 6,000 pounds. Defines "medium-duty truck" as a truck with a gross vehicle weight between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) prescribe separate increased minimum CAFE standards for different classes of automobiles manufactured beginning for model year 2012, but adds an increase of 4% per year in such standard for model years 2013 through 2030; and (2) establish CAFE standards for medium-duty trucks that are consistent with hybridization beginning for model year 2012.

Revises the calculation of fuel economy standards for dual fueled automobiles and gaseous fuel dual fueled automobiles manufactured in model year 2012 and beyond to require using the same calculation provisions as used for gas or diesel fueled vehicles. Repeals provisions allowing the Department of Transportation (DOT) to extend manufacturing credits for such automobiles.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Veterans Health Care Access Received
Closer to Home Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) veterans who are authorized by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to receive health care in the community must
not lose the high quality, safety, care coordination, and other
veteran-centric elements that the health care system of the
Department of Veterans Affairs provides;
(2) many veterans receive health care from both the
Department and community providers but the lack of care
coordination among the Department and community providers when
veterans receive purchased care places veterans at risk for
poor health outcomes and results in inefficient use of finite
health care resources;
(3) veteran-centric care coordination is associated with
improved patient outcomes, as Department and non-Department
health care teams coordinate and collaborate to provide the
best care for veterans; and
(4) if the Secretary purchases care for veterans from the
private sector, such care must be secured in a cost-effective
manner, in a way that complements the larger health care system
of the Department by using industry standards for care and
costs.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM OF ENHANCED
CONTRACT CARE AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF
VETERANS.

Section 403 of the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care
Improvements Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ''120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting
''90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act
of 2014''; and
(B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
''(4) Program locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the
pilot program at locations in the following Veterans Integrated
Service Networks (and such other locations as the Secretary
considers appropriate):
''(A) Veterans Integrated Service Network 1.
''(B) Veterans Integrated Service Network 6.
''(C) Veterans Integrated Service Network 15.
''(D) Veterans Integrated Service Network 18.
''(E) Veterans Integrated Service Network 19.'';
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
''(b) Covered Veterans.--For purposes of the pilot program under
this section, a covered veteran is any rural or highly rural veteran
who--
''(1) is--
''(A) enrolled in the system of patient enrollment
established under section 1705(a) of title 38, United
States Code;
''(B) eligible for health care under the laws
administered by the Secretary and enrolls in such
system of patient enrollment not later than 30 days
after the veteran begins receiving covered health
services under the pilot program; or
''(C) eligible for health care under section
1710(e)(3) of such title; and
''(2) resides in a location that is--
''(A) more than 60 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
primary care services, if the veteran is seeking such
services;
''(B) more than 120 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
acute hospital care, if the veteran is seeking such
care; or
''(C) more than 240 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
tertiary care, if the veteran is seeking such care.'';
(3) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (j);
(4) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new
subsections:
''(h) Appointments.--In carrying out the pilot program under this
section, the Secretary shall ensure that medical appointments for
veterans occur during the 30-day period beginning on the date that is
15 days after the date on which the appointment is requested.
''(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall ensure that a veteran eligible
for the pilot program under this section is informed of such
program.''; and
(5) in paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (j), as redesignated
by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking the semicolon at
the end and inserting ''; and''.

Answer: Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress in support of veteran-centric health care coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers, as well as cost-effective VA purchase of veterans' care from the private sector. Amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to reauthorize a VA pilot program of contract care authority within specified Veterans Integrated Service Networks for the health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas who are enrolled in the VA annual patient enrollment system. Requires: (1) that medical appointments for veterans, under the pilot program, occur during the 30-day period beginning on the date that is 15 days after the appointment is requested, and (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that eligible veterans are informed of the program.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ethiopia Democracy and
Accountability Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It is the policy of the United States to--
(1) support the advancement of human rights, democracy,
independence of the judiciary, freedom of the press,
peacekeeping capacity building, and economic development in the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
(2) seek the unconditional release of all political
prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia;
(3) foster stability, democracy, and economic development
in the region;
(4) support humanitarian assistance efforts, especially in
the Ogaden region;
(5) collaborate with Ethiopia in the Global War on Terror;
and
(6) strengthen United States-Ethiopian relations based on
the policy objectives specified in paragraphs (1) through (5).

SEC. 3. SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA.

The Secretary of State shall--
(1) provide financial support to local and national human
rights groups and other relevant civil society organizations to
help strengthen human rights monitoring and regular reporting
on human rights conditions in Ethiopia;
(2) provide legal support, as needed, for political
prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia and assist
local, national, and international groups that are active in
monitoring the status of political prisoners and prisoners of
conscience in Ethiopia;
(3) seek to promote and bolster the independence of the
Ethiopian judiciary through--
(A) facilitation of joint discussions between court
personnel, officials from the Ethiopian Ministry of
Justice, relevant members of the legislature, and civil
society representatives on international human rights
standards; and
(B) encouraging exchanges between Ethiopian and
United States jurists, law schools, law professors, and
law students, especially in legal fields such as
constitutional law, role of the judiciary, due process,
political and voting rights, criminal law and
procedure, and discrimination;
(4) establish a program, in consultation with Ethiopian
civil society, to provide for a judicial monitoring process,
consisting of indigenous organizations, international
organizations, or both, to monitor judicial proceedings
throughout Ethiopia, with special focus on unwarranted
government intervention on matters that are strictly judicial
in nature, and to report on actions needed to strengthen an
independent judiciary;
(5) establish a program, in consultation with Ethiopian
civil society, and provide support to other programs, to
strengthen independent media in Ethiopia, including training,
and technical support;
(6) expand the Voice of America's Ethiopia program;
(7) support efforts of the international community to gain
full and unfettered access to the Ogaden region for--
(A) humanitarian assistance organizations; and
(B) independent human rights experts; and
(8) work with appropriate departments and agencies of the
Government of the United States and appropriate officials of
foreign governments--
(A) to identify members of the Mengistu Haile
Mariam regime and officials of the current Government
of Ethiopia who were engaged in gross human rights
violations, including those individuals who may be
residing in the United States; and
(B) to support and encourage the prosecution of
individuals identified under subparagraph (A) in the
United States or Ethiopia.

SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIZATION IN ETHIOPIA.

(a) Strengthening Local, Regional, and National Democratic
Processes.--The Secretary of State shall--
(1) provide assistance to strengthen local, regional, and
national parliaments and governments in Ethiopia, as needed;
(2) establish a program focused on reconciliation efforts
between the Government of Ethiopia and political parties,
including in minority communities, in preparation for
negotiation and for participation in the political process; and
(3) provide training for civil society groups in election
monitoring in Ethiopia.
(b) Democracy Enhancement.--
(1) Assistance.--United States technical assistance for
democracy promotion in Ethiopia should be made available to all
political parties and civil society groups in Ethiopia.
(2) Restriction.--
(A) In general.--Nonessential United States
assistance shall not be made available to the
Government of Ethiopia if the Government of Ethiopia
acts to obstruct United States technical assistance to
advance human rights, democracy, independence of the
judiciary, freedom of the press, economic development,
and economic freedom in Ethiopia.
(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
''nonessential United States assistance'' means
assistance authorized under any provision of law, other
than humanitarian assistance, food aid programs,
assistance to combat HIV/AIDS and other health care
assistance, peacekeeping assistance, and counter-
terrorism assistance.

SEC. 5. ENSURING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIA.

(a) Limitation on Security Assistance; Travel Restrictions.--
(1) Limitation on security assistance.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), security assistance shall not be provided to
Ethiopia until such time as the certification described
in paragraph (3) is made in accordance with such
paragraph.
(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
with respect to peacekeeping assistance, counter-
terrorism assistance, or international military
education and training for civilian personnel under
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(commonly referred to as ''Expanded IMET'').
Peacekeeping or counter-terrorism assistance provided
to Ethiopia shall not be used for any other security-
related purpose or to provide training to security
personnel or units against whom there is credible
evidence of gross human rights abuses or violations.
(2) Travel restrictions.--Beginning on the date that is 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and until such
time as the certification described in paragraph (3) is made in
accordance with such paragraph, the President shall deny a visa
and entry into the United States to--
(A) any official of the Government of Ethiopia--
(i) who has been involved in giving orders
to use lethal force against peaceful
demonstrators or police officers in Ethiopia;
or
(ii) against whom there is credible
evidence of gross human rights abuses or
violations;
(B) security personnel of the Government of
Ethiopia who were involved in the June or November 2005
shootings of demonstrators;
(C) security personnel responsible for murdering
Etenesh Yemam; and
(D) security personnel responsible for murdering
prisoners at Kaliti prison in the aftermath of the
election violence in 2005.
(3) Certification.--The certification described in this
paragraph is a certification by the President to Congress that
the Government of Ethiopia is making credible, quantifiable
efforts to ensure that--
(A) all political prisoners and prisoners of
conscience in Ethiopia have been released, their civil
and political rights restored, and their property
returned;
(B) prisoners held without charge or kept in
detention without fair trial in violation of the
Constitution of Ethiopia are released or receive a fair
and speedy trial, and prisoners whose charges have been
dismissed or acquitted and are still being held are
released without delay;
(C) the Ethiopian judiciary is able to function
independently and allowed to uphold the Ethiopian
Constitution and international human rights standards;
(D) security personnel involved in the unlawful
killings of demonstrators and others, including Etenesh
Yemam, and Kaliti prisoners are held accountable;
(E) family members, friends, legal counsel, medical
personnel, human rights advocates, and others have
access, consistent with international law, to visit
detainees in Ethiopian prisons;
(F) print and broadcast media in Ethiopia are able
to operate free from undue interference and laws
restricting media freedom, including sections of the
Ethiopian Federal Criminal Code, are revised;
(G) licensing of independent radio and television
in Ethiopia is open and transparent;
(H) Internet access is not restricted by the
government and the ability of citizens to freely send
and receive electronic mail and otherwise obtain
information is guaranteed;
(I) the National Election Board (NEB) includes
representatives of political parties with seats in the
Ethiopian Parliament and the NEB functions
independently in its decision-making;
(J) representatives of international human rights
organizations engaged in human rights monitoring work,
humanitarian aid work, or investigations into human
rights abuses in Ethiopia are admitted to Ethiopia and
allowed to undertake their work in all regions of the
country without undue restriction; and
(K) Ethiopian human rights organizations are able
to operate in an environment free of harassment,
intimidation, and persecution.
(4) Waiver.--
(A) In general.--The President may waive the
application of paragraph (1) or (2) on a case-by-case
basis if the President determines that such a waiver is
in the national security interests of the United
States.
(B) Notification.--Prior to granting a waiver under
the authority of subparagraph (A), the President shall
transmit to Congress a notification that includes the
reasons for the waiver.
(b) Treatment of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience.--
(1) In general.--The President, the Secretary of State, and
other relevant officials of the Government of the United States
shall call upon the Government of Ethiopia to immediately--
(A) release any and all remaining political
prisoners and prisoners of conscience, especially
prisoners held without charge; and
(B) allow full and unfettered access to the Ogaden
region by humanitarian aid organizations and
international human rights investigators.
(2) Torture victim relief.--While it is the responsibility
of the Government of Ethiopia to compensate the victims of
unlawful imprisonment and torture and their families for their
suffering and losses, the President shall provide assistance
for the rehabilitation of victims of torture in Ethiopia at
centers established for such purposes pursuant to section 130
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152).
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Government of the United States should--
(1) encourage the Government of Ethiopia to enter into
discussions with opposition political groups interested in
reconciliation in order to bring such groups into full
participation in the political and economic affairs of
Ethiopia, including their legalization as political parties,
and provide such assistance as is warranted and necessary to
help achieve the goal described in this paragraph; and
(2) provide assistance to promote the privatization of
government owned or controlled industries and properties in
Ethiopia.

SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIA.

(a) Resource Policy Assistance.--The President, acting through the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
and in cooperation with the World Bank and other donors, shall provide
assistance, as needed, for sustainable development of Ethiopia's Nile
and Awash River resources, including assistance to help Ethiopia with
the technology necessary for the construction of irrigation systems and
hydroelectric power that might prevent future famine.
(b) Health Care Assistance.--The President, acting through the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, shall provide material support to hospitals, clinics, and
health care centers in Ethiopia, especially hospitals, clinics, and
health care centers in rural areas.

SEC. 7. REPORT.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the President shall transmit to Congress a report on the
implementation of this Act, including a description of a comprehensive
plan to address issues of security, human rights, including in the
Ogaden region, democratization, and economic freedom that potentially
threaten the stability of Ethiopia.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
(b) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to
remain available until expended.

Passed the House of Representatives October 2, 2007.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.

Answer:
Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) States that is U.S. policy to: (1) support human rights, democracy, independence of the judiciary, freedom of the press, peacekeeping capacity building, and economic development in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; (2) collaborate with Ethiopia in the Global War on Terror; (3) seek the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia; (4) foster stability, democracy, and economic development in the region; (5) support humanitarian assistance efforts, especially in the Ogaden region; and (6) strengthen U.S.-Ethiopian relations.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of State to take specified actions to support human rights and democratization in Ethiopia.

(Sec. 5) Prohibits until the President makes specified congressional certifications: (1) security assistance to Ethiopia, with exceptions for peacekeeping, military education and training for civilian personnel, or counter-terrorism assistance; and (2) U.S. entry of any Ethiopian official involved in giving orders to use lethal force against peaceful demonstrators or accused of gross human rights violations, and government security personnel involved in specified shootings of demonstrators or prisoners, or murdering Etenesh Yemam. Authorizes the President, after congressional notification, to waive such prohibitions for national security purposes.

Directs the President, the Secretary, and other relevant U.S. government officials to call upon the government of Ethiopia to: (1) release all remaining political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, especially prisoners held without charge; and (2) allow full access to the Ogaden region by humanitarian aid organizations and international human rights investigators.

Directs the President to provide assistance for the rehabilitation of Ethiopian torture victims.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should: (1) encourage the government of Ethiopia to enter into discussions with peaceful political groups to bring them into full participation in Ethiopia's political and economic affairs; and (2) provide necessary assistance to help achieve such goal.

(Sec. 6) Directs the President to provide Ethiopia with assistance to: (1) develop Ethiopia's Nile and Awash River resources, including assistance for the construction of irrigation systems and hydroelectric power that might prevent future famine; and (2) support hospitals, clinics, and health care centers, especially in rural areas.

(Sec. 7) Directs the President to report to Congress respecting implementation of this Act.

(Sec. 8) Authorizes FY2008-FY2009 appropriations.