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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Grand Staircase Escalante
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Establishment of Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve.
Sec. 5. Withdrawals.
Sec. 6. Map and legal description.
Sec. 7. Grand Staircase National Monument.
Sec. 8. Kaiparowits National Monument.
Sec. 9. Escalante Canyons National Monument.
Sec. 10. Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve, Grand Staircase
National Monument, Kaiparowits National
Monument, and Escalante Canyons National
Monument Management Council.
Sec. 11. Federal land manager adherence.
Sec. 12. Clarification.
Sec. 13. Restoration of land status.
Sec. 14. Hole in the Rock Road.
Sec. 15. Effect on proclamations.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Management council.--The term ''Management Council''
means the council established under section 10.
(2) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE.

(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the
Escalante Canyons National Monument the ''Escalante Canyons National
Park and Preserve'' in the State of Utah.
(b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of Escalante Canyons National Park
and Preserve are as generally depicted on the map entitled ''____'',
numbered ___, and dated ____. The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of the Escalante Canyons National Park
and Preserve shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance in the
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve--
(1) the unique and nationally important historic, natural,
scenic, and natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.

SEC. 5. WITHDRAWALS.

Subject to valid existing rights, any Federal land within the
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve, including any land or
interest in land that is acquired by the United States after the date
of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from--
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land
laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials,
and geothermal leasing laws.

SEC. 6. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal description
of the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve.
(b) Force and Effect.--The map and legal description submitted
under this section shall have the same force and effect as if included
in this Act, except that the Secretary may make minor modifications of
any clerical or typographical errors in the map or legal description
provided these changes are first reported to the State of Utah,
Garfield and Kane Counties in Utah, and the Management Council.

SEC. 7. GRAND STAIRCASE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

(a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal
land comprising approximately 211,983 acres, identified as ''Grand
Staircase Unit'' and generally depicted on the map entitled ''Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument Modification'' is hereby
established as the ''Grand Staircase National Monument''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Grand Staircase National Monument
shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument's--
(1) unique and nationally important historic, scenic, and
natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.
(c) Map.--
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map
and legal description of the Grand Staircase National Monument
established in this section.
(2) The map and legal description submitted under this
section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this title, except that the Secretary may make minor
modification of any clerical or typographical errors in the map
or legal description provided these changes are first reported
to the State of Utah, Kane County, Utah, and the Management
Council.
(3) A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
field offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 8. KAIPAROWITS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

(a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal
land comprising approximately 551,117 acres, identified as
''Kaiparowits Unit'' and generally depicted on the map entitled ''Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument Modification'' is hereby
established as the ''Kaiparowits National Monument''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Kaiparowits National Monument
shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument's--
(1) unique and nationally important historic, scenic, and
natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.
(c) Map.--
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map
and legal description of the Kaiparowits National Monument
established in this section.
(2) The map and legal description submitted under this
section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this title, except that the Secretary may make minor
modification of any clerical or typographical errors in the map
or legal description provided these changes are first reported
to the State of Utah, Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah, and the
Management Council.
(3) A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
field offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 9. ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

(a) Establishment.--Subject to the valid existing rights, the
Federal land comprising approximately 243,241 acres, identified as
''Escalante Canyons Unit'' and generally depicted on the map entitled
''Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Modification'' is hereby
established as the ''Escalante Canyons National Monument''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Escalante Canyons National
Monument shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument's--
(1) unique and nationally important historic, scenic, and
natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.
(c) Map.--
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map
and legal description of the Escalante Canyons National
Monument established in this section.
(2) The map and legal description submitted under this
section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this title, except that the Secretary may make minor
modification of any clerical or typographical errors in the map
or legal description provided these changes are first reported
to the State of Utah, Garfield County, Utah, and the Management
Council.
(3) A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
field offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 10. ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, GRAND STAIRCASE
NATIONAL MONUMENT, KAIPAROWITS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AND
ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL MONUMENT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.

(a) Establishment.--The Management Council is hereby established.
(b) Duties.--The Management Council shall develop and implement the
comprehensive management plans for the Escalante Canyons National Park
and Preserve, the Grand Staircase National Monument, the Kaiparowits
National Monument, and the Escalante Canyons National Monument
consistently with the purposes of those areas as provided in this Act.
(c) Membership.--The Management Council shall be composed of 7
members appointed not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act as follows:
(1) One individual from the Department of Interior,
appointed by the President.
(2) Five individuals, appointed by the President in
consultation with the Congressional delegation from the State
of Utah and the Governor of Utah, who shall represent the
following:
(A) Two from the Garfield County, Utah, Board of
Commissioners.
(B) Two from the Kane County, Utah, Board of
Commissioners.
(C) One Utah State Legislator representing Kane
County, Garfield County, or both.
(3) One at-large representative appointed by the President.
(d) Qualifications.--The members appointed under subsections (c)(2)
and (3) shall not be employees of the Federal Government.
(e) Terms.--The President shall appoint the members under
subsections (c)(2) and (3) for a term of 5 years, except that the
President shall designate staggered terms for the members initially
appointed to the Management Council. The President may reappoint a
member to not more than three consecutive terms.
(f) Vacancies.--Vacancies of members appointed under subsections
(c)(2) and (3) shall be filled in the same manner as such positions
were originally filled as soon as practicable after the vacancy has
occurred.
(g) Compensation.--Members appointed under subsections (c)(2) and
(3) shall serve without pay, except for reasonable travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at the rate 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 duties for the Council.
(h) Chair.--The members shall select the chair of the Management
Council from the members appointed under subsection (c)(2) and (3) for
a term beginning on the date of selection, and ending in 5 years or
until the member's term of office expires, whichever occurs first.
(i) Staff Assistance.--The Management Council may request
administrative assistance from Federal employees under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture.
(j) Meetings.--
(1) Frequency.--The Management Council shall meet at the
call of the Chair or a majority of the members. Meetings shall
be held no less than once per year. A majority must be present
to constitute a quorum to conduct official business.
(2) Announcement; open meetings.--All meetings of the
Management Council shall be announced at least one week in
advance in publications of general circulation and shall be
open to the public.
(k) Administration.--
(1) The Management Council shall allow hunting, fishing and
trapping on lands and water under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary within the Escalante Canyons National Park and
Preserve in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of
Utah.
(2) The Management Council shall ensure that the privilege
of grazing domestic livestock on lands with the Escalante
Canyons National Park and Preserve shall continue to be
exercised and enhanced in perpetuity. Grazing within the
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve shall be
administered by the National Park Service.

SEC. 11. FEDERAL LAND MANAGER ADHERENCE.

Federal land managers shall adhere to the management plans created
by the Management Council.

SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION.

Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the State of Utah
with respect to the management of fish, wildlife and predators in the
State.

SEC. 13. RESTORATION OF LAND STATUS.

Subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law, the public lands
excluded from the monument reservation under Presidential Proclamation
___, dated December 4, 2017, and issued under chapter 3203 of title 54,
United States Code, shall be open to:
(1) entry, location, selection, sale or other disposition
under the public land laws;
(2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and
geothermal leasing; and
(3) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws.

SEC. 14. HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD.

The Secretary shall convey to the State of Utah all right, title
and interest of the United States in and to the Hole in the Rock Road
(BLM Road 200).

SEC. 15. EFFECT ON PROCLAMATIONS.

Any provision of Presidential Proclamation 6920, dated September
18, 1996, and Presidential Proclamation ____, dated December 4, 2017,
and issued under chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code, that is
inconsistent with this Act is hereby declared null and void.

A: Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act This bill establishes the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve within the Escalante Canyons National Monument (established by this bill and consisting of approximately 243,241 acres) in Utah. Federal lands within the park and preserve, including lands or interests acquired by the United States afterwards, are withdrawn from: entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. The bill also establishes the Grand Staircase National Monument (consisting of approximately 211,983 acres) and the Kaiparowits National Monument (consisting of approximately 551,117 acres). A management council shall implement comprehensive management plans for the park and preserve and the monuments. Federal land managers must adhere to the management plans created by the council. The public lands excluded from the lands and interests in lands reserved within the modified boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument under the Presidential Proclamation dated December 4, 2017, shall be open to: entry, location, selection, sale, or other disposition under the public land laws; disposition under all laws related to mineral and geothermal leasing; and location, entry, and patent under the mining laws. Interior shall convey to the state of Utah the Hole in the Rock Road (BLM [Bureau of Land Management] Road 200).
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Pension Interest Rate Relief Act of
2002''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE RANGE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
(1) Special rule.--Clause (i) of section 412(l)(7)(C) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to interest rate)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(III) Special rule for 2001
through 2004.--For a plan year
beginning in 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004,
notwithstanding subclause (I), in the
case that the rate of interest used
under subsection (b)(5) exceeds the
highest rate permitted under subclause
(I), the rate of interest used to
determine current liability under this
subsection may exceed the rate of
interest otherwise permitted under
subclause (I); except that such rate of
interest shall not exceed 120 percent
of the weighted average referred to in
subsection (b)(5)(B)(ii).''
(2) Quarterly contributions.--Subsection (m) of section 412
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(7) Special rule for 2005.--In any case in which the
interest rate used to determine current liability is determined
under subsection (l)(7)(C)(i)(III) for purposes of applying
paragraphs (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2005,
the current liability for the preceding plan year shall be
redetermined using 105 percent as the specified percentage
determined under subsection (l)(7)(C)(i)(II).''
(b) Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.--
(1) Special rule.--Clause (i) of section 302(d)(7)(C) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1082(d)(7)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subclause:
''(III) Special rule for 2001
through 2004.--For a plan year
beginning in 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004,
notwithstanding subclause (I), in the
case that the rate of interest used
under subsection (b)(5) exceeds the
highest rate permitted under subclause
(I), the rate of interest used to
determine current liability under this
subsection may exceed the rate of
interest otherwise permitted under
subclause (I); except that such rate of
interest shall not exceed 120 percent
of the weighted average referred to in
subsection (b)(5)(B)(ii).''
(2) Quarterly contributions.--Subsection (e) of section 302
of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1082) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
''(7) Special rule for 2005.--In any case in which the
interest rate used to determine current liability is determined
under subsection (d)(7)(C)(i)(III) for purposes of applying
paragraphs (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2005,
the current liability for the preceding plan year shall be
redetermined using 105 percent as the specified percentage
determined under subsection (d)(7)(C)(i)(II).''
(c) PBGC.--Clause (iii) of section 4006(a)(3)(E) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security of Act 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(IV) In the case of plan years beginning after December 31, 2001,
and before January 1, 2005, subclause (II) shall be applied by
substituting '100 percent' for '85 percent' and by substituting '115
percent' for '100 percent'. Subclause (III) shall be applied for such
years without regard to the preceding sentence. Any reference to this
clause by any other sections or subsections (other than sections 4010,
4011 and 4043) shall be treated as a reference to this clause without
regard to this subclause.''
(d) Amendments to Retirement Protection Act of 1994.--
(1) Transition rule made permanent.--Paragraph (1) of
section 769(c) of the Retirement Protection Act of 1994 is
amended--
(A) by striking ''transition'' each place it
appears in the heading and the text, and
(B) by striking ''for any plan year beginning after
1996 and before 2010''.
(2) Special rules.--Paragraph (2) of section 769(c) of the
Retirement Protection Act of 1994 is amended to read as
follows:
''(2) Special rules.--The rules described in this paragraph
are as follows:
''(A) For purposes of section 412(l)(9)(A) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 302(d)(9)(A)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
the funded current liability percentage for any plan
year shall be treated as not less than 90 percent.
''(B) For purposes of section 412(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 302(e)(9) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
the funded current liability percentage for any plan
year shall be treated as not less than 100 percent.
''(C) For purposes of determining unfunded vested
benefits under section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the
mortality table shall be the mortality table used by
the plan.''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2001.

A: Pension Interest Rate Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by increasing, for plan years beginning 2001 through 2004, the permissible interest rate range used to determine additional funding requirements for certain benefit plans which are not multiemployer plans.Sets forth a special rule regarding the interest rate used to determine liability for plan years beginning in 2005.Amends the Retirement Protection Act of 1994 to establish special rules relating to funding liability percentages and the mortality table to be used for purposes of determining unfunded vested benefits.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Child Soldier Prevention Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the September 7, 2005, report to the
General Assembly of the United Nations by the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed
Conflict, ''In the last decade, two million children have been
killed in situations of armed conflict, while six million
children have been permanently disabled or injured. Over
250,000 children continue to be exploited as child soldiers and
tens of thousands of girls are being subjected to rape and
other forms of sexual violence.''.
(2) According to the Center for Emerging Threats and
Opportunities (CETO), Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory,
''The Child Soldier Phenomenon has become a post-Cold War
epidemic that has proliferated to every continent with the
exception of Antarctica and Australia.''.
(3) Many of the children currently serving in armed forces
or paramilitaries were forcibly conscripted through kidnapping
or coercion, a form of human trafficking, while others joined
military units due to economic necessity, to avenge the loss of
a family member, or for their own personal safety.
(4) Some military and militia commanders force child
soldiers to commit gruesome acts of ritual killings or torture,
including acts of violence against other children.
(5) Many female child soldiers face the additional
psychological and physical horrors of rape and sexual abuse,
enslavement for sexual purposes by militia commanders, and
severe social stigma should they return home.
(6) Some military and militia commanders target children
for recruitment because of their psychological immaturity and
vulnerability to manipulation and indoctrination. Children are
often separated from their families in order to foster
dependence on military units and leaders. Consequently, many of
these children suffer from deep trauma and are in need of
psychological counseling and rehabilitation.
(7) Child soldiers are exposed to hazardous conditions and
are at risk of physical injury and disability, psychological
trauma, sexually transmitted diseases, respiratory and skin
infections, and often death.
(8) On May 25, 2000, the United Nations adopted and opened
for signature, ratification, and accession the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (in this Act referred
to as the ''Optional Protocol''), which establishes 18 as the
minimum age for conscription or forced recruitment and requires
states party to ensure that members of their armed forces under
the age of 18 do not take a direct part in hostilities.
(9) On June 18, 2002, the Senate unanimously approved the
resolution advising and consenting to the ratification of the
Optional Protocol.
(10) On December 23, 2002, the United States presented the
ratified optional protocol to the United Nations.
(11) More than 110 governments worldwide have ratified the
optional protocol, establishing a clear international norm
concerning the use of children in combat.
(12) On December 2, 1999, the United States ratified
International Labour Convention 182, the Convention concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the
Worst Forms of Child Labour, which includes the use of child
soldiers among the worst forms of child labor.
(13) On October 7, 2005, the Senate gave its advice and
consent to the ratification of the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention
Against Transnational Organized Crime.
(14) It is in the national security interest of the United
States to reduce the chances that members of the United States
Armed Forces will be forced to encounter children in combat
situations.
(15) Section 502B(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(a)(3)) provides that ''the President is
directed to formulate and conduct international security
assistance programs of the United States in a manner which will
promote and advance human rights and avoid identification of
the United States, through such programs, with governments
which deny to their people internationally recognized human
rights and fundamental freedoms, in violation of international
law or in contravention of the policy of the United States as
expressed in this section or otherwise''.

SEC. 3. CHILD SOLDIER DEFINED.

In this Act, consistent with the provisions of the Optional
Protocol, the term ''child soldier''--
(1) means--
(A) any person under age 18 who takes a direct part
in hostilities as a member of governmental armed
forces;
(B) any person under age 18 who has been
compulsorily recruited into governmental armed forces;
(C) any person under age 16 voluntarily recruited
into governmental armed forces; and
(D) any person under age 18 recruited or used in
hostilities by armed forces distinct from the armed
forces of a state; and
(2) includes any person described in subparagraphs (B),
(C), and (D) of paragraph (1) who is serving in any capacity,
including in a support role such as a cook, porter, messenger,
medic, guard, or sex slave.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress--
(1) to condemn the conscription, forced recruitment or use
of children by governments, paramilitaries, or other
organizations in hostilities;
(2) that the United States Government should support and,
where practicable, lead efforts to establish and uphold
international standards designed to end this abuse of human
rights;
(3) that the United States Government should expand ongoing
services to rehabilitate recovered child soldiers and to
reintegrate them back into their communities by--
(A) offering ongoing psychological services to help
victims recover from their trauma and relearn how to
deal with others in nonviolent ways such that they are
no longer a danger to their community;
(B) facilitating reconciliation with their
communities through negotiations with traditional
leaders and elders to enable recovered abductees to
resume normal lives in their communities; and
(C) providing educational and vocational
assistance;
(4) that the United States should work with the
international community, including, where appropriate, third
country governments, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based
organizations, United Nations agencies, local governments,
labor unions, and private enterprise--
(A) on efforts to bring to justice rebel
organizations that kidnap children for use as child
soldiers, including the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in
Uganda, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
(FARC), and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),
including, where feasible, by arresting the leaders of
such groups; and
(B) on efforts to recover those children who have
been abducted and to assist them in their
rehabilitation and reintegration into communities;
(5) that the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor,
and the Secretary of Defense should coordinate programs to
achieve the goals specified in paragraph (3), and in countries
where the use of child soldiers is an issue, whether or not it
is supported or sanctioned by the governments of such
countries, United States diplomatic missions should include in
their mission program plans a strategy to achieve the goals
specified in such paragraph;
(6) that United States diplomatic missions in countries in
which governments use or tolerate child soldiers should
develop, as part of annual program planning, strategies to
promote efforts to end this abuse of human rights; and
(7) that, in allocating or recommending the allocation of
funds or recommending candidates for programs and grants funded
by the United States Government, United States diplomatic
missions should give particular consideration to those programs
and candidates deemed to promote the end to this abuse of human
rights.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for international
military education and training, foreign military financing, foreign
military sales, direct commercial sales, or excess defense articles by
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-102) or any other Act making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs may be obligated or otherwise made available to the government
of a country that is clearly identified by the Department of State in
the Department of State's most recent Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices as having governmental armed forces or government supported
armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense
forces, that recruit or use child soldiers.
(b) Notification to Countries in Violation of the Standards of This
Act.--The Secretary of State shall formally notify any government
identified pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) National Interest Waiver.--
(1) Waiver.--The President may waive the application to a
country of the prohibition in subsection (a) if the President
determines that such waiver is in the interest of the United
States.
(2) Publication and notification.--The President shall
publish each waiver granted under paragraph (1) in the Federal
Register and shall notify the Committee on Foreign Relations
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives of each such
waiver, including the justification for the waiver, in
accordance with the regular notification procedures of such
Committees.
(d) Reinstatement of Assistance.--The President may provide to a
country assistance otherwise prohibited under subsection (a) upon
certifying to Congress that the government of such country--
(1) has implemented effective measures to come into
compliance with the standards of this Act; and
(2) has implemented effective policies and mechanisms to
prohibit and prevent future use of child soldiers and to ensure
that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise
compelled to serve as child soldiers.
(e) Exception for Programs Directly Related to Addressing the
Problem of Child Soldiers or Professionalization of the Military.--
(1) In general.--The President may provide to a country
assistance for international military education and training
otherwise prohibited under subsection (a) upon certifying to
Congress that--
(A) the government of such country is implementing
effective measures to demobilize child soldiers in its
forces or in government supported paramilitaries and to
provide demobilization, rehabilitation, and
reintegration assistance to those former child
soldiers; and
(B) the assistance provided by the United States
Government to the government of such country will go to
programs that will directly support professionalization
of the military.
(2) Limitation.--The exception under paragraph (1) may not
remain in effect for more than 2 years following the date of
notification specified in subsection (b).

SEC. 6. REPORTS.

(a) Preparation of Reports Regarding Child Soldiers.--United States
missions abroad shall thoroughly investigate reports of the use of
child soldiers.
(b) Information for Annual Human Rights Reports.--In preparing
those portions of the Human Rights Reports that relate to child
soldiers, the Secretary of State shall ensure that such reports shall
include a description of the use of child soldiers in each foreign
country, including--
(1) trends toward improvement in such country of the status
of child soldiers or the continued or increased tolerance of
such practices; and
(2) the role of the government of such country in engaging
in or tolerating the use of child soldiers.
(c) Inclusion of Information on Violations.--When the Secretary of
State determines that a government has violated the standards of this
Act, the Secretary shall clearly indicate that fact in the relevant
Annual Human Rights Report.
(d) Letter to Congress.--Not later than June 15 of each year for 10
years following the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives--
(1) a list of the countries receiving notification that
they are in violation of the standards of this Act;
(2) a list of any waivers or exceptions exercised under
this Act;
(3) justification for those waivers and exceptions; and
(4) a description of any assistance provided pursuant to
this Act.

SEC. 7. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives a report setting forth a strategy for achieving the
policy objectives of this Act, including a description of an effective
mechanism for coordination of United States Government efforts to
implement this strategy.

SEC. 8. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS.

Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(c) The Secretary of State, with the assistance of other relevant
officials, shall establish as part of the standard training provided
after January 1, 2008, for officers of the Service, including chiefs of
mission, instruction on matters related to child soldiers and the
substance of the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007.''.

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.

This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall apply to funds obligated after such effective
date.

A:
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 - Defines "child soldier."

Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds appropriated or otherwise made available for specified military and related areas from being obligated or otherwise made available to the government of a country identified by the Department of State as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit or use child soldiers.

Directs the Secretary of State to notify any government so identified.

Authorizes the President to reinstate assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future use of child soldiers and to ensure that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for programs that implement measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to support professionalization of the military.
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