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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Significant Regulation Oversight Act
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.

(a) Finding.--The Congress finds that oversight of significant
rules will be enhanced if they are subject to congressional review and
approval after being proposed by an agency.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to ensure that before a
significant rule takes effect--
(1) Congress is given an adequate opportunity to review the
rule and ensure that it is in accordance with the intent of
Congress in enacting the law under which the rule is proposed;
and
(2) Congress approves the rule in accordance with the
procedures established by this Act.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT RULES BY CONGRESS.

(a) Congressional Approval of Significant Rules Required.--A
significant rule shall not take effect before the date of the enactment
of a joint resolution described in section 4(a) comprised solely of the
text of the significant rule.
(b) Reporting and Review of Significant Rules.--(1) Before a
proposed significant rule would take effect as a final rule, the agency
proposing the rule shall submit to each House of Congress a report
containing the following:
(A) A copy of the proposed significant rule.
(B) A concise summary of the proposed significant rule, its
purpose, and anticipated effects.
(C) A complete copy of any cost-benefit analysis report
that has been prepared by the agency with respect to the
proposed significant rule.
(D) An explanation of the specific statutory interpretation
under which a rule is proposed, including an explanation of--
(i) whether the interpretation is expressly
required by the text of the statute; or
(ii) if the interpretation is not expressly
required by the text of the statute, an explanation
that the interpretation is within the range of
permissible interpretations of the statute as
identified by the agency, and an explanation why the
interpretation selected by the agency is the agency's
preferred interpretation.
(E) Any other relevant information or requirements under
any other Act and any relevant Executive order.
(2) Upon receipt of a report under paragraph (1), each House of
Congress shall provide a copy of the report to the Chairman and ranking
minority party member of each committee with jurisdiction over the
subject matter of the report.
(c) No Inference To Be Drawn Where Congress Fails To Approve.--If
Congress fails to enact a joint resolution approving a proposed
significant rule, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress
from any action or inaction of Congress with regard to such rule or any
related statute.

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR SIGNIFICANT RULES.

(a) Introduction.--The majority leader of each House of the
Congress shall introduce (by request) a joint resolution comprised
solely of the text of a proposed significant rule not later than 3
session days in the Senate or 3 legislative days in the House of
Representatives after the date on which an agency submits a report
under section 3(b) containing the text of the proposed significant
rule. If the joint resolution is not introduced in either House as
provided in the preceding sentence, then any Member of that House may
introduce the joint resolution.
(b) Referral and Consideration.--(1) The joint resolution shall be
referred to the appropriate committee of the House in which it is
introduced. The committee may report the joint resolution without
substantive revision and with or without recommendation or with an
adverse recommendation, or the committee may vote not to report the
joint resolution. If the committee votes to order the joint resolution
reported, it shall be reported not later than the end of the period
(not to exceed 45 session days in the Senate or 45 legislative days in
the House of Representatives) established for consideration of the
joint resolution by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the
majority leader of the Senate, as the case may be. Except in the case
of a joint resolution which a committee votes not to report, a
committee failing to report a joint resolution within such period shall
be automatically discharged from consideration of the joint resolution,
and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
(2) A vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall be taken
in that House on or before the close of the 90th session day in the
Senate or 90th legislative day in the House of Representatives after
the date of the introduction of the joint resolution in that House.
(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the
consideration of a joint resolution under this section shall be highly
privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be
in order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a joint resolution
under this section shall be limited to not more than 4 hours, which
shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the
joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be
debatable. It shall not be in order to move to recommit a joint
resolution under this section or to move to reconsider the vote by
which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
(C) All appeals from the decisions of the chair relating to the
application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the
procedure relating to a joint resolution under this section shall be
decided without debate.
(D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the preceding
provisions of this subsection, consideration of a joint resolution
under this section shall be governed by the Rules of the House of
Representatives applicable to other joint resolutions in similar
circumstances.
(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a
joint resolution under this section shall be privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall
it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is
agreed to or disagreed to.
(B) Debate in the Senate on a joint resolution under this section,
and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be
limited to not more than 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided
between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader
or their designees.
(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in
connection with a joint resolution under this section shall be limited
to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the mover and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in
the event the manager of the joint resolution is in favor of any such
motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled
by the minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of
them, may, from time under their control on the passage of a joint
resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the
consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a joint
resolution under this section is not debatable. A motion to recommit a
joint resolution under this section is not in order.
(c) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a joint resolution
considered under this section shall be in order in either the House of
Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be in
order in either House for the presiding officer to entertain a request
to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
(d) Treatment if the Other House Has Acted.--If, before the passage
by one House of a joint resolution of that House described in
subsection (a), that House receives from the other House a joint
resolution described in subsection (a) comprised of the same text,
then--
(1) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no
joint resolution had been received from the other House, and
(2) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint
resolution of the other House.
(e) Constitutional Authority.--This section is enacted by
Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it
is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of a joint resolution described in
subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the
same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

SEC. 5. EXISTING RULES.

(a) In General.--Any existing rule may be revised or revoked in
accordance with this section if a petition for review so requests.
(b) Introduction.--If a petition for review is filed with the Clerk
of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, the
Clerk or the Secretary shall determine whether the petition meets the
requirements of subsection (d). If the Clerk or the Secretary
determines that a petition meets those requirements, he or she shall
notify the majority leader of that House. The majority leader so
notified shall, within 3 session days in the Senate or 3 legislative
days in the House of Representatives, introduce a joint resolution (by
request) that makes the revision or revocation of existing rules
proposed by the petition upon the enactment of that joint resolution.
If the joint resolution is not introduced as provided in the preceding
sentence, then any Member of that House may introduce the joint
resolution.
(c) Procedures for Consideration in the House of Representatives
and the Senate.--Any joint resolution introduced under subsection (b)
shall be considered in the House of Representatives and the Senate in
accordance with the procedures respecting a joint resolution set forth
in section 4.
(d) Petitions for Review.--A petition for review under subsection
(a) shall contain the following:
(1) Any rule affected by the petition and the contents of
that rule as it would exist if a joint resolution revising or
revoking that rule pursuant to the petition were enacted.
(2) For a petition in the Senate, the signatures of 30
Senators, or for a petition in the House of Representatives,
the signatures of 120 Members.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ''agency'' has the meaning given that
term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code (relating to
administrative procedure).
(2) Session day and legislative day.--The terms ''session
day'' and ''legislative day'' do not include, with respect to a
House of the Congress, any day throughout which that House is
not in session.
(3) Rule.--(A) The term ''rule'' has the meaning given such
term by section 551 of title 5, United States Code, except that
such term does not include--
(i) any rule of particular applicability including
a rule that approves or prescribes--
(I) future rates, wages, prices, services,
or allowances therefor,
(II) corporate or financial structures,
reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions
thereof, or
(III) accounting practices or disclosures
bearing on any of the foregoing, or
(ii) any rule of agency organization, personnel,
procedure, practice, or any routine matter.
(B) The term ''final rule'' means any final rule or interim
final rule.
(4) Significant rule.--The term ''significant rule'' means
any rule proposed by an agency that is specified or described
as such in the Act that authorizes the rule.

SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY.

Nothing in this Act applies to any rule concerning monetary policy
proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.

Output: Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 2001 - Prohibits a significant rule from taking effect before the enactment of a joint resolution described in this Act comprising solely of the text of such rule. Calls for congressional reporting and review of significant rules before they take effect as final rules.Provides that, if Congress fails to enact a joint resolution approving the proposed rule, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress from any action or inaction with regard to such rule or any related statute.Sets forth: (1) the congressional approval procedure for significant rules; and (2) provisions with respect to revising or revoking an existing rule.Exempts from this Act rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Response to Energy
Emergencies Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. UNCONSCIONABLE PRICING OF GASOLINE, OIL, NATURAL GAS, AND
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES DURING EMERGENCIES.

(a) Unconscionable Pricing.--
(1) In general.--During any energy emergency declared by
the President under section 3, it is unlawful for any person to
sell crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates
in, or for use in, the area to which that declaration applies
at a price that--
(A) is unconscionably excessive; or
(B) indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage
of the circumstances to increase prices unreasonably.
(2) Factors considered.--In determining whether a violation
of paragraph (1) has occurred, there shall be taken into
account, among other factors, whether--
(A) the amount charged represents a gross disparity
between the price of the crude oil, gasoline, natural
gas, or petroleum distillate sold and the price at
which it was offered for sale in the usual course of
the seller's business immediately prior to the energy
emergency; or
(B) the amount charged grossly exceeds the price at
which the same or similar crude oil, gasoline, natural
gas, or petroleum distillate was readily obtainable by
other purchasers in the area to which the declaration
applies.
(3) Mitigating factors.--In determining whether a violation
of paragraph (1) has occurred, there also shall be taken into
account, among other factors, whether the price at which the
crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillate was
sold reasonably reflects additional costs, not within the
control of the seller, that were paid or incurred by the
seller.
(b) False Pricing Information.--It is unlawful for any person to
report information related to the wholesale price of crude oil,
gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates to the Federal Trade
Commission if--
(1) that person knew, or reasonably should have known, the
information to be false or misleading;
(2) the information was required by law to be reported; and
(3) the person intended the false or misleading data to
affect data compiled by that department or agency for
statistical or analytical purposes with respect to the market
for crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates.
(c) Market Manipulation.--It is unlawful for any person, directly
or indirectly, to use or employ, in connection with the purchase or
sale of crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates at
wholesale, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance, in
contravention of such rules and regulations as the Federal Trade
Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public
interest or for the protection of United States citizens.
(d) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall promulgate
rules necessary and appropriate to enforce this section.

SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF ENERGY EMERGENCY.

(a) In General.--If the President finds that the health, safety,
welfare, or economic well-being of the citizens of the United States is
at risk because of a shortage or imminent shortage of adequate supplies
of crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates due to a
disruption of the national distribution system for crude oil, gasoline,
natural gas, or petroleum distillates (including such a shortage
related to a major disaster (as defined in section 102(2) of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5122))), or significant pricing anomalies in national or regional
energy markets for crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum
distillates of a more than transient nature, the President may declare
that a Federal energy emergency exists.
(b) Scope and Duration.--The declaration shall apply to the Nation,
a geographical region, or 1 or more States, as determined by the
President, but may not be in effect for a period of more than 45 days.
(c) Extensions.--The President may--
(1) extend a declaration under subsection (a) for a period
of not more than 45 days; and
(2) extend such a declaration more than once.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

(a) Enforcement by FTC.--A violation of section 2 shall be treated
as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or
practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). The Federal Trade Commission
shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with
the same jurisdiction as though all applicable terms and provisions of
the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part
of this Act. In enforcing section 2(a) of this Act, the Commission
shall give priority to enforcement actions concerning companies with
total United States wholesale or retail sales of crude oil, gasoline,
and petroleum distillates in excess of $500,000,000 per year.
(b) Civil Penalties.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the penalties set forth
under the Federal Trade Commission Act, any person who violates
this Act shall be subject to the following penalties:
(A) Price gouging; unjust profits.--Any person who
violates section 2(a) of this Act shall be subject to--
(i) a fine of not more than 3 times the
amount of profits gained by such person through
such violation; or
(ii) a fine of not more than $3,000,000.
(B) False information; market manipulation.--Any
person who violates section 2(b) or 2(c) of this Act
shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than
$1,000,000.
(2) Method of assessment.--The penalties provided by
paragraph (1) shall be assessed in the same manner as civil
penalties imposed under section 5 of the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
(3) Multiple offenses; mitigating factors.--In assessing
the penalty provided by subsection (a)--
(A) each day of a continuing violation shall be
considered a separate violation; and
(B) the Federal Trade Commission shall take into
consideration the seriousness of the violation and the
efforts of the person committing the violation to
remedy the harm caused by the violation in a timely
manner.

SEC. 5. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

Any person who violates section 2 or any rule or order issued
thereunder shall be fined under title 18, United States Code--
(1) if a corporation, not to exceed $100,000,000; or
(2) if any other person, not to exceed $1,000,000, or
imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.

SEC. 6. ENFORCEMENT AT RETAIL LEVEL BY STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.

(a) In General.--A State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil
action on behalf of its residents in an appropriate district court of
the United States to enforce the provisions of section 2(a) of this
Act, or to impose the civil penalties authorized by section 4(b)(1)(B),
whenever the attorney general of the State has reason to believe that
the interests of the residents of the State have been or are being
threatened or adversely affected by a violation of this Act or a
regulation under this Act.
(b) Notice.--The State shall serve written notice to the Federal
Trade Commission of any civil action under subsection (a) prior to
initiating such civil action. The notice shall include a copy of the
complaint to be filed to initiate such civil action, except that if it
is not feasible for the State to provide such prior notice, the State
shall provide such notice immediately upon instituting such civil
action.
(c) Authority to Intervene.--Upon receiving the notice required by
subsection (b), the Federal Trade Commission may intervene in such
civil action and upon intervening--
(1) be heard on all matters arising in such civil action;
and
(2) file petitions for appeal of a decision in such civil
action.
(d) Construction.--For purposes of bringing any civil action under
subsection (a), nothing in this section shall prevent the attorney
general of a State from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney
general by the laws of such State to conduct investigations or to
administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the attendance of
witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence.
(e) Venue; Service of Process.--In a civil action brought under
subsection (a)--
(1) the venue shall be a judicial district in which--
(A) the defendant operates;
(B) the defendant was authorized to do business; or
(C) where the defendant in the civil action is
found;
(2) process may be served without regard to the territorial
limits of the district or of the State in which the civil
action is instituted; and
(3) a person who participated with the defendant in an
alleged violation that is being litigated in the civil action
may be joined in the civil action without regard to the
residence of the person.
(f) Limitation on State Action While Federal Action Is Pending.--If
the Federal Trade Commission has instituted a civil action or an
administrative action for violation of this Act, no State attorney
general, or official or agency of a State, may bring an action under
this subsection during the pendency of that action against any
defendant named in the complaint of the Federal Trade Commission or the
other agency for any violation of this Act alleged in the complaint.
(g) Enforcement of State Law.--Nothing contained in this section
shall prohibit an authorized State official from proceeding in State
court to enforce a civil or criminal statute of such State.

SEC. 7. LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE.

Amounts collected in fines and penalties under sections 4 or 5 of
this Act shall be deposited in a separate fund in the treasury to be
known as the Consumer Relief Trust Fund. To the extent provided for in
advance in appropriations Acts fund shall be used to provide assistance
under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program administered by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 8. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

(a) Other Authority of Federal Trade Commission.--Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to limit or affect in any way the Federal Trade
Commission's authority to bring enforcement actions or take any other
measure under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.)
or any other provision of law.
(b) State Law.--Nothing in this Act preempts any State law.

SEC. 9. MARKET TRANSPARENCY FOR CRUDE OIL, GASOLINE, AND PETROLEUM
DISTILLATES.

(a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission shall facilitate
price transparency in markets for the sale of crude oil and essential
petroleum products at wholesale, having due regard for the public
interest, the integrity of those markets, fair competition, and the
protection of consumers.
(b) Marketplace Transparency.--
(1) Dissemination of information.--In carrying out this
section the Federal Trade Commission shall provide by rule for
the dissemination, on a timely basis, of information about the
availability and prices of wholesale crude oil, gasoline, and
petroleum distillates to the Federal Trade Commission, States,
wholesale buyers and sellers, and the public.
(2) Protection of public from anticompetitive activity.--In
determining the information to be made available under this
section and time to make the information available, the Federal
Trade Commission shall seek to ensure that consumers and
competitive markets are protected from the adverse effects of
potential collusion or other anticompetitive behaviors that can
be facilitated by untimely public disclosure of transaction-
specific information.
(3) Protection of market mechanisms.--The Federal Trade
Commission shall withhold from public disclosure under this
section any information the Commission determines would, if
disclosed, be detrimental to the operation of an effective
market or jeopardize system security.
(c) Information Sources.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (b), the
Federal Trade Commission may--
(A) obtain information from any market participant;
and
(B) rely on entities other than the Commission to
receive and make public the information, subject to the
disclosure rules in subsection (b)(3).
(2) Published data.--In carrying out this section, the
Federal Trade Commission shall consider the degree of price
transparency provided by existing price publishers and
providers of trade processing services, and shall rely on such
publishers and services to the maximum extent possible.
(3) Electronic information systems.--The Federal Trade
Commission may establish an electronic information system if it
determines that existing price publications are not adequately
providing price discovery or market transparency. Nothing in
this section, however, shall affect any electronic information
filing requirements in effect under this Act as of the date of
enactment of this section.
(4) De minimus exception.--The Federal Trade Commission may
not require entities who have a de minimus market presence to
comply with the reporting requirements of this section.
(d) Cooperation With Other Federal Agencies.--
(1) Memorandum of understanding.--Within 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission
shall conclude a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission and other appropriate agencies (if
applicable) relating to information sharing, which shall
include provisions--
(A) ensuring that information requests to markets
within the respective jurisdiction of each agency are
properly coordinated to minimize duplicative
information requests; and
(B) regarding the treatment of proprietary trading
information.
(2) CFTC jurisdiction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to limit or affect the exclusive jurisdiction of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
(e) Rulemaking.--Within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall initiate a rulemaking
proceeding to establish such rules as the Commission determines to be
necessary and appropriate to carry out this section.

SEC. 10. REPORT ON UNITED STATES ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

(a) Potential Impacts Report.--Within 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall transmit to
the Congress a confidential report describing the potential impact on
domestic prices of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum
products that would result from the disruption for periods of 1 week, 1
year, and 5 years, respectively, of not less than--
(1) 30 percent of United States oil production;
(2) 20 percent of United States refinery capacity; and
(3) 5 percent of global oil supplies.
(b) Projections and Possible Remedies.--The President shall include
in the report--
(1) projections of the impact any such disruptions would be
likely to have on the United States economy; and
(2) detailed and prioritized recommendations for remedies
under each scenario covered by the report.

SEC. 11. PROTECTIVE ACTION TO PREVENT FUTURE DISRUPTIONS OF SUPPLY.

The Secretary of Energy and the Energy Information Administration
shall review expenditures by, and activities undertaken by, companies
with total United States wholesale or retail sales of crude oil,
gasoline, and petroleum distillates in excess of $500,000,000 per year
to protect the energy supply system from terrorist attacks,
international supply disruptions, and natural disasters, and ensure a
stable and reasonably priced supply of such products to consumers in
the United States, and, not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this title, shall transmit a report of their findings to
Congress. Such report shall include an assessment of the companies'
preparations for the forecasted period of more frequent and more
intense hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico and other vulnerable
coastal areas.

SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

Output: Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act of 2005 - Declares unlawful: (1) unconscionable pricing of gasoline, oil, natural gas, and petroleum distillates during emergencies; (2) intentional reporting of false price information concerning wholesale prices of such products; and (3) market manipulation regarding the purchase or sale at wholesale of such products.

Authorizes the President to declare a federal energy emergency upon finding that the national health, safety, welfare, or economic well-being is at risk because of an actual or imminent shortage of such products due to a disruption of the national distribution system, or significant pricing anomalies in national or regional energy markets for the products.

Empowers the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and State Attorneys General to enforce this Act.

Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.

Requires fines and penalties collected under this Act to be deposited in a separate fund in the treasury to be known as the Consumer Relief Trust Fund to provide assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Directs the FTC to facilitate price transparency in wholesale markets for the sale of crude oil and essential petroleum products.

Instructs the FTC to transmit a confidential report to Congress on the potential impact on domestic prices of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products that would result from the disruption for periods of one week, one year, and five years, respectively.

Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Energy Information Administration to review and report to Congress on expenditures and activities undertaken by certain size companies to protect the energy supply system from terrorist attacks, international supply disruptions, and natural disasters, and ensure a stable and reasonably priced supply of such products to consumers in the United States.

Requires such report to assess the companies' preparations for the forecasted period of more frequent and more intense hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico and other vulnerable coastal areas.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Choctaw Code Talkers Recognition
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) On April 6, 1917, the United States, after
extraordinary provocations, declared war on Germany, thus the
United States entered World War I, the War to End All Wars.
(2) At the time of this declaration of war, Indian people
in the United States, including members of the Choctaw Nation,
were not accorded the status of citizens of the United States.
(3) Without regard to this lack of citizenship, many
members of the Choctaw Nation joined many members of other
Indian tribes and nations in enlisting in the Armed Forces to
fight on behalf of their native land.
(4) Members of the Choctaw Nation were enlisted in the
force known as the American Expeditionary Force, which began
hostile actions in France in the fall of 1917, and
specifically, members of the Choctaw Nation were incorporated
in a company of Indian enlistees serving in the 142d Infantry
Company of the 36th Division.
(5) A major impediment to Allied operations in general, and
American operations in particular, was the fact that the German
forces had deciphered all codes used for transmitting
information between Allied commands, leading to substantial
loss of men and materiel during the first year of American
action.
(6) Because of the proximity and static nature of the
battle lines, a method to communicate without the knowledge of
the enemy was needed.
(7) An American commander realized the fact that he had
under his command a number of men who spoke a native language.
While the use of such native languages was discouraged by the
American Government, the commander sought out and recruited 18
Choctaw Indians to use for transmission of field telephone
communications during an upcoming campaign.
(8) Because the language used by the Choctaw soldiers in
the transmission of information was not based on a European
language or on a mathematical progression, the Germans were
unable to understand any of the transmissions.
(9) The Choctaw soldiers were placed in different command
positions, to achieve the widest possible area for
communications.
(10) The use of the Choctaw Code Talkers was particularly
important in the movement of American soldiers in October of
1918 (including securing forward and exposed positions), in the
protection of supplies during American action (including
protecting gun emplacements from enemy shelling), and in the
preparation for the assault on German positions in the final
stages of combat operations in the fall of 1918.
(11) In the opinion of the officers involved, the use of
Choctaw Indians to transmit information in their native
language saved men and munitions, and was highly successful.
Based on this successful experience, Choctaw Indians were being
withdrawn from frontline units for training in transmission of
codes so as to be more widely used when the war came to a halt.
(12) The Germans never succeeded in breaking the Choctaw
code.
(13) This was the first time in modern warfare that such
transmission of messages in a native American language was used
for the purpose of confusing the enemy.
(14) This action by members of the Choctaw Nation is
another example of the commitment of American Indians to the
defense of our great Nation and adds to the proud legacy of
such service.
(15) The Choctaw Nation has honored the actions of these 18
Choctaw Code Talkers through a memorial bearing their names
located at the entrance of the tribal complex in Durant,
Oklahoma.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

(a) Presentation Authorized.--To express recognition by the United
States of America and its citizens in honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers
who distinguished themselves in performing a unique, highly successful
communications operation that greatly assisted in saving countless
lives and in hastening the end of World War I, the President is
authorized to present to each Choctaw Code Talker, or a surviving
family member of that Code Talker, on behalf of the Congress, a gold
medal of appropriate design honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers.
(b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the presentations
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter
in this Act referred to as the ''Secretary'') shall strike gold medals
with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by
the Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold
medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regulations as the
Secretary may prescribe, and at a price sufficient to cover the costs
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

SEC. 5. STATUS AS NATIONAL MEDALS.

The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for
purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 6. FUNDING.

(a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund an amount
not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the costs of the medals authorized by
this Act.
(b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
Output: Choctaw Code Talkers Recognition Act - Authorizes the President to present on behalf of Congress (where appropriate, posthumously) congressional gold medals honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers who distinguished themselves in performing a unique, highly successful communications operation that greatly assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end of World War I.