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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MEDAL.

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

SEC. 3. MEDAL OF VALOR BOARD.

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

SEC. 4. BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.

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

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

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

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

SEC. 7. NATIONAL MEDAL OF VALOR OFFICE.

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

SEC. 8. CONFORMING REPEAL.

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

SEC. 9. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.

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

Passed the Senate May 14, 2001.

Attest:

Secretary.
107th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 39

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

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

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Since 1965, the people and Government of the United
States have supported international voluntary family planning
programs, increasing the use of modern contraceptives in the
developing world from fewer than 10 percent of couples in 1965
to more than 40 percent of couples today.
(2) United States funding for international family planning
is today providing services to 20 million couples in the
world's poorest countries, contributing to family well-being by
improving maternal health, reducing maternal and infant deaths,
preventing abortions, and improving the lives of millions of
families.
(3) The United States spends on average three cents per
American per week for international family planning programs.
(4) In the developing world, the use of modern
contraceptives reduces unintended pregnancies and the
probability that a woman will have an abortion by 85 percent.
(5) President George W. Bush has stated that one of the
best ways to prevent abortion is by providing quality voluntary
family planning programs.
(6) In developing countries at least 120 million married
couples who would like to postpone their next pregnancy, or
have no more children, do not have access to or are not using
modern contraception.
(7) In sub-Saharan Africa, 46 percent of women who desire
to delay or end childbearing remain without access to voluntary
family planning and at risk of unintended pregnancy.
(8) Each year more than 525,000 women die from causes
related to pregnancy and childbirth with 99 percent of these
deaths occurring in developing countries. An additional eight
million women each year suffer serious health complications
from pregnancy and childbirth.
(9) A lack of birth spacing resulting in birth intervals of
9 to 14 months increases the risk of maternal death by 250
percent.
(10) Birth spacing of at least 36 months is associated with
the lowest mortality risk for infants and children under five
years of age.
(11) Approximately 10.8 million children under the age of
five die each year, more than 30,000 every day, frequently from
low birth-weight or from causes related to complications in the
mother's pregnancy.
(12) Providing access to modern contraception in less
developed countries could prevent 1.4 million infant deaths and
142,000 maternal deaths annually.
(13) Linking family planning programs with HIV/AIDS
prevention, care, and treatment programs helps to meet the
multiple health needs of couples while effectively using scarce
financial and human resources.
(14) For HIV-positive women, family planning is the most
efficacious and cost-effective intervention to prevent
unintended pregnancies, decrease the risk of maternal death,
and avoid the transmission of HIV from mother-to-child,
premature birth, low birth weight, or infant death.
(15) Rapid population growth over-stresses vital resources,
such as water, agricultural land, forests, and wildlife,
contributing to extreme poverty, infectious disease, limited
access to education, environmental destruction, food
insecurity, and resultant malnutrition.
(16) Malnutrition in children is a contributing factor to
more than one-half of all child mortality, and malnutrition in
mothers account for a substantial proportion of neonatal
mortality.
(17) United States-funded family planning programs have
been successfully linked with the conservation of natural
resources to ease growing population pressures, improve food
security, and keep families healthy and communities
economically viable.
(18) Between 2005 and 2050, if family planning needs remain
unmet, the population is expected to grow by more than 300
percent in the developing countries of Afghanistan, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the
Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, the
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and Uganda.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that it should be a United States
policy objective to--
(1) partner with developing countries to expand access to
voluntary family planning programs and the supply of modern
contraceptives in order to--
(A) meet growing demand to allow couples to achieve
their desired family size;
(B) reduce maternal and child mortality;
(C) reduce unintended pregnancies and resulting
abortions;
(D) reduce the incidence of HIV transmission from
mother-to-child and extend the lives of HIV-positive
women thus reducing the number of orphaned children;
(E) conserve vital natural resources, including
water, agricultural land, and forested lands;
(F) improve food security; and
(G) enhance opportunities for lasting social and
economic development; and
(2) strengthen public heath initiatives worldwide by
provide training, research, and services for a wide variety of
modern contraceptives and family planning methods that are
designed and implemented based on--
(A) community participation;
(B) the needs and values of beneficiaries; and
(C) adherence to the principles of voluntary
participation and informed consent.

SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

(a) Amendments.--Section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(b)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ''In order to'' and
inserting the following:
''(1) In general.--In order to''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(2) Assistance to improve voluntary family planning
programs.--
''(A) In general.--The President, acting through
the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, is authorized to provide
assistance, on such terms and conditions as the
President may determine, to improve voluntary family
planning programs in developing countries.
''(B) Activities supported.--Assistance provided
under subparagraph (A) shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, be used to--
''(i) improve public knowledge of voluntary
family planning programs, including the
availability of modern contraceptives and the
health, economic, and natural resource benefits
of voluntary family planning for individuals,
families, and communities;
''(ii) support a wide range of public and
private voluntary family planning programs,
including networks for community-based and
subsidized commercial distribution of modern
contraceptives;
''(iii) expand formal and informal training
for health care providers, health educators,
including peer educators and outreach workers,
managers, traditional birth attendants,
counselors, and community-based distribution
agents;
''(iv) provide improved coordination
between voluntary family planning programs and
programs that receive United States Government
assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and
other sexually transmitted infections, the
prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission,
and the testing, treatment, and care of persons
infected with HIV/AIDS and affected by HIV/AIDS
to strengthen activities under such programs
and enhance the cost-effectiveness of such
programs; and
''(v) strengthen supply chain logistics for
the procurement and reliable distribution of
safe and effective modern contraceptives,
including coordination with the supply chain
for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment,
to allow for maximum efficiency and cost-
savings.
''(C) Priority.--In providing assistance under this
paragraph, priority shall be given to developing
countries with acute family planning and maternal
health needs based on criteria such as--
''(i) the level of unmet need for voluntary
family planning and modern contraceptives;
''(ii) fertility rates;
''(iii) high-risk birth rates;
''(iv) the number of births unattended by
skilled attendants;
''(v) maternal mortality rates;
''(vi) rates of mortality for infants and
children under the age of five;
''(vii) abortion rates;
''(viii) the level of HIV/AIDS in women of
reproductive age; and
''(ix) additional criteria or country
conditions, such as conflict, humanitarian
crisis, large populations of refugees or
internally displaced persons, or areas in which
population growth threatens food security,
vital natural resources, biodiversity, or
endangered species.
''(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
''(i) AIDS.--The term 'AIDS' has the
meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(1) of
this Act.
''(ii) HIV.--The term 'HIV' has the meaning
given the term in section 104A(g)(2) of this
Act.
''(iii) HIV/AIDS.--The term 'HIV/AIDS' has
the meaning given the term in section
104A(g)(3) of this Act.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The authority to provide assistance under
section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by
subsection (a), applies with respect to fiscal year 2007 and subsequent
fiscal years.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

(a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the President, acting
through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, shall transmit to the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate a report on the implementation of section 104(b)(2) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 4(a)).
(b) Contents.--The report shall include--
(1) a description of efforts to implement the policies set
forth in section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961;
(2) a description of the programs established pursuant to
such section; and
(3) a detailed assessment of the impact of programs
established pursuant to such section, including--
(A) an estimate of annual expenditures on modern
contraceptive commodities and activities in support of
voluntary family planning programs on a country-by-
country basis, to be based on information supplied by
national governments, donor agencies, and private
sector entities, to the maximum extent practicable;
(B) an assessment by country of the current unmet
need for, availability, and use of modern
contraception;
(C) an assessment of prior year and proposed
allocations of modern contraceptives in voluntary
family planning assistance by country, which describes
how each country's allocation meets the country's
needs; and
(D) a description of the quality of funded
voluntary family planning programs, as measured by
survey data or best available estimates, including--
(i) types of modern contraceptive methods
offered to significant subgroups (defined by
age, gender, income, and health profile, among
others) on a reliable basis;
(ii) information provided to beneficiaries
to enable decision making regarding benefits,
risks, and efficacy of modern contraceptives;
(iii) mechanisms to encourage
sustainability of voluntary family planning
programs; and
(iv) voluntary family planning programs
that are effective in responding to individual
health needs of beneficiaries.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry
out section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added
by section 4(a) of this Act--
(1) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(2) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(3) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(4) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
[A]: Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, including activities to: (1) improve public knowledge of voluntary family planning programs; (2) support public and private voluntary family planning programs, including networks for community-based and subsidized commercial distribution of contraceptives; (3) expand training for health care providers and educators; (4) provide improved coordination between voluntary family planning programs and programs that receive U.S. assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; and (5) strengthen supply chain logistics for the procurement and distribution of safe contraceptives, including coordination with the supply chain for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment. Gives priority to developing countries with acute family planning and maternal health needs.

Authorizes appropriations.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Child Care Facilities Financing
Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Child care facility.--The term ''child care facility''
means a center-based or home-based child care facility.
(2) Eligible intermediary.--The term ''eligible
intermediary'' means a private, nonprofit intermediary
organization that has demonstrated experience in--
(A) providing technical or financial assistance for
the construction and renovation of physical facilities;
(B) providing technical or financial assistance to
child care providers; and
(C) securing private sources for capital financing
of child care or other low-income community
development.
(3) Eligible recipient.--The term ''eligible recipient''
means--
(A) any existing or new center-based or home-based
child care provider that provides services to eligible
children under a program carried out under the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858 et seq.), or another program serving low-income
children as determined by the Secretary; and
(B) any organization in the process of establishing
a center-based or home-based child care program or
otherwise seeking to provide child care services to
children described in subparagraph (A).
(4) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(b) Grant Authority.--The Secretary may award grants on a
competitive basis in accordance with this section to eligible
intermediaries to assist the intermediaries in carrying out the
activities described in subsection (e).
(c) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section an eligible intermediary shall submit to the Secretary an
application, in such form and containing such information as the
Secretary may require.
(d) Priority.--
(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this section the
Secretary shall give priority to applicants under subsection
(c) that propose to assist eligible recipients that serve--
(A) low-income areas, such as--
(i) a community that--
(I) is in a metropolitan area; and
(II) has a median household income
that is not more than 80 percent of the
median household income of the
metropolitan area; or
(ii) a community that--
(I) is not in a metropolitan area;
and
(II) has a median income that is
not more than 80 percent of the median
household income of the State in which
the community is located; or
(B) low-income individuals, such as an individual
who is an eligible child, as defined in section 658P of
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 9858m).
(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
''metropolitan area'' has the meaning given the term in section
102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5302).
(e) Use of Funds.--
(1) Revolving fund.--Each eligible intermediary that
receives a grant under this section shall deposit the grant
amount into a child care revolving fund established by the
eligible intermediary.
(2) Payments from fund.--Subject to subsection (f), from
amounts deposited into the revolving fund under paragraph (1),
each eligible intermediary shall provide technical and
financial assistance (in the form of loans, grants,
investments, guarantees, interest subsidies, and other
appropriate forms of assistance) to eligible recipients to pay
for the Federal share of the cost of the acquisition,
construction, or improvement of child care facilities or
equipment, or for the improvement of related management and
business practices, for each such recipient. The amounts may be
used solely for the purpose of providing technical or financial
assistance.
(3) Loan repayments and investment proceeds.--Any amount
received by an eligible intermediary from an eligible recipient
in the form of a loan repayment or investment proceeds shall be
deposited into the child care revolving fund of the eligible
intermediary for redistribution to other eligible recipients in
accordance with this section.
(f) Federal Share.--
(1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost described in
subsection (e)(2) shall be not more than 50 percent.
(2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost
may be provided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
plant, equipment, or services.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2002 through 2006.
[A]:
Child Care Facilities Financing Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to eligible intermediaries to deposit into child care revolving funds for technical and financial assistance to eligible recipients to pay the Federal matching share of costs of acquisition, construction, or improvement of center-based or home-based child care facilities or equipment, or for the improvement of related management and business practices.