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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Bus Utility and Safety in School
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) school transportation issues remain a concern for
parents, local educational agencies, lawmakers, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National
Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(2) millions of children face potential future health
problems because of exposure to noxious fumes emitted from
older school buses;
(3) many rural local educational agencies are operating
outdated, unsafe school buses that are failing inspection,
resulting in a depletion of the school bus fleets of the local
educational agencies; and
(4) many rural local educational agencies are unable to
afford newer and safer buses.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish within the
Department of Education a Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural
local educational agencies with older, unsafe school bus fleets in
purchasing newer, safer school buses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Rural local educational agency.--The term ''rural local
educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with respect to which--
(A) each county in which a school served by the
local educational agency is located has a total
population density of fewer than 10 persons per square
mile;
(B) all schools served by the local educational
agency are designated with a school locale code of 7 or
8, as determined by the Secretary of Education; or
(C) all schools served by the local educational
agency have been designated, by official action taken
by the legislature of the State in which the local
educational agency is located, as rural schools for
purposes relating to the provision of educational
services to students in the State.
(2) School bus.--The term ''school bus'' means a vehicle
the primary purpose of which is to transport students to and
from school or school activities.
(3) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--From amounts made available under subsection (e)
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive
basis, to rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of
the cost of purchasing new school buses.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each rural local educational agency that
seeks to receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the
Secretary for approval an application at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information (in addition to
information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may
require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) documentation that, of the total number of
school buses operated by the rural local educational
agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses
are in need of repair or replacement;
(B) documentation of the number of miles that each
school bus operated by the rural local educational
agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic
year;
(C) documentation that the rural local educational
agency is operating with a reduced fleet of school
buses;
(D) a certification from the rural local
educational agency that--
(i) authorizes the application of the rural
local educational agency for a grant under this
Act; and
(ii) describes the dedication of the rural
local educational agency to school bus
replacement programs and school transportation
needs (including the number of new school buses
needed by the rural local educational agency);
and
(E) an assurance that the rural local educational
agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost of
the purchase of new school buses under this Act from
non-Federal sources.
(c) Priority.--
(1) In general.--In providing grants under this Act, the
Secretary shall give priority to rural local educational
agencies that, as determined by the Secretary--
(A) are transporting students in a bus manufactured
before 1977;
(B) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses;
or
(C) serve a school that is required, under section
1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide
transportation to students to enable the students to
transfer to another public school served by the rural
local educational agency.
(d) Payments; Federal Share.--
(1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each rural local
educational agency having an application approved under this
section the Federal share described in paragraph (2) of the
cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is
specified in the approved application.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
purchasing a new school bus under this Act shall be 75 percent.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act--
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
2007 through 2011.

A: Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Urgent Counter-Terrorism
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION.

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2002, and for
other purposes.

TITLE I--APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS

SEC. 101. APPROPRIATION.

In addition to the amounts provided in any other Act, there is
hereby appropriated $6,548,000,000 to the ''Defense Emergency Response
Fund'' only for the purpose of upgrading critical defense and
intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and to recover
from the attacks of September 11, 2001.

SEC. 102. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this Act, within 15
days after the President makes an emergency designation under section
301 for any amount specified in any section of title II, the Secretary
of Defense shall transfer the requisite funds appropriated by section
101 to appropriate accounts in the Treasury in accordance with the
allocations specified in title II.

TITLE II--ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

SEC. 201. ANTI-TERRORISM INTELLIGENCE UPGRADES.

To upgrade and improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism
intelligence collection and analysis, to better protect intelligence
resources from terrorist attack, and to accelerate the installation of
real-time linkages between intelligence systems and military
warfighting platforms, $2,001,000,000 of the funds appropriated in
section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $368,000,000 shall be available only to improve
Department of Defense and intelligence agency human
intelligence collection capabilities against terrorist
organizations to include additional manpower, additional
analytical capability, and agent operation expenses.
(2) $245,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of
Central Intelligence to support critical foreign counter-
intelligence force protection requirements and to provide
additional counter-terrorism assistance to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in accordance with law.
(3) $80,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of
Central Intelligence to upgrade counter-terrorism intelligence
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
capabilities.
(4) $55,000,000 shall be available only to the Secretary of
Defense to upgrade counter-terrorism intelligence tasking,
processing, exploitation, and dissemination capabilities.
(5) $497,000,000 shall be available only to procure and
support the enhancement and deployment of additional
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance assets in
support of Operation Enduring Freedom and follow-on anti-
terrorist operations.
(6) $159,000,000 shall be available only to enhance Navy
and Air Force electronic networking of assets and time critical
targeting capabilities.
(7) $182,000,000 shall be available only to procure Link 16
systems for tactical ISR platforms to allow real time data
exchange between combat and command and control platforms.
(8) $415,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of
Central Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, for intelligence agency physical security upgrades,
data survivability/continuity enhancements, and satellite
infrastructure improvements.

SEC. 202. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.

To upgrade and improve the ability of the United States to detect,
prevent and respond to chemical and biological warfare terrorist
attacks at home and abroad, $817,000,000 of the funds appropriated in
section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $307,000,000 shall be available only for rapid
development and/or procurement and deployment of biological
weapons detection systems and chemical/biological
decontamination equipment at key military and civilian
facilities.
(2) $82,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate
production of anthrax vaccines and smallpox vaccine samples, to
develop next generation anthrax vaccines, and to develop, test,
evaluate and procure new drug therapies to counter biological
threat agents.
(3) $185,000,000 shall be available only to equip existing
Army National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support
teams (WMD-CST teams) with mobile analytical laboratory
capabilities and to establish, train and equip additional WMD-
CST teams in the following States and territories in order to
complete the objective of establishing WMD-CST teams in each
State and territory:
(A) Alabama.
(B) Connecticut.
(C) Delaware.
(D) District of Columbia.
(E) Indiana.
(F) Kansas.
(G) Maryland.
(H) Michigan.
(I) Mississippi.
(J) Montana.
(K) Nebraska.
(L) New Hampshire.
(M) New Jersey.
(N) Nevada.
(O) North Carolina.
(P) North Dakota.
(Q) Oregon.
(R) Rhode Island.
(S) South Dakota.
(T) Tennessee.
(U) Utah.
(V) Vermont.
(W) West Virginia.
(X) Wisconsin.
(Y) Wyoming.
(Z) American Samoa.
(AA) Guam.
(BB) Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
(4) $40,000,000 shall be available only for biological
weapons proliferation prevention activities under the
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Of such funds,
$30,000,000 shall be transferred to ''Department of State--
Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related
Programs'' only for the purpose of supporting expansion of the
Biological Weapons Redirect and International Science and
Technology Centers programs to prevent former Soviet weapons
experts from emigrating to proliferant States and to
reconfigure former Soviet biological weapons production
facilities for peaceful uses.
(5) $68,000,000 shall be available only to support and
equip Marine Corps and Army chemical/biological warfare
response teams, including the procurement of additional mobile
decontamination units for these teams.
(6) $25,000,000 shall be available only for the Army
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program for State and
Federal technical assistance projects to ensure public safety
at chemical weapons storage facilities in the following States:
(A) Alabama.
(B) Arkansas.
(C) Colorado.
(D) Illinois.
(E) Indiana.
(F) Maryland.
(G) Kentucky.
(H) Oregon.
(I) Utah.
(J) Washington.
(7) $60,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement
of interoperable communications equipment to enable Army
emergency response teams to communicate with local emergency
response personnel.
(8) $50,000,000 shall be available only to implement short-
term facility repairs and improvements at the biocontainment
research laboratories of the Army Medical Research Institute of
Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the
facilities of the Army Institute of Pathology (AFIP) at the
Walter Reed Medical Center for the purpose of improving quick
response to demands for confirmatory and diagnostic testing of
potential biological threats and to accelerate the development
of treatments and vaccines against biological agents.

SEC. 203. SPECIAL FORCES COUNTER-TERRORISM CAPABILITY.

To upgrade and improve the ability of Special Forces to
successfully operate in Operation Enduring Freedom and future anti-
terrorist operations, $755,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section
101 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $50,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement
of AN/PRC 112B survival radios for SOF rescue/extraction teams
to provide geo-location and low probability of intercept/
detection communications capability.
(2) $90,000,000 shall be available only to procure common
missile warning systems and improved conventional munitions
dispensers for the MH-47 and MH-60 aircraft to enhance rotary
wing survivability.
(3) $125,000,000 shall be available only to support
counter-terrorism full mission profile training to increase the
probability of mission success and decrease the possibility of
fratricide and to provide for shortfalls in flying hours
necessary to conduct such training and operations.
(4) $125,000,000 shall be available only to support
survivability and mission enhancement upgrades for C-130, MH-
53, and other SOF aircraft.
(5) $165,000,000 shall be available only to procure
nonstandard weapons and ammunition, unconventional equipment
and supplies, and other SOF unique counter-terrorism
enhancements to current capabilities.
(6) $200,000,000 shall be available only for SOCOM
equipment sustainment and refurbishment, and for procurement of
additional equipment.

SEC. 204. MUNITIONS AND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT REPLENISHMENT AND UPGRADES.

To ensure an adequate supply of precision guided weapons and other
weapons and munitions to fully prosecute Operation Enduring Freedom and
future potential anti-terrorist operations, and to provide for the
rapid development and deployment of promising anti-terrorist weapons,
WMD defense capabilities, and added support to key tactical warfare
systems, $912,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 101 shall be
allocated as follows:
(1) $250,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate the
development and procurement of the tactical tomahawk cruise
missile.
(2) $180,000,000 shall be available only for the
procurement of laser-guided bomb kits.
(3) $125,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of
Army and Marine Corps small arms, small arms ammunition, and
night vision equipment.
(4)(A) $250,000,000 shall be available only to
''Operational Rapid Response Transfer Fund'', to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2002, only for the
accelerated research, development, test, evaluation,
procurement, or deployment of military technologies, systems,
or other equipment necessary for improving the capability to
fight terrorism, protect the force, prepare for and respond to
terrorist attacks, or improve the capabilities of key tactical
systems.
(B) The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds under this
paragraph only to operation and maintenance accounts,
procurement accounts, or research, development, test and
evaluation accounts.
(C) Of the funds under this paragraph, $75,000,000 shall be
available only to support quick reaction activities to develop
and deploy promising new weapons and other WMD defense
capabilities that are recommended by the Department of Defense
Combating Terrorism Technology Task Force.
(D) The Secretary of Defense shall provide
written notification to the congressional defense committees prior to
the transfer of any amount under this paragraph in excess of $5,000,000
to a specific program, project, or activity.
(E) None of the funds under this paragraph may be obligated
for new start projects without prior notification to the
congressional defense committees in conformance with normal
reprogramming procedures and guidelines.
(5) $107,000,000 shall be available only to improve secure
communications capabilities of the Army Reserve components by
providing hardening, redundancy, storage, and information
assurance for network infrastructure.

SEC. 205. FORCE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY ACTIVITIES.

To upgrade physical security at Department of Defense and
intelligence agency installations, and to accelerate efforts to repair,
reconstruct, and renovate the Pentagon Reservation, $966,000,000 of the
funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
(1)(A) $800,000,000 shall be available only to finance
accelerated building renovation activities for military command
centers and related activities at the Pentagon Reservation in
order to accelerate completion of the Pentagon renovation
project by at least 4 years from the current estimated
completion date of 2014.
(B) None of the funds under this paragraph shall be
obligated until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense has
submitted to the Congress a revised Pentagon renovation plan to
include estimated total costs by year and by function, a
comprehensive construction schedule, an assessment of the
security and operational benefits derived from an accelerated
schedule, and a certification that it is the Secretary's best
estimate that expenditure of such funds will accelerate the
final completion of the Pentagon renovation by at least 4
years.
(2) $45,000,000 shall be available only to procure patrol
boat equipment in support of enhanced Navy capabilities to
maintain threat standoff distances in foreign ports.
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available only to procure security
equipment identified by the Navy to be necessary to increase
the security of military sealift ships.
(4) $25,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade
firefighting self contained breathing equipment on Navy surface
ships.
(5) $31,000,000 shall be available only for Navy and Air
Force anti-access equipment.
(6) $25,000,000 shall be available only for Army anti-
access equipment.
(7) $10,000,000 shall be available only to modernize the
USS Comfort and USS Mercy hospital ships.

SEC. 206. ESSENTIAL AIRCRAFT UPGRADES.

To make essential upgrades and improvements in aircraft
capabilities for operating in the Central Asia region, $602,000,000 of
the funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $88,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement
of additional decoys, armor, and other self-protection upgrades
for Air Force aircraft.
(2) $55,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement
of additional laser detecting sets and other self protection
and engine upgrades for Army (including SOCOM) helicopters.
(3) $48,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement
of crashworthy UH-60 helicopter extended range fuel tanks.
(4) $129,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate
planned electronic self protection, communications, navigation,
and engine upgrade modifications to combat search and rescue
helicopters.
(5) $67,000,000 shall be available only to procure
additional Litening targeting pods for AV-8B Harrier aircraft.
(6) $70,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade
strategic communications systems for the national airborne
command post.
(7) $145,000,000 shall be available only to improve the
reliability of B-52 electronics and the maintainability of B-2
surfaces.

SEC. 207. OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM OPERATIONAL COSTS.

To ensure that the military services are not required to make
reductions in essential training, readiness, equipment maintenance,
quality of life, or research and development programs in order to pay
for the unbudgeted and unpredictable operational costs of Operation
Enduring Freedom, and to ensure that the aging equipment being used in
Operation Enduring Freedom is properly maintained, $495,000,000 of the
funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $220,000,000 shall be available only to supplement the
defense working capital funds for increased fuel, base
operations, and training costs.
(2) $200,000,000 shall be available only for additional
spare parts to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
(3) $75,000,000 shall be available only for increased depot
maintenance requirements resulting from Operations Noble Eagle
and Enduring Freedom.

TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

The entire amount specified in any section of title II--
(1) is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and
(2) shall be available only if an official budget request
for the entire amount contained in such section, that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

SEC. 302. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

Within 15 days after the President makes an emergency designation
under section 301 for the amount specified in any section of title II,
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Congress a report
specifying the accounts to which the funds involved are to be
transferred and project level budget justifications for each transfer.

SEC. 303. MERGER OF AMOUNTS.

Funds transferred under this Act shall be merged with, and shall be
available for the same time period as, the appropriations to which the
funds are transferred.

SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

Funds transferred under this Act to accounts for intelligence
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
414).

A: Urgent Counter-Terrorism Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 - Appropriates additional funds for FY 2002 to the Defense Emergency Response Fund solely for upgrading critical defense and intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and recover from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Allocates such funds to the following categories: (1) anti-terrorism intelligence upgrades, including funds for the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) chemical and biological warfare defense capabilities, including funds for detection systems, vaccines, mobile laboratories, and public safety at chemical weapons storage facilities; (3) special forces counter-terrorism capability, including for survival radios, common missile warning systems, and nonstandard and unconventional weapons and equipment; (4) munitions and essential equipment replenishment and upgrades; (5) force protection and recovery activities, including renovations of the Pentagon Reservation; (6) essential aircraft upgrades; and (7) Operation Enduring Freedom operational costs.Designates all such funds as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, limiting their availability unless Congress receives a presidential budget request for the entire amount in such category.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Student Non-Discrimination Act of
2018''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Public school students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual
or transgender (LGBT), or are perceived to be LGBT, or who
associate with LGBT people, have been and are subjected to
pervasive discrimination, including harassment, bullying,
intimidation and violence, and have been deprived of equal
educational opportunities, in schools in every part of our
Nation.
(2) While discrimination, including harassment, bullying,
intimidation and violence, of any kind is harmful to students
and to our education system, actions that target students based
on sexual orientation or gender identity represent a distinct
and especially severe problem.
(3) Numerous social science studies demonstrate that
discrimination, including harassment, bullying, intimidation
and violence, at school has contributed to high rates of
absenteeism, dropout, adverse health consequences, and academic
underachievement among LGBT youth.
(4) When left unchecked, discrimination, including
harassment, bullying, intimidation and violence, in schools
based on sexual orientation or gender identity can lead, and
has led to, life-threatening violence and to suicide.
(5) Public school students enjoy a variety of
constitutional rights, including rights to equal protection,
privacy, and free expression, which are infringed when school
officials engage in discriminatory treatment or are indifferent
to discrimination, including harassment, bullying, intimidation
and violence, on the basis of sexual orientation or gender
identity.
(6) While Federal statutory protections expressly address
discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion,
disability, and national origin, Federal civil rights statutes
do not expressly include ''sexual orientation'' or ''gender
identity''. As a result, students and parents have often had
limited legal recourse to redress for discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to ensure that all students have access to public
education in a safe environment free from discrimination,
including harassment, bullying, intimidation and violence, on
the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity;
(2) to provide a comprehensive Federal prohibition of
discrimination in public schools based on actual or perceived
sexual orientation or gender identity;
(3) to provide meaningful and effective remedies for
discrimination in public schools based on actual or perceived
sexual orientation or gender identity;
(4) to invoke congressional powers, including but not
limited to the power to enforce the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution and to provide for the general welfare pursuant to
section 8 of article I of the Constitution and the power to
enact all laws necessary and proper for the execution of the
foregoing powers pursuant to section 8 of article I of the
Constitution, in order to prohibit discrimination in public
schools on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity;
and
(5) to allow the Department of Education to effectively
combat discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender
identity in public schools through regulation and enforcement,
as the Department has issued regulations under and enforced
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et
seq.) and other nondiscrimination laws in a manner that
effectively addresses discrimination.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Program or activity.--The terms ''program or activity''
and ''program'' have same meanings given such terms as applied
under section 606 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d-4a) to the operations of public entities under paragraph
(2)(B) of such section.
(2) Gender identity.--The term ''gender identity'' means
the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other
gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or
without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth.
(3) Harassment.--The term ''harassment'' means conduct that
is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to limit a
student's ability to participate in or benefit from a public
school education program or activity, or to create a hostile or
abusive educational environment at a public school, including
acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression,
intimidation, or hostility, if such conduct is based on--
(A) a student's actual or perceived sexual
orientation or gender identity; or
(B) the actual or perceived sexual orientation or
gender identity of a person or persons with whom a
student associates or has associated.
(4) Public schools.--The term ''public schools'' means
public elementary and secondary schools, including local
educational agencies, educational service agencies, and State
educational agencies, as defined in section 8101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(5) Sexual orientation.--The term ''sexual orientation''
means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
(6) Student.--The term ''student'' means an individual who
is enrolled in a public school or who, regardless of official
enrollment status, attends classes or participates in a public
school's programs or educational activities.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION; EXCEPTIONS.

(a) In General.--No student shall, on the basis of actual or
perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such individual or
of a person with whom the student associates or has associated, be
excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving
Federal financial assistance.
(b) Harassment.--For purposes of this Act, discrimination includes,
but is not limited to, harassment of a student on the basis of actual
or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such student or
of a person with whom the student associates or has associated.
(c) Retaliation Prohibited.--
(1) Prohibition.--No person shall be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination, retaliation, or reprisal under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance based on his or
her opposition to conduct made unlawful by this Act.
(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection,
''opposition to conduct made unlawful by this Act'' includes,
but is not limited to--
(A) opposition to conduct reasonably believed to be
made unlawful by this Act;
(B) any formal or informal report, whether oral or
written, to any governmental entity, including public
schools and employees thereof, regarding conduct made
unlawful by this Act or reasonably believed to be made
unlawful by this Act;
(C) participation in any investigation, proceeding,
or hearing related to conduct made unlawful by this Act
or reasonably believed to be made unlawful by this Act;
and
(D) assistance or encouragement provided to any
other person in the exercise or enjoyment of any right
granted or protected by this Act,
if in the course of that expression, the person involved does
not purposefully provide information known to be false to any
public school or other governmental entity regarding a
violation, or alleged violation, of this Act.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT; REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.

Each Federal department and agency which is empowered to extend
Federal financial assistance to any education program or activity, by
way of grant, loan, or contract other than a contract of insurance or
guaranty, is authorized and directed to effectuate the provisions of
section 4 of this Act with respect to such program or activity by
issuing rules, regulations, or orders of general applicability which
shall be consistent with achievement of the objectives of the Act
authorizing the financial assistance in connection with which the
action is taken. No such rule, regulation, or order shall become
effective unless and until approved by the President. Compliance with
any requirement adopted pursuant to this section may be effected--
(1) by the termination of or refusal to grant or to
continue assistance under such program or activity to any
recipient as to whom there has been an express finding on the
record, after opportunity for hearing, of a failure to comply
with such requirement, but such termination or refusal shall be
limited to the particular political entity, or part thereof, or
other recipient as to whom such a finding has been made, and
shall be limited in its effect to the particular program, or
part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been so found; or
(2) by any other means authorized by law,
except that no such action shall be taken until the department or
agency concerned has advised the appropriate person or persons of the
failure to comply with the requirement and has determined that
compliance cannot be secured by voluntary means. In the case of any
action terminating, or refusing to grant or continue, assistance
because of failure to comply with a requirement imposed pursuant to
this section, the head of the Federal department or agency shall file
with the committees of the House and Senate having legislative
jurisdiction over the program or activity involved a full written
report of the circumstances and the grounds for such action. No such
action shall become effective until 30 days have elapsed after the
filing of such report.

SEC. 6. CAUSE OF ACTION.

(a) Cause of Action.--Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an
aggrieved individual may assert a violation of this Act in a judicial
proceeding. Aggrieved persons may be awarded all appropriate relief,
including but not limited to equitable relief, compensatory damages,
cost of the action, and remedial action.
(b) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed to
preclude an aggrieved individual from obtaining other remedies under
any other provision of law or to require such individual to exhaust any
administrative complaint process or notice-of-claim requirement before
seeking redress under this section.
(c) Statute of Limitations.--For actions brought pursuant to this
section, the statute of limitations period shall be determined in
accordance with section 1658(a) of title 28 of the United States Code.
The tolling of any such limitations period shall be determined in
accordance with the law governing actions under section 1979 of the
Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) in the forum State.

SEC. 7. STATE IMMUNITY.

(a) State Immunity.--A State shall not be immune under the 11th
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal
court for a violation of this Act.
(b) Waiver.--A State's receipt or use of Federal financial
assistance for any program or activity of a State shall constitute a
waiver of sovereign immunity, under the 11th Amendment to the
Constitution or otherwise, to a suit brought by an aggrieved individual
for a violation of section 4 of this Act.
(c) Remedies.--In a suit against a State for a violation of this
Act, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are
available for such a violation to the same extent as such remedies are
available for such a violation in the suit against any public or
private entity other than a State.

SEC. 8. ATTORNEY'S FEES.

Section 722(b) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1988(b)) is
amended by inserting ''the Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2018,''
after ''Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of
2000,''.

SEC. 9. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

(a) Federal and State Nondiscrimination Laws.--Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to preempt, invalidate, or limit rights, remedies,
procedures, or legal standards available to victims of discrimination
or retaliation under any other Federal law or law of a State or
political subdivision of a State, including title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 1979 of
the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations imposed by this
Act are in addition to those imposed by title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), and the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
(b) Free Speech and Expression Laws and Religious Student Groups.--
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter legal standards
regarding, or affect the rights available to individuals or groups
under, other Federal laws that establish protections for freedom of
speech and expression, such as legal standards and rights available to
religious and other student groups under the 1st Amendment to the
Constitution and the Equal Access Act (20 U.S.C. 4071 et seq.).

SEC. 10. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this Act, or any application of such provision
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the
remainder of this Act, and the application of the provision to any
other person or circumstance shall not be affected.

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall not apply to conduct occurring before the
effective date of this Act.

A:
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018 This bill prohibits discrimination, under a federally assisted program,against public school students on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. The bill authorizes federal departments and agencies to terminate the educational assistance of recipients found to be violatingthis prohibition. An aggrieved individual may assert a violation of this bill in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees.
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