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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Tuition Assistance for Families
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF TUITION TAX DEDUCTION.

(a) In General.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 222(b)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to dollar limitation) are
amended to read as follows:
''(A) In general.--The applicable dollar limit
shall be equal to--
''(i) in the case of a taxpayer whose
adjusted gross income for the taxable year does
not exceed $65,000 ($130,000 in the case of a
joint return), $12,000,
''(ii) with respect to any taxable year
beginning in 2004 or 2005, in the case of a
taxpayer not described in clause (i) whose
adjusted gross income for the taxable year does
not exceed $80,000 ($160,000 in the case of a
joint return), $2,000, and
''(iii) in the case of any other taxpayer,
zero.
''(B) Inflation adjustment.--
''(i) In general.--In the case of any
taxable year beginning after 2003, each dollar
amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) shall
be increased by an amount equal to--
''(I) such dollar amount,
multiplied by
''(II) the cost-of-living
adjustment determined under section
(1)(f)(3) for the calendar year in
which the taxable year begins, by
substituting '2002' for '1992'.
''(ii) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted
under clause (i) is not a multiple of $100,
such amount shall be rounded to the next lowest
multiple of $100.''.
(b) Permanent Deduction.--Section 222 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to qualified tuition and related expenses) is amended
by striking subsection (e).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2002.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF LIFETIME LEARNING CREDIT.

(a) In General.--Section 25A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to per taxpayer credit) is amended--
(1) by striking ''20 percent'' and inserting ''25
percent'', and
(2) by striking ''$10,000 ($5,000 in the case of taxable
years beginning before January 1, 2003)'' and inserting
''$12,000''.
(b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 25A(h) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to inflation adjustments) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
''(3) Dollar limitation on amount of lifetime learning
credit.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of any taxable year
beginning after 2003, the dollar amount referred to in
subsection (c)(1) shall be increased by an amount equal
to--
''(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
''(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
determined under section (1)(f)(3) for the
calendar year in which the taxable year begins,
by substituting '2002' for '1992'.
''(B) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under
subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, such amount
shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
$100.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2002.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN INCOME LIMITS FOR HOPE AND LIFETIME LEARNING
CREDITS.

(a) In General.--Section 25A(d)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to limitation based on modified adjusted gross
income) is amended by striking ''$40,000 ($80,000'' and inserting
''$55,000 ($110,000''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 25A(h)(2)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ''2001'' in the matter preceding clause (i)
and inserting ''2003'',
(2) by striking ''the $40,000 and $80,000 amounts'' in such
matter and inserting ''the $55,000 and $110,000 amounts'', and
(3) by striking ''2000'' in clause (ii) and inserting
''2002''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2002.

SEC. 5. MAXIMUM PELL GRANT AWARDS.

The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law
107-116) is amended under the heading ''Student Financial Assistance''
by striking ''$4,000'' and inserting ''$4,500''.

SEC. 6. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

(a) Scholarships.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to
award a scholarship for academic year 2003-2004 and succeeding academic
years to each student in a State who graduated in the top 5 percent of
such student's graduating class from secondary school in academic year
2002-2003 or a succeeding academic year to enable such student to pay
the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education.
(b) Amount.--Each scholarship awarded under this section shall be
in the amount of $1,000.
(c) Use.--Each student awarded a scholarship under this section
shall use the funds to pay the cost of attendance at an institution of
higher education.
(d) Construction of Needs Provision.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
nothing in this section, or any other Act, shall be construed
to permit the receipt of a scholarship under this section to be
counted for any needs test in connection with the awarding of
any grant or the making of any loan under the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) or any other provision of
Federal law relating to educational assistance.
(2) Exception.--In determining the need of a student for
Federal financial assistance, an institution of higher
education may take into consideration the amount of scholarship
assistance received under this section if the total amount of
scholarship assistance received under this section plus the
amount of other financial assistance available to a student
exceeds the student's cost of attendance at the institution.
(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Education shall promulgate
regulations regarding how scholarships awarded under this section will
be allocated to both public and private school students.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Cost of attendance.--The term 'cost of attendance' has
the meaning given the term in section 472 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).
(2) Institution of higher education.--The term 'institution
of higher education' has the meaning given the term in section
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

Answer: Tuition Assistance for Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax deduction for qualified higher education tuition and related expenses. Sets such deduction at: (1) $12,000 for those with incomes up to $65,000 single or $130,000 joint; and (2) $2,000 for those whose incomes are above that level, but not more than $80,000 single or $160,000 joint. Provides inflation adjustment. Makes such tuition deduction permanent.Increases the amount of the Lifetime Learning tax credit percentage from 20 to 25 percent. Increases the amount of education expenses subject to such credit from $10,000 to $12,000 (thus making the maximum allowable credit $3,000, rather than the current $2,000). Provides inflation adjustment.Raises annual income limits for the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits to $55,000 single and $110,000 joint.Amends the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-116) to increase the maximum Pell Grant award from $4,000 to $4,500.Establishes an academic achievement scholarship program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a $1,000 college scholarship to each student in a State who graduates in the top five percent of his or her secondary school's graduating class.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Big Cat Public Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

(a) In General.--Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16
U.S.C. 3371) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (k) as
subsections (b) through (l), respectively; and
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated)
the following:
''(a) Breed.--The term 'breed' means to facilitate propagation or
reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or to fail to
prevent propagation or reproduction.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Consolidated farm and rural development act.--Section
349(a)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1997(a)(3)) is amended by striking ''section 2(a)'' and
inserting ''section 2(b)''.
(2) Lacey act amendments of 1981.--
(A) Section 3(e)(2)(C) of the Lacey Act Amendments
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)(2)(C)) is amended--
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ''section
2(g)'' and inserting ''section 2(h)''; and
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ''section
2(g)'' and inserting ''section 2(h)''.
(B) Section 7(c) of the Lacey Act Amendments of
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3376(c)) is amended by striking
''section 2(f)(2)(A)'' and inserting ''section
2(g)(2)(A)''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS.

Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting ''; or'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking
''; or'' and inserting a semicolon; and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ''(1) through
(3)'' and inserting ''(1) through (3) or subsection
(e)''; and
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
''(e) Captive Wildlife Offense.--
''(1) In general.--It is unlawful for any person to import,
export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in
interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially
affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or to breed or
possess, any prohibited wildlife species.
''(2) Limitation on application.--Paragraph (1) does not
apply to--
''(A) an entity exhibiting animals to the public
under a Class C license from the Department of
Agriculture and that holds such license in good
standing, if the entity--
''(i) has not been, and does not employ any
person engaged in animal care who has been,
convicted of or fined for an offense involving
the abuse or neglect of any animal pursuant to
any State, local, or Federal law;
''(ii) has not had, and does not employ any
person who has had, a license or permit
regarding the care, possession, exhibition,
breeding, or sale of animals revoked or
suspended by any State, local, or Federal
agency, including the Department of
Agriculture, within the preceding 3-year
period;
''(iii) has not been cited by the
Department of Agriculture under the Animal
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) within the
preceding 12-month period for any repeat
violation for--
''(I) inadequate veterinary care;
''(II) handling that causes stress
or trauma or a threat to public safety;
''(III) insufficient provisions of
food or water; or
''(IV) failure to allow facility
inspection;
''(iv) does not allow any individual other
than a trained professional employee or
contractor of the licensee (or an accompanying
employee receiving professional training) or a
licensed veterinarian (or an accompanying
veterinary student) to come into direct
physical contact with a prohibited wildlife
species;
''(v) ensures that during public exhibition
of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger (Panthera
tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus), snow
leopard (Uncia uncia), jaguar (Panthera onca),
cougar (Puma concolor), or any hybrid thereof,
the animal is at least 15 feet from members of
the public unless there is a permanent barrier
that prevents public contact or risk of
contact;
''(vi) does not breed any prohibited
wildlife species unless the breeding is
conducted pursuant to a species-specific,
publicly available, peer-reviewed population
management plan developed according to
established conservation science principles;
''(vii) maintains liability insurance in an
amount of not less than $250,000 for each
occurrence of property damage, bodily injury,
or death caused by any prohibited wildlife
species possessed by the person; and
''(viii) has a written plan that is made
available to local law enforcement, State
agencies and Federal agencies on request, for
the quick and safe recapture or destruction of
prohibited wildlife species in the event a
prohibited wildlife species escapes, including,
but not limited to, written protocols for
training staff on methods of safe recapture of
the escaped prohibited wildlife species;
''(B) a State college, university, or agency, or
State-licensed veterinarian;
''(C) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for
prohibited wildlife species, and--
''(i) is a corporation that is exempt from
taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and described in sections
501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of such Code;
''(ii) does not commercially trade in
prohibited wildlife species, including
offspring, parts, and byproducts of such
animals;
''(iii) does not breed the prohibited
wildlife species;
''(iv) does not allow direct contact
between the public and prohibited wildlife
species; and
''(v) does not allow the transportation and
display of prohibited wildlife species off-
site;
''(D) has custody of the prohibited wildlife
species solely for the purpose of expeditiously
transporting the prohibited wildlife species to a
person described in this paragraph with respect to the
species; or
''(E) an entity or individual that is in possession
of a prohibited wildlife species that was born before
the date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public Safety
Act, and--
''(i) not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public
Safety Act, the entity or individual registers
each individual animal of each prohibited
wildlife species with the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service;
''(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell any
prohibited wildlife species after the date of
the enactment of such Act; and
''(iii) does not allow direct contact
between the public and prohibited wildlife
species.''.

SEC. 4. PENALTIES.

(a) Civil Penalties.--Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ''(e),'' after ''(d),''; and
(2) by inserting '', (e),'' after ''subsection (d)''.
(b) Criminal Penalties.--Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ''(e),'' after
''(d),'';
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ''(e),'' after
''(d),'';
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ''(e),'' after ''(d),'';
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
''(4) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (e) of
section 3 shall be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned
for not more than five years, or both. Each violation shall be
a separate offense and the offense shall be deemed to have been
committed not only in the district where the violation first
occurred, but also in any district in which the defendant may
have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife
species.''.

SEC. 5. FORFEITURE OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES.

Section 5(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C.
3374(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ''bred, possessed,'' before
''imported, exported,''.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION.

Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C.
3376(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with other
relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate any regulations
necessary to implement section 3(e).''.

Answer: Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction. The bill revises the list of entities that are exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions regarding those wildlife species to include: (1) certain entities that hold Class C licenses in good standing under the Animal Welfare Act, and (2) current owners of animals that were born before this bill's enactment if the animals are registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Those entities and owners may not allow direct contact between the public and the prohibited wildlife species. A person who knowingly violates the prohibition must be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. The bill considers each violation to be a separate offense. The offense must be deemed to have been committed not only in the district where the violation first occurred, but also in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife species. The bill extends forfeiture provisions to fish, wildlife, or plants that are bred or possessed.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Proliferation Prevention Enhancement
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY USE OF THE AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM FOR FILING CERTAIN
SHIPPERS' EXPORT DECLARATIONS.

(a) Authority.--Section 301 of title 13, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(h) The Secretary is authorized to require the filing of
Shippers' Export Declarations under this chapter through an automated
and electronic system for the filing of export information established
by the Department of the Treasury.''.
(b) Implementing Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary
of State, shall publish regulations in the Federal Register to
require that, upon the effective date of those regulations,
exporters (or their agents) who are required to file Shippers'
Export Declarations under chapter 9 of title 13, United States
Code, file such Declarations through the Automated Export
System with respect to exports of items on the United States
Munitions List or the Commerce Control List.
(2) Elements of the regulations.--The regulations referred
to in paragraph (1) shall include at a minimum--
(A) provision for the establishment of online
assistance services to be available for those
individuals who must use the Automated Export System;
(B) provision for ensuring that an individual who
is required to use the Automated Export System is able
to print out from the System a validated record of the
individual's submission, including the date of the
submission and a serial number or other unique
identifier for the export transaction; and
(C) a requirement that the Department of Commerce
print out and maintain on file a paper copy or other
acceptable back-up record of the individual's
submission at a location selected by the Secretary of
Commerce.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) and the
regulations described in subsection (b) shall take effect 180 days
after the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology jointly
certify, by publishing in the Federal Register a notice, that a secure,
Internet-based Automated Export System that is capable of handling the
expected volume of information required to be filed under subsection
(b), plus the anticipated volume from voluntary use of the Automated
Export System, has been successfully implemented and tested.

SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY USE OF THE AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM.

It is the sense of Congress that exporters (or their agents) who
are required to file Shippers' Export Declarations under chapter 9 of
title 13, United States Code, but who are not required under section
2(b) to file such Declarations using the Automated Export System,
should do so.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary
of Energy, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit a
report to Congress setting forth--
(1) the advisability and feasibility of mandating
electronic filing through the Automated Export System for all
Shippers' Export Declarations;
(2) the manner in which data gathered through the Automated
Export System can most effectively be used by other automated
licensing systems administered by Federal agencies, including--
(A) the Defense Trade Application System of the
Department of State;
(B) the Export Control Automated Support System of
the Department of Commerce;
(C) the Foreign Disclosure and Technology
Information System of the Department of Defense;
(D) the Proliferation Information Network System of
the Department of Energy;
(E) the Enforcement Communication System of the
Department of the Treasury; and
(F) the Export Control System of the Central
Intelligence Agency; and
(3) a proposed timetable for any expansion of information
required to be filed through the Automated Export System.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Automated export system.--The term ''Automated Export
System'' means the automated and electronic system for filing
export information established under chapter 9 of title 13,
United States Code, on June 19, 1995 (60 Federal Register
32040).
(2) Commerce control list.--The term ''Commerce Control
List'' has the meaning given the term in section 774.1 of title
15, Code of Federal Regulations.
(3) Shippers' export declaration.--The term ''Shippers'
Export Declaration'' means the export information filed under
chapter 9 of title 13, United States Code, as described in part
30 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) United states munitions list.--The term ''United States
Munitions List'' means the list of items controlled under
section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).

Answer:
Expresses the sense of Congress urging exporters (or their agents) who are required to file Shippers' Export Declarations, but are not required under this Act to file them using the Automated Export System, to do so anyway.