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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Stop Westward Aquatic Threats Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND
CONTROL ACT OF 1990.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of Nonindigenous Aquatic
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. 100TH MERIDIAN AND WESTWARD PROGRAM.

Subtitle C (16 U.S.C. 4721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

''SEC. 1210. 100TH MERIDIAN AND WESTWARD PROGRAM.

''(a) Public Information and Education.--The Secretary shall
coordinate with the States to provide the public with information and
education on the threat of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance
species and how to prevent their westward advance.
''(b) Source States Action Plan.--The Secretary, in consultation
with the Task Force, shall work with States that contain aquatic
nuisance species, including zebra mussels, that threaten western States
to develop and implement a prevention action plan that includes
inspections of vessels at boat launches and elsewhere.
''(c) Movement Across the 100th Meridian.--
''(1) Early detection and rapid response.--The Secretary,
in consultation with the Task Force, shall seek to prevent
westward movement of aquatic nuisance species by monitoring and
preventing westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic
nuisance species across and beyond the 100th meridian,
monitoring water bodies, educating boaters leaving waters
infected by aquatic nuisance species, and providing rapid
response capacity in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
''(2) Check stations.--Under this subsection, the
Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of
Transportation and the States, shall--
''(A) work with States to establish check stations
on highways and waterways that cross the 100th
meridian, and require that all commercial vessels
moving westward across the meridian stop and be checked
for zebra mussels and aquatic weeds at such check
stations;
''(B) require that contaminated vessels identified
at such check stations be cleaned in accordance with
protocols developed by the Task Force before being
moved across the 100th meridian;
''(C) assess and collect from persons who violate
such requirement more than one time a civil penalty of
$150 for each violation after the first violation;
''(D) identify and record all vessels that stop at
such check stations and the water body most recently
visited by each such vessel;
''(E) focus prevention resources on States having
the greatest number of contaminated vessels; and
''(F) coordinate implementation of this subsection
with appropriate Canadian authorities.
''(d) Vector Action Plans.--The Secretary and the Task Force, in
collaboration with the States and within 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, shall--
''(1) assess the relative risk of vectors and pathways of
westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance
species across the 100th meridian and throughout the western
States and develop adequate action plans to control each
pathway, ranked by priority; and
''(2) provide to the Task Force, for distribution to the
States, data developed through such assessment.
''(e) Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Expedition.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
ensure that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the
National Park Service coordinate efforts to implement an action
plan to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species by
vessels and other potential vectors involved in the Lewis and
Clark Bicentennial Expedition, including efforts to educate
participants in such Expedition by no later than January 1,
2003.
''(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior
to carry out this subsection $100,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2005.
''(f) Application in Other States.--If the Secretary determines
that any State (other than those listed in subsection (c)) that is
located west of the 100th meridian needs to be involved in
implementation of this section for this section to be effective, the
Secretary may apply this section in such State.
''(g) Evaluation of Effectiveness.--The Secretary shall enter into
an arrangement with an independent entity under which the entity shall,
by January 1, 2005, evaluate the effectiveness of the 100th meridian
and westward program under this section in stopping the westward
movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species across and
beyond the 100th meridian.
''(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

(a) Grants to States for Development of Management Plans.--Section
1204(b) (16 U.S.C. 4724(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ''make grants to States
to develop management plans under this section, including for
hiring personnel for such development, and'' after ''at the
recommendation of the Task Force,'';
(2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ''each comprehensive
management plan implemented with Federal assistance'' and
inserting ''implementation of each comprehensive management
plan''; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ''each public facility
management plan implemented with Federal assistance'' and
inserting ''implementation of each public facility management
plan''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1301 (16 U.S.C. 4724)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (c) by striking ''There are authorized''
and all that follows through ''of which'' and inserting ''For
grants to States under section 1204(b) there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Director $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2007, of which up to 20 percent may be
available for plan development and of which''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(f) Funding for Capacity Building by Western Regional Panel.--To
build capacity and foster the development and implementation of
comprehensive management plans under section 1204 for States located on
or west of the 100th meridian there are authorized to be appropriated
to the Western Regional panel established under section 1203(b)
$600,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

SOLUTION: Stop Westward Aquatic Threats Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) provide the public with information and education on the threat of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species and how to prevent their westward advance; (2) work with States that contain aquatic nuisance species (including zebra mussels) that threaten western States to develop and implement a prevention action plan that includes inspections of vessels at boat launches and elsewhere (including vessels involved in the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Expedition); and (3) prevent westward movement of aquatic nuisance species by monitoring and preventing westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species beyond the 100th meridian, monitoring water bodies, educating boaters leaving waters infected by aquatic nuisance species, and providing rapid response capacity in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.Authorizes the Director of the of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to make grants to States to develop management plans which identify those areas or activities within the State for which assistance is needed to eliminate or reduce the environmental, public health, and safety risks associated with aquatic nuisance species, particularly the zebra mussel.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF QUOTA AND PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PEANUTS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation may not
provide loans, purchases, payments, or other operations or take any
other action to support the price, or adjust or control the production,
of peanuts by using the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or
under the authority of any law.
(b) Marketing Quotas.--
(1) In general.--Part VI of subtitle B of title III of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1357 et seq.) is
repealed.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Definitions.--Section 301(b) of the Act (7
U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended--
(i) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking
''corn, rice, and peanuts'' and inserting
''corn and rice'';
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking
subparagraph (C);
(iii) in paragraph (10)(A)--
(I) by striking ''wheat, and
peanuts'' and inserting ''and wheat'';
and
(II) by striking ''; 20 per centum
in the case of wheat; and 15 per centum
in the case of peanuts'' and inserting
''; and 20 percent in the case of
wheat'';
(iv) in paragraph (13)--
(I) by striking subparagraphs (B)
and (C); and
(II) in subparagraph (G), by
striking ''or peanuts'' both places it
appears; and
(v) in paragraph (16)(A), by striking
''rice, and peanuts'' and inserting ''and
rice''.
(B) Administrative provisions.--Section 361 of the
Act (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking
''peanuts,''.
(C) Adjustment of quotas.--Section 371 of the Act
(7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended--
(i) in the first sentence of subsection
(a), by striking ''peanuts,''; and
(ii) in the first sentence of subsection
(b), by striking ''peanuts''.
(D) Reports and records.--Section 373 of the Act (7
U.S.C. 1373) is amended--
(i) in subsection (a), by striking the
first sentence and inserting the following new
sentence: ''This subsection shall apply to
warehousemen, processors, and common carriers
of corn, wheat, cotton, rice, or tobacco, and
all ginners of cotton, all persons engaged in
the business of purchasing corn, wheat, cotton,
rice, or tobacco from producers, and all
persons engaged in the business of redrying,
prizing, or stemming tobacco for producers.'';
and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking
''peanuts,''.
(E) Regulations.--Section 375(a) of the Act (7
U.S.C. 1375(a)) is amended by striking ''peanuts,''.
(F) Eminent domain.--The first sentence of section
378(c) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1378(c)) is amended by
striking ''cotton, tobacco, and peanuts,'' and
inserting ''cotton and tobacco,''.
(c) Price Support Program.--
(1) Permanent price support.--Section 101(b) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is amended by
striking ''and peanuts''.
(2) Temporary price support.--Sections 108, 108A, and 108B
of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1445c through 1445c-3) are repealed.
(3) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 301 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1447) is
amended by inserting after ''nonbasic agricultural
commodity'' the following: ''(other than peanuts)''.
(B) Section 408(c) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)) is
amended by striking ''peanuts,''.
(C) Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amended
by inserting after ''agricultural commodities'' the
following: ''(other than peanuts)''.
(c) Liability.--A provision of this section or an amendment made by
this section shall not affect the liability of any person under any
provision of law as in effect before the application of the provision
of this section or the amendment in accordance with subsection (d).
(d) Application.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall apply beginning with the 1996 crop of peanuts.

SOLUTION: Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal respective peanut quota and price support programs.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Improved Workplace and Community
Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY
TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH OFFENDERS.

Section 821 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C.
1151) is amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 821. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY
TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH OFFENDERS.

''(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
''(1) Almost 60 percent of the prison population in 2002
was less than 35 years old.
''(2) Less than 32 percent of State prison inmates have a
high school diploma or a higher level of education, compared to
82 percent of the general population.
''(3) Approximately 38 percent of inmates who completed 11
years or less of school were not working before entry into
prison.
''(4) The percentage of State prisoners participating in
educational programs has decreased by more than 8 percent over
the period 1991-1997, despite growing evidence of how
educational programming while incarcerated reduces recidivism.
''(5) Among inmates released from prison in 1999, the
average time served in prison for the current offense was 29
months, compared with 22 months served by those released from
prison in 1990. Time spent in prison provides a unique
opportunity for education and training.
''(6) At least 95 percent of all State prisoners will be
released from prison at some point.
''(7) In 2001, 592,000 offenders were released from State
prison, a 46 percent increase over the 405,400 offenders that
were released in 1990.
''(8) The average age of prisoners released to parole
increased from 31 years in 1990 to 34 years in 1999.
''(9) Approximately 62 percent of State prisoners will be
rearrested within 3 years, with 41 percent returning to prison
or jail.
''(10) The recidivism rate for those inmates that
participate in education programs while incarcerated is
approximately 10 percent lower than non-participants.
''(11) Even with quality education and training provided
during incarceration, a period of intense supervision, support,
and counseling is needed upon release to ensure effective
reintegration of youth offenders into society.
''(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 'youth
offender' means a male or female offender under the age of 35, who is
incarcerated in a State prison, including a prerelease facility.
''(c) Grant Program.--The Secretary of Education (in this section
referred to as the 'Secretary')--
''(1) shall establish a program in accordance with this
section to provide grants to the State correctional education
agencies in the States, from allocations for the States under
subsection (i), to assist and encourage youth offenders to
acquire functional literacy, life, and job skills, through--
''(A) the pursuit of a postsecondary education
certificate, or an associate or bachelor's degree while
in prison; and
''(B) employment counseling and other related
services which start during incarceration and end not
later than 1 year after release from confinement; and
''(2) may establish such performance objectives and
reporting requirements for State correctional education
agencies receiving grants under this section as the Secretary
determines are necessary to assess the effectiveness of the
program under this section.
''(d) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this section,
a State correctional education agency shall submit to the Secretary a
proposal for a youth offender program that--
''(1) identifies the scope of the problem, including the
number of youth offenders in need of postsecondary education
and vocational training;
''(2) lists the accredited public or private educational
institution or institutions that will provide postsecondary
educational services;
''(3) lists the cooperating agencies, public and private,
or businesses that will provide related services, such as
counseling in the areas of career development, substance abuse,
health, and parenting skills;
''(4) describes specific performance objectives and
evaluation methods (in addition to, and consistent with, any
objectives established by the Secretary under subsection
(c)(2)) that the State correctional education agency will use
in carrying out its proposal, including--
''(A) specific and quantified student outcome
measures that are referenced to outcomes for non-
program participants with similar demographic
characteristics; and
''(B) measures, consistent with the data elements
and definitions described in subsection (e)(1)(A), of--
''(i) program completion, including an
explicit definition of what constitutes a
program completion within the proposal;
''(ii) knowledge and skill attainment,
including specification of instruments that
will measure knowledge and skill attainment;
''(iii) attainment of employment both prior
to and subsequent to release;
''(iv) success in employment indicated by
job retention and advancement; and
''(v) recidivism, including such
subindicators as time before subsequent offense
and severity of offense;
''(5) describes how the proposed programs are to be
integrated with existing State correctional education programs
(such as adult education, graduate education degree programs,
and vocational training) and State industry programs;
''(6) describes how the proposed programs will have
considered or will utilize technology to deliver the services
under this section; and
''(7) describes how students will be selected so that only
youth offenders eligible under subsection (f) will be enrolled
in postsecondary programs.
''(e) Program Requirements.--Each State correctional education
agency receiving a grant under this section shall--
''(1) annually report to the Secretary regarding--
''(A) the results of the evaluations conducted
using data elements and definitions provided by the
Secretary for the use of State correctional education
programs;
''(B) any objectives or requirements established by
the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c)(2); and
''(C) the additional performance objectives and
evaluation methods contained in the proposal described
in subsection (d)(4) as necessary to document the
attainment of project performance objectives; and
''(2) expend on each participating eligible student for an
academic year, not more than the maximum Federal Pell Grant
funded under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
for such academic year, which shall be used for--
''(A) tuition, books, and essential materials; and
''(B) related services such as career development,
substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training,
and health education.
''(f) Student Eligibility.--A youth offender shall be eligible for
participation in a program receiving a grant under this section if the
youth offender--
''(1) is eligible to be released within 5 years (including
a youth offender who is eligible for parole within such time);
and
''(2) is 35 years of age or younger.
''(g) Length of Participation.--A State correctional education
agency receiving a grant under this section shall provide educational
and related services to each participating youth offender for a period
not to exceed 5 years, 1 year of which may be devoted to study in a
graduate education degree program or to remedial education services for
students who have obtained a secondary school diploma or its recognized
equivalent. Educational and related services shall start during the
period of incarceration in prison or prerelease, and the related
services may continue for not more than 1 year after release from
confinement.
''(h) Education Delivery Systems.--State correctional education
agencies and cooperating institutions shall, to the extent practicable,
use high-tech applications in developing programs to meet the
requirements and goals of this section.
''(i) Allocation of Funds.--From the funds appropriated pursuant to
subsection (j) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each
State an amount that bears the same relationship to such funds as the
total number of students eligible under subsection (f) in such State
bears to the total number of such students in all States.
''(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.''.

SOLUTION:
Improved Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish performance objectives and reporting requirements necessary to assess program effectiveness for state correctional education agencies receiving grants for transition training for incarcerated youth offenders.

Requires grant applications to describe specific performance objectives and evaluation methods that the state agency will use, including: (1) specific and quantified student outcome measures that are referenced to outcomes for non-program participants with similar demographic characteristics; and (2) measures of program completion, knowledge and skill attainment, attainment of and success in employment, and recidivism. Requires descriptions of how the proposed programs will consider or utilize technology.

Directs each state agency receiving a grant to: (1) report annually to the Secretary on the results of the evaluations and additional performance objectives and on evaluation methods as necessary to document the attainment of performance objectives; and (2) expend on each participating eligible student for an academic year not more than the maximum federal Pell grant for such year, which shall be used for tuition, books, essential materials, and related services such as career development, substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training, and health education.

Makes youth offenders age 35 (currently, 25) or younger eligible for participation. Allows related services to continue for up to one year after release from confinement.