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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Workforce Reduction Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ''Each Executive agency'' and inserting
''(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive
agency''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
''(1) Hiring freeze.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
during fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year for
which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in
such manner as the Director determines to be appropriate)
projects a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive
agency may not appoint any individual to a position in the
agency.
''(2) Permitting appointments from federal workforce hiring
pool.--
''(A) Establishment of pool.--The President shall
establish a Federal workforce hiring pool consisting of
positions which may be allocated among all Executive
agencies.
''(B) Procedures.--The head of an Executive agency
may appoint an individual to a position in the agency
if--
''(i) there is a position available in the
Federal workforce hiring pool;
''(ii) the head of the Executive agency
submits a request to the President for the
allocation of a position in the Federal
workforce hiring pool to the agency for
purposes of making an appointment; and
''(iii) the President approves the request.
''(C) Process and criteria for approving
requests.--The President shall promulgate regulations--
''(i) setting forth the process by which
the head of an Executive agency may make a
request under this subsection; and
''(ii) setting forth the criteria by which
the President shall determine on a competitive
basis whether to approve a request by the head
of an Executive agency under this subsection.
''(D) Number of positions in pool.--
''(i) Initial number.--As of the first day
of fiscal year 2011, the number of positions in
the Federal workforce hiring pool shall equal
zero.
''(ii) Changes to initial number.--After
the first day of fiscal year 2011, the number
of positions in the Federal workforce hiring
pool--
''(I) shall increase by .50 for
each full-time-equivalent position in
any Executive agency which subsequently
becomes vacant; and
''(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for
each request for a full-time equivalent
position which is approved by the
President under this subsection.
''(3) Waiver in case of emergency or need to protect
national security.--The President may waive this subsection
with respect to the hiring of an employee for a position upon a
determination by the President that--
''(A) the existence of a state of war or other
national security concern so requires; or
''(B) the existence of an extraordinary emergency
threatening life, health, safety, or property so
requires.
''(4) Action through opm.--The President shall carry out
this subsection through the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, who shall consult with the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget.
''(5) Reports to congress.--
''(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President
shall provide Congress with a report containing a list
of each appointment approved by the President under
this subsection during the quarter, broken down by
executive agency.
''(B) Information included.--The list contained in
a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A)
shall include a description of the position associated
with each approved appointment, but shall not provide
any information that may be used to identify the
individual appointed to the position.
''(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall
make each report provided to Congress under
subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the
report on the official public website of the Executive
Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and
downloadable manner.
''(6) Exclusion of certain executive agencies.--This
subsection does not apply to--
''(A) the Department of Defense;
''(B) the Department of Homeland Security; or
''(C) the Department of Veterans' Affairs.''.

SOLUTION: Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency.

Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property.

Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Childrens' Media Protection Act of
1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On average, a child in the United States is exposed to
27 hours of television each week, and some children are exposed
to as much as 11 hours of television each day.
(2) The average American child watches 8,000 murders and
100,000 acts of other violence on television by the time the
child completes elementary school.
(3) By the age of 18 years, the average American teenager
has watched 200,000 acts of violence on television, including
40,000 murders.
(4) The Times Mirror Center reports that a recent poll of
Americans indicates that 72 percent of the American people
believe that there is too much violence on television, and,
according to a survey by U.S. News and World Report dated May
1994, 91 percent of American voters believe that mayhem in the
media contributes to violence in real life.
(5) On several occasions since 1975, The Journal of the
American Medical Association has alerted the medical community
to the adverse effects of televised violence on child
development, including an increase in the level of aggressive
behavior and violent behavior among children who view it.
(6) The National Commission on Children recommended in 1991
that producers of television programs exercise greater
restraint in the content of programming for children.
(7) A report of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation,
dated May 1993, indicates that there is an irrefutable
connection between the amount of violence depicted in the
television programs watched by children and increased
aggressive behavior among children.
(8) It is in the National interest that parents be
empowered with the technology to block the viewing of
television programs whose content is overly violent or
objectionable for other reasons.
(9) Technology currently exists to permit the manufacture
of television receivers that are capable of permitting parents
to block television programs having violent or otherwise
objectionable content.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE RATING CODE.

Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(v) Prescribe, in consultation with television broadcasters,
cable operators, appropriate public interest groups, and interested
individuals from the private sector, rules for rating the level of
violence in television programming, including rules for the
transmission by television broadcast systems and cable systems of
signals containing specifications for blocking violent programming.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303), as
amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
''(w) Require, in the case of apparatus designed to receive
television signals that are manufactured in the United States or
imported for use in the United States and that have a picture screen 13
inches or greater in size (measured diagonally), that such apparatus--
''(1) be equipped with circuitry designed to enable viewers
to block the display of channels, programs, and time slots; and
''(2) enable viewers to block display of all programs with
a common rating.''.

SEC. 5. SHIPPING OR IMPORTING OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

(a) Regulations.--Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 330) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by adding after subsection (b) the following new
subsection (c):
''(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall ship
in interstate commerce, manufacture, assemble, or import from any
foreign country into the United States any apparatus described in
section 303(w) of this Act except in accordance with rules prescribed
by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section.
''(2) This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting
apparatus referred to in paragraph (1) without trading it.
''(3) The rules prescribed by the Commission under this subsection
shall provide performance standards for blocking technology. Such rules
shall require that all such apparatus be able to receive the rating
signals which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical
blanking interval and which conform to the signal and blocking
specifications established by the Commission.
''(4) As new video technology is developed, the Commission shall
take such action as the Commission determines appropriate to ensure
that blocking service continues to be available to consumers.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 330(d) of such Act, as
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking ''section
303(s), and section 303(u)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''and
sections 303(s), 303(u), and 303(w)''.

SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON TELEVISION DURING CERTAIN
HOURS.

Title I of the Children's Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''prohibition on violent programming

''Sec. 105. (a) The Commission shall, within 30 days of the date of
the enactment of this Act, initiate a rule-making proceeding to
prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and
by public telecommunications entities, including the broadcast by cable
operators, from the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., inclusive, of
programming that contains gratuitous violence.
''(b) As used in this section:
''(1) The term 'cable operator' has the meaning given such
term in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 522).
''(2) The term 'programming' includes advertisements but
does not include bona fide newscasts, bona fide news
interviews, bona fide news documentaries, and on-the-spot
coverage of bona fide news events.
''(3) The term 'public telecommunications entity' has the
meaning given such term in section 397(12) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(12)).''.

SEC. 7. BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND CABLE OF EDUCATIONAL AND
INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN.

(a) Broadcast Television.--Section 309 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(k) Educational and Information Programming for Children.--In
granting an application for a license for a television broadcasting
station (including an application for renewal of such a license), the
Commission shall impose such conditions upon the applicant as the
Commission requires in order to ensure that the applicant complies
under the license with the standards for children's television
programming established under section 102 of the Children's Television
Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and otherwise serves the educational and
informational needs of children through its overall programming.''.
(b) Cable Service.--Part III of title VI of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

''educational and information programming for children

''Sec. 629. A franchise, including the renewal of a franchise, may
not be awarded under this part unless the cable operator to be awarded
the franchise agrees to comply with the standards for children's
television programming established under section 102 of the Children's
Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and to otherwise serve the
educational and informational needs of children in the provision of
cable service under the franchise.''.

SOLUTION: Childrens' Media Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) prescribe rules for the rating of violence levels in television programming, including rules for the transmission of signals containing specifications for blocking violent programming; and (2) require television sets with picture screens of 13 inches or more to be equipped with blocking circuitry and enable viewers to block display of all programs with a common rating. Prohibits any person from shipping, manufacturing, assembling, or importing any television not so equipped. Requires performance standards for blocking technology.
(Sec. 6) Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and any public telecommunications entities between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock p.m., inclusively, of programming that contains gratuitous violence.
(Sec. 7) Directs the FCC, in granting an application for a television broadcast license, to impose conditions which ensure that the applicant complies with the standards for children's television programming as established under the Children's Television Act of 1990 and otherwise serves the educational and informational needs of children through its overall programming. Prohibits a cable franchise award or renewal unless the cable operator complies with such standards.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Mercury Reduction Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that
bioaccumulates in the environment;
(2) according to recent studies, mercury deposition is a
significant public health threat in many States throughout the
United States;
(3) 40 States have issued fish advisories that warn certain
individuals to restrict or avoid consuming mercury-contaminated
fish from affected bodies of water;
(4) according to a report by the National Academy of
Sciences, over 60,000 children are born each year in the United
States at risk for adverse neurodevelopmental effects due to
exposure to methyl mercury in utero;
(5) studies have documented that exposure to elevated
levels of mercury in the environment results in serious harm to
species of wildlife that consume fish;
(6) according to the Mercury Study Report, prepared by the
Environmental Protection Agency and submitted to Congress in
1997, mercury fever thermometers contribute approximately 17
tons of mercury to solid waste each year;
(7) the Governors of the New England States have endorsed a
regional goal of ''the virtual elimination of the discharge of
anthropogenic mercury into the environment'';
(8) mercury fever thermometers are easily broken, creating
a potential risk of dangerous exposure to mercury vapor in
indoor air and risking mercury contamination of the
environment; and
(9) according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the
quantity of mercury in 1 mercury fever thermometer,
approximately 1 gram, is enough to contaminate all fish in a
lake with a surface area of 20 acres.

SEC. 3. MERCURY.

(a) In General.--Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 3024. MERCURY.

''(a) Prohibition on Sale of Mercury Fever Thermometers Except by
Prescription.--Effective beginning 180 days after the date of enactment
of this section--
''(1) a person shall not sell or supply mercury fever
thermometers to consumers, except by prescription; and
''(2) with each mercury fever thermometer sold or supplied
by prescription, the manufacturer of the thermometer shall
provide clear instructions on--
''(A) careful handling of the thermometer to avoid
breakage; and
''(B) proper cleanup of the thermometer and its
contents in the event of breakage.
''(b) Thermometer Exchange Program.--The Administrator shall make
grants to States, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, or other
suitable entities for implementation of a national program for the
collection of liquid mercury fever thermometers from households and
their exchange for thermometers that do not contain mercury.
''(c) Management of Collected Mercury.--
''(1) Task force.--
''(A) Establishment.--There is established an
advisory committee to be known as the 'Task Force on
Mercury' (referred to in this section as the 'Task
Force').
''(B) Membership.--The Task Force shall be composed
of 5 members, of whom--
''(i) 1 member shall be the Administrator,
who shall serve as Chairperson of the Task
Force;
''(ii) 1 member shall be the Secretary of
State;
''(iii) 1 member shall be the Secretary of
Defense;
''(iv) 1 member shall be the Secretary of
Energy; and
''(v) 1 member shall be the Director of the
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
''(C) Date of appointments.--The appointment of a
member of the Task Force shall be made not later than
30 days after the date of enactment of this section.
''(D) Term; vacancies.--
''(i) Term.--A member shall be appointed
for the life of the Task Force.
''(ii) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Task
Force--
''(I) shall not affect the powers
of the Task Force; and
''(II) shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment was
made.
''(E) Meetings.--
''(i) Initial meeting.--Not later than 30
days after the date on which all members of the
Task Force have been appointed, the Task Force
shall hold the initial meeting of the Task
Force.
''(ii) Calling of meetings.--The Task Force
shall meet at the call of the Chairperson.
''(iii) Quorum.--A majority of the members
of the Task Force shall constitute a quorum,
but a lesser number of members may hold
hearings.
''(F) Duties.--
''(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year
after the date of the initial meeting of the
Task Force, the Task Force shall submit to
Congress a report containing recommendations
and suggested actions concerning--
''(I) the long-term management of
surplus mercury collected from--
''(aa) mercury fever
thermometers;
''(bb) other medical and
commercial sources;
''(cc) government sources,
including mercury stored by the
Department of Defense and the
Department of Energy; and
''(dd) industrial or other
sources in the United States;
''(II) programs to test the long-
term durability of promising
technologies for sequestration of
mercury;
''(III) storage of mercury
collected or sequestered under
subclause (I) or (II), in a manner that
ensures that there is no release of the
mercury into the environment;
''(IV) reduction of the total
threat posed by mercury to humans and
the environment; and
''(V) reduction of the total
quantity of mercury produced, used, and
released on a global basis, including
whether and how--
''(aa) the quantity of
virgin mercury mined from the
ground and placed in
circulation each year can be
reduced through bilateral or
international agreements or
other means;
''(bb) the quantity of
mercury intentionally used in
products, mining, and
manufacturing can be reduced
through substitution of
mercury-free alternatives that
are safer, available, and
affordable; and
''(cc) essential mercury
needs can be met through use of
stockpiles in existence on the
date of enactment of this
section rather than through use
of virgin mercury.
''(ii) Consultation.--In carrying out this
subparagraph, the Task Force shall consult with
States, industries, and health, environmental,
and consumer organizations.
''(G) Hearings.--The Task Force may hold such
hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take
such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Task
Force considers advisable to carry out this section.
''(H) Information from federal agencies.--
''(i) In general.--The Task Force may
secure directly from a Federal agency such
information as the Task Force considers
necessary to carry out this section.
''(ii) Provision of information.--On
request of the Chairperson of the Task Force,
the head of the agency shall provide the
information to the Task Force.
''(I) Postal services.--The Task Force may use the
United States mails in the same manner and under the
same conditions as other agencies of the Federal
Government.
''(J) Gifts.--The Task Force may accept, use, and
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.
''(K) Compensation of members; travel expenses.--
''(i) Federal employees.--A member of the
Task Force who is an officer or employee of the
Federal Government shall serve without
compensation in addition to the compensation
received for the services of the member as an
officer or employee of the Federal Government.
''(ii) Travel expenses.--A member of the
Task Force shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for an employee of an agency
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the home or
regular place of business of the member in the
performance of the duties of the Task Force.
''(L) Staff and funding.--
''(i) Determination.--The Chairperson of
the Task Force shall determine the level of
staff and funding that are adequate to carry
out the activities of the Task Force.
''(ii) Source.--The staff and funding shall
be provided by and drawn equally from the
resources of--
''(I) the Department of Energy;
''(II) the Department of Defense;
and
''(III) the Environmental
Protection Agency.
''(iii) Appointment of staff.--The
Chairperson may, without regard to the civil
service laws (including regulations), appoint
and terminate such staff as are necessary to
enable the Task Force to perform the duties of
the Task Force.
''(iv) Compensation.--
''(I) In general.--Except as
provided in subclause (II), the
Chairperson may fix the compensation of
the staff of the Task Force that are
not officers or employees of the
Federal Government without regard to
the provisions of chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code, relating to
classification of positions and General
Schedule pay rates.
''(II) Maximum rate of pay.--The
rate of pay for the staff shall not
exceed the rate payable for level V of
the Executive Schedule under section
5316 of title 5, United States Code.
''(v) Detail of federal government
employees.--
''(I) In general.--An employee of
the Federal Government may be detailed
to the Task Force without
reimbursement.
''(II) Civil service status.--The
detail of the employee shall be without
interruption or loss of civil service
status or privilege.
''(vi) Procurement of temporary and
intermittent services.--The Chairperson of the
Task Force may procure for the purposes of the
Task Force temporary and intermittent services
in accordance with section 3109(b) of title 5,
United States Code, at rates for individuals
that do not exceed the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V
of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of
that title.
''(M) Termination of task force.--The Task Force
shall terminate on the date that is 90 days after the
date on which the Task Force submits the report
required under subparagraph (F)(i).
''(N) No effect on other law.--Nothing in this
paragraph affects the regulation of mercury under--
''(i) any other provision of this subtitle;
or
''(ii) any other law.
''(2) Responsibility of the administrator for safe
management and storage of mercury.--In consultation with the
Task Force, the Administrator shall--
''(A)(i) purchase or otherwise take title to the
mercury collected under the thermometer exchange
program established under subsection (b), or collected
from any other source;
''(ii) manage (or designate a contractor to manage)
the mercury collected in a manner that ensures that the
mercury collected is not released into the environment;
''(iii) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable,
that the mercury collected under the thermometer
exchange program established under subsection (b), or
an equivalent quantity of mercury, is not reintroduced
into commerce; and
''(iv) provide to the Task Force, for inclusion in
the report of the Task Force under paragraph (1)(F)(i),
an analysis of, and recommendations relating to, the
mercury collection and management activities carried
out under this section; and
''(B)(i) identify potential mercury stabilization
technologies and long-term storage measures that ensure
minimal release of mercury into the environment; and
''(ii) conduct such research, development, and
demonstration of the technologies and measures as the
Administrator determines to be appropriate.
''(d) Relation to Other Law.--Nothing in this section--
''(1) precludes any State from imposing any additional
requirement; or
''(2) diminishes any obligation, liability, or other
responsibility under other Federal law.
''(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
''(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section (other than subsection (c)(2)(A))
$20,000,000, of which--
''(A) not more than 2.5 percent shall be used to
carry out the activities of the Task Force; and
''(B) not more than 2.5 percent shall be used to
carry out subsection (c)(2)(B).
''(2) Safe management and storage.--In addition to the
amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), there
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection
(c)(2)(A) $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6901) is amended by adding at the end of the items
relating to subtitle C the following:

''Sec. 3024. Mercury.''.

Passed the Senate September 5, 2002.

Attest:

JERI THOMSON,

Secretary.

SOLUTION:
Mercury Reduction Act of 2002 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or supply of mercury fever thermometers to consumers, except by prescription; and (2) require manufacturers to provide clear instructions on handling of thermometers to avoid breakage and on proper cleanup in the event of breakage.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants for a household mercury thermometer collection and exchange program.Establishes a Task Force on Mercury to make recommendations on: (1) the long-term management of surplus mercury collected from thermometers and from medical, commercial, government, and industrial and other sources; (2) programs to test technologies for sequestration of retired mercury; (3) storage of mercury in a manner that ensures no release into the environment; (4) reduction of the total threat posed by mercury to humans and the environment; and (5) reduction of mercury produced, used, and released.Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Task Force, to: (1) take title to mercury collected under the thermometer exchange program or from another source; (2) manage the mercury in a manner that prevents its release into the environment; (3) ensure that collected mercury is not reintroduced into commerce; (4) provide to the Task Force an analysis of, and recommendations concerning, collection and management activities under this Act; and (5) identify stabilization technologies and long-term storage measures that prevent mercury release and conduct appropriate research, development, and demonstration.Authorizes appropriations.