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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MEDAL.

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

SEC. 3. MEDAL OF VALOR BOARD.

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

SEC. 4. BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.

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

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

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

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

SEC. 7. NATIONAL MEDAL OF VALOR OFFICE.

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

SEC. 8. CONFORMING REPEAL.

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

SEC. 9. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.

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

Passed the Senate May 14, 2001.

Attest:

Secretary.
107th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 39

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To provide a national medal for public safety officers who act with
extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, and for other
purposes.

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

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PRINCIPAL REDUCTION OF MORTGAGES OWNED OR GUARANTEED BY FANNIE
MAE AND FREDDIE MAC.

(a) Program Authority.--The Federal National Mortgage Association
and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall each carry out a
program under this section to provide for the reduction of the interest
rates on qualified mortgages on single-family housing owned or
guaranteed by such enterprises, in accordance with this section and
policies and procedures that the Director of the Federal Housing
Finance Agency shall establish.
(b) Timing.--Each enterprise shall commence the program required
under subsection (a) upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning
upon the date of the enactment of this Act and shall complete all
reductions of the interest rates of qualified mortgages required under
the program not later than the expiration of the 12-month period
beginning upon the commencement of such program.
(c) Interest Rate Reduction.--In reducing the interest rate on a
qualified mortgage under a program of an enterprise required under this
section, the enterprise shall reduce the annual rate of interest
charged with respect to the outstanding principal obligation of the
mortgage for the remainder of the term of the mortgage, notwithstanding
whether the interest rate under the mortgage is otherwise subject to
adjustment during such mortgage term, to a fixed interest rate that is
the lesser of--
(1) 4 percent annually; or
(2) the rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, as most
recently published in the Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey
of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as of the time
of such interest rate reduction for such qualified mortgage.
(d) Exempt Mortgages.--The Director shall provide that the
following qualified mortgages shall not be subject to reduction of the
interest rate under a program under this section:
(1) Fixed-rate mortgages.--In the case of a qualified
mortgage having a rate of interest that is fixed for the entire
term of the mortgage, any mortgage having such an interest rate
that is a lower than the interest rate determined for the
mortgage under subsection (c).
(2) Adjustable-rate mortgages.--In the case of a mortgage
having a rate of interest that is subject to adjustment during
the term of the mortgage, any mortgage for which the interest
rate cannot, as a result of the terms of the terms and
conditions of the mortgage, exceed the interest rate determined
for the mortgage under subsection (c) at any time during the
term of the mortgage.
(e) Option to Opt-Out.--Each program of an enterprise required
under this section shall provide for the enterprise to--
(1) notify the mortgagor under a qualified mortgage in
writing, before the proposed reduction of the interest rate on
qualified mortgage of the mortgagor, of--
(A) such proposed reduction and the interest rate
applicable to the mortgage upon such reduction; and
(B) the opportunity, in accordance with paragraph
(2), for the mortgagor to request that no such interest
rate reduction be applied with respect to such
mortgage; and
(2) forego such interest rate reduction with respect to the
qualified mortgage of a mortgagor upon receipt by the
enterprise of a request by the mortgagor that no such interest
rate reduction be applied with respect to such mortgage.
(f) Maintenance of Loan Status.--Any reduction of the interest rate
on a qualified mortgage under a program under this section shall not
result in the treatment of the modified mortgage as a new mortgage.
(g) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) Director.--The term ''Director'' means the Director of
the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
(2) Enterprise.--The term ''enterprise'' means the Federal
National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation.
(3) Qualified mortgage.--The term ''qualified mortgage''
means a mortgage, without regard to whether the mortgagor is
current or in default on payments due under the mortgage,
that--
(A) is an existing first mortgage that was made for
purchase of, or refinancing another first mortgage on,
a one- to four-family dwelling, including a condominium
or a share in a cooperative ownership housing
association, that is occupied by the mortgagor as the
principal residence of the mortgagor;
(B) is owned or guaranteed by the Federal National
Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation; and
(C) was originated on or before the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(h) Regulations.--The Director shall issue any regulations or
guidance necessary to carry out the programs required under this
section not later than the expiration of the 90-day period that begins
on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Ex Output:
Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) each to carry out a program to provide for the reduction of the interest rates on qualified mortgage mortgages (other than fixed-rate or adjustable-rate mortgages) on single-family housing owned or guaranteed by such enterprises, in accordance with policies and procedures that the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shall establish.

Requires each program to provide a procedure for mortgagors to opt-out of an interest rate reduction.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Redistricting
Transparency Act of 2010''.
(b) Finding.--Congress finds that it has the authority to require
States to follow certain procedures in carrying out Congressional
redistricting after an apportionment of Members of the House of
Representatives because--
(1) the authority granted to Congress under article I,
section 4 of the Constitution of the United States gives
Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and
manner of elections for Members of the House of
Representatives; and
(2) the authority granted to Congress under section 5 of
the 14th Amendment to the Constitution gives Congress the power
to enact laws to enforce section 2 of such Amendment, which
requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several
States according to their number.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING REDISTRICTING TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER PROCEDURES
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

(a) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any Congressional redistricting conducted by a State shall
be conducted in accordance with a process under which the
entity responsible for developing Congressional redistricting
plans in the State (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
''State redistricting entity'')--
(A) in accordance with section 3, establishes and
operates an Internet site;
(B) in accordance with section 4, provides
opportunities for participation by members of the
public in the initial development of such plans;
(C) in accordance with section 5, provides
opportunities for members of the public to respond to
the proposed final Congressional redistricting plan;
and
(D) in accordance with section 6, notifies members
of the public regarding the final Congressional
redistricting plan adopted for the State.
(2) Other procedures permitted.--Nothing in this Act or the
amendments made by this Act may be construed to prohibit a
State from conducting Congressional redistricting in accordance
with such procedures as the State considers appropriate, to the
extent that such procedures are consistent with the applicable
requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(3) No effect on redistricting for state or local
elections.--Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this
Act may be construed to affect any procedures a State or a unit
of local government in a State may use to conduct redistricting
with respect to elections for State or local offices.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 22(c) of the Act entitled ''An
Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and
to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress'',
approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(c)), is amended by striking ''in
the manner provided by the law thereof'' and inserting: ''in a manner
consistent with the requirements of the Redistricting Transparency Act
of 2010''.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC INTERNET SITE FOR STATE REDISTRICTING ENTITY.

(a) Establishment and Operation of Site.--Each State redistricting
entity shall establish and maintain a public Internet site which meets
the following requirements:
(1) The site is updated continuously to provide advance
notice of meetings held by the entity and to otherwise provide
timely information on the entity's activities.
(2) The site contains the most recent available information
from the Bureau of the Census on voting-age population, voter
registration, and voting results in the State, including
precinct-level and census tract-level data with respect to such
information, as well as detailed maps reflecting such
information.
(3) The site permits any individual to submit comments on
any plan proposed by the entity, and to submit questions,
comments, and other information with respect to the entity's
activities.
(4) The site includes any other information the entity is
required to post under this Act.
(b) Deadline for Posting of Comments Submitted by Public.--The
State redistricting entity shall ensure that any comment submitted by a
member of the public to the site established under this section,
including a comment on any plan proposed by the entity or any other
person, and any other comment relating to Congressional redistricting
in the State, is posted on the site not later than 72 hours after
submission.
(c) Updating of Information.--The State redistricting entity shall
take all actions necessary to ensure that the site established under
this section is updated continuously to provide timely advance notice
of the entity's meetings and to otherwise provide timely information on
the entity's activities.
(d) Deadline.--The State redistricting entity shall establish the
site under this section as soon as practicable after the completion of
the regular decennial census, but in no case later than the final
deadline provided under section 22(b) of the Act entitled ''An Act to
provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to
provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress'', approved
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), for the Clerk of the House of
Representatives to transmit to the State the notice of the number of
Representatives to which the State is entitled in the following
Congress.

SEC. 4. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF
CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLANS.

During the 60-day period which begins on the date the State
receives the notice referred to in section 3(d), the State
redistricting entity shall solicit the input of members of the public
in its work to develop initial Congressional redistricting plans for
the State by carrying out the following activities:
(1) Publishing and posting on the Internet site established
under section 3 the criteria which the entity will use to
develop the Congressional redistricting plan for the State.
(2) Holding at least one hearing in the State at which
members of the public may provide comments on such criteria and
any other issues relating to Congressional redistricting in the
State.
(3) Publishing and posting the transcript of each such
hearing, or posting a link to a video recording of each such
hearing, on the Internet site not later than 7 days after the
conclusion of the hearing.

SEC. 5. OPPORTUNITIES TO RESPOND TO PROPOSED FINAL CONGRESSIONAL
REDISTRICTING PLAN ADOPTED BY REDISTRICTING ENTITY.

(a) Notice of Final Plan.--Not later than 10 days prior to adopting
a final Congressional redistricting plan for the State, the State
redistricting entity shall post on the Internet site established under
section 3 (and, if practicable, cause to have published in newspapers
of general circulation throughout the State) the following information:
(1) A detailed version of the proposed final plan,
including--
(A) a map showing each Congressional district
established under the plan;
(B) a statement of the voting age population by
race and membership in a language minority group of
each such district; and
(C) a statement of the number of registered voters
in each such district, broken down by political party
affiliation to the extent that such information is
available under State law.
(2) A statement explaining the entity's reasons for
adopting the proposed final plan and the reasons why the
adoption of the plan will best serve the public interest.
(3) Any dissenting statement of any member of the entity
who did not approve the proposed final plan.
(4) A statement that members of the public may submit
comments regarding the proposed final plan through the Internet
site, together with information on how members of the public
may submit such comments to the entity through other methods.
(b) Public Hearing Prior to Adoption of Final Plan.--Not later than
7 days prior to adopting the final Congressional redistricting plan for
the State, the State redistricting entity shall hold at least one
hearing in the State at which members of the public may provide
comments on the plan and members of the entity may explain the reasons
why the adoption of the plan will best serve the public interest. The
entity shall publish and post the transcript of each such hearing, or
post a link to a video recording of each such hearing, on the Internet
site established under section 3.
(c) Treatment of Amended and New Plans.--If, in response to public
comment or for any other reason, the State redistricting entity posts
an amended version of the proposed final Congressional redistricting
plan which is posted on the Internet site under subsection (a) or posts
a new proposed final Congressional redistricting plan, subsections (a)
and (b) shall apply with respect to the amended version of the plan or
the new plan in the same manner as such subsections apply with respect
to the proposed final plan which is first posted under subsection (a),
except to the extent that the application of such subsections would
require the entity to violate a deadline established by State law for
the submission of a final Congressional redistricting plan to the State
legislature.

SEC. 6. NOTICE OF FINAL ADOPTED CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLAN.

Not later than 7 days after the State redistricting entity adopts
the final Congressional redistricting plan for the State, the entity
shall post on the Internet site established under section 3 (and, if
practicable, cause to have published in newspapers of general
circulation throughout the State) the following information:
(1) A detailed version of the plan, including--
(A) a map showing each Congressional district
established under the plan;
(B) a statement for each such district of the total
population and voting age population by race and
membership in a language minority group; and
(C) a statement of the number of registered voters
in each such district, broken down by political party
affiliation to the extent that such information is
available under State law.
(2) To the extent that the State maintains data on the
number of registered voters by race and membership in a
language minority group, a statement for each such district of
the number of registered voters by race and membership in a
language minority group.
(3) A statement explaining the entity's reasons for
adopting the plan and the reasons why the adoption of the plan
will best serve the public interest.
(4) Any dissenting statements of any members of the entity
who did not approve the plan.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the
regular decennial census conducted during 2010.

Ex Output:
Redistricting Transparency Act of 2010 - Requires states to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting proposals via the Internet and have the opportunity to participate in the development of such proposals prior to their adoption.

Requires each state redistricting entity to establish and maintain a public Internet site meeting specified requirements.

Requires the state redistricting entity to: (1) solicit the input of members of the public in its work to develop initial congressional redistricting plans for the state; and (2) post the proposed final plan on the Internet site 10 days before its adoption, as well as 7 days after its adoption, together with a map, the reasons for adoption, dissenting opinions, and certain other information.