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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Landowners Equal Treatment Act of
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) The Secretary of the Interior, through the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, recently demanded and
received compensation for the loss of use of federally owned
property resulting from constructive use of the property for
other public purposes, in an amount of approximately
$26,000,000.
(2) The Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a
regulation allowing for compensation of Federal agencies for
the lost use of agency property for public purposes, through a
definition of the term ''constructive use'' that includes off-
site impacts of Federal agency actions on federally owned
property.
(3) The Federal Government enjoys no right under the
Constitution to compensation for use of Federal agency property
for other public purposes, while the rights of private persons
to be compensated for the taking of their property by the
Government for a public purpose is a fundamental right
protected by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the
Constitution.
(4) Private property owners should be compensated in a
manner that is at least as equitable as the compensation
afforded to Federal agencies when their property is used or
constructively used for other public purposes.
(5) Fair and equitable treatment of private property owners
will increase the willingness of private property owners to
provide habitat for wildlife and plants protected under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to increase the efforts of
private property owners to protect and restore habitat for wildlife, by
ensuring that their constitutional and legal property rights will be
honored, respected, and protected in the implementation of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973.

SEC. 3. MINIMIZING IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

''minimizing impacts on private property

''Sec. 19. (a) In General.--In implementing this Act, the head of
an agency shall make every possible effort to avoid, minimize, or
mitigate impacts on non-Federal property that result in Federal use of
the property as a direct result of the action of the agency head under
this Act or in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. An agency shall
not take action that results in a Federal use of non-Federal property
under this Act unless the agency--
''(1) obtains the written permission of its owner;
''(2) negotiates a voluntary agreement authorizing that
use; or
''(3) pays compensation in accordance with this section.
''(b) Compensation for Federal Use of Non-Federal Property.--An
agency that takes action under this Act or in furtherance of the
purposes of this Act that results in a Federal use of non-Federal
property or any portion of non-Federal property without the written
consent of the owner of the property shall compensate the owner for the
fair market value of the Federal use of the property or portion.
Compensation paid shall reflect the duration of the Federal use as
necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act.
''(c) Request of Owner.--An owner of non-Federal property seeking
compensation under this section shall make a written request for
compensation to the agency implementing the agency action resulting in
the Federal use of property. The request shall, at a minimum, identify
the affected portion of the property, the nature of the Federal use of
non-Federal property for which the compensation is sought, and the
amount of compensation sought.
''(d) Negotiations.--The agency may negotiate with the owner to
reach agreement on the amount of the compensation under this section,
the terms of any agreement for payment, and the terms of any Federal
use of non-Federal property for which compensation is paid. If such an
agreement is reached, the agency shall within 6 months pay the owner
the amount agreed upon. An agreement under this section may include a
transfer of title or an agreement to limit the period of time of the
Federal use of non-Federal property.
''(e) Choice of Remedies.--If, not later than 180 days after the
written request is made, the parties have not reached an agreement on
compensation, the owner of the property may elect binding arbitration
or seek compensation due under this section in a civil action.
''(f) Arbitration.--The procedures that govern the arbitration
shall, as nearly as practicable, be those established under title 9,
United States Code, for arbitration proceedings to which that title
applies. An award made in such arbitration shall include a reasonable
attorney's fee and other arbitration costs, including appraisal fees.
The agency shall promptly pay any award made to the owner.
''(g) Civil Actions.--A civil action to enforce this section may be
filed under section 11(g). An owner who prevails in a civil action
against the agency pursuant to this section shall be entitled to, and
the agency shall be liable for, the amount of compensation awarded plus
reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs, including
appraisal fees. The court shall award interest on the amount of any
compensation from the time of the Federal use of non-Federal property.
''(h) Source of Payments.--Any payment made under this section to
an owner of property and any judgment obtained by an owner of property
in a civil action under this section shall, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, be made from the annual appropriation of the agency
that took the agency action giving rise to the payment or civil action.
If the agency action resulted from a requirement imposed by another
agency, then the agency making the payment or satisfying the judgment
may seek partial or complete reimbursement from the appropriated funds
of the other agency. For this purpose, the head of the agency concerned
may transfer or reprogram any appropriated funds available to the
agency. If insufficient funds exist for the payment or to satisfy the
judgment, it shall be the duty of the head of the agency to seek the
appropriation of such funds for the next fiscal year.
''(i) Availability of Appropriations.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any obligation of the United States to make any
payment under this section shall be subject to the availability of
appropriations.
''(j) Duty of Notice to Owners.--An agency may not take any action
that is a Federal use of non-Federal property unless the agency has
given 30 days notice to each owner of the property directly affected
explaining their rights under this section and either obtaining their
permission for the Federal use or providing the procedures for
obtaining any compensation that may be available under this section.
''(k) Rules of Construction.--The following rules of construction
shall apply to this Act:
''(1) Other rights preserved.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to limit any right to compensation that exists under
the Constitution or under other laws.
''(2) Extent of federal authority.--Payment of compensation
under this section (other than when property is bought by the
Federal Government at the option of the owner) shall not confer
any rights on the Federal Government other than the Federal use
of non-Federal property agreed to so that the agency action may
achieve the species conservation purposes of this Act.
''(l) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
''(1) Agency.--The term 'agency' has the meaning given that
term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
''(2) Federal use.--(A) The term 'Federal use' means--
''(i) any action under this Act to--
''(I) permanently incorporate non-Federal
property into a Federal facility;
''(II) place non-Federal property under the
control of the Secretary; or
''(III) temporarily occupy non-Federal
property in a manner that is adverse to the
constitutional right of the owner of the
property against taking of the property by the
Federal Government; and
''(ii) any constructive use of non-Federal
property.
''(B) In this paragraph the term 'constructive use' means
any action described in subparagraph (C) taken under this Act
that results in--
''(i) substantial diminution in the normal or
reasonably expected uses of non-Federal property;
''(ii) a reduction in the fair market value of non-
Federal property of 25 percent or more; or
''(iii) in the case of the right to receive water,
any diminution in the quantity of water received or
available for use.
''(C) The actions referred to in subparagraph (B) are the
following:
''(i) The imposition or enforcement of a
prohibition of use of non-Federal property the purpose
of which is to provide or retain habitat for any
species of wildlife or plant determined to be an
endangered species or threatened species.
''(ii) A designation of non-Federal property as
critical habitat under this Act.
''(iii) The denial of a permit under section 10
that results in the loss of the ability to use non-
Federal property in order to provide habitat for
wildlife or plants.
''(iv) An agency action pursuant to a reasonable
and prudent alternative suggested by the Secretary
under section 7, that would cause an agency to restrict
the use of non-Federal property.
''(v) The imposition by any governmental entity of
a limitation or restriction on an otherwise permissible
use of non-Federal property by the owner of the
property, as a condition of a Federal agency providing
any land, money, permit, or other benefit to the
governmental entity, if imposition of the limitation or
restriction by the agency directly would constitute a
Federal use of non-Federal property under the other
provisions of this paragraph, unless the governmental
entity has some other legal basis for imposing the
limitation or restriction.
''(3) Fair market value.--The term 'fair market value'
means the most probable price at which property or a right to
use property would change hands, in a competitive and open
market under all conditions requisite to fair sale, between a
willing buyer and willing seller, neither being under any
compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge
of relevant facts, and without regard to the presence of any
species protected under this Act. With respect to a right to
use property, fair market value shall be determined on or
immediately before the exercise of the right.
''(4) Law of the state.--The term 'law of the State'
includes the law of a political subdivision of a State.
''(5) Non-federal property.--The term 'non-Federal
property' means property which is owned by a person other than
any Federal entity of government.
''(6) Property.--The term 'property' means land, an
interest in land, the right to use or receive water, and any
personal property, as defined under the law of the State.''.

A: Landowners Equal Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the head of an agency to make every possible effort to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts on non-Federal property that result from Federal use of the property (including constructive use) as a direct result of an agency action under such Act (including actions to provide or retain habitat for endangered or threatened species or to designate non-Federal property as critical habitat). Prohibits an agency from taking action under such Act that results in a Federal use of non-Federal property unless it: (1) obtains the landowner's permission; (2) negotiates a voluntary agreement authorizing such use; or (3) compensates the landowner for the fair market value of the Federal use. Sets forth provisions governing landowner requests for compensation, compensation negotiations, arbitration or civil actions to resolve compensation disagreements, and payment of compensation from an agency's annual appropriations.
Prohibits an agency from taking any action that is a Federal use of non-Federal property unless it has given 30 days notice to each property owner directly affected explaining their rights and either obtaining their permission or providing procedures for obtaining compensation.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of
2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States has established burdensharing
arrangements with Japan, member nations of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO), and other countries to share the
costs of common defense efforts and successfully solicited
contributions from several countries to offset costs relating
to the Persian Gulf War.
(2) The President has stated that a missile defense system
should be deployed to protect allies and other friendly foreign
countries as well as the United States.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF SCOPE OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM; DESIGNATION
OF PROTECTED COUNTRIES.

(a) Determination Relating to Scope of Missile Defense System.--Not
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
President--
(1) shall determine whether any missile defense system to
be developed by the United States is intended to protect the
territory of allied or other friendly foreign countries, in
addition to the territory of the United States, from ballistic
missile attack; and
(2) shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report
containing the determination of the President under paragraph
(1).
(b) Designation of Protected Countries.--If the President makes a
determination under subsection (a)(1) that a proposed United States
missile defense system is intended to protect the territory of allied
or other friendly foreign countries from ballistic missile attack, the
President--
(1) shall designate each allied or other friendly foreign
country, with respect to which the system is intended to
protect, as a protected country for the purposes of this Act,
and shall so notify Congress in writing at least 30 days prior
to the designation; and
(2) shall notify Congress in writing at least 30 days prior
to the termination of a designation of a country.
(c) Additional Requirement With Respect to Termination of
Designation of Protected Countries.--
(1) In general.--As part of the notification to Congress
with respect to the termination of a designation of a country
as a protected country under subsection (b)(2), the President
shall include a description of the reasons for the termination,
including an assessment of the effect of the termination on the
security relations between the country and the United States
and on mutual commitments of the United States under bilateral
and multilateral security arrangements, such as the North
Atlantic Treaty.
(2) Notification of involved countries.--The President
shall transmit to the government of a country with respect to
which the President has terminated the designation of the
country as a protected country under subsection (b)(2) a copy
of the notification to Congress with respect to such
termination.

SEC. 4. BURDENSHARING CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROTECTED COUNTRIES.

(a) Solicitation of Contributions.--The President shall seek
financial contributions from each protected country designated by the
President under section 3(b)(1) commensurate with the country's
proportional share of protection from the United States missile defense
system.
(b) Use of Contributions.--Contributions received pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be used to offset costs incurred by the United
States for deployment of the missile defense system, including costs
relating to procurement, construction, operations, and personnel.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORTS.

(a) Report by Secretary of Defense.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, shall submit to
Congress an annual report that--
(A) identifies each foreign country that would
receive protection under the missile defense system
from ballistic missile attack, irrespective of whether
or not the country has been designated by the President
under section 3(b)(1) as a protected country; and
(B) describes the nature and extent of the
protection for each such foreign country.
(2) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may contain a classified annex.
(b) Report by the President.--The President shall transmit to
Congress as part of the annual budget request a report that--
(1) describes the extent to which each protected country
designated by the President under section 3(b)(1) has provided
financial contributions to the United States in accordance with
section 4(a);
(2) describes the proportion of actual and expected
contributions by each protected country as a share of overall
costs of the missile defense system; and
(3) describes efforts by the United States to obtain
payments from protected countries that have not fully
contributed to their share of protection under the missile
defense system.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

In this Act, the term ''missile defense system'' does not include a
theater missile defense system that is designed or deployed to defend
elements of the United States Armed Forces that are deployed outside
the United States.

A: Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of 2001 - Directs the President to: (1) determine whether any missile defense system to be developed by the United States is intended to protect, in addition to U.S. territory, the territory of allied or other friendly countries from ballistic missile attack; and (2) seek financial contributions from each protected country, if any, commensurate with their proportional share of protection from such system.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Increasing Access to a Secure
Retirement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FIDUCIARY SAFE HARBOR FOR SELECTION OF LIFETIME INCOME
PROVIDER.

Section 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Safe Harbor for Annuity Selection.--
''(1) In general.--With respect to the selection of an
insurer and a guaranteed retirement income contract, the
requirements of subsection (a)(1)(B) will be deemed to be
satisfied if a fiduciary--
''(A) engages in an objective, thorough, and
analytical search for the purpose of identifying
insurers from which to purchase such contracts;
''(B) with respect to each insurer identified under
subparagraph (A)--
''(i) considers the financial capability of
such insurer to satisfy its obligations under
the guaranteed retirement income contract; and
''(ii) considers the cost (including fees
and commissions) of the guaranteed retirement
income contract offered by the insurer in
relation to the benefits and product features
of the contract and administrative services to
be provided under such contract; and
''(C) on the basis of such consideration, concludes
that--
''(i) at the time of the selection, the
insurer is financially capable of satisfying
its obligations under the guaranteed retirement
income contract; and
''(ii) the relative cost of the selected
guaranteed retirement income contract as
described in subparagraph (B)(ii) is
reasonable.
''(2) Financial capability of the insurer.--A fiduciary
will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of paragraphs
(1)(B)(i) and (1)(C)(i) if--
''(A) the fiduciary obtains written representations
from the insurer that--
''(i) the insurer is licensed to offer
guaranteed retirement income contracts;
''(ii) the insurer, at the time of
selection and for each of the immediately
preceding 7 plan years--
''(I) operates under a certificate
of authority from the insurance
commissioner of its domiciliary State
which has not been revoked or
suspended;
''(II) has filed audited financial
statements in accordance with the laws
of its domiciliary State under
applicable statutory accounting
principles;
''(III) maintains (and has
maintained) reserves which satisfies
all the statutory requirements of all
States where the insurer does business;
and
''(IV) is not operating under an
order of supervision, rehabilitation,
or liquidation;
''(iii) the insurer undergoes, at least
every 5 years, a financial examination (within
the meaning of the law of its domiciliary
State) by the insurance commissioner of the
domiciliary State (or representative, designee,
or other party approved by such commissioner);
and
''(iv) the insurer will notify the
fiduciary of any change in circumstances
occurring after the provision of the
representations in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii)
which would preclude the insurer from making
such representations at the time of issuance of
the guaranteed retirement income contract; and
''(B) after receiving such representations and as
of the time of selection, the fiduciary has not
received any notice described in subparagraph (A)(iv)
and is in possession of no other information which
would cause the fiduciary to question the
representations provided.
''(3) No requirement to select lowest cost.--Nothing in
this subsection shall be construed to require a fiduciary to
select the lowest cost contract. A fiduciary may consider the
value of a contract, including features and benefits of the
contract and attributes of the insurer (including, without
limitation, the insurer's financial strength) in conjunction
with the cost of the contract.
''(4) Time of selection.--
''(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
the time of selection is--
''(i) the time that the insurer and the
contract are selected for distribution of
benefits to a specific participant or
beneficiary; or
''(ii) if the fiduciary periodically
reviews the continuing appropriateness of the
conclusion described in paragraph (1)(C) with
respect to a selected insurer, taking into
account the considerations described in such
paragraph, the time that the insurer and the
contract are selected to provide benefits at
future dates to participants or beneficiaries
under the plan.
Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to
require the fiduciary to review the appropriateness of
a selection after the purchase of a contract for a
participant or beneficiary.
''(B) Periodic review.--A fiduciary will be deemed
to have conducted the periodic review described in
subparagraph (A)(ii) if the fiduciary obtains the
written representations described in clauses (i), (ii),
and (iii) of paragraph (2)(A) from the insurer on an
annual basis, unless the fiduciary receives any notice
described in paragraph (2)(A)(iv) or otherwise becomes
aware of facts that would cause the fiduciary to
question such representations.
''(5) Limited liability.--A fiduciary which satisfies the
requirements of this subsection shall not be liable following
the distribution of any benefit, or the investment by or on
behalf of a participant or beneficiary pursuant to the selected
guaranteed retirement income contract, for any losses that may
result to the participant or beneficiary due to an insurer's
inability to satisfy its financial obligations under the terms
of such contract.
''(6) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
''(A) Insurer.--The term 'insurer' means an
insurance company, insurance service, or insurance
organization, including affiliates of such companies.
''(B) Guaranteed retirement income contract.--The
term 'guaranteed retirement income contract' means an
annuity contract for a fixed term or a contract (or
provision or feature thereof) which provides guaranteed
benefits annually (or more frequently) for at least the
remainder of the life of the participant or the joint
lives of the participant and the participant's
designated beneficiary as part of an individual account
plan.''.

A:
Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to specify optional measures that a fiduciary for a pension plan may take in selecting an insurer and a guaranteed retirement income contract to assure that the fiduciary meets the prudent man standard of care required under ERISA. A "guaranteed retirement income contract" is an annuity contract for a fixed term or a contract (or provision or feature thereof) which provides guaranteed benefits annually (or more frequently) for at least the remainder of the life of the participant or joint lives of the participant and the participant's designated beneficiary as part of a defined contribution plan.
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