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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fire Safety Education Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) the Nation's fire losses are estimated at 5,000 deaths
and 29,000 injuries annually, producing an economic loss
conservatively estimated at $10,000,000,000 a year plus more
than $1,000,000,000 a year in health care costs;
(2) sustained and targeted fire safety education at the
State and local levels, particularly in identifiable high-risk
populations, produces dramatic results in preventing fires,
fire deaths, and dollar loss from fire;
(3) in recent years, the Nation's fire departments have
seen their fire safety education budgets cut dramatically and,
in many cases, eliminated;
(4) there is a need to expand the availability of State and
local fire prevention programs and supporting resources and
materials to help State agencies and local fire departments in
carrying out effective public education;
(5) fire departments in other countries with fewer fire
deaths per capita than the United States spend an average of 4-
10 percent of their budgets on fire prevention, versus less
than 3 percent for United States departments; and
(6) only by accurately collecting and analyzing data on
fire deaths, injuries and dollar loss can the Nation's fire
departments pinpoint the populations and regions where they
most need to direct their educational efforts, thus leading to
a more efficient and effective use of resources.

SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION.

(a) Awards.--The Administrator may enter into contracts,
cooperative agreements, or grants with eligible entities to obtain and
distribute at the State and local level fire safety and prevention
education programs and supporting educational resources.
(b) Use of Funds.--Of the amounts received by an entity under
subsection (a)--
(1) not more than 25 percent may be used for statewide fire
safety and prevention programs;
(2) not more than 25 percent may be used to implement new
regional or local fire safety and prevention programs targeting
high risk populations; and
(3) at least 50 percent shall be used for awards of not
more than $10,000 for existing regional or local fire safety
and prevention programs that have been demonstrated to be
effective in preventing fires, fire deaths and injuries, and
dollar losses from fire.

SEC. 4. DATA COLLECTION.

The Administrator may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements,
or grants with States for the purpose of implementing the revised
National Fire Incident Reporting System, established under section 9 of
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2208),
to improve and enhance the collection and analysis of fire data at the
State and local levels.

SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS.

Each eligible entity desiring a contract, cooperative agreement, or
grant under this Act shall submit an application to the Administrator
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as
the Administrator may reasonably require.

SEC. 6. REPORTS AND EVALUATION.

(a) Annual Report to Administrator.--An entity receiving funds
under section 3 shall prepare and submit to the Administrator an annual
report which contains such information as the Administrator may
require. At a minimum, the report shall describe the program activities
undertaken with such funds, including--
(1) any program that has been developed directly or
indirectly by the entity, and the target population of such
program;
(2) support materials that have been obtained and the
method by which such materials are distributed; and
(3) any initiatives undertaken by the entity to develop
public-private partnerships to secure non-Federal support for
the development and distribution of programs and material in
furtherance of this Act.
(b) Report to Congress.--The Administrator shall prepare and submit
to the Congress an annual report which includes a description of the
programs undertaken and materials developed and distributed by entities
receiving funds under section 3.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) Fire Safety Education.--For the purposes of carrying out
section 3 of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, of which no
more than $500,000 may be spent in any fiscal year on administrative
costs.
(b) Data Collection.--For the purposes of carrying out section 4 of
this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fiscal
year 1995, of which no more than $300,000 shall be spent on
administrative costs.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act--
(1) the term ''Administrator'' means the Administrator of
the United States Fire Administration;
(2) the term ''eligible entity'' means the office of the
State fire marshal for a State or an equivalent State office
having primary responsibility for fire safety and prevention in
the State;
(3) the term ''fire safety and prevention education
programs'' includes publications, audiovisual presentations,
and demonstrations; and
(4) the term ''State'' means any State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or
possession of the United States.

SOLUTION: Fire Safety Education Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants with entities to obtain and distribute at the State and local level fire safety and prevention education programs and supporting educational resources.
Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants with States for the purpose of implementing the revised National Fire Incident Reporting System to improve the collection and analysis of fire data at the State and local levels.
Authorizes appropriations.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Civil War Sesquicentennial
Commission Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a Civil War
Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission to--
(1) ensure a suitable national observance of the
sesquicentennial of the Civil War that includes recognition of
the historic, social, legal, cultural, and political forces
that--
(A) brought about the Civil War; and
(B) influenced the course and outcomes of the Civil
War;
(2) explore the causes of the Civil War to gain a better
understanding of the reasons that the democratic framework of
the United States failed to resolve the sectional issues
without resorting to war;
(3) fully examine and reflect on the consequences of the
Civil War, which Congress directed the National Park Service to
address in National Park Service programs and materials
beginning in 1999, including consequences such as--
(A) the Reconstruction era and the aftermath of
that era;
(B) the economic devastation of the entire South as
a result of long-term post-war policies;
(C) the concomitant constriction of equal rights
for African-American citizens; and
(D) the ultimate economic recovery of the region
and the extension of civil rights for the descendants
of enslaved peoples almost a century later;
(4) assist States and national organizations with programs
and activities for the observance of the sesquicentennial of
the Civil War;
(5) assist in ensuring that any observance of the
sesquicentennial of the Civil War is inclusive and
appropriately recognizes the experiences and points of view of
all people affected by the Civil War; and
(6) provide assistance for the development of programs,
projects, and activities on the Civil War that have lasting
educational and preservation value.

SEC. 3. CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION COMMISSION.

The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a commission to be
known as the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission
(referred to in this Act as the ''Commission'').

SEC. 4. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION.

(a) In General.--The Commission shall be composed of 25 members as
follows:
(1) Government members.--The Commission shall include--
(A) 2 Members of the Senate appointed by the
President pro tempore of the Senate, in consultation
with the majority leader and the minority leader of the
Senate;
(B) 2 Members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, in consultation with the minority
leader of the House of Representatives;
(C) the Secretary of the Interior or the designee
of the Secretary;
(D) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
or the designee of the Secretary;
(E) the Secretary of Education, or the designee of
the Secretary;
(F) the Secretary of Defense, or the designee of
the Secretary;
(G) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, or the designee of the Chairman;
(H) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the
Arts, or the designee of the Chairman;
(I) the Archivist of the United States, or the
designee of the Archivist;
(J) the Librarian of Congress, or the designee of
the Librarian; and
(K) the Director of the National Park Service, or
the designee of the Director.
(2) Private members.--The Commission shall include--
(A) 3 members appointed by the President from among
individuals who are representative of the corporate
community and nonprofit community; and
(B) 9 individuals, appointed by the President, from
among persons who by reason of education, training, and
experience, are experts on the Antebellum, Civil War,
and Reconstruction eras and the preservation,
interpretation, and presentation of those eras to the
public, including--
(i) 5 individuals with expertise in history
or related academic disciplines germane to the
Civil War, including--
(I) individuals representing the
museum community, in particular history
museums and historical societies, such
as the National Civil War Museum;
(II) individuals with expertise in
art history, historic preservation, or
a related field;
(III) individuals with expertise in
anthropology, cultural geography,
sociology, or a related field; and
(IV) individuals with expertise in
political science, law, economics, or a
related field;
(ii) 1 individual with expertise in the
preservation of Civil War historic sites and
battlefields; and
(iii) 3 individuals representing State
Civil War sesquicentennial efforts.
(b) Terms.--
(1) Government members.--If any member of the Commission
who was appointed as an officer under subsection (a)(1) leaves
that office, the member may continue as a member of the
Commission for not longer than the 30-day period beginning on
the date on which the member leaves the office.
(2) Private members.--Private members appointed under
subsection (a)(2) shall be appointed for the life of the
Commission.
(c) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its
powers, and shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment.
(d) Initial Appointments.--The appointment of the members of the
Commission shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

(a) Meetings.--
(1) Initial meeting.--Not later than 60 days after the date
on which all members of the Commission have been appointed, the
members appointed under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
4(a)(2) shall call the first meeting of the Commission.
(2) Subsequent meetings.--The Commission shall hold
subsequent meetings at the call of the chairperson.
(b) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.--At the initial meeting, the
Commission shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among
its voting members.
(c) Quorum.--A majority of voting members shall constitute a
quorum, but a lesser number may hold meetings.
(d) Voting.--
(1) In general.--The Commission shall act only on an
affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members of the
Commission.
(2) Nonvoting members.--The individuals appointed under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 4(a)(1) shall be nonvoting
members, and shall serve only in an advisory capacity.

SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

(a) Activities Related to the Sesquicentennial.--The Commission
shall--
(1) plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities
appropriate to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil
War, including activities in recognition of the historic,
social, legal, cultural, and political forces that--
(A) caused the Civil War; and
(B) influenced the course and outcomes of the Civil
War;
(2) encourage interdisciplinary examination of the Civil
War;
(3) facilitate and promote Civil War-related activities
throughout the United States;
(4) encourage civic, historical, educational, economic,
preservation, and other organizations throughout the United
States to organize and participate in activities to expand the
understanding and appreciation of the significance of the Civil
War;
(5) coordinate and facilitate the public distribution of
scholarly research, publications, and interpretations of the
Civil War through institutions such as the Virginia Center for
Digital History at the University of Virginia, the Valley of
the Shadow, Center for Study of the American South at the
University of North Carolina, and the Center for the Study of
Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi;
(6) coordinate with, and provide technical assistance to,
States, units of local government, and nonprofit organizations
(including State and local sesquicentennial commemoration
entities) to further the commemoration of the sesquicentennial
of the Civil War;
(7) coordinate and facilitate commemoration activities of
Federal agencies relating to the sesquicentennial of the Civil
War;
(8) develop programs and facilities to ensure that the
sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War results in a
positive legacy and long-term public benefit;
(9) encourage and facilitate the preservation of Civil War-
related historic sites and battlefields as a lasting legacy of
the sesquicentennial commemoration;
(10) plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities
to use funds raised from individuals, foundations, and
corporations for sesquicentennial activities at the national
level;
(11) at the election of the Commission, provide funds to
State and local programs to carry out activities that advance
the goals of the Commission; and
(12) encourage the development and conduct of programs
designed to involve the international community in activities
that commemorate the Civil War.
(b) Plans and Report.--
(1) Strategic plan and annual performance plans.--The
Commission shall prepare a strategic plan in accordance with
section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and annual
performance plans in accordance with section 1115 of title 31,
United States Code, for the activities of the Commission
carried out under this Act.
(2) Reports.--
(A) Annual report.--The Commission shall submit to
Congress an annual report that contains a list of each
gift, bequest, or devise with a value of more than
$250, together with the identity of the donor of each
such gift, bequest, or devise.
(B) Final report.--Not later than December 30,
2015, the Commission shall submit to Congress a final
report that contains--
(i) a summary of activities of the
Commission;
(ii) a final accounting of funds received
and expended by the Commission; and
(iii) the findings and recommendations of
the Commission.

SEC. 7. GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) Grants Authorized.--The National Endowment for the Humanities
shall award grants under this section for the uses described in
subsection (b).
(b) Use of Grants.--Grants awarded under this section shall be used
for appropriate activities relating to the sesquicentennial of the
Civil War.
(c) Consideration.--In awarding grants under this section, the
National Endowment of the Humanities shall consider and give priority
to programs carried out by institutions of higher education, museums,
nonprofit organizations, professional associations, or State
sesquicentennial commissions with a national scope that support the
duties of the Commission described in section 6, including programs
that concentrate on the role of African Americans in the Civil War.

SEC. 8. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

The Commission may--
(1) solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests,
or devises of money or other real or personal property for the
purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Commission;
(2) appoint any advisory committee as the Commission
considers appropriate for the purposes of this Act;
(3) authorize any voting member or employee of the
Commission to take any action that the Commission is authorized
to take under this Act;
(4) procure supplies, services, and property, and make or
enter into contracts, leases, or other legal agreements to
carry out this Act (except that any contracts, leases, or other
legal agreements entered into by the Commission shall not
extend beyond the date of the termination of the Commission);
(5) use the United States mails in the same manner and
under the same conditions as other Federal agencies; and
(6) establish a foundation that is independent from, but
affiliated with, the Commission to support, as the Commission
determines to be necessary, the efforts of the Commission.

SEC. 9. PERSONNEL MATTERS.

(a) Compensation of Members.--Members of the Commission, and
members of any advisory committee appointed under section 8(2), shall
serve without compensation.
(b) Travel Expenses.--Members of the Commission, and members of any
advisory committees appointed under section 8(2), 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
Commission.
(c) Staff.--
(1) In general.--The Chairperson of the Commission may,
without regard to civil service laws (including regulations),
appoint and terminate an executive director and such other
additional personnel as are necessary to enable the Commission
to perform the duties of the Commission.
(2) Confirmation of executive director.--The employment of
an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the
Commission.
(3) Compensation.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the Chairperson of the Commission may fix the
compensation of the executive director and other
personnel 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.
(B) Maximum rate of pay.--The rate of pay for the
executive director and other personnel shall not exceed
the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule
under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
(d) Detail of Government Employees.--
(1) In general.--At the request of the Commission, the head
of any Federal agency may detail, on a reimbursable or
nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the agency to
the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out the
duties of the Commission under this Act.
(2) Civil service status.--The detail of an employee under
paragraph (1) shall be without interruption or loss of civil
service status or privilege.
(e) Volunteer and Uncompensated Services.--Notwithstanding section
1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Commission may accept and use
voluntary and uncompensated services as the Commission determines
necessary.
(f) Support Services.--The Director of the National Park Service
shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, such
administrative support services as the Commission may request.
(g) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The
Chairperson of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at daily
rates for individuals which 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.
(h) FACA Nonapplicability.--Section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.
(i) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on the date that
is 90 days after the date on which the Commission submits its report
under section 6(b)(2).

SEC. 10. AUDIT OF COMMISSION.

The Inspector General of the Department of the Interior shall
perform an annual audit of the Commission and shall make the results of
the audit available to the public.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act (other than section 7) $500,000 for each of fiscal years
2012 through 2016.
(b) Grants.--There is authorized to be appropriated $3,500,000 to
the National Endowment for the Humanities to provide grants under
section 7, to remain available until expended.

SOLUTION: Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and to carry out other specified duties.

Directs the National Endowment for the Humanities to award grants for appropriate activities relating to the Civil War sesquicentennial, and to consider and give priority to programs carried out by institutions of higher education, museums, nonprofit organizations, professional associations, or state sesquicentennial commissions that support the duties of the Commission, including those that concentrate on the role of African Americans in the Civil War.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Emergency Cervidae
Tuberculosis Protection Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose and finding.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Administration of act.
Sec. 5. Emergency cervidae tuberculosis protection.-
Sec. 6. Insurance premiums.
Sec. 7. Deposit and investment of premiums received.
Sec. 8. Enforcement.
Sec. 9. Regulations.
Sec. 10. Authority to borrow funds from the Commodity Credit
Corporation.
Sec. 11. Emergency limitations on the movement of cervidae in
interstate commerce.
Sec. 12. Separability of provisions.
Sec. 13. Termination.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDING.

It is the purpose of this Act to provide for a voluntary national
cervidae tuberculosis insurance program. Congress hereby finds that the
commercial raising of cervidae in the United States either involves
interstate commerce or affects interstate commerce.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Cervidae.--The term ''cervidae'' means any member of
the family of animals possessing antlers that are shed
annually, such as an elk, a deer, and a reindeer, except that
such term shall include the antlerless water deer.
(2) Commerce.--The term ''commerce'' means transport--
(A) between any State, Territory, or possession, or
the District of Columbia, and any place outside
thereof;
(B) between points within the same State,
Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia,
but through any place outside thereof; or
(C) within any Territory, possession, or the
District of Columbia.
(3) Destruction.--The term ''destruction'' means the
slaughter of cervidae by a method approved by the Secretary.
(4) Exposed.--The term ''exposed'', with respect to
tuberculosis, means any cervidae that is found, in such manner
as the Secretary may prescribe--
(A) to be part of a herd containing one or more
infected cervidae;
(B) to have moved from such a herd before the
infection in the herd is disclosed, but after the herd
became infected; or
(C) to have been exposed to tuberculosis by virtue
of being nursed by a tuberculosis infected dam.
(5) Herd.--The term ''herd'' means--
(A) any group of cervidae maintained in a common
area for any purpose; or
(B) two or more groups of cervidae under common
ownership that are geographically separated but that
have an interchange or movement of cervidae.
(6) Infected.--The term ''infected'', with respect to
tuberculosis, means any cervidae in which tuberculosis has been
determined to exist pursuant to regulations established by the
Secretary.
(7) Insurance program.--The term ''insurance program''
means the program of insurance established by the Secretary
under section 5.
(8) Owner.--The term ''owner'' means any person who has a
legal or rightful title to cervidae and is engaged in the
business of buying, raising, or selling cervidae in interstate
commerce in the United States.
(9) Person.--The term ''person'' includes individuals,
partnerships, corporations, and other legal entities.
(10) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(11) State.--The term ''State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American
Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United
States.
(12) Tuberculosis.--The term ''tuberculosis'' means the
contagious, infectious, and communicable disease caused by
Mycobacterium bovis.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF ACT.

(a) Delegation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer this
Act through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the
Department of Agriculture.
(b) Advisory Board.--
(1) Purpose of board.--The Secretary shall consult with the
advisory board appointed pursuant to paragraph (2) whenever the
Secretary is establishing policy for the insurance program or
otherwise administering the insurance program.
(2) Composition of board.--The advisory board shall consist
of five members selected by the Secretary. Three members
(including at least one elk producer and one deer producer)
shall be selected by the Secretary from a list of nine
candidates presented to the Secretary by domestic cervidae
producers who participate in the insurance program. These
candidates must also be cervidae producers who participate in
the insurance program. One member shall be selected by the
Secretary from among employees of the Department of
Agriculture. One member shall be selected by the Secretary in
such manner as the Secretary may determine.
(3) Terms.--The members of the advisory board shall serve
two-year terms; except that the Secretary may appoint two of
the members initially appointed to the advisory board to serve
a one-year term.
(4) Chairperson.--
(A) In general.--At the last meeting of the
advisory board for each year, the members of the
advisory board shall select one member to serve as the
chairperson of the advisory board for the next year.
The chairperson shall serve a one year term and shall
be responsible for the establishment of procedures for
the operation of the advisory board.
(B) Special rule.--For the year in which the
advisory board is first established, the members of the
advisory board shall select a chairperson at the first
meeting of the advisory board. The chairperson selected
pursuant to this subparagraph shall serve as
chairperson for the remainder of that year.
(5) Termination.--The advisory board shall terminate at the
end of the 10-year period specified in section 13.

SEC. 5. EMERGENCY CERVIDAE TUBERCULOSIS PROTECTION.-

(a) Insurance Program Authorized.--If the Secretary determines that
sufficient actuarial data are available and that establishment of an
insurance program is warranted, the Secretary may establish a voluntary
national insurance program to compensate participating owners for the
destruction of any cervidae found to be infected with or exposed to
tuberculosis, as provided in this Act.
(b) Participation Required for Indemnity Payments.--Indemnity
payments shall not be provided under this Act to any owner who does not
participate in the insurance program. In order to participate, the
owner must agree to insure the entire herd of the owner. A herd shall
not be eligible for coverage under the insurance program if the herd is
under active investigation regarding infection with or exposure to
tuberculosis, including traceback or quarantine for tuberculosis.
(c) Effective Date of Coverage.--Coverage under the insurance
program shall become effective upon the payment by the owner of--
(1) the premium established by the Secretary for
participation in section 6; or
(2) such portion of the premium as the Secretary may
require to initiate coverage.
(d) Compensation for Destruction of Insured Cervidae.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
indemnity payments for the destruction of insured cervidae
shall be paid at rates established by the Secretary for the
insurance program, but not greater than 80 percent of the
declared market value of healthy cervidae at the time of the
destruction of the cervidae. The amount of compensation shall
be reduced by the salvage value and any other moneys received
by an owner for the destroyed cervidae.
(2) Limitation.--The amount of compensation provided for
the destruction of insured cervidae may not exceed the actual
fair market value of healthy cervidae, as determined by the
Secretary, at the time of the destruction of the cervidae.
Coverage shall not be retroactive.

SEC. 6. INSURANCE PREMIUMS.

(a) Rates.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall
establish premiums for insurance coverage under this Act at such rates
as the Secretary determines to be actuarially sufficient to cover
claims under the insurance program and to establish a reasonable
reserve against unforeseen losses in order to guarantee that the
insurance program will be self-funding before the end of--
(1) the 10-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act; or
(2) such earlier termination date as the Secretary may
establish for the insurance program.
(b) Maximum Premium.--The Secretary may not establish a premium
under this Act for an owner in excess of two percent annually of the
declared market value of the insured herd, as declared by the owner.
(c) Time for Payment.--Premiums shall be paid at such time or times
as the Secretary shall require.
(d) Denial or Reduction of Claims.--
(1) Limitation.--If the Secretary denies or reduces an
insurance claim under the insurance program, the Secretary
shall mail a notice of the denial or reduction to the claimant.
(2) Appeal.--Not later than six months after the date the
notice is mailed, the claimant may bring an administrative
appeal before the Secretary to review the denial or reduction
of the claim.
(3) Hearing.--If a claimant files an appeal, the Secretary
shall conduct a hearing on the record on the denial or
reduction of the claim.
(4) Final order.--The denial or reduction of the claim
shall be treated as a final order that is reviewable under
chapter 158 of title 28, United States Code.

SEC. 7. DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF PREMIUMS RECEIVED.

(a) In General.--Premiums received under the insurance program that
are not immediately required to be expended may be--
(1) deposited in the Treasury of the United States or in
any bank approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to
withdrawal by the Secretary of Agriculture at any time; or
(2) with approval of the Secretary of the Treasury,
invested in obligations of the United States or in obligations
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.
(b) Federal Reserve Banks.--Subject to the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Banks shall act as
depositories, custodians, and fiscal agents of the Secretary of
Agriculture in the performance of the powers of the Secretary of
Agriculture under this Act.
(c) Repayment of Borrowed Funds.--At the end of the 10-year period
specified in section 13, the Secretary shall repay, out of funds
remaining for the insurance program, the Commodity Credit Corporation
for all funds borrowed under section 10.
(d) Rebate of Unused Funds.--Any funds remaining after making the
repayment required under subsection (c) shall be rebated to policy
holders on a pro rated basis according to the premium paid.

SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT.

In order to ensure the efficient execution of this Act, the
provisions (including penalties) of sections 6, 8, 9, and 10 of the
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 46, 48, 49, and 50,
respectively), shall apply to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of
the Secretary in enforcing this Act and to any person subject to Act,
whether or not a corporation.

SEC. 9. REGULATIONS.

The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 10. AUTHORITY TO BORROW FUNDS FROM THE COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION.

During the 10-year period specified in section 13, the Secretary
may borrow, under such terms as determined by the Secretary, funds
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation in an amount not to
exceed $7,000,000 to carry out the insurance program.

SEC. 11. EMERGENCY LIMITATIONS ON THE MOVEMENT OF CERVIDAE IN
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

Because of the risk of spreading tuberculosis among cervidae and
other uninfected livestock, the movement or sale of cervidae in
interstate commerce shall be contingent upon proof of insurance
obtained under this Act or a waiver signed by the owner releasing the
Federal Government from liability for indemnity for the destruction of
cervidae exposed to or infected with tuberculosis.

SEC. 12. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

The sections of this Act and subdivisions of sections are declared
to be separable, and in the event any one or more of the sections or
parts of the same of this Act be held to be unconstitutional, the same
shall not affect the validity of other sections or parts of sections of
this Act.

SEC. 13. TERMINATION.

The insurance program authorized by this section shall terminate at
the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date the Secretary first
offers insurance under the program. Any insurance policy provided under
the program that is still in effect upon the termination of the program
shall remain in effect for the remainder of the term of the policy,
except that no policy may be renewed after the termination date of the
program.

SOLUTION:
Emergency Cervidae Tuberculosis Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary ten-year insurance program to compensate participating owners of domesticated cervidae (deer, elk, reindeer) for the destruction of animals injected with, or exposed to, tuberculosis.
Places specified limitations on the movement of cervidae in interstate commerce.