SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Temporary Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Any State which desires to do so may enter into
and participate in an agreement under this title with the Secretary of
Labor (in this title referred to as the ``Secretary''). Any State which
is a party to an agreement under this title may, upon providing 30 days
written notice to the Secretary, terminate such agreement.
    (b) Provisions of Agreement.--Any agreement under subsection (a)
shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of
temporary emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who--
            (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under
        the State law;
            (2) have no rights to compensation (including both regular
        compensation and extended compensation) with respect to a week
        under such law or any other State unemployment compensation law
        or to compensation under any other Federal law (and are not
        paid or entitled to be paid any additional compensation under
        any State or Federal law); and
            (3) are not receiving compensation with respect to such
        week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.
    (c) Exhaustion of Benefits.--For purposes of subsection (b)(1), an
individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such individual's rights
to regular compensation under a State law when--
            (1) no payments of regular compensation can be made under
        such law because such individual has received all regular
        compensation available to such individual based on employment
        or wages during such individual's base period; or
            (2) such individual's rights to such compensation have been
        terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year with
        respect to which such rights existed.
    (d) Weekly Benefit Amount.--For purposes of any agreement under
this title--
            (1) the amount of temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation which shall be payable to any individual for any
        week of total unemployment shall be equal to the amount of the
        regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
        to such individual during such individual's benefit year under
        the State law for a week of total unemployment;
            (2) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply
        to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof
        shall apply to claims for temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation and the payment thereof, except where inconsistent
        with the provisions of this title or with the regulations or
        operating instructions of the Secretary promulgated to carry
        out this title; and
            (3) the maximum amount of temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation payable to any individual for whom a temporary
        emergency unemployment compensation account is established
        under section 3 shall not exceed the amount established in such
        account for such individual.
    (e) Election by States.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
Federal law (and if State law permits), the Governor of a State is
authorized and may elect to trigger off an extended compensation period
in order to provide payment of temporary emergency unemployment
compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular
compensation under State law.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--Any agreement under this title shall provide that
the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an
application for temporary emergency unemployment compensation, a
temporary emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to
such individual's benefit year.
    (b) Amount in Account.--
            (1) In general.--The amount established in an account under
        subsection (a) shall be equal to 13 times the individual's
        average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.
            (2) Reduction for extended benefits.--The amount in an
        account under paragraph (1) shall be reduced (but not below
        zero) by the aggregate amount of extended compensation (if any)
        received by such individual relating to the same benefit year
        under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
        of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).
            (3) Weekly benefit amount.--For purposes of this
        subsection, an individual's weekly benefit amount for any week
        is the amount of regular compensation (including dependents'
        allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for
        such week for total unemployment.

SEC. 4. PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF
              TEMPORARY EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) General Rule.--There shall be paid to each State that has
entered into an agreement under this title an amount equal to 100
percent of the temporary emergency unemployment compensation paid to
individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement.
    (b) Treatment of Reimbursable Compensation.--No payment shall be
made to any State under this section in respect of any compensation to
the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement in respect of such
compensation under the provisions of any Federal law other than this
title or chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not
be entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 85 in respect of
any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement
under this title in respect of such compensation.
    (c) Determination of Amount.--Sums payable to any State by reason
of such State having an agreement under this title shall be payable,
either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as may be determined by
the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State
will be entitled to receive under this title for each calendar month,
reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the
Secretary finds that the Secretary's estimates for any prior calendar
month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid
to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such
statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the
Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.

SEC. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Funds in the extended unemployment compensation
account (as established by section 905(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by
section 904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for the
making of payments to States having agreements entered into under this
title.
    (b) Certification.--The Secretary shall from time to time certify
to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums
payable to such State under this title. The Secretary of the Treasury,
prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall
make payments to the State in accordance with such certification, by
transfers from the extended unemployment compensation account (as so
established) to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust
Fund (as so established).
    (c) Assistance to States.--There are appropriated, without fiscal
year limitation, such funds as may be necessary for purposes of
assisting States (as provided in title III of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) in meeting the costs of administration of
agreements under this title.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations for Certain Payments.--There
are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal
year limitation, to the extended unemployment compensation account (as
so established) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as so established) such
sums as the Secretary estimates to be necessary to make the payments
under this section in respect of--
            (1) compensation payable under chapter 85 of title 5,
        United States Code; and
            (2) compensation payable on the basis of services to which
        section 3309(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        applies.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be
required to be repaid.

SEC. 6. FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--If an individual knowingly has made, or caused to
be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material
fact, or knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a
material fact, and as a result of such false statement or
representation or of such nondisclosure such individual has received an
amount of temporary emergency unemployment compensation under this
title to which he was not entitled, such individual--
            (1) shall be ineligible for further temporary emergency
        unemployment compensation under this title in accordance with
        the provisions of the applicable State unemployment
        compensation law relating to fraud in connection with a claim
        for unemployment compensation; and
            (2) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of
        title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Repayment.--In the case of individuals who have received
amounts of temporary emergency unemployment compensation under this
title to which they were not entitled, the State shall require such
individuals to repay the amounts of such emergency unemployment
compensation to the State agency, except that the State agency may
waive such repayment if it determines that--
            (1) the payment of such emergency unemployment compensation
        was without fault on the part of any such individual; and
            (2) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good
        conscience.
    (c) Recovery by State Agency.--
            (1) In general.--The State agency may recover the amount to
        be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any
        temporary emergency unemployment compensation payable to such
        individual under this title or from any unemployment
        compensation payable to such individual under any Federal
        unemployment compensation law administered by the State agency
        or under any other Federal law administered by the State agency
        which provides for the payment of any assistance or allowance
        with respect to any week of unemployment, during the 3-year
        period after the date such individuals received the payment of
        the temporary emergency unemployment compensation to which they
        were not entitled, except that no single deduction may exceed
        50 percent of the weekly benefit amount from which such
        deduction is made.
            (2) Opportunity for hearing.--No repayment shall be
        required, and no deduction shall be made, until a determination
        has been made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a fair
        hearing has been given to the individual, and the determination
        has become final.
    (d) Review.--Any determination by a State agency under this section
shall be subject to review in the same manner and to the same extent as
determinations under the State unemployment compensation law, and only
in that manner and to that extent.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title, the terms ``compensation'', ``regular
compensation'', ``extended compensation'', ``additional compensation'',
``benefit year'', ``base period'', ``State'', ``State agency'', ``State
law'', and ``week'' have the respective meanings given such terms under
section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

    An agreement entered into under this Act shall apply to weeks of
unemployment--
            (1) beginning no earlier than the first day of the first
        week beginning after the date on which such agreement is
        entered into; and
            (2) ending before the date that is 18 months after the date
        of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN INTEREST RATE APPLICABLE TO REPAYMENTS
              OF ADVANCES TO STATE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS.

    With respect to advances made to a State under section 1201 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1321) during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 18 months
after such date of enactment, the rate of interest paid by a State on
such an advance shall be determined under section 1202(b)(4) of the
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(4)) by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``10
percent'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A).

Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary emergency unemployment compensation (TEUC).Sets forth TEUC program requirements for Federal-State agreements, formulas for determining amounts in individual TEUC accounts and weekly benefits, payments to States, and financing. Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (including both regular and extended compensation). Reduces an individual TEUC account by the aggregate amount of any extended compensation for the same benefit year.Applies TEUC agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning on or after the first day of the first week after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before the date that is 18 months after enactment of this Act.Provides for a temporary reduction in the interest rate applicable to repayments of advances to State unemployment funds.

A bill to provide for a program of temporary enhanced unemployment benefits.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Climate Change Through
Individual Action Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Agricultural, grassland, and forestry practices play an
        essential role in capturing atmospheric carbon and sequestering
        it as soil organic matter.
            (2) Released carbon can be captured through improved
        grassland management, tree planting, forest preservation, and
        enhanced agronomic and irrigation practices.
            (3) Promoting increased natural carbon sinks could have a
        significant impact on the world's projected carbon emissions
        from the burning of fossil fuels.
            (4) Certain agricultural and forestry practices can reduce
        greenhouse gases: (A) avoiding emissions by maintaining
        existing carbon storage in trees and soils; (B) increasing
        carbon storage by, e.g., tree planting, conversion from
        conventional to conservation tillage practices on agricultural
        lands;
            (5) The large potentials exist through known cropping and
        land management practices such as adoption of no-till, reduced
        fallow and use of cover crops, and conservation set-asides with
        perennial grasses and trees.

SEC. 3. CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SOIL CONSERVATION CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45O. CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SOIL CONSERVATION.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, in the case of a
taxpayer engaged in the business of farming, the credit determined
under this section for the taxable year is an amount equal to 30
percent of the qualified carbon sequestration and soil conservation
expenditures for the taxable year which are paid or incurred with
respect to the land used in such farming.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The credit allowed with respect to a taxpayer
under this section for a taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal
to $10,000, reduced by the sum of the credits allowed with respect to
the taxpayer under subsection (a) for all preceding taxable years.
    ``(c) Qualified Carbon Sequestration and Soil Conservation
Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified carbon sequestration
        and soil conservation expenditures' means amounts paid or
        incurred to sequester carbon and conserve soil, including--
                    ``(A) expenditures described in section 175(c),
                    ``(B) conservation tillage expenditures,
                    ``(C) cover cropping expenditures,
                    ``(D) amounts paid or incurred to increase the
                nitrogen use efficiency (other than use of nitrogen
                fertilizers) of land used in farming, and
                    ``(E) amounts paid or incurred for multiple year
                rotations, including introduction of a perennial that
                reduces carbon loss and tillage, builds soil tilth, and
                increases carbon capture capacity.
            ``(2) Conservation tillage expenditures.--The term
        `conservation tillage expenditures' means any expenditures paid
        or incurred for a tilling and planting method in which at least
        30 percent of the previous crop residue remains on the soil
        after planting the current crop. Such term includes the
        following tilling practices: no till, ridge till, minimum till,
        and mulch till.
            ``(3) Cover cropping expenditures.--The term `cover
        cropping expenditures' means expenditures paid or incurred for
        the preparation and seeding of land for any grass, legume, or
        small grain--
                    ``(A) which is not the primary crop of the
                taxpayer,
                    ``(B) the primary purpose of which is to achieve
                one or more of the following: reduction in erosion;
                maintenance or improvement in soil fertility, tilth,
                and structure,
                    ``(C) a purpose of which may be interruption of
                pest cycles or conservation of water.
    ``(d) Per Acre Credit Alternative.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall, in
        consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, establish an
        alternative procedure for determining the credit under
        subsection (a), which, at the election of the taxpayer, shall
        be treated as the amount determined under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Procedure described.--(A) The Secretary shall
        establish credit amounts to apply to land used in farming on a
        per acre basis with respect to each method of carbon
        sequestration and soil conservation described in subsection
        (c)(1).
            ``(B) Such credit amounts shall be based on the efficacy of
        the method in sequestering carbon and preventing soil erosion.
            ``(C) No such credit amount may exceed $15 per acre.
            ``(D) The Secretary shall prescribe rules similar to the
        rules of paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (e) to apply
        for purposes of the procedure established under this
        subsection.
            ``(3) Election.--An election to use such alternative method
        shall be made in such form and manner as the Secretary may
        prescribe, and shall apply to the taxable year for which made
        and for all subsequent taxable years.
    ``(e) Definition and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Land used in farming.--For purposes of this section,
        land shall be treated as used in farming only if such land is
        used (before or simultaneously with the expenditures described
        in subsection (c)(1)) by the taxpayer or his tenant for the
        production of crops, fruits, or other agricultural products or
        for the sustenance of livestock.
            ``(2) Expenditures must be consistent with soil
        conservation plan.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
        section, subsection (a) shall not apply to any expenditures
        unless such expenditures are consistent with--
                    ``(A) the plan (if any) approved by the Soil
                Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture
                for the area in which the land is located, or
                    ``(B) if there is no plan described in clause (i),
                any soil conservation plan of a comparable State
                agency.
            ``(3) Basis adjustment.--For purposes of this subtitle, if
        a credit is determined under this section for any expenditure
        with respect to any property, the increase in the basis of such
        property which would (but for this paragraph) result from such
        expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the credit so
        determined.
            ``(4) Denial of double benefit.--No deduction or other
        credit shall be allowed under this chapter for any amount taken
        into account in determining the credit under this section.
    ``(f) Termination.--This section shall not apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2013.''.
    (b) Credit Made Part of General Business Credit.--Subsection (b) of
section 38 of such Code (relating to current year business credit) is
amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (30), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting ``plus'', and by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(32) the carbon sequestration and soil conservation
        credit determined under section 45O(a).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (a) of section 1016 of such
Code (relating to adjustments to basis) is amended by striking ``and''
at the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (36) and inserting ``and'', and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
            ``(37) to the extent provided in section 45O(e).''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45O. Carbon sequestration and soil conservation.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 4. QUALIFYING PLANTING EXPENDITURE CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to other credits) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 30D. QUALIFIED PLANTING EXPENDITURE CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--There shall be allowed as a credit
against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount
equal to 10 percent of the qualified planting expenditures of the
taxpayer for the taxable year.
    ``(b) Limitations.--The amount taken into account under subsection
(a) for any taxable year shall not exceed--
            ``(1) in the case of expenditures paid or incurred by the
        taxpayer with respect to an area which is included under
        section 121 as part of the taxpayer's principal residence,
        $5,000,
            ``(2) in the case of expenditures paid or incurred by the
        taxpayer in the course of, or with respect to, a trade or
        business carried on by the taxpayer, $50,000, and
            ``(3) in any other case, zero.
    ``(c) Qualified Planting Expenditures.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualifying planting
        expenditures' means expenditures paid or incurred--
                    ``(A) for the purchase and planting of any tree,
                plant, shrub, or bush which meets the requirements of
                paragraph (2), and
                    ``(B) for the purchase and installation of a
                vegetated roof system.
        Such term shall not include expenditures relating to any
        property which is held by the taxpayer for use in a trade or
        business or for the production of income, or which is property
        described in section 1221(a)(1) in the hands of the taxpayer.
            ``(2) Trees, plants, shrubs, or bushes.--A tree, plant,
        shrub, or bush satisfies the requirements of the paragraph if
        such tree, plant, shrub, or bush is certified, in accordance
        with guidance prescribed by the Secretary (after consultation
        with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
        and the Secretary of Agriculture), to be quick-growing,
        appropriate for the region in which it is planted, and
        effective in capturing carbon.
            ``(3) Vegetated roof system.--The term `vegetated roof
        system' means a system by which vegetation growing in a
        substrate is integrated with the roof (or portion thereof) of a
        building owned by the taxpayer.
    ``(d) Application With Other Credits.--The credit allowed under
subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if
any) of--
            ``(1) the regular tax liability (as defined in section
        26(b)) reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under
        subpart A and sections 27, 30, 30B, and 30C, over
            ``(2) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable year.
    ``(e) Definition and Special Rules.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Principal residence.--The term `principal residence'
        has the same meaning as when used in section 121, except that
        no ownership requirement shall be imposed.
            ``(2) Joint occupancy, cooperative housing corporations,
        and condominium management associations.--Rules similar to the
        rules of paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 25D(e) shall
        apply.
            ``(3) Expenditures outside united states.--The credit under
        this section shall not be allowed with respect to expenditures
        paid or incurred for areas located outside the United States.
            ``(4) Basis adjustment.--For purposes of this subtitle, if
        a credit is allowed under this section for an expenditure, the
        increase in basis which would result (but for this subsection)
        from such expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of credit
        allowed under this section.
    ``(f) Termination.--This section shall not apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2013.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 1016, as amended by section
        3, is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (36),
        by striking the period at the end of paragraph (37) and
        inserting ``and'', and by adding at the end the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(38) to the extent provided in section 30D(e)(4).''.
            (2) The table of sections for subpart B of part IV of
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting
        after the item relating to section 30C the following new item:

``Sec. 30D. Qualified planting expenditure credit.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 5. GRASSLAND, RANGELAND, AND FOREST CONSERVATION CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Department of Agriculture, shall establish an appropriate tax
credit, with respect to land located in the United States, for--
            (1) the conversion of cropland to pasture for grazing
        purposes or to grassland or rangeland, and
            (2) reforestation and afforestation of land--
                    (A) which is not held by the taxpayer for the
                planting, cultivating, caring for, and cutting of trees
                for sale or use in the commercial production of timber
                products, and
                    (B) with trees which are not held by the taxpayer
                for use in a trade or business or for the production of
                income.
    (b) Other Rules Relating to Credit.--
            (1) Credit to be per acre.--The Secretary shall establish
        credit amounts to apply to land on a per acre basis with
        respect to each method of conservation described in subsection
        (a).
            (2) Pursuant to approved plan.--Such methods must be
        pursuant to a plan submitted by the taxpayer and approved by
        the Secretaries of the Treasury and Agriculture.
            (3) Basis for credit amounts.--Credit amount shall be based
        on--
                    (A) the efficacy of the method in sequestering
                carbon and preventing soil erosion,
                    (B) the expenditures relating to such method, and
                    (C) the number of years the taxpayer certifies to
                the Secretary or ensures (by conservation easement or
                otherwise) that the applicable land will remain subject
                to the approved plan.
            (4) Recapture.--The Secretary shall provide for recapturing
        the benefit of any credit allowed under this section with
        respect to any property that ceases to be used in accordance
        with the approved plan.
            (5) Denial of double benefit and basis adjustment.--The
        Secretary shall provide--
                    (A) an appropriate basis adjustment for property
                with respect to which such credit is allowed, and
                    (B) rules disallowing such deductions and other
                credits as may be appropriate to avoid allowing
                additional tax benefits for the same conservation
                method or expenses.
    (c) Effective Date.--The credit established by the Secretary shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 6. CARBON SEQUESTRATION CREDIT REPORT.

    (a) In General.--In the case of any substantial change in the
carbon sequestration market (including the enactment into law of a
carbon cap and trade program), the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in
consultation with any appropriate Federal officers, study such change
and any effect of such change on the efficiency of, and need for, the
credits allowed under section 5 of this Act and sections 45O and 30D of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (b) Report.--As soon as practicable after sufficient opportunity to
observe the effect of such change in the carbon sequestration market,
the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress containing the results
of the study conducted under subsection (a) and any recommendations of
the Secretary for modifying such credits based on such results.

Combating Climate Change Through Individual Action Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) 30% of carbon sequestration and soil conservation expenditures made by taxpayers engaged in the business of farming; (2) 10% of qualifying planting expenditures, including expenditures for the purchase and planting of any tree, plant, shrub, or bush, and the purchase and installation of a vegetated roof system; (3) the conversion of cropland to pasture for grazing purposes or to grassland or rangeland; and (4) certain types of reforestation and afforestation of land.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for carbon sequestration.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
Conservation Program Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Lower colorado river multi-species conservation
        program.--The term ``Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
        Conservation Program'' or ``LCR MSCP'' means the cooperative
        effort on the Lower Colorado River between Federal and non-
        Federal entities in Arizona, California, and Nevada approved by
        the Secretary of the Interior on April 2, 2005.
            (2) Lower colorado river.--The term ``Lower Colorado
        River'' means the Colorado River from Lake Mead to the
        Southerly International Boundary with Mexico, including its
        historic floodplain and its mainstem reservoirs to their full
        pool elevations.
            (3) Program documents.--The term ``Program Documents''
        means the Habitat Conservation Plan, Biological Assessment and
        Biological and Conference Opinion, Environmental Impact
        Statement/Environmental Impact Report, Funding and Management
        Agreement, Implementing Agreement, and Section 10(a)(1)(B)
        Permit issued and, as applicable, executed in connection with
        the LCR MSCP.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the States of
        Arizona, California, and Nevada.
            (6) Steering committee.--The term ``Steering Committee''
        means the LCR MSCP steering committee established pursuant to
        the Program Documents.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION AND WATER ACCOUNTING.

    (a) Implementation.--The Secretary shall manage and implement the
LCR MSCP in accordance with the Program Documents.
    (b) Water Accounting.--The Secretary is authorized and directed to
enter into an agreement with the States providing for the use of water
from the Lower Colorado River for habitat creation and maintenance in
accordance with the Program Documents.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary to meet the obligations of the
Secretary under the Program Documents, to remain available until
expended.
    (b) Investments.--The Secretary is authorized to invest with the
Secretary of the Treasury such portions of appropriations, and any non-
Federal contributions made pursuant to the Program Documents, as are
not, in the judgment of the Secretary, required to meet current
expenditures. Such investments shall be made only in interest-bearing
obligations of the United States. Funds invested under this subsection
and interest on those funds shall be available to the Secretary to meet
the obligations of the Secretary under the Program Documents.
    (c) Non-Reimbursable and Non-Returnable.--All amounts appropriated
to and expended by the Secretary for the LCR MSCP shall be non-
reimbursable and non-returnable.

SEC. 5. APPLICABLE LAW, CONTINUITY OF PROGRAM, ENFORCEABILITY OF
              PROGRAM DOCUMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall impair any right to the
delivery or beneficial consumptive use of Colorado River water under
any compact, treaty, law, decree, or contract in effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Continuity of Program Documents.--No future act of Congress
relating to Public Law 93-205 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) shall have the
effect of modifying the Program Documents unless expressly made
applicable to the LCR MSCP.
    (c) Enforceability of Program Documents.--Any party to any
agreement entered into with the United States or any agency thereof
pursuant to the LCR MSCP may commence a civil action in United States
district court to enforce the agreement or to declare the rights and
obligations of the parties under the Program Documents. The district
court shall have jurisdiction of such actions and may issue such
orders, judgments, and decrees as are consistent with the court's
exercise of jurisdiction under this section. The United States or any
agency thereof may be named as a defendant in such actions. The
sovereign immunity of the United States is waived for purposes of
actions commenced pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section
waives the sovereign immunity of the United States to claims for money
damages, monetary compensation, the provision of indemnity, or any
claim seeking money from the United States. Any suit pursuant to this
section may be brought in any United States district court in the State
in which any non-Federal party to the suit is situated.
    (d) Applicable Law.--Nothing in this Act affects the enforceability
of the requirement that the Program Documents comply with existing law
as of April 2, 2005, except that the Steering Committee shall not be
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage and implement the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to enter into an agreement with Arizona, California, and Nevada providing for the use of water from the Lower Colorado River for habitat creation and maintenance, in accordance with the Habitat Conservation Plan, Biological Assessment and Biological and Conference Opinion, Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, Funding and Management Agreement, Implementing Agreement (Agreement).

Permits any party to an agreement entered into with the United States pursuant to the Program to commence a civil action in U.S. district court to enforce the agreement or to declare the rights and obligations of the parties under the program documents. Grants the district court jurisdiction over any such action.

A bill to authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clearwater Basin Project Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Advisory panel.--The term ``advisory panel'' means the
        Clearwater Advisory Panel, established by the Secretary under
        section 3.
            (2) Pilot project.--The term ``pilot project'' means the
        Clearwater Basin Pilot Project authorized by section 4.
            (3) Pilot project area.--The term ``pilot project area''
        means the area described in section 4(a) in which the pilot
        project will be conducted.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture.
            (5) Stewardship contract.--The term ``stewardship
        contract'' means a contract to achieve land management goals
        for National Forest System lands as described in section 347 of
        the Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
        Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 2104 note).
            (6) Stewardship objectives.--The term ``stewardship
        objectives'' means objectives that enhance forest ecosystems,
        and restore and improve land health water quality such as--
                    (A) road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or
                obliteration;
                    (B) soil productivity improvement;
                    (C) improvements in forest ecosystem health;
                    (D) watershed restoration and maintenance;
                    (E) restoration, maintenance and improvement of
                wildlife and fish habitat;
                    (F) control of noxious weeds; and
                    (G) reestablishment of native species.

SEC. 3. CLEARWATER ADVISORY PANEL.

    (a) Establishment and Purpose.--The Secretary shall establish an
advisory group, to be known as the ``Clearwater Advisory Panel'', for
the purpose of improving collaborative relationships and providing
advice and recommendations to the Forest Service regarding the
Clearwater Basin pilot project and activities under the pilot project,
as authorized by and consistent with this Act.
    (b) Duties.--The advisory panel shall--
            (1) review and make recommendations to the Forest Service
        regarding activities proposed for high priority implementation
        as part of the pilot project;
            (2) provide early and continuous coordination with
        appropriate Forest Service and other agency officials in
        reviewing and recommending activities for high priority
        implementation; and
            (3) provide frequent opportunities for citizens,
        organizations, tribes, agencies, and other interested parties
        to participate in all stages of the activity schedule
        development process.
    (c) Appointment of Members.--
            (1) Appointment and term.--No later than 90 days after the
        date of enactment of this Act, and consistent with subsection
        (d), the Secretary shall appoint the members of the advisory
        panel and each member shall serve without compensation for a
        term of three years beginning on the date of appointment. The
        Secretary may reappoint members to subsequent three-year terms.
            (2) Vacancies.--The Secretary shall make appointments to
        fill vacancies on the advisory panel as soon as practicable
        after the vacancy has occurred.
    (d) Composition of Advisory Panel.--The advisory panel shall
be comprised of 15 members who shall be representative of the interests
of the following categories:
            (1) Category i.--
                    (A) organized labor;
                    (B) developed outdoor recreation, off highway
                vehicle users, or commercial recreation activities;
                    (C) energy and mineral development interests;
                    (D) commercial timber industry; and
                    (E) Federal grazing permit holders, or other land
                use permit holders within the pilot project area.
            (2) Category ii.--
                    (A) national environmental organizations;
                    (B) regional or local environmental organizations;
                    (C) dispersed recreational activities;
                    (D) archaeological and historical interests; and
                    (E) national or regional fish and wildlife interest
                groups.
            (3) Category iii.--
                    (A) State elected officeholders or their designee;
                    (B) county or local elected officeholders;
                    (C) Indian Tribes within or adjacent to the pilot
                project area;
                    (D) school officials or teachers; and
                    (E) the affected public at large.
            (4) Balanced representation.--The Secretary shall provide
        for balanced representation from among the categories described
        in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
            (5) Geographic distribution.--The members of the advisory
        panel shall reside within the State of Idaho, and to the extent
        practicable, within or adjacent to the pilot project area.
    (e) Approval Procedures.--
            (1) Establishment.--Subject to paragraph (2) and the other
        requirements of this Act, the advisory panel shall establish
        procedures for proposing, developing, and reviewing activities
        and schedules for recommendation to the Forest Service for
        approval and implementation under the pilot project. A majority
        must be present to constitute an official meeting of the
        advisory panel.
            (2) Majority vote.--An activity or schedule may be
        recommended by the advisory panel to the applicable Forest
        Supervisor for approval and implementation under the pilot
        program if it is approved by a majority of the advisory panel
        members from each of the three categories described in
        subsection (d).
    (f) Other Authorities and Requirements.--
            (1) Chairperson.--A majority of the advisory panel shall
        select a chairperson.
            (2) Staff assistance.--The Secretary may provide staff
        assistance to the advisory panel from employees under the
        jurisdiction of the Secretary.
            (3) Meetings.--All meetings of the advisory panel shall be
        announced at least one week in advance in a local newspaper of
        record and shall be open to the public. Records of the meetings
        shall be retained and made available for public inspection.

SEC. 4 CLEARWATER BASIN PILOT PROJECT.

    (a) Pilot Project Authorized.--The Secretary may conduct a pilot
project under this section, to be known as the ``Clearwater Basin pilot
project'', on those National Forest System land encompassed by the
North Fork, Powell, and Lochsa Ranger Districts of the Clearwater
National Forest in the State of Idaho, and the Red River/Elk City,
Moose Creek and Clearwater Ranger Districts of the Nez Perce National
Forest in the State of Idaho.
    (b) Role of Advisory Panel.--The advisory panel shall review and
recommend activities for high priority implementation of stewardship
objectives within the pilot project area, for which funding is
authorized under this Act or other laws.
    (c) Stewardship Contracts.--A total of three stewardship contracts
are authorized for recommendation by the advisory panel and for
approval and implementation in accordance with, and to achieve the
purposes of, the pilot project. These contracts are in addition to any
stewardship contracts authorized under any other law.
    (d) Activity Schedules.--
            (1) Development.--Within two years after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the advisory panel shall develop and
        submit for Forest Supervisor review schedules of high priority
        activities to be commenced within the pilot project area for
the ensuing five-year period. Separate schedules shall be developed for
the Clearwater National Forest portion of the pilot project area.
Thereafter, the advisory panel shall develop and submit in advance
schedules for subsequent five-year periods.
            (2) Consultation.--The advisory panel shall develop each
        five-year schedule in consultation with, and with technical
        assistance from, the applicable Forest Supervisor and the Nez
        Perce Tribe. The Forest Service shall ensure that the
        activities in the schedules are consistent with treaty and any
        other obligations to the Tribe.
            (3) Content.--Each five-year schedule shall be in
        sufficient detail to describe the high priority activities to
        be conducted in the pilot project area over the five-year
        period and the timing for their implementation, and to allow
        reasonable site-specific, project-level evaluation of their
        environmental effects. The scope of the activities included in
        each schedule shall be reasonably adjusted to the extent that
        the advisory panel and applicable Forest Supervisor determine
        necessary to allow such evaluation to be completed within the
        time periods provided by this Act.
            (4) Consistency with forest plan.--The activities included
        within the five-year schedules shall be consistent with the
        applicable forest land and resource management plan. The
        schedule may include any amendment of the applicable forest
        land and resource management plan that the advisory panel
        recommends or that the applicable Forest Supervisor determines
        is necessary to allow or facilitate implementation of one or
        more activities in the schedule.
    (f) NEPA Requirements and Related Procedures.--
            (1) Process.--The Forest Service shall conduct any
        applicable procedures under the National Environmental Policy
        Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for the approval of the
        activities in each five-year schedule, tiered to the
        environmental impact statement for the applicable forest land
        and resource management plan. The procedures under such Act,
        and any review, consultation, or coordination under other laws,
        including the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning
        Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Endangered Species Act of
        1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and National Historic
        Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470), shall be completed within one
        year after the Forest Service, in consultation with the North
        Central Idaho resource advisory committee, issues the public
        scoping notice regarding the proposed schedule.
            (2) Resources.--The Forest Service, and any other Federal
        agencies involved in the process described in paragraph (1),
        shall provide sufficient personnel and other resources,
        directly or through contracting, to complete the review,
        consultation, or coordination within the required one-year
        period, and without substantially delaying implementation of
        other forest management activities in Region 1 of the Forest
        Service. The Forest Service and other involved agencies may
        rely upon or use any analysis, documents, or procedures
        previously performed under the National Environmental Policy
        Act of 1969 or other law for any activity in the schedule.
            (3) Effect of failure to complete process.--If any review,
        consultation, or coordination required under the National
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or other law has not been
        completed for a schedule within the required one-year period,
        the lack of completion shall not be a basis for challenging or
        delaying submittal, approval, or implementation of an activity
        in the schedule, if the applicable Forest Supervisor, in
        consultation with the advisory panel, finds that sufficient
        review, consultation, and coordination regarding the activity
        has occurred and a sufficient record exists to make a reasoned
        decision regarding approval of the activity.
    (g) Review by Forest Supervisor.--
            (1) Submission.--The advisory panel shall submit a final
        recommendation regarding each five-year schedule, together with
        the record of the review, consultation, and coordination
        performed under subsection (f) for the schedule, to the
        applicable Forest Supervisor for review. The final
        recommendation and record shall be submitted to the Forest
        Supervisor at least 30 days in advance of the date for
        commencing implementation of activities under the schedule.
            (2) Review.--Within 30 days after receiving the schedule
        and record from the advisory panel, the Forest Supervisor shall
        issue a project or activity decision document regarding review
        of the recommended schedule in accordance with the National
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and any other applicable
        procedures. In the decision document, the Forest Supervisor may
        approve the schedule, or disapprove the schedule and return it
        to the advisory panel for further consideration with
        instructions. If the Forest Supervisor has not issued a
decision document upon expiration of the 30-day period, the schedule
shall be deemed approved by the Forest Supervisor and subject to
administrative appeal under Department of Agriculture procedures
applicable to Forest Service project or activity record of decision or
decision notice documents issued pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969.
    (h) Implementation.--Upon approval of the schedule, but subject to
any stay that may be in effect pursuant to Forest Service project or
activity administrative appeal procedures, the Forest Service may issue
any permits, contracts, or other authorizations for activities in the
schedule without further review, consultation, or coordination under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or other laws.
    (i) Activities Not Included in a 5-Year Schedule; Amendment of
Schedule.--An activity that the advisory panel determines should
proceed in advance of approval of the first five-year schedule, or an
activity in the pilot project area that is not included in a five-year
schedule, may be approved and implemented on an individual or group
basis, upon completing the process and requirements for review and
approval of a five-year schedule. A five-year schedule may be amended
upon completed the process and requirements for review and approval of
the schedule.
    (j) Relation to Other Schedules, Plans, and Activities.--The five-
year schedules and activities authorized under the pilot project shall
supplement other schedules plans and projects or other activities
authorized and implemented under other law. Upon advisory panel
recommendation and applicable Forest Supervisor approval, an activity
that is included in another schedule or plan or proposed, authorized,
or funded under other law may be authorized and implemented as an
activity under the pilot project, if the activity meets the
requirements of this section for implementation as a high priority
activity.

SEC. 5. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Report on Applicable Rules and Regulations.--The advisory panel
may submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives a compilation of regulations applicable to the pilot
project that the advisory panel determines are inappropriate for the
pilot project, incompatible with the pilot project, or unduly
burdensome in conducting the pilot project.
    (b) Monitoring; Annual Report on the Project.--The Secretary shall
monitor the activities and achievement in the pilot project area under
the pilot project. Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter during the pilot
project, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of
the House of Representatives on the results of such monitoring,
including detailed information on the sources and uses of funds and the
status, outputs, and other results accomplished for each activity
recommended for priority implementation by the advisory panel under the
pilot project.
    (c) State of Idaho Report.--The Secretary shall request the State
of Idaho, through the University of Idaho College of Natural Resource
or other source, to prepare a report reviewing the activities and
achievements of the pilot project in the pilot project area. The
Secretary shall request the State to prepare and submit the report at
five-year intervals to the Secretary, the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives. The requested report should include an
assessment of whether, and to what extent, the activities conducted
under the pilot project are meeting or enhancing the accomplishment of
stewardship objectives.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary, through fiscal year 2012, such sums as
may be necessary for the following purposes:
            (1) Developing, submitting, reviewing, and implementing
        five-year schedules and priority activities under the pilot
        project, including the stewardship contracts authorized by this
        Act.
            (2) Other advisory panel activities and technical
        assistance to the advisory panel for the purposes of the pilot
        project.
            (3) Monitoring and reporting requirements under section 5.
            (4) Such other actions as are necessary to implement this
        Act.
    (b) Availability.--Amount appropriated for the purposes specified
in subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
    (c) Treatment of Receipts.--Notwithstanding the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), any moneys received by the Forest Service
from activities approved and implemented under the pilot project shall
be distributed in accordance with the sixth paragraph under the heading
``Forest Service'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500).

SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provisions of this Act or the application of this Act to any
person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the validity of the
remainder of this Act and of the application of such provision to other
persons and circumstances shall not be affected.

Clearwater Basin Project Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain the Clearwater Advisory Panel (CAP), which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service regarding the Clearwater Basin pilot project (the Project) within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests, Idaho. States that the CAP shall: (1) make recommendations regarding activities for high priority implementation; (2) provide early and continuous coordination with Federal officials; and (3) provide for public input into its proceedings.Authorizes the Secretary to conduct the Project. Directs the CAP, in consultation with and receiving technical assistance from the applicable Forest Supervisor, to develop and submit for approval from the Forest Supervisor five-year schedules of high priority activities for the Project (with separate schedules for each Forest). Requires that the activities included in such schedules be consistent with the applicable forest land and resource management plan. Directs the Forest Service to complete any applicable National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures for the approval of the activities at the site-specific, project level. Directs the CAP to consult with the Nez Perce Tribe in developing and recommending each schedule.Directs the Forest Supervisor to issue a project or activity decision document regarding approval of the recommended schedule in accordance with NEPA and other applicable procedures.Provides for the schedules and activities authorized under this section to supplement certain other schedules, plans, and projects or other activities authorized and implemented under other law.

A bill to provide for enhanced collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests in Idaho, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Programs
Improvement Act of 2003''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever
in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be
made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND
              INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.

    (a) Rate Adjustment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall,
effective on December 1, 2003, increase the dollar amounts in effect
for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity
compensation by the Secretary, as specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Amounts To Be Increased.--The dollar amounts to be increased
pursuant to subsection (a) are the following:
            (1) Compensation.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect
        under section 1114.
            (2) Additional compensation for dependents.--Each of the
        dollar amounts in effect under section 1115(1).
            (3) Clothing allowance.--The dollar amount in effect under
        section 1162.
            (4) New dic rates.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect
        under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1311(a).
            (5) Old dic rates.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect
        under section 1311(a)(3).
            (6) Additional dic for surviving spouses with minor
        children.--The dollar amount in effect under section 1311(b);
            (7) Additional dic for disability.--Each of the dollar
        amounts in effect under subsections (c) and (d) of section
        1311.
            (8) DIC for dependent children.--Each of the dollar amounts
        in effect under sections 1313(a) and 1314.
    (c) Determination of Increase.--
            (1) The increase under subsection (a) shall be made in the
        dollar amounts specified in subsection (b) as in effect on
        November 30, 2003.
            (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), each such amount
        shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage by
        which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective
        December 1, 2003, as a result of a determination under section
        215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
            (3) Each dollar amount increased pursuant to paragraph (2)
        shall, if not a whole dollar amount, be rounded down to the
        next lower whole dollar amount.
    (d) Special Rule.--The Secretary may adjust administratively,
consistent with the increases made under subsection (a), the rates of
disability compensation payable to persons within the purview of
section 10 of Public Law No. 85-857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in
receipt of compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38,
United States Code.
    (e) Publication of Adjusted Rates.--At the same time as the matters
specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of a determination
made under section 215(i) of such Act during fiscal year 2004, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish in the Federal Register the
amounts specified in subsection (b) as increased pursuant to subsection
(a).

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF 45-DAY RULE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE OF AWARD OF DEATH
              PENSION.

    Subsection (d) of section 5110 is amended--
            (1) by striking the designation ``(1)'';
            (2) by striking ``death compensation or dependency and
        indemnity compensation'' and inserting ``death compensation,
        dependency and indemnity compensation, or death pension''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (2).

SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF LUMP-SUM LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM
              DETERMINATIONS OF ANNUAL INCOME FOR PENSION PURPOSES.

    Subsection (a) of section 1503 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking ``materials.'' at the end of paragraph
        (10)(B) and inserting ``materials; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) lump-sum proceeds of any life insurance policy or
        policies on a veteran, for purposes of pension under subchapter
        III of this chapter.''.

SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR
              ALCOHOL OR DRUG-RELATED DISABILITY.

    (a) Clarification.--Chapter 11 is amended--
            (1) in section 1110, by striking ``drugs.'' and inserting
        ``drugs, even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected
        disability.''; and
            (2) in section 1131, by striking ``drugs.'' and inserting
        ``drugs, even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected
        disability.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to any claim--
            (1) filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) filed before the date of enactment of this Act and not
        finally decided as of that date.

SEC. 6. ALTERNATIVE BENEFICIARIES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
              AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) National Service Life Insurance.--
            (1) Section 1917 is amended by adding at the end the
        following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) Following the death of the insured and in a case not
covered by subsection (d)--
            ``(A) if the first beneficiary otherwise entitled to
        payment of the insurance does not make a claim for such payment
        within two years after the death of the insured, payment may be
        made to another beneficiary designated by the insured, in the
        order of precedence as designated by the insured, as if the
        first beneficiary had predeceased the insured; and
            ``(B) if, within four years after the death of the insured,
        no claim has been filed by a person designated by the insured
        as a beneficiary and the Secretary has not received any notice
        in writing that any such claim will be made, payment may
        (notwithstanding any other provision of law) be made to such
        person as may in the judgment of the Secretary be equitably
        entitled thereto.
    ``(2) Payment of insurance under paragraph (1) shall be a bar to
recovery by any other person.''.
    (b) United States Government Life Insurance.--Section 1952 is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Following the death of the insured and in a case not
covered by section 1950 of this title--
            ``(A) if the first beneficiary otherwise entitled to
        payment of the insurance does not make a claim for such payment
        within two years after the death of the insured, payment may be
        made to another beneficiary designated by the insured, in the
        order of precedence as designated by the insured, as if the
        first beneficiary had predeceased the insured; and
            ``(B) if, within four years after the death of the insured,
        no claim has been filed by a person designated by the insured
        as a beneficiary and the Secretary has not received any notice
        in writing that any such claim will be made, payment may
        (notwithstanding any other provision of law) be made to such
        person as may in the judgment of the Secretary be equitably
        entitled thereto.
    ``(2) Payment of insurance under paragraph (1) shall be a bar to
recovery by any other person.''.
    (c) Transition Provision.--In the case of a person insured under
subchapter I or II of chapter 19, title 38, United States Code, who
dies before the date of the enactment of this Act, the two-year and
four-year periods specified in subsection (f)(1) of section 1917 of
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and
subsection (c)(1) of section 1952 of such title, as added by subsection
(b), as applicable, shall for purposes of the applicable subsection be
treated as being the two-year and four-year periods, respectively,
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. TIME LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF CLAIM INFORMATION PURSUANT TO
              REQUEST BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5102 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
    ``(c) Time Limitation.--
            ``(1) If information that a claimant and the claimant's
        representative, if any, are notified under subsection (b) is
        necessary to complete an application is not received by the
        Secretary within one year from the date of such notification,
        no benefit may be paid or furnished by reason of the claimant's
        application.
            ``(2) This subsection shall not apply to any application or
        claim for Government life insurance benefits.''.
    (b) Repeal of Superseded Provisions.--Section 5103 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) Required Information and Evidence.--
        ''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if enacted on November 9, 2000, immediately after the
enactment of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-475; 114 Stat. 2096).

SEC. 8. BURIAL PLOT ALLOWANCE.

    (a) Subsection (b) of section 2303 is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``a
        burial allowance under such section 2302, or under such
        subsection, who was discharged from the active military, naval,
        or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated in line
        of duty, or who is a veteran of any war'' and inserting
        ``burial in a national cemetery under section 2402 of this
        title''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(other than a veteran
        whose eligibility for benefits under this subsection is based
        on being a veteran of any war)'' and inserting ``is eligible
        for a burial allowance under section 2302 of this title or
        under subsection (a) of this section, or was discharged from
        the active military, naval, or air service for a disability
        incurred or aggravated in line of duty, and such veteran''.
    (b) Section 2307 is amended in the last sentence by striking ``and
(b)'' and inserting ``and (b)(2)''.

SEC. 9. PROVISION OF MARKERS FOR PRIVATELY MARKED GRAVES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 502 of the Veterans
Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-103; 115
Stat. 995), as amended by section 203 of the Veterans Benefits Act of
2002 (Public Law 107-330; 116 Stat. 2824), is further amended by
striking ``September 11, 2001'' and inserting ``November 1, 1990''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 502 of Public
Law 107-103.

SEC. 10. EXPANSION OF BURIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR REMARRIED SPOUSES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 2042 is amended by
striking ``(which for purposes of this chapter includes an unremarried
surviving spouse who had a subsequent remarriage which was terminated
by death or divorce)'' and inserting ``(which for purposes of this
chapter includes a surviving spouse who remarries following the
veteran's death)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 11. MAKE PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR STATE CEMETERY GRANTS PROGRAM.

    (a) Permanent Authorization.--Paragraph (2) of section 2408(a) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``for fiscal year 1999 and for each
        succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2004''; and
            (2) by adding at the end ``Funds appropriated under the
        preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 2408 is amended
by striking ``Sums appropriated under subsection (a) of this section
shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 12. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Addition of Certain Offenses.--Paragraph (2) of section 6105(b)
is amended by striking ``sections 792, 793, 794, 798, 2381, 2382, 2383,
2384, 2385, 2837, 2388, 2389, 2390, and chapter 105 of title 18'' and
inserting ``sections 175, 229, 792, 793, 794, 798, 831, 1091, 2332a,
2332b, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, and
chapter 105 of title 18''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to claims filed after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 13. VETERANS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.

    Section 3692 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``as far as
        practicable'' after ``include'';
            (2) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ``chapter 106''
        and inserting ``chapter 1606'' both places it appears; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``2003'' and inserting
        ``2013''.

SEC. 14. REPEAL OF EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination of Program.--No loans shall be made under
subchapter III of chapter 36 after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and such subchapter shall be repealed 90 days after such date of
enactment.
    (b) Closing of Loan Fund.--All monies in the revolving fund
established in the Treasury of the United States of America known as
the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Education Loan Fund'' (the
``Fund'') on the day before the date of repeal of such subchapter III
shall be transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment
Benefits Account, and the Fund shall be closed.
    (c) Discharge of Liability.--The liability on any education loan
debt outstanding under such subchapter III shall be discharged, and any
overpayments declared under section 3698(e)(1) of that subchapter shall
be waived without further process on the date funds are transferred as
referred to in subsection (b) of this section.
    (d) Technical Amendment.--On the date of repeal of such subchapter
III, as provided herein, the table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 36 shall be amended by striking the items relating to
subchapter III.
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Chapter 34 is amended--
                    (A) by repealing paragraph (2) of section 3462(a);
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (1) of section 3485(e), by
                striking ``(other than an education loan under
                subchapter III)''.
            (2) Section 3512 is amended by repealing subsection (f).
            (3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) shall
        take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
        Act.

SEC. 15. RESTORATION OF CHAPTER 35 EDUCATION BENEFITS OF CERTAIN
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Restoration.--Subsection (h) of section 3512 is amended by
inserting ``or is involuntarily ordered to full-time National Guard
duty under section 502(f) of title 32'' following ``title 10''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as of September 11, 2001.

SEC. 16. EXPANSION OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
              SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING.

    (a) Self-Employment Training.--Subparagraph (B) of section 3002(3)
is amended--
            (1) in clause (i) by striking ``and'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following clause:
                            ``(iii) a program of self-employment on-job
                        training approved as provided in section
                        3677(d) of this title; and''.
    (b) Program Approval.--Section 3677 is amended--
            (1) in subsections (a) and (c), by inserting ``self-
        employment on-job training or'' after ``(other than'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``described in
        subsection (a)'' after ``offering training''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Any State approving agency may approve a program of self-
employment on-job training for purposes of chapter 30 of this title
only when it finds that the training is generally recognized as needed
or accepted for purposes of obtaining licensure to engage in the self-
employment occupation or is required for ownership and operation of a
franchise that is the objective of the training.
    ``(2) The training entity offering the training for which approval
is sought under this chapter must submit to the State approving agency
a written application for approval, in the form and with the content as
prescribed by the Secretary, which shall include such information as is
required by the State approving agency.
    ``(3) As a condition for approving a program of self-employment on-
job training, the State approving agency must find upon investigation
that the following criteria are met:
            ``(A) The training content is adequate to qualify the
        eligible individual for the self-employment occupation that is
        the objective of the training.
            ``(B) The training consists of full-time training for a
        period of less than six months.
            ``(C) The length of the training period is not longer than
        that customarily required to obtain the knowledge, skills, and
        experience needed to successfully engage in the particular
        self-employment occupation that is the objective of the
        training.
            ``(D) The training entity has adequate instructional space,
        equipment, materials, and personnel to provide satisfactory
        training on the job.
            ``(E) The training entity keeps adequate records of each
        trainee's progress toward the self-employment objective and, at
        the end of the training period, issues a license, certificate,
        or other document recording the individual's successful
        completion of the training program.
            ``(F) The training entity and the self-employment on-job
        training program meet such other criteria as the Secretary may
        prescribe and as the State approving agency, with the
        Secretary's approval, may establish.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 3687(a) is
amended by inserting ``subsections (a), (b), and (c) of'' before
``section 3677''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date six months after the enactment of this Act and shall
apply to self-employment on-job training approved and pursued on or
after that date.

Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2003, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.

Makes the effective date for the award of death pension the same as that for the award of death compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation.

Excludes lump-sum insurance proceeds from income for purposes of eligibility for veterans' pensions.

Prohibits the payment of veterans' disability compensation for an alcohol- or drug-abuse related disability even if the the alcohol or drug abuse is secondary to a service-connected disability.

Provides alternative beneficiaries for National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance proceeds when the first beneficiary does not make a claim.

Provides burial benefit eligibility for a veteran's surviving spouse who remarries following the veteran's death.

Makes permanent the authority for the State cemetery grants program.

Repeals the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Loan program.

Includes self-employment training under the Montgomery GI Bill.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, pension, education benefits, life insurance benefits, and memorial benefits, to improve the administration of benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) The Director of Central Intelligence's most recent
    Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology
    Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional
    Munitions, 1 July Through 31 December 2003, states ``Russian
    entities during the reporting period continued to supply a variety
    of ballistic missile-related goods and technical know-how to
    countries such as Iran, India, and China. Iran's earlier success in
    gaining technology and materials from Russian entities helped
    accelerate Iranian development of the Shahab-3 MRBM, and continuing
    Russian entity assistance has supported Iranian efforts to develop
    new missiles and increase Tehran's self-sufficiency in missile
    production.''
        (2) Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, the Director of the Defense
    Intelligence Agency, stated in testimony before the Select
    Committee on Intelligence of the Senate on February 16, 2005, that
    ``Tehran probably will have the ability to produce nuclear weapons
    early in the next decade''.
        (3) Iran has--
            (A) failed to act in accordance with the Agreement Between
        Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the
        Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the
        Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna June 19,
        1973 (commonly referred to as the ``Safeguards Agreement'');
            (B) acted in a manner inconsistent with the Protocol
        Additional to the Agreement Between Iran and the International
        Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards, signed
        at Vienna December 18, 2003 (commonly referred to as the
        ``Additional Protocol'');
            (C) acted in a manner inconsistent with its obligations
        under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
        done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, and
        entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly referred to as the
        ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty''); and
            (D) resumed uranium conversion activities, thus ending the
        confidence building measures it adopted in its November 2003
        agreement with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom,
        France, and Germany.
        (4) On September 24, 2005, the Board of Governors of the
    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally declared that
    Iranian actions constituted noncompliance with its nuclear
    safeguards obligations, and that Iran's history of concealment of
    its nuclear activities has given rise to questions that are within
    the purview of the United Nations Security Council.
        (5) The executive branch has on multiple occasions used the
    authority provided under section 3 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act
    of 2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) to impose
    sanctions on entities that have engaged in activities in violation
    of restrictions in the Act relating to--
            (A) the export of equipment and technology controlled under
        multilateral export control lists, including under the
        Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Missile
        Technology Control Regime, Nuclear Suppliers Group, and the
        Wassenaar Arrangement or otherwise having the potential to make
        a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass
        destruction or cruise or ballistic missile systems to Iran; and
            (B) the export of other items to Iran with the potential of
        making a material contribution to Iran's weapons of mass
        destruction programs or on United States national control lists
        for reasons related to the proliferation of weapons of mass
        destruction or missiles.
        (6) The executive branch has never made a determination
    pursuant to section 6(b) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000
    that--
            (A) it is the policy of the Government of the Russian
        Federation to oppose the proliferation to Iran of weapons of
        mass destruction and missile systems capable of delivering such
        weapons;
            (B) the Government of the Russian Federation (including the
        law enforcement, export promotion, export control, and
        intelligence agencies of such government) has demonstrated and
        continues to demonstrate a sustained commitment to seek out and
        prevent the transfer to Iran of goods, services, and technology
        that could make a material contribution to the development of
        nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, or of ballistic or
        cruise missile systems; and
            (C) no entity under the jurisdiction or control of the
        Government of the Russian Federation, has, during the 1-year
        period prior to the date of the determination pursuant to
        section 6(b) of such Act, made transfers to Iran reportable
        under section 2(a) of the Act.
        (7) On June 29, 2005, President George W. Bush issued Executive
    Order 13382 blocking property of weapons of mass destruction
    proliferators and their supporters, and used the authority of such
    order against 4 Iranian entities, Aerospace Industries
    Organization, Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, Shahid Bakeri
    Industrial Group, and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, that
    have engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions
    that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially
    contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
    or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of
    delivering such weapons), including efforts to manufacture,
    acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such items.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000 RELATED TO
              INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PAYMENTS.

    (a) Treatment of Certain Payments.--Section 7(1)(B) of the Iran
Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)
is amended--
        (1) by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma;
    and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``except that such term does not mean payments in cash or in kind
    made or to be made by the United States Government prior to January
    1, 2012, for work to be performed or services to be rendered prior
    to that date necessary to meet United States obligations under the
    Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space
    Station, with annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and
    entered into force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement,
    memorandum of understanding, or contract related thereto.''.
    (b) Exception.--Section 6(h) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of
2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by inserting
after ``extraordinary payments in connection with the International
Space Station'' the following: ``, or any other payments in connection
with the International Space Station,''.
    (c) Reporting Requirements.--Section 6 of the Iran Nonproliferation
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Report on Certain Payments Related to International Space
Station.--
        ``(1) In general.--The President shall, together with each
    report submitted under section 2(a), submit to the Committee on
    Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International
    Relations of the House of Representatives a report that identifies
    each Russian entity or person to whom the United States Government
    has, since the date of the enactment of the Iran Nonproliferation
    Amendments Act of 2005, made a payment in cash or in kind for work
    to be performed or services to be rendered under the Agreement
    Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station,
    with annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into
    force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement, memorandum of
    understanding, or contract related thereto.
        ``(2) Content.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall
    include--
            ``(A) the specific purpose of each payment made to each
        entity or person identified in the report; and
            ``(B) with respect to each such payment, the assessment of
        the President that the payment was not prejudicial to the
        achievement of the objectives of the United States Government
        to prevent the proliferation of ballistic or cruise missile
        systems in Iran and other countries that have repeatedly
        provided support for acts of international terrorism, as
        determined by the Secretary of State under section 620A(a) of
        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), section
        6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
        2405(j)), or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
        U.S.C. 2780(d)).''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000 TO MAKE
              SUCH ACT APPLICABLE TO IRAN AND SYRIA.

    (a) Reports on Proliferation Relating to Iran or Syria.--Section 2
of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C.
1701 note) is amended--
        (1) in the heading, by striking ``TO IRAN'' and inserting
    ``RELATING TO IRAN AND SYRIA''; and
        (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                (i) by inserting ``or acquired from'' after
            ``transferred to''; and
                (ii) by inserting after ``Iran'' the following: ``, or
            on or after January 1, 2005, transferred to or acquired
            from Syria''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``Iran'' the
        following: ``or Syria, as the case may be,''.
    (b) Determination Exempting Foreign Persons From Certain
Measures.--Section 5(a) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``transfer to Iran'' and
    inserting ``transfer to or acquire from Iran or Syria, as the case
    may be,''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Iran's efforts'' and
    inserting ``the efforts of Iran or Syria, as the case may be,''.
    (c) Restriction on Extraordinary Payments in Connection With the
International Space Station.--Section 6(b) of the Iran Nonproliferation
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
        (1) in the heading, by striking ``to Iran'' and inserting
    ``Relating to Iran and Syria'';
        (2) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``to Iran'' each
    place it appears and inserting ``to or from Iran and Syria''; and
        (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``to Iran'' and inserting
    ``to or from Iran or Syria''.
    (d) Definitions.--Section 7(2) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of
2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
            ``(C) any foreign government, including any foreign
        governmental entity; and''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``subparagraph (B) or
    (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), including any
    entity in which any entity described in any such subparagraph owns
    a controlling interest''.
    (e) Short Title.--
        (1) Amendment.--Section 1 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of
    2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by
    striking ``Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000'' and inserting ``Iran
    and Syria Nonproliferation Act''.
        (2) References.--Any reference in a law, regulation, document,
    or other record of the United States to the Iran Nonproliferation
    Act of 2000 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Iran and Syria
    Nonproliferation Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 to state that the definition of "extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station" does not mean payments in cash or in kind made or to be made by the U.S. government prior to January 1, 2012, for work to be performed or services to be rendered prior to that date necessary to meet U.S. obligations under the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station, with annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement, memorandum of understanding, or contract related thereto. (Under such Act the United States is prohibited from making such payments to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency unless specified determinations are made with respect to Russian cooperation in preventing proliferation to Iran, or to a foreign person identified as contributing to proliferation to Iran.)

Prohibits any U.S. agency from making extraordinary payments and any other payments (currently, such prohibition is limited to extraordinary payments) in connection with the International Space Station to a foreign person subject to specified measures under such Act or Executive Order No. 12938.

 Directs the President to submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report that identifies each Russian entity or person to whom the United States has, since the date of enactment of this Act, made a cash or in-kind payment under the Agreement.

Requires such report to include: (1) the purpose of each payment; and (2) with respect to each such payment, an assessment that the payment was not prejudicial to preventing the proliferation of ballistic or cruise missile systems in Iran and other countries that have supported acts of international terrorism.

 Applies the provisions of such Act to: (1) Syria with respect to transfers on or after January 1, 2005; and (2) transfers to or from such countries (currently, limited to transfers to Iran).

Redefines "foreign person" or "person" to include any foreign government or government entity (currently, any governmental entity operating as a business enterprise).

Retitles the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2002 as the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act.

An act to make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act to 2000 related to International Space Station payments, and for other purposes.