1.This Act may be cited as
the Denali Commission Act Amendments
Act of 2007
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2.Authorities and
duties of the Denali Commission
(a)Establishment
of CommissionSection 303(b) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998
(42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
(5)No
member of the Commission appointed under paragraph (1), other than the Federal
Cochairperson, shall be considered to be a Federal employee for any
purpose.
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(b)Section 305 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
(e)The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of matching
funds provided by public and private sources for projects approved by the
Commission.
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(c)Commission
personnel mattersSection 306 of the Denali Commission Act of
1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) is amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)—
(A)in the first
sentence, by striking Each member
and inserting the
following:
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (4), each
member
;
(B)in the second
sentence, by striking The Federal
and inserting:
(2)The
Federal
;
(C)in the third
sentence, by striking All members
and inserting the
following:
(3)All members
;
and
(D)by adding at the
end the following:
(4)Each
member of the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the Federal
Government may elect to waive compensation under paragraph
(1).
;
and
(2)in subsection
(c)(1)—
(A)by striking
regulations,
and inserting regulations—
;
(B)by striking
appoint
and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting the following:
(A)appoint such
personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties of
the Commission; and
(B)terminate the
personnel appointed under subparagraph
(A).
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(d)Economic
development committeeThe Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) is amended—
(1)by redesignating
the second section 310 (relating to the Economic Development Committee) as
section 311; and
(2)in section 311
(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking shall
each place
it appears and inserting may
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3.Special
functions of the Denali CommissionSection 307 of the Denali Commission Act of
1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
(f)
(1)The Secretary of Labor is authorized to make direct lump
sum payments to the Commission to be used to carry out a training program on
careers associated with infrastructure development and long-term stability in
rural Alaska.
(2)The
training program authorized under paragraph (1) shall focus on the following
priorities:
(A)Training for
construction, operations, and maintenance of Commission projects.
(B)Management
training relating to the operation of Commission projects.
(C)Initiatives for
Alaskan youths to encourage careers that support Commission projects.
(D)Training for
construction, operations, and maintenance for public infrastructure
projects.
(3)Amounts
made available to the Commission under this subsection shall remain available
until expended.
(g)
(1)In carrying out the functions of the Commission under
this Act, the Commission shall, as appropriate, provide assistance to address
the housing needs of teachers in rural Alaska.
(2)In providing assistance under paragraph (1), the
Commission may assist in housing development activities, including, but not
limited to—
(A)the acquisition,
rehabilitation, and new construction of housing; and
(B)multisite
rehabilitation.
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4.Authorization of
appropriationsSection 310(a)
of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277)
is amended by striking for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and
2008
and inserting for each of fiscal years 2009 through
2014.
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5.
(a)The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b)Authorization
of appropriationsThe amendment made by section 4 takes effect on
October 1, 2008.