[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1237 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 352
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1237

                          [Report No. 113-146]

To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2013

 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) (by request) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

                             April 8, 2014

              Reported by Ms. Landrieu, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Omnibus Territories Act of 
2013''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title.
<DELETED>Sec. 2. Table of contents.
<DELETED>Sec. 3. Territorial Sea.
<DELETED>Sec. 4. Adjustment of scheduled wage increases in the 
                            Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                            Islands.
<DELETED>Sec. 5. Amendments to the Consolidated Natural Resources Act.
<DELETED>Sec. 6. Study of electric rates in the insular areas.
<DELETED>Sec. 7. Chief financial officer of the Virgin Islands.
<DELETED>Sec. 8. Reports on estimates of revenues.
<DELETED>Sec. 9. Low-income home energy assistance program.
<DELETED>Sec. 10. Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment.
<DELETED>Sec. 11. St. Croix National Heritage Area.
<DELETED>Sec. 12. Guam War Claims Review Commission.
<DELETED>Sec. 13. Use of certain expenditures as in-kind contributions.
<DELETED>Sec. 14. Improvements in HUD assisted programs.
<DELETED>Sec. 15. Benefit to cost ratio study for projects in American 
                            Samoa.
<DELETED>Sec. 16. Waiver of local matching requirements.
<DELETED>Sec. 17. Fishery endorsements.
<DELETED>Sec. 18. Effects of minimum wage differentials in American 
                            Samoa.
<DELETED>Sec. 19. American Samoa Citizenship Plebiscite Act.
<DELETED>Sec. 20. Eligibility for marine turtle conservation 
                            assistance.

<DELETED>SEC. 3. TERRITORIAL SEA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The first section and section 2 of Public 
Law 93-435 (48 U.S.C. 1705, 1706) are amended by inserting ``the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'' each 
place it appears.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) References to Date of Enactment.--For the purposes of 
the amendment made by subsection (a), each reference in Public Law 93-
435 to the ``date of enactment'' shall be considered to be a reference 
to the date of the enactment of this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT OF SCHEDULED WAGE INCREASES IN THE 
              COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 8103(b)(1)(B) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 
(29 U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110-28) is amended by striking ``2011'' 
and inserting ``2011, 2013, and 2015''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED NATURAL RESOURCES 
              ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled ``A Joint 
Resolution to approve the `Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of 
America', and for other purposes'', approved March 24, 1976 (Public Law 
94-241; 90 Stat. 263), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
                ``subsections (b)'' the following: ``, (c),''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking paragraph (6), and 
                inserting the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Certain education funding.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--In addition to fees 
                charged pursuant to section 286(m) of the Immigration 
                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356 (m)) to recover the 
                full costs of providing adjudication services, the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge an annual 
                supplemental fee of $150 per nonimmigrant worker to 
                each prospective employer who is issued a permit under 
                subsection (d) of this section during the transition 
                program. Such supplemental fee shall be paid into the 
                Treasury of the Commonwealth government for the purpose 
                of funding ongoing vocational educational curricula and 
                program development by Commonwealth educational 
                entities.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Plan for the expenditure of funds.--
                At the beginning of each fiscal year, and prior to the 
                payment of the supplemental fee into the Treasury of 
                the Commonwealth government in that fiscal year, the 
                Commonwealth government must provide to the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security, a plan for the expenditure of 
                funds, a projection of the effectiveness of these 
                expenditures in the placement of United States workers 
                into jobs, and a report on the changes in employment of 
                United States workers attributable to prior year 
                expenditures.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) DHS report.--The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall report to the Congress every 2 
                years on the effectiveness of meeting the goals set out 
                by the Commonwealth government in its annual plan for 
                the expenditure of funds.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``during 
                the transition period,''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Duration.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this Act, the Secretary may classify aliens 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) until the date on which the 
        transition program terminates. If the transition period is 
        extended, the Secretary may continue to classify aliens 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) until the date on which all 
        extensions are terminated.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``December 
        31, 2014'' and inserting ``December 31, 2019''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. STUDY OF ELECTRIC RATES IN THE INSULAR 
              AREAS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Comprehensive energy plan.--The term 
        ``comprehensive energy plan'' means a comprehensive energy plan 
        prepared and updated under subsections (c) and (e) of section 
        604 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations 
        for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other 
        purposes'', approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 
        1492).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Energy action plan.--The term ``energy action 
        plan'' means the plan required by subsection (d).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely 
        Associated States'' means the Federated States of Micronesia, 
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 
        Palau.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Insular areas.--The term ``insular areas'' 
        means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Team.--The term ``team'' means the team 
        established by the Secretary under subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, within the Empowering 
Insular Communities activity, establish a team of technical, policy, 
and financial experts--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to develop an energy action plan addressing 
        the energy needs of each of the insular areas and Freely 
        Associated States; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely 
        Associated States in implementing such plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Participation of Regional Utility Organizations.--In 
establishing the team, the Secretary shall consider including regional 
utility organizations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Energy Action Plan.--In accordance with subsection 
(b), the energy action plan shall include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) recommendations, based on the comprehensive 
        energy plan where applicable, to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) reduce reliance and expenditures on 
                imported fossil fuels;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) develop indigenous, nonfossil fuel 
                energy sources; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) improve performance of energy 
                infrastructure and overall energy efficiency;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a schedule for implementation of such 
        recommendations and identification and prioritization of 
        specific projects;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) a financial and engineering plan for 
        implementing and sustaining projects; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 
        implementation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Reports to Secretary.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the Secretary establishes the team and annually 
thereafter, the team shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing 
progress made in fulfilling its charge and in implementing the energy 
action plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Annual Reports to Congress.--Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary receives a report submitted by 
the team under subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a summary of the report of the 
team.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 7. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE VIRGIN 
              ISLANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Referendum.--As part of the next regularly scheduled, 
islands-wide election in the Virgin Islands after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Board of Elections of the Virgin Islands shall hold a 
referendum to seek the approval of the people of the Virgin Islands 
regarding whether the position of Chief Financial Officer of the 
Government of the Virgin Islands shall be established as a part of the 
executive branch of the Government of the Virgin Islands. The 
referendum shall be binding and conducted according to the laws of the 
Virgin Islands, except that the results shall be determined by a 
majority of the ballots cast.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Chief Financial Officer of the Virgin Islands.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Appointment of chief financial officer.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--If the majority of 
                ballots cast in a referendum under subsection (a) 
                approve the establishment of the position of Chief 
                Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin 
                Islands, the Governor of the Virgin Islands shall 
                appoint a Chief Financial Officer, with the advice and 
                consent of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, from 
                the names on the list required under subsection (b)(4). 
                If the Governor has nominated a person for Chief 
                Financial Officer but the Legislature of the Virgin 
                Islands has not confirmed a nominee within 90 days 
                after receiving the list pursuant to subsection (b)(4), 
                the Governor shall appoint from such list a Chief 
                Financial Officer on an acting basis until the 
                Legislature consents to a Chief Financial 
                Officer.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Acting chief financial officer.--If a 
                Chief Financial Officer has not been appointed under 
                subparagraph (A) within 180 days after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, the Virgin Islands Chief 
                Financial Officer Search Commission, by majority vote, 
                shall appoint from the names on the list submitted 
                under subsection (b)(4), an Acting Chief Financial 
                Officer to serve in that capacity until a Chief 
                Financial Officer is appointed under the first sentence 
                of subparagraph (A). In either case, if the Acting 
                Chief Financial Officer serves in an acting capacity 
                for 180 consecutive days, without further action the 
                Acting Chief Financial Officer shall become the Chief 
                Financial Officer.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Duties of chief financial officer.--The duties 
        of the Chief Financial Officer shall include the 
        following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Develop and report on the financial 
                status of the Government of the Virgin Islands not 
                later than 6 months after appointment and quarterly 
                thereafter. Such reports shall be available to the 
                public.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Each year prepare and certify spending 
                limits of the annual budget, including annual estimates 
                of all revenues of the territory without regard to 
                sources, and whether or not the annual budget is 
                balanced.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Revise and update standards for 
                financial management, including inventory and 
                contracting, for the Government of the Virgin Islands 
                in general and for each agency in conjunction with the 
                agency head.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Documents provided.--The heads of each 
        department of the Government of the Virgin Islands, in 
        particular the head of the Department of Finance of the Virgin 
        Islands and the head of the Internal Revenue Bureau of the 
        Virgin Islands shall provide all documents and information 
        under the jurisdiction of that head that the Chief Financial 
        Officer considers required to carry out his or her functions to 
        the Chief Financial Officer.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Conditions related to chief financial 
        officer.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Term.--The Chief Financial Officer 
                shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Removal.--The Chief Financial Officer 
                shall not be removed except for cause. An Acting Chief 
                Financial Officer may be removed for cause or by a 
                Chief Financial Officer appointed with the advice and 
                consent of the Legislature of the Virgin 
                Islands.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Replacement.--If the Chief Financial 
                Officer is unable to continue acting in that capacity 
                due to removal, illness, death, or otherwise, another 
                Chief Financial Officer shall be selected in accordance 
                with paragraph (1).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Salary.--The Chief Financial Officer 
                shall be paid at a salary to be determined by the 
                Governor of the Virgin Islands, except such rate may 
                not be less than the highest rate of pay for a cabinet 
                officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands or a 
                Chief Financial Officer serving in any government or 
                semiautonomous agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Establishment of Commission.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment.--There is established a 
        commission to be known as the ``Virgin Islands Chief Financial 
        Officer Search Commission''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Duty of commission.--The Commission shall 
        recommend to the Governor not less than 3 candidates for 
        nomination as Chief Financial Officer of the Virgin Islands. 
        Each candidate must have demonstrated ability in general 
        management of, knowledge of, and extensive practical experience 
        at the highest levels of financial management in governmental 
        or business entities and must have experience in the 
        development, implementation, and operation of financial 
        management systems.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Membership.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Number and appointment.--The 
                Commission shall be composed of 8 members appointed not 
                later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act. Persons appointed as members must have 
                recognized business, government, or financial expertise 
                and experience and shall be appointed as 
                follows:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) 1 individual appointed by the 
                        Governor of the Virgin Islands.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) 1 individual appointed by the 
                        President of the Legislature of the Virgin 
                        Islands.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) 1 individual, who is an 
                        employee of the Government of the Virgin 
                        Islands, appointed by the Central Labor Council 
                        of the Virgin Islands.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) 1 individual appointed by the 
                        Chamber of Commerce of St. Thomas-St. 
                        John.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) 1 individual appointed by the 
                        Chamber of Commerce of St. Croix.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) 1 individual appointed by the 
                        President of the University of the Virgin 
                        Islands.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) 1 individual, who is a 
                        resident of St. John, appointed by the At-Large 
                        Member of the Legislature of the Virgin 
                        Islands.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (viii) 1 individual appointed by 
                        the President of AARP Virgin islands.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Terms.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In general.--Each member shall 
                        be appointed for the life of the 
                        Commission.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the 
                        Commission shall be filled in the manner in 
                        which the original appointment was made. Any 
                        member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be 
                        appointed for the remainder of that 
                        term.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Basic pay.--Members shall serve 
                without pay.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Quorum.--Five members of the 
                Commission shall constitute a quorum.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the 
                Commission shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme 
                Court of the United States Virgin Islands or the 
                designee of the Chief Justice. The Chairperson shall 
                serve as an ex officio member of the Commission and 
                shall vote only in the case of a tie.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet 
                at the call of the Chairperson. The Commission shall 
                meet for the first time not later than 15 days after 
                all members have been appointed under this 
                subsection.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) Government employment.--Members may 
                not be current government employees, except for the 
                member appointed under subparagraph (A)(iii).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Report; recommendations.--The Commission shall 
        transmit a report to the Governor, the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate not later than 60 
        days after its first meeting. The report shall name the 
        Commission's recommendations for candidates for nomination as 
        Chief Financial Officer of the Virgin Islands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 
        upon the nomination and confirmation of the Chief Financial 
        Officer.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the 
following definitions apply:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Chief financial officer.--In subsections (a) 
        and (b), the term ``Chief Financial Officer'' means a Chief 
        Financial Officer or Acting Chief Financial Officer, as the 
        case may be, appointed under subsection (a)(1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        Virgin Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission 
        established pursuant to subsection (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Governor.--The term ``Governor'' means the 
        Governor of the Virgin Islands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Removal for cause.--The term ``removal for 
        cause'' means removal based upon misconduct, failure to meet 
        job requirements, or any grounds that a reasonable person would 
        find grounds for discharge.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 8. REPORTS ON ESTIMATES OF REVENUES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) evaluates whether the annual estimates or 
        forecasts of revenue and expenditure of American Samoa, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 
        Guam, and the Virgin Islands are reasonable; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) as the Comptroller General of the United 
        States determines to be necessary, makes recommendations for 
        improving the process for developing estimates or 
        forecasts.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 9. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    With respect to fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the 
percentage described in section 2605(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)(i)) shall be 300 
percent when applied to households located in the Virgin 
Islands.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 10. CASTLE NUGENT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 
              ESTABLISHMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Historic site.--The term ``historic site'' 
        means the Castle Nugent National Historic Site established in 
        subsection (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Castle Nugent National Historic Site.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment.--There is established as a unit 
        of the National Park System the Castle Nugent National Historic 
        Site on the Island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, in order 
        to preserve, protect, and interpret, for the benefit of present 
        and future generations, a Caribbean cultural landscape that 
        spans more than 300 years of agricultural use, significant 
        archeological resources, mangrove forests, endangered sea 
        turtle nesting beaches, an extensive barrier coral reef system, 
        and other outstanding natural features.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Boundaries.--The historic site consists of the 
        approximately 2,900 acres of land extending from Lowrys Hill 
        and Laprey Valley to the Caribbean Sea and from Manchenil Bay 
        to Great Pond, along with associated submerged lands to the 
        three-mile territorial limit, as generally depicted on the map 
        titled ``Castle Nugent National Historic Site Proposed Boundary 
        Map'', numbered T22/100,447, and dated October 2009.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Map availability.--The map referred to in 
        paragraph (2) shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
        Service, Department of the Interior.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Acquisition of land.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to 
                acquire lands and interests in lands within the 
                boundaries of the historic site by donation, purchase 
                with donated funds, or exchange.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) U.S. virgin island lands.--The 
                Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests 
                in lands owned by the U.S. Virgin Islands or any 
                political subdivision thereof only by donation or 
                exchange.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Administration.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer 
        the historic site in accordance with this Act and with laws 
        generally applicable to units of the National Park System, 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the National Park Service Organic Act 
                (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 
                666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Shared resources.--To the greatest extent 
        practicable, the Secretary shall use the resources of other 
        sites administered by the National Park Service or other 
        Federal assets on the Island of St. Croix to administer the 
        historic site.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Continued use.--In order to maintain an 
        important feature of the cultural landscape of the historic 
        site, the Secretary may lease to the University of the Virgin 
        Islands certain lands within the boundary of the historic site 
        for the purpose of continuing the university's operation 
        breeding Senepol cattle, a breed developed on St. Croix. A 
        lease under this subsection shall contain such terms and 
        conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, including 
        those necessary to protect the values of the historic 
        site.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Management plan.--Not later than three years 
        after funds are made available for this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall prepare a general management plan for the 
        historic site.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 11. ST. CROIX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' 
        means the St. Croix National Heritage Area established by 
        subsection (b)(1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Local coordinating entity.--The term ``local 
        coordinating entity'' means the local coordinating entity for 
        the Heritage Area designated by subsection (b)(4).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Management plan.--The term ``management plan'' 
        means the management plan for the Heritage Area required under 
        subsection (d).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Proposed St. Croix National Heritage Area'' and dated 
        [</DELETED>___________<DELETED>].</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) State.--The term ``State'' means St. Croix, 
        U.S. Virgin Islands.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) St. Croix National Heritage Area.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment.--There is established in the 
        State the St. Croix National Heritage Area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conceptual boundaries.--The Heritage Area 
        shall consist of the entire island.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Map.--A map of the Heritage Area shall be--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) included in the management plan; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) on file and available for public 
                inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
                Park Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Local coordinating entity.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The local coordinating 
                entity for the Heritage Area shall be known as St. 
                Croix United for Community, Culture, Environment, and 
                Economic Development (SUCCEED) Inc.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Membership requirements.--Membership 
                in SUCCEED, Inc. shall be open to a broad cross-section 
                of public, private, and non-governmental sectors 
                including businesses, individuals, agencies, and 
                organizations that were involved in the planning and 
                development of the Heritage Area prior to the enactment 
                of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Administration.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Authorities.--For purposes of carrying out the 
        management plan, the Secretary, acting through the local 
        coordinating entity, may use amounts made available under this 
        section to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) make grants to the State or a 
                political subdivision of the State, nonprofit 
                organizations, and other persons;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) enter into cooperative agreements 
                with, or provide technical assistance to, the State or 
                a political subdivision of the State, nonprofit 
                organizations, and other interested parties;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) hire and compensate staff, which shall 
                include individuals with expertise in natural, 
                cultural, and historical resources protection, and 
                heritage programming;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) obtain money or services from any 
                source including any that are provided under any other 
                Federal law or program;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) contract for goods or services; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) undertake to be a catalyst for any 
                other activity that furthers the Heritage Area and is 
                consistent with the approved management plan.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Duties.--The local coordinating entity shall--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in accordance with subsection (d), 
                prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage 
                Area to the Secretary;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) assist units of local government, 
                regional planning organizations, and nonprofit 
                organizations in carrying out the approved management 
                plan by--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) carrying out programs and 
                        projects that recognize, protect, and enhance 
                        important resource values in the Heritage 
                        Area;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) establishing and maintaining 
                        interpretive exhibits and programs in the 
                        Heritage Area;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) developing recreational and 
                        educational opportunities in the Heritage 
                        Area;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) increasing public awareness 
                        of, and appreciation for, natural, historical, 
                        scenic, and cultural resources of the Heritage 
                        Area;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) protecting and restoring 
                        historic sites and buildings in the Heritage 
                        Area that are consistent with Heritage Area 
                        themes;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) ensuring that clear, 
                        consistent, and appropriate signs identifying 
                        points of public access, and sites of interest 
                        are posted throughout the Heritage Area; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) promoting a wide range of 
                        partnerships among governments, organizations, 
                        and individuals to further the Heritage 
                        Area;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) consider the interests of diverse 
                units of government, businesses, organizations, and 
                individuals in the Heritage Area in the preparation and 
                implementation of the management plan;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) conduct meetings open to the public at 
                least semiannually regarding the development and 
                implementation of the management plan;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) for any year that Federal funds have 
                been received under this section--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) submit an annual report to the 
                        Secretary that describes the activities, 
                        expenses, and income of the local coordinating 
                        entity (including grants to any other entities 
                        during the year that the report is 
                        made);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) make available to the 
                        Secretary for audit all records relating to the 
                        expenditure of the funds and any matching 
                        funds; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) require, with respect to all 
                        agreements authorizing expenditure of Federal 
                        funds by other organizations, that the 
                        organizations receiving the funds make 
                        available to the Secretary for audit all 
                        records concerning the expenditure of the 
                        funds; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) encourage by appropriate means 
                economic viability that is consistent with the Heritage 
                Area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Prohibition on the acquisition of real 
        property.--The local coordinating entity shall not use Federal 
        funds to acquire real property or any interest in real 
        property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Management Plan.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the local coordinating entity 
        shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed 
        management plan for the Heritage Area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Requirements.--The management plan shall--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) incorporate an integrated and 
                cooperative approach for the protection, enhancement, 
                and interpretation of the natural, cultural, historic, 
                scenic, and recreational resources of the Heritage 
                Area;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) take into consideration State and 
                local plans;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) include--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) an inventory of--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) the resources located 
                                in the core area described in 
                                subsection (b)(2); and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) any other property in 
                                the core area that--</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (aa) is related to 
                                        the themes of the Heritage 
                                        Area; and</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (bb) should be 
                                        preserved, restored, managed, 
                                        or maintained because of the 
                                        significance of the 
                                        property;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) describe comprehensive 
                        policies, goals, strategies and recommendations 
                        for telling the story of the heritage of the 
                        area covered by the designation and encouraging 
                        long-term resource protection, enhancement, 
                        interpretation, funding, management, and 
                        development;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) a description of actions 
                        that governments, private organizations, and 
                        individuals have agreed to take to protect the 
                        natural, historical and cultural resources of 
                        the Heritage Area;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) a program of implementation 
                        for the management plan by the local 
                        coordinating entity that includes a description 
                        of--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) actions to facilitate 
                                ongoing collaboration among partners to 
                                promote plans for resource protection, 
                                restoration, and construction; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) specific commitments 
                                for implementation that have been made 
                                by the local coordinating entity or any 
                                government, organization, or individual 
                                for the first 5 years of 
                                operation;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) the identification of sources 
                        of funding for carrying out the management 
                        plan;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) analysis and recommendations 
                        for means by which local, State, and Federal 
                        programs, may best be coordinated to carry out 
                        this section; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) a business plan that 
                        describes the role, operation, financing, and 
                        functions of the local coordinating entity and 
                        of each of the major activities contained in 
                        the management plan and provides adequate 
                        assurances that the local coordinating entity 
                        has the partnerships and financial and other 
                        resources necessary to implement the management 
                        plan for the National Heritage Area; 
                        and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) recommend policies and strategies for 
                resource management that consider and detail the 
                application of appropriate land and water management 
                techniques, including the development of 
                intergovernmental and interagency cooperative 
                agreements to protect the natural, historical, 
                cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
                resources of the Heritage Area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Deadline.--If a proposed management plan is 
        not submitted to the Secretary by the date that is 3 years 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the local coordinating 
        entity shall be ineligible to receive additional funding under 
        this section until the date that the Secretary receives and 
        approves the management plan.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Approval or disapproval of management plan.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of receipt of the management plan under 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the 
                State, shall approve or disapprove the management 
                plan.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Criteria for approval.--In determining 
                whether to approve the management plan, the Secretary 
                shall consider whether--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the local coordinating entity 
                        is representative of the diverse interests of 
                        the Heritage Area, including governments, 
                        natural and historic resource protection 
                        organizations, educational institutions, 
                        businesses, and recreational 
                        organizations;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the local coordinating entity 
                        has afforded adequate opportunity, including 
                        public hearings, for public and governmental 
                        involvement in the preparation of the 
                        management plan; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the resource protection and 
                        interpretation strategies contained in the 
                        management plan, if implemented, would 
                        adequately protect the natural, historical, and 
                        cultural resources of the Heritage 
                        Area.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Action following disapproval.--If the 
                Secretary disapproves the management plan under 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) advise the local coordinating 
                        entity in writing of the reasons for the 
                        disapproval;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) make recommendations for 
                        revisions to the management plan; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) not later than 180 days 
                        after the receipt of any proposed revision of 
                        the management plan from the local coordinating 
                        entity, approve or disapprove the proposed 
                        revision.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Amendments.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In general.--The Secretary 
                        shall approve or disapprove each amendment to 
                        the management plan that the Secretary 
                        determines make a substantial change to the 
                        management plan.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Use of funds.--The local 
                        coordinating entity shall not use Federal funds 
                        authorized by this section to carry out any 
                        amendments to the management plan until the 
                        Secretary has approved the 
                        amendments.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Relationship to Other Federal Agencies.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Nothing in this section affects 
        the authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or 
        financial assistance under any other law.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Consultation and coordination.--The head of 
        any Federal agency planning to conduct activities that may have 
        an impact on the Heritage Area is encouraged to consult and 
        coordinate the activities with the Secretary and the local 
        coordinating entity to the maximum extent 
        practicable.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Other federal agencies.--Nothing in this 
        section--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) modifies, alters, or amends any law or 
                regulation authorizing a Federal agency to manage 
                Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Federal 
                agency;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) limits the discretion of a Federal 
                land manager to implement an approved land use plan 
                within the boundaries of the Heritage Area; 
                or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) modifies, alters, or amends any 
                authorized use of Federal land under the jurisdiction 
                of a Federal agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Private Property and Regulatory Protections.--Nothing 
in this section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) abridges the rights of any property owner 
        (whether public or private), including the right to refrain 
        from participating in any plan, project, program, or activity 
        conducted within the Heritage Area;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) requires any property owner to permit public 
        access (including access by Federal, State, or local agencies) 
        to the property of the property owner, or to modify public 
        access or use of property of the property owner under any other 
        Federal, State, or local law;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 
        approved land use plan, or other regulatory authority of any 
        Federal, State, or local agency, or conveys any land use or 
        other regulatory authority to the local coordinating 
        entity;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) authorizes or implies the reservation or 
        appropriation of water or water rights;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) diminishes the authority of the State to 
        manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing 
        and hunting within the Heritage Area; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) creates any liability, or affects any 
        liability under any other law, of any private property owner 
        with respect to any person injured on the private 
        property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Evaluation; Report.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years before the 
        date on which authority for Federal funding terminates for the 
        Heritage Area, the Secretary shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) conduct an evaluation of the 
                accomplishments of the Heritage Area; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) prepare a report in accordance with 
                paragraph (3).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Evaluation.--An evaluation conducted under 
        paragraph (1)(A) shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) assess the progress of the local 
                coordinating entity with respect to--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) accomplishing the purposes of 
                        this section for the Heritage Area; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) achieving the goals and 
                        objectives of the approved management plan for 
                        the Heritage Area;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) analyze the Federal, State, local, and 
                private investments in the Heritage Area to determine 
                the leverage and impact of the investments; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) review the management structure, 
                partnership relationships, and funding of the Heritage 
                Area for purposes of identifying the critical 
                components for sustainability of the Heritage 
                Area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Report.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Based on the evaluation 
                conducted under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall 
                prepare a report that includes recommendations for the 
                future role of the National Park Service, if any, with 
                respect to the Heritage Area.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Required analysis.--If the report 
                prepared under subparagraph (A) recommends that Federal 
                funding for the Heritage Area be reauthorized, the 
                report shall include an analysis of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) ways in which Federal funding 
                        for the Heritage Area may be reduced or 
                        eliminated; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the appropriate time period 
                        necessary to achieve the recommended reduction 
                        or elimination.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Submission to congress.--On completion 
                of the report, the Secretary shall submit the report 
                to--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the Committee on Energy and 
                        Natural Resources of the Senate; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the Committee on Natural 
                        Resources of the House of 
                        Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Termination of Authority.--The authority of the 
Secretary to provide assistance under this section terminates on the 
date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 12. GUAM WAR CLAIMS REVIEW COMMISSION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Recognition of the Suffering and Loyalty of the 
Residents of Guam.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Recognition of the suffering of the residents 
        of guam.--The United States recognizes that, as described by 
        the Guam War Claims Review Commission, the residents of Guam, 
        on account of their United States nationality, suffered 
        unspeakable harm as a result of the occupation of Guam by 
        Imperial Japanese military forces during World War II, by being 
        subjected to death, rape, severe personal injury, personal 
        injury, forced labor, forced march, or internment.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Recognition of the loyalty of the residents of 
        guam.--The United States forever will be grateful to the 
        residents of Guam for their steadfast loyalty to the United 
        States, as demonstrated by the countless acts of courage they 
        performed despite the threat of death or great bodily harm they 
        faced at the hands of the Imperial Japanese military forces 
        that occupied Guam during World War II.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Guam World War II Claims Fund.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment of fund.--The Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall establish in the Treasury of the United States a 
        special fund (in this Act referred to as the ``Claims Fund'') 
        for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims 
        and survivors of compensable Guam decedents in accordance with 
        subsections (c) and (d).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Composition of fund.--The Claims Fund 
        established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of amounts 
        deposited into the Claims Fund under paragraph (3) and any 
        other amounts made available for the payment of claims under 
        this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Payment of certain duties, taxes, and fees 
        collected from guam deposited into fund.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 
                30 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421h), the 
                excess of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) any amount of duties, taxes, 
                        and fees collected under such subsection after 
                        fiscal year 2012, over</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the amount of duties, taxes, 
                        and fees collected under such subsection during 
                        fiscal year 2012,</DELETED>
                <DELETED>shall be deposited into the Claims 
                Fund.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Application.--Subparagraph (A) shall 
                not apply after the date for which the Secretary of the 
                Treasury determines that all payments required to be 
                made under subsection (c) have been made.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Limitation on payments made from fund.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--No payment may be made in 
                a fiscal year under subsection (c) until funds are 
                deposited into the Claims Fund in such fiscal year 
                under paragraph (3).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Amounts.--For each fiscal year in 
                which funds are deposited into the Claims Fund under 
                paragraph (3), the total amount of payments made in a 
                fiscal year under subsection (c) may not exceed the 
                amount of funds available in the Claims Fund for such 
                fiscal year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Deductions from fund for administrative 
        expenses.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any 
        amounts deposited into the Claims Fund an amount equal to 5 per 
        cent of such amounts as reimbursement to the Federal Government 
        for expenses incurred by the Foreign Claims Settlement 
        Commission and by the Department of the Treasury in the 
        administration of this Act. The amounts so deducted shall be 
        covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Payments for Guam World War II Claims.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Payments for death, personal injury, forced 
        labor, forced march, and internment.--After the Secretary of 
        the Treasury receives the certification from the Chairman of 
        the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission as required under 
        subsection (d)(2)(H), the Secretary of the Treasury shall make 
        payments to compensable Guam victims and survivors of a 
        compensable Guam decedents as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Compensable guam victim.--Before 
                making any payments under subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall make payments to compensable Guam 
                victims as follows:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In the case of a victim who 
                        has suffered an injury described in paragraph 
                        (3)(B)(i), $15,000.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) In the case of a victim who 
                        is not described in clause (i), but who has 
                        suffered an injury described in paragraph 
                        (3)(B)(ii), $12,000.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) In the case of a victim who 
                        is not described in clause (i) or (ii), but who 
                        has suffered an injury described in paragraph 
                        (3)(B)(iii), $10,000.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Survivors of compensable guam 
                decedents.--In the case of a compensable Guam decedent, 
                the Secretary shall pay $25,000 for distribution to 
                survivors of the decedent in accordance with paragraph 
                (2). The Secretary shall make payments under this 
                paragraph only after all payments are made under 
                subparagraph (A).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Distribution of survivor payments.--A payment 
        made under paragraph (1)(B) to the survivors of a compensable 
        Guam decedent shall be distributed as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In the case of a decedent whose spouse 
                is living as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                but who had no living children as of such date, the 
                payment shall be made to such spouse.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) In the case of a decedent whose spouse 
                is living as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
                and who had one or more living children as of such 
                date, 50 percent of the payment shall be made to the 
                spouse and 50 percent shall be made to such children, 
                to be divided among such children to the greatest 
                extent possible into equal shares.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) In the case of a decedent whose spouse 
                is not living as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act and who had one or more living children as of such 
                date, the payment shall be made to such children, to be 
                divided among such children to the greatest extent 
                possible into equal shares.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) In the case of a decedent whose spouse 
                is not living as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act and who had no living children as of such date, but 
                who--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) had a parent who is living as 
                        of such date, the payment shall be made to the 
                        parent; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) had two parents who are 
                        living as of such date, the payment shall be 
                        divided equally between the parents.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) In the case of a decedent whose spouse 
                is not living as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act, who had no living children as of such date, and 
                who had no parents who are living as of such date, no 
                payment shall be made.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
        Act:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Compensable guam decedent.--The term 
                ``compensable Guam decedent'' means an individual 
                determined under subsection (d) to have been a resident 
                of Guam who died as a result of the attack and 
                occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese military forces 
                during World War II, or incident to the liberation of 
                Guam by United States military forces, and whose death 
                would have been compensable under the Guam Meritorious 
                Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224) if a timely 
                claim had been filed under the terms of such 
                Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Compensable guam victim.--The term 
                ``compensable Guam victim'' means an individual who is 
                not deceased as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act and who is determined under subsection (d) to have 
                suffered, as a result of the attack and occupation of 
                Guam by Imperial Japanese military forces during World 
                War II, or incident to the liberation of Guam by United 
                States military forces, any of the following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Rape or severe personal injury 
                        (such as loss of a limb, dismemberment, or 
                        paralysis).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Forced labor or a personal 
                        injury not under subparagraph (A) (such as 
                        disfigurement, scarring, or burns).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) Forced march, internment, or 
                        hiding to evade internment.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Definitions of severe personal 
                injuries and personal injuries.--Not later than 180 
                days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall promulgate 
                regulations to specify the injuries that constitute a 
                severe personal injury or a personal injury for 
                purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of 
                paragraph (2).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Adjudication.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Authority of foreign claims settlement 
        commission.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The Foreign Claims 
                Settlement Commission shall adjudicate claims and 
                determine the eligibility of individuals for payments 
                under subsection (c).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Rules and regulations.--Not later than 
                180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                the Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                Commission shall publish in the Federal Register such 
                rules and regulations as may be necessary to enable the 
                Commission to carry out the functions of the Commission 
                under this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Claims submitted for payments.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Submittal of claim.--For purposes of 
                paragraph (1)(A) and subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission may not determine 
                an individual is eligible for a payment under 
                subsection (c) unless the individual submits to the 
                Commission a claim in such manner and form and 
                containing such information as the Commission 
                specifies.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Filing period for claims and notice.--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Filing period.--An individual 
                        filing a claim for a payment under subsection 
                        (c) shall file such claim not later than one 
                        year after the date on which the Foreign Claims 
                        Settlement Commission publishes the notice 
                        described in clause (ii).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Notice of filing period.--Not 
                        later than 180 days after the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act, the Foreign Claims 
                        Settlement Commission shall publish a notice of 
                        the deadline for filing a claim described in 
                        clause (i)--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) in the Federal 
                                Register; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) in newspaper, radio, 
                                and television media in Guam.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Adjudicatory decisions.--The decision 
                of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission on each 
                claim filed under this Act shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) be by majority vote;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) be in writing;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) state the reasons for the 
                        approval or denial of the claim; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) if approved, state the amount 
                        of the payment awarded and the distribution, if 
                        any, to be made of the payment.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Deductions in payment.--The Foreign 
                Claims Settlement Commission shall deduct, from a 
                payment made to a compensable Guam victim or survivors 
                of a compensable Guam decedent under this subsection, 
                amounts paid to such victim or survivors under the Guam 
                Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224) 
                before the date of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Interest.--No interest shall be paid 
                on payments made by the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                Commission under subsection (c).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) Limited compensation for provision of 
                representational services.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Limit on compensation.--Any 
                        agreement under which an individual who 
                        provided representational services to an 
                        individual who filed a claim for a payment 
                        under this Act that provides for compensation 
                        to the individual who provided such services in 
                        an amount that is more than one percent of the 
                        total amount of such payment shall be unlawful 
                        and void.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Penalties.--Whoever demands 
                        or receives any compensation in excess of the 
                        amount allowed under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                        fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not 
                        more than one year, or both.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) Appeals and finality.--Objections and 
                appeals of decisions of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                Commission shall be to the Commission, and upon 
                rehearing, the decision in each claim shall be final, 
                and not subject to further review by any court or 
                agency.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) Certifications for payment.--After a 
                decision approving a claim becomes final, the Chairman 
                of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall 
                certify such decision to the Secretary of the Treasury 
                for authorization of a payment under subsection 
                (c).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (I) Treatment of affidavits.--For purposes 
                of subsection (c) and subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall treat a 
                claim that is accompanied by an affidavit of an 
                individual that attests to all of the material facts 
                required for establishing the eligibility of such 
                individual for payment under such subsection as 
                establishing a prima facie case of the eligibility of 
                the individual for such payment without the need for 
                further documentation, except as the Commission may 
                otherwise require. Such material facts shall include, 
                with respect to a claim for a payment made under 
                subsection (c)(1), a detailed description of the injury 
                or other circumstance supporting the claim involved, 
                including the level of payment sought.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (J) Release of related claims.--Acceptance 
                of a payment under subsection (c) by an individual for 
                a claim related to a compensable Guam decedent or a 
                compensable Guam victim shall be in full satisfaction 
                of all claims related to such decedent or victim, 
                respectively, arising under the Guam Meritorious Claims 
                Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224), the implementing 
                regulations issued by the United States Navy pursuant 
                to such Act (Public Law 79-224), or this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 13. USE OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES AS IN-KIND 
              CONTRIBUTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (c), 
local matching requirements required of an affected jurisdiction for 
Federal programs may be paid in cash or in-kind services provided by 
the affected jurisdiction pursuant to the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Section 311 of the Compact of Free Association 
        between the Government of the United States and the Government 
        of the Federated States of Micronesia, approved in the Compact 
        of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 
        117 Stat. 2781).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Section 311 of the Compact of Free Association 
        between the Government of the United States and the Government 
        of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, approved in the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 
        108-188; 117 Stat. 2781).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The Compact of Free Association between the 
        Government of the United States and the Government of the 
        Republic of Palau, approved in the Palau Compact of Free 
        Association Act (Public Law 99-658; 100 Stat. 3672).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Determination of Amounts To Be Considered In-Kind 
Contributions.--The Secretary of the Interior shall determine the 
amounts that may be considered in-kind contributions for an affected 
jurisdiction under this section based on a reasonable estimate of the 
amount of impact expenditures for the Freely Associated 
States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Competitive Grants.--Local matching requirements 
required of an affected jurisdiction for Federal competitive grant 
programs may not be paid with in-kind services under this 
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Affected Jurisdictions.--The term ``affected 
jurisdiction'' shall have the meaning given that term in section 104(e) 
of Public Law 108-188 (117 Stat. 2739).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 14. IMPROVEMENTS IN HUD ASSISTED PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 214(a)(7) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(a)(7)) is amended by striking ``such 
alien'' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ``any citizen or national of the United States shall be 
entitled to a preference or priority in receiving assistance before any 
such alien who is otherwise eligible for such assistance.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 15. BENEFIT TO COST RATIO STUDY FOR PROJECTS IN AMERICAN 
              SAMOA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study regarding the use of benefit-to-cost ratio 
formulas by Federal departments and agencies for purposes of evaluating 
projects in American Samoa.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Contents.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller 
General shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) assess whether the benefit-to-cost ratio 
        formulas described in subsection (a) take into consideration--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the remote locations in, and the cost 
                of transportation to and from, American Samoa; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) other significant factors that are not 
                comparable to locations within the 48 contiguous 
                States; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) assess, in particular, the use of benefit-to-
        cost ratio formulas by--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Secretary of Transportation with 
                respect to airport traffic control tower programs; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Secretary of the Army, acting 
                through the Corps of Engineers, with respect to a 
                harbor project or other water resources development 
                project.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
        General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the 
        study.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 16. WAIVER OF LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Waiver of Certain Matching Requirements.--Section 501 
of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize certain appropriations for 
the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating 
thereto, and for other purposes'', approved October 15, 1977 (48 U.S.C. 
1469a; 91 Stat. 1164) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the last sentence of subsection (d), by 
        striking ``by law''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
case of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each department or agency of the United States shall 
waive any requirement for local matching funds (including in-kind 
contributions) that the insular area would otherwise be required to 
provide for any non-competitive grant as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) For a grant requiring matching funds 
        (including in-kind contributions) of $500,000 or less, the 
        entire matching requirement shall be waived.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) For a grant requiring matching funds 
        (including in-kind contributions) of more than $500,000, 
        $500,000 of the matching requirement shall be 
        waived.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 601 of the Act entitled 
``An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the 
United States, and for other purposes'', approved March 12, 1980 (48 
U.S.C. 1469a note; 94 Stat. 90), is amended by striking ``, and adding 
the following sentence'' and all that follows through 
``Islands'.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 17. FISHERY ENDORSEMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 12113 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(j) Certain Exemption.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any vessel--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the catch of which, pursuant to the fishery 
        endorsement, is offloaded and processed in American Samoa; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) that was rebuilt outside of the United 
        States before January 1, 2011.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 18. EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN AMERICAN 
              SAMOA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 8104 of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 
U.S.C. 206 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Effects of Minimum Wage Differentials in American 
Samoa.--The reports required under this section shall include an 
analysis of the economic effects on employees and employers of the 
differentials in minimum wage rates among industries and 
classifications in American Samoa under section 697 of title 29, Code 
of Federal Regulations, including the potential effects of eliminating 
such differentials prior to the time when such rates are scheduled to 
be equal to the minimum wage set forth in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 19. AMERICAN SAMOA CITIZENSHIP PLEBISCITE ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
``American Samoa Citizenship Plebiscite Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Findings and Purpose.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Findings.--Congress finds the 
        following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Under the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act, persons born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
                States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands are citizens of the United 
                States at birth. Persons born in the United States 
                territory of American Samoa are nationals of the United 
                States, but not citizens, at birth.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The term ``national of the United 
                States'' is defined under the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act to include persons who, though not 
                citizens of the United States, owe permanent allegiance 
                to the United States.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) For more than 100 years, American 
                Samoans who are United States nationals have 
                demonstrated their loyalty and allegiance to the United 
                States. On April 17, 1900, the village chiefs of 
                Tutuila and Aunu'u ceded their islands to the United 
                States. On July 16, 1904, his Majesty King Tuimanu'a of 
                the Manu'a Islands and his village chiefs did the same. 
                On February 20, 1929, the United States Congress 
                officially ratified the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila 
                and Aunu'u and the Treaty of Cession of Manu'a. On 
                March 4, 1925, by Joint Resolution of the United States 
                Congress, American sovereignty was officially extended 
                over Swains Island and it was placed under the 
                jurisdiction of the government of American 
                Samoa.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Since ratification of the Treaties of 
                Cession, many American Samoans who are United States 
                nationals have joined the United States Armed Forces 
                and fought for the United States during World War II, 
                the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars, and most 
                recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) It is the responsibility of the 
                Secretary of Interior to advance the economic, social 
                and political development of the territories of the 
                United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to 
        provide for a federally authorized vote in American Samoa on 
        the question of citizenship and if a majority of voters vote 
        for citizenship, to describe the steps that the President and 
        Congress shall take to enable American Samoans to be granted 
        citizenship.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Citizenship Vote.--The Secretary of Interior shall 
direct the American Samoa Election Office to conduct a plebiscite on 
the issue of whether persons born in American Samoa desire United 
States citizenship.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``As United States Citizens:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Individuals born in American Samoa 
                would be United States citizens by Federal 
                law.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) All persons living in American Samoa 
                who are United States nationals will become United 
                States citizens. Persons born in American Samoa will no 
                longer be United States nationals.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>Do you want persons born in American Samoa to become 
        United States citizens? Yes </DELETED>__ 
        <DELETED>No</DELETED>__<DELETED>?''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 20. ELIGIBILITY FOR MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION 
              ASSISTANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in each of sections 2(b) and 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 
        6601(b), 6602(2)), by inserting ``and territories of the United 
        States'' after ``foreign countries'' each place it 
        appears;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 3 (16 U.S.C. 6602), by adding at 
        the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) Territory of the united states.--The term 
        `territory of the United States' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
        Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United 
        States.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 4(b)(1)(A) (16 U.S.C. 
        6603(b)(1)(A)), by inserting ``or territory of the United 
        States'' after ``foreign country''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Omnibus Territories Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Amendments to the Consolidated Natural Resources Act.
Sec. 4. Study of electric rates in the insular areas.
Sec. 5. Reports on estimates of revenues.
Sec. 6. Low-income home energy assistance program.
Sec. 7. Guam War Claims Review Commission.
Sec. 8. Improvements in HUD assisted programs.
Sec. 9. Benefit to cost ratio study for projects in American Samoa.
Sec. 10. Waiver of local matching requirements.
Sec. 11. Fishery endorsements.
Sec. 12. Effects of Minimum Wage differentials in American Samoa.
Sec. 13. Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Sec. 14. Drivers' licenses and personal identification cards.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED NATURAL RESOURCES ACT.

    Section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled ``A Joint Resolution to 
approve the `Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America', 
and for other purposes'', approved March 24, 1976 (Public Law 94-241; 
90 Stat. 263, 122 Stat. 854), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``December 31, 
                2014, except as provided in subsections (b) and (d)'' 
                and inserting ``December 31, 2019''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (6), and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(6) Certain education funding.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In addition to fees charged 
                pursuant to section 286(m) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356 (m)) to recover the full 
                costs of providing adjudication services, the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security shall charge an annual 
                supplemental fee of $150 per nonimmigrant worker to 
                each prospective employer who is issued a permit under 
                subsection (d) of this section during the transition 
                program. Such supplemental fee shall be paid into the 
                Treasury of the Commonwealth government for the purpose 
                of funding ongoing vocational educational curricula and 
                program development by Commonwealth educational 
                entities.
                    ``(B) Plan for the expenditure of funds.--At the 
                beginning of each fiscal year, and prior to the payment 
                of the supplemental fee into the Treasury of the 
                Commonwealth government in that fiscal year, the 
                Commonwealth government must provide to the Secretary 
                of Labor, a plan for the expenditure of funds received 
                under this paragraph, a projection of the effectiveness 
                of these expenditures in the placement of United States 
                workers into jobs, and a report on the changes in 
                employment of United States workers attributable to 
                prior year expenditures.
                    ``(C) Report.--The Secretary of Labor shall report 
                to the Congress every 2 years on the effectiveness of 
                meeting the goals set out by the Commonwealth 
                government in its annual plan for the expenditure of 
                funds.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the third sentence of paragraph (2), by 
                striking ``not to extend beyond December 31, 2014, 
                unless extended pursuant to paragraph 5 of this 
                subsection'' and inserting ``ending on December 31, 
                2019'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (5); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
                (5).

SEC. 4. STUDY OF ELECTRIC RATES IN THE INSULAR AREAS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Comprehensive energy plan.--The term ``comprehensive 
        energy plan'' means a comprehensive energy plan prepared and 
        updated under subsections (c) and (e) of section 604 of the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations for certain 
        insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes'', 
        approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1492).
            (2) Energy action plan.--The term ``energy action plan'' 
        means the plan required by subsection (d).
            (3) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely Associated 
        States'' means the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic 
        of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
            (4) Insular areas.--The term ``insular areas'' means 
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (6) Team.--The term ``team'' means the team established by 
        the Secretary under subsection (b).
    (b) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, within the Empowering 
Insular Communities activity, establish a team of technical, policy, 
and financial experts--
            (1) to develop an energy action plan addressing the energy 
        needs of each of the insular areas and Freely Associated 
        States; and
            (2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely 
        Associated States in implementing such plan.
    (c) Participation of Regional Utility Organizations.--In 
establishing the team, the Secretary shall consider including regional 
utility organizations.
    (d) Energy Action Plan.--In accordance with subsection (b), the 
energy action plan shall include--
            (1) recommendations, based on the comprehensive energy plan 
        where applicable, to--
                    (A) reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel 
                shipped to the insular areas and Freely Associated 
                States from ports outside the United States;
                    (B) develop and utilize domestic fuel energy 
                sources; and
                    (C) improve performance of energy infrastructure 
                and overall energy efficiency;
            (2) a schedule for implementation of such recommendations 
        and identification and prioritization of specific projects;
            (3) a financial and engineering plan for implementing and 
        sustaining projects; and
            (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 
        implementation.
    (e) Reports to Secretary.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Secretary establishes the team and annually thereafter, the 
team shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing progress made in 
fulfilling its charge and in implementing the energy action plan.
    (f) Annual Reports to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary receives a report submitted by the team 
under subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a summary of the report of the team.
    (g) Approval of Secretary Required.--The energy action plan shall 
not be implemented until the Secretary approves the energy action plan.

SEC. 5. REPORTS ON ESTIMATES OF REVENUES.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
            (1) evaluates whether the annual estimates or forecasts of 
        revenue and expenditure of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands are 
        reasonable; and
            (2) as the Comptroller General of the United States 
        determines to be necessary, makes recommendations for improving 
        the process for developing estimates or forecasts.

SEC. 6. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    With respect to fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the percentage 
described in section 2605(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)(i)) shall be 300 
percent when applied to households located in the Virgin Islands.

SEC. 7. GUAM WAR CLAIMS REVIEW COMMISSION.

    (a) Recognition of the Suffering and Loyalty of the Residents of 
Guam.--
            (1) Recognition of the suffering of the residents of 
        guam.--The United States recognizes that, as described by the 
        Guam War Claims Review Commission, the residents of Guam, on 
        account of their United States nationality, suffered 
        unspeakable harm as a result of the occupation of Guam by 
        Imperial Japanese military forces during World War II, by being 
        subjected to death, rape, severe personal injury, personal 
        injury, forced labor, forced march, or internment.
            (2) Recognition of the loyalty of the residents of guam.--
        The United States forever will be grateful to the residents of 
        Guam for their steadfast loyalty to the United States, as 
        demonstrated by the countless acts of courage they performed 
        despite the threat of death or great bodily harm they faced at 
        the hands of the Imperial Japanese military forces that 
        occupied Guam during World War II.
    (b) Guam World War II Claims Fund.--
            (1) Establishment of fund.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall establish in the Treasury of the United States a special 
        fund (in this Act referred to as the ``Claims Fund'') for the 
        payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and 
        survivors of compensable Guam decedents in accordance with 
        subsections (c) and (d).
            (2) Composition of fund.--The Claims Fund established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be composed of amounts deposited into the 
        Claims Fund under paragraph (3) and any other amounts made 
        available for the payment of claims under this Act.
            (3) Payment of certain duties, taxes, and fees collected 
        from guam deposited into fund.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 30 of the 
                Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421h), the excess of--
                            (i) any amount of duties, taxes, and fees 
                        collected under such subsection after fiscal 
                        year 2012, over
                            (ii) the amount of duties, taxes, and fees 
                        collected under such subsection during fiscal 
                        year 2012,
                shall be deposited into the Claims Fund.
                    (B) Application.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                after the date for which the Secretary of the Treasury 
                determines that all payments required to be made under 
                subsection (c) have been made.
            (4) Limitation on payments made from fund.--
                    (A) In general.--No payment may be made in a fiscal 
                year under subsection (c) until funds are deposited 
                into the Claims Fund in such fiscal year under 
                paragraph (3).
                    (B) Amounts.--For each fiscal year in which funds 
                are deposited into the Claims Fund under paragraph (3), 
                the total amount of payments made in a fiscal year 
                under subsection (c) may not exceed the amount of funds 
                available in the Claims Fund for such fiscal year.
            (5) Deductions from fund for administrative expenses.--The 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from any amounts 
        deposited into the Claims Fund an amount equal to 5 per cent of 
        such amounts as reimbursement to the Federal Government for 
        expenses incurred by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
        and by the Department of the Treasury in the administration of 
        this Act. The amounts so deducted shall be covered into the 
        Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
    (c) Payments for Guam World War II Claims.--
            (1) Payments for death, personal injury, forced labor, 
        forced march, and internment.--After the Secretary of the 
        Treasury receives the certification from the Chairman of the 
        Foreign Claims Settlement Commission as required under 
        subsection (d)(2)(H), the Secretary of the Treasury shall make 
        payments to compensable Guam victims and survivors of a 
        compensable Guam decedents as follows:
                    (A) Compensable guam victim.--Before making any 
                payments under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 
                make payments to compensable Guam victims as follows:
                            (i) In the case of a victim who has 
                        suffered an injury described in paragraph 
                        (3)(B)(i), $15,000.
                            (ii) In the case of a victim who is not 
                        described in clause (i), but who has suffered 
                        an injury described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), 
                        $12,000.
                            (iii) In the case of a victim who is not 
                        described in clause (i) or (ii), but who has 
                        suffered an injury described in paragraph 
                        (3)(B)(iii), $10,000.
                    (B) Survivors of compensable guam decedents.--In 
                the case of a compensable Guam decedent, the Secretary 
                shall pay $25,000 for distribution to survivors of the 
                decedent in accordance with paragraph (2). The 
                Secretary shall make payments under this paragraph only 
                after all payments are made under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Distribution of survivor payments.--A payment made 
        under paragraph (1)(B) to the survivors of a compensable Guam 
        decedent shall be distributed as follows:
                    (A) In the case of a decedent whose spouse is 
                living as of the date of the enactment of this Act, but 
                who had no living children as of such date, the payment 
                shall be made to such spouse.
                    (B) In the case of a decedent whose spouse is 
                living as of the date of the enactment of this Act and 
                who had one or more living children as of such date, 50 
                percent of the payment shall be made to the spouse and 
                50 percent shall be made to such children, to be 
                divided among such children to the greatest extent 
                possible into equal shares.
                    (C) In the case of a decedent whose spouse is not 
                living as of the date of the enactment of this Act and 
                who had one or more living children as of such date, 
                the payment shall be made to such children, to be 
                divided among such children to the greatest extent 
                possible into equal shares.
                    (D) In the case of a decedent whose spouse is not 
                living as of the date of the enactment of this Act and 
                who had no living children as of such date, but who--
                            (i) had a parent who is living as of such 
                        date, the payment shall be made to the parent; 
                        or
                            (ii) had two parents who are living as of 
                        such date, the payment shall be divided equally 
                        between the parents.
                    (E) In the case of a decedent whose spouse is not 
                living as of the date of the enactment of this Act, who 
                had no living children as of such date, and who had no 
                parents who are living as of such date, no payment 
                shall be made.
            (3) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
                    (A) Compensable guam decedent.--The term 
                ``compensable Guam decedent'' means an individual 
                determined under subsection (d) to have been a resident 
                of Guam who died as a result of the attack and 
                occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese military forces 
                during World War II, or incident to the liberation of 
                Guam by United States military forces, and whose death 
                would have been compensable under the Guam Meritorious 
                Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224) if a timely 
                claim had been filed under the terms of such Act.
                    (B) Compensable guam victim.--The term 
                ``compensable Guam victim'' means an individual who is 
                not deceased as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act and who is determined under subsection (d) to have 
                suffered, as a result of the attack and occupation of 
                Guam by Imperial Japanese military forces during World 
                War II, or incident to the liberation of Guam by United 
                States military forces, any of the following:
                            (i) Rape or severe personal injury (such as 
                        loss of a limb, dismemberment, or paralysis).
                            (ii) Forced labor or a personal injury not 
                        under subparagraph (A) (such as disfigurement, 
                        scarring, or burns).
                            (iii) Forced march, internment, or hiding 
                        to evade internment.
                    (C) Definitions of severe personal injuries and 
                personal injuries.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Foreign Claims 
                Settlement Commission shall promulgate regulations to 
                specify the injuries that constitute a severe personal 
                injury or a personal injury for purposes of 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of paragraph 
                (2).
    (d) Adjudication.--
            (1) Authority of foreign claims settlement commission.--
                    (A) In general.--The Foreign Claims Settlement 
                Commission shall adjudicate claims and determine the 
                eligibility of individuals for payments under 
                subsection (c).
                    (B) Rules and regulations.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
                Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
                shall publish in the Federal Register such rules and 
                regulations as may be necessary to enable the 
                Commission to carry out the functions of the Commission 
                under this Act.
            (2) Claims submitted for payments.--
                    (A) Submittal of claim.--For purposes of paragraph 
                (1)(A) and subject to subparagraph (B), the Foreign 
                Claims Settlement Commission may not determine an 
                individual is eligible for a payment under subsection 
                (c) unless the individual submits to the Commission a 
                claim in such manner and form and containing such 
                information as the Commission specifies.
                    (B) Filing period for claims and notice.--
                            (i) Filing period.--An individual filing a 
                        claim for a payment under subsection (c) shall 
                        file such claim not later than one year after 
                        the date on which the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                        Commission publishes the notice described in 
                        clause (ii).
                            (ii) Notice of filing period.--Not later 
                        than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
                        of this Act, the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                        Commission shall publish a notice of the 
                        deadline for filing a claim described in clause 
                        (i)--
                                    (I) in the Federal Register; and
                                    (II) in newspaper, radio, and 
                                television media in Guam.
                    (C) Adjudicatory decisions.--The decision of the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission on each claim 
                filed under this Act shall--
                            (i) be by majority vote;
                            (ii) be in writing;
                            (iii) state the reasons for the approval or 
                        denial of the claim; and
                            (iv) if approved, state the amount of the 
                        payment awarded and the distribution, if any, 
                        to be made of the payment.
                    (D) Deductions in payment.--The Foreign Claims 
                Settlement Commission shall deduct, from a payment made 
                to a compensable Guam victim or survivors of a 
                compensable Guam decedent under this subsection, 
                amounts paid to such victim or survivors under the Guam 
                Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224) 
                before the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (E) Interest.--No interest shall be paid on 
                payments made by the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                Commission under subsection (c).
                    (F) Limited compensation for provision of 
                representational services.--
                            (i) Limit on compensation.--Any agreement 
                        under which an individual who provided 
                        representational services to an individual who 
                        filed a claim for a payment under this Act that 
                        provides for compensation to the individual who 
                        provided such services in an amount that is 
                        more than one percent of the total amount of 
                        such payment shall be unlawful and void.
                            (ii) Penalties.--Whoever demands or 
                        receives any compensation in excess of the 
                        amount allowed under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                        fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not 
                        more than one year, or both.
                    (G) Appeals and finality.--Objections and appeals 
                of decisions of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
                Commission shall be to the Commission, and upon 
                rehearing, the decision in each claim shall be final, 
                and not subject to further review by any court or 
                agency.
                    (H) Certifications for payment.--After a decision 
                approving a claim becomes final, the Chairman of the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall certify such 
                decision to the Secretary of the Treasury for 
                authorization of a payment under subsection (c).
                    (I) Treatment of affidavits.--For purposes of 
                subsection (c) and subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall treat a 
                claim that is accompanied by an affidavit of an 
                individual that attests to all of the material facts 
                required for establishing the eligibility of such 
                individual for payment under such subsection as 
                establishing a prima facie case of the eligibility of 
                the individual for such payment without the need for 
                further documentation, except as the Commission may 
                otherwise require. Such material facts shall include, 
                with respect to a claim for a payment made under 
                subsection (c)(1), a detailed description of the injury 
                or other circumstance supporting the claim involved, 
                including the level of payment sought.
                    (J) Release of related claims.--Acceptance of a 
                payment under subsection (c) by an individual for a 
                claim related to a compensable Guam decedent or a 
                compensable Guam victim shall be in full satisfaction 
                of all claims related to such decedent or victim, 
                respectively, arising under the Guam Meritorious Claims 
                Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224), the implementing 
                regulations issued by the United States Navy pursuant 
                to such Act (Public Law 79-224), or this Act.

SEC. 8. IMPROVEMENTS IN HUD ASSISTED PROGRAMS.

    Section 214(a)(7) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(a)(7)) is amended by striking ``such alien'' and 
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``citizen 
or national of the United States shall be entitled to a preference or 
priority in receiving assistance before any such alien who is otherwise 
eligible for such assistance.''.

SEC. 9. BENEFIT TO COST RATIO STUDY FOR PROJECTS IN AMERICAN SAMOA.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study regarding the use of benefit-to-cost ratio formulas by 
Federal departments and agencies for purposes of evaluating projects in 
American Samoa.
    (b) Contents.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller General 
shall--
            (1) assess whether the benefit-to-cost ratio formulas 
        described in subsection (a) take into consideration--
                    (A) the remote locations in, and the cost of 
                transportation to and from, American Samoa; and
                    (B) other significant factors that are not 
                comparable to locations within the 48 contiguous 
                States; and
            (2) assess, in particular, the use of benefit-to-cost ratio 
        formulas by--
                    (A) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to 
                airport traffic control tower programs; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
                Corps of Engineers, with respect to a harbor project or 
                other water resources development project.
            (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
        submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.

SEC. 10. WAIVER OF LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Waiver of Certain Matching Requirements.--Section 501 of the 
Act entitled ``An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the 
territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating 
thereto, and for other purposes'', approved October 15, 1977 (48 U.S.C. 
1469a; 91 Stat. 1164) is amended--
            (1) in the last sentence of subsection (d), by striking 
        ``by law''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of 
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana 
Islands, each department or agency of the United States shall waive any 
requirement for local matching funds (including in-kind contributions) 
that the insular area would otherwise be required to provide for any 
non-competitive grant as follows:
            ``(1) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of $500,000 or less, the entire matching 
        requirement shall be waived.
            ``(2) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of more than $500,000, $500,000 of the 
        matching requirement shall be waived.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 601 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United 
States, and for other purposes'', approved March 12, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 
1469a note; 94 Stat. 90), is amended by striking ``, and adding the 
following sentence'' and all that follows through ``Islands'.''.

SEC. 11. FISHERY ENDORSEMENTS.

    Section 12113 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) Certain Exemption.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) shall not 
apply to any vessel--
            ``(1) that offloads its catch in part or full in American 
        Samoa; and
            ``(2) that was rebuilt outside of the United States before 
        January 1, 2011.''.

SEC. 12. EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN AMERICAN SAMOA.

    Section 8104 of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Effects of Minimum Wage Differentials in American Samoa.--The 
reports required under this section shall include an analysis of the 
economic effects on employees and employers of the differentials in 
minimum wage rates among industries and classifications in American 
Samoa under section 697 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 
including the potential effects of eliminating such differentials prior 
to the time when such rates are scheduled to be equal to the minimum 
wage set forth in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 
U.S.C. 206(a)(1)).''.

SEC. 13. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY.

    (a) Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy.--The Office of 
National Drug Control Policy shall develop a biennial Caribbean Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy, that is made available to the public, with 
emphasis on the borders of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the 
United States, on terms substantially equivalent to the existing 
Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy and the Northern Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy.
    (b) Amendment.--Section 704(b)(13)(B) of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 
1703(b)(13)(B)) is amended by inserting ``the borders of Puerto Rico 
and the Virgin Islands of the United States and'' after ``in 
particular''.

SEC. 14. DRIVERS' LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

    (a) Definition of State.--Section 201(5) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 
(49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109-13) is amended by striking ``the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,''.
    (b) Evidence of Lawful Status.--Section 202(c)(2)(B) of the REAL ID 
Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109-13) is amended--
            (1) in clause (viii), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(x) is a citizen of the Republic of the 
                        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
                        Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau who has 
                        been admitted to the United States as a 
                        nonimmigrant pursuant to a Compact of Free 
                        Association between the United States and the 
                        Republic or Federated States.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 352

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1237

                          [Report No. 113-146]

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                                 A BILL

To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                             April 8, 2014

                       Reported with an amendment