[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5003. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers 
and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. REAUTHORIZATION OF DENALI COMMISSION.

       (a) Administration.--Section 303 of the Denali Commission 
     Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Federal 
     Cochairperson'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Term of federal cochairperson.--The Federal 
     Cochairperson'';
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``All other 
     members'' and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Term of all other members.--All other members'';
       (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``Any vacancy'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(4) Vacancies.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
     vacancy''; and
       (D) by inserting before paragraph (3) (as designated by 
     subparagraph (B)) the following:
       ``(2) Interim federal cochairperson.--In the event of a 
     vacancy for any reason in the position of Federal 
     Cochairperson, the Secretary may appoint an Interim Federal 
     Cochairperson, who shall have all the authority of the 
     Federal Cochairperson, to serve until such time as the 
     vacancy in the position of Federal Cochairperson is filled in 
     accordance with subsection (b)(2)).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) No Federal Employee Status.--No member of the 
     Commission, other than the Federal Cochairperson, shall be 
     considered to be a Federal employee for any purpose.
       ``(g) Conflicts of Interest.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
     (3), no member of the Commission (referred to in this 
     subsection as a `member') shall participate personally or 
     substantially, through decision, approval, disapproval, 
     recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or 
     otherwise, in any proceeding, application, request for a 
     ruling or other determination, contract claim, controversy, 
     or other matter in which, to the knowledge of the member, 1 
     or more of the following has a direct financial interest:
       ``(A) The member.
       ``(B) The spouse, minor child, or partner of the member.
       ``(C) An organization described in subparagraph (B), (C), 
     (D), (E), or (F) of subsection (b)(1) for which the member is 
     serving as officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee.
       ``(D) Any individual, person, or organization with which 
     the member is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning 
     prospective employment.
       ``(2) Disclosure.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the 
     member--
       ``(A) immediately advises the designated agency ethics 
     official for the Commission of the nature and circumstances 
     of the matter presenting a potential conflict of interest;
       ``(B) makes full disclosure of the financial interest; and
       ``(C) before the proceeding concerning the matter 
     presenting the conflict of interest, receives a written 
     determination by the designated agency ethics official for 
     the Commission that the interest is not so substantial as to 
     be likely to affect the integrity of the services that the 
     Commission may expect from the member.
       ``(3) Annual disclosures.--Once per calendar year, each 
     member shall make full disclosure of financial interests, in 
     a manner to be determined by the designated agency ethics 
     official for the Commission.
       ``(4) Training.--Once per calendar year, each member shall 
     undergo disclosure of financial interests training, as 
     prescribed by the designated agency ethics official for the 
     Commission.
       ``(5) Violation.--Any person that violates this subsection 
     shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more 
     than 2 years, or both.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--Section 310 of the Denali Commission Act 
     of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277) (as 
     redesignated by section 1960(1) of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 
     109-59; 119 Stat. 1516)) is amended, in subsection (a), by 
     striking ``under section 4 under this Act'' and all that 
     follows through ``2008'' and inserting ``under section 304, 
     $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, and such sums as are 
     necessary for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--Section 310 of the Denali 
     Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-
     277) (as redesignated by section 1960(1) of SAFETEA-LU 
     (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1516)) is redesignated as 
     section 312.
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