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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National MS and Parkinson's Disease
Registries Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Multiple sclerosis (referred to in this section as
        ``MS'') is a progressive, disabling disease that affects the
        brain and the spinal cord causing loss of myelin, damage to
        axons, and cerebral atrophy.
            (2) MS is a prime-of-life disease with an average age of
        onset at 30 to 35 years of age.
            (3) More than 10,000 individuals in the United States are
        diagnosed with MS annually, and it is thought that more than
        400,000 individuals in the United States have MS.
            (4) Parkinson's disease is a chronic, progressive
        neurological disease. The primary pathologic feature of
        Parkinson's disease is degeneration and premature death of
        dopamine-producing brain cells.
            (5) Parkinson's is the second-most common neurodegenerative
        disease in the United States.
            (6) It is estimated that more than 1,000,000 Americans are
        currently fighting Parkinson's disease, and 60,000 Americans
        are newly diagnosed every year.
            (7) Although estimates exist, there is no confirmed data
        regarding prevalence or diagnosed cases of Parkinson's disease
        or MS.
            (8) The causes of Parkinson's disease and MS are not well
        understood.
            (9) There is no known cure for Parkinson's disease or MS.
            (10) Studies have found relationships between both MS and
        Parkinson's disease and environmental and genetic factors, but
        those relationships are not well understood.
            (11) Better data are needed to understand the economic
        impact of Parkinson's disease, MS, and other neurological
        diseases.
            (12) There are several drugs currently approved by the Food
        and Drug Administration for the treatment of MS, which have
        shown modest success in reducing relapses, slowing progression
        of disability, and limiting the accumulation of brain lesions.
            (13) Currently, state-of-the-art treatment for Parkinson's
        disease is based on a 40-year-old pharmaceutical therapy, which
        only treats some of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
        Deep brain stimulation surgery is available for certain
        patients and treats some symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
            (14) No therapies exist that will slow or stop progression
        of Parkinson's disease. There is no effective, lasting therapy
        for all features of Parkinson's disease.
            (15) Central nervous system drugs, including therapies for
        MS, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases, are
        the slowest in the drug development pipeline, taking an average
        of 15 years post discovery for new therapies to reach the
        market.
            (16) Several small and uncoordinated MS and Parkinson's
        disease registries, surveillance systems, and databases exist
        in the United States and throughout the world.
            (17) A single national system to collect and store
        information on the incidence and prevalence of MS, Parkinson's
        disease, or other neurological diseases in the United States
        does not exist.
            (18) The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
        (ATSDR) has established a series of small pilot studies,
        beginning in fiscal year 2006, to evaluate the feasibility of
        various methodologies to create an MS surveillance system at
        the national level.
            (19) The national surveillance system methodology resulting
        from the MS pilot studies should be expanded upon and developed
        into a national surveillance system for Parkinson's disease.
            (20) The establishment of separate, coordinated national
        surveillance systems for Parkinson's disease and MS will help--
                    (A) to identify the incidence and prevalence of
                these diseases in the United States;
                    (B) to collect demographic and other data important
                to the study of MS and Parkinson's disease;
                    (C) to produce epidemiologically sound data that
                can be used to compare with cluster information, data
                sets of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
                environmental exposure data, and other information;
                    (D) to promote a better understanding of causes,
                prevention, and treatment of disease;
                    (E) to better understand public and private
                resource impact;
                    (F) to collect information that is important for
                research into genetic and environmental risk factors;
                    (G) to enhance biomedical and clinical research by
                providing a basis for population comparisons;
                    (H) to enhance efforts to develop better diagnosis
                and progression biomarkers for MS and Parkinson's
                disease; and
                    (I) to enhance efforts to find treatments and a
                cure for MS and Parkinson's disease.

SEC. 3. SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second and third sections 399R
        (added by section 2 of Public Law 110-373 and section 3 of
        Public Law 110-374) as sections 399S and 399T, respectively;
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399U. SURVEILLANCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES.

    ``(a) Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after receipt of
        the report described in subsection (c)(3), the Secretary,
        acting through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances
        and Disease Registry and in consultation with a national
        voluntary health organization with experience serving the
        population of individuals with multiple sclerosis (referred to
        in this section as `MS'), shall--
                    ``(A) develop a system to collect data on MS
                including information with respect to the incidence and
                prevalence of the disease in the United States;
                    ``(B) establish a national surveillance system for
                the collection and storage of such data to include a
                population-based registry of cases of MS in the United
                States;
                    ``(C) assist in application of MS national
                surveillance system methodologies for the development,
                piloting, and implementation of a national Parkinson's
                disease national surveillance system under subsection
                (b); and
                    ``(D) provide analysis regarding expansion of
                national disease surveillance systems for other
                neurological diseases and disorders utilizing the MS
                and Parkinson's disease national surveillance systems'
                process and structure.
            ``(2) Purpose.--It is the purpose of the registry
        established under paragraph (1)(B) to gather available data
        concerning--
                    ``(A) MS, including the incidence and prevalence of
                MS in the United States;
                    ``(B) the age, race or ethnicity, gender, military
                service if applicable, and family history of
                individuals who are diagnosed with the disease; and
                    ``(C) other matters as recommended by the Advisory
                Committee established pursuant to subsection (c).
    ``(b) Parkinson's Disease National Surveillance System.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the receipt
        of the report described in subsection (c)(3), the Secretary,
        acting through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances
        and Disease Registry and in consultation with a national
        voluntary health organization with experience serving the
        population of individuals with Parkinson's disease, shall--
                    ``(A) develop a system to collect data on
                Parkinson's disease including information with respect
                to the incidence and prevalence of the disease in the
                United States;
                    ``(B) establish a national surveillance system for
                the collection and storage of such data to include a
                population-based registry of cases of Parkinson's
                disease in the United States; and
                    ``(C) provide analysis regarding expansion of
                national disease surveillance systems for other
                neurological diseases utilizing the MS and Parkinson's
                disease national surveillance systems' process and
                structure.
            ``(2) Purpose.--It is the purpose of the registry
        established under paragraph (1)(B) to gather available data
        concerning--
                    ``(A) Parkinson's disease, including the incidence
                and prevalence of Parkinson's disease in the United
                States;
                    ``(B) the age, race or ethnicity, gender, military
                service if applicable, and family history of
                individuals who are diagnosed with the disease; and
                    ``(C) other matters as recommended by the Advisory
                Committee established pursuant to subsection (c).
    ``(c) Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the
        date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting
        through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and
        Disease Registry, shall establish a committee to be known as
        the Advisory Committee on Neurological Disease Registries
        (referred to in this section as the `Advisory Committee'). The
        Advisory Committee shall be composed of at least one member, to
        be appointed by the Secretary, acting through the Director of
        the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
        representing each of the following:
                    ``(A) National voluntary health associations that
                focus solely on MS and have demonstrated experience in
                MS research, care, or patient services.
                    ``(B) National voluntary health associations that
                focus solely on Parkinson's disease and have
                demonstrated experience in Parkinson's disease public
                policy, research, care, or patient services.
                    ``(C) The National Institutes of Health, to
                include, upon the recommendation of the Director of the
                National Institutes of Health, representatives from the
                Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives,
                the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
                Stroke, the National Institute of Environmental Health
                Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, and the
                National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
                    ``(D) The Department of Veterans Affairs, to
                include representatives from the Parkinson's Disease
                Research Education and Clinical Centers and the MS
                Centers of Excellence.
                    ``(E) The Department of Defense, to include
                representatives from the Parkinson's disease and MS
                research programs.
                    ``(F) The Food and Drug Administration.
                    ``(G) The Centers for Disease Control and
                Prevention, to include representatives from the Agency
                for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
                    ``(H) Patients with MS and Parkinson's disease or
                their family members.
                    ``(I) Clinicians with expertise on MS and
                Parkinson's disease.
                    ``(J) Research scientists with experience
                conducting translational research or creating systems
                that support translating basic discoveries into
                treatments.
                    ``(K) Epidemiologists with experience in data
                registries.
                    ``(L) Geneticists or experts in genetics who have
                experience with the genetics of MS and Parkinson's
                disease.
                    ``(M) Statisticians.
                    ``(N) Bioethicists.
                    ``(O) Attorneys.
                    ``(P) Other individuals, organizations, or agencies
                with an interest in developing and maintaining the MS
                and Parkinson's disease national surveillance systems.
                    ``(Q) Experts in additional neurological diseases,
                as appropriate, based on development and implementation
                of national surveillance systems for other neurological
                diseases and disorders.
            ``(2) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall review
        information and make recommendations to the Secretary
        concerning--
                    ``(A) the development and maintenance of the MS and
                Parkinson's disease national surveillance systems;
                    ``(B) the use and coordination of existing
                databases that collect or maintain information on
                neurological diseases and disorders;
                    ``(C) the type of information to be collected and
                stored in the systems;
                    ``(D) the manner in which such data is to be
                collected;
                    ``(E) the use and availability of such data
                including guidelines for such use; and
                    ``(F) the application of MS and Parkinson's disease
                registry methodologies to benefit other neurological
                diseases and disorders, including analysis of how other
                neurological disease surveillance systems or registries
                can be developed, piloted, and implemented nationally
                utilizing the MS and Parkinson's disease national
                surveillance systems' process and structure.
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on
        which the Advisory Committee is established, the Advisory
        Committee shall submit a report to Congress concerning the
        review conducted under paragraph (2) that contains the
        recommendations of the Advisory Committee with respect to the
        results of such review.
    ``(d) Grants.--Notwithstanding the recommendations of the Advisory
Committee under subsection (c), the Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, may
award grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements
with, public or private nonprofit entities for the collection,
analysis, and reporting of data on MS and Parkinson's disease.
    ``(e) Coordination With State, Local, and Federal Registries.--
            ``(1) In general.--In establishing the MS and Parkinson's
        disease national surveillance systems under subsections (a) and
        (b), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency
        for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, shall--
                    ``(A) identify, build upon, expand, and coordinate
                existing data and surveillance systems, surveys,
                registries, and other Federal public health and
                environmental infrastructure wherever possible,
                including--
                            ``(i) the 2 MS surveillance pilot studies
                        initiated in fiscal year 2006 by the Centers
                        for Disease Control and Prevention and the
                        Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
                        Registry;
                            ``(ii) the Parkinson's disease and MS
                        databases of the Department of Veterans
                        Affairs;
                            ``(iii) current Parkinson's disease
                        registries and surveillance systems, including
                        the Nebraska and California State registries;
                            ``(iv) current MS registries, including the
                        New York State MS Registry and the North
                        American Research Committee on MS (NARCOMS)
                        Registry; and
                            ``(v) any other existing or relevant
                        databases that collect or maintain information
                        on neurological diseases and disorders
                        identified by researchers or recommended by the
                        Advisory Committee pursuant to subsection (c);
                        and
                    ``(B) provide for and conduct outreach in support
                of research access to Parkinson's disease and MS data
                as recommended by the Advisory Committee established
                pursuant to subsection (c) to the extent permitted by
                applicable statutes and regulations and in a manner
                that protects personal privacy consistent with
                applicable privacy statutes and regulations.
            ``(2) Coordination with other federal agencies.--
        Notwithstanding the recommendations of the Advisory Committee
        established pursuant to subsection (c), and consistent with
        applicable privacy statutes and regulations, the Secretary
        shall ensure that epidemiological and other types of
        information obtained under subsections (a) and (b) are made
        available to agencies such as the National Institutes of
        Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of
        Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense.
    ``(f) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term
`national voluntary health association' means a national nonprofit
organization with chapters, other affiliated organizations, or networks
in States throughout the United States.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2010 through 2014.''.

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National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) , acting through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, to: (1) develop a system to collect data on multiple sclerosis (MS) and a system to collect data on Parkinson's disease; (2) establish a national surveillance system for the collection and storage of data for each such disease, including population-based registries of U.S. cases of MS and Parkinson's disease; (3) provide analysis regarding expansion of national disease surveillance systems for other neurological diseases and disorders; and (4) establish the Advisory Committee on Neurological Disease Registries.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on MS and Parkinson's disease.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) identify, build upon, expand, and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure wherever possible; and (2) provide for research access to Parkinson's disease and MS data.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information collected are made available to agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Defense (DOD).


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Master Teacher Act''.

SEC. 2. MASTER TEACHER PROGRAMS.

    Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part E as part G; and
            (2) by inserting after part D the following new part:

                    ``PART E--MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM

``SEC. 2351. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress makes the following findings:
            ``(1) The National Commission on Teaching and America's
        Future reports that more than 12 percent of all newly hired
        teachers enter the workforce with no training at all, and
        another 15 percent enter the workforce without having fully met
        State standards.
            ``(2) Annually, more than 50,000 people who lack the
        training required for their jobs have entered teaching with
        emergency or provisional licenses.
            ``(3) Only 500 of the Nation's 1,200 education schools meet
        common professional standards.
            ``(4) Fewer than 75 percent of all teachers have studied
        child development, and learning and teaching methods, have
        degrees in their subject areas, and have passed State licensing
        requirements.
            ``(5) Nearly \1/4\ of all secondary school teachers, and
        more than 30 percent of secondary school mathematics teachers,
        do not have even a college minor in their main subject area.
            ``(6) 64 percent of urban school districts allow teachers
        who are not certified or licensed to teach under an emergency
        certification or license, and 40 percent of those districts
        allow the hiring of long-term substitute teachers.

``SEC. 2352. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to give local educational agencies the resources to
        establish master teacher programs;
            ``(2) to increase the level of student performance at
        elementary schools and secondary schools by improving the
        quality of education provided by the teachers at such schools;
            ``(3) to give local educational agencies the resources to
        fund efforts by teachers at elementary schools and secondary
        schools to become board certified; and
            ``(4) to give local educational agencies the resources to
        enable such agencies to provide salary incentives to teachers
        to become board certified.

``SEC. 2353. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Board certified.--The term `board certified' means
        successful completion of all requirements to be certified by
        the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
            ``(2) Master teacher.--The term `master teacher' means a
        teacher who is certified by the National Board for Professional
        Teaching Standards and has been teaching for not less than 3
        years.
            ``(3) Novice teacher.--The term `novice teacher' means a
        teacher who has been teaching for not more than 3 years at a
        public elementary school or secondary school.

``SEC. 2354. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to award
        grants on a competitive basis to local educational agencies to
        establish master teacher programs as described in subsection
        (d).
            ``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1),
        the Secretary shall give priority to local educational agencies
        that--
                    ``(A) provide funding assistance to teachers to
                become board certified, including the provision of the
                board certification fee to become board certified; and
                    ``(B) provide salary incentives to teachers who
                become board certified.
            ``(3) Geographic distribution.--To the maximum extent
        practicable, the Secretary shall award grants under paragraph
        (1) so that such grants are distributed among the school
        districts with the highest concentration of teachers who are
        not certified or licensed or are provisionally certified or
        licensed.
    ``(b) Duration.--A grant under subsection (a) shall be awarded for
a period of 5 years.
    ``(c) Amount.--The amount of a grant awarded under subsection (a),
shall be determined based on--
            ``(1) the total amount appropriated for a fiscal year under
        section 2360; and
            ``(2) the extent of the concentration of teachers who are
        not certified or licensed or are provisionally certified or
        licensed in the school district involved.
    ``(d) Authorized Activities.--The master teacher programs described
in subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) provide funding assistance to teachers to become
        board certified, including the provision of the board
        certification fee; and
            ``(2) provide salary incentives to teachers who become
        board certified.

``SEC. 2355. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--A local educational agency desiring a grant
under section 2354 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall include--
            ``(1) a statement describing the program activities for
        which amounts received under the grant will be used;
            ``(2) a statement describing the goals and objectives for
        the program activities described in paragraph (1), including a
        goal of increasing the percentage of teachers who become board
        certified and enhancing overall student achievement; and
            ``(3) a statement describing the manner in which the goals
        and objectives described in paragraph (2) will be measured.
    ``(c) Approval of Application.--The Secretary shall make a
determination regarding an application submitted under subsection (a)
based on a recommendation of a peer review panel described in
subsection (d), and any other criteria that the Secretary determines to
be appropriate.
    ``(d) Peer Review Panel.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a peer
        review panel to review and make recommendations as to whether
        applications submitted pursuant to subsection (a) should be
        approved.
            ``(2) Recommendations.--In making a recommendation
        described in paragraph (1), the panel shall give consideration
        to the same factors that the Secretary is required to consider
        under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 2354(a).

``SEC. 2356. PAYMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--Grant payments shall be made under this part on
an annual basis.
    ``(b) Administrative Costs.--Each local educational agency that
receives a grant under section 2354 shall use not more than 2 percent
of the amount awarded under the grant for administrative costs.
    ``(c) Denial of Grant.--If the Secretary determines that a local
educational agency has failed to make substantial progress in attaining
the performance objectives and goals described in section 2355(b)(2),
such an agency shall not be eligible for a grant payment under this
part in the next succeeding year.

``SEC. 2357. REPORTS.

    ``(a) Report by the Secretary.--Not later than 6 months after
receipt of reports described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall
prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce
of the House of Representatives a report of program activities funded
under this part.
    ``(b) Report by Applicant.--Not later than March 31, 2004, each
local educational agency receiving a grant under this part shall submit
a report to the Secretary describing whether the program established
under section 2354 was effective in increasing student achievement for
all students, and in increasing the percentage of teachers who have
become board certified.

``SEC. 2358. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

    ``The Secretary may not award a grant to a local educational agency
under section 2354 unless the local educational agency agrees that,
with respect to costs to be incurred by the agency in carrying out
activities for which the grant was awarded, the agency shall provide
(directly or through donations from public or private entities) in non-
Federal contributions an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount of
the grant awarded to the agency.

``SEC. 2359. REPAYMENT OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of any program under this part in
which assistance is provided to a teacher to pay the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standard board certification fee to become board
certified, assistance may only be provided if the teacher makes
agreements as follows:
            ``(1) The teacher will enter and complete the National
        Board for Professional Teaching Standards board certification
        program to become board certified.
            ``(2) Upon becoming board certified, the teacher will teach
        in the public school system for a period of not less than 5
        years.
    ``(b) Breach of Agreements.--A teacher receiving assistance
described in subsection (a) is liable to the local educational agency
that provides such assistance for the amount of the certification fee
described in subsection (a) if such teacher--
            ``(1) voluntarily withdraws or terminates the certification
        program before taking the examination for board certification;
            ``(2) is dismissed from the certification program before
        becoming board certified; or
            ``(3) fails to comply with the agreement under subsection
        (a).
    ``(c) Waiver or Suspension of Liability.--In the case of a teacher
making an agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide
for the waiver or suspension of liability under subsection (b) if
compliance by the teacher with the agreements involved is impossible,
would involve extreme hardship to the individual, or if enforcement of
the agreement with respect to the teacher would be unconscionable.
    ``(d) Date Certain for Recovery.--Subject to subsection (c), any
amount that a local educational agency is entitled to recover under
subsection (b) shall be paid to such an agency not later than the
expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date the local
educational agency becomes so entitled.

``SEC. 2360. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part,
$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

                ``PART F--COMPETENCY EXAMINATION PROGRAM

``SEC. 2361. COMPETENCY EXAMINATION GRANTS.

    ``(a) Examination.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering of the
National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, under
which the Center shall develop an advanced competency examination for
elementary school and secondary school teachers of mathematics and
science.
    ``(b) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants to local educational
agencies to assist the agencies in supplementing the salaries of
teachers that pass the examination described in subsection (a). A local
educational agency that receives such a grant for a year shall provide
an additional $2500 in salary for that year to teachers that have
passed the examination, and that teach in schools served by the agency.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000 through 2004.''.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.

    Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 204 the following:

``SEC. 204A. INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.

    ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may enter into contracts
with appropriate entities to conduct information campaigns to broaden
awareness of, and encourage mid-career professionals and other
qualified individuals to consider, professional opportunities relating
to elementary or secondary education.
    ``(b) Announcements.--Announcements distributed as part of such an
information campaign shall publicize the availability of Federal
assistance under this Act to obtain the necessary education, and to
obtain certification or licensing, for the professional opportunities.
    ``(c) Requirements.--The provisions of sections 205 and 206 shall
not apply to assistance provided under, and activities carried out
under, this section.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary
for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.''.

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(Sec. 2) Revises ESEA title II to authorize the Secretary of Education to make competitive five-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish master teacher programs that provide: (1) funding assistance to teachers to become board certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, including the provision of the board certification fee; and (2) salary incentives to teachers who become board certified. Gives priority to LEAs that already provide such assistance and incentives. Requires the Secretary to establish peer review panels to review LEA applications and make recommendations on which ones should be approved. Requires LEA matching funds. Requires teachers receiving such assistance to: (1) enter and complete the board certification program; and (2) upon becoming board certified, teach in a public school system for at least five years. Authorizes appropriations.
Revises ESEA title II to authorize the Secretary to: (1) enter into an agreement with the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, under which the Center shall develop an advanced competency examination for elementary school and secondary school teachers of mathematics and science; and (2) make grants to LEAs to assist them in supplementing the salaries of teachers that pass such examination. Requires such LEAs to provide an additional $2,500 in salary for each grant year to teachers who have passed the examination and teach in schools served by the LEA. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 3) Revises HEA title II to authorize the Secretary to enter into contracts with appropriate entities to conduct information campaigns to broaden awareness of, and encourage mid-career professionals and other qualified individuals to consider, professional opportunities relating to elementary or secondary education. Requires announcements distributed as part of such information campaigns to publicize the availability of Federal assistance under HEA to obtain the necessary education, and to obtain certification or licensing, for such professional opportunities. Makes certain administrative, accountability, and evaluation provisions inapplicable to such contracts and campaigns. Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Right to
Know Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Patients need access to all relevant information to
        make appropriate decisions about their health care.
            (2) Open medical communications between health care
        providers and their patients is a key to prevention and early
        diagnosis and treatment, as well as to informed consent and
        quality, cost-effective care.
            (3) Open medical communications are in the best interests
        of patients.
            (4) Open medical communications must meet applicable legal
        and ethical standards of care.
            (5) It is critical that health care providers continue to
        exercise their best medical, ethical, and moral judgment in
        advising patients without interference from health plans.
            (6) The offering and operation of health plans affect
        commerce among the States.
    (c) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish a Federal
standard that protects medical communications between health care
providers and patients.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INTERFERENCE WITH CERTAIN MEDICAL
              COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) General rule.--The provisions of any contract or
        agreement, or the operation of any contract or agreement,
        between an entity operating a health plan (including any
        partnership, association, or other organization that enters
        into or administers such a contract or agreement) and a health
        care provider (or group of health care providers) shall not
        prohibit or restrict the provider from engaging in medical
        communications with his or her patient.
            (2) Nullification.--Any contract provision or agreement
        described in paragraph (1) shall be null and void.
            (3) Prohibition on provisions.--Effective on the date
        described in section 5, a contract or agreement described in
        paragraph (1) shall not include a provision that violates
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed--
            (1) to prohibit the enforcement, as part of a contract or
        agreement to which a health care provider is a party, of any
        mutually agreed upon terms and conditions, including terms and
        conditions requiring a health care provider to participate in,
        and cooperate with, all programs, policies, and procedures
        developed or operated by a health plan to assure, review, or
        improve the quality and effective utilization of health care
        services (if such utilization is according to guidelines or
        protocols that are based on clinical or scientific evidence and
        the professional judgment of the provider) but only if the
        guidelines or protocols under such utilization do not prohibit
        or restrict medical communications between providers and their
        patients; or
            (2) to permit a health care provider to misrepresent the
        scope of benefits covered under a health plan or to otherwise
        require the plan to reimburse providers for benefits not
        covered under the plan
    (c) Enforcement.--
            (1) State authority.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        subsection, each State shall enforce the provisions of this Act
        with respect to health insurance issuers that issue, sell,
        renew, or offer health plans in the State.
            (2) Enforcement by secretary.--
                    (A) In general.--Effective on January 1, 1998, if
                the Secretary, after consultation with the chief
                executive officer of a State and the insurance
                commissioner or chief insurance regulatory official of
                the State, determines that the State has failed to
                substantially enforce the requirements of this Act with
                respect to health insurance issuers in the State, the
                Secretary shall enforce the requirements of this Act
with respect to such State.
                    (B) Enforcement through imposition of civil money
                penalty.--
                            (i) In general.--With respect to a State in
                        which the Secretary is enforcing the
                        requirements of this Act, an entity operating a
                        health plan in that State that violates
                        subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil
                        money penalty of up to $25,000 for each such
                        violation.
                            (ii) Procedures.--For purposes of imposing
                        a civil money penalty under clause (i), the
                        provisions of subparagraphs (C) through (G) of
                        section 2722(b)(2) of the Health Insurance
                        Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42
                        U.S.C. 300gg-22(b)(2)) shall apply except that
                        the provisions of clause (i) of subparagraph
                        (C) of such section shall not apply.
            (3) Self-insured plans.--Effective on January 1, 1998, the
        Secretary of Labor shall enforce the requirements of this
        section in the case of a health plan not subject to State
        regulation by reason of section 514(b) of the Employee
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)).
            (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be
        construed to affect or modify the provisions of section 514 of
        the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
        1144).
    (d) No Preemption of More Protective Laws.--A State may establish
or enforce requirements with respect to the protection of medical
communications, but only if such requirements are equal to or more
protective of such communications than the requirements established
under this section.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Health care provider.--The term ``health care
        provider'' means anyone licensed or certified under State law
        to provide health care services who is operating within the
        scope of such license.
            (2) Health insurance issuer.--The term ``health insurance
        issuer'' has the meaning given such term in section 2791(b)(2)
        of the Public Health Service Act (as added by the Health
        Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
            (3) Health plan.--The term ``health plan'' means a group
        health plan (as defined in section 2791(a) of the Public Health
        Service Act (as added by the Health Insurance Portability and
        Accountability Act of 1996)) and any individual health
        insurance (as defined in section 2791(b)(5)) operated by a
        health insurance issuer and includes any other health care
        coverage provided through a private or public entity. In the
        case of a health plan that is an employee welfare benefit plan
        (as defined in section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income
        Security Act of 1974), any third party administrator or other
        person with responsibility for contracts with health care
        providers under the plan shall be considered, for purposes of
        enforcement under this section, to be a health insurance issuer
        operating such health plan.
            (4) Medical communication.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``medical communication''
                means any communication made by a health care provider
                with a patient of the health care provider (or the
                guardian or legal representative of such patient) with
                respect to--
                            (i) the patient's health status, medical
                        care, or legal treatment options;
                            (ii) any utilization review requirements
                        that may affect treatment options for the
                        patient; or
                            (iii) any financial incentives that may
                        affect the treatment of the patient.
                    (B) Misrepresentation.--The term ``medical
                communication'' does not include a communication by a
                health care provider with a patient of the health care
                provider (or the guardian or legal representative of
                such patient) if the communication involves a knowing
                or willful misrepresentation by such provider.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act,
except that section 2(a)(3) shall take effect 180 days after such date
of enactment.

Output:
Patient Right to Know Act - Prohibits any contract or agreement, or the operation of any contract or agreement, between an entity operating a health plan (including any partnership, association, or other organization that enters into or administers such a contract or agreement) and a health care provider (or group of health care providers) from prohibiting or restricting the provider from engaging in medical communications with his or her patient.    Requires that each State shall enforce this Act with respect to health insurance issuers that sell, renew, or offer health plans in the State. Provides for enforcement of this Act by the Secretary of Health and Human Services if the Secretary, after consultation with the chief executive officer of a State and the insurance commissioner or chief insurance regulatory official of the State, determines that the State has failed to substantially enforce the requirements.
Mandates a civil money penalty.  Allows State requirements equal to or more protective of medical communications than the requirements of this Act.
Defines "medical communication" as being a communication between a provider and a patient (or the patient's guardian or legal representative) regarding the patient's health status, medical care, or legal treatment options.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Act''.

SEC. 2. TAX INCENTIVES FOR URBAN ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITY FINANCING
              SUBSIDIARIES.

    (a) General Rule.--Part VIII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special deductions for
corporations) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subpart:

   ``Subpart B--Tax Incentives for Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunity
                         Financing Subsidiaries

                              ``Sec. 251. Deduction for equity
                                        contributions to urban
                                        entrepreneurial opportunity
                                        financing subsidiaries.
                              ``Sec. 252. Overall limitation on
                                        deductions.
                              ``Sec. 253. Definitions and special
                                        rules.

``SEC. 251. DEDUCTION FOR EQUITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO URBAN ENTREPRENEURIAL
              OPPORTUNITY FINANCING SUBSIDIARIES.

    ``(a) General Rule.--In the case of a qualified contributing
corporation, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to
the equity contributions made by such corporation to an urban
entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of such corporation.
Such deduction shall be allowed for the taxable year of the
contributing corporation in which the equity contribution is used by
the subsidiary in making qualified enterprise zone business loans.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The amount allowed as a deduction under
subsection (a) to any qualified contributing corporation for any
taxable year shall not exceed the lesser of--
            ``(1) $10,000,000, or
            ``(2) the portion of the program limitation allocated to
        such corporation under section 252 to the extent the amount so
        allocated was not used in a prior taxable year.
    ``(c) Equity Contribution.--For purposes of this section, the term
`equity contribution' means--
            ``(1) any amount paid in cash for stock in an urban
        entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of the
        corporation if such stock is acquired at its original issuance,
        and
            ``(2) any contribution in cash to the capital of an urban
        entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of the
        corporation.
    ``(d) Recapture Provisions.--
            ``(1) Basis adjustment.--The adjusted basis of any stock
        held by a corporation in an urban entrepreneurial opportunity
        financing subsidiary of such corporation shall be reduced by
        the amount allowed as a deduction under subsection (a) in
        connection with the acquisition of such stock. No increase in
        the basis of any such stock shall be made on account of any
        contribution to the capital of such subsidiary for which a
        deduction is allowed under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Ordinary income recapture.--Any gain recognized on
        the sale or other disposition by a corporation of stock in an
        urban entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of such
        corporation shall be treated as ordinary income.
            ``(3) Certain events treated as dispositions.--If any urban
        entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of a
        corporation ceases to qualify as an urban entrepreneurial
        opportunity financing subsidiary with respect to such
        corporation, such corporation shall recognize gain as if it
        sold its stock in such subsidiary for an amount equal to its
        fair market value immediately before such cessation.

``SEC. 252. OVERALL LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIONS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall allocate the program limitation among the qualified contributing
corporations submitting applications to such Secretary for allocations
under this section.
    ``(b) Program Limitation.--The program limitation is $250,000,000.
    ``(c) Method of Making Allocations.--The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall prescribe regulations setting forth the
procedures for making allocations under this section. Such procedures
shall--
            ``(1) include the criteria used in selecting the
        corporations to which the allocations are made, and
            ``(2) be designed to ensure a reasonable availability, on a
        geographical basis, of the benefits of this subpart.

``SEC. 253. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.

    ``(a) Qualified Contributing Corporation.--For purposes of this
subpart, the term `qualified contributing corporation' means any
domestic corporation which is not a small business concern; except that
such term shall not include any corporation predominantly engaged in a
banking, insurance, finance, or similar business.
    ``(b) Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunity Financing Subsidiary.--For
purposes of this subpart, the term `urban entrepreneurial opportunity
financing subsidiary' means any domestic corporation--
            ``(1) all the stock of which (exclusive of directors'
        qualifying shares) is held directly by one qualified
        contributing corporation, and
            ``(2) all the activities of which consist of--
                    ``(A) making qualified enterprise zone business
                loans,
                    ``(B) providing management, administrative,
                consulting, and other support services to qualified
                small business concerns to which such corporation has
                made qualified enterprise zone business loans, and
                    ``(C) making temporary investments (for a period
                not exceeding 6 months) of amounts being held for
                purposes of making qualified enterprise zone business
                loans.
    ``(c) Qualified Enterprise Zone Business Loans.--For purposes of
this subpart, the term `qualified enterprise zone business loan' means
any loan made by an urban entrepreneurial opportunity financing
subsidiary if--
            ``(1) such loan is made to a qualified small business
        concern and such concern is not related (within the meaning of
        section 267(b) or 707(b)) to such subsidiary or the qualified
        contributing corporation holding such subsidiary,
            ``(2) the proceeds of such loan are used by such qualified
        small business concern in the active conduct of a trade or
        business in an urban enterprise zone,
            ``(3) the urban entrepreneurial opportunity financing
        subsidiary provides (without charge) substantial qualified
        services to the qualified small business concern in connection
        with such loan, except that such small business concern may
        waive the requirements of this paragraph, and
            ``(4) the interest on such loan does not exceed--
                    ``(A) in the case of a secured loan, the prime rate
                plus 3 percentage points, or
                    ``(B) in the case of any other loan, the prime rate
                plus 8 percentage points.
    ``(d) Qualified Small Business Concern.--For purposes of this
subpart, the term `qualified small business concern' means any person
if--
            ``(1) such person is a small business concern within the
        meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632),
        and
            ``(2) substantially all of the activities of such person
        are within an urban enterprise zone.
    ``(e) Other Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Urban enterprise zone.--For purposes of this subpart,
        the term `urban enterprise zone' means--
                    ``(A) any urban area designated as an enterprise
                zone under any State law program, and
                    ``(B) any urban area designated as an enterprise
                zone under Federal law.
            ``(2) Substantial qualified services.--For purposes of this
        subpart, the term `substantial qualified services' means, with
        respect to any loan made by an urban entrepreneurial
        opportunity financing subsidiary, any management,
        administrative, consulting, or other support services provided
        to the borrower under such loan, but only if the amount of such
        services, to be provided during the first year such loan is
        outstanding involve at least 1,000 man-hours for each $100,000
        principal amount of such loan.
            ``(3) Prime rate.--For purposes of this subpart--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `prime rate' means the
                average predominant prime rate quoted by commercial
                banks to large businesses, as determined by the Board
                of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
                    ``(B) When determination made.--
                            ``(i) Except as provided in clause (ii),
                        the determination of the prime rate shall be
                        made as of the time the loan is made.
                            ``(ii) If the loan is a variable rate loan,
                        the prime rate taken into account with respect
                        to any change in rate shall be determined as of
                        the time such change takes effect.
            ``(4) Treatment of controlled groups.--Any group of
        corporations treated as a single employer under section 52 (a)
        or (b) shall be treated as one corporation for purposes of this
        subpart.
    ``(f) Employees of Borrower May Be Taken Into Account for Certain
Purposes.--If--
            ``(1) a qualified contributing corporation has provided
        financing through an urban entrepreneurial opportunity
        financing subsidiary to any qualified small business concern,
        and
            ``(2) such qualified small business concern designates such
        subsidiary as its primary lender,
such qualified contributing corporation may treat the employees of such
qualified small business concern as its own employees for purposes of
determining which such qualified contributing corporation is in
compliance with the requirements of any Federal law. A qualified small
business concern may designate only 1 urban entrepreneurial opportunity
financing subsidiary is its primary lender for any period.''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--Part VIII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of
such Code is amended by inserting after the part heading the following:

                              ``Subpart A--General provisions.
                              ``Subpart B--Tax incentives for urban
                                        entrepreneurial opportunity
                                        financing subsidiaries.

                   ``Subpart A--General Provisions''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output:
Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for equity contributions made by a corporation to an urban entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of such corporation.  Requires the subsidiary to use such contribution in making qualified enterprise zone business loans to qualified small business concerns.
Establishes an overall program limitation among the contributing corporations to be allocated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


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SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING
              IN THE SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.

    Section 2104(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or national'' after
        ``citizen'';
            (2) at the end of paragraph (6), by striking ``and'';
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting
        ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) if he is a national but not a citizen of the United
        States, agree in writing that he will--
                    ``(A) if he is not a resident of a State (within
                the meaning of chapter 2 of title III of the
                Immigration and Nationality Act; 8 U.S.C. 1421-1459),
                become a resident of a State (within such meaning)
                before commencing the program for advanced training;
                and
                    ``(B) file an application for naturalization within
                60 days after the later of--
                            ``(i) the date that he meets the
                        requirements for naturalization in section
                        316(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality
                        Act (8 U.S.C. 1436); or
                            ``(ii) the date that he is accepted into
                        the program for advanced training.''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
              AS MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING
              CORPS.

    (a) General Financial Assistance Program.--Section 2107(b) of title
10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or national'' after
        ``citizen'';
            (2) at the end of paragraph (4), by striking ``and'';
            (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting
        ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) if he is a national but not a citizen of the United
        States, agree in writing that he will--
                    ``(A) if he is not a resident of a State (within
                the meaning of chapter 2 of title III of the
                Immigration and Nationality Act; 8 U.S.C. 1421-1459)
                become a resident of a State (within such meaning)
                before commencing the financial assistance program; and
                    ``(B) file an application for naturalization within
                60 days after the later of--
                            ``(i) the date that he meets the
                        requirements for naturalization in section
                        316(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality
                        Act (8 U.S.C. 1436); or
                            ``(ii) the date that he is accepted into
                        the financial assistance program.''.
    (b) Army Reserve and Army National Guard Financial Assistance
Program.--Section 2107a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or national'' after
        ``citizen'';
            (2) at the end of paragraph (5), by striking ``and'';
            (3) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting
        ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) if he is a national but not a citizen of the United
        States, agree in writing that he will--
                    ``(A) if he is not a resident of a State (within
                the meaning of chapter 2 of title III of the
                Immigration and Nationality Act; 8 U.S.C. 1421-1459),
                become a resident of a State (within such meaning)
                before commencing the financial assistance program; and
                    ``(B) file an application for naturalization within
                60 days after the later of--
                            ``(i) the date that he meets the
                        requirements for naturalization in section
                        316(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality
                        Act (8 U.S.C. 1436); or
                            ``(ii) the date that he is accepted into
                        the financial assistance program.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 12102(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' the first place such term appears;
            (2) by inserting a comma after ``United States'' the first
        place such term appears; and
            (3) by inserting ``, or is a national of the United States
        eligible (as provided in sections 2104(b), 2107(b), or 2107a(b)
        of this title) for advanced training in, or financial
        assistance as a member of, the Senior Reserve Officers'
        Training Corps'' after the close parenthesis.

Output: Makes U.S. nationals eligible for advanced training in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and for financial assistance as members of the Corps, provided such individuals enter into an agreement requiring:  (1) residency within a State before commencement of the advanced training or financial assistance; or (2) application for naturalization within 60 days after either meeting the naturalization requirements or being accepted into the program of advanced training or financial assistance.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Housing Benefits
Enhancement Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS FOR TOTALLY
              DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BEFORE DISCHARGE OR
              RELEASE FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

    Section 1717 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) In the case of a member of the Armed Forces who, as
determined by the Secretary, has a total disability permanent in nature
incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active military,
naval, or air service, the Secretary may furnish improvements and
structural alterations for such member for such disability or as
otherwise described in subsection (a)(2) while such member is
hospitalized or receiving outpatient medical care, services, or
treatment for such disability if the Secretary determines that such
member is likely to be discharged or released from the Armed Forces for
such disability.
    ``(2) The furnishing of improvements and alterations under
paragraph (1) in connection with the furnishing of medical services
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2) shall be
subject to the limitation specified in the applicable subparagraph.''.

SEC. 3. SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH
              SEVERE BURNS.

    Section 2101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the
        following new subparagraph:
            ``(E) The disability is due to a severe burn injury (as
        determined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the
        Secretary).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``either'' and inserting ``any'';
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
            ``(C) The disability is due to a severe burn injury (as so
        determined).''.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2007, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report that contains an assessment of the adequacy of
the authorities available to the Secretary under law to assist disabled
veterans in acquiring--
            (1) suitable housing units with special fixtures or movable
        facilities required for their disabilities, and necessary land
        therefor;
            (2) such adaptations to their residences as are reasonably
        necessary because of their disabilities; or
            (3) residences already adapted with special features
        determined by the Secretary to be reasonably necessary as a
        result of their disabilities.
    (b) Focus on Particular Disabilities.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall pay particular attention to the needs of veterans
who have disabilities that are not described in subsections (a)(2) and
(b)(2) of section 2101 of title 38, United States Code.

SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY OF DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
              FORCES WITH SEVERE BURN INJURIES FOR AUTOMOBILES AND
              ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT.

    Section 3901(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
                ``or (iii)'' and inserting ``(iii), or (iv)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                    ``(iv) A severe burn injury (as determined pursuant
                to regulations prescribed by the Secretary); or''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or (iii)'' and
        inserting ``(iii), or (iv)''.

SEC. 6. ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
              FORCES RESIDING TEMPORARILY IN HOUSING OWNED BY A FAMILY
              MEMBER.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 2102A of title 38,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``In the case'';
            (2) by striking ``disabled veteran who is described in
        subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of section 2101 of this title and''
        and inserting ``person described in paragraph (2)'';
            (3) by striking ``such veteran's'' and inserting ``the
        person's'';
            (4) by striking ``the veteran'' and inserting ``the
        person'';
            (5) by striking ``the veteran's'' and inserting ``the
        person's''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) A person described in this paragraph is--
            ``(A) a veteran who is described in subsection (a)(2) or
        (b)(2) of section 2101 of this title; or
            ``(B) a member of the Armed Forces who--
                    ``(i) has, as determined by the Secretary, a
                disability permanent in nature described in subsection
                (a)(2) or (b)(2) of section 2101 of this title that has
                incurred in the line of duty in the active military,
                naval, or air service;
                    ``(ii) is hospitalized or receiving outpatient
                medical care, services, or treatment for such
                disability; and
                    ``(iii) is likely to be discharged or released from
                the Armed Forces for such disability.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``veteran'' both places
        it appears and inserting ``person with a disability''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``veteran'' and
        inserting ``person''.
    (c) Report on Assistance for Disabled Veterans and Members of the
Armed Forces Who Reside in Housing Owned by Family Member on Permanent
Basis.--Not later than December 31, 2007, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on the advisability of providing assistance
under section 2102A of title 38, United States Code, to veterans and
members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) of such
section, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, who reside with
family members on a permanent basis.

Output:
Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces determined to have a total disability permanent in nature which was incurred or aggravated in the line of active duty, to furnish home improvements and structural alterations for the member for the disability while the member is hospitalized or receiving outpatient care, medical services, or treatment, if the Secretary determines that the member is likely to be discharged or released from the Armed Forces for such disability.

Authorizes the provision of specially adapted housing assistance for: (1) disabled veterans whose disability is due to a severe burn injury; and (2) disabled members residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member. Makes veterans and members with a severe burn disability eligible for automobile and automotive adaptive equipment assistance.


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SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SEXUAL TRAUMA COUNSELING
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension of Period of Authority To Provide Sexual Trauma
Counseling.--Subsection (a) of section 1720D of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``December 31, 1995,'' in paragraph (1)
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``December 31, 1998,''; and
            (2) by striking out ``December 31, 1994,'' in paragraph (3)
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``December 31, 1998,''.
    (b) Period of Eligibility To Seek Counseling.--(1) Such subsection
is further amended--
            (A) by striking out paragraph (2); and
            (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) (as amended by
        subsection (a)(2)) as paragraph (2).
    (2) Section 102(b) of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (Public
Law 102-585; 106 Stat. 4946; 38 U.S.C. 1720D note) is repealed.
    (c) Repeal of Limitation on Period of Receipt of Counseling.--
Section 1720D of title 38, United States Code, is further amended--
            (1) by striking out subsection (b); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as
        subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
    (d) Increased Priority of Care.--Section 1712(i) of title 38,
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``To a veteran'';
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or (B) who is eligible for
                counseling under section 1720D of this title, for the
                purposes of such counseling'' before the period at the
                end; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking out ``, (B)'' and inserting in lieu
                thereof ``or (B)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``, or (C)'' and all that
                follows through ``such counseling''.
    (e) Program Revision.--(1) Section 1720D of title 38, United States
Code, is further amended--
            (A) by striking out ``woman'' in subsection (a)(1);
            (B) by striking out ``women'' in subsection (b)(2)(C) and
        in the first sentence of subsection (c), as redesignated by
        subsection (c); and
            (C) by striking out ``women'' in subsection (c)(2), as so
        redesignated, and inserting in lieu thereof ``individuals''.
    (2)(A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1720D. Counseling for sexual trauma''.
    (B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended to read as
follows:

``1720D. Counseling for sexual trauma.''.
    (f) Information on Counseling by Telephone.--(1) Paragraph (1) of
section 1720D(c) of title 38, United States Code, as redesignated by
subsection (c) of this section, is amended by striking out ``may'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``shall''.
    (2) In providing information on counseling available to veterans
through the information system required under section 1720D(c)(1) of
title 38, United States Code (as amended by this section), the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure--
            (A) that the telephone system described in such section is
        operated by Department of Veterans Affairs personnel who are
        trained in the provision to persons who have experienced sexual
        trauma of information about the care and services relating to
        sexual trauma that are available to veterans in the communities
        in which such veterans reside, including care and services
        available under programs of the Department (including the care
        and services available under section 1720D of such title) and
        from non-Department agencies or organizations;
            (B) that such personnel are provided with information on
        the care and services relating to sexual trauma that are
        available to veterans and the locations in which such care and
        services are available;
            (C) that such personnel refer veterans seeking such care
        and services to appropriate providers of such care and services
        (including care and services that are available in the
        communities in which such veterans reside);
            (D) that the telephone system is operated in a manner that
        protects the confidentiality of persons who place telephone
        calls to the system; and
            (E) that the telephone system operates at all times.
    (3) The Secretary shall ensure that information about the
availability of the telephone system is visibly posted in Department
medical facilities and is advertised through public service
announcements, pamphlets, and other means.
    (4) Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
operation of the telephone system required under section 1720D(c)(1) of
title 38, United States Code (as so amended). The report shall set
forth the following:
            (A) The number of telephone calls placed to the system
        during the period covered by the report, with a separate
        display of (i) the number of calls placed to the system from
        each State (as such term is defined in section 101(20) of title
        38, United States Code) during that period, and (ii) the number
        of persons who placed more than one call to the system during
        that period.
            (B) The types of sexual trauma described to personnel
        operating the system by persons placing calls to the system.
            (C) A description of the difficulties, if any, experienced
        by persons placing calls to the system in obtaining care and
        services for sexual trauma in the communities in which such
        persons live, including care and services available from the
        Department and from non-Department agencies and organizations.
            (D) A description of the training provided to the personnel
        operating the system.
            (E) The recommendations and plans of the Secretary for the
        improvement of the system.
    (5) The Secretary shall commence operation of the telephone system
required under section 1720D(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code (as
so amended), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 2. REPORT RELATING TO DETERMINATIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR
              SEXUAL TRAUMA.

    (a) Report.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives a report containing the Secretary's assessment of--
            (1) the difficulties that veterans encounter in obtaining
        from the Department of Veterans Affairs determinations that
        disabilities relating to sexual trauma resulting from events
        that occurred during active duty are service-connected
        disabilities; and
            (2) the extent to which Department personnel fail to make
        determinations that such disabilities are service-connected
        disabilities.
    (b) Recommendations.--The Secretary shall include in the report the
Secretary's recommendations for actions to be taken to respond in a
fair manner to the difficulties described in the report and to
eliminate failures to make determinations that such disabilities are
service-connected disabilities.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``sexual trauma'' means
the immediate and long-term physical or psychological trauma resulting
from rape, sexual assault, aggravated sexual abuse (as such term is
described in section 2241 of title 18, United States Code), sexual
harassment, or other act of sexual violence.
    (d) Deadline for Report.--The report required by this section shall
be submitted not later than June 30, 1994.

SEC. 3. COORDINATORS OF WOMEN'S SERVICES.

    (a) Requirement of Full-time Service.--Section 108 of the Veterans
Health Care Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-585; 106 Stat. 4948; 38 U.S.C.
1710 note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Each official who serves in the position of coordinator of
women's services under subsection (a) shall so serve on a full-time
basis.''.
    (b) Additional Responsibilities.--Subsection (a) of such section
(as designated by subsection (a) of this section) is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
        paragraph (5):
            ``(5) Facilitating communication between women veterans
        coordinators under the jurisdiction of such regional
        coordinator and the Under Secretary for Health and the
        Secretary.''.
    (c) Support for Women's Services Coordinators.--The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall take appropriate actions to ensure that--
            (1) sufficient funding is provided to each Department of
        Veterans Affairs facility in order to permit the coordinator of
        women's services to carry out the responsibilities of the
        coordinator at the facility;
            (2) sufficient clerical and communications support is
        provided to each such coordinator for that purpose; and
            (3) each such coordinator has direct access to the Director
        or Chief of Staff of the facility to which the coordinator is
        assigned.

Output:
Amends the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 and Federal veterans' benefits provisions to:  (1) extend through December 31, 1998, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide sexual trauma counseling at Department facilities as well as through non-Department providers; (2) remove a requirement that veterans seek such counseling within a specified period after discharge; (3) remove the current one-year limit on the length of such counseling; (4) make the provision of such counseling equal in priority to the provision of Department outpatient services; (5) authorize the Department to provide such counseling to all veterans (currently, only women); and (6) require (current law authorizes) the provision of a 24-hour toll-free telephone number for the provision of sexual trauma crisis counseling.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain reports with respect to:  (1) the operation of the telephone hotline; and (2) the difficulties veterans encounter in obtaining from the Department determinations that disabilities relating to sexual trauma are service-connected.
Modifies responsibilities of Department coordinators of women's services.  Requires the Secretary to ensure that such coordinators are provided sufficient resources to carry out such responsibilities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safety and Fuel Economy (SAFE)
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) Automobile fuel economy standards have played an
        important role in mitigating the increased consumption of
        gasoline and have resulted in lower fuel costs to consumers.
            (2) Such standards and the successful response of
        automobile manufacturers to those standards have been very
        effective in increasing automobile fuel efficiency, resulting
        in a near doubling of the passenger automobile fleet fuel
        economy between 1975 and the present.
            (3) In recent years, the average automobile fuel economy of
        the fleets of many automobile manufacturers has actually
        declined, while the size and horsepower of the fleets have
        increased. Overall, automobile and light truck average fuel
        economy in 2000 was at its lowest in 20 years.
            (4) Several Government studies agree that increased fuel
        efficiency is possible utilizing currently available technology
        and without significant changes in the size, mix, or
        performance of the fleet of automobiles. In addition, the
        safety of the current fleet of automobiles can be maintained
        and potentially improved through improved safety features.
            (5) With appropriate lead time, and by utilizing technology
        currently in production, passenger automobile average fuel
        economy of between 38 and 45 miles per gallon has been
        estimated by various experts to be feasible without significant
        changes in automobile size or performance. When technology
        currently in development becomes available, even higher levels
        of average fuel economy are possible.
            (6) Improved automobile average fuel economy standards can
        reduce carbon dioxide emissions, improve air quality, and
        potentially mitigate against global warming.

SEC. 3. IMPROVING CRASH SAFETY OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT TRUCKS IN
              COLLISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 30128. Crash safety of automobiles and light trucks in
              collisions
    ``(a) Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.--
            ``(1) Notice of proposed rulemaking.--Not later than June
        1, 2002, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a notice
        of proposed rulemaking to prescribe a new Federal motor vehicle
        safety standard to improve the crash safety of automobiles and
        light trucks in collisions.
            ``(2) CRAGG index.--The new standard prescribed under this
        subsection shall include a Crash Aggressivity index (in this
        section referred to as a `CRAGG index') that--
                    ``(A) measures the aggressivity of a motor vehicle;
                    ``(B) takes into account the stiffness, structure
                height, and mass of a vehicle; and
                    ``(C) substantially improves the present crash
                safety of automobiles and light trucks by reducing the
                aggressivity of such vehicles.
            ``(3) Final rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        law, the Secretary shall complete a rulemaking to prescribe
        such a standard by issuing, not later than June 1, 2003, a
        final rule with any provision the Secretary considers
        appropriate, consistent with this subsection and the
        requirements of section 30111 of title 49, United States Code.
            ``(4) Effective date.--The Secretary shall specify in the
        final rule issued under this subsection that the rule--
                    ``(A) shall become effective in phases as rapidly
                as practicable, beginning September 1, 2005; and
                    ``(B) shall be fully effective for all vehicles
                identified in section 30127(b) of title 49, United
                States Code, that are manufactured on and after
                September 1, 2009.
    ``(b) Disclosure of CRAGG Index Ratings to Purchasers.--
            ``(1) Disclosure by manufacturers.--The Secretary of
        Transportation shall issue regulations that require that motor
        vehicle manufacturers--
                    ``(A) report CRAGG index ratings for each model
                year after model year 2005;
                    ``(B) submit the first such report by no later than
                August 1, 2005, and submit such reports by August 1 of
                each year thereafter; and
                    ``(C) conspicuously post on each new motor vehicle
                at the point of sale the CRAGG index rating for the
                vehicle, beginning September 1, 2005.
            ``(2) Disclosure by secretary.--The Secretary shall also
        post on the Department of Transportation's Internet website,
        beginning September 1, 2005--
                    ``(A) comparative CRAGG index ratings, by make and
                model; and
                    ``(B) an identification of the 10 motor vehicles
                with the greatest aggressivity, by CRAGG index rating,
                each year.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
annually report to the Congress on January 1 of each year beginning in
2004 on the progress made in improving the crash safety of automobiles
and light trucks in collisions. Such report shall address the
comparative improvement in the aggressivity of new vehicles as measured
by the CRAGG index and the number of fatalities caused by the
aggressivity of light trucks and sport utility vehicles in collisions
with other vehicles.
    ``(d) Revision of Standard.--On September 1, 2007, the Secretary of
Transportation shall issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to
determine if substantial improvement has been made in the crash safety
of automobiles and light trucks that are subject to the Federal motor
vehicle safety standard prescribed under subsection (a). If substantial
improvement has not been made, the Secretary shall issue a notice of
proposed rulemaking by March 1, 2008, to revise such standard to
further increase crash comparability. If initiated, the Secretary shall
complete the rulemaking required by this subsection by issuing a new
final rule not later than March 1, 2009. The Secretary shall specify in
the rule that the rule shall become effective in phases as rapidly as
practicable, beginning September 1, 2010. The rule shall become fully
effective for all vehicles identified in section 30127(b), title 49,
United States Code, that are manufactured on and after September 1,
2012.
    ``(e) Phased-In Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the Secretary of Transportation fails
        to meet any of the deadlines in subsections (a) through (d) of
        this section with respect to any motor vehicle, motor vehicles
        with respect to which such deadline applied having a gross
        vehicle weight rating less than 10,000 pounds that are
        manufactured by each manufacturer must satisfy the requirements
        described in paragraph (2) in accordance with the following
        phase-in schedule:
                    ``(A) 20 percent of such vehicles manufactured by a
                manufacturer in the first year after the date the
                deadline is not met must satisfy such requirements.
                    ``(B) 40 percent of such vehicles manufactured by a
                manufacturer in the second year after the date the
                deadline is not met must satisfy such requirements.
                    ``(C) 60 percent of such vehicles manufactured by a
                manufacturer in the third year after the date the
                deadline is not met must satisfy such requirements.
                    ``(D) 80 percent of such vehicles manufactured by a
                manufacturer in the fourth year after deadline is not
                met must satisfy such requirements.
                    ``(E) All such vehicles manufactured by a
                manufacturer after the fourth year after the date the
                deadline is not met must satisfy such requirements.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The requirements referred to in
        paragraph (1) are the following, in the frontal barrier crash
        test defined in section 571.208 S5.1 of title 49, Code of
        Federal Regulations, conducted with a load cell barrier:
                    ``(A) The height of the center of force as
                determined by a 30 mile per hour crash into a load cell
                barrier shall not be greater than 22 inches (55
                centimeters).
                    ``(B) For any vehicle with a curb weight greater
                than 3,500 pounds, the dynamic stiffness shall not be
                greater than the number determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) 50,000 pounds; by
                            ``(ii) the number determined by dividing--
                                    ``(I) 33,000; by
                                    ``(II) the number determined by
                                subtracting the weight of the vehicle
                                (in pounds) from 20,000.
    ``(f) Advisory Committees.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
ensure that--
            ``(1) any Federal advisory committee, task force, or other
        entity concerned with vehicle compatibility includes a balance
        of representatives from consumer and safety organizations,
        insurers, manufacturers, and suppliers; and
            ``(2) such consumer and safety organization representatives
        are selected from among organizations that do not receive any
        significant funding from motor vehicle manufacturers and their
        affiliates.
    ``(g) Definitions.--
            ``(1) Automobile; light truck.--Each of the terms
        `automobile' and `light truck' has the meaning set forth in
        section 32901 of this title.
            ``(2) Aggressivity.--The term `aggressivity' means the
        degree to which the front of a motor vehicle, in a collision
        with another motor vehicle--
                    ``(A) inflicts damage to the other motor vehicle;
                and
                    ``(B) causes injury to the occupants of the other
                motor vehicle.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 30127 the following:

``30128. Crash safety of automobiles and light trucks in collisions.''.

SEC. 4. INCREASED AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR PASSENGER
              AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT TRUCKS.

    (a) Increased Standards.--Section 32902 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``Non-Passenger Automobiles.--''
                and inserting ``Prescription of Standards by
                Regulation.--''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(except passenger automobiles)''
                and inserting ``(except passenger automobiles and light
                trucks)''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Standards for Passenger Automobiles and Light Trucks.--
            ``(1) Passenger automobiles, generally.--The average fuel
        economy standard for passenger automobiles manufactured by a
        manufacturer--
                    ``(A) after model year 2003 shall be 30.0 miles per
                gallon; and
                    ``(B) after model year 2005 shall be 32.5 miles per
                gallon.
            ``(2) Light trucks.--The average fuel economy standard for
        light trucks manufactured by a manufacturer--
                    ``(A) after model year 2003 shall be 23.0 miles per
                gallon; and
                    ``(B) after model year 2005 shall be 25.5 miles per
                gallon.
            ``(3) Combined standard.--The average fuel economy standard
        for the combination of passenger automobiles and light trucks
        manufactured by a manufacturer--
                    ``(A) after model year 2007 shall be 32.0 miles per
                gallon;
                    ``(B) after model year 2009 shall be 36.0 miles per
                gallon; and
                    ``(C) after model year 2011 shall be 40.0 miles per
                gallon.''.
    (b) Definition of Light Truck.--
            (1) In general.--Section 32901(a) of title 49, United
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) `light truck' means an automobile that the Secretary
        decides by regulation--
                    ``(A) is manufactured primarily for transporting
                not more than 10 individuals;
                    ``(B) is rated at not more than 8,500 pounds gross
                vehicle weight; and
                    ``(C) is not a passenger automobile.''.
            (2) Deadline for regulations.--The Secretary of
        Transportation--
                    (A) shall issue proposed regulations implementing
                the amendment made by this subsection by not later than
                6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act;
                and
                    (B) shall issue final regulations implementing such
                amendment by not later than one year after the date of
                the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 32902(c) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the standard'' and
        inserting ``a standard''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``increases the standard
        above 27.5 miles per gallon, or decreases the standard below
        26.0 miles per gallon,'' and inserting ``increases the standard
        above the standard that would otherwise apply under subsection
        (b), or decreases the standard by more than 1.5 miles per
        gallon below the standard that would otherwise apply under
        subsection (b),''.
    (d) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply
beginning on January 1, 2006.
    (e) Applicability of Existing Standards.--This section does not
affect the application of section 32902 of title 49, United States
Code, to passenger automobiles and light trucks manufactured before
model year 2007.

SEC. 5. FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOBILES UP TO 10,000 POUNDS
              GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT.

    (a) Vehicles Defined as Automobiles.--Section 32901(a)(3) of title
49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``6,000'' each place it
appears and inserting ``8,500''.
    (b) Application Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply beginning on January 1, 2006.

SEC. 6. IMPROVEMENT OF CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY.

    (a) In General.--Section 32904(a) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before the first sentence;
            (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the second
        sentence by inserting ``and subject to paragraph (2) of this
        subsection,'' after ``of this title,''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Calculations and testing procedures prescribed by the
Secretary under paragraph (1) shall ensure that average fuel economy
calculated under this subsection--
            ``(A) reflects, and is determined under conditions that
        include, actual driving conditions; and
            ``(B) is not an optimized number that results solely from
        tests performed under laboratory conditions.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to automobiles manufactured after model year 2005.
    (c) Regulations.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall issue regulations that implement the amendments made by
subsection (a) by not later than December 31, 2002.

Output: Safety and Fuel Economy (SAFE) Act - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to prescribe a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard to improve the crash safety of automobiles and light trucks in collisions. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations that require motor vehicle manufacturers to disclose CRAGG index ratings to purchasers of new motor vehicles after model year 2005. Establishes the CRAGG (Crash Aggressivity) index as one that: (1) measures a motor vehicle's aggressivity; (2) takes into account its stiffness, structure height, and mass; and (3) substantially improves the present crash safety of automobiles and light trucks by reducing their aggressivity. Defines "aggressivity" as the degree to which the front of a motor vehicle in a collision with another motor vehicle inflicts damage to the other vehicle and causes injury to its occupants.Sets forth average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light trucks manufactured after model years 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011.