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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Holley Lynn James Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC
              VIOLENCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 130e. Policy on sexual assault and domestic violence
    ``(a) Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Policy and
Oversight.--The Deputy Inspector General for Policy and Oversight of
the Department of Defense shall develop and maintain a Department-wide
sexual assault prevention and response policy and domestic violence
policy and shall provide oversight within the Department with respect
to such policies. The Deputy Inspector General shall--
            ``(1) develop overall policy and provide guidance for the
        Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program of the
        Department;
            ``(2) develop overall policy and provide guidance for
        domestic violence prevention and response within the
        Department;
            ``(3) provide guidance and technical assistance to the
        heads of the military departments in addressing matters
        concerning sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and
        response;
            ``(4) develop strategic program guidance, joint planning
        objectives, and identify legislative changes needed to ensure
        the future availability of resources in support of Department
        sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and response
        policies;
            ``(5) maintain sexual assault and domestic violence data
        collected from each of the military departments;
            ``(6) acquire the quarterly and annual sexual assault
        prevention and response data from each of the military
        departments and assemble the annual reports involving members
        of the Armed Forces;
            ``(7) ensure that the annual report required to be
        submitted under section 577(f) of the Ronald W. Reagan National
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-
        375; 10 U.S.C. 116 note) includes information on the commands
        of the victim and accused in any sexual assault or domestic
        violence case;
            ``(8) develop metrics to measure compliance and the
        effectiveness of sexual assault and domestic violence
        prevention and response training and awareness objectives;
            ``(9) review and analyze data collected by the head of each
        of the military departments;
            ``(10) establish reporting categories and monitor specific
        goals for use in producing the Secretary's annual assessment of
        each military department required under section 577(f)(3) of
        such Act;
            ``(11) collaborate with appropriate Federal and State
        agencies that address sexual assault and domestic violence
        prevention and response issues and serve as liaison to the
        committees and advisory groups of such agencies, as
        appropriate; and
            ``(12) ensure the maintenance of documents relating to--
                    ``(A) complaints of sexual assault and domestic
                violence;
                    ``(B) trials of members of the Armed Forces for
                sexual assault and domestic violence; and
                    ``(C) any medical treatment received by an alleged
                victim of sexual assault or domestic violence for
                complete reporting in the service records of the
                victim.
    ``(b) Responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense.--The Secretary
of Defense shall--
            ``(1) cooperate with the oversight, investigations, and
        policy advice of the Deputy Inspector General for Policy and
        Oversight in accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978
        (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.); and
            ``(2) acting through the General Counsel of the Department
        of Defense, provide advice and assistance to the Deputy
        Inspector General for Policy and Oversight on all legal
        matters, including the review and coordination of all proposed
        policies, regulations, directives, instructions, and proposed
        exceptions to policy and the review of all legislative
        proposals affecting the responsibilities of the Deputy
        Inspector General under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Reporting Requirements.--The Deputy Inspector General for
Policy and Oversight shall determine the feasibility of establishing a
database that would be known as the `Military Sexual Predator
Database'. Such a database would include--
            ``(1) the capability to report and register sex offenders
        who are members of the Armed Forces; and
            ``(2) the capability to effectively coordinate with the
        National Sex Offender Registry established under section 119 of
        the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42
        U.S.C. 16919).
    ``(d) Authorization for Additional Personnel.--For the purposes of
completing the functions of this section, the Deputy Inspector General
may select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be
necessary for carrying out the duties of the Inspector General, subject
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter
51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``130e. Policy on sexual assault and domestic violence.''.

SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
              DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES WITHIN THE UNIFORM CODE OF
              MILITARY JUSTICE.

    (a) Amendment to Title 10.--Subchapter XI of chapter 47 of title
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
``Sec. 940A. Art. 140A. Disposition of rape, sexual assault, sexual
              harassment, and domestic violence cases
    ``(a) Special Disposition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there shall be special disposition for charges stemming from a
sexual-related offense and charges involving an allegation of domestic
violence committed by a member of the Armed Forces as follows:
            ``(1) A case involving such charges shall automatically be
        referred to a general court-martial convening authority, as
        described in section 818 of this title (article 18).
            ``(2) The staff judge advocate shall provide detailed
        billets for prosecutors in cases involving allegations of rape
        or sexual assault, to be filled by a field-grade officer of the
        Judge Advocate General's Corps with a rank of O-4 or higher.
            ``(3) In a case involving an accusation of rape, sexual
        assault, harassment, or domestic violence, the facts of the
        case shall be given precedence over the value to the service of
        the accused.
            ``(4) In a case involving an accusation of rape, sexual
        assault, or harassment, the accused will not be eligible for
        non-judicial punishment or administrative punishment if found
        guilty.
    ``(b) Victim's Rights.--A victim in a case involving allegations of
rape, sexual assault, harassment, or domestic violence shall have
rights as follows:
            ``(1) The Secretary concerned shall provide counsel for the
        victim, in the same manner as counsel is provided for an
        accused under section 827(b) of this title (article 27), for
        any investigation or courts-martial proceeding relating to the
        case.
            ``(2) All communications between a victim and a victim's
        advocates or the victim's counsel shall be considered
        privileged communications for purposes of the case and any
        proceedings relating to the case.
            ``(3) A victim may appeal the decision of a general court
        martial in the case to the appropriate Court of Criminal
        Appeals under section 866 of this title (article 66).
    ``(c) Revision of Manual for Courts-Martial.--The Joint Service
Committee on Military Justice shall amend the Manual for Courts-Martial
to reflect this section, with especially section 306 of such manual
concerning disposition.
    ``(d) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to assure proper
treatment of sexual assault cases in military judicial system, remove
cases from chain of command that may contain both victim and accused,
prevent non-judicial punishment and determination being decided in case
by unqualified personnel without legal experience, considers the rights
of the victim.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to
subchapter XI the following new item:

``940A. Art. 140A. Disposition of rape, sexual assault, sexual
                            harassment, and domestic violence cases.''.

SEC. 4. ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AGAINST THE
              UNITED STATES FOR CERTAIN INJURIES RELATING TO OR ARISING
              OUT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2681. Certain claims by members of the Armed Forces of the
              United States
    ``(a) Notwithstanding section 2680, a claim may be brought against
the United States under this chapter for damages or other appropriate
relief for any act or omission related to or arising out of covered
assaultive conduct or failure to prevent or properly investigate or
prosecute covered assaultive conduct.
    ``(b) In this section, the term `covered assaultive conduct' means
sexual assault or harassment, domestic violence, assault and battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or
discrimination or negligent hiring, supervision, promotion, or
retention.
    ``(c) For purposes of claims brought under this section, in the
case of an act or omission occurring outside the United States--
            ``(1) the law that applies to the act or omission shall be
        the law of the place where the claimant is domiciled within the
        United States, or, if there is no place where the claimant is
        so domiciled, the law of the place the claimant has identified
        as the claimant's home of record for military purposes; and
            ``(2) any choice-of-law rules which would require the
        application of foreign or international law shall be
        disregarded.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:

``2681. Certain claims by members of the Armed Forces of the United
                            States.''.

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Holley Lynn James Act - Directs the Deputy Inspector General for Policy and Oversight of the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) develop a DOD-wide sexual assault prevention and response policy and domestic violence policy, and (2) provide oversight within DOD with respect to such policies.

Requires the Deputy Inspector General to: (1) provide guidance and technical assistance to the heads of the military departments in addressing matters concerning sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and response, (2) maintain sexual assault and domestic violence data collected from each military department, and (3) collaborate with appropriate federal and state agencies that address such issues.

Directs the Deputy Inspector General for Policy and Oversight to determine the feasibility of establishing a Military Sexual Predator Database.

Outlines criteria for the disposition of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence cases. Specifies the rights of a victim in such a case.

Allows a claim to be brought against the United States for damages or other appropriate relief for any act or omission related to or arising out of assaultive conduct, or failure to prevent or properly investigate or prosecute such conduct. Defines assaultive conduct as sexual assault or harassment, domestic violence, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or discrimination or negligent hiring, supervision, promotion, or retention.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Don't Track Me Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Tracking the location of vehicles and the identities of
        owners for the purpose of taxation, fines or fees has the
        potential to be misused, and such collected data could be
        hacked or used for privacy-invading purposes.
            (2) Government and corporate websites are frequently
        hacked, and driver-tracking databases may be no more
        invulnerable to hacking; to the advantage of criminals,
        stalkers, and identity thieves.
            (3) GPS tracking enables the technology for automatic
        speeding, parking and other traffic tickets, charging variable
        tax rates due to the time of day or other factors, including
        characterizing driving behavior from acceleration and braking
        speed, evasive maneuvers such as swerving to avoid a child or
        deer in the road, or driving in what the Government may believe
        is a ``fuel-wasting'' manner.
            (4) GPS tracking schemes may require vehicle owners to
        maintain bank accounts for the debiting of resultant fees. This
        may be a hardship for many low-income vehicle owners, as well
        as opening new hacking vulnerabilities for bank accounts of
        vehicle owners.
            (5) The existing gas tax is a rare example of a user fee,
        whereby vehicle owners pay for the roads they use when
        purchasing fuel. The tax has successfully provided necessary
        funding for many decades.
            (6) There are far less intrusive ways than location-based
        tracking to get electric vehicle and hybrid owners to pay for
        their road usage.
            (7) Vehicle owners must not be required to surrender their
        Fourth Amendment rights and be tracked everywhere as a
        condition of driving on public roads.
            (8) Amendment IV of the United States Constitution states
        ``The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
        houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and
        seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue,
        but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and
        particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
        persons or things to be seized.''.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to prohibit the
replacement or supplementation of the Federal gasoline excise tax with
any tax or fee based upon vehicle location or distance traveled,
whether determined by global positioning satellite (GPS), license plate
reading cameras or any other method of determining owner registration
or identity information, and vehicle location or distance traveled.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF A GPS, LOCATION OR MILEAGE BASED TAX.

    (a) In General.--It is contrary to the public policy of the United
States to require the placement or use of any GPS, location, distance
tracking system, or any other system to collect identities of vehicle
owners by any remote means such as license plate reading cameras, radio
frequency identification (RFID) devices or by any other means.
    (b) The Federal gasoline excise tax may not be replaced or
supplemented with any tax, fee or fine based upon vehicle location or
distance traveled, whether determined by global positioning satellite
(GPS), cameras that read license plates or any other method of
determining vehicle location, distance traveled or registration and
identity data.
    (c) No motor vehicle may be required to have any device on board
the vehicle or to transmit data to any off board device which tracks or
records, collects, stores, transmits and location, distance, or
registration or driver identity information.

SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE AND VEHICLE-TO-INFRASTRUCTURE
              COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) No public funds may be used to study or implement or require
the use of any method of tracking or reporting vehicle movement or
location for the purpose of taxes, user fees, traffic fines, accident
investigation, or to communicate with other vehicles or infrastructure.
    (b) Vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
systems for the purposes of recording or transmitting or storing for
later retrieval location, registration, identity, or speed data are
prohibited, except for those vehicles owned or leased by Federal
Government agencies in question.
    (c) Any such transmissions may only be used for momentary accident
avoidance or completely anonymized traffic reporting.

SEC. 5. ``BLACK BOX'' DATA RECORDERS.

    No motor vehicle shall be required by any Federal agency to have
installed and operational any ``black box'' accident data recorder that
records any vehicle data for a period longer than the last five minutes
of vehicle operation, and such devices may never be capable of
recording audio, images, or video from inside the vehicle. Any such
device may not broadcast or transmit any data in any way, except by a
direct cable connection to a computer.

SEC. 6. VEHICLE OWNERS EXEMPTED.

    No provisions of this Act shall prohibit the use by vehicle owners
of GPS or other technologies for tracking the location of their own
vehicle.

SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    The Secretary of the Department of Transportation shall submit to
Congress, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, a report describing the actions taken to ensure permanent
compliance with this Act.

Output: Don't Track Me Act - Declares that it is contrary to U.S. public policy to require the placement or use of any global positioning satellite (GPS), location, or distance tracking system to collect identities of vehicle owners by remote means. Prohibits the federal gasoline excise tax from being replaced or supplemented with any tax, fee, or fine based upon vehicle location or distance traveled that is determined by GPS, license plate reading cameras, or other methods of determining vehicle location, travel distance, or registration and identity data. Prohibits motor vehicles from being required to have certain devices that track or transmit location, distance, or driver identity information.  Bars public funds from being used to study, implement, or require the use of any method of tracking or reporting vehicle movement or location for the purpose of taxes, user fees, traffic fines, accident investigation, or communication with other vehicles or infrastructure. Prohibits vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication systems for the purposes of recording or transmitting or storing for later retrieval location, registration, identity, or speed data. Allows such transmissions to be used only for momentary accident avoidance or anonymized traffic reporting. Bars federal agencies from requiring motor vehicles to have a "black box" accident data recorder that records vehicle data for longer than the last five minutes of vehicle operation. Prohibits such devices from: (1) recording audio, images, or video from inside the vehicle; or (2) broadcasting or transmitting any data except by a direct cable connection to a computer.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS AS PREDICATE OFFENSES UNDER
              RACKETEERING AND MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTES.

    (a) Travel Act.--Section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``or (3)'' and inserting ``(3)'';
                and
                    (B) by striking ``of this title and (ii)'' and
                inserting the following: ``of this title, or (4) any
                act that is a criminal violation of section 9(a)(1) of
                the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
                1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the African Elephant
                Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4223), or section 7(a) of
                the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16
                U.S.C. 5305a(a)), if the endangered or threatened
                species of fish or wildlife, products, items, or
                substances involved in the violation and relevant
                conduct, as applicable, have a total value of more than
                $10,000 and (ii)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Use of Amounts From Fines, Forfeitures, and Restitution
Relating to Wildlife Trafficking Violations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
        transfer to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
        Commerce, for use in accordance with paragraph (2), the amounts
        received as fines, forfeitures of property or assets, or
        restitution to the Federal Government for any violation under
        this section that is based on an unlawful activity described in
        subsection (b)(i)(4).
            ``(2) Funds.--Of the amounts transferred under paragraph
        (1), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
        Commerce shall use such amounts as each Secretary determines
        necessary for the benefit of the species impacted by the
        applicable violation, to the extent practicable, by depositing
        the amounts into any fund that is created or authorized under
        Federal law for conservation purposes.''.
    (b) Money Laundering.--Section 1956 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(7)--
                    (A) in subsection (E), by striking ``or'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in subsection (F), by adding ``or'' at the end;
                and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) any act that is a criminal violation of
                section 9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
                (16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the African
                Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4223), or section
                7(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of
                1994 (16 U.S.C. 5305a(a)), if the endangered or
                threatened species of fish or wildlife, products,
                items, or substances involved in the violation and
                relevant conduct, as applicable, have a total value of
                more than $10,000;''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Use of Amounts From Civil Penalties, Fines, Forfeitures, and
Restitution Relating to Wildlife Trafficking Violations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
        transfer to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
        Commerce, for use in accordance with paragraph (2), the amounts
        received as civil penalties, fines, forfeitures of property or
        assets, or restitution to the Federal Government for any
        violation under this section that is based on specified
        unlawful activity described in subsection (c)(7)(G).
            ``(2) Funds.--Of the amounts transferred under paragraph
        (1), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
        Commerce shall use such amounts as each Secretary determines
        necessary for the benefit of the species impacted by the
        applicable violation, to the extent practicable, by depositing
        the amounts into any fund that is created or authorized under
        Federal law for conservation purposes.''.
    (c) RICO.--Chapter 96 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 1961(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``or (G)'' and inserting ``(G)'';
                and
                    (B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
                the following: ``, or (H) any act that is a criminal
                violation of section 9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species
                Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)), section 2203 of the
                African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4223), or
                section 7(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
                Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5305a(a)), if the endangered or
                threatened species of fish or wildlife, products,
                items, or substances involved in the violation and
                relevant conduct, as applicable, have a total value of
                more than $10,000''; and
            (2) in section 1963, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Use of Amounts From Fines, Forfeitures, and Restitution
Relating to Wildlife Trafficking Violations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
        transfer to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
        Commerce, for use in accordance with paragraph (2), the amounts
        received as fines, forfeitures of property or assets, or
        restitution to the Federal Government for any violation of
        section 1962 that is based on racketeering activity described
        in section 1961(1)(H).
            ``(2) Funds.--Of the amounts transferred under paragraph
        (1), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
        Commerce shall use such amounts as each Secretary determines
        necessary for the benefit of the species impacted by the
        applicable violation, to the extent practicable, by depositing
        the amounts into any fund that is created or authorized under
        Federal law for conservation purposes.''.
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Use of amounts from fines.--Section 1402(b)(1)(A) of
        the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(b)(1)(A)) is
        amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) sections 1952(e), 1956(j), and
                        1963(n) of title 18, United States Code; and''.
            (2) Use of amounts from forfeitures.--Section 524(c)(4)(A)
        of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting before
        ``or the Postmaster General'' the following: ``the Secretary of
        the Treasury pursuant to section 1952(e), 1956(j), or 1963(n)
        of title 18,''.

Output: Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2015 This bill applies provisions of the federal criminal code concerning money laundering and racketeering to wildlife trafficking violations of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the African Elephant Conservation Act, and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, if the endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife, products, items, or substances involved in the violation and relevant conduct have a total value of more than $10,000. Violators would be subject to increased fines and years of imprisonment. The amounts generated from penalties for those wildlife violations must be used for the benefit and conservation of impacted species.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Health Care Reform
Commission Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an independent commission
to be known as the Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission (in this
Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Appointment.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall consist of--
                    (A) 3 members appointed by the President, not more
                than 2 of whom may be members of the same political
                party;
                    (B) 2 members appointed by the Majority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (C) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (D) 2 members appointed by the Majority Leader of
                the House of Representatives; and
                    (E) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the House of Representatives.
            (2) Qualifications of members.--Members shall be appointed
        on the basis of their expertise and national recognition in the
        fields of health economics, provider reimbursement, health
        insurance, health benefits design, and related fields. No
        Member of Congress may be appointed to serve as a member of the
        Commission.
    (c) Term.--Members of the Commission shall be appointed not later
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall
serve for the life of the Commission.
    (d) Vacancy.--A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its
powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment.
    (e) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall make available, from amounts appropriated to the
Secretary, such staff and funds as may be necessary to carry out the
work of the Commission.
    (f) No Compensation Except Travel Expenses.--Members of the
Commission shall serve without compensation, but the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall provide that each member shall receive
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in
accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (g) Quorum; Chairman.--Six members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum. The President shall designate one member of the
Commission to serve as chairman.

SEC. 3. RESPONSIBILITIES.

    (a) Analyses and Recommendations.--The Commission shall--
            (1) conduct an analysis of the health care systems of the
        States, as well as proposed or enacted reforms of such systems;
            (2) conduct an analysis of the problems relating to
        programs and policies of the Federal Government relating to
        health care, including Federal health insurance programs (such
        as the medicare and medicaid programs), health programs of the
        various Departments, and tax policies as they relate to health
        care and health insurance;
            (3) analyze private sector health systems, including
        various employer plans and innovative delivery systems; and
            (4) make recommendations on reforms that the Congress
        should consider in response to the findings of the analyses.
    (b) Hearings.--The Commission shall hold at least 5 public
hearings. The topics of the hearings shall be established in
consultation with the officials that appointed members to the
Commission.
    (c) Report.--Not later than April 30, 1995, the Commission shall
submit a report to the Congress on the state of health care in the
United States. Such report shall include analyses of the following
issues:
            (1) The rate of growth in health care costs by type of
        provider, by type of payer, and by State.
            (2) The utility of various mechanisms to empower purchasers
        of health care with information about comparative cost,
        quality, and access, including the effect of such information
        on patient's behavior in the medical marketplace.
            (3) The success or failure of different types of group
        health plans, such as plans that use medical savings accounts,
        managed care plans, plans offered through voluntary purchasing
        cooperatives, and traditional indemnity plans, in cost,
        quality, and access.
            (4) The success or failure of various Medicaid reform
        proposals, including the use of managed care, the use of
        vouchers to permit purchase of private insurance, and
        prioritization of benefits.
    (d) Legislative Proposal.--If the Commission recommends changes
which requires legislation to implement, the Commission shall include
in its report under subsection (c) a detailed legislative proposal
providing for implementation of the recommendations.

SEC. 4. CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Introduction and Referral.--
            (1) In general.--If the report of the Commission under
        section 3--
                    (A) includes a detailed legislative proposal under
                section 3(d), and
                    (B) is accompanied by a statement provided by the
                Director of the Congressional Budget Office under
                subsection (h) that the enactment of the proposal will
                not result in any increase in the Federal deficit in
                each of the 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of
                submittal of the report,
        the majority leader (or the leader's designee) in each House
        shall introduce (by request and not later than 7 days after the
        date of receipt by Congress of the report) the legislative
        proposal as a bill. The title of that bill shall be ``A bill to
        carry out the recommendations of the Bipartisan Health Care
        Reform Commission.''.
            (2) Referral.--That bill shall be referred on the date of
        introduction to the appropriate committee (or committees) in
        accordance with rules of the respective Houses.
    (b) Discharge Deadline.--If any committee to which the bill is
referred does not report the bill by the end of the 45-day period
beginning on the date the bill was referred to the committee, the
committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration
of the bill as of the end of such period.
    (c) Floor Consideration.--
            (1) House of representatives.--For the purpose of
        expediting consideration and passage of a bill reported or
        discharged under this section, the Committee on Rules of the
        House of Representatives shall report a privileged resolution
        providing for the consideration of the bill and amendments
        thereto under an open rule and for a period of unlimited debate
        before the consideration of amendments to the bill. If such a
        bill differs from the recommendation of the Commission, any
        such resolution shall make in order an amendment consisting of
        the text of the Commission's recommendations.
            (2) Senate.--[LANGUAGE TO BE INSERTED LATER]
    (d) Final Passage.--A vote on final passage of the bill shall be
taken in a House not later than the end of the 15-day period beginning
on the date on which the motion to proceed to its consideration in that
House has been approved.
    (e) Special Rules.--If the House of Representatives approves a bill
and the Senate approves a bill the text of which is identical to the
text of the bill approved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
is deemed to have approved the bill approved by the House of
Representatives, effective on the later of--
            (1) the date of approval of a bill in the Senate, or
            (2) the date the Senate receives a message from the House
        of Representatives announcing that the House has passed the
        bill.
    (f) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This section is
enacted by the Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of
        Representatives and of the Senate, respectively, or of that
        House to which they specifically apply and such rules supersede
        other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent
        therewith, and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
        either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such
        House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent
        as in the case of any other rule of that House.
    (g) Not Including Certain Days.--Days on which a House of Congress
is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days shall
be excluded in the computation of any number of days in a period under
this section with respect to that House.
    (h) Congressional Budget Office Determinations.--The Director of
the Congressional Budget Office, upon request of the Commission or an
appropriate committee, shall--
            (1) review any bill to be proposed by the Commission or the
        committee to determine if the enactment of the bill would
        result in any increase in the Federal deficit in any of the 10
        fiscal years beginning after the date on which the request is
        made, and
            (2) provide a written statement of such determination.

Output:
Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission Act of 1994 - Establishes an independent Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission to:  (1) conduct an analysis of the health care systems of the States, as well as proposed or enacted reforms of such systems, and of the problems relating to Federal programs and policies relating to health care; (2) analyze private sector health systems; and (3) make recommendations on reforms that the Congress should consider in response to the findings of the analyses.
Directs the Commission to:  (1) hold at least five public hearings; and (2) report to the Congress on the state of health care in the United States.
Sets forth provisions regarding procedures for congressional consideration of any recommendations of the Commission and review of any bill proposed by the Commission or an appropriate committee by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Authority Restoration
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Water is a unique and precious resource that is
        necessary to sustain human life and the life of animals and
        plants.
            (2) Water is used not only for human, animal, and plant
        consumption, but is also important for agriculture,
        transportation, flood control, energy production, recreation,
        fishing and shellfishing, and municipal and commercial uses.
            (3) Water has significant historic and cultural value in
        our society.
            (4) In enacting the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
        U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) in 1972 and through subsequent amendment,
        including the Clean Water Act of 1977 (91 Stat. 1566) and the
        Water Quality Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 7), Congress established
        the national objective of restoring and maintaining the
        chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of
        the United States and recognized that achieving this objective
        requires restoration and maintenance of the natural structures
        and functions of the aquatic ecosystems of the United States.
            (5) Water is transported through interconnected hydrologic
        cycles, and the pollution, impairment, or destruction of part
        of an aquatic system may affect the chemical, physical, and
        biological integrity of other interconnected parts of the
        aquatic system.
            (6) Protection of intrastate waters, including waters that
        appear to be isolated, along with other waters of the United
        States, is necessary to restore and maintain the chemical,
        physical, and biological integrity of all waters in the United
        States.
            (7) The regulation of discharges of pollutants into
        isolated and intrastate waters is an integral part of the
        comprehensive clean water regulatory program of the United
        States.
            (8) The term ``waters of the United States'' means all
        waters of the United States subject to the powers of the
        Federal Government under the Constitution, including wetlands
        adjacent to bodies of water and other wetlands and waters often
        referred to as isolated.
            (9) Regardless of whether a wetland or other water is
        referred to as isolated, wetlands, lakes, ponds, and other
        types of water in the United States are an integral part of the
        aquatic environment that contribute to the chemical, physical,
        and biological integrity of the aquatic system.
            (10) The waters of the United States, including intrastate
        and isolated waters, filter pollutants from surface run-off and
        remove pollutants before the water is released to groundwater
        or surface water or taken up by plants and animals and widely
        dispersed throughout the food chain.
            (11) The waters of the United States, including intrastate
        and isolated waters, also provide crucial habitat for flora and
        fauna that contribute to the biological integrity of the
        aquatic environment, including unique aquatic vegetation,
        amphibians, reptiles, fish, shorebirds, raptors, waterfowl, and
        other migratory birds.
            (12) More than one-half of the duck population of the
        United States breeds in intrastate and isolated waters, as do
        approximately one-half of all amphibian species in the United
        States.
            (13) Small and periodically-flowing streams comprise the
        majority of all stream channels in the United States and serve
        critical biological and hydrological functions that affect
        entire watersheds, especially the life cycles of aquatic
        organisms and the movement of higher order streams during
        floods.
            (14) Destroying, polluting, or altering small stream
        channels often results in an accumulation of negative effects
throughout a watershed, including the introduction of pollutants to
larger-order streams and rivers.
            (15) The pollution or other degradation of waters of the
        United States, including isolated and intrastate waters,
        individually and in the aggregate, has a substantial relation
        to and affect on interstate commerce.
            (16) Protection of the waters of the United States,
        including intrastate and isolated waters, is necessary to
        prevent significant harm to interstate commerce and sustain a
        robust system of interstate commerce in the future.
            (17) The navigation system of the United States directly
        benefits from maintaining the variety of water types that
        collect, store, and filter run-off because that collection,
        storage, and filtration greatly reduces the quantity of
        sediment deposits and navigation disruption in the waters of
        the United States, and without the direct benefits of isolated
        and intrastate waters, the United States would spend millions
        of additional dollars on navigational dredging projects.
            (18) Thousands of businesses and communities depend on
        wetlands and intrastate and isolated waters for protection from
        flooding.
            (19) Draining or filling isolated wetlands and channelizing
        or filling streams, including intrastate streams, causes or
        exacerbates flooding.
            (20) Floods and the risk of floods are a significant burden
        on interstate commerce because floods damage and destroy public
        infrastructure, private homes, and businesses.
            (21) Millions of people in the United States depend on
        intrastate and isolated wetlands to filter water and recharge
        surface and subsurface drinking water supplies.
            (22) Polluted drinking water and depleted drinking water
        supplies are significant burdens on interstate commerce because
        the lack of a safe and ample water supply significantly limits
        economic growth and adversely affects human health.
            (23) Agriculture depends on intrastate and isolated waters
        for irrigation, watering stock, and maintenance of water supply
        to wells.
            (24) Millions of people in the United States enjoy
        recreational activities that depend on intrastate and isolated
        waters, such as waterfowl hunting, bird watching, fishing, and
        photography and other graphic arts, and those activities and
        associated travel generate billions of dollars of income each
        year for the travel, tourism, recreation, and sporting sectors
        of the economy of the United States.
            (25) Discharges of dredged and fill material and other
        pollutants into waters of the United States, including
        intrastate and isolated waters, are almost always associated
        with activities that are commercial or economic in nature.
            (26) Wetlands, including intrastate and isolated wetlands,
        are routinely filled to construct roads, parking lots,
        residential subdivisions, commercial buildings, solid waste
        landfills, and recreational and institutional facilities, all
        of which have a substantial relation to and effect on
        interstate commerce.
            (27) Activities that result in the discharge of pollutants
        into waters of the United States are commercial or economic in
        nature, including industrial production, transportation and
        infrastructure development, residential and commercial
        construction and site development, navigation, agriculture and
        silviculture, and resource extraction.
            (28) In enacting the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
        and its amendments, Congress recognized that--
                    (A) inconsistent State water pollution control laws
                are insufficient to protect the aquatic ecosystems of
                the United States; and
                    (B) uniform, minimum national water quality and
                aquatic ecosystem protection standards are essential to
                prevent incentives to lower environmental standards and
                allow businesses in States with less protective
                environmental standards to achieve greater profits, not
                only at the expense of the downstream public but also
                at the expense of businesses in States that impose more
                protective environmental standards.
            (29) States have the responsibility and right to prevent,
        reduce, and eliminate pollution of waters, and the Federal
        Water Pollution Control Act respects the rights and
        responsibilities of States by preserving for States the ability
        to manage permitting, grant, and research programs to prevent,
        reduce, and eliminate pollution, and to establish standards and
        programs more protective of a State's waters than is provided
        under Federal standards and programs.
            (30) Protecting the quality of and regulating activities
        affecting the waters of the United States is a necessary and
        proper means of implementing treaties to which the United
        States is a party, including treaties protecting species of
        fish, birds, and wildlife, such as--
                    (A) the Convention for the Protection of Migratory
                Birds in the United States and Canada, signed at
                Washington on August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702);
                    (B) the Convention for the Protection of Migratory
                Birds and Game Mammals, signed at Mexico City on
                February 7, 1936 (50 Stat. 1311); and
                    (C) the Convention on Nature Protection and
                Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, with
                an annex, opened for signature at the Pan American
                Union at Washington on October 12, 1940 (56 Stat.
                1354).
            (31) Protecting the quality of and regulating activities
        affecting the waters of the United States is a necessary and
        proper means of protecting Federal land, including hundreds of
        millions of acres of parkland, refuge land, and other land
        under Federal ownership and the wide array of waters
        encompassed by that land.
            (32) Protecting the quality of and regulating activities
        affecting the waters of the United States is necessary to
        protect Federal land and waters from discharges of pollutants
        and other forms of degradation.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To provide protection to waters of the United States to
        the fullest extent of the legislative authority of Congress
        under the Constitution, including the Commerce Clause, the
        Property Clause, the Treaty Clause, and the Necessary and
        Proper Clause of Articles I and IV of the Constitution.
            (2) To regulate activities affecting the waters of the
        United States, including intrastate and isolated waters.
            (3) To restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and
        biological integrity of the waters of the United States.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1362) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (7);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (23) as
        paragraphs (7) through (22), respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(23) Waters of the united states.--The term `waters of
        the United States' means all waters subject to the ebb and flow
        of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and
        intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes,
        rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats,
        sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows,
        playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the
        foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or
        activities affecting these waters, are subject to the
        legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.''.

SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``navigable waters of the United States''
        each place it appears and inserting ``waters of the United
        States'';
            (2) in section 304(l)(1) by striking ``navigable waters''
        in the heading and inserting ``waters of the united states'';
        and
            (3) by striking ``navigable waters'' each place it appears
        and inserting ``waters of the United States''.

Output: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The public has a right to know the benefits and costs
        of regulation. Effective regulatory programs provide important
        benefits to the public, including protecting the environment,
        worker safety, and human health. Regulations also impose
        significant costs on individuals, employers, and State, local,
        and tribal governments, diverting resources from other
        important priorities.
            (2) Better regulatory analysis and review should improve
        the quality of agency decisions, increasing the benefits and
        reducing unwarranted costs of regulation.
            (3) Disclosure and scrutiny of key information underlying
        agency decisions should make the Federal Government more
        accountable to the public it serves.

SEC. 3. REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSES FOR CERTAIN RULES.

    Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1532) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the
        following:

``SEC. 202. REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSES FOR CERTAIN RULES.'';

            (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
        (d) and (e), respectively;
            (3) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `cost' means the cost
of compliance and any reasonably foreseeable indirect costs, including
revenues lost, as a result of an agency rule subject to this section.
    ``(b) Regulatory Impact Analyses.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--Before promulgating any proposed or
        final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of
        $100,000,000 or more (adjusted for inflation), or that may
        result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal
        governments, in the aggregate, of $100,000,000 or more
        (adjusted for inflation) in any 1 year, the agency promulgating
        the rule shall prepare and publish in the Federal Register an
        initial and final regulatory impact analysis with respect to
        the rule.
            ``(2) Initial regulatory impact analysis.--An initial
        regulatory impact analysis required under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) accompany the notice of proposed rulemaking
                with respect to the rule that is the subject of the
                analysis; and
                    ``(B) be open to public comment.
            ``(3) Final regulatory impact analysis.--A final regulatory
        impact analysis required under paragraph (1) shall accompany
        the final rule that is the subject of the analysis.
    ``(c) Content.--Each initial and final regulatory impact analysis
prepared and published under subsection (b) shall include, with respect
to the rule that is the subject of the analysis--
            ``(1)(A) an analysis of the anticipated benefits and costs
        of the rule, which shall be quantified to the extent feasible;
            ``(B) an analysis of the benefits and costs of a reasonable
        number of regulatory alternatives within the range of the
        discretion of the agency under the statute authorizing the
        rule, including alternatives that--
                    ``(i) require no action by the Federal Government;
                and
                    ``(ii)(I) use incentives and market-based means to
                encourage the desired behavior;
                    ``(II) provide information based upon which the
                public can make choices; or
                    ``(III) employ other flexible regulatory options
                that permit the greatest flexibility in achieving the
                objectives of the statute authorizing the rule; and
            ``(C) an explanation of how the rule complies with the
        requirements of section 205;
            ``(2) an assessment of the extent to which--
                    ``(A) the costs to State, local, and tribal
                governments may be paid with Federal financial
                assistance (or otherwise paid for by the Federal
                Government); and
                    ``(B) Federal resources are available to carry out
                the rule;
            ``(3) estimates of--
                    ``(A) any disproportionate budgetary effects of the
                rule upon any particular--
                            ``(i) regions of the United States;
                            ``(ii) State, local, or tribal governments;
                            ``(iii) types of communities, including
                        urban or rural communities; or
                            ``(iv) segments of the private sector; and
                    ``(B) the effect of the rule on job creation or job
                loss, which shall be quantified to the extent feasible;
                and
            ``(4)(A) a description of the extent of the prior
        consultation of the agency under section 204 with elected
        representatives of each affected State, local, or tribal
        government;
            ``(B) a summary of the comments and concerns that were
        presented to the agency orally or in writing by State, local,
        or tribal governments; and
            ``(C) a summary of the evaluation by the agency of the
        comments and concerns described in subparagraph (B).'';
            (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking ``a
        statement under subsection (a) is required, the agency shall
        include in the promulgation a summary of the information
        contained in the statement'' and inserting ``an analysis under
        subsection (b) is required, the agency promulgating the rule
        shall include in the promulgation a summary of the information
        contained in the analysis''; and
            (5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking
        ``any statement required under subsection (a) in conjunction
        with or as a part of any other statement or analysis, provided
        that the statement or analysis satisfies the provisions of
        subsection (a)'' and inserting ``any analysis required under
        subsection (b) in conjunction with, or as a part of, any other
        statement or analysis if the other statement or analysis
        satisfies the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)''.

SEC. 4. LEAST BURDENSOME OPTION OR EXPLANATION REQUIRED.

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) is amended by striking section 205 (2 U.S.C. 1535) and
inserting the following:

``SEC. 205. LEAST BURDENSOME OPTION OR EXPLANATION REQUIRED.

    ``Before promulgating any proposed or final rule for which a
regulatory impact analysis is required under section 202, an agency
shall--
            ``(1) identify and consider a reasonable number of
        regulatory alternatives within the range of the discretion of
        the agency under the statute authorizing the rule, including
        the alternatives described in section 202(c)(1)(B); and
            ``(2) from the alternatives identified and considered under
        paragraph (1), select the least costly, most cost-effective, or
        least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of
        the statute.''.

SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF APPLICATION TO INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 421(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 658(1)) is amended by striking ``, but does not include
independent regulatory agencies''.
    (b) Exemption for Monetary Policy.--The Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 5 the following:

``SEC. 6. EXEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY.

    ``Nothing in title II, III, or IV shall apply to rules that concern
monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.''.

SEC. 6. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Title IV of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 is amended by
striking section 401 (2 U.S.C. 1571) and inserting the following:

``SEC. 401. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    ``(a) In General.--A person that is aggrieved by final agency
action in adopting a rule that is subject to section 202 is entitled to
judicial review of whether the agency complied with section 202(b),
202(c)(1), or 205 with respect to the rule.
    ``(b) Scope of Review.--Chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code,
shall govern the scope of judicial review under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Jurisdiction.--Each court that has jurisdiction to review a
rule for compliance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or
under any other provision of law, shall have jurisdiction to review a
claim brought under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Relief Available.--In granting relief in an action under this
section, a court shall order the agency that promulgated the rule that
is under review to take remedial action consistent with chapter 7 of
title 5, United States Code.''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.

Output: Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2017 This bill revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) make consideration of the least burdensome alternative to a rule mandatory and require the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) exempt from such requirements rules that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) expand judicial review of agency rulemaking.  The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend such Act's requirements to independent regulatory agencies.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of
2008''.

SEC. 2. SALES FROM 6-MONTH SUPPLY.

    Section 1928(d)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396s(d)(6)) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the
following: ``The Secretary may sell such quantities of vaccines from
such supply to public health departments or back to the vaccine
manufacturers as the Secretary determines appropriate. Proceeds
received from such sales shall be available to the Secretary only for
the purposes of procuring pediatric vaccine stockpiles under this
section and shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 3. ONE-YEAR NOTICE ON DISCONTINUING MANUFACTURE OF VACCINE.

    Subchapter A of chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 506C
the following section:

``SEC. 506D. DISCONTINUANCE OF VACCINE.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Notice to secretary.--A manufacturer of a vaccine
        approved by the Secretary shall notify the Secretary of a
        discontinuance of the manufacture of the vaccine at least 12
        months prior to the date of the discontinuance.
            ``(2) Director of centers for disease control and
        prevention.--Promptly after receiving a notice under paragraph
        (1), the Secretary shall inform the Director of the Centers for
        Disease Control and Prevention of the notice. Promptly after
        determining that a reduction under subsection (b) applies with
        respect to such a notice, the Secretary shall inform such
        Director of the reduction.
            ``(3) Relationship to separate notice program.--In the case
        of a vaccine that is approved by the Secretary and is a drug
        described in section 506C(a), this section applies to the
        vaccine in lieu of section 506C.
    ``(b) Reduction in Notification Period.--The notification period
required under subsection (a) for a manufacturer may be reduced if the
manufacturer certifies to the Secretary that good cause exists for the
reduction, such as a situation in which--
            ``(1) a public health problem may result from continuation
        of the manufacturing for the 12-month period;
            ``(2) a biomaterials shortage prevents the continuation of
        the manufacturing for the 12-month period;
            ``(3) a liability problem may exist for the manufacturer if
        the manufacturing is continued for the 12-month period;
            ``(4) continuation of the manufacturing for the 12-month
        period may cause substantial economic hardship for the
        manufacturer; or
            ``(5) the manufacturer has filed for bankruptcy under
        chapter 7 or 11 of title 11, United States Code.
    ``(c) Distribution.--To the maximum extent practicable, the
Secretary shall distribute information on the discontinuation of the
manufacture of vaccines to appropriate physician and patient
organizations.''.

SEC. 4. CERTAIN AUTHORITIES REGARDING INFLUENZA AND OTHER VACCINES.

    (a) Authorities.--Part B of title III of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 317A as section 317A-1; and
            (2) by inserting after section 317 the following section:

``SEC. 317A. CERTAIN AUTHORITIES REGARDING INFLUENZA AND OTHER
              VACCINES.

    ``(a) Declaration.--The Secretary may declare a public health
emergency if--
            ``(1) there is a shortage of an approved vaccine for an
        infectious disease; and
            ``(2) there is a significant risk of a significant outbreak
        of such disease.
    ``(b) Requirement.--If the Secretary publishes in the Federal
Register a declaration of a public health emergency under subsection
(a), each person who is a manufacturer or distributor of such vaccine
shall provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may
require with respect to the location of supplies of the vaccine,
including supplies in the possession of the person, supplies scheduled
to be received by the person, and supplies sold by the person. Any such
person who fails to comply with an order of the Secretary under the
preceding sentence is liable to the United States for a civil penalty
not exceeding $1,000 for each day for which the person is in violation
of the order.
    ``(c) Availability to States.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
        shall, at the request of a State, provide to the State
        information collected by the Secretary under subsection (b).
            ``(2) Restriction; confidentiality.--The Secretary may
        provide to a State information collected by the Secretary under
        subsection (b) only if the State agrees--
                    ``(A) to restrict its use of the information to
                facilitating access to vaccines; and
                    ``(B) to otherwise keep such information
                confidential.''.
    (b) Study on Reallocation of Vaccine.--Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall complete a study and submit a report to the
Congress on successful models and alternatives for tracking and
facilitating, in consultation with State and local health officials,
reallocation of vaccine at the local level in times of shortage or
emergency.

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Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 - Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell to public health departments or back to the manufacturers such quantities of the six-month supply of pediatric vaccines acquired for unanticipated needs as the Secretary determines appropriate. Makes proceeds of such sales available only for purposes of procuring pediatric vaccine stockpiles.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require: (1) a manufacturer of an approved vaccine to notify the Secretary 12 months prior to discontinuing manufacture of the vaccine, with exceptions; and (2) the Secretary, promptly after receiving such notice and after determining that a reduction applies, to inform the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to declare a public health emergency if there is: (1) a shortage of an approved vaccine for an infectious disease; and (2) a significant risk of a significant outbreak of such disease. Requires: (1) each manufacturer or distributor of such vaccine to then provide the Secretary with the location of vaccine supplies; and (2) the Secretary, upon request, to provide such information to a state, provided the state agrees to restrict use of the information to facilitating access to vaccines and to otherwise keep such information confidential.

Requires the Secretary to study successful models and alternatives for tracking and facilitating reallocation of vaccine at the local level in times of shortage or emergency.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Targeted Revenue Sharing
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Federal grants to State and local governments predate
        the Constitution. Early grants included land grants for public
        schools and universities. Later, Congress created financial
        grants to the States with matching requirements and conditions,
        including grants for highway construction, vocational
        education, public health, and maternity care.
            (2) During the Nixon Administration, the emphasis of
        Federal grants-in-aid programs was shifted from categorical
        grants to block grants and general revenue sharing, which sent
        funds to State and local governments with virtually no
        programmatic requirements. Revenue sharing is not a new or
        radical proposal.
            (3) Despite this long history of assistance to State and
        local governments, the Federal Government is not providing
        sufficient aid to the States in their current fiscal crisis.
        The State fiscal crisis is twice as severe as the crisis in the
        early 1990s, with States carrying fiscal year 2004 budget
        deficits totaling roughly $100,000,000,000. Yet continuing
        decreases in Federal taxes for the wealthiest Americans leave
        significantly fewer Federal revenues to help the States provide
        basic services for their residents.
            (4) To meet residents' needs, States have been forced to
        increase income, property, and sales taxes for middle-income
        and working families, in addition to raising taxes on
        businesses. States also have had to cut funding for health
        care, education, child care, public safety, and other programs.
        At least 18 States have planned or are considering cuts in
        spending on elementary and secondary education, resulting in
        shortened school years and teacher layoffs. Cuts in State aid
        have caused many colleges and universities to lay off faculty
        and raise tuition.
            (5) Federal spending for the war and occupation of Iraq is
        further straining the Federal Government's ability to aid the
        States, undermining financial assistance for education, public
        housing, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and
        other important programs.
            (6) Defense appropriations will grow rapidly and
        uncontrollably, continuing to crowd out spending for vital
        human needs at the Federal and State levels. Homeland security
        is directly threatened by cuts in police, fire, and hospital
        budgets.
            (7) The Federal Government must help the States to avert
        greater fiscal damage because it has more economic tools
        available than the States. Unlike the Federal Government, 49
        States have some form of a balanced budget requirement, forcing
        States to reduce expenditures, increase revenues, or use both
        of these options to close their budget gaps.
            (8) To live up to its historic obligations and provide
        relief at a time of economic disaster, the Federal Government
        immediately should enact a program of emergency targeted
        revenue sharing, with assistance for schools and education
        given first priority.

SEC. 3. EDUCATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATES AND THEIR LOCAL
              GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Appropriation.--There is authorized to be appropriated and is
appropriated to carry out this section $14,500,000,000 for fiscal year
2003, $12,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $12,500,000,000 for
fiscal year 2005.
    (b) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State
an amount equal to the amount allotted to the State under subsection
(c).
    (c) Allotments.--From the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)
for each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allot to each
of the States as follows, except that no State shall receive less than
\1/2\ of 1 percent of such amount:
            (1) State level.--50 percent shall be allotted among such
        States on the basis of the relative school-age population of
        each such State, as determined by the Secretary of the
        Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, on
        the basis of the most recent decennial census.
            (2) Local government level.--50 percent shall be allotted
        among such States as determined under paragraph (1) for
        distribution by the State to the various units of general local
        government within such States on the basis of the relative
        school-age population of each such unit within each such State,
        as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
        with the Secretary of Education, on the basis of the most
        recent decennial census.
    (d) Use of Funds by State and Local Governments.--Funds received
under this section may be used only for ordinary and necessary
maintenance and operating expenses, and ordinary and necessary capital
expenditures authorized by law, for primary, secondary, or higher
education.
    (e) Effective Date.--Not later than 45 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make
payments to States under this section for fiscal year 2003. The
Secretary of the Treasury shall make subsequent fiscal year payments
not later than one year following the prior fiscal year's payments
under this section.

SEC. 4. GENERAL REVENUE SHARING WITH STATES AND THEIR LOCAL
              GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Appropriation.--There is authorized to be appropriated and is
appropriated to carry out this section $14,500,000,000 for fiscal year
2003, $12,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $12,500,000,000 for
fiscal year 2005.
    (b) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State
an amount equal to the amount allotted to the State under subsection
(c).
    (c) Allotments.--From the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)
for each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allot to each
of the States as follows, except that no State shall receive less than
\1/2\ of 1 percent of such amount:
            (1) State level.--50 percent shall be allotted among such
        States on the basis of the relative population of each such
        State, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the
        basis of the most recent decennial census.
            (2) Local government level.--50 percent shall be allotted
        among such States as determined under paragraph (1) for
        distribution by the State to the various units of general local
        government within such States on the basis of the relative
        population of each such unit within each such State, as
        determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the
        most recent decennial census.
    (d) Effective Date.--Not later than 45 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make
payments to States under this section for fiscal year 2003. The
Secretary of the Treasury shall make subsequent fiscal year payments
not later than one year following the prior fiscal year's payments
under this section.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several
        States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
        Puerto Rico.
            (2) Unit of general local government.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``unit of general local
                government'' means--
                            (i) a county, parish, township, city, or
                        political subdivision of a county, parish,
                        township, or city, that is a unit of general
                        local government as determined by the Secretary
                        of Commerce for general statistical purposes;
                        and
                            (ii) the District of Columbia, the
                        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the recognized
                        governing body of an Indian tribe or Alaskan
                        native village that carries out substantial
                        governmental duties and powers.
                    (B) Treatment of subsumed areas.--For purposes of
                determining a unit of general local government under

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Emergency Targeted Revenue Sharing Act of 2003 - Authorizes and makes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2005 for financial assistance to States and their local governments for: (1) assistance for education; and (2) general revenue sharing.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make allotments of such funds to States, with 50 percent of such allotments to be distributed by States among their local governments. Bases the amount of a State's allotment and of a local government's share upon relative: (1) school-age population, in the case of education assistance; and (2) general population, in the case of general revenue sharing.


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SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF GOODS EXPORTED FOR MODIFICATION AND REIMPORTED.

    (a) Textile and Apparel Goods.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 98 of the
        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by
        inserting in numerical sequence the following subheading, with
        the article description having the same degree of indentation
        as the article description for subheading 9802.00.60:

``       9802.00.70       Textile and apparel  A duty upon the      Free (CL, CO, IL,    A duty upon the      ''
                           goods classifiable   full value of the    JO, KR, P, PA, PE,   full value of the    .
                           under chapter 61,    imported article,    SG)                  imported article,
                           except goods of      less the cost or    A duty upon the       less the cost or
                           heading 9802.00.90   value of             full value of the    value of
                           and goods imported   materials,           imported article,    materials,
                           under provisions     including thread,    less the cost or     including thread,
                           of subchapter XIX    yarn, fabric, or     value of             yarn, fabric, or
                           or XX of this        components the       materials,           components the
                           chapter, if          product of the       including thread,    product of the
                           exported for         United States and    yarn, fabric, or     United States and
                           further processing   provided for under   components the       provided for under
                                                any of headings      product of the       any of headings
                                                5106 through 5110,   United States and    5106 through 5110,
                                                5204 through 5207,   provided for under   5204 through 5207,
                                                5306 through 5308,   any of headings      5306 through 5308,
                                                5401 through 5406,   5106 through 5110,   5401 through 5406,
                                                or 5508 through      5204 through 5207,   or 5508 through
                                                5511, or chapter     5306 through 5308,   5511, or chapter
                                                60 or 61 (see U.S.   5401 through 5406,   60 or 61 (see U.S.
                                                note 4 of this       or 5508 through      note 4 of this
                                                subchapter)          5511, or chapter     subchapter)
                                                                     60 or 61 (see U.S.
                                                                     note 4 of this
                                                                     subchapter) (AU,
                                                                     B, BH, C, CA, E,
                                                                     MA, MX, OM)
                                                                    Free, for products
                                                                     described in U.S.
                                                                     note 7 to this
                                                                     subchapter
                                                                    Free, for
                                                                     qualifying
                                                                     articles from sub-
                                                                     Saharan African
                                                                     countries
                                                                     enumerated in U.S.
                                                                     note 7 to this
                                                                     subchapter

            (2) Conforming amendment.--U.S. note 4 to subchapter II of
        chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
        States is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (a), by
        inserting ``and subheading 9802.00.70'' after ``9802.00.90''.
    (b) Commingling of Fungible Goods Exported for Repairs or
Alterations.--U.S. note 3 to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by adding at
the end the following:
    ``(e) For purposes of subheadings 9802.00.40 and 9802.00.50, if an
article is exported from the United States for the purpose of repairing
or altering the article and the article is subsequently imported into
the United States--
            ``(1) the article shall be considered to be the same
        article that was exported without regard to whether the article
        contains 1 or more components recovered from an identical or
        similar article that was also exported from the United States;
        and
            ``(2) the cost or value of any such components shall not be
        included in the value of the article when the article enters
        the United States.''.
    (c) Articles Previously Imported.--
            (1) Duty treatment.--The article description for heading
        9801.00.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
        States is amended to read as follows: ``Articles, previously
        imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such
        previous importation or which were imported previously free of
        duty, if (1) reimported, without having been advanced in value
        or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other
        means while abroad, after having been exported under lease or
        similar use agreements, bailment agreements, or for
        warehousing, repackaging, or both, and (2) reimported by or for
        the account of the person who imported it into, and exported it
        from, the United States.''.
            (2) Commingling of fungible goods.--The U.S. notes to
        subchapter I of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
        the United States are amended by adding at the end the
        following new note:
    ``3.(a) For purposes of heading 9801.00.20--
            ``(i) fungible goods exported from the United States may be
        commingled, and
            ``(ii) the origin, value, and classification of such goods
        may be accounted for using an inventory management method.
    ``(b) If a person chooses to use an inventory management method
under paragraph (a) with respect to fungible goods, the person shall
use the same inventory management method for any goods with respect to
which the person claims fungibility.
    ``(c) For purposes of this note--
            ``(i) the term `fungible good' means any good that is
        commercially interchangeable with another good and that has
        properties that are essentially identical to the properties of
        another good; and
            ``(ii) the term `inventory management method' means any
        method for managing inventory that is based on generally
        accepted accounting principles.''.
    (d) Use of Manufacturer's Identification Code for Textile and
Apparel Products.--The U.S. notes to chapter 98 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States are amended by adding at the end
the following new note:
    ``4. For textile and apparel products classified in subchapter I or
II of this chapter, the manufacturer's identification code (MID) of the
facility that repairs, alters, assembles, processes, stores, or
otherwise handles the products may be used on any customs entry
documentation or electronic data transmission that requires
identification of the manufacturer.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the amendments made by
this Act shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
    (b) Retroactive Application.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff
        Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, and
        subject to paragraph (2), the entry of any good--
                    (A) that was liquidated or made on or after January
                9, 2008, and before the 15th day after the date of the
                enactment of this Act, and
                    (B) with respect to which there would have been no
                duty if the amendment made by section 1(c)(1) applied
                to such entry,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such amendment
        applied to such entry.
            (2) Requests.--A liquidation or reliquidation may be made
        under paragraph (1) with respect to an entry only if a request
        therefor is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection
        before the later of the 180th day after the date of the
        enactment of this Act or the 180th day after the date of
        liquidation of the entry, that contains sufficient information
        to enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection--
                    (A) to locate the entry; or
                    (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be
                located.
            (3) Payment of amounts owed.--Any amount owed by the United
        States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry
        of an article under paragraph (1) shall be paid, without
        interest, not later than 90 days after the date of the
        liquidation or reliquidation (as the case may be).
            (4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``entry''
        includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.

Output: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to prescribe requirements for the duty treatment of certain textile and apparel goods exported for processing abroad and subsequently reimported into the United States. Revises requirements granting duty-free treatment of previously imported articles, for which a duty was paid or where no duty was paid, if:  reimported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad, after having been exported under bailment agreements or for warehousing, repackaging, or both; and  (as under current law) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported it into, and exported it from, the United States.  Declares that, with respect to the duty imposed on the value of repairs or alterations made abroad to articles and subsequently imported into the United States:   the article shall be considered to be the same article that was exported without regard to whether it contains one or more components recovered from an identical or similar article that was also exported from the United States, and the cost or value of any such components shall not be included in the value of the article when it enters the United States.  Permits, with respect to such articles, the commingling of fungible goods exported from the United States, as well as use of an inventory management method to account for the origin, value, and classification of such goods. Permits use of the manufacturer's identification (MID) code of the facility that repairs, alters, assembles, processes, stores, or otherwise handles the textile and apparel goods on any customs entry documentations or electronic data transmissions.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``SCORE (Strengthening Community
Opportunities through Rural Education) Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established in the Department of Education an advisory
committee to be known as the ``National Advisory Committee on Rural
Education'' (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Advisory
Committee'').

SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS.

    The Advisory Committee shall study the unique challenges faced by
rural public school systems in providing elementary and secondary
education, including whether and how any of the following factors
affect those unique challenges:
            (1) Difficulty in attracting and retaining new teachers.
            (2) Deficient or inadequate school facilities and
        infrastructure.
            (3) Deficient or inadequate transportation infrastructure.
            (4) Difficulty in effectively incorporating information
        technology.
            (5) Decreasing number of recent postsecondary graduates
        returning to rural communities.
            (6) Limited and varied levels of funding.

SEC. 4. COMPOSITION.

    (a) In General.--The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 21
members who shall serve for the life of the Advisory Committee.
    (b) Chair.--The Secretary of Education (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') or the designee of the Secretary
shall be a member of the Advisory Committee and shall serve as the
chair of the Advisory Committee.
    (c) Secretary of Agriculture.--The Secretary of Agriculture or the
designee of the Secretary of Agriculture shall be a member of the
Advisory Committee.
    (d) Appointed Members.--
            (1) The chair shall appoint the other 19 members in a
        manner that ensures that the membership of the Advisory
        Committee is fairly balanced in terms of the points of view
        represented and the functions to be performed by the Advisory
        Committee.
            (2) Such members shall be selected from among experts on
        rural public school systems. For the purposes of this
        paragraph, the term ``experts on rural public school systems''
        means any of the following:
                    (A) Teachers from such school systems.
                    (B) Administrators from such school systems.
                    (C) Members of school boards for such school
                systems.
                    (D) Other individuals with experience or
                qualifications that the Secretary determines relevant.
            (3) Not less than 1 member shall be an individual with
        expertise on incorporating and expanding the role of
        information technology in providing education in rural public
        school systems.
            (4) Not less than 1 member shall be an individual who is
        not a full-time or permanent part-time officer or employee of
        the Federal Government.
            (5) The chair shall fill a vacancy on the Advisory
        Committee in the same manner in which the original appointment
        was made.

SEC. 5. BYLAWS AND PROCEDURES.

    (a) Meetings.--The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of a
majority of the members of the Advisory Committee.
    (b) Quorum.--Eleven members of the Advisory Committee shall
constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
    (c) Members Not To Be Considered Federal Officers or Employees.--By
reason of their service on the Advisory Committee, members of the
Committee shall not be considered to be officers or employees of the
Federal Government for purposes of any Federal law.
    (d) Travel Expenses.--Each member may receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 6. POWERS.

    (a) In General.--The Advisory Committee may, for the purpose of
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places,
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Advisory Committee
determines appropriate.
    (b) Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the Advisory
Committee may, if authorized by the Advisory Committee, take any action
that the Advisory Committee is authorized to take by this section.
    (c) Mails.--The Advisory Committee may use the United States mails
in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments
and agencies of the United States.
    (d) Contracts.--To the extent or in the amounts provided in advance
in appropriation Acts, the Advisory Committee may contract with and
compensate government and private agencies or persons for supplies or
services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. The
Advisory Committee may not enter into a contract if the terms of the
contract extend beyond the date the Advisory Committee terminates.

SEC. 7. STAFF.

    On request of the Advisory Committee, the Secretary of Education
shall detail, on a reimbursable basis, not more than 4 personnel of the
Department of Education to the Advisory Committee to assist the
Advisory Committee in carrying out this Act.

SEC. 8. REPORT.

    Two times each year, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the
Congress and the President and publish a report that--
            (1) identifies the unique challenges faced by rural public
        school systems in providing elementary and secondary education;
        and
            (2) makes policy recommendations on a national effort to
        reform rural education by addressing or overcoming those
        challenges.

SEC. 9. TERMINATION.

    The Advisory Committee shall terminate on the date that is 2 years
after the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to remain
available for the life of the Advisory Committee, such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this Act.

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SCORE (Strengthening Community Opportunities through Rural Education) Act of 2009 - Establishes, in the Department of Education, the National Advisory Committee on Rural Education to study, and make policy recommendations for overcoming, the unique challenges faced by rural public elementary and secondary school systems, including: (1) difficulties in recruiting and retaining teachers; (2) deficient or inadequate school or transportation facilities; (3) difficulties in effectively incorporating information technology; (4) dwindling numbers of recent postsecondary graduates returning to rural communities; and (5) limited and varied levels of funding.

Requires the Secretary of Education or the Secretary's designee to appoint Advisory Committee members from among experts on rural public school systems.