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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Graduate Medical Education Trust
Fund Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. TEACHING HOSPITAL AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following title:

  ``TITLE XXI--TEACHING HOSPITAL AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TRUST
                                  FUND

                    ``Part A--Establishment of Fund

``SEC. 2101. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a fund to be known as the Teaching Hospital and Graduate
Medical Education Trust Fund (in this title referred to as the `Fund'),
consisting of amounts transferred to the Fund under subsection (c),
amounts appropriated to the Fund pursuant to subsections (d) and
(e)(3), and such gifts and bequests as may be deposited in the Fund
pursuant to subsection (f). Amounts in the Fund are available until
expended.
    ``(b) Expenditures From Fund.--Amounts in the Fund are available to
the Secretary for making payments under section 2111.
    ``(c) Transfers to Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the Federal Hospital Insurance
        Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
        Trust Fund, the Secretary shall, for fiscal year 1998 and each
        subsequent fiscal year, transfer to the Fund an amount
        determined by the Secretary for the fiscal year involved in
        accordance with paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Determination of amounts.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the amount determined under this paragraph for a fiscal
        year is an estimate by the Secretary of an amount equal to 75
        percent of the difference between--
                    ``(A) the nationwide total of the amounts that
                would have been paid under section 1876 during the year
                but for the operation of subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii)(II)
                of such section; and
                    ``(B) the nationwide total of the amounts paid
                under such section during the year.
            ``(3) Allocation between medicare trust funds.--In
        providing for a transfer under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year,
        the Secretary shall provide for an allocation of the amounts
        involved between part A and part B of title XVIII (and the
        trust funds established under the respective parts) as
        reasonably reflects the proportion of payments for the indirect
        costs of medical education and direct graduate medical
        education costs of hospitals associated with the provision of
        services under each respective part.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 1997 through 2003.
    ``(e) Investment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
        invest such amounts of the Fund as such Secretary determines
        are not required to meet current withdrawals from the Fund.
        Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing
        obligations of the United States. For such purpose, such
        obligations may be acquired on original issue at the issue
        price, or by purchase of outstanding obligations at the market
        price.
            ``(2) Sale of obligations.--Any obligation acquired by the
        Fund may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury at the market
        price.
            ``(3) Availability of income.--Any interest derived from
        obligations acquired by the Fund, and proceeds from any sale or
        redemption of such obligations, are hereby appropriated to the
        Fund.
    ``(f) Acceptance of Gifts and Bequests.--The Fund may accept on
behalf of the United States money gifts and bequests made
unconditionally to the Fund for the benefit of the Fund or any activity
financed through the Fund.

                ``Part B--Payments to Teaching Hospitals

``SEC. 2111. FORMULA PAYMENTS TO TEACHING HOSPITALS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of each teaching hospital that in
accordance with subsection (b) submits to the Secretary a payment
document for fiscal year 1997 or any subsequent fiscal year, the
Secretary shall make payments for the year to the teaching hospital for
the direct and indirect costs of operating approved medical residency
training programs. Such payments shall be made from the Fund, and shall
be made in accordance with a formula established by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Payment Document.--For purposes of subsection (a), a payment
document is a document containing such information as may be necessary
for the Secretary to make payments under such subsection to a teaching
hospital for a fiscal year. The document is submitted in accordance
with this subsection if the document is submitted not later than the
date specified by the Secretary, and the document is in such form and
is made in such manner as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may
require that information under this subsection be submitted to the
Secretary in periodic reports.''.
    (b) Adjustments in Medicare Payments.--
            (1) Removal of medical education and disproportionate share
        hospital payments from calculation of adjusted average per
        capita cost.--Section 1876(a)(1)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395mm(a)(1)(C)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(C) The annual'' and inserting
                ``(C)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the annual'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``(ii) In determining the average annual per capita rate of payment
for a year (beginning with 1998), such rate shall be determined as
though the Secretary had excluded from such rate any amounts which the
Secretary estimated would have been payable under this title during the
year for--
            ``(I) payment adjustments under section 1886(d)(5)(F) for
        hospitals serving a disproportionate share of low-income
        patients; and
            ``(II) the indirect costs of medical education under
        section 1886(d)(5)(B) or for direct graduate medical education
        costs under section 1886(h).''.
            (2) Payments to hospitals of amounts attributable to dsh.--
        Section 1886 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) is amended by
        adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) In addition to amounts paid under subsection (d)(5)(F),
the Secretary is authorized to pay hospitals which are eligible for
such payments for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1998)
supplemental amounts that do not exceed the limit provided for in
paragraph (2).
    ``(2) The sum of the aggregate amounts paid pursuant to paragraph
(1) for a fiscal year shall not exceed the Secretary's estimate of 75
percent of the amount of reductions in payments under section 1876 that
are attributable to the operation of subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii)(I) of
such section during such fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--There is established within the Department of
Health and Human Services an advisory council to be known as the
National Advisory Council on Postgraduate Medical Education (in this
section referred to as the ``Council'').
    (b) Duties.--The Council shall provide advice to the Secretary on
appropriate policies for making payments for the support of
postgraduate medical education in order to assure an adequate supply of
physicians trained in various specialities, consistent with the health
care needs of the United States.
    (c) Composition.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall appoint to the Council
        15 individuals who are not officers or employees of the United
        States. Such individuals shall include not less than 1
        individual from each of the following categories of individuals
        or entities:
                    (A) Organizations representing consumers of health
                care services.
                    (B) Physicians who are faculty members of medical
                schools, or who supervise approved physician training
                programs.
                    (C) Physicians in private practice who are not
                physicians described in subparagraph (B).
                    (D) Practitioners in public health.
                    (E) Advanced-practice nurses.
                    (F) Other health professionals who are not
                physicians.
                    (G) Medical schools.
                    (I) Teaching hospitals.
                    (J) The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical
                Education.
                    (K) The American Board of Medical Specialities.
                    (L) The Council on Postdoctoral Training of the
                American Osteopathic Association.
                    (M) The Council on Podiatric Medical Education of
                the American Podiatric Medical Association.
            (2) Requirements regarding representative membership.--To
        the greatest extent feasible, the membership of the Council
        shall represent the various geographic regions of the United
        States, shall reflect the racial, ethnic, and gender
        composition of the population of the United States, and shall
        be broadly representative of medical schools and teaching
        hospitals in the United States.
            (3) Ex officio members; other federal officers or
        employees.--The membership of the Council shall include
        individuals designated by the Secretary to serve as members of
        the Council from among Federal officers or employees who are
        appointed by the President, or by the Secretary (or by other
        Federal officers who are appointed by the President with the
        advice and consent of the Senate). Individuals designated under
        the preceding sentence shall include each of the following
        officials (or a designee of the official):
                    (A) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
                    (B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
                    (C) The Secretary of Defense.
    (d) Chair.--The Secretary shall, from among members of the Council
appointed under subsection (c)(1), designate an individual to serve as
the chair of the Council.
    (e) Termination.--The Council terminates December 31, 2000.

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Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund Act of 1996 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXI (Teaching Hospital and Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund), which establishes in the Treasury the Teaching Hospital and Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund for formula payments to teaching hospitals for the direct and indirect costs of operating approved medical residency training programs.  Authorizes appropriations.
Provides for certain adjustments in Medicare payments under SSA title XVIII, removing medical education and disproportionate share hospital payments from calculation of adjusted average per capita cost.
Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a National Advisory Council on Postgraduate Medical Education to advise the Secretary on appropriate policies for making postgraduate medical education support payments in order to assure an adequate supply of physicians trained in various specialties, consistent with the health care needs of the United States.


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SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TRANSIT OPERATING ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 5307(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended as
follows:
            (1) In paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``, or an
                urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000 if
                the State or regional authority providing public
                transportation for the area operates less than 100
                buses in fixed-route service in the area during peak
                service hours'' after ``200,000'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as
                subparagraphs (J) and (K), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the
                following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(E) operating costs of equipment and facilities
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area
                with a population of 200,000 or more, but not more than
                400,000, if the State or regional authority providing
                public transportation for the area operates at least
                100 buses in fixed-route service in the area during
                peak service hours;
                    ``(F) operating costs of equipment and facilities
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area
                with a population of 400,000 or more, but not more than
                600,000;
                    ``(G) operating costs of equipment and facilities
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area
                with a population of 600,000 or more, but not more than
                800,000;
                    ``(H) operating costs of equipment and facilities
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area
                with a population of 800,000 or more, but not more than
                1,000,000;
                    ``(I) operating costs of equipment and facilities
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area
                with a population of 1,000,000 or more;''.
            (2) By redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3).
            (3) By inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Limitations on certain grants established under
        paragraph (1).--
                    ``(A) With respect to a grant made under paragraph
                (1)(E), not more than 50 percent of the funds available
                to carry out this section shall be made available for
                such grant.
                    ``(B) With respect to a grant made under paragraph
                (1)(F), not more than 45 percent of the funds available
                to carry out this section shall be made available for
                such grant.
                    ``(C) With respect to a grant made under paragraph
                (1)(G), not more than 40 percent of the funds available
                to carry out this section shall be made available for
                such grant.
                    ``(D) With respect to a grant made under paragraph
                (1)(H), not more than 35 percent of the funds available
                to carry out this section shall be made available for
                such grant.
                    ``(E) With respect to a grant made under paragraph
                (1)(I), not more than 30 percent of the funds available
                to carry out this section shall be made available for
                such grant.''.
            (4) By amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Conditional use of funds in an urbanized area with a
        population of at least 200,000.--
                    ``(A) In addition to the grants available under
                subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), and
                (K) of paragraph (1), the Secretary may award grants,
                from funds made available to carry out this section for
                each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015, to finance
                the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use
                in public transportation in an urbanized area with a
                population of at least 200,000, if the designated
                recipient's percentage of revenue for the operating
                cost of equipment and facilities for use in public
                transportation from non-Federal sources, excluding
                farebox revenue, is greater than such revenue from the
                previous fiscal year. The amount available for a grant
                under this paragraph shall not exceed the percentage of
                such increase.
                    ``(B) In addition to the grants made available
                under subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J),
                and (K) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) of this
                paragraph, the Secretary may award grants, from funds
                made available to carry out this section for each of
                the fiscal years 2010 through 2015, to finance the
                operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in
                public transportation in an urbanized area with a
                population of 200,000 or more, if the designated
                recipient was awarded a grant under the Transit
                Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction
                program, authorized under the American Recovery and
                Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-105; 123 Stat.
                209), and demonstrates that such recipient has
                achieved--
                            ``(i) a minimum 10 percent total energy
                        savings as a result of the project funded by
                        the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and
                        Energy Reduction grant;
                            ``(ii) a minimum 10 percent energy savings
                        as a percentage of the total energy usage of
                        the public transit agency as a result of the
                        project; or
                            ``(iii) a minimum 10 percent total
                        greenhouse gas emission reduction as a result
                        of the project.
                    ``(C) Not less than 10 percent of the funds
                available to carry out this section shall be made
                available for the grants under subparagraph (B).''.

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Expands the urbanized area formula grants program to include public transit projects: (1) in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000, and urbanized areas with a population of between 200,000 and 400,000, if the state or regional authority that provides public transportation for the area operates less than 100 buses in fixed-route service in the area during peak service hours; and (2) in urbanized areas with graduated populations of between 400,000 and capping out at 1 million or more. Establishes certain grant limits for such projects.

Revises grant eligibility requirements for FY2010-FY2015 for such projects in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Service Study Act of
2012''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDIES.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act
as the ``Secretary'') shall conduct special resource studies of--
            (1) the Kau Coast, on the island of Hawaii;
            (2) on request of the Government of the Commonwealth of the
        Northern Mariana Islands, the island of Rota in the
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
            (3)(A) sites in the State of Alaska associated with the
        forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega,
        and Biorka around Unalaska Island, and Attu on Attu Island
        during World War II; and
            (B) the 5 relocation sites in the State of Alaska at Funter
        Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake, and the Wrangell
        Institute;
            (4) World War II Japanese American Relocation Center sites,
        including--
                    (A) Gila River and Poston sites in the State of
                Arizona;
                    (B) Grenada in the State of Colorado;
                    (C) Heart Mountain in the State of Wyoming;
                    (D) Jerome and Rohwer sites in the State of
                Arkansas; and
                    (E) Topaz in the State of Utah;
            (5) American Latino Sites in the San Luis Valley and
        Central Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the States of Colorado
        and New Mexico;
            (6) the town of Goldfield and outlying mining sites in the
        State of Nevada;
            (7) the Hudson River Valley in the State of New York;
            (8) the Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, at which
        African-American casts and crews were used in the production of
        silent films;
            (9) the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in the State of Alabama;
        and
            (10) Galveston Bay in the State of Texas.
    (b) Contents.--In conducting the studies under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall--
            (1) evaluate the national significance of--
                    (A) the sites; and
                    (B) the areas surrounding the sites;
            (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of
        designating 1 or more of the sites as units of the National
        Park System;
            (3) consider other alternatives for preservation,
        protection, and interpretation of the sites by the Federal,
        State or local governmental entities or private and nonprofit
        organizations;
            (4) consult with interested Federal, State, or local
        governmental entities, private and nonprofit organizations, or
        any other interested individuals; and
            (5) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition,
        development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance
        associated with the alternatives considered under paragraph
        (3).
    (c) Applicable Law.--The studies required under subsection (a)
shall be conducted in accordance with section 8 of the National Park
System General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a-5).

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY UPDATES.

    (a) Studies.--The Secretary shall update the following studies:
            (1) The study authorized by section 326(b)(3)(N) of the
        National Park Service Studies Act of 1999 (as enacted in title
        III of Appendix C of Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1501A-195)
        relating to World War II Sites, Republic of Palau.
            (2) The 1979 study entitled ``Vermejo Ranch, New Mexico/
        Colorado: Study of Management Options''.
    (b) Contents.--In updating the studies under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall--
            (1) determine whether conditions have changed to justify
        designation of the site as a unit of the National Park System;
            (2) consider other alternatives for preservation,
        protection, and interpretation of the site by Federal, State,
        or local governmental entities or private and nonprofit
        organizations;
            (3) consult with other interested Federal, State, or local
        governmental entities, private and nonprofit organizations, or
        any other interested individuals; and
            (4) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition,
        development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance
        associated with the alternatives considered under paragraph
        (2).

SEC. 4. BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN THE NATIONAL PARKS STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of alternatives for
commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the
early years of the National Parks.
    (b) Contents.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall--
            (1) complete a historical assessment of the Buffalo
        Soldiers that served in National Parks in the years before the
        establishment of the National Park Service;
            (2) evaluate the suitability and feasibility of
        establishing a national historic trail commemorating the route
        traveled by the Buffalo Soldiers from the post of the Buffalo
        Soldiers in the Presidio of San Francisco to Sequoia and
        Yosemite National Parks and any other National Parks at which
        the Buffalo Soldiers may have served;
            (3) identify properties relating to the Buffalo Soldiers
        that could satisfy--
                    (A) the criteria for listing in the National
                Register of Historic Places; or
                    (B) the criteria for designation as a National
                Historic Landmark; and
            (4) evaluate appropriate ways to enhance historical
        research, education, interpretation, and public awareness of
        the story of the stewardship role of the Buffalo Soldiers in
        the National Parks, including ways to link the story to the
        development of National Parks and the story of African-American
        military service following the Civil War.

SEC. 5. RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH STUDY THEME STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a national historic
landmark theme study (referred to in this section as the ``theme
study'') to identify sites and resources in the southern United States
that are significant to the Reconstruction era.
    (b) Contents.--The theme study shall include recommendations for
commemorating and interpreting sites and resources identified by the
theme study, including recommendations for--
            (1) sites for which new national historic landmarks should
        be nominated; and
            (2) sites for which further study for potential inclusion
        in the National Park System is needed.

SEC. 6. CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BOUNDARY EXPANSION STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the
suitability and feasibility of including in the boundary of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (referred to in this
section as the ``recreation area'') approximately 45 miles of the
Chattahoochee River and land along the river corridor from the southern
boundary of the recreation area south to the junction of Coweta, Heard,
and Carroll Counties (referred to in this section as the ``study
area'').
    (b) Contents.--The study authorized under this section shall
include an analysis of--
            (1) significant resources or opportunities for public
        enjoyment within the study area relating to the purposes of the
        recreation area;
            (2) operational and management issues that need to be
        considered if the study area is included within the recreation
        area;
            (3) protection of resources within the study area critical
        to fulfilling the purposes of the recreation area;
            (4) the feasibility of administering the study area as part
        of the recreation area, taking into account--
                    (A) the size, configuration, and ownership of the
                study area;
                    (B) costs relating to the administration of the
                study area; and
                    (C) any other factors that the Secretary determines
                to be appropriate; and
            (5) the adequacy of other alternatives for management and
        protection of resources within the study area.

SEC. 7. REPORT.

    Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are first made
available for each study authorized under this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate a report that describes--
            (1) the results of the applicable study; and
            (2) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary
        with respect to the area studied.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.

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National Park Service Study Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) on request, the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska associated with the forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island during World War II; (4) the five relocation sites in Alaska at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake and the Wrangell Institute; (5) specified World War II Japanese American Relocation Center sites; (6) American Latino sites in the San Luis Valley and Central Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Colorado and New Mexico; (7) the town of Goldfield and outlying mining sites in Nevada; (8) the Hudson River Valley in New York; (9) the Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, at which African-American casts and crews were used in the production of silent films; (10) the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in Alabama; and (11) Galveston Bay in Texas.

Requires updates of: (1) the study authorized by the National Park Service Studies Act of 1999 relating to World War II sites, Republic of Palau; and (2) the 1979 study entitled "Vermejo Ranch, New Mexico/Colorado: Study of Management Options."

Directs the Secretary to: (1) study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, (2) conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources in the southern United States that are significant to the Reconstruction era, and (3) study the feasibility of including 45 miles of the Chattahoochee River and land along the river corridor within the boundary of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area located in Georgia.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep the Colorado River Clean Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF OIL SHALE RESERVE.

    Section 3405 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 7420 note) is amended to read as
follows:

``SEC. 3405. TRANSFER OF OIL SHALE RESERVE NUM-
              BERED 2.

    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `NOSR-2' means Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2,
        as identified on a map on file in the Office of the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            ``(2) The term `Tribe' means the Ute Indian Tribe of the
        Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.
    ``(b) Conveyance.--The United States hereby conveys to the Tribe,
subject to valid existing rights in effect on the day before the
enactment of this section, all Federal lands within the exterior
boundaries of NOSR-2 in fee simple, both surface and mineral rights,
without retaining any management authority over the conveyed lands or
tribal activities thereon, but reserving to the United States each of
the following:
            ``(1) A 9 percent royalty interest in the value of any oil,
        gas, other hydrocarbons, and all other minerals produced,
        saved, and sold, from the conveyed lands, the payments to be
        made by the Tribe or its designee to the Secretary of Energy
        when produced, saved, or sold during the period minerals are
        being extracted.
            ``(2) That portion of the bed of Green River contained
        entirely within NOSR-2 as depicted on the map entitled
        `Boundary Map, ...........'', numbered ____, and dated ____.
        The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in
        the offices of the Department of the Interior.
            ``(3) The lands, including surface and mineral rights, to
        the west of the Green River within NOSR-2, as depicted on the
        map referred to in paragraph (2).
            ``(4) A \1/4\ mile scenic easement on the east side of the
        Green River within NOSR-2. Such easement shall not affect the
        right of the Tribe to obtain, use, and maintain access to, the
        river through the use of the existing road within the easement
        (as depicted on the map referred to in paragraph (2)).
The lands conveyed to the Tribe under this subsection shall not revert
to the United States for management in trust status.
    ``(c) Withdrawals.--All existing withdrawals on NOSR-2 are hereby
revoked.
    ``(d) Administration of Reserved Lands, Interests in Lands.--The
Secretary of the Interior shall administer the lands and interests in
lands reserved from conveyance in subsection (b)(2) and (3) of this
section under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and shall
prepare and submit to Congress a land use plan for the management of
these lands and interests in lands within three years after the
enactment of this subsection. There is authorized to the Secretary of
the Interior such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
subsection.
    ``(e) Royalty.--
            ``(1) Payment of royalty.--The Tribe shall pay the royalty
        interest reserved from conveyance in subsection (b)(1) of this
        section free of all development, production, marketing, and
        operating expenses. The United States shall bear and pay gross
        production taxes, pipeline taxes, and allocation taxes assessed
        against the gross production.
            ``(2) Reports.--The Tribe shall report annually to the
        Secretary of Energy and to Congress on its resource development
        and other activities concerning the property transferred.
            ``(3) Financial audit.--The Tribe shall submit every 5
        years to a financial audit, conducted in accordance with
        generally accepted accounting practices, of its resource
        development activities concerning the property transferred,
        with the first audit taking place 5 years after the date of
transfer and the results of each audit being included in the next
annual report after completion of the audit.
    ``(f) River Management.--The Tribe shall manage, fully under Tribal
jurisdiction and pursuant to ordinances adopted by the Tribe, its lands
adjacent to, and within \1/4\ mile of, the Green River in a protected
status and in a manner consistent with the provisions contained in a
government-to-government agreement and in the memorandum of
understanding entitled memorandum of understanding dated February 11,
2000, as agreed to by the Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior. Such
ordinances adopted by the Tribe shall not impair, limit, or otherwise
restrict the management and use of other lands adjacent to the Green
River that are not under or subject to the Tribe's jurisdiction or
control. The ordinances adopted by the Tribe and referenced in the
government-to-government agreement may not be repealed or amended
without the written approval of both the Tribe and the Secretary of the
Interior.
    ``(g) Plant Species.--The Tribe shall protect, pursuant to
ordinances adopted by the Tribe, any plant species listed by the
Federal Government as endangered or threatened that is located on or
found on the NOSR-2 lands conveyed to the Tribe in a manner consistent
with the then current levels of legal protection, and this protection
shall be performed fully under tribal jurisdiction and in accordance
with a government-to-government agreement between the Tribe and the
Secretary of the Interior.
    ``(h) Horses.--The Tribe shall manage the horses not owned by the
Tribe or tribal members that are located or found on the NOSR-2 lands
conveyed to the Tribe in a manner consistent with then current Federal
protections granted such animals: Provided, That the management,
control, and protection of such horses will be performed fully under
tribal jurisdiction and in accordance with a government-to-government
agreement between the Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior.
    ``(i) Remedial Action at Site Near Moab.--(1) Within one year after
the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Energy shall prepare
a plan to commence, within one year following preparation of the plan,
remedial action, including groundwater restoration, at the uranium
milling site near Moab, Utah, in accordance with section 102(a)(4) of
the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
7912(a)), as amended by section 3 of this Act. The Secretary shall
limit the amounts expended in carrying out this remedical action to
amounts specifically appropriated for the remedial action in an
appropriations Act and other amounts available for that purpose under
this subsection.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Energy shall retain the amounts received as
royalties under subsection (e)(1) of 3405 of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 7420
note), and such amounts shall be available, without further
appropriation to carry out the remedial action referred to in paragraph
(1). Upon completion of such remedial action, all such royalty amounts
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury. There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out
the remedial action referred to in paragraph (1) such additional sums
as may be necessary.
    ``(3) If the uranium milling site referred to in paragraph (1) is
sold after the Secretary of Energy's remedial action referred to in
paragraph (1) is completed, the seller shall transfer to the Secretary
of Energy, for deposit into the miscellaneous receipts account of the
Treasury, the portion of the sale price that the Secretary determines
results from the enhancement of the value of the site attributable to
the remedial action. The Secretary's determination shall be based upon
appraisals conducted at the completion of the remedial action. The
property shall be appraised at its fair market value as of the date of
enactment of this action, based on available information, and its fair
market value at the completion of the remedial action. The difference
between such appraisals shall be the enhancement of the value of the
site resulting attributable to the remedial action.''.

SEC. 3. URANIUM MILL TAILINGS.

    Section 102(a) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(a)) is amended by inserting the following new
paragraph after paragraph (3):
    ``(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Moab uranium
milling site (hereafter referred to as the `Moab Site') located
approximately 3 miles northwest of Moab, Utah, and identified in the
Final Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission in March 1996, in conjunction with Source Material License
No. SUA 917, is designated as a processing site. This title applies to
the Moab Site in the same manner and to the same extent as to other
processing sites designated under this subsection, except that--
            ``(A) sections 103, 107(a), 112(a), and 115(a) of this
        title shall not apply;
            ``(B) a reference in this title to the date of the
        enactment of this Act shall be treated as a reference to the
        date of enactment of this paragraph; and
            ``(C) the Secretary, subject to appropriations and without
        regard to section 104(b) of this title, shall conduct
        remediation, including groundwater restoration and removal of
        residual radioactive material and other contaminated material
        from the Moab Site and from the floodplain of the Colorado
        River for permanent disposition and stabilization of residual
        radioactive material in a safe and environmentally sound manner
        at a site in the State of Utah.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 3406 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 7420 note) is amended by inserting
after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Oil Shale Reserve No. 2.--This section does not apply to the
transfer of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 under section 3405.''.

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Provides that such lands conveyed to the Tribe shall not revert to the United States for management in trust status.
Revokes all existing withdrawals on NOSR-2.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer the lands and interests in lands reserved from such conveyance and to prepare and submit to Congress a land use plan for the management of these lands and interests in lands within three years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Provides for the Tribe to pay the royalty interest reserved from conveyance free of all development, production, marketing, and operating expenses. Requires the United States to bear and pay gross production taxes, pipeline taxes, and allocation taxes assessed against the gross production.
Requires the Tribe to: (1) report annually to the Secretary and Congress on its resource development and other activities concerning the property transferred; and (2) submit every five years to a financial audit of such activities, with the first audit taking place five years after the date of transfer and the results of each audit being included in the next annual report after completion.
Requires the Tribe to: (1) manage its lands adjacent to and within a 1/4 mile of the Green River in a protected status and in a manner consistent with the provisions contained in a government-to-government agreement and a specified memorandum of understanding as agreed to by the Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior; (2) protect any plant species listed as endangered or threatened that is located on the NOSR-2 lands conveyed to the Tribe in a manner consistent with the then current levels of legal protection, and this protection to be performed fully under tribal jurisdiction and in accordance with a government-to-government agreement between the Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior; and (3) manage the horses not owned by the Tribe or tribal members that are located or found on such lands in a manner consistent with then current Federal protections granted such animals, provided that the management, control, and protection of such horses will be performed fully under tribal jurisdiction and in accordance with a government-to-government agreement between the Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) prepare a plan to commence, within one year following preparation of such plan, remedial action, including groundwater restoration, at the uranium milling site near Moab, Utah; and (2) retain the amounts received as royalties under this Act (and such amounts shall be available to carry out such remedial action). Requires upon completion of such remedial action all such royalty amounts to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to designate the Moab uranium milling site as a processing site, with specified exceptions.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Waste-to-Energy Technology Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT FOR WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITIES.

    (a) 30 Percent Energy Percentage.--Clause (i) of section
48(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (III) and by inserting after
subparagraph (IV) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) qualified waste-to-energy property, and''.
    (b) Energy Property.--Subparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of such
Code is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (vi), by
inserting ``or'' at the end of clause (vii), and by inserting after
clause (vii) the following new clause:
                            ``(viii) qualified waste-to-energy
                        property,''.
    (c) Qualified Waste-to-Energy Property Defined.--Subsection (c) of
section 48 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
            ``(5) Qualified waste-to-energy property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified waste-to-
                energy property' means property comprising a system
                which--
                            ``(i) uses municipal solid waste or
                        municipal sewage sludge as the feedstock for
                        producing solid, liquid, or gas fuel, and
                            ``(ii) is certified by the Secretary under
                        subparagraph (D)(iii) as eligible for a credit
                        under this section.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include any
                landfill facility that recirculates leachate, regrades
                landfill surfaces to encourage runoff to infiltrate the
                cells, or delays installation of covers longer than 18
                months following the cell reaching more than 90 percent
                of its final grade.
                    ``(C) Limitation.--The amount allowed as a credit
                for a qualified waste-to-energy property shall not
                exceed the credit allocation to such project under
                subparagraph (D)(ii).
                    ``(D) Competitive allocation of credit.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days
                        after the date of enactment of this section,
                        the Secretary, in consultation with the
                        Administrator of the Environmental Protection
                        Agency, shall establish a qualifying waste-to-
                        energy project program to consider and award
                        certifications for qualified investments
                        eligible for credits under this section to
                        qualifying waste-to-energy project sponsors.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--The total amount of
                        credits that may be allocated under the program
                        shall not exceed $1,000,000,000.
                            ``(iii) Certification.--
                                    ``(I) Application period.--An
                                application for certification under
                                this paragraph may only be submitted
                                during the 2-year period beginning on
                                the date the Secretary establishes the
                                program under clause (i) and shall
                                contain such information as the
                                Secretary may require.
                                    ``(II) Time to meet criteria for
                                certification.--Each applicant for
                                certification shall have 1 year from
                                the date of acceptance by the Secretary
                                of the application during which to
                                provide to the Secretary evidence that
                                the requirements of the certification
                                have been met.
                            ``(iv) Selection criteria.--In determining
                        which qualifying waste-to-energy projects to
                        certify under this section, the Secretary--
                                    ``(I) shall take into consideration
                                only those projects where there is a
                                reasonable expectation of commercial
                                viability, and
                                    ``(II) shall take into
                                consideration those projects which--
                                            ``(aa) use the least amount
                                        of post-consumer materials that
                                        could otherwise enter the
                                        recycling stream,
                                            ``(bb) will provide the
                                        greatest net impact in avoiding
                                        or reducing air pollutants or
                                        anthropogenic emissions of
                                        greenhouse gases (including
                                        lifecycle leakage of greenhouse
                                        gases),
                                            ``(cc) have the lowest
                                        levelized cost of generated or
                                        stored energy, or of measured
                                        reduction in energy consumption
                                        or greenhouse gas emission
                                        (based on costs of the full
                                        supply chain), and
                                            ``(dd) pose the fewest
                                        risks (other than climate
                                        risks) to environmental and
                                        human health.
                            ``(v) Limitation on allocation.--No credit
                        shall be allocated with respect to any
                        qualified waste-to-energy property for which
                        there is no net benefit in cumulative lifecycle
                        greenhouse gas emissions.
                            ``(vi) Greenhouse gas leakage from
                        facility.--For purposes of clause
                        (iv)(II)(bb)--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The lifecycle
                                leakage of greenhouse gases is, on a
                                integrated basis, the leakage rate
                                during each phase multiplied by the
                                proportion of lifetime greenhouse gases
                                that are released by the facility in
                                that phase, which shall be based upon
                                field data where that can be
                                accomplished.
                                    ``(II) Matters included.--Included
                                in the lifecycle analysis shall be an
                                accounting of the leakage of greenhouse
                                gases attendant upon the production of
                                bio-based energy from the facility.
                                Such leakage shall be determined over
                                the longer of the entire lifetime the
                                facility releases greenhouse gases into
                                the atmosphere or the time the facility
                                is capable of doing so by virtue of the
                                quantity of any residual carbon
                                remaining after energy production.
                                Leakage shall be accounted for during
                                each distinct phase of the facility's
                                life, including the time before the gas
                                collection system and the final cover
                                is installed and the time after funds
                                previously set aside to maintain the
                                final cover after the facility is
                                closed are no longer available. Leakage
                                shall be counted for the entire time
                                the facility generates, or is capable
                                of generating, greenhouse gases.
                            ``(vii) Definitions relating to greenhouse
                        gas leakage.--For purposes of clause (vi)--
                                    ``(I) Leakage.--The term `leakage'
                                means the portion of the total
                                greenhouse gases generated by
                                decomposition of organic discards
                                disposed of in the facility that are
                                released into the atmosphere.
                                    ``(II) Facility.--A facility refers
                                not only to the energy-producing
                                machinery but also to the entire
                                municipal solid waste landfill unit.
                                    ``(III) Phase.--The term `phase'
                                means one of the time periods when
                                greenhouse gases are generated at a
                                facility at distinctly different rates
                                of generation and rates of gas
                                collection. For landfill facilities
                                that produce biogas, the periods are--
                                            ``(aa) the time prior to
                                        the installation of active gas
                                        collection systems,
                                            ``(bb) the time after the
                                        installation of the systems but
                                        prior to installation of the
                                        final cover,
                                            ``(cc) the time after
                                        installation of the final cover
                                        but prior to the time that
                                        maintenance of the cover ends,
                                        and
                                            ``(dd) the time after
                                        maintenance of the cover ends.
                                    ``(IV) Bio-based energy.--The term
                                `bio-based energy' means energy
                                produced from the current decomposition
                                of plants or animals.
                                    ``(V) Integrated basis.--The term
                                `integrated basis' means first
                                multiplying the collection efficiency
                                applicable for each phase of the life
                                of a landfill facility by the
                                proportion of the total gas over the
                                landfill's life that is generated
                                during that phase, and then summing the
                                product of the two for each phase to
                                determine the integrated collection
                                efficiency that reflects the actual
                                lifetime collection efficiency.
                    ``(E) Denial of double benefit.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A credit shall not be
                        allowed under sections 40, 40A, 45, 48B, and
                        6426 with respect to any fuel produced at a
                        facility with respect to which a credit is
                        allowed under this section.
                            ``(ii) Coordination with arra grant.--A
                        credit shall not be allowed under this section
                        for any facility if a grant is made under
                        section 1603 of the American Recovery and
                        Reinvestment Act with respect to such
                        facility.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 45 of such
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) Coordination with energy credit for qualified waste-
        to-energy property.--The term `qualified facility' shall not
        include any facility which produces electricity from solid,
        gas, or liquid fuel produced by qualified waste-to-energy
        property (as defined in section 48(c)(5)) if a credit is
        determined under section 48 with respect to such property for
        the taxable year or any prior taxable year.''.
    (e) Report.--After the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has made
all of the credit allocation under section 48(c)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by subsection (a)), the Secretary, in
consultation with the Administrator, shall submit to Congress a report
on the recipients of the energy credit for qualified waste-to-energy
property under section 48 of such Code and the effectiveness of the
selection criteria under section 48(c)(5)(D)(iv) of such Code in
selecting waste-to-energy projects these projects. The report shall
also include recommendations (if any) for continuing the waste-to-
energy credit under section 48(c) of such Code and, if so, at what
dollar amount. The Secretary shall, upon making a certification of such
credit under section 48(c)(5)(D)(iii) of such Code, publicly disclose
the identity of the applicant and the amount of the credit with respect
to such applicant.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to facilities placed in service in periods after the date of the
enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date, under
rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990).

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Waste-to-Energy Technology Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 30% energy tax credit for investment in qualified waste-to-energy property. Defines "qualified waste-to-energy property" as property comprising a system that uses municipal solid waste or sewage sludge as the feedstock for producing solid, liquid, or gas fuel, and that is certified by the Secretary of the Treasury as eligible for a credit under this Act. Excludes certain landfill facilities from such definition.

Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for awarding certifications for waste-to-energy projects, which shall include: (1) the commercial viability of such projects; (2) whether such projects will provide the greatest net impact in avoiding or reducing air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; and (3) whether such projects pose the fewest risks (other than climate risks) to environmental and human health.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Drinking Water Assistance
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) drinking water standards proposed and in effect as of
        the date of enactment of this Act will place a large financial
        burden on many public water systems, especially those public
        water systems in rural communities serving small populations;
            (2) the limited scientific, technical, and professional
        resources available in small communities complicate the
        implementation of regulatory requirements;
            (3) small communities often cannot afford to meet water
        quality standards because of the expenses associated with
        upgrading public water systems and training personnel to
        operate and maintain the public water systems;
            (4) small communities do not have a tax base for dealing
        with the costs of upgrading their public water systems;
            (5) small communities face high per capita costs in
        improving drinking water quality;
            (6) small communities would greatly benefit from a grant
        program designed to provide funding for water quality projects;
            (7) as of the date of enactment of this Act, there is no
        Federal program in effect that adequately meets the needs of
        small, primarily rural communities with respect to public water
        systems; and
            (8) since new, more protective arsenic drinking water
        standards proposed by the Clinton and Bush administrations,
        respectively, are expected to be implemented in 2006, the grant
        program established by the amendment made by this Act should be
        implemented in a manner that ensures that the implementation of
        those new standards is not delayed.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS.

    (a) Definition of Indian Tribe.--Section 1401(14) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(14)) is amended in the second
sentence by striking ``1452,'' and inserting ``1452 and part G,''.
    (b) Establishment of Program.--The Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

          ``PART G--ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS

``SEC. 1471. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Eligible activity.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible activity'
                means a project or activity concerning a small public
                water system that is carried out by an eligible entity
                to comply with drinking water standards.
                    ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `eligible activity'
                includes--
                            ``(i) obtaining technical assistance; and
                            ``(ii) training and certifying operators of
                        small public water systems.
                    ``(C) Exclusion.--The term `eligible activity' does
                not include any project or activity to increase the
                population served by a small public water system,
                except to the extent that the Administrator determines
                such a project or activity to be necessary to--
                            ``(i) achieve compliance with a national
                        primary drinking water regulation; and
                            ``(ii) provide a water supply to a
                        population that, as of the date of enactment of
                        this part, is not served by a safe public water
                        system.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a
        small public water system that--
                    ``(A) is located in a State or an area governed by
                an Indian Tribe; and
                    ``(B)(i) if located in a State, serves a community
                that, under affordability criteria established by the
                State under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by the
                State to be--
                            ``(I) a disadvantaged community; or
                            ``(II) a community that may become a
                        disadvantaged community as a result of carrying
                        out an eligible activity; or
                    ``(ii) if located in an area governed by an Indian
                Tribe, serves a community that is determined by the
                Administrator, under affordability criteria published
                by the Administrator under section 1452(d)(3) and in
                consultation with the Secretary, to be--
                            ``(I) a disadvantaged community; or
                            ``(II) a community that the Administrator
                        expects to become a disadvantaged community as
                        a result of carrying out an eligible activity.
            ``(3) Program.--The term `Program' means the small public
        water assistance program established under section 1472(a).
            ``(4) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of
        the Indian Health Service.
            ``(5) Small public water system.--The term `small public
        water system' means a public water system (including a
        community water system and a noncommunity water system) that
        serves--
                    ``(A) a community having a population of not more
                than 200,000; or
                    ``(B) the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

``SEC. 1472. SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this part, the Administrator shall establish a
        program to provide grants to eligible entities for use in
        carrying out projects and activities to comply with drinking
        water standards.
            ``(2) Priority.--The Administrator shall award grants under
        the Program to eligible entities based on--
                    ``(A) first, the financial need of the community
                for the grant assistance, as determined by the
                Administrator; and
                    ``(B) second, with respect to the community in
                which the eligible entity is located, the per capita
                cost of complying with drinking water standards, as
                determined by the Administrator.
    ``(b) Application Process.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that seeks to receive
        a grant under the Program shall submit to the Administrator, on
        such form as the Administrator shall prescribe (not to exceed 3
        pages in length), an application to receive the grant.
            ``(2) Components.--The application shall include--
                    ``(A) a description of the eligible activities for
                which the grant is needed;
                    ``(B) a description of the efforts made by the
                eligible entity, as of the date of submission of the
                application, to comply with drinking water standards;
                and
                    ``(C) any other information required to be included
                by the Administrator.
            ``(3) Review and approval of applications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On receipt of an application
                under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall forward
                the application to the Council.
                    ``(B) Approval or disapproval.--Not later than 90
                days after receiving the recommendations of the Council
                under subsection (e) concerning an application, after
                taking into consideration the recommendations, the
                Administrator shall--
                            ``(i) approve the application and award a
                        grant to the applicant; or
                            ``(ii) disapprove the application.
                    ``(C) Resubmission.--If the Administrator
                disapproves an application under subparagraph (B)(ii),
                the Administrator shall--
                            ``(i) inform the applicant in writing of
                        the disapproval (including the reasons for the
                        disapproval); and
                            ``(ii) provide to the applicant a deadline
                        by which the applicant may revise and resubmit
                        the application.
    ``(c) Cost Sharing.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        Federal share of the cost of carrying out an eligible activity
        using funds from a grant provided under the Program shall not
        exceed 90 percent.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Administrator may waive the requirement
        to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out an
        eligible activity using funds from a grant provided under the
        Program if the Administrator determines that an eligible entity
        is unable to pay, or would experience significant financial
        hardship if required to pay, the non-Federal share.
    ``(d) Enforcement and Implementation of Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
        Administrator shall not enforce any standard for drinking water
        under this Act (including a regulation promulgated under this
        Act) against an eligible entity during the period beginning on
        the date on which the eligible entity submits an application
        for a grant under the Program and ending, as applicable, on--
                    ``(A) the deadline specified in subsection
                (b)(3)(C)(ii), if the application is disapproved and
                not resubmitted; or
                    ``(B) the date that is 3 years after the date on
                which the eligible entity receives a grant under this
                part, if the application is approved.
            ``(2) Arsenic standards.--No standard for arsenic in
        drinking water promulgated under this Act (including a standard
        in any regulation promulgated before the date of enactment of
        this part) shall be implemented or enforced by the
        Administrator in any State until the earlier of January 1, 2006
        or such date as the Administrator certifies to Congress that--
                    ``(A) the Program has been implemented in the
                State; and
                    ``(B) the State has made substantial progress, as
                determined by the Administrator in consultation with
                the Governor of the State, in complying with drinking
                water standards under this Act.
    ``(e) Role of Council.--The Council shall--
            ``(1) review applications for grants from eligible entities
        received by the Administrator under subsection (b); and
            ``(2) for each application, recommend to the Administrator
        whether the application should be approved or disapproved.

``SEC. 1473. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part
$1,900,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2006.''.

Output: Community Drinking Water Assistance Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a program of grants to small public water systems located in disadvantaged communities (or those that may become disadvantaged as a result of compliance with drinking water standards) for use in carrying out projects and activities to comply with such standards.Provides temporary relief from enforcement by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of drinking water standards for such systems during and after the grant application process.Delays implementation or enforcement by the Administrator of an arsenic standard in any State until the earlier of January 1, 2006, or the date on which the Administrator certifies that the program has been implemented in that State and the State has made substantial progress in drinking water standards compliance.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Safety Net Enhancement
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) As noted in the 2006 Institute of Medicine report,
        ``The Future of Emergency Care'', the availability of on-call
        specialists is an acute problem in emergency departments and
        trauma centers requiring attention to identified barriers such
        as liability reform.
            (2) Also acknowledged in the 2006 IOM report, emergency and
        trauma care is delivered in an inherently challenging
        environment, often requiring emergency physicians and trauma
        surgeons to make life-and-death decisions with little time or
        information or without a standing relationship with the
        patient. For these reasons, physicians providing emergency and
        trauma care face extraordinary exposure to medical liability
        claims, which are far higher than for those physicians who do
        not provide such care.
            (3) Younger surgeons, who often take the on-call shifts at
        trauma centers, are leaving States with the most severe
        liability problems. For example, according to the Project on
        Medical Liability in Pennsylvania, funded by the Pew Charitable
        Trust, resident physicians in high-risk fields such as general
        surgery and emergency medicine named malpractice costs as the
        reason for leaving the State three times more often than any
        other factor.
            (4) Further, an American Hospital Association study found
        that more than 50 percent of hospitals in medical liability
        crisis States now have trouble recruiting physicians, and 40
        percent say the liability situation has resulted in less
        physician coverage for their emergency departments. The crisis
        has even forced the closure of trauma centers in Florida,
        Mississippi, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia at various
        times in recent years.
            (5) Specialties that have experienced particularly high
        premium increases, including neurosurgery, orthopaedics, and
        general surgery, are also among those services that emergency
        patients most frequently require.
            (6) According to a report from the General Accountability
        Office, soaring medical liability premiums have led specialists
        to reduce or stop on-call services to hospital emergency
        departments, seriously inhibiting patient access to emergency
        surgical services.
            (7) The Department of Health and Human Services'
        congressionally created EMTALA technical advisory group (TAG)
        recognized that professional liability insurance is a concern
        for providers and that having protections would increase
        coverage in the emergency department. The TAG recommended that
        the Department of Health and Human Services act to support
        amending the EMTALA statute to include liability protection for
        hospitals, physicians, and other licensed independent
        practitioners who provide services to patients covered by
        EMTALA.

SEC. 3. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    The constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power
of the Congress to provide for the general welfare, to regulate
commerce, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for
carrying into execution Federal powers, as enumerated in section 8 of
article I of the Constitution of the United States.

SEC. 4. PROTECTION FOR EMERGENCY AND RELATED SERVICES FURNISHED
              PURSUANT TO EMTALA.

    Section 224(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 233(g))
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``An entity'' and
        inserting ``Subject to paragraph (6), an entity''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6)(A) For purposes of this section--
                    ``(i) an entity described in subparagraph (B) shall
                be considered to be an entity described in paragraph
                (4); and
                    ``(ii) the provisions of this section shall apply
                to an entity described in subparagraph (B) in the same
                manner as such provisions apply to an entity described
                in paragraph (4), except that--
                            ``(I) notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), the
                        deeming of any entity described in subparagraph
                        (B), or of an officer, governing board member,
                        employee, contractor, or on-call provider of
                        such an entity, to be an employee of the Public
                        Health Service for purposes of this section
                        shall apply only with respect to items and
                        services that are furnished to an individual
                        pursuant to section 1867 of the Social Security
                        Act and to post stabilization services (as
                        defined in subparagraph (D)) furnished to such
                        an individual;
                            ``(II) nothing in paragraph (1)(D) shall be
                        construed as preventing a physician or
                        physician group described in subparagraph
                        (B)(ii) from making the application referred to
                        in such paragraph or as conditioning the
                        deeming of a physician or physician group that
                        makes such an application upon receipt by the
                        Secretary of an application from the hospital
                        or emergency department that employs or
                        contracts with the physician or group, or
                        enlists the physician or physician group as an
                        on-call provider;
                            ``(III) notwithstanding paragraph (3), this
                        paragraph shall apply only with respect to
                        causes of action arising from acts or omissions
                        that occur on or after January 1, 2010;
                            ``(IV) paragraph (5) shall not apply to a
                        physician or physician group described in
                        subparagraph (B)(ii);
                            ``(V) the Attorney General, in consultation
                        with the Secretary, shall make separate
                        estimates under subsection (k)(1) with respect
                        to entities described in subparagraph (B) and
                        entities described in paragraph (4) (other than
                        those described in subparagraph (B)), and the
                        Secretary shall establish separate funds under
                        subsection (k)(2) with respect to such groups
                        of entities, and any appropriations under this
                        subsection for entities described in
                        subparagraph (B) shall be separate from the
                        amounts authorized by subsection (k)(2);
                            ``(VI) notwithstanding subsection (k)(2),
                        the amount of the fund established by the
                        Secretary under such subsection with respect to
                        entities described in subparagraph (B) may
                        exceed a total of $10,000,000 for a fiscal
                        year; and
                            ``(VII) subsection (m) shall not apply to
                        entities described in subparagraph (B).
            ``(B) An entity described in this subparagraph is--
                    ``(i) a hospital or an emergency department to
                which section 1867 of the Social Security Act applies;
                and
                    ``(ii) a physician or physician group that is
                employed by, is under contract with, or is an on-call
                provider of such hospital or emergency department, to
                furnish items and services to individuals under such
                section.
            ``(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `on-call
        provider' means a physician or physician group that--
                    ``(i) has full, temporary, or locum tenens staff
                privileges at a hospital or emergency department to
                which section 1867 of the Social Security Act applies;
                and
                    ``(ii) is not employed by or under contract with
                such hospital or emergency department, but agrees to be
                ready and available to provide services pursuant to
                section 1867 of the Social Security Act or post-
                stabilization services to individuals being treated in
                the hospital or emergency department with or without
                compensation from the hospital or emergency department.
            ``(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `post
        stabilization services' means, with respect to an individual
        who has been treated by an entity described in subparagraph (B)
        for purposes of complying with section 1867 of the Social
        Security Act, services that are--
                    ``(i) related to the condition that was so treated;
                and
                    ``(ii) provided after the individual is stabilized
                in order to maintain the stabilized condition or to
                improve or resolve the condition of the individual.
            ``(E)(i) Nothing in this paragraph (or in any other
        provision of this section as such provision applies to entities
        described in subparagraph (B) by operation of subparagraph (A))
        shall be construed as authorizing or requiring the Secretary to
        make payments to such entities, the budget authority for which
        is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts.
            ``(ii) The Secretary shall limit the total amount of
        payments under this paragraph for a fiscal year to the total
        amount appropriated in advance by appropriation Acts for such
        purpose for such fiscal year. If the total amount of payments
        that would otherwise be made under this paragraph for a fiscal
        year exceeds such total amount appropriated, the Secretary
        shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the
        total amount of payments under this paragraph for such fiscal
        year does not exceed such total amount appropriated.''.

Output: Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of such hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2010.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL.

    (a) Manufacturers Tax.--Section 4081(a)(2)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in clause (i) by striking ``18.3 cents per gallon'' and
        inserting ``0 cents per gallon'', and
            (2) in clause (ii) by striking ``24.3 cents per gallon''
        and inserting ``0 cents per gallon''.
    (b) Retail Tax.--Section 4041(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking paragraph (1).
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2) by striking subparagraph
                (D),
                    (B) by striking subsection (c), and
                    (C) in subsection (d) by striking paragraph (1).
            (2) Section 4041 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
        amended--
                    (A) by amending the heading of subsection (a) to
                read as follows: ``Special Motor Fuels'', and
                    (B) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) by striking ``the
                rate of tax specified in section 4081(a)(2)(A)(i) which
                is in effect at the time of such sale or use,'' and
                inserting ``18.3 cents per gallon''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2015.

SEC. 3. CARBON TAX ON HIGHWAY FUELS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 4611(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B)
and inserting ``, and'', and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the carbon dioxide equivalent rate.''.
    (b) Rates.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (2) of section 4611(c) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at
        the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end
        of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, and'', and by inserting
        after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the carbon dioxide equivalent rate is--
                            ``(i) $50 per metric ton (or portion
                        thereof) of total life-cycle emissions of
                        carbon dioxide, and
                            ``(ii) an equivalent amount per metric ton
                        (or portion thereof) of total life-cycle
                        emissions of any other greenhouse gas
                        determined on a ratio of the amount such other
                        greenhouse gas per metric ton as the amount of
                        carbon dioxide per metric ton,
                in the crude oil or petroleum product (as the case may
                be) subject to tax under subsection (a) which is to be
                refined into gasoline or diesel fuel.
        For purposes of subparagraph (C), total life-cycle emissions of
        carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases shall be determined
        by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
        pursuant to section 4 of the Gas Tax Replacement Act of
        2014.''.
            (2) Adjustment for inflation.--Section 4611(c) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
        the following:
            ``(3) Carbon dioxide equivalent rate inflation
        adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any calendar year
                after 2014, the dollar amount in paragraph (2)(C) shall
                be increased by an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for the
                        calendar year, determined by substituting
                        ``calendar year 2013'' for ``calendar year
                        1992'' in subparagraph (B) thereof.
                    ``(B) Rounding.--If any amount as increased under
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $1, such amount
                shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1.''.
    (c) Alternative Fuels Producer Excise Tax.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter A of chapter 38 of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 4611
        the following:

``SEC. 4611A. CERTAIN ALTERNATIVE FUELS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--There is hereby imposed a tax at the rate
specified in subsection (b) on--
            ``(1) methanol, ethanol, and biodiesel produced in the
        United States by the producer thereof, and
            ``(2) methanol, ethanol, and biodiesel, and any blended
        product thereof, entered into the United States for
        consumption, use, or warehousing.
    ``(b) Rate of Tax.--The rate of the tax imposed by this section
is--
            ``(1) $50 per metric ton (or portion thereof) of total
        life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide, and
            ``(2) an equivalent amount per metric ton (or portion
        thereof) of total life-cycle emissions of any other greenhouse
        gas determined on a ratio of the amount such other greenhouse
        gas per metric ton as the amount of carbon dioxide per metric
        ton,
in methanol, ethanol, and biodiesel, and any blended product thereof,
produced or entered into in the United States. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, total life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gases shall be determined by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 4 of the Gas Tax
Replacement Act of 2014.
    ``(c) Persons Liable for Tax.--
            ``(1) United states production.--The tax imposed by
        subsection (a)(1) shall be paid by the producer of the product
        on which such tax is imposed.
            ``(2) Imported products.--The tax imposed by subsection
        (a)(2) shall be paid by the person entering the product for
        consumption, use, or warehousing.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for
        subchapter A of chapter 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4611
        the following new item:

``Sec. 4611A. Certain alternative fuels.''.
    (d) Credits and Payments for Nontaxable Uses.--
            (1) Gasoline used on farms.--Section 6420 of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subsection
        (g) the following:
    ``(h) Special Rule for Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Rate of Tax.--For
purposes of this section, a gallon of gasoline refined from a barrel of
crude oil or petroleum product on which tax was imposed under section
4611 at the carbon dioxide equivalent rate under subsection (c)(1)(C)
thereof and used for a purpose described in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) shall be treated as a gallon of gasoline to which
        this section applies, and
            ``(2) the rate at which tax was imposed under section 4611
        with respect to such gallon shall be the same fraction of so
        much of the tax imposed under section 4611 as is attributable
        to subsection (c)(1)(C) thereof on such barrel as the fraction
        of such gallon of gas is of the whole barrel.''.
            (2) Gasoline used for certain nonhighway purposes, etc.--
        Section 6421 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
        redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k) and by inserting
        after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Special Rule for Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Rate of Tax.--For
purposes of this section, in the case of a gallon of gasoline refined
from a barrel of crude oil or petroleum product on which tax was
imposed under section 4611 at the carbon dioxide equivalent rate under
subsection (c)(1)(C) thereof--
            ``(1) if such gallon is used for a purpose described in
        subsection (a) or (b) or is sold for a purpose described in
        subsection (c), such gallon shall be treated as a gallon of
        gasoline to which this section applies, and
            ``(2) the rate at which tax was imposed under section 4611
        with respect to such gallon shall be the same fraction of so
        much of the tax imposed under section 4611 as is attributable
        to subsection (c)(1)(C) thereof on such barrel as the fraction
        of such gallon of gas is of the whole barrel.''.
            (3) Credit for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative
        fuel mixtures.--Section 6426(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph
        (1), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and
        inserting a comma, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the
        following:
            ``(3) against so much of the tax imposed by section 4611 as
        is attributable to the carbon dioxide equivalent rate of tax
        under subsection (c)(1)(C) an amount equal to the credit
        described in subsection (c), determined on the same fraction of
        the amount of such tax as the number of gallons of diesel used
        by the taxpayer in producing any biodiesel mixture for sale or
        use in a trade or business of the taxpayer, and
            ``(4) against the tax imposed by section 4611A an amount
        equal to the sum of the credits described in subsections (b),
        (c), and (e), determined on the same fraction of the amount of
        such tax as the number of gallons of alcohol, biodiesel, or
        alternative fuel used by the taxpayer in producing any fuel
        mixture of taxable fuel.''.
            (4) Fuels not used for taxable purposes.--Section 6427 of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating
        subsection (p) as subsection (q) and by inserting after
        subsection (o) the following:
    ``(p) Special Rule for Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Rate.--For
purposes of this section, in the case of a gallon of fuel refined from
a barrel of crude oil or petroleum product on which tax was imposed
under section 4611 at the carbon dioxide equivalent rate of tax under
subsection (c)(1)(C) thereof, or produced from methanol, ethanol, or
biodiesel on which tax was imposed under section 4611A, if the sale or
use of such fuel would give rise to a payment under this section but
for the fact that such fuel was taxed under section 4611 or 4611A and
not section 4041 or 4081--
            ``(1) this section shall be applied as if such fuel had
        been taxed under section 4041 or 4081, and
            ``(2) the rate at which tax was imposed under section 4611
        or 4611A with respect to such fuel shall be--
                    ``(A) in the case of tax imposed under section
                4611(c)(1)(C), the same fraction of such tax on such
                barrel as the fraction of a gallon of such fuel is of
                the whole barrel, and
                    ``(B) in the case of tax imposed under section
                4611A, the same fraction of the amount of such tax as
                the amount of fuel giving rise to a payment under this
                section.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2016.

SEC. 4. LIFE-CYCLE EMISSIONS.

    (a) Carbon Dioxide Emissions Report.--Not later than the first ____
occurring at least 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall transmit to the Internal Revenue Service and make
public a report on the total life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide for
each covered transportation fuel, expressed in tons of carbon dioxide
emissions per barrel of fuel or an appropriate alternate measure. Such
report shall take into account the differences in carbon dioxide
emissions per barrel of fuel across different regions and countries due
to means of resource extraction and production, transportation, and
other factors, with each covered transportation fuel being as
regionally specific as determined by the Administrator.
    (b) Addition of Covered Transportation Fuel.--The Administrator
shall--
            (1) from time to time determine which transportation fuels
        have achieved a sufficient share of the on-road transportation
        fuel market to warrant being considered a covered
        transportation fuel, and
            (2) update the report transmitted under subsection (a), and
        transmit such updated report to Congress, with the
        specifications on the total life-cycle emissions of carbon
        dioxide and other greenhouse gases for each fuel newly
        determined under paragraph (1) to be considered a covered
        transportation fuel.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Biofuel.--The term ``biofuel'' means the biofuel
        component of a transportation fuel.
            (3) Covered transportation fuel.--The term ``covered
        transportation fuel'' means gasoline, diesel fuel, biofuel, and
        any other fuel the Administrator determines has achieved a
        sufficient share of the on-road transportation fuel market to
        warrant regulation under this section.
            (4) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' has the
        same meaning given the term in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean
        Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)).
            (5) Life-cycle emissions.--The term ``life-cycle
        emissions'' means emissions from all activities included in the
        production, transport, storage, and use of a fuel, including
        land use changes, means of resource extraction and production,
        transportation systems, and leakages.

Output: Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels; (2) add a carbon dioxide equivalent rate to the tax on crude oil and petroleum products; and (3) impose an new excise tax on the carbon content of methanol, ethanol, and biodiesel produced in the United States and entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing.  Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to send to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and make public a report on the total life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide for gasoline, diesel fuel, biofuel, and other regulated fuels.