SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to increase telecommunications ownership
opportunities for small businesses, including small businesses owned or
controlled by socially disadvantaged individuals, through Small
Business Administration participation in a market-oriented
restructuring of the credit aspects of Federal Communications
Commission telecommunications spectrum auctions.

SEC. 2. ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FINANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``five'' and
        inserting ``six''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``One
        of the Associate Administrators shall be designated at the time
        of appointment as the Associate Administrator for
        Telecommunications Finance and shall have the qualifications
        and responsibilities specified in subsection (g).''.
    (b) Qualifications and Responsibilities.--Section 4 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
    ``(g) Associate Administrator for Telecommunications Finance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Associate Administrator for
        Telecommunications Finance--
                    ``(A) shall be an employee in the competitive
                service or in the Senior Executive Service and a career
                appointee;
                    ``(B) shall be responsible to the Administrator for
                the supervision and management of financing in the area
                of telecommunications, including the programs and other
                activities under section 38 and section 39;
                    ``(C) shall establish, with respect to
                telecommunications concerns, the detailed definitions
                or standards referred to in section 3(a)(2);
                    ``(D) shall have authority--
                            ``(i) to prescribe maximum amounts for loan
                        guarantees under any program under section 38
                        or 39;
                            ``(ii) to approve all loan guarantees in
                        telecommunications; and
                            ``(iii) to approve all direct loans under
                        section 38(a)(1); and
                    ``(E) in addition to any other duties under this
                Act, shall have authority to approve loan guarantees
                under section 7(a) with respect to Federal
                Communications Commission spectrum licenses acquired in
                the secondary market.
            ``(2) Neutrality in choice of program by applicant for loan
        or loan guarantee.--In the administration of the
        Telecommunications Spectrum Installment Loan Program under
        section 38 and the Telecommunications Accelerated Certified
        Lender Program under section 39, the Associate Administrator
        for Telecommunications Finance shall observe strict neutrality
        as to the choice that a potential applicant may make as to the
        appropriateness of a program for the applicant. The choice of
        one program over the other shall be solely that of the
        applicant and the Associate Administrator shall neither
        encourage nor discourage any applicant in that choice.''.

SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FINANCING FOR ENTREPRENEUR
              PARTICIPATION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECTRUM AUCTIONS
              CONDUCTED BY FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

    The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 37 as section 40; and
            (2) by inserting after section 36 the following new
        sections:

``SEC. 37. TELECOMMUNICATIONS FINANCE OFFICE.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established, within the Administration,
an office to perform functions relating to the policies and programs of
the Administration with respect to financing in the area of
telecommunications. The office--
            ``(1) shall be known as the `Telecommunications Finance
        Office';
            ``(2) shall be headed by the Associate Administrator for
        Telecommunications Finance under section 4(g);
            ``(3) shall be staffed by employees who are from diverse
        backgrounds and who are highly skilled in the areas of
        telecommunications technology and telecommunications financing;
        and
            ``(4) shall be the principal entity within the
        Administration for implementation of the programs under
        sections 38 and 39.
    ``(b) Funding.--The expenses of the Telecommunications Finance
Office shall be paid from the Telecommunications Loan Guarantee Fund,
established under section 715 of the Communications Act of 1934.

``SEC. 38. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECTRUM INSTALLMENT LOAN PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established a program, to be known as
the `Telecommunications Spectrum Installment Loan Program', under which
the Administrator--
            ``(1) shall make direct loans to qualified
        telecommunications borrowers for acquisition of spectrum
        licenses through Federal Communications Commission auction; and
            ``(2) shall guarantee loans to qualified telecommunications
        borrowers for telecommunications equipment and working capital
        in connection with any acquisition referred to in paragraph
        (1).
    ``(b) Direct Loan Conditions.--
            ``(1) Limitation on disbursement.--The Administrator may
        not disburse any loan amount under subsection (a)(1) if the
        cost of the license involved exceeds the approved loan amount
        plus, as determined by the Administrator, cash available to the
        applicant for the purpose of paying the difference between the
        approved loan amount and the cost of the license.
            ``(2) Interest at market rate.--The rate of interest on a
        loan shall be the prime interest rate or such other competitive
        market rate as the Administrator determines to be appropriate.
            ``(3) Interest-only period.--The Administrator, in
        accordance with criteria established by regulation, may
        provide, on a case-by-case basis, for an initial period during
        which a borrower under subsection (a)(1) shall pay interest
        only. In the case of such a determination, loan principal shall
        be amortized over the remainder of the loan term. The maximum
        interest-only period under this paragraph is 6 years.
            ``(4) Maximum loan term.--The term of any loan under
        subsection (a)(1) may not exceed the term of the spectrum
        license involved.
    ``(c) Loan Guarantee Condition.--The Administrator may make loan
guarantees under subsection (a)(2) to a borrower under subsection
(a)(1) only for telecommunications equipment and working capital
necessary to carry out the terms of the license to be financed.
    ``(d) Security Interest and Forced Sale Conditions for Direct Loans
and Loan Guarantees.--The Administrator shall require, as a condition
of any direct loan under subsection (a)(1) and any loan guarantee under
subsection (a)(2), that--
            ``(1) any disbursement of a loan amount be fully protected
        by a secured interest in the proceeds of a sale or other
        assignment of the license involved; and
            ``(2) the loan agreement contain specific measures by
        which, in the case of a default by the borrower, the lender may
        require the borrower to sell or otherwise assign the license.
    ``(e) General Applicability; Waiver Exception.--Loans and loan
guarantees under this section shall be subject to all otherwise
applicable provisions of this Act, except that the Administrator may
waive any limitation on the amount of an individual loan or loan
guarantee or on the total amount of loans or loan guarantees to a
single borrower.
    ``(f) Treasury Account.--The Administrator shall notify the
Secretary of the Treasury of each loan transaction entered into under
subsection (a)(1). Upon receipt of notice under the preceding sentence,
the Secretary shall establish an account in the Treasury for the loan.
    ``(g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `qualified telecommunications borrower'
        means a small business concern that, as determined by the
        Administrator, has, in addition to the other requirements of
        this Act, a level of specialized telecommunications expertise
        (including technical knowledge, business skill, and management
        experience) that is appropriate for the purpose for which the
        loan or guarantee involved is made; and
            ``(2) the term `Administrator' means the Administrator,
        acting through the Associate Administrator for
        Telecommunications Finance.
    ``(h) Collection of Data.--The Administrator shall collect data
with respect to the operation of the program under this section. The
data so collected--
            ``(1) shall be accumulated on a calendar year basis;
            ``(2) shall be maintained in an electronic database;
            ``(3) shall include information on the ethnicity, race, and
        sex of all applicants, whether the applications involved are
        approved, denied, withdrawn, or otherwise disposed of; and
            ``(4) shall include other information that, as determined
        by the Administrator, is relevant to the disposition of
        applications.
    ``(i) Report.--Not later than December 31 of each year, the
Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report, with respect to
the preceding calendar year, of the status of the program under this
section. The report shall include--
            ``(1) a statistical analysis (without personal identifying
        information) of the diversity characteristics of applicants and
        borrowers under the program; and
            ``(2) a probability analysis with respect to the diversity
        of applicants who receive loans under the program.

``SEC. 39. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCELERATED CERTIFIED LENDER PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established a program, to be known as
the `Telecommunications Accelerated Certified Lender Program', under
which the Administrator--
            ``(1) shall guarantee loans made to qualified
        telecommunications borrowers--
                    ``(A) for acquisition of spectrum licenses through
                Federal Communications Commission auction; and
                    ``(B) for acquisition of spectrum licenses in the
                secondary market for licenses originally acquired
                through Federal Communications Commission auction; and
            ``(2) shall guarantee loans made to qualified
        telecommunications borrowers for telecommunications equipment
        and working capital in connection with any acquisition referred
        to in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Funding.--The expenses of loan guarantees under subsection
(a) shall be paid from the Telecommunications Loan Guarantee Fund,
established under section 715 of the Communications Act of 1934.
    ``(c) Approved Lenders.--Loans guaranteed under this section shall
be made by lenders that are insured depositary institutions and are
approved by the Administrator. In evaluating an institution for
approval, the Administrator shall take into consideration the financial
stability of the institution, the experience and expertise of the
institution in lending to telecommunications borrowers, and the need
for diversity in the management and ownership of approved institutions.
    ``(d) Loan Guarantee Conditions.--
            ``(1) Limitation on disbursement.--The Administrator shall
        require, as a condition of any loan guarantee under subsection
        (a)(1), that the lender may not disburse any loan amount if the
        cost of the license involved exceeds the approved loan amount
        plus, as determined by the Administrator, cash available to the
        applicant for the purpose of paying the difference between the
        approved loan amount and the cost of the license.
            ``(2) Security interest and forced sale requirements.--The
        Administrator shall require, as a condition of any loan
        guarantee under subsection (a), that--
                    ``(A) any disbursement of a loan amount be fully
                protected by a secured interest in the proceeds of a
                sale or other assignment of the license involved; and
                    ``(B) the loan agreement contain specific measures
                by which, in the case of a default by the borrower, the
                lender may require the borrower to sell or otherwise
                assign the license.
    ``(e) General Applicability; Waiver Exception.--Loan guarantees
under this section shall be subject to all otherwise applicable
provisions of this Act, except that the Administrator may waive any
limitation on the amount of an individual loan guarantee or on the
total amount of loan guarantees to a single borrower.
    ``(f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `qualified telecommunications borrower'
        means a small business concern that, as determined by the
        Administrator, has, in addition to the other requirements of
        this Act, a level of specialized telecommunications expertise
        (including technical knowledge, business skill, and management
        experience) that is appropriate for the purpose for which the
        loan or guarantee involved is made; and
            ``(2) the term `Administrator' means the Administrator,
        acting through the Associate Administrator for
        Telecommunications Finance.
    ``(g) Collection of Data.--The Administrator shall collect data
with respect to the operation of the program under this section. The
data so collected--
            ``(1) shall be accumulated on a calendar year basis;
            ``(2) shall be maintained in an electronic database;
            ``(3) shall include information on the ethnicity, race, and
        sex of all applicants, whether the applications involved are
        approved, denied, withdrawn, or otherwise disposed of; and
            ``(4) shall include other information that, as determined
        by the Administrator, is relevant to the disposition of
        applications.
    ``(h) Report.--Not later than December 31 of each year, the
Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report, with respect to
the preceding calendar year, of the status of the program under this
section. The report shall include--
            ``(1) a statistical analysis (without personal identifying
        information) of the diversity characteristics of applicants and
        borrowers under the program; and
            ``(2) a probability analysis with respect to the diversity
        of applicants who receive loans under the program.''.

SEC. 4. TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOAN GUARANTEE FUND.

    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 is
amended by inserting after section 714 (42 U.S.C. 614) the following
new section:

``SEC. 715. TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOAN GUARANTEE FUND.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is hereby established the
        Telecommunications Loan Guarantee Fund (hereafter in this
        section referred to as the `Fund') in the Department of the
        Treasury under the control of the Secretary of the Treasury
        (hereafter in this section referred to as the `Secretary').
            ``(2) Initial capitalization of fund.--The first
        $10,000,000,000 of proceeds received from the auction of
        spectrum licenses by the Federal Communications Commission
        after the date of the enactment of this section shall be
        deposited in the Fund and shall constitute the capitalization
        of the Fund.
    ``(b) Maintenance of Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--Amounts in the Fund shall be deposited
        by the Secretary in depositaries designated by the Secretary
        which have also been designated by the Telecommunications
        Finance Office of the Small Business Administration as
        certified telecommunications lenders.
            ``(2) Interest.--Interest paid by depositaries on amounts
        deposited in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be deposited
        in the Fund and be available for the purposes of the Fund.
    ``(c) Purpose of Fund.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available to
meet any obligation of the Small Business Administration arising under
a loan guarantee issued by the Telecommunications Finance Office of the
Small Business Administration in connection with a loan under section
38(a)(2) or section 39(a) of the Small Business Act.''.

SEC. 5. PARTICIPATION IN SPECTRUM AUCTIONS.

    Section 309(j)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
309(j)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No person'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--No person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Qualified telecommunications borrowers.--With
                respect to any person that meets the qualification
                requirements of this paragraph and that is a qualified
                telecommunications borrower under section 38 or 39 of
                the Small Business Act, the Commission shall accept, in
                lieu of any upfront payment or earnest money deposit
                required by Commission regulation, a letter of credit
                provided to such borrower under such section that
                equals or exceeds the amount of such required payment
                or deposit. In any competitive bidding conducted under
                this subsection in which the Commission identifies any
                such qualified telecommunications borrower as the high
                bidder at the time of declaring that the bidding has
                closed, the Commission shall notify the Administrator
                of the Small Business Administration of the identity of
                such bidder, the amount of the high bid, and the total
                amount required to be deposited with the Commission to
                qualify for the award of the license under Commission
                regulations. In the case of a qualified
                telecommunications borrower under section 38, the
                amount of such deposit may be satisfied by debiting the
                loan account of the borrower at the Treasury.''.


SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is--
            (1) to encourage the best and brightest candidates to teach
        in public elementary and secondary schools serving
        disadvantaged populations; and
            (2) to encourage high achieving candidates to enter the
        teaching profession who would otherwise not consider a career
        in teaching.

SEC. 2. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to at
least 50 local educational agencies for a fiscal year to enable the
local educational agencies to award bonuses to highly qualified
individuals who agree to teach in elementary schools or secondary
schools that are served by the local educational agency and located in
high poverty areas, for a period of not less than 4 years.
    (b) Local Educational Agency Eligibility.--A local educational
agency shall be eligible for a grant under this Act if--
            (1) not less than 20 percent of children in the schools
        served by the local educational agency are eligible to be
        counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); or
            (2) the local educational agency is eligible to be counted
        under section 10952 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8272).
    (c) Requirement.--The Secretary shall award a grant under
subsection (a) to at least 1 eligible local educational agency in each
State.
    (d) Amount.--Grants under this section shall be awarded based on
the number of students enrolled in schools under the jurisdiction of
the local educational agency involved. With respect to a local
educational agency with an enrollment of--
            (1) 1,500 or fewer students, the amount of a grant shall be
        $22,500;
            (2) at least 1,501 but less than 5,001 students, the amount
        of a grant shall be $112,500;
            (3) at least 5,001 but less than 15,001 students, the
        amount of a grant shall be $150,000; and
            (4) at least 15,001 students, the amount of a grant shall
        be $300,000.
    (e) Bonuses Not Taxed.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, a bonus awarded under this Act shall not be includable in the
gross income of the individual awarded the bonus.
    (f) Collaboration.--The Secretary shall collaborate with local
educational agencies, local boards of education, and local offices of
student financial assistance in carrying out the program assisted under
this section.
    (g) Definition.--The definitions in section 14101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801) shall apply to
this Act.

SEC. 3. LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Local Uses.--Each local educational agency receiving a grant
under this Act shall use the funds made available under this Act to--
            (1) award bonuses to highly qualified individuals who agree
        to teach in elementary schools or secondary schools in which at
        least 40 percent of the children are eligible to be counted
        under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c));
            (2) award the bonuses in accordance with subsection (b) on
        a competitive basis taking into consideration--
                    (A) objective measures such as test scores, grade
                point average or class rank, and such other criteria as
                the local educational agency may determine appropriate;
                and
                    (B) recommendations received under subsection (c);
                and
            (3) award the bonuses in the amount of $15,000 with $7,500
        paid after the first year of such teaching and $7,500 paid
        after the second year of such teaching.
    (b) Bonuses.--With respect to bonuses under subsection (a)(2), the
local educational agency shall, with respect to a local educational
agency with an enrollment of--
            (1) 1,500 or fewer students, award bonuses to not more than
        3 highly qualified individuals in the fiscal year involved;
            (2) at least 1,501 but less than 5,001 students, award
        bonuses to not more than 15 highly qualified individuals;
            (3) at least 5,001 but less than 15,001 students, award
        bonuses to not more than 20 highly qualified individuals; and
            (4) at least 15,001 students, award bonuses to not more
        than 40 highly qualified individuals.
    (c) Prohibition.--Each local educational agency receiving a grant
under this Act shall not use the grant funds to offset the salary of a
teacher awarded a bonus under this Act.
    (d) Recommendations.--Each local educational agency receiving a
grant under this Act shall establish a system for receiving a limited
number of recommendations from institutions of higher education for
individuals to receive bonus awards under this Act.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY.

    To be eligible to receive a bonus award under this Act an
individual--
            (1) shall enter into an agreement with the local
        educational agency to work in a school described in section
        3(a)(1) for not less than 4 years or repay the bonus in
        accordance with section 6;
            (2) shall pass all State certification examinations
        required to teach in an elementary school or secondary school
        in the State;
            (3) shall have graduated with a 3.5 grade point average
        from an institution of higher education, or have graduated in
        the top 15 percent of the individual's graduating class at an
        institution of higher education, with a bachelor's degree;
            (4) shall submit an application to the local educational
        agency in accordance with section 5(a).

SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS; NOTIFICATION.

    (a) Application.--Each individual desiring a bonus award under this
Act shall submit an application to a local educational agency not later
than January 15 of each year containing such information as the local
educational agency may require.
    (b) Notification.--A local educational agency shall notify
individuals of their bonus awards by May 1 of each year.

SEC. 6. REPAYMENT.

    Each individual who receives a bonus award under this Act and does
not comply with the terms of the agreement described in section 4(1)
within 6 years of receiving the first bonus award payment under this
Act, without an excuse that is acceptable to the local educational
agency, shall repay to the local educational agency the amount of the
bonus awards received plus interest. Repayment shall begin not later
than 2 years after the local educational agency determines the
individual is in noncompliance with the agreement.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.


SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To grow the number of highly accomplished recent
        college graduates teaching in underserved urban and rural
        communities in the United States.
            (2) To increase the number of school districts and
        communities served by a nationally recruited corps of
        outstanding new teachers.
            (3) To build a broader pipeline of talented and experienced
        future leaders in public education and education reform.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) In general.--The terms ``highly qualified'', ``local
        educational agency'', and ``Secretary'' have the meanings given
        the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) Grantee.--The term ``grantee'' means Teach For America,
        Inc.
            (3) High need.--The term ``high need'', when used with
        respect to a local educational agency, means a local
        educational agency experiencing a shortage of highly qualified
        teachers.

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to Teach For America,
Inc., the national teacher corps of outstanding recent college
graduates who commit to teach for 2 years in underserved communities in
the United States, to implement and expand its program of recruiting,
selecting, training, and supporting new teachers.

SEC. 4. GRANT REQUIREMENTS.

    In carrying out the grant program under section 3, the Secretary
shall enter into an agreement with the grantee under which the grantee
agrees to use the grant funds provided under this Act--
            (1) to provide highly qualified teachers to high need local
        educational agencies in urban and rural communities;
            (2) to pay the cost of recruiting, selecting, training, and
        supporting new teachers; and
            (3) to serve a substantial number and percentage of
        underserved students.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Grant funds provided under this Act shall be used
by the grantee to carry out each of the following activities:
            (1) Recruiting and selecting teachers through a highly
        selective national process.
            (2) Providing preservice training to the teachers through a
        rigorous summer institute that includes hands-on teaching
        experience and significant exposure to education coursework and
        theory.
            (3) Placing the teachers in schools and positions
        designated by partner local educational agencies as high need
        placements serving underserved students.
            (4) Providing ongoing professional development activities
        for the teachers' first 2 years in the classroom, including
        regular classroom observations and feedback, and ongoing
        training and support.
    (b) Limitation.--The grantee shall use all grant funds received
under this Act to support activities related directly to the
recruitment, selection, training, and support of teachers as described
in subsection (a).

SEC. 6. EVALUATION.

    (a) Annual Report.--The grantee shall provide to the Secretary an
annual report that includes--
            (1) data on the number and quality of the teachers provided
        to local educational agencies through a grant under this Act;
            (2) an externally conducted analysis of the satisfaction of
        local educational agencies and principals with the teachers so
        provided; and
            (3) comprehensive data on the background of the teachers
        chosen, the training the teachers received, the placement sites
        of the teachers, the professional development of the teachers,
        and the retention of the teachers.
    (b) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for a study
        that examines the achievement levels of the students taught by
        the teachers assisted under this Act.
            (2) Achievement gains compared.--The study shall compare,
        within the same schools, the achievement gains made by students
        taught by teachers who are assisted under this Act with the
        achievement gains made by students taught by teachers who are
        not assisted under this Act.
            (3) Requirements.--The Secretary shall provide for such a
        study not less than once every 3 years, and each such study
        shall include multiple placement sites and multiple schools
        within placement sites.
            (4) Peer review standards.--Each such study shall meet the
        peer review standards of the education research community.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006 and an amount not to
exceed $25,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year.


SECTION 1. REFERENCES.

    References in this Act to ``the Act'' are references to the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

SEC. 2. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted with
specific reference to this section, the Secretary is authorized to
waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the
student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Act, or any
student or institutional eligibility provisions in the Act, as the
Secretary deems necessary in connection with a Gulf hurricane disaster
to ensure that--
            (1) the calculation of expected family contribution under
        section 474 of the Act used in the determination of need for
        student financial assistance under title IV of the Act for any
        affected student (and the determination of such need for his or
        her family, if applicable), is modified to reflect any changes
        in the financial condition of such affected student and his or
        her family resulting from a Gulf hurricane disaster; and
            (2) institutions of higher education, systems of
        institutions, or consortia of institutions that are located in
        an area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster, or that are
        serving affected students, are eligible, notwithstanding
        section 486(d) of the Act, to apply for participation in the
        distance education demonstration program under section 486 of
        the Act, except that the Secretary shall include in reports
        under section 486(f) of the Act an identification of those
        institutions, systems, and consortia that were granted
        participation in the demonstration program due to a Gulf
        hurricane disaster.

SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF INSTITUTIONAL REPAYMENT BY COLLEGES AND
              UNIVERSITIES AFFECTED BY A GULF HURRICANE DISASTER.

    Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Act or any
regulation issued thereunder, the Secretary shall cancel any obligation
of an affected institution to return or repay any funds the institution
received before the date of enactment of this Act for, or on behalf of,
its students under subpart 1 or 3 of part A or parts B, C, D, or E of
title IV of the Act for any cancelled enrollment period.

SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF STUDENT LOANS FOR CANCELLED ENROLLMENT PERIODS.

    (a) Loan Forgiveness Authorized.--Notwithstanding any provision of
title IV of the Act, the Secretary shall discharge all loan amounts
under parts B and D of title IV of the Act, and cancel any loan made
under part E of such title, disbursed to, or on behalf of, an affected
student for a cancelled enrollment period.
    (b) Reimbursement.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) reimburse each affected institution for any amounts
        discharged under subsection (a) with respect to a loan under
        part E of title IV of the Act in the same manner as is required
        by section 465(b) of the Act with respect to a loan cancelled
        under section 465(a) of the Act; and
            (2) reimburse lenders for the purpose of discharging any
        loan amounts disbursed to, or on behalf of, an affected student
        under part B of title IV of the Act for a cancelled enrollment
        period.
    (c) Limitation on Consolidation Loans.--A loan amount for a loan
made under section 428C of the Act or a Federal Direct Consolidation
Loan may be eligible for discharge under this section only to the
extent that such loan amount was used to repay a loan to an affected
student for a cancelled enrollment period.
    (d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize any refunding of any repayment of a loan.

SEC. 5. TEMPORARY DEFERMENT OF STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT.

    An affected individual who is a borrower of a qualified student
loan or a qualified parent loan shall be granted a deferment, not in
excess of 6 months, during which periodic installments of principal
need not be paid, and interest--
            (1) shall accrue and be paid by the Secretary, in the case
        of a loan made under section 428, 428B, 428C, or 428H of the
        Act;
            (2) shall accrue and be paid by the Secretary to the
        Perkins loan fund held by the institution of higher education
        that made the loan, in the case of a loan made under part E of
        title IV of the Act; and
            (3) shall not accrue, in the case of a Federal Direct Loan
        made under part D of such title.

SEC. 6. NO AFFECT ON GRANT AND LOAN LIMITS.

    Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Act or any
regulation issued thereunder, no grant or loan funds received by an
affected student under title IV of the Act for a cancelled enrollment
period shall be counted against such affected student's annual or
aggregate grant or loan limits for the receipt of grants or loans under
that title.

SEC. 7. TEACHER LOAN RELIEF.

    The Secretary may waive the requirement of sections 428J(b)(1) and
460(b)(1)(A) of the Act that the 5 years of qualifying service be
consecutive academic years for any teacher whose employment was
interrupted if--
            (1) the teacher was employed in qualifying service, at the
        time of a Gulf hurricane disaster, in a school located in an
        area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster; and
            (2) the teacher resumes qualifying service not later than
        the beginning of academic year 2006-2007 in that school or any
        other school in which employment is qualifying service under
        such section.

SEC. 8. EXPANDING INFORMATION DISSEMINATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY FOR
              PELL GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make special efforts, in
conjunction with State efforts, to notify affected students and if
applicable, their parents, who qualify for means-tested Federal benefit
programs, of their potential eligibility for a maximum Pell Grant, and
shall disseminate such informational materials as the Secretary deems
appropriate.
    (b) Means-Tested Federal Benefit Program.--For the purpose of this
section, the term ``means-tested Federal benefit program'' means a
mandatory spending program of the Federal Government, other than a
program under the Act, in which eligibility for the program's benefits,
or the amount of such benefits, or both, are determined on the basis of
income or resources of the individual or family seeking the benefit,
and may include such programs as the supplemental security income
program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the food stamp
program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, the free and reduced price
school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act, the temporary assistance to needy families program
established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and
the women, infants, and children program established under section 17
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and other programs identified by
the Secretary.

SEC. 9. PROCEDURES.

    (a) Deadlines and Procedures.--Sections 482(c) and 492 of the Act
shall not apply to any waivers, modifications, or actions initiated by
the Secretary under this Act.
    (b) Case-by-case Basis.--The Secretary is not required to exercise
any waiver or modification authority under this Act on a case-by-case
basis.

SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The authority of the Secretary to issue waivers or modifications
under this Act shall expire at the conclusion of the 2005-2006 academic
year, but the expiration of such authority shall not affect the
continuing validity of any such waivers or modifications after such
academic year.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, except as otherwise specifically provided
in this Act, the following terms have the following meanings:
            (1) Affected individual.--The term ``affected individual''
        means an individual who has applied for or received student
        financial assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act
        of 1965, and--
                    (A) who is an affected student; or
                    (B) whose primary place of employment or residency
                was, as of August 29, 2005, in an area affected by a
                Gulf hurricane disaster.
            (2) Affected institution.--The term ``affected
        institution'' means an institution of higher education that--
                    (A) is located in an area affected by a Gulf
                hurricane disaster; and
                    (B) has temporarily ceased operations as a
                consequence of a Gulf hurricane disaster, as determined
                by the Secretary.
            (3) Affected state.--The term ``affected State'' means the
        State of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
            (4) Affected student.--The term ``affected student'' means
        an individual who has applied for or received student financial
        assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
        and who--
                    (A) was enrolled or accepted for enrollment, as of
                August 29, 2005, at an institution of higher education
                in an area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster;
                    (B) was a dependent student enrolled or accepted
                for enrollment at an institution of higher education
                that is not in an area affected by a Gulf hurricane
                disaster, but whose parents resided or were employed,
                as of August 29, 2005, in an area affected by a Gulf
                hurricane disaster; or
                    (C) was enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an
                institution of higher education, as of August 29, 2005,
                and whose attendance was interrupted because of a Gulf
                hurricane disaster.
            (5) Area affected by a gulf hurricane disaster.--The term
        ``area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster'' means a county
        or parish, in an affected State, that has been designated by
        the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster assistance
        for individuals and households as a result of Hurricane Katrina
        or Hurricane Rita.
            (6) Cancelled enrollment period.--The term ``cancelled
        enrollment period'' means any period of enrollment at an
        affected institution during the academic year 2005.
            (7) Gulf hurricane disaster.--The term ``Gulf hurricane
        disaster'' means a major disaster that the President declared
        to exist, in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T.
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and that
        was caused by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
            (8) Institution of higher education.--The term
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such
        term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, except
        that the term does not include institutions under subsection
        (a)(1)(C) of that section.
            (9) Qualified student loan.--The term ``qualified student
        loan'' means any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part
        B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
        other than a loan under section 428B of such title or a Federal
        Direct Plus loan.
            (10) Qualified parent loan.--The term ``qualified parent
        loan'' means a loan made under section 428B of title IV of the
        Higher Education Act of 1965 or a Federal Direct Plus loan.
            (11) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Education.


SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF 18 OR 36 MONTH LIMITATION ON COBRA CONTINUATION
              COVERAGE.

    (a) Under ERISA.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 602(2) of the
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
        1162(2)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) No specified maximum required period.--Except
                as otherwise provided, there is no specified deadline
                for the continuation coverage provided under this
                part.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        The last sentence of section 602(3) of such Act is amended to
        read as follows: ``In the case of an individual who was
        described in the last sentence of paragraph (2)(A), as in
        effect before the amendment made by section 2(a)(1) of the
        Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, for any month after the
        18th month of continuation coverage described in clause (i) or
        (ii) of such paragraph and in the case of an individual whose
        continuation coverage is only required under this part due to
        such amendment, any reference in subparagraph (A) of this
        paragraph to `102 percent' is deemed a reference to such
        percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        determines (from time to time and after consultation with the
        Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury) that if
        were applied during the period of the first 18 months of
        continuation coverage under this part would have resulted in a
        premium equal to the average monthly actuarial cost of such
        continuation coverage.''.
    (b) Under IRC.--
            (1) In general.--Clause (i) of section 4980B(f)(2)(B) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to maximum required
        period of continuation coverage) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) No specified maximum required
                        period.--Except as otherwise provided, there is
                        no specified deadline for the continuation
                        coverage provided under this section.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        The last sentence of section 4980B(f)(2)(C) of such Code is
        amended to read as follows: ``In the case of an individual who
        was described in the last sentence of subparagraph (B)(i), as
        in effect before the amendment made by section 2(b)(1) of the
        Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, for any month after the
        18th month of continuation coverage described in subclause (I)
        or (II) of such subparagraph and in the case of an individual
        whose continuation coverage is only required under this section
        due to such amendment, any reference in clause (i) of this
        subparagraph to `102 percent' is deemed a reference to such
        percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        determines from time to time under the last sentence of section
        602(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
        1974.''.
    (c) Under PHSA.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 2202(2) of the
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-2(2)) is amended to
        read as follows:
                    ``(A) No specified maximum required period.--Except
                as otherwise provided, there is no specified deadline
                for the continuation coverage provided under this
                part.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        The last sentence of section 2202(3) of such Act is amended to
        read as follows: ``In the case of an individual who was
        described in the last sentence of paragraph (2)(A), as in
        effect before the amendment made by section 2(c)(1) of the
        Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, for any month after the
        18th month of continuation coverage described in clause (i) or
        (ii) of such paragraph and in the case of an individual whose
        continuation coverage is only required under this part due to
        such amendment, any reference in subparagraph (A) of this
        paragraph to `102 percent' is deemed a reference to such
        percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        determines from time to time under the last sentence of section
        602(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
        1974.''.
    (d) FEHBP.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (e) of section 8905a of title
        5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Continuation coverage under this section shall not extend
beyond the period of continuation required under section 602(2) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for a group health plan
covered under such section.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        Section 8905a(d) of such title is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``and (5)''
                and inserting ``, (5), and (6)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(A), in the matter before
                clause (i), by inserting ``for periods of continuation
                coverage not resulting from the amendment made by
                section 2(d)(1) of the Health Insurance For Life Act of
                2006'' after ``National Nuclear Security
                Administration'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5)(A), in the matter before
                clause (i), by inserting ``for periods of continuation
                coverage not resulting from the amendment made by
                section 2(d)(1) of the Health Insurance For Life Act of
                2006'' after ``Atomic Energy Defense Act''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new
                paragraph:
    ``(6) In the case of any period of continuation coverage under this
section resulting from the amendment made by section 2(d)(1) of the
Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, the amount required to be paid
under this subsection shall be equal to a percentage (equal to such
percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
from time to time under the last sentence of section 602(e) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) applied to the amount
described in paragraph (1)(A)(i).''.
    (e) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments
        made by subsections (a) through (c) shall apply with respect to
        group health plans, and health insurance coverage offered in
        connection with group health plans, for plan years beginning
        after the date of the enactment of this Act and the amendments
        made by subsection (d) shall apply to contract years beginning
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2)  Treatment of collective bargaining agreements.--In the
        case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more
        collective bargaining agreements between employee
        representatives and 1 or more employers ratified before the
        date of enactment of this Act, the amendments made by
        subsections (a) through (c) shall not apply to plan years
        beginning before the later of--
                    (A) the date on which the last collective
                bargaining agreements relating to the plan terminates
                (determined without regard to any extension thereof
                agreed to after the date of enactment of this Act); or
                    (B) 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
                Act.
        For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amendment made
        pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement relating to the
        plan which amends the plan solely to conform to any requirement
        added by this section shall not be treated as a termination of
        such collective bargaining agreement.


SECTION 1. ROCKY FLATS ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SITE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Essential mineral right.--The term ``essential mineral
        right'' means a right to mine sand and gravel at Rocky Flats,
        as depicted on the map.
            (2) Fair market value.--The term ``fair market value''
        means the value of an essential mineral right, as determined by
        an appraisal performed by an independent, certified mineral
        appraiser under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
        Practice.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Rocky
        Flats National Wildlife Refuge'', dated July 25, 2005, and
        available for inspection in appropriate offices of the United
        States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Energy.
            (4) Natural resource damage liability claim.--The term
        ``natural resource damage liability claim'' means a natural
        resource damage liability claim under subsections (a)(4)(C) and
        (f) of section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607)
        arising from hazardous substances releases at or from Rocky
        Flats that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are
        identified in the administrative record for Rocky Flats
        required by the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
        Contingency Plan prepared under section 105 of that Act (42
        U.S.C. 9605).
            (5) Rocky flats.--The term ``Rocky Flats'' means the
        Department of Energy facility in the State of Colorado known as
        the ``Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site''.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Energy.
            (7) Trustees.--The term ``Trustees'' means the Federal and
        State officials designated as trustees under section 107(f)(2)
        of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607(f)(2)).
    (b) Purchase of Essential Mineral Rights.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this Act, such amounts authorized to be
        appropriated under subsection (c) shall be available to the
        Secretary to purchase essential mineral rights at Rocky Flats.
            (2) Conditions.--The Secretary shall not purchase an
        essential mineral right under paragraph (1) unless--
                    (A) the owner of the essential mineral right is a
                willing seller; and
                    (B) the Secretary purchases the essential mineral
                right for an amount that does not exceed fair market
                value.
            (3) Limitation.--Only those funds authorized to be
        appropriated under subsection (c) shall be available for the
        Secretary to purchase essential mineral rights under paragraph
        (1).
            (4) Release from liability.--Notwithstanding any other law,
        any natural resource damage liability claim shall be considered
        to be satisfied by--
                    (A) the purchase by the Secretary of essential
                mineral rights under paragraph (1) for consideration in
                an amount equal to $10,000,000;
                    (B) the payment by the Secretary to the Trustees of
                $10,000,000; or
                    (C) the purchase by the Secretary of any portion of
                the mineral rights under paragraph (1) for--
                            (i) consideration in an amount less than
                        $10,000,000; and
                            (ii) a payment by the Secretary to the
                        Trustees of an amount equal to the difference
                        between--
                                    (I) $10,000,000; and
                                    (II) the amount paid under clause
                                (i).
            (5) Use of funds.--
                    (A) In general.--Any amounts received under
                paragraph (4) shall be used by the Trustees for the
                purposes described in section 107(f)(1) of the
                Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
                Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607(f)(1)),
                including--
                            (i) the purchase of additional mineral
                        rights at Rocky Flats; and
                            (ii) the development of habitat restoration
                        projects at Rocky Flats.
                    (B) Condition.--Any expenditure of funds under this
                paragraph shall be made jointly by the Trustees.
                    (C) Additional funds.--The Trustees may use the
                funds received under paragraph (4) in conjunction with
                other private and public funds.
            (6) Exemption from national environmental policy act.--Any
        purchases of mineral rights under this subsection shall be
        exempt from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
            (7) Rocky flats national wildlife refuge.--
                    (A) Transfer of management responsibilities.--The
                Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001 (16
                U.S.C. 668dd note; Public Law 107-107) is amended--
                            (i) in section 3175--
                                    (I) by striking subsections (b) and
                                (f); and
                                    (II) by redesignating subsections
                                (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b),
                                (c), and (d), respectively; and
                            (ii) in section 3176(a)(1), by striking
                        ``section 3175(d)'' and inserting ``section
                        3175(c)''.
                    (B) Boundaries.--Section 3177 of the Rocky Flats
                National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001 (16 U.S.C. 668dd
                note; Public Law 107-107) is amended by striking
                subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Composition.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        refuge shall consist of land within the boundaries of Rocky
        Flats, as depicted on the map--
                    ``(A) entitled `Rocky Flats National Wildlife
                Refuge';
                    ``(B) dated July 25, 2005; and
                    ``(C) available for inspection in the appropriate
                offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
                and the Department of Energy.
            ``(2) Exclusions.--The refuge does not include--
                    ``(A) any land retained by the Department of Energy
                for response actions under section 3175(c);
                    ``(B) any land depicted on the map described in
                paragraph (1) that is subject to 1 or more essential
                mineral rights described in section 3114(a) of the
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
                over which the Secretary shall retain jurisdiction of
                the surface estate until the essential mineral rights--
                            ``(i) are purchased under subsection (b) of
                        that Act; or
                            ``(ii) are mined and reclaimed by the
                        mineral rights holders in accordance with
                        requirements established by the State of
                        Colorado; and
                    ``(C) the land depicted on the map described in
                paragraph (1) on which essential mineral rights are
                being actively mined as of the date of enactment of
                this subparagraph until--
                            ``(i) the essential mineral rights are
                        purchased; or
                            ``(ii) the surface estate is reclaimed by
                        the mineral rights holder in accordance with
                        requirements established by the State of
                        Colorado.
            ``(3) Acquisition of additional land.--Notwithstanding
        paragraph (2), upon the purchase of the mineral rights or
        reclamation of the land depicted on the map described in
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) transfer the land to the Secretary of the
                Interior for inclusion in the refuge; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary of the Interior shall--
                            ``(i) accept the transfer of the land; and
                            ``(ii) manage the land as part of the
                        refuge.''.
    (c) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site for fiscal
year 2006, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary for the
purposes described in subsection (b).


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immunization Now Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds, with respect to immunizations against vaccine-
preventable diseases, the following:
            (1) Childhood illnesses that can be prevented by timely
        application of commonly available vaccinations, through a
        program of Federal and local cooperation, are rising at an
        alarming rate.
            (2) The incidence of measles increased 336 percent in 1989,
        increasing to eighteen thousand one hundred ninety three cases
        from three thousand three hundred ninety six in 1988.
            (3) The cost of appropriate immunizations is minimal. One
        estimate places that cost at $130 per child.
            (4) The typical price per dose of a measles, mumps, rubella
        vaccine is approximately $24 to the practitioner and the
        average cost of hospitalization for a child with measles is
        approximately $5,000-$6,000.
            (5) A child who was not immunized from measles died in a
        California hospital after $800,000 was spent in an effort to
        treat the child's measles complications.
            (6) In November 1990 the measles rate for the year had
        already surpassed the rates of other full years since 1978 and
        deaths from measles are the highest since 1971. Measles caused
        more than sixty deaths in 1990, the largest annual number of
        reported cases due to measles in almost two decades.
            (7) Fifty four percent of measles cases occur among
        vaccine-eligible infants and preschool children who have not
        been vaccinated.
            (8) One-third to one-half of children up to age two who
        live in poor, inner-city areas are not properly immunized.
            (9) Preschool children in other Western, industrialized
        nations have significantly higher immunization rates than
        United States children of the same age group.
            (10) There are seven to nine million uninsured children in
        the United States.
            (11) While programs to immunize school-aged children have
        been very successful, preschoolers as a group now make up 47
        percent of measles cases, up from 25 percent in 1988.
            (12) Computerized systems of tracking immunization status
        and utilization from birth have been operationalized in several
        countries, including Great Britain and the Netherlands. Such
        systems can aid in surveillance of immunization status,
        provision of reminders to parents when vaccines are due, and
        monitoring the distribution of vaccines through public and
        private providers.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM REGARDING IMMUNIZATION OF
              INFANTS AGAINST VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES.

    (a) In General.--Each infant in the United States--
            (1) who has not reached the infant's second birthday,
            (2) who is a citizen or national of the United States, an
        alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or other alien
        permanently in the United States under color of law, and
            (3) who is not entitled under a health insurance policy or
        other health benefit plan to receive (or have any payment made
        for the expenses of) any immunization specified under section
        7, is entitled to receive without charge, in accordance with
        this Act, immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases.
    (b) Implementation Through System of Vouchers.--The entitlement
established in subsection (a) shall be implemented through the use of
vouchers issued under section 5. Such vouchers represent the obligation
of the Federal Government to pay, subject to section 6, the costs of
providing the immunizations specified under section 7 for the infants
for whom the vouchers are issued.

SEC. 4. OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE IMMUNIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Any licensed health care professional or provider
who or which is authorized by law to provide immunizations specified
under section 7 and who or which is engaged in the public or private
practice of pediatrics or family medicine shall provide the
immunizations specified under section 7 that are appropriate for the
age of the infant involved if a voucher issued under section 5 for the
infant is presented to the professional or provider.
    (b) Applicability.--The requirement established in subsection (a)
shall apply to a professional or provider without regard to whether the
professional or provider provides health services as a participant in
the program established in title XVIII of the Social Security Act or
the program established in title XIX of such Act, and without regard to
whether the professional or provider otherwise receives Federal
payments or Federal financial assistance for any purpose.

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF VOUCHERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
provide for the issuance of vouchers for purposes of section 3(b). Each
such voucher shall--
            (1) bear a seal for purposes of indicating that the voucher
        has been issued for purposes of the entitlement established in
        section 3(a);
            (2) contain the name of the infant for whom the voucher is
        issued and the name and address of not less than one parent of
        the infant;
            (3) in summary form state the principal legal rights and
        obligations arising with respect to the voucher; and
            (4) contain a simple explanation of what immunizations are
        needed and why.
    (b) Eligibility.--A voucher shall not be issued under this section
with respect to an infant unless the infant is described in section
3(a) and an application for the voucher has been made and signed by a
parent of the infant.
    (c) Application for Issuance.--
            (1) Hospitals.--The Secretary shall provide for a process
        by which a hospital, in which an infant eligible for a voucher
        is born, issues the voucher to the parent of the infant at the
        time of birth if the hospital determines, based on information
        supplied by the parent, that the infant is described in section
        3(a). Under the process, the hospital shall complete the
        application for the voucher on behalf of the infant, obtain the
        signature of a parent as to the accuracy of the information
        supplied, and forward the application to the Secretary.
            (2) Community health centers.--The Secretary shall provide
        for a process by which a community health center issues a
        voucher to the parent of an infant if--
                    (A) based upon information supplied by the parent
                to the center, the center determines that the infant is
                described in section 3(a) and a voucher has not been
                previously issued with respect to the infant, and
                    (B) the infant is a patient at the center.
        Under the process, the center shall complete the application
        for the voucher on behalf of the infant, obtain the signature
        of a parent as to the accuracy of the information supplied, and
        forward the application to the Secretary.
            (3) Secretary.--In cases not described in paragraph (1) or
        (2), the Secretary shall provide for direct issuance of a
        voucher to a parent of an infant described in section 3(a) upon
        application by the parent.

SEC. 6. REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROVISION OF IMMUNIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a professional or provider
providing immunizations pursuant to the presentation of vouchers issued
under section 5, the Secretary shall make a single payment to the
professional or provider each quarter of the fiscal year as
reimbursement for the costs of immunizations provided in the preceding
quarter if--
            (1) the professional or provider submits to the Secretary
        the vouchers involved;
            (2) the Secretary determines that the vouchers were
        obtained, and the immunizations involved were provided, in
        accordance with this Act; and
            (3) the vouchers are submitted to the Secretary in
        accordance with such procedures and meet such requirements as
        the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out paragraph
        (2).
    (b) Amount of Reimbursement.--The Secretary shall establish amounts
of reimbursement that will be provided for types of immunizations
specified under section 7. Each such reimbursement shall include
reimbursement both for the vaccine and for the professional service of
providing the immunization.

SEC. 7. SPECIFICATION OF IMMUNIZATIONS.

    The immunizations specified in this section are such immunizations
as may be established by the Secretary based on the recommendations of
the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice of the Centers for
Disease
Control.

SEC. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Provision of Information Regarding Program.--The Secretary
shall carry out activities--
            (1) to inform the public of the entitlement established in
        section 3(a), including the manner in which an application
        under section 5(c) may be obtained; and
            (2) to inform professionals and providers of their legal
        rights and obligations regarding vouchers issued under section
        5.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall by regulation issue criteria
for carrying out sections 3 through 7. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the final rule shall be issued not later than ninety days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Applicability.--The entitlement established in section 3(a)
shall apply upon the expiration of the forty-five day period beginning
on the date on which the final rule referred to in subsection (b) is
required under such subsection to be issued.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health
        and Human Services.
            (2) The term ``parent'' means any parent, step-parent,
        grandparent, or duly appointed guardian.
            (3) The term ``United States'' includes Puerto Rico, Guam,
        the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana
        Islands.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 1994 and each subsequent fiscal year.

SEC. 9. NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control, shall establish a national immunization
registry system (in this section referred to as the ``registry''). The
purpose of the system is to provide for national surveillance of
childhood immunization status through age six.
    (b) 2-Year Research and Demonstration Phase.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to public
        and nonprofit private entities to conduct research and
        demonstration projects aimed at identifying mechanisms and
        structures to develop the registry, including--
                    (A) projects to test methods for collecting birth
                certificate and immunization information in a large
                central data system;
                    (B) projects to evaluate the capacity of public
                health agencies to provide birth certificate and
                immunization information in a cost-effective and
                efficient manner;
                    (C) projects to assess techniques for tracking
                children in mobile populations across geographic areas;
                    (D) projects to explore the feasibility of a
                registry which requires the participation by private
                providers of immunization services; and
                    (E) projects to demonstrate the efficient use of
                registry information in providing immunization status.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $7,000,000 in
        fiscal year 1994 and $12,000,000 in fiscal year 1995.
    (c) Enhancement of Information Systems.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, based on projects conducted
        under subsection (b), shall expand the registry to cover the
        entire Nation. In doing this, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) develop the capacity to link and process all
                birth certificate records through a central registry;
                    (B) enhance State and local technical capacity to
                provide information through use of resources (such as
                new computer hardware and software or technical
                assistance);
                    (C) promote participation by private providers who
                administer childhood vaccines; and
                    (D) develop mechanisms to collect information on
                all doses of vaccine administered to preschool age
                children in both the public and private sectors.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 in
        fiscal year 1996.
    (d) Full Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 1997, the
        Secretary shall provide for full implementation of the
        registry. In implementing such registry, the Secretary shall
        provide that--
                    (A) all infants born in the United States are
                registered through birth certificate information that
                relates to immunization tracking and vaccine
                administration;
                    (B) information on doses of vaccines administered
                to all children under six years of age is collected;
                    (C) appropriate notices are provided to parents
                regarding overdue vaccinations; and
                    (D) appropriate records are provided to parents for
                their children entering schools or day care programs.
        The Secretary shall include information on the operation of the
        registry with annual reports submitted to Congress on the
        operation of the vaccine system provided under the other
        provisions of this Act.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 in
        each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1997.


SECTION 1. ALLOCATION OF NATIONAL LIMITATION ON QUALIFIED SCHOOL
              CONSTRUCTION BONDS; APPLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON ACT TO
              PROJECTS FINANCED WITH BONDS.

    (a) In General.--Title XII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 12004 through 12013 as
        sections 12101 through 12110, respectively;
            (2) by inserting before section 12101 (as so redesignated)
        the following:

  ``PART A--GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
                        EDUCATION FACILITIES'';

        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:

             ``PART B--QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS

``SEC. 12201. ALLOCATION WITH RESPECT TO QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
              BONDS.

    ``(a) Qualified School Construction Bond.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this part, the term
        `qualified school construction bond' means any bond issued as
        part of an issue if--
                    ``(A) a taxpayer who holds the bond is allowed a
                credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(B) 95 percent or more of the proceeds of such
                issue are to be used for the construction,
                rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility;
                    ``(C) the bond is issued by a State or local
                government within the jurisdiction of which such school
                is located; and
                    ``(D) the issuer designates such bond for purposes
                of this section and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            ``(2) Temporary period exception.--A bond shall not be
        treated as failing to meet the requirement of paragraph (1)(B)
        solely by reason of the fact that the proceeds of the issue of
        which such bond is a part are invested for a reasonable
        temporary period (but not more than 36 months) until such
        proceeds are needed for the purpose for which such issue was
        issued. Any earnings on such proceeds during such period shall
        be treated as proceeds of the issue for purposes of applying
        paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(b) National Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated.--In any
case in which there is imposed a national limitation on the maximum
aggregate face amount of bonds issued during any calendar year which
may be designated as qualified school construction bonds, such
limitation shall be allocated in accordance with this section.
    ``(c) One-Third of Limitation Allocated Among States.--
            ``(1) In general.--One-third of the limitation applicable
        under subsection (b) for any calendar year shall be allocated
        among the States under paragraph (2) by the Secretary. The
        limitation amount allocated to a State under the preceding
        sentence shall be allocated by the State educational agency to
        issuers within such State and such allocations may be made only
        if there is an approved State application.
            ``(2) Allocation formula.--The amount to be allocated under
        paragraph (1) for any calendar year shall be allocated among
        the States in proportion to the respective amounts each such
        State received for Basic Grants under subpart 2 of part A of
        title I of this Act for the most recent fiscal year ending
        before such calendar year. For purposes of the preceding
        sentence, Basic Grants attributable to large local educational
        agencies (as defined in subsection (d)), and Basic Grants
        attributable to high-growth local educational agencies (as
        defined in subsection (e)), shall be disregarded.
            ``(3) Minimum allocations to states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall adjust the
                allocations under this subsection for any calendar year
                for each State to the extent necessary to ensure that
                the sum of--
                            ``(i) the amount allocated to such State
                        under this subsection for such year; and
                            ``(ii) the aggregate amounts allocated
                        under subsections (d) and (e) to local
                        educational agencies in such State for such
                        year;
                is not less than an amount equal to such State's
                minimum percentage of one-third of the national
                qualified school construction bond limitation referred
                to in subsection (b) for the calendar year.
                    ``(B) Minimum percentage.--A State's minimum
                percentage for any calendar year is the minimum
                percentage described in section 1124(d) for such State
                for the most recent fiscal year ending before such
                calendar year.
            ``(4) Allocations to certain possessions.--The amount to be
        allocated under paragraph (1) to any possession of the United
        States (as such term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986) other than Puerto Rico shall be the amount which would
        have been allocated if all allocations under paragraph (1) were
        made on the basis of respective populations of individuals
        below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management
        and Budget). In making other allocations, the amount to be
        allocated under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the aggregate
        amount allocated under this paragraph to possessions of the
        United States.
            ``(5) Approved state application.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1), the term `approved State application' means an
        application which is approved by the Secretary and which
        includes--
                    ``(A) the results of a recent publicly available
                survey (undertaken by the State with the involvement of
                local education officials, members of the public, and
                experts in school construction and management) of such
                State's needs for public school facilities, including
                descriptions of--
                            ``(i) health and safety problems at such
                        facilities;
                            ``(ii) the capacity of public schools in
                        the State to house projected enrollments; and
                            ``(iii) the extent to which the public
                        schools in the State offer the physical
                        infrastructure needed to provide a high-quality
                        education to all students; and
                    ``(B) a description of how the State will allocate
                to local educational agencies, or otherwise use, its
                allocation under this subsection to address the needs
                identified under subparagraph (A), including a
                description of how it will--
                            ``(i) give highest priority to localities
                        with the greatest needs, as demonstrated by
                        inadequate school facilities coupled with a low
                        level of resources to meet those needs;
                            ``(ii) use its allocation under this
                        subsection to assist localities that lack the
                        fiscal capacity to issue bonds on their own;
                        and
                            ``(iii) ensure that its allocation under
                        this subsection is used only to supplement, and
                        not supplant, the amount of school
                        construction, rehabilitation, and repair in the
                        State that would have occurred in the absence
                        of such allocation.
        Any allocation under paragraph (1) by a State education agency
        shall be binding if such agency reasonably determined that the
        allocation was in accordance with the plan approved under this
        paragraph.
    ``(d) One-Third of Limitation Allocated Among Largest School
Districts.--
            ``(1) In general.--One-third of the limitation applicable
        under subsection (b) for any calendar year shall be allocated
        under paragraph (2) by the Secretary among local educational
        agencies which are large local educational agencies for such
        year. No qualified school construction bond may be issued by
        reason of an allocation to a large local educational agency
        under the preceding sentence unless such agency has an approved
        local application.
            ``(2) Allocation formula.--The amount to be allocated under
        paragraph (1) for any calendar year shall be allocated among
large local educational agencies in proportion to the respective
amounts each such agency received for Basic Grants under subpart 2 of
part A of title I of this Act for the most recent fiscal year ending
before such calendar year.
            ``(3) Large local educational agency.--For purposes of this
        section, the term `large local educational agency' means, with
        respect to a calendar year, any local educational agency (other
        than a high-growth local educational agency, as defined in
        subsection (e)) if such agency is--
                    ``(A) among the 100 local educational agencies with
                the largest numbers of children aged 5 through 17 from
                families living below the poverty level, as determined
                by the Secretary using the most recent data available
                from the Department of Commerce that are satisfactory
                to the Secretary; or
                    ``(B) 1 of not more than 25 local educational
                agencies (other than those described in clause (i))
                that the Secretary determines (based on the most recent
                data available satisfactory to the Secretary) are in
                particular need of assistance, based on a low level of
                resources for school construction, a high level of
                enrollment growth, or such other factors as the
                Secretary deems appropriate.
            ``(4) Approved local application.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1), the term `approved local application' means an
        application which is approved by the Secretary and which
        includes--
                    ``(A) the results of a recent publicly-available
                survey (undertaken by the local educational agency with
                the involvement of school officials, members of the
                public, and experts in school construction and
                management) of such agency's needs for public school
                facilities, including descriptions of--
                            ``(i) the overall condition of the local
                        educational agency's school facilities,
                        including health and safety problems;
                            ``(ii) the capacity of the agency's schools
                        to house projected enrollments; and
                            ``(iii) the extent to which the agency's
                        schools offer the physical infrastructure
                        needed to provide a high-quality education to
                        all students;
                    ``(B) a description of how the local educational
                agency will use its allocation under this subsection to
                address the needs identified under subparagraph (A);
                and
                    ``(C) a description of how the local educational
                agency will ensure that its allocation under this
                subsection is used only to supplement, and not
                supplant, the amount of school construction,
                rehabilitation, or repair in the locality that would
                have occurred in the absence of such allocation.
        A rule similar to the rule of the last sentence of subsection
        (c)(5) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(e) One-Third of Limitation Allocated Among High-Growth School
Districts.--
            ``(1) In general.--One-third of the limitation applicable
        under subsection (b) for any calendar year shall be allocated
        under paragraph (2) by the Secretary among local educational
        agencies which are high-growth local educational agencies for
        such year. No qualified school construction bond may be issued
        by reason of an allocation to a high-growth local educational
        agency under the preceding sentence unless such agency has an
        approved local application (as defined in subsection (d)(4)). A
        rule similar to the rule of the last sentence of subsection
        (c)(5) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
            ``(2) Allocation formula.--The amount to be allocated under
        paragraph (1) for any calendar year shall be allocated among
        high-growth local educational agencies in proportion to the
        respective amounts each such agency received for Basic Grants
        under subpart 2 of part A of title I of this Act for the most
        recent fiscal year ending before such calendar year.
            ``(3) High-growth local educational agency.--For purposes
        of this section, the term `high-growth local educational
        agency' means, with respect to a calendar year, any local
        educational agency if--
                    ``(A) there has been at least a 7.5 percent
                increase in such agency's enrollment during the 5-year
                period ending with the preceding calendar year; and
                    ``(B) such enrollment increase exceeds 150
                students.
    ``(f) Carryover of Unused Limitation.--If for any calendar year--
            ``(1) the amount allocated under subsection (c) to any
        State; exceeds
            ``(2) the amount of bonds issued during such year which are
        designated as qualified school construction bonds pursuant to
        such allocation;
the limitation amount under such subsection for such State for the
following calendar year shall be increased by the amount of such
excess. A similar rule shall apply to the amounts allocated under
subsections (d) and (e).
    ``(g) Other Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Local educational agency.--The term `local
        educational agency' has the meaning given to such term by
        section 14101. Such term includes the local educational agency
        that serves the District of Columbia but does not include any
        other State agency.
            ``(2) Bond.--The term `bond' includes any obligation.
            ``(3) Public school facility.--The term `public school
        facility' shall not include any stadium or other facility
        primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other
        events for which admission is charged to the general public.

``SEC. 12202. APPLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON ACT TO PROJECTS FINANCED WITH
              QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS.

    ``The wage requirements of the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a
et seq.) (commonly referred to as the `Davis-Bacon Act') shall apply
with respect to individuals employed on school construction,
rehabilitation, or repair projects financed with the proceeds from an
issuance of qualified school construction bonds.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title XII of such Act is amended--
            (1) in sections 12101 through 12110 (as so redesignated),
        by striking ``this title'' each place it appears and inserting
        ``this part'';
            (2) in section 12101(a)(1) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``section 12013'' and inserting
                ``section 12110'';
                    (B) by striking ``section 12005'' and inserting
                ``section 12102''; and
                    (C) by striking ``section 12007'' and inserting
                ``section 12104'';
            (3) in section 12101(a)(2) (as so redesignated), by
        striking ``section 12013'' and inserting ``section 12110''; and
            (4) in section 12109(3)(C) (as so redesignated), by
        striking ``section 12006'' and inserting ``section 12103''.