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dent determines such modification to be ap-
propriate.
‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may
carry out a program under paragraph (1)
through a cooperative agreement with a medical
institution, including a local health department,
or a consortium of medical institutions.
‘‘(B) SELECTION CRITERIA.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the President shall se-
lect, to carry out a program under paragraph
(1), a medical institution or a consortium of
medical institutions that—
‘‘(i) is located near—
‘‘(I) the disaster area with respect
to which the program is carried out;
and
‘‘(II) any other area in which
there reside groups of individuals that
worked or volunteered in response to
the disaster; and
‘‘(ii) has appropriate experience in the
areas of environmental or occupational
health, toxicology, and safety, including ex-
perience in—
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‘‘(I) developing clinical protocols
and conducting clinical health exami-
nations, including mental health as-
sessments;
‘‘(II) conducting long-term health
monitoring and epidemiological stud-
ies;
‘‘(III) conducting long-term men-
tal health studies; and
‘‘(IV) establishing and maintain-
ing medical surveillance programs and
environmental exposure or disease reg-
istries.
‘‘(6) INVOLVEMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the President shall
involve interested and affected parties, as appro-
priate, including representatives of—
‘‘(i) Federal, State, and local govern-
ment agencies;
‘‘(ii) groups of individuals that worked
or volunteered in response to the disaster in
the disaster area;
‘‘(iii) local residents, businesses, and
schools (including parents and teachers);
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‘‘(iv) health care providers;
‘‘(v) faith based organizations; and
‘‘(vi) other organizations and persons.
‘‘(B) 
COMMITTEES.—Involvement 
under
subparagraph (A) may be provided through the
establishment of an advisory or oversight com-
mittee or board.
‘‘(7) PRIVACY.—The President shall carry out
each program under paragraph (1) in accordance
with regulations relating to privacy promulgated
under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.
1320d–2 note; Public Law 104–191).
‘‘(8) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—In carrying out a
program under paragraph (1), the President may—
‘‘(A) include the baseline clinical health ex-
amination of a participating responder under a
certified monitoring programs; and
‘‘(B) substitute the baseline clinical health
examination of a participating responder under
a certified monitoring program for a baseline
clinical health examination under paragraph
(1).
‘‘(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the estab-
lishment of a program under subsection (b)(1), and every
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5 years thereafter, the President, or the medical institution
or consortium of such institutions having entered into a co-
operative agreement under subsection (b)(5), may submit
a report to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of
Labor, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and appropriate committees of Congress describing
the programs and studies carried out under the program.’’.
(b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON
DISASTER AREA HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC-
TION AND MONITORING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, and the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall
jointly enter into a contract with the National Acad-
emy of Sciences to conduct a study and prepare a re-
port on disaster area health and environmental pro-
tection and monitoring.
(2) PARTICIPATION
OF
EXPERTS.—The report
under paragraph (1) shall be prepared with the par-
ticipation of individuals who have expertise in—
(A) environmental health, safety, and medi-
cine;
(B) occupational health, safety, and medi-
cine;
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(C) clinical medicine, including pediatrics;
(D) environmental toxicology;
(E) epidemiology;
(F) mental health;
(G) medical monitoring and surveillance;
(H) environmental monitoring and surveil-
lance;
(I) environmental and industrial hygiene;
(J) emergency planning and preparedness;
(K) public outreach and education;
(L) State and local health departments;
(M) State and local environmental protec-
tion departments;
(N) functions of workers that respond to
disasters, including first responders;
(O) public health; and
(P) family services, such as counseling and
other disaster-related services provided to fami-
lies.
(3) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1)
shall provide advice and recommendations regarding
protecting and monitoring the health and safety of in-
dividuals potentially exposed to any chemical or other
substance associated with potential acute or chronic
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human health effects as the result of a disaster, in-
cluding advice and recommendations regarding—
(A) the establishment of protocols for moni-
toring and responding to chemical or substance
releases in a disaster area to protect public
health and safety, including—
(i) chemicals or other substances for
which samples should be collected in the
event of a disaster, including a terrorist at-
tack;
(ii) chemical- or substance-specific
methods of sample collection, including
sampling methodologies and locations;
(iii) chemical- or substance-specific
methods of sample analysis;
(iv) health-based threshold levels to be
used and response actions to be taken in the
event that thresholds are exceeded for indi-
vidual chemicals or other substances;
(v) procedures for providing moni-
toring results to—
(I) appropriate Federal, State,
and local government agencies;
(II) appropriate response per-
sonnel; and
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(III) the public;
(vi) responsibilities of Federal, State,
and local agencies for—
(I) collecting and analyzing sam-
ples;
(II) reporting results; and
(III) taking appropriate response
actions; and
(vii) capabilities and capacity within
the Federal Government to conduct appro-
priate environmental monitoring and re-
sponse in the event of a disaster, including
a terrorist attack; and
(B) other issues specified by the Secretary,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
are necessary to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 1105. PILOT PROGRAM TO EXTEND CERTAIN COMMER-
CIAL OPERATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2007, the Com-
missioner shall extend the hours of commercial operations
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at the port of entry located at Santa Teresa, New Mexico,
to a minimum of 16 hours a day.
(b) REPORT.—The Commissioner shall submit a report
to the appropriate congressional committees not later than
September 30, 2007, with respect to the extension of hours
of commercial operations described in subsection (a). The
report shall include:
(1) an analysis of the impact of the extended
hours of operation on the port facility, staff, and
trade volume handled at the port; and
(2) recommendations regarding whether to ex-
tend such hours of operation beyond fiscal year 2007.
SEC. 1106. SECURITY PLAN FOR ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE
AIRPORTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary
for the Transportation Security Administration shall sub-
mit to Congress a security plan for Essential Air Service
airports in the United States.
(b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The security plan required
by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Recommendations for improved security
measures at such airports.
(2) Recommendations for proper passenger and
cargo security screening procedures at such airports.
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(3) A timeline for implementation of rec-
ommended security measures or procedures at such
airports.
(4) Cost analysis for implementation of rec-
ommended security measures or procedures at such
airports.
SEC. 1107. DISCLOSURES REGARDING HOMELAND SECU-
RITY GRANTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) HOMELAND
SECURITY
GRANT.—The term
‘‘homeland security grant’’ means any grant made or
administered by the Department, including—
(A) the State Homeland Security Grant
Program;
(B) the Urban Area Security Initiative
Grant Program;
(C) the Law Enforcement Terrorism Pre-
vention Program;
(D) the Citizen Corps; and
(E) the Metropolitan Medical Response Sys-
tem.
(2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local gov-
ernment’’ has the meaning given the term in section
2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
101).
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(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.—Each State or local
government that receives a homeland security grant shall,
not later than 12 months after the later of the date of enact-
ment of this Act and the date of receipt of such grant, and
every 12 months thereafter until all funds provided under
such grant are expended, report to the Secretary a list of
all expenditures made by such State or local government
using funds from such grant.
SEC. 1108. INCLUSION OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECH-
NOLOGY CENTER IN THE NATIONAL DOMES-
TIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM.
The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium shall
include the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo,
Colorado.
SEC. 1109. TRUCKING SECURITY.
(a) LEGAL STATUS VERIFICATION
FOR LICENSED
UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL DRIVERS.—Not later than
12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, shall issue regulations to im-
plement the recommendations contained in the memo-
randum of the Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation issued on June 4, 2004 (Control No. 2004–
054).
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(b) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE ANTI-FRAUD
PROGRAMS.—Not later than 12 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Transportation,
in conjunction with the Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security, shall issue a regulation to implement
the recommendations contained in the Report on Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration Oversight of the Com-
mercial Driver’s License Program (MH–2006–037).
(c) VERIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
TRAFFIC.—
(1) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 12 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall draft guidelines for
Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, in-
cluding motor carrier safety enforcement personnel, to
improve compliance with Federal immigration and
customs laws applicable to all commercial motor vehi-
cles and commercial motor vehicle operators engaged
in cross-border traffic.
(2) VERIFICATION.—Not later than 12 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall modify the final rule regarding the en-
forcement 
of 
operating 
authority 
(Docket 
No.
FMCSA–2002–13015) to establish a system or process
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by which a carrier’s operating authority can be
verified during a roadside inspection.
SEC. 1110. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR AIR CAR-
RIERS TO HONOR TICKETS FOR SUSPENDED
AIR PASSENGER SERVICE.
Section 145(c) of the Aviation and Transportation Se-
curity Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking
‘‘November 19, 2005.’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2007.’’.
SEC. 1111. MAN-PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that the
budget of the United States Government submitted by the
President for fiscal year 2008 under section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, should include an acquisition fund
for the procurement and installation of countermeasure
technology, proven through the successful completion of
operational test and evaluation, to protect commercial air-
craft from the threat of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
(MANPADS).
(b) DEFINITION OF MANPADS.—In this section, the
term ‘‘MANPADS’’ means—
(1) a surface-to-air missile system designed to be
man-portable and carried and fired by a single indi-
vidual; and
(2) any other surface-to-air missile system de-
signed to be operated and fired by more than one in-