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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Provo River Project Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the contract 
    numbered 04-WC-40-8950 and entitled ``Agreement Among the United 
    States, the Provo River Water Users Association, and the 
    Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy to Transfer Title 
    to Certain Lands and Facilities of the Provo River Project'' and 
    shall include maps of the land and features to be conveyed under 
    the Agreement.
        (2) Association.--The term ``Association'' means the Provo 
    River Water Users Association, a nonprofit corporation organized 
    under the laws of the State.
        (3) District.--The term ``District'' means the Metropolitan 
    Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, a political subdivision of the 
    State.
        (4) Pleasant grove property.--
            (A) In general.--The term ``Pleasant Grove Property'' means 
        the 3.79-acre parcel of land acquired by the United States for 
        the Provo River Project, Deer Creek Division, located at 
        approximately 285 West 1100 North, Pleasant Grove, Utah, as in 
        existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
            (B) Inclusions.--The term ``Pleasant Grove Property'' 
        includes the office building and shop complex constructed by 
        the Association on the parcel of land described in subparagraph 
        (A).
        (5) Provo reservoir canal.--The term ``Provo Reservoir Canal'' 
    means the canal, and any associated land, rights-of-way, and 
    facilities acquired, constructed, or improved by the United States 
    as part of the Provo River Project, Deer Creek Division, extending 
    from, and including, the Murdock Diversion Dam at the mouth of 
    Provo Canyon, Utah, to and including the Provo Reservoir Canal 
    Siphon and Penstock, as in existence on the date of enactment of 
    this Act.
        (6) Salt lake aqueduct.--The term ``Salt Lake Aqueduct'' means 
    the aqueduct and associated land, rights-of-way, and facilities 
    acquired, constructed or improved by the United States as part of 
    the Provo River Project, Aqueduct Division, extending from, and 
    including, the Salt Lake Aqueduct Intake at the base of Deer Creek 
    Dam to and including the Terminal Reservoirs located at 3300 South 
    St. and Interstate Route 215 in Salt Lake City, Utah, as in 
    existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
        (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior or a designee of the Secretary.
        (8) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Utah.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND AND FACILITIES.

    (a) Conveyances to Association.--
        (1) Provo reservoir canal.--
            (A) In general.--In accordance with the terms and 
        conditions of the Agreement and subject to subparagraph (B), 
        the Secretary shall convey to the Association, all right, 
        title, and interest of the United States in and to the Provo 
        Reservoir Canal.
            (B) Condition.--The conveyance under subparagraph (A) shall 
        not be completed until the Secretary executes the Agreement and 
        accepts future arrangements entered into by the Association, 
        the District, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and 
        the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District providing for the 
        operation, ownership, financing, and improvement of the Provo 
        Reservoir Canal.
        (2) Pleasant grove property.--In accordance with the terms and 
    conditions of the Agreement, the Secretary shall convey to the 
    Association, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
    and to the Pleasant Grove Property.
    (b) Conveyance to District.--
        (1) In general.--In accordance with the terms and conditions of 
    the Agreement, and subject to the execution of the Agreement by the 
    Secretary, the Secretary shall convey to the District, all right, 
    title, and interest of the United States in and to Salt Lake 
    Aqueduct.
        (2) Easements.--
            (A) In general.--As part of the conveyance under paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall grant to the District permanent 
        easements to--
                (i) the National Forest System land on which the Salt 
            Lake Aqueduct is located; and
                (ii) land of the Aqueduct Division of the Provo River 
            Project that intersects the parcel of non-Federal land 
            authorized to be conveyed to the United States under 
            section 104(a) of Public Law 107-329 (116 Stat. 2816).
            (B) Purpose.--The easements conveyed under subparagraph (A) 
        shall be for the use, operation, maintenance, repair, 
        improvement, or replacement of the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the 
        District.
            (C) Limitation.--The United States shall not carry out any 
        activity on the land subject to the easements conveyed under 
        subparagraph (A) that would materially interfere with the use, 
        operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of 
        the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the District.
            (D) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the easements conveyed 
        under subparagraph (A) shall be determined by the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the District and the Secretary of 
        Agriculture.
            (E) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction.--
                (i) In general.--On conveyance of the easement to the 
            land described in subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary, 
            subject to the easement, shall transfer to the Secretary of 
            Agriculture administrative jurisdiction over the land.
                (ii) Administrative site.--The land transferred under 
            clause (i) shall be administered by the Secretary of 
            Agriculture as an administrative site.
            (F) Administration.--The easements conveyed under 
        subparagraph (A) shall be administered by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture in accordance with section 501(b)(3) of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761(b)(3)).
    (c) Consideration.--
        (1) Association.--
            (A) In general.--In exchange for the conveyance under 
        subsection (a)(1), the Association shall pay the Secretary an 
        amount that is equal to the sum of--
                (i) the net present value of any remaining debt 
            obligation of the United States with respect to the Provo 
            Reservoir Canal; and
                (ii) the net present value of any revenues from the 
            Provo Reservoir Canal that, based on past history--

                    (I) would be available to the United States but for 
                the conveyance of the Provo Reservoir Canal under 
                subsection (a)(1); and
                    (II) would be deposited in the reclamation fund 
                established under the first section of the Act of June 
                17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), and credited under the terms 
                of Reclamation Manual/Directives and Standards PEC 03-
                01.

            (B) Deduction.--In determining the net present values under 
        clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Association may 
        deduct from the net present value such sums as are required for 
        the reimbursement described in the Agreement.
        (2) District.--
            (A) In general.--In exchange for the conveyance under 
        subsection (b)(1), the District shall pay the Secretary an 
        amount that is equal to the sum of--
                (i) the net present value of any remaining debt 
            obligation of the United States with respect to the Salt 
            Lake Aqueduct; and
                (ii) the net present value of any revenues from the 
            Salt Lake Aqueduct that, based on past history--

                    (I) would have been available to the United States 
                but for the conveyance of the Salt Lake Aqueduct under 
                subsection (b)(1); and
                    (II) would be deposited in the reclamation fund 
                established under the first section of the Act of June 
                17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), and credited under the terms 
                of Reclamation Manual/Directives and Standards PEC 03-
                01.

            (B) Deduction.--In determining the net present values under 
        clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the District may 
        deduct from the net present value such sums as are required for 
        the reimbursement described in the Agreement.
    (d) Payment of Costs.--In addition to amounts paid to the Secretary 
under subsection (c), the Association and the District shall, in 
accordance with the Agreement, pay the Secretary--
        (1) any necessary and reasonable administrative and real estate 
    transfer costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the 
    conveyance; and
        (2) one-half of any necessary and reasonable costs associated 
    with complying with--
            (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
            (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.); and
            (C)(i) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
        470 et seq.); and
            (ii) any other Federal cultural resource laws.
    (e) Compliance With Environmental Laws.--
        (1) In general.--Before conveying land and facilities under 
    subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall comply with all 
    applicable requirements under--
            (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
            (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.); and
            (C) any other law applicable to the land and facilities.
        (2) Effect.--Nothing in this Act modifies or alters any 
    obligations under--
            (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
            (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.).

SEC. 4. EXISTING CONTRACTS.

    (a) Deer Creek Division Construction Contract.--Notwithstanding the 
conveyances under subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 3, and subject 
to the terms of the Agreement, any portion of the Deer Creek Division, 
Provo River Project, Utah, that is not conveyed under that section 
shall continue to be operated and maintained by the Association, in 
accordance with the contract numbered I1r-874, dated June 27, 1936, and 
entitled the ``Contract Between the United States and Provo River Water 
Users Association Providing for the Construction of the Deer Creek 
Division of the Provo River Project, Utah''.
    (b) Provo River Project and Jordan Aqueduct System Contracts.--
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, any written contract of the 
United States in existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
relating to the operation and maintenance of any division or facility 
of the Provo River Project or the Jordan Aqueduct System is confirmed 
and declared to be a valid contract of the United States that is 
enforceable in accordance with the express terms of the contract.
    (c) Use of Central Utah Project Water.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), any entity with 
    contractual Provo Reservoir Canal or Salt Lake Aqueduct capacity 
    rights in existence on the date of enactment of this Act may, in 
    addition to the uses described in the existing contracts, use the 
    capacity rights, without additional charge or further approval from 
    the Secretary, to transport Central Utah Project water on behalf of 
    the entity or others.
        (2) Limitations.--An entity shall not use the capacity rights 
    to transport Central Utah Project water under paragraph (1) 
    unless--
            (A) the transport of the water is expressly authorized by 
        the Central Utah Water Conservancy District;
            (B) the use of the water facility to transport the Central 
        Utah Project water is expressly authorized by the entity 
        responsible for operation and maintenance of the facility; and
            (C) carrying Central Utah Project water through Provo River 
        Project facilities would not--
                (i) materially impair the ability of the Central Utah 
            Water Conservancy District or the Secretary to meet 
            existing express environmental commitments for the 
            Bonneville Unit; or
                (ii) require the release of additional Central Utah 
            Project water to meet those environmental commitments.
    (d) Authorized Modifications.--The Agreement may provide for--
        (1) the modification of the 1936 Repayment Contract for the 
    Deer Creek Division of the Provo River Project to reflect the 
    partial prepayment, the adjustment of the annual repayment amount, 
    and the transfer of the Provo Reservoir Canal and the Pleasant 
    Grove Property; and
        (2) the modification or termination of the 1938 Repayment 
    Contract for the Aqueduct Division of the Provo River Project to 
    reflect the complete payout and transfer of all facilities of the 
    Aqueduct Division.
    (e) Effect of Act.--Nothing in this Act impairs any contract 
(including subscription contracts) in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act that allows for or creates a right to convey water through 
the Provo Reservoir Canal.

SEC. 5. EFFECT OF CONVEYANCE.

    On conveyance of any land or facility under subsection (a) or 
(b)(1) of section 3--
        (1) the land and facilities shall no longer be part of a 
    Federal reclamation project;
        (2) the Association and the District shall not be entitled to 
    receive any future reclamation benefits with respect to the land 
    and facilities, except for benefits that would be available to 
    other nonreclamation facilities; and
        (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising 
    out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the land and 
    facilities, but shall continue to be liable for damages caused by 
    acts of negligence committed by the United States or by any 
    employee or agent of the United States before the date of 
    conveyance, consistent with chapter 171 of title 28, United States 
    Code.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    If a conveyance required under subsection (a) or (b)(1) of section 
3 is not completed by the date that is 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
that--
        (1) describes the status of the conveyance;
        (2) describes any obstacles to completing the conveyance; and
        (3) specifies an anticipated date for completion of the 
    conveyance.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Answer: Provo River Project Transfer Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Provo River Water Users Association (Association) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Provo Reservoir Canal in the State of Utah. Conditions such conveyance upon the execution by the Secretary of the Agreement entitled "Agreement Among the United States, the Provo River Waters Users Association, and the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy to Transfer Title to Certain Lands and Facilities of the Provo River Project (Agreement)," and upon the Secretary's acceptance of future arrangements governing the operation, ownership, financing, and improvement of the Provo Reservoir Canal.

Directs the Secretary to convey to the Association all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Pleasant Grove Property in the State of Utah.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) convey to the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy (District) in the State of Utah, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to Salt Lake Aqueduct; (2) grant permanent easements to the District for the use, operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the District; (3) determine the boundaries of such easements; and (4) transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain land of the Aqueduct Division of the Provo River Project to the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such land as an administrative site subject to provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

Prohibits the United States from carrying out any activities on the lands covered by the Salt Lake Aqueduct easements that would materially interfere with the operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the District.

Sets forth a formula for for payments by the Association and the District for the land conveyances under this Act. Requires the Association and the District to pay certain additional costs relating to the land conveyances.

Requires the Secretary to comply with certain environmental and other laws prior to making land conveyances under this Act.

(Sec. 4) Confirms that: (1) certain existing contracts covering lands of the Provo River Project not conveyed by this Act remain in effect; and (2) entities with existing contractual capacity rights to either the Provo Reservoir Canal or Salt Lake Aqueduct may transport Central Utah Project water.

Authorizes the Agreement to provide for modifications to repayment contracts for the Deer Creek and Aqueduct Divisions of the Provo River Project.

Provides that nothing in this Act impairs any existing contract (including subscription contracts) regarding the conveyance of water through the Provo Reservoir Canal.

(Sec. 5) Provides that: (1) lands and facilities conveyed under this Act are no longer part of a Federal reclamation project; (2) the Association and the District are no longer entitled to reclamation benefits for conveyed lands, except for benefits available to other nonreclamation facilities; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages for acts, omissions, or occurrences relating to conveyances under this Act, except for negligent acts committed prior to the date of conveyance.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of any land conveyances not completed within 18 months after the enactment of this Act.


Question: SECTION 1. REPEAL OF THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

    (a) Repeal.--The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 
et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Transfers in Connection With Repeal.--Notwithstanding the 
proviso in section 10(a)(4) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. App. 460(a)(4)), the Office of Selective Service Records shall 
not be reestablished upon the repeal of such Act. The assets, 
contracts, property, and records held by the Selective Service System, 
and the unexpended balances of any appropriations available to the 
Selective Service System, shall be transferred to the Administrator of 
General Services upon the repeal of such Act. The Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management shall assist officers and employees of 
the Selective Service System to transfer to other positions in the 
executive branch.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Title 5.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking out section 3328;
                    (B) in section 3551--
                            (i) by striking out ``, on release from 
                        duty within the time limits specified in 
                        section 9(g) of the Military Selective Service 
                        Act of 1967 (50 U.S.C. App. 459(g)),''; and
                            (ii) by striking out the second sentence; 
                        and
                    (C) in section 5102(b), by striking out ``, 
                including positions'' and all that follows through 
                ``those positions''.
            (2) Title 8.--The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 101(a)(19) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(19))--
                            (i) by striking out ``section 3(a) of the 
                        Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as 
                        amended (54 Stat. 885; 55 Stat. 844), or under 
                        section 4(a) of the Selective Service Act of 
                        1948, as amended (62 Stat. 605; 65 Stat. 76) or 
                        under''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``sections or'';
                    (B) in section 241(a)(2)(D)(iii) (8 U.S.C. 
                1251(a)(2)(D)(iii)), by striking out ``the Military 
                Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) 
                or'';
                    (C) in section 245(a)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1255a(a)(4))--
                            (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (B);
                            (ii) by striking out ``, and'' at the end 
                        of subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof a period; and
                            (iii) by striking out subparagraph (D); and
                    (D) in section 315(b) (8 U.S.C. 1426(b)), by 
                inserting ``former'' before ``Selective Service 
                System''.
            (3) Title 10.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 511(b), by striking out ``, and who 
                is not under orders to report for induction into an 
                armed force under the Military Selective Service Act 
                (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.),'';
                    (B) in section 511(d), by striking out ``and who is 
                not under orders to report for induction into an armed 
                force under the Military Selective Service Act (50 
                U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), except as provided in section 
                6(c)(2)(A) (ii) and (iii) of such Act,'';
                    (C) in section 512(a)--
                            (i) by striking out ``or under the Military 
                        Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et 
                        seq.),'' in the first sentence; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``or under the 
                        Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
                        451 et seq.)'' in the third sentence;
                    (D) in section 513--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking out 
                        ``(except as provided in subsection (c))''; and
                            (ii) by striking out subsection (c);
                    (E) by striking out paragraph (7) of section 
                523(b);
                    (F) in section 595(a)--
                            (i) by striking out ``or under the Military 
                        Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et 
                        seq.),'' in the first sentence; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``or under the 
                        Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
                        451 et seq.)'' in the third sentence;
                    (G) in section 641(1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (E);
                            (ii) by striking out subparagraph (F); and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph
                    (G) as subparagraph (F);
                    (H) in section 651(a), by striking out ``, other 
                than a person deferred under the next to the last 
                sentence of section 6(d)(1) of the Military Selective 
                Service Act (50 U.S.C App. 456(d)(1))'';
                    (I) in section 1007--
                            (i) by striking out ``who is assigned to 
                        the Selective Service System or'';
                            (ii) by striking out ``assignment or''; and
                            (iii) by striking out ``assigned to the 
                        Selective Service System or'' in the section 
                        heading;
                    (J) in the table of contents at the beginning of 
                chapter 51, by striking out the item relating to 
                section 1007 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
                following new item:

``1007. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while serving 
                            as United States property and fiscal 
                            officers.''; and
                    (K) in section 1475(a)(5), by striking out ``who--
                '' and all that follows through the period and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``who has been provisionally 
                accepted for that duty.''.
            (4) Title 22.--Section 23 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2520) is repealed.
            (5) Title 26.--Section 3121(n)(5) of the Internal Revenue 
        Act of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3121(n)(5)) is amended by striking out 
        ``service--'' and all that follows through ``or air service;'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``service who has been 
        provisionally accepted for such duty;''.
            (6) Title 28.--Section 631(j) of title 28, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by 
                striking out ``A magistrate who is inducted'' and all 
                that follows through ``with such forces'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``A magistrate who is ordered to active 
                duty with the Armed Forces of the United States''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``receives a 
                certificate of service under section 9(a) of the 
                Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (50 U.S.C. App. 
                459(a)), or''.
            (7) Title 29.--The Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 
        1501 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) by striking out section 604 (29 U.S.C. 1504); 
                and
                    (B) by striking out subsection (b) of section 426 
                (29 U.S.C. 1696).
            (8) Title 37.--Title 37, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 301(a), by striking out the last 
                sentence; and
                    (B) in section 308e(1), by striking out ``or under 
                section 6(d)(1) of the Military Selective Service Act 
                (50 U.S.C. App. 456(d)(1)'' both places it appears.
            (9) Title 38.--Title 38, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 2021(a)--
                            (i) by striking out ``the Military 
                        Selective Service Act (or under any prior or 
                        subsequent corresponding law)'' and inserting 
                        in lieu thereof ``a law providing for such 
                        induction''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``a certificate 
                        described in section 9(a) of the Military 
                        Selective Service Act (relating to the 
                        satisfactory completion of military service)'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``a certificate 
                        relating to the satisfactory completion of 
                        military service''; and
                    (B) in section 2024(a)--
                            (i) by striking out ``the provisions of the 
                        Military Selective Service Act (or prior or 
                        subsequent''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``Armed Forces)'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``Armed Forces''.
            (10) Title 42.--(A) Section 210(m) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 410(m)) is amended by striking out ``service--'' 
        and all that follows through ``or air service;'' and inserting 
        in lieu thereof ``service who has been provisionally accepted 
        for such duty;''.
            (B) Section 1007(b) of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)) is amended by striking out paragraph (10) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) to provide legal assistance with respect to any 
        proceeding or litigation arising out of desertion from the 
        Armed Forces.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Answer: Repeals the Military Selective Service Act. 
Bars the reestablishment of the Office of Selective Service Records. 
Requires:  (1) the transfer to the Administrator of General Services of the assets, property, and records held by, and the unexpended balances of any appropriations available to, the Selective Service System (SSS); and (2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to assist SSS officers and employees in transferring to other positions in the executive branch. 
Amends the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Act to bar the use of LSC funds to provide legal assistance with respect to any proceeding or litigation arising out of desertion from the armed forces.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Rapid Pathogen Identification to 
Delivery of Cures Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The possibility exists today that terrorists or others 
        who intend harm to United States forces deployed abroad or to 
        the homeland will use techniques in biotechnology to enhance 
        the transmissibility, stability, virulence, or host range of a 
        biological agent, or to render existing diagnostic, 
        therapeutic, and vaccine strategies or innate immune responses 
        against a biological agent less effective.
            (2) This possibility will likely grow over time as such 
        techniques develop, improve, and spread as an inevitable result 
        of biotechnology innovation.
            (3) Natural processes can also lead to the emergence of 
        previously unknown and harmful pathogens or render known 
        pathogens resistant to existing diagnostic, therapeutic, or 
        adaptive immune approaches.
            (4) Long delays in developing new and effective responses 
        to pathogens are typical. The discovery, development, and 
        approval process for new drugs and vaccines typically requires 
        10 to 20 years and costs an average of $800 million. These 
        constraints reflect the long, costly research and development 
        process, including the failure of most drug or vaccine 
        candidates to demonstrate favorable characteristics in pre-
        clinical testing, as well as the expensive, time-consuming 
        clinical trials required to prove the safety and effectiveness 
        of new treatments.
            (5) Congress has already authorized the abridgement of the 
        long testing and approval process required to ensure safety and 
        efficacy under the emergency conditions of a severe outbreak of 
        a harmful pathogen. However, it will likely still take years 
        for even an experimental treatment or vaccine to become 
        available.
            (6) There is no coordinated, focused research and 
        development program or overall national strategy to achieve 
        significant and dramatic reductions in the timeframe from the 
        identification of a pathogen to the development and emergency 
        approval for human use of reasonably safe and effective new 
        biodefense medical countermeasures against a previously unknown 
        or engineered pathogen or toxin.
            (7) Even utilizing existing technologies, there is no 
        organized capability in the public or private sector to rapidly 
        screen drug candidates for potential therapeutic activity 
        against pathogens, develop and manufacture drug, biological, or 
        medical device products, or test already approved treatments 
        for efficacy against a previously unknown or engineered 
        biological threat that puts our deployed armed forces or the 
        homeland at risk.
            (8) In the area of infectious disease in particular, 
        private sector firms are abandoning all types of innovation and 
        research and development in favor of investments in more 
        profitable medical markets.
            (9) Tremendous potential exists for benefits to health by 
        concerted, targeted public-private investment to dramatically 
        reduce the timeframe for the development of new 
        countermeasures. The pharmaceutical and biotechnology 
        industries are fundamentally innovative and are quick to 
        integrate new technologies. Useful and important discoveries 
        and technological advances will be rapidly absorbed by the 
        private sector, leading to faster delivery of new medicines and 
        reductions in the costs of drug development.
    (b) Policy.--The Congress hereby declares it to be the national 
policy of the United States to promote technological advancements that 
will dramatically reduce the timeframe for the development of new 
medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by 
infectious disease agents or toxins that, through natural processes or 
intentional introduction, may pose a significant risk to public health 
now or in the future.

SEC. 3. RAPID BIODEFENSE COUNTERMEASURES DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL STRATEGY.

    Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) (Public Law 107-296) is amended by inserting after section 304 
the following section:

``SEC. 304A. RAPID BIODEFENSE COUNTERMEASURES DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL 
              STRATEGY.

    ``(a) National Strategy for Shortening the Medical Countermeasure 
Development Timeframe.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Rapid Pathogen Identification to Delivery of Cures 
Act, the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, 
and Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a strategy 
to achieve dramatic reductions in the timeframe from pathogen 
identification to the development and emergency approval for human use 
of reasonably safe and effective priority countermeasure against a 
novel or unknown pathogen or toxin.
    ``(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            ``(1) The identification of the technical impediments to 
        reductions in the timeframe from pathogen identification to 
        priority countermeasure development and approval under 
        emergency conditions.
            ``(2) The identification of the research, development, and 
        technology needs and clinical research needs to address these 
        impediments.
            ``(3) The identification of existing research and 
        development efforts in Federal agencies, academia and industry 
        that are addressing the needs identified in subsection (c)(2).
            ``(4) The identification of facilities, programs and 
        resources that can be utilized to address these research, 
        development, and technology needs and clinical research needs 
        among--
                    ``(A) Federal agencies;
                    ``(B) colleges and universities;
                    ``(C) not-for-profit institutions;
                    ``(D) industry, including information technology, 
                software, robotics, pharmaceutical and biotechnology 
                companies and their consortia; and
                    ``(E) foreign research and technological 
                institutions.
            ``(5) A proposal for the establishment of a coordinated and 
        integrated federal program to address these research, 
        development, and technology needs, including--
                    ``(A) the application of Federal Government 
                resources, including recommendations for the allocation 
                and prioritization of Federal funds;
                    ``(B) interagency management and coordination 
                mechanisms;
                    ``(C) the establishment of partnerships between 
                private corporations and Federal agencies or Federally 
                funded entities;
                    ``(D) information and technology sharing and 
                coordination mechanisms among public, private, 
                academic, not-for-profit, and international 
                institutions;
                    ``(E) the use of incentives to promote private 
                sector participation; and
                    ``(F) the adjustment of Federal regulatory 
                requirements to promote private sector innovation.
            ``(6) The identification of potential liability concerns 
        stemming from distribution of rapidly-developed priority 
        countermeasures under emergency conditions and a proposal for 
        regulatory or legislative approaches to eliminating these 
        concerns.
            ``(7) A proposal for managing the transfer of new 
        technologies and associated intellectual property rights.
    ``(c) Considerations.--In developing the national strategy under 
subsection (a), the Secretaries shall consider--
            ``(1) the research, development, and technology needs and 
        clinical research needs of the entire pathogen identification 
        to priority countermeasures discovery, development, production, 
        and approval process, including--
                    ``(A) initial identification and characterization 
                of a pathogen or toxin, including the identification of 
                any genetic or other manipulations;
                    ``(B) priority countermeasures discovery;
                    ``(C) pre-clinical testing and evaluation of 
                priority countermeasures;
                    ``(D) safety and efficacy animal testing, including 
                the needs for approval under emergency conditions and 
                accelerated approval of new priority countermeasure 
                under the final rule `New Drug and Biological Drug 
                Products; Evidence Needed to Demonstrate Effectiveness 
                of New Drugs When Human Efficacy Studies Are Not 
                Ethical or Feasible' published in the Federal Register 
                on May 31, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 37988);
                    ``(E) safety and efficacy human testing, including 
                mechanisms for the conduct of clinical trials under 
                emergency conditions;
                    ``(F) research-scale and full production-scale 
                manufacturing, including biologics manufacturing 
                sciences; and
                    ``(G) the approval of priority countermeasure under 
                emergency conditions;
            ``(2) the potential importance of advanced technologies 
        such as automation, computer modeling and simulation, 
        bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, and bioengineering techniques 
        for manufacturing;
            ``(3) the availability of sufficient manufacturing capacity 
        for priority countermeasures production to meet potential 
        public demand under emergency conditions; and
            ``(4) the current state of national and international 
        collaborative research networks and applications to facilitate 
        and encourage the rapid and coordinated development and sharing 
        of laboratory and clinical research planning and results.
    ``(d) Authority to Contract.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
after consultation with the Secretaries of Health and Human Services 
and Defense and the working group established under section 319F(a) of 
the Public Health Service Act, may contract with any one or more for-
profit or non-profit firm or institution to conduct the necessary 
research and analysis needed to complete any one or more of the 
elements described in subsection (b) of the report required in this 
section, provided the considerations described in subsection (c) are 
met.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `emergency conditions' refers to a 
        declaration of emergency under section 564 of the Federal Food, 
        Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
            ``(2) The term `pathogen identification' means the point in 
        time in which a specific agent that can be reasonably assumed 
        to be the cause of (or has the potential to be the cause of) an 
        infectious disease or toxin-induced syndrome has been 
        identified and partially or wholly characterized 
        scientifically.
            ``(3) The term `priority countermeasure' has the same 
        meaning given such term in section 319F(h) of the Public Health 
        Service Act.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 
for fiscal year 2005.''.

SEC. 4. CLINICAL RESEARCH UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish a system for the rapid establishment of clinical research 
programs to examine the safety and efficacy of new or existing 
treatments for novel, unknown, or bioengineered pathogens or toxins. 
The Secretary shall also provide the means for rapid dissemination of 
results and recommendations to clinicians nationwide.
    (b) Emergency Fund.--A fund is authorized to be established for 
use, at the discretion of the Secretary, solely for the support of 
clinical research as described in subsection (a).

SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.

     Section 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by 
Public Law 107-188, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland Security,'' 
        after ``in coordination with the'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (L) as 
        subparagraphs (E) through (M), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(D) development of a national strategy to achieve 
                dramatic reductions in the timeframe from the 
                identification of a pathogen to the development and 
                approval for human use under emergency conditions of 
                priority countermeasures against a novel, unknown, or 
                engineered pathogen or toxin;''.

SEC. 6. DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITY FOR RAPID BIODEFENSE COUNTERMEASURE 
              DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Research.--Section 319F(h)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, 
as amended by Public Law 107-188, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(D) the development of a capability to rapidly 
                identify, develop, produce, and approve for human use 
                under emergency conditions priority countermeasures 
                against a novel, unknown, or engineered pathogen or 
                toxin; and''.
    (b) Research and Development at the Department of Defense.--Section 
1601(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 
(Public Law 108-136) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``The program shall also include research, development, and procurement 
to provide the Federal Government with the capability to rapidly 
identify, develop, produce, and approve for human use under emergency 
conditions priority countermeasures against a novel, unknown, or 
engineered pathogen or toxin, and for which no existing countermeasure 
has been determined to be safe or efficacious.''.
    (c) Research and Development at the Department of Homeland 
Security.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended 
by section 3 of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 304A 
the following section:

``SEC. 304B. DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITY FOR RAPID BIODEFENSE 
              COUNTERMEASURE DEVELOPMENT.

    ``The Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretaries of Defense 
and Health and Human Services, shall carry out a program for research, 
development, and procurement to provide the Federal Government with the 
capability to rapidly identify, develop, produce, and approve for human 
use under emergency conditions priority countermeasures against a 
novel, unknown, or engineered pathogen or toxin, and for which no 
existing countermeasure has been determined to be safe or 
efficacious.''.

Answer:
Rapid Pathogen Identification to Delivery of Cures Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Defense to submit a report setting forth a strategy to reduce the time frame from the identification of a pathogen to the development and emergency approval of a safe and effective countermeasure, which should include: (1) technical impediments to reducing this time frame; (2) research, development, and technology needs to address these impediments; (3) existing efforts to address such needs; (4) a proposal to establish a coordinated and integrated Federal program to address such needs; and (5) potential liability concerns stemming from distribution of rapidly developed priority countermeasures.

Allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to contract with any firm or institution to conduct research and analysis needed for this report.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system to rapidly: (1) establish clinical research programs to examine the safety and efficacy of treatments for novel, unknown, or bioengineered pathogens; and (2) disseminate results and recommendations to clinicians. Authorizes establishment of a fund to support such clinical research.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to add the Secretary of Homeland Security to the working group on bioterrorism and to require the working group to assist in developing such a strategy.

Requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Defense, and Homeland Security to conduct programs to develop the capability to rapidly identify, develop, produce, and approve countermeasures.