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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Essential Air Service Modernization 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 41742(a)(2) is amended by striking ``$15,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$75,000,000''.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION NOTICE.

    Section 41733 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following--
    ``(f) Termination Notice.--If the Secretary decides to terminate 
basic essential service to an eligible place, the Secretary shall 
notify the affected community not less than 90 days before such service 
is to be terminated.''.

SEC. 4. JOINT PROPOSALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 41740 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary shall 
facilitate and assist in establishing negotiations between major and 
national air carriers and air carriers that provide essential air 
service to an eligible place in order to determine equitable joint 
fares.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 12 months after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress regarding the 
progress and effectiveness of implementation of the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 5. COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL CHOICE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41745. Community and regional choice program
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
establish an alternate essential air service program in accordance with 
the requirements of this section.
    ``(b) Compensation to Eligible Places.--In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary, instead of paying compensation to an air 
carrier to provide essential air service to an eligible place, may pay 
compensation directly to a unit of local government having jurisdiction 
over the eligible place or a State within the boundaries of which the 
eligible place is located.
    ``(c) Use of Compensation.--A unit of local government or State 
receiving compensation for an eligible place under the program shall 
use the compensation for any of the following purposes:
            ``(1) To provide assistance to an air carrier to provide 
        scheduled air service to and from the eligible place, without 
        being subject to the requirements of 41732(b).
            ``(2) To provide assistance to a person to provide 
        scheduled or on-demand air taxi service to and from the 
eligible place and a non-hub or a small, medium, or large hub.
            ``(3) To provide assistance to a person to provide 
        scheduled or on-demand surface transportation to and from the 
        eligible place and a non-hub or a small, medium, or large hub.
            ``(4) In combination with other units of local government 
        in the same region, to provide transportation services to and 
        from all the eligible places in that region at an airport or 
        other transportation center that can serve all the eligible 
        places in that region.
    ``(d) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--A unit of local government or State 
        seeking to participate in the program for an eligible place 
        shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Required information.--At a minimum, the application 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) a statement of the amount of compensation 
                required; and
                    ``(B) a description of how the compensation will be 
                used.
    ``(e) Participation Requirements.--An eligible place for which 
compensation is received under the program in a fiscal year shall not 
be eligible to receive in that fiscal year the essential air service 
that it would otherwise be entitled to under this subchapter.
    ``(f) Subsequent Participation.--A unit of local government 
participating in the program under this section in a fiscal year shall 
not be prohibited from participating in the basic essential air service 
program under this chapter in a subsequent fiscal year if such unit is 
otherwise eligible to participate in such basic program.
    ``(g) Funding.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
carry out the essential air service program under this subchapter shall 
be available to carry out this section.
``Sec. 41746. Compensation for units of local government
    ``Of the amounts made available under section 41742(a) the 
Secretary shall pay directly to a unit of local government having 
jurisdiction over the eligible place not less than $5,000 for such 
fiscal year to promote public use of the air service or transportation 
for which compensation is being paid.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 41744 the following:

``41745. Community and regional choice program.
``41746. Compensation for units of local government.''.

Answer: Essential Air Service Modernization Act of 2003 - Increases the authorization of appropriations to carry out the essential air service program.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify an affected community at least 90 days before the basic essential service to that community is terminated: (2) facilitate and assist in negotiations between major and national air carriers and carriers that provide essential air service in order to determine equitable joint fares; (3) establish an alternate essential air service program which would provide compensation directly to local governments, instead of to air carriers, to use to obtain air service, to obtain surface transportation to and from air hubs, or to participate with other local governments in providing regional transportation services to airports; and (4) pay $5,000 to local governments to promote public use of air service or transportation for which compensation is received under the program.


Question: SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY TO CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Las Vegas Valley in the State of Nevada is the 
        fastest growing community in the United States;
            (2) helicopter tour operations are conflicting with the 
        needs of long-established residential communities in the 
        Valley; and
            (3) the designation of a public heliport in the Valley that 
        would reduce conflicts between helicopter tour operators and 
        residential communities is in the public interest.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide a suitable 
location for the establishment of a commercial service heliport 
facility to serve the Las Vegas Valley in the State of Nevada while 
minimizing and mitigating the impact of air tours on the Sloan Canyon 
National Conservation Area and North McCullough Mountains Wilderness.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area'' 
        means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area established 
        by section 604(a) of the Clark County Conservation of Public 
        Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2010).
            (2) County.--The term ``County'' means Clark County, 
        Nevada.
            (3) Helicopter tour.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``helicopter tour'' means 
                a commercial helicopter tour operated for profit.
                    (B) Exclusion.--The term ``helicopter tour'' does 
                not include a helicopter tour that is carried out to 
                assist a Federal, State, or local agency.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Wilderness.--The term ``Wilderness'' means the North 
        McCullough Mountains Wilderness established by section 
        202(a)(13) of the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and 
        Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2000).
    (d) Conveyance.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, subject to valid 
existing rights, for no consideration, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the parcel of land described in 
subsection (e).
    (e) Description of Land.--The parcel of land to be conveyed under 
subsection (d) is the parcel of approximately 229 acres of land 
depicted as tract A on the map entitled ``Clark County Public Heliport 
Facility'' and dated May 3, 2004.
    (f) Use of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The parcel of land conveyed under 
        subsection (d)--
                    (A) shall be used by the County for the operation 
                of a heliport facility under the conditions stated in 
                paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (B) shall not be disposed of by the County.
            (2) Imposition of fees.--
                    (A) In general.--Any operator of a helicopter tour 
                originating from or concluding at the parcel of land 
                described in subsection (e) shall pay to the Clark 
                County Department of Aviation a $3 conservation fee for 
                each passenger on the helicopter tour if any portion of 
                the helicopter tour occurs over the Conservation Area.
                    (B) Disposition of funds.--Any amounts collected 
                under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in a special 
                account in the Treasury of the United States, which 
                shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
                appropriation, for the management of cultural, 
                wildlife, and wilderness resources on public land in 
                the State of Nevada.
            (3) Flight path.--Except for safety reasons, any helicopter 
        tour originating or concluding at the parcel of land described 
        in subsection (e) that flies over the Conservation Area shall 
        not fly--
                    (A) over any area in the Conservation Area except 
                the area that is between 3 and 5 miles north of the 
                latitude of the southernmost boundary of the 
                Conservation Area;
                    (B) lower than 1,000 feet over the eastern segments 
                of the boundary of the Conservation Area; or
                    (C) lower than 500 feet over the western segments 
                of the boundary of the Conservation Area.
            (4) Reversion.--If the County ceases to use any of the land 
        described in subsection (d) for the purpose described in 
        paragraph (1)(A) and under the conditions stated in paragraphs 
        (2) and (3)--
                    (A) title to the parcel shall revert to the United 
                States, at the option of the United States; and
                    (B) the County shall be responsible for any 
                reclamation necessary to revert the parcel to the 
                United States.
    (g) Administrative Costs.--The Secretary shall require, as a 
condition of the conveyance under subsection (d), that the County pay 
the administrative costs of the conveyance, including survey costs and 
any other costs associated with the transfer of title.

Answer: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey a specified parcel of Federal land to Clark County, Nevada, for operation of a commercial heliport facility. Prohibits the disposal of such conveyed land by the County.

Establishes a conservation fee for, and restricts the flight path of, helicopter tours originating from or concluding at the conveyed land which fly over the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. Requires collected fees to be deposited into a special account in the Treasury for use by the Secretary for cultural, wildlife, and wilderness resources management on public lands in Nevada.

Provides that title to the conveyed land shall revert to the United States if the County ceases to use the land for the purpose described in this Act. Makes the County responsible for any reclamation necessary for reversion.

Directs the Secretary to require the County to pay the administrative costs of conveying the land.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Worker Needlestick 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Bloodborne Pathogens Standard.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational Safety and 
        Health Administration, shall amend the bloodborne pathogens 
        standard to require that--
                    (A) employers utilize needleless systems and sharps 
                with engineered sharps injury protections in their work 
                sites to prevent the spread of bloodborne pathogens; 
                and
                    (B) to assist employers in meeting the requirement 
                of subparagraph (A), non-managerial direct care health 
                care workers of employers participate in the 
                identification and evaluation of needleless systems and 
                sharps with engineered sharps injury protections.
            (2) Exception.--The bloodborne pathogens standard 
        requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply to any employer, 
        except where the employer demonstrates, to the Secretary's 
        satisfaction, that--
                    (A) there are circumstances in the employer's work 
                facility in which the needleless systems and sharps 
                with engineered sharps injury protections do not 
                promote employee safety, interfere with patient safety, 
                or interfere with the success of a medical procedure; 
                or
                    (B) the needleless systems and sharps with 
                engineered sharps injury protections required are not 
                commercially available to the employer.
    (b) Standard Content.--For carrying out the requirement of 
subsection (a)(1) for needleless systems and sharps with engineered 
sharps injury protections, the amendment required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
            (1) Exposure control plan.--The employer shall include in 
        their exposure control plan an effective procedure for 
        identifying and selecting existing needleless systems and 
        sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and other 
        methods of preventing bloodborne pathogens exposure.
            (2) Sharps injury log.--In addition to the recording of all 
        injuries from contaminated sharps on the OSHA Occupational 
        Injuries and Illnesses 200 log or its equivalent, the employer 
        shall maintain a separate contaminated sharps injury log 
        containing the following information (to the extent such 
        information is known to the employer) with regard to each 
        exposure incident:
                    (A) Date and time of the exposure incident.
                    (B) Type and brand of sharp involved in the 
                exposure incident.
                    (C) Description of the exposure incident which 
                shall include--
                            (i) job classification of the exposed 
                        employee;
                            (ii) department or work area where the 
                        exposure incident occurred;
                            (iii) the procedure that the exposed 
                        employee was performing at the time of the 
                        incident;
                            (iv) how the incident occurred;
                            (v) the body part involved in the exposure 
                        incident;
                            (vi) if the sharp had engineered sharps 
                        injury protections--
                                    (I) whether the protective 
                                mechanism was activated, and whether 
                                the injury occurred before the 
                                protective mechanism was activated, 
                                during activation of the mechanism, or 
                                after activation of the mechanism, if 
                                applicable; and
                                    (II) whether the employee received 
                                training on how to use the device 
                                before use, and a brief description of 
                                the training;
                            (vii) if the sharp had no engineered sharps 
                        injury protections, the injured employee's 
                        opinion as to whether and how such a mechanism 
                        could have prevented the injury, as well as the 
                        basis for the opinion; and
                            (viii) the employee's opinion about whether 
                        any other engineering, administrative, or work 
                        practice control could have prevented the 
                        injury as well as the basis for the opinion.
            (3) Training.--A requirement that all direct care health 
        care workers shall be provided adequate training on the use of 
        all needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury 
        protections which they may be required to use.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SAFER NEEDLE TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health shall establish and maintain a national 
database on existing needleless systems and sharps with engineered 
sharps injury protections.
    (b) Evaluation Criteria.--The Director shall develop a set of 
evaluation criteria for use by employers, employees, and other persons 
when they are evaluating and selecting needleless systems and sharps 
with engineered sharps injury protections.
    (c) Training.--The Director shall develop a model training 
curriculum to train employers, employees, and other persons on the 
process of evaluating needleless systems and sharps with engineered 
sharps injury protections and shall (to the extent feasible) provide 
technical assistance to persons who request such assistance.
    (d) Monitoring.--The Director shall establish a national system to 
collect comprehensive data on needlestick injuries to healthcare 
workers, including data on mechanisms to analyze and evaluate 
prevention interventions in relation to needlestick injury occurrence. 
In carrying out its duties under this subsection, the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall have access to 
information recorded by employers on the sharps injury log as required 
by section 2(b)(2).
    (e) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
$15,000,000 to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 
to carry out the requirements of this section.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Bloodborne pathogens.--The term ``bloodborne 
        pathogens'' means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in 
        human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens 
        include hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human 
        immunodeficiency virus.
            (2) Contaminated.--The term ``contaminated'' means the 
        presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or 
        other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.
            (3) Direct care health care worker.--The term ``direct care 
        health care worker'' means an employee responsible for direct 
        patient care with potential occupational exposure to sharps 
        related injuries.
            (4) Employer.--The term ``employer'' means each employer 
        having an employee with occupational exposure to human blood or 
        other material potentially containing bloodborne pathogens.
            (5) Engineered sharps injury protections.--The term 
        ``engineered sharps injury protections'' means--
                    (A) a physical attribute built into a needle device 
                used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or 
                artery, or administering medications or other fluids, 
                that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure 
                incident by a mechanism such as barrier creation, 
                blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, 
                destruction, or other effective mechanisms; or
                    (B) a physical attribute built into any other type 
                of needle device, or into a nonneedle sharp, which 
                effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident.
            (6) Needleless system.--The term ``needleless system'' 
        means a device that does not use needles for--
                    (A) the withdrawal of body fluids after initial 
                venous or arterial access is established;
                    (B) the administration of medication or fluids; and
                    (C) any other procedure involving the potential for 
                an exposure incident.
            (7) Sharp.--The term ``sharp'' means any object used or 
        encountered in a health care setting that can be reasonably 
        anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the 
        body, and to result in an exposure incident, including, but not 
        limited to, needle devices, scalpels, lancets, broken glass, 
        broken capillary tubes, exposed ends of dental wires and dental 
        knives, drills, and burs.
            (8) Sharps injury.--The term ``sharps injury'' means any 
        injury caused by a sharp, including cuts, abrasions, or 
        needlesticks.
            (9) Sharps injury log.--The term ``sharps injury log'' 
        means a written or electronic record satisfying the 
        requirements of section 2(b)(2).

SEC. 5. APPLICATION TO MEDICARE HOSPITALS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide by 
regulation that, as a condition of participation under the medicare 
program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act of a hospital that 
is not otherwise subject to the bloodborne pathogens standard amended 
under section 2(a) because it is exempt from regulation by the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the hospital shall 
comply with the bloodborne pathogen standard amended under section 2(a) 
with respect to any employees of the hospital, effective at the same 
time as such amended standard would have applied to the hospital if it 
had not been so exempt.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall become effective upon the date of its enactment, 
except that the Secretary of Labor shall take the action required by 
section 2 within one year of such date.

Answer:
Health Care Worker Needlestick Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to amend the bloodborne pathogens standard to require that: (1) employers utilize needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections in their work sites to prevent the spread of bloodborne pathogens; and (2) non-managerial direct care health care workers of employers participate in the identification and evaluation of such systems and sharps.  Provides an exemption where an employer demonstrates that needleless systems and sharps: (1) do not promote employee safety, interfere with patient safety, or interfere with the success of a medical procedure under certain circumstances in the employer's work facility; or (2) are not commercially available to the employer. 
(Sec. 2) Includes under such revised standard requirements relating to: (1) exposure control plans; (2) sharps injury logs; and (3) worker training in the use of such systems and sharps. 
(Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to establish and maintain a national database on existing needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections.  Requires the Director to: (1) develop a set of evaluation criteria for use by employers, employees, and other persons in evaluating and selecting such systems and sharps; (2) develop a model training curriculum to train employers, employees, and other persons in such evaluation process, and provide requested technical assistance to the extent feasible; and (3) establish a national system to collect comprehensive data on needlestick injuries to health care workers, including data on mechanisms to analyze and evaluate prevention.  Authorizes NIOSH access to information recorded by employers in sharps injury logs.  Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require hospitals, as a condition of their Medicare program participation, to comply with the bloodborne pathogen standard as amended under this Act with respect to hospital employees, even if they are not otherwise subject to such standard because they are exempt from OSHA regulation.