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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. EXTENDED PHASE-IN OF THE INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY 
              CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA.

    (a) In General.--Section 5005 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``apply the applicable 
        percent specified in subsection (b)'' and inserting ``require a 
        compliance rate that is no greater than the 60 percent 
        compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting 
        periods beginning on or after July 1, 2006''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Continued Use of Comorbidities.--For cost reporting periods 
beginning on or after July 1, 2008, the Secretary shall include 
patients with comorbidities as described in section 412.23(b)(2)(i) of 
title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect as of January 1, 
2007), in the inpatient population that counts towards the percent 
specified in subsection (a).''.
    (b) Medical Necessity Criteria for Beneficiaries Served in 
Rehabilitation Hospitals and Units.--The Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services and Medicare fiscal intermediaries, Medicare 
administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other 
government agents shall use and apply the criteria established in HCFA 
Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985 (50 Fed. Reg. 31040), as the 
sole standard for determining the medical necessity of services 
provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to Medicare 
beneficiaries under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLASSIFYING INPATIENT REHABILITATION 
              HOSPITALS AND UNITS.

    (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
in consultation with physicians, administrators of inpatient 
rehabilitation and acute care hospitals, Medicare beneficiaries, and 
trade organizations representing inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and 
units, shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report 
that includes--
            (1) an examination of the impact of the 75 percent rule on 
        the Medicare program and the specific impact of the rule on 
        Medicare beneficiaries; and
            (2) alternatives to the 75 percent rule policy for 
        determining exclusion criteria for inpatient rehabilitation 
        hospital and unit designation under the Medicare program, 
        including determining clinical appropriateness of inpatient 
        rehabilitation hospital and unit admissions, and including 
        alternative criteria based solely on a measure of a patient's 
        functional status which is independent of diagnosis.
For the purposes of this section, the term ``75 percent rule'' means 
the requirement of section 412.23(b)(2) of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations, that 75 percent of the patients of a rehabilitation 
hospital or converted rehabilitation unit are in 1 or more of 13 listed 
treatment categories.
    (b) Considerations.--In developing the report described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall include the following:
            (1) The effect of the 75 percent rule on access to 
        inpatient hospital rehabilitation care by Medicare 
        beneficiaries and the effectiveness of care available to such 
        beneficiaries in other health care settings.
            (2) A comparative analysis of the overall Medicare system 
        costs, including Medicare expenditures to acute care hospitals, 
        home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term 
        care hospitals, resulting from implementation of the 75 percent 
        rule.
            (3) A analysis that compares the quality, cost, and patient 
        outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation services among different 
        post-acute care settings, including whether the Medicare 
        program and Medicare beneficiaries may incur higher costs of 
        care for the entire episode of illness because of factors such 
        as--
                    (A) readmissions to acute care hospitals that could 
                have been avoided absent the 75 percent rule; or
                    (B) extended lengths of stay in post-acute settings 
                other than a rehabilitation hospital or unit because 
                beneficiaries were denied access to care in such a 
                hospital or unit due to the 75 percent rule.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR INPATIENT REHABILITATION HOSPITALS AND 
              UNITS NOMENCLATURE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(j) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``(in this subsection 
        referred to as a `rehabilitation facility'), other than a 
        facility'' and inserting ``other than a hospital or unit'';
            (2) by striking ``rehabilitation facility'' and 
        ``facility'' and inserting ``inpatient rehabilitation hospital 
        or a rehabilitation unit'' and ``hospital or unit'', 
        respectively, each place it appears;
            (3) by striking ``rehabilitation facilities'' and inserting 
        ``inpatient rehabilitation hospitals or rehabilitation units'' 
        each place it appears; and
            (4) in paragraph (6), by striking ``rehabilitation 
        facilities' costs'' and inserting ``costs of inpatient 
        rehabilitation hospitals or rehabilitation units''.
    (b) Use of the Term ``IRH/U''.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall, under regulation and Medicare program guidance, use the 
term ``inpatient rehabilitation hospital/unit'' or ``IRH/U'' to refer 
to entities receiving payment for inpatient rehabilitation services 
under section 1886(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(j)).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Sections 1 and 3 of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007, and 
section 2 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SOLUTION: Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to revise the classification criterion used to determine whether a hospital or hospital unit is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the current schedule of applicable percentages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, instead, to require in the classification criterion a compliance rate no greater than the 60% compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2006.

Requires the Secretary, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2008, to include patients with comorbidity in the inpatient population that counts towards such 60% compliance rate.

Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare fiscal intermediaries, Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other government agents to use and apply the criteria established in HCFA Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985, as the sole standard for determining the medical necessity of servivces provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to Medicare beneficiaries.

Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees: (1) an examination of the impact of the 75% rule on the Medicare program, and specifically on Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) alternatives to the 75% rule policy for determining exclusion criteria for inpatient rehabilitation hospital and unit designation under the Medicare program.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``El Camino Real de los Tejas National 
Historic Trail Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(23) El camino real de los tejas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), El 
                Camino Real de los Tejas (The Royal Road of historic 
                Tejas) National Historic Trail, a combination of 
                historic routes totaling 2,580 miles in length from the 
                Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas, to 
                Natchitoches, Louisiana, and including the Old San 
                Antonio Road, as generally depicted on the maps 
                entitled `El Camino Real de los Tejas', contained in 
                the report prepared pursuant to subsection (b) entitled 
                `National Historic Trail Feasibility Study and 
                Environmental Assessment: El Camino Real de los Tejas, 
                Texas-Louisiana', dated July 1998. The National Park 
                Service is authorized to administer designated portions 
                of this trail system as a national historic trail as 
                set forth in this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Establishment.--
                            ``(i) Publicly owned lands.--Congress 
                        authorizes the establishment of El Camino Real 
                        de los Tejas national historic trail and the 
                        respective administration on those portions of 
                        the historic trail routes and related historic 
                        sites within publicly owned lands when such 
                        trail related resources meet the purposes of 
                        this Act or certification criteria set by the 
                        Secretary of the Interior per section 3(a)(3) 
                        of this Act.
                            ``(ii) Privately owned lands.--Congress 
                        authorizes the establishment of El Camino Real 
                        de los Tejas national historic trail and the 
                        respective administration on those portions of 
                        the historic trail routes and related historic 
                        sites within privately owned lands only through 
                        the voluntary and expressed consent of the 
                        owner and when such trails and sites qualify 
                        for certification as officially established 
                        components of the national historic trail. The 
                        owner's approval of a certification agreement 
                        satisfies the consent requirement. 
                        Certification agreements are not legally 
                        binding and may be terminated at any time. 
                        Should land ownership change at a certified 
                        site, the certification will cease to be valid 
                        unless the new owner consents to a new 
                        agreement.
                    ``(C) Private property rights protection.--Nothing 
                in this Act or in the establishment of any portion of 
                the national historic trail authorizes any person to 
                enter private property without the consent of the 
                owner. Nothing in this Act or in the establishment of 
                any portion of the national historic trail will 
                authorize the Federal Government to restrict private 
                property owner's use or enjoyment of their property 
                subject to other laws or regulations. Authorization of 
                El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 
                under this Act does not itself confer any additional 
                authority to apply other Federal laws and regulations 
                on non-Federal lands along the trail. Laws or 
                regulations requiring public entities and agencies to 
                take into consideration a national historic trail shall 
                continue to apply notwithstanding the foregoing. 
                Notwithstanding section 7(g) of this Act, the United 
                States is authorized to acquire privately owned real 
                property or an interest in such property for purposes 
                of the national historic trail only with the consent of 
                the owner of such property and shall have no authority 
                to condemn or otherwise appropriate privately owned 
                real property or an interest in such property for the 
                purposes of El Camino Real de los Tejas National 
                Historic Trail.
                    ``(D) Coordination of activities.--The Secretary of 
                the Interior may coordinate with United States and 
                Mexican public and nongovernmental organizations, 
                academic institutions, and, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of State, the Government of Mexico and its 
                political subdivisions, for the purpose of exchanging 
                trail information and research, fostering trail 
                preservation and educational programs, providing 
                technical assistance, and working to establish an 
                international historic trail with complementary 
                preservation and education programs in each nation.''.

SOLUTION: El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2003 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail. Authorizes establishment of such trail on portions of the trail on: (1) publicly owned lands; and (2) privately owned lands only with the consent of the owner.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Next Generation Internet Research 
Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Terms Used in This Act.--For purposes of this Act--
            (1) Internet.--The term ``Internet'' has the meaning given 
        such term by section 230(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 
        1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(e)(1)).
            (2) Geographic penalty.--The term ``geographic penalty'' 
        means the imposition of costs on users of the Internet in rural 
        or other locations attributable to the distance of the user 
        from network facilities, the low population density of the area 
        in which the user is located, or other factors, that are 
        disproportionately greater than the costs imposed on users in 
        locations closer to such facilities or on users in locations 
        with significantly greater population density.
    (b) Definition of Network in High-Performance Computing Act of 
1991.--Paragraph (4) of section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act 
of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended by striking ``network referred to 
as the National Research and Education Network established under 
section 102; and'' and inserting ``network, including advanced computer 
networks of Federal agencies and departments; and''.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    (a) In General.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) United States leadership in science and technology has 
        been vital to the Nation's prosperity, national and economic 
        security, and international competitiveness, and there is every 
        reason to believe that maintaining this tradition will lead to 
        long-term continuation of United States strategic advantages in 
        information technology;
            (2) the United States' investment in science and technology 
        has yielded a scientific and engineering enterprise without 
        peer, and that Federal investment in research is critical to 
        the maintenance of United States leadership;
            (3) previous Federal investment in computer networking 
        technology and related fields has resulted in the creation of 
        new industries and new jobs in the United States;
            (4) the Internet is playing an increasingly important role 
        in keeping citizens informed of the actions of their 
        government; and
            (5) continued inter-agency cooperation is necessary to 
        avoid wasteful duplication in Federal networking research and 
        development programs.
    (b) Additional Findings for the 1991 Act.--Section 2 of the High-
Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5501) is amended by--
            (1) striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) A high-capacity, flexible, high-speed national 
        research and education computer network is needed to provide 
        researchers and educators with access to computational and 
        information resources, act as a test bed for further research 
        and development for high-capacity and high-speed computer 
        networks, and provide researchers the necessary vehicle for 
        continued network technology improvement through research.''; 
        and
            (2) adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(7) Additional research must be undertaken to lay the 
        foundation for the development of new applications that can 
        result in economic growth, improved health care, and improved 
        educational opportunities.
            ``(8) Research in new networking technologies holds the 
        promise of easing the economic burdens of information access 
        disproportionately borne by rural users of the Internet.
            ``(9) Information security is an important part of 
        computing, information, and communications systems and 
        applications, and research into security architectures is a 
        critical aspect of computing, information, and communications 
        research programs.''.

SEC. 4. PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to serve as the first authorization in a series of 
        computing, information, and communication technology 
        initiatives outlines in the High-Performance Computing Act of 
        1991 (15 U.S.C. 5501 et seq.) that will include research 
        programs related to--
                    (A) high-end computing and computation;
                    (B) human-centered systems;
                    (C) high confidence systems; and
                    (D) education, training, and human resources; and
            (2) to provide for the development and coordination of a 
        comprehensive and integrated United States research program 
        which will--
                    (A) focus on the research and development of a 
                coordinated set of technologies that seeks to create a 
                network infrastructure that can support greater speed, 
                robustness, and flexibility than is currently available 
                and promote connectivity and interoperability among 
                advanced computer networks of Federal agencies and 
                departments;
                    (B) focus on research in technology that may result 
                in high-speed data access for users that is both 
                economically viable and does not impose a geographic 
                penalty; and
                    (C) encourage researchers to pursue approaches to 
                networking technology that lead to maximally flexible 
                and extensible solutions wherever feasible.
    (b) Modification of Purposes of the 1991 Act.--Section 3 of the 
High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5502) is amended by--
            (1) striking the section caption and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 3. PURPOSES.'';

            (2) striking ``purpose of this Act is'' and inserting 
        ``purposes of this Act are'';
            (3) striking ``universities; and'' in paragraph (1)(I) and 
        inserting ``universities;'';
            (4) striking ``efforts.'' in paragraph (2) and inserting 
        ``network research and development programs;''; and
            (5) adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(3) promoting the further development of an information 
        infrastructure of information stores, services, access 
        mechanisms, and research facilities available for use through 
        the Internet;
            ``(4) promoting the more rapid development and wider 
        distribution of networking management and development tools; 
        and
            ``(5) promoting the rapid adoption of open network 
        standards.''.

SEC. 5. DUTIES OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C 
5511 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

``SEC. 103. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) In General.--In addition to its functions under Executive 
Order 13035 (62 F.R. 7231), the Advisory Committee on High-Performance 
Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next 
Generation Internet, established by Executive Order No. 13035 of 
February 11, 1997 (62 F.R. 7231) shall--
            ``(1) assess the extent to which the Next Generation 
        Internet program--
                    ``(A) carries out the purposes of this Act;
                    ``(B) addresses concerns relating to, among other 
                matters--
                            ``(i) geographic penalties (as defined in 
                        section 2(2) of the Next Generation Internet 
                        Research Act of 1998); and
                            ``(ii) technology transfer to and from the 
                        private sector; and
            ``(2) assess the extent to which--
                    ``(A) the role of each Federal agency and 
                department involved in implementing the Next Generation 
                Internet program is clear, complementary to and non-
                duplicative of the roles of other participating 
                agencies and departments; and
                    ``(B) each such agency and department concurs with 
                the rule of each other participating agency or 
                department.
    ``(b) Reports.--The Advisory Committee shall assess implementation 
of the Next Generation Internet initiative and report, not less 
frequently than annually, to the President, the United States Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the United 
States House of Representatives Committee on Science on its findings 
for the preceding fiscal year. The first such report shall be submitted 
6 months after the date of enactment of the Next Generation Internet 
Research Act of 1998 the last report shall be submitted by September 
30, 2000.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C 
5511 et seq.), as amended by section 5 of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following:

``SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of 
carrying out the Next Generation Internet program the following 
amounts:


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  ``Agency                     FY 1999        FY 2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
``Department of Defense....................  $40,000,000     $42,500,000
``Department of Energy.....................  $20,000,000     $25,000,000
``National Science Foundation..............  $25,000,000     $25,000,000
``National Institutes of Health............   $5,000,000      $7,500,000
``National Aeronautics and Space
 Administration............................  $10,000,000     $10,000,000
``National Institute of Standards and
 Technology................................   $5,000,000     $7,500,000.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The amount authorized for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
1999 under this section shall be the amount authorized pursuant to the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.''.

SEC. 7. STUDY OF EFFECTS ON TRADEMARKS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 
              OF ADDING GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS.

    (a) Study by National Research Council.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 
shall request the National Research Council of the National Academy of 
Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study, taking into account the 
diverse needs of domestic and international Internet users, of the 
short-term and long-term effects on trademark and intellectual property 
rights holders of adding new generic top-level domains and related 
dispute resolution procedures.
    (b) Matters To Be Assessed In Study.--The study shall assess and, 
as appropriate, make recommendations for policy, practice, or 
legislative changes relating to--
            (1) the short-term and long-term effects on the protection 
        of trademark and intellectual property rights and consumer 
        interests of increasing or decreasing the number of generic 
        top-level domains;
            (2) trademark and intellectual property rights clearance 
        processes for domain names, including--
                    (A) whether domain name databases should be readily 
                searchable through a common interface to facilitate the 
                clearing of trademarks and intellectual property rights 
                and proposed domain names across a range of generic 
                top-level domains;
                    (B) the identification of what information from 
                domain name databases should be accessible for the 
                clearing of trademarks and intellectual property 
                rights; and
                    (C) whether generic top-level domain registrants 
                should be required to provide certain information;
            (3) domain name trademark and intellectual property rights 
        dispute resolution mechanisms, including how to--
                    (A) reduce trademark and intellectual property 
                rights conflicts associated with the addition of any 
                new generic top-level domains; and
                    (B) reduce trademark and intellectual property 
                rights conflicts through new technical approaches to 
                Internet addressing;
            (4) choice of law or jurisdiction for resolution of 
        trademark and intellectual property rights disputes relating to 
        domain names, including which jurisdictions should be available 
        for trademark and intellectual property rights owners to file 
        suit to protect such trademarks and intellectual property 
        rights;
            (5) trademark and intellectual property rights infringement 
        liability for registrars, registries, or technical management 
        bodies; and
            (6) short-term and long-term technical and policy options 
        for Internet addressing schemes and the impact of such options 
        on current trademark and intellectual property rights issues.
    (c) Cooperation With Study.--
            (1) Interagency cooperation.--The Secretary of Commerce 
        shall--
                    (A) direct the Patent and Trademark Office, the 
                National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, and other Department of Commerce 
                entities to cooperate fully with the National Research 
                Council in its activities in carrying out the study 
                under this section; and
                    (B) request all other appropriate Federal 
                departments, Federal agencies, Government contractors, 
                and similar entities to provide similar cooperation to 
                the National Research Council.
            (2) Private corporation cooperation.--The Secretary of 
        Commerce shall request that any private, not-for-profit 
        corporation established to manage the Internet root server 
        system and the top-level domain names provide similar 
        cooperation to the National Research Council.
    (d) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the National Research Council shall 
        complete the study under this section and submit a report on 
        the study to the Secretary of Commerce. The report shall set 
        forth the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 
        Council concerning the effects of adding new generic top-level 
        domains and related dispute resolution procedures on trademark 
        and intellectual property rights holders.
            (2) Submission to congressional committees.--Not later than 
        30 days after the date on which the report is submitted to the 
        Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary shall submit the report to 
        the Committees on Commerce and the Committees on the Judiciary 
        of the Senate and House of Representatives.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $800,000 for the study conducted under this Act.

            Passed the Senate June 26, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.

SOLUTION:
Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 - Declares the purposes of this Act to be to:  (1) serve as the first authorization in a series of computing, information, and communication technology initiatives outlined in the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (HPCA); and (2) provide for the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated U.S. research program on computer network infrastructure, high-speed data access, and networking technology. Directs the Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet (created under the HPCA) to assess the extent to which:  (1) the Next Generation Internet program (program) carries out the purposes of this Act and addresses concerns relating to geographic penalties (costs imposed on Internet users in rural or small population areas that are greater than those imposed on users in large population areas or areas closer to network facilities) and technology transfer to and from the private sector; and (2) the role of each Federal department and agency involved in implementing the program is clear, complementary, and non-duplicative, as well as the extent to which each such department and agency concurs with the role of each other participating department or agency. 
Requires the Advisory Committee to assess program implementation and report at least annually to the President and specified congressional committees. 
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 and 2000 for the program. Requires the amount authorized for the Department of Defense for FY 1999 to be the amount authorized pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1999. 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to request the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study, taking into account the diverse needs of domestic and international Internet users, of the short-term and long-term effects on trademark and intellectual property rights holders of adding new generic top-level domains and related dispute resolution procedures. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Council and the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations.