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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Parents and Teachers for 
a Drug-Free Education Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Fifty-four percent of high school seniors in 2001 had 
        used an illicit drug in their lifetime.
            (2) Forty-two percent of 12th graders, 37 percent of 10th 
        graders, and 20 percent of 8th graders in 2001 had used an 
        illicit drug in the past year.
            (3) Eighty percent of 12th graders, 70 percent of 10th 
        graders, and 51 percent of 8th graders in 2001 had used alcohol 
        in their lifetime.
            (4) Sixty-four percent of 12th graders, 48 percent of 10th 
        graders, and 23 percent of 8th graders in 2001 had been 
        intoxicated.
            (5) Use of 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine (commonly 
        referred to as ``MDMA'' or ``ecstasy'') by 12th graders 
        increased from 6 percent in 1998 to 11.7 percent in 2001.
            (6) Schoolchildren who use and abuse addictive illicit 
        drugs or alcohol increase the risk to the health and safety of 
        all students and impact the learning environment of the school 
        because--
                    (A) use of illicit drugs or alcohol can lead to 
                serious health effects, the development of life-
                threatening diseases, and even death;
                    (B) use of illicit drugs like marijuana or ecstasy 
                kills brain cells in the learning centers of the brain, 
                directly impacting a student's ability to learn in 
                school;
                    (C) chemicals left in the central nervous system 
                after using marijuana cause the brain to be irritated 
                and uncontrollable, resulting in disruptive behavior in 
                the classroom;
                    (D) students who smoke cigarettes or use other 
                illicit drugs have been shown to have less desire to 
                learn, resulting in lower grade point averages when 
                compared to other students; and
                    (E) students who use illicit drugs or alcohol have 
                a higher rate of breaking school rules.

SEC. 3. DRUG-FREE SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Demonstration Programs.--Part A of title IV of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; also known 
as the ``Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act'') is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subpart 4 as subpart 5; and
            (2) by inserting after subpart 3 the following:

          ``Subpart 4--Drug-Free School Demonstration Programs

``SEC. 4145. DRUG-FREE SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants to local educational 
agencies and private schools to establish drug-free school 
demonstration programs described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Requirements.--A grant may be made under subsection (a) only 
if the local educational agency or private school involved agrees to 
use the funds received under the grant to establish a drug-free school 
demonstration program that--
            ``(1) includes, consistent with the fourth amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States, random drug testing of 
        students;
            ``(2) requires that any such testing be conducted using 
        only drug tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration;
            ``(3) requires that any analysis of such testing be 
        conducted by a drug-testing laboratory certified by the 
        Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or 
        approved by the College of American Pathologists, for forensic 
        drug testing;
            ``(4) requires a review of each positive test result by a 
        medical review officer;
            ``(5) prohibits any disclosure to law enforcement officials 
        of the results of the random drug testing;
            ``(6) requires that drug-testing records be kept strictly 
        confidential in accordance with subsection (c);
            ``(7) requires, upon the submission of a report by a 
        medical review officer under subsection (c)(3) relating to a 
        preliminary positive test result, the destruction of all 
        records relating to the result if the medical review officer 
        does not confirm the result;
            ``(8) requires the destruction of all records relating to 
        drug or alcohol testing of a student when the student graduates 
        or otherwise leaves the local educational agency or private 
        school involved;
            ``(9) ensures that the parents of the students to be tested 
        are informed in detail about the random drug-testing program;
            ``(10) provides parents the right to withdraw their child 
        from participation in the random drug-testing program, and 
        ensures that parents receive notification of such right at the 
        beginning of every school year;
            ``(11) includes a clear, written policy on school behavior 
        that--
                    ``(A) prohibits students from attending school or 
                school activities under the influence of illegal drugs 
                or alcohol;
                    ``(B) prohibits the use or possession of illegal 
                drugs in school; and
                    ``(C) sets forth the consequences of violating the 
                prohibitions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
            ``(12) provides drug and alcohol abuse prevention training 
        for a total of not less than 2 hours for each student and staff 
        member of the local educational agency or private school 
        involved;
            ``(13) provides student access to a student assistance 
        program, including confidential assessment, referral, and 
        short-term problem resolution; and
            ``(14) provides continuing alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse 
        prevention education.
    ``(c) Privacy Protection.--Each drug-free school demonstration 
program established with assistance made available under this section 
shall--
            ``(1) include, as reasonably necessary and appropriate, 
        practices and procedures to ensure the confidentiality of 
        student drug test results and of any participation by a student 
        in a treatment or rehabilitation program;
            ``(2) prohibit the mandatory disclosure of medical 
        information by a student unless the student tests positive for 
        drugs; and
            ``(3) require a medical review officer reviewing student 
        drug test results to report the final results of such tests in 
        writing and in a manner designed to ensure the confidentiality 
        of the results.
    ``(d) Technical Assistance.--To the extent or in the amounts 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may enter 
into contracts with public and private entities to provide assistance 
related to carrying out the drug-free school demonstration programs 
established pursuant to this section.
    ``(e) Applications.--To seek a grant under this section, a local 
educational agency or private school shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `medical review officer'--
                    ``(A) means a licensed physician with knowledge of 
                substance abuse disorders; and
                    ``(B) does not include any--
                            ``(i) employee of the school involved; or
                            ``(ii) employee or agent of, or any person 
                        having a financial interest in, the laboratory 
                        for which the drug test results are being 
                        reviewed.
            ``(2) The term `student' means any individual enrolled on 
        school records as eligible to attend, or actually attending, 
        school for educational purposes in any of grades 8 through 
        12.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit to the 
Congress a report on the results of the drug-free school demonstration 
programs established with assistance under this section.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 4003 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7103) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and for each of 
        fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for drug-free school demonstration 
        programs under subpart 4.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents at section 2 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the item relating to subpart 4 of part 
        A of title IV as the item relating to subpart 5 of part A of 
        title IV; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 4141 
        the following:

          ``subpart 4--drug-free school demonstration programs
``4145. Drug-free school demonstration programs.''.

Ex Output:
Empowering Parents and Teachers for a Drug-Free Education Act of 2004 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (under provisions which are also known as the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act) to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and private schools to establish drug-free school demonstration programs that include random drug testing of students and meet other specified requirements.


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SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF BOTH RETIRED PAY AND VETERANS' 
              DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MILITARY 
              RETIREES WITH COMPENSABLE SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

    (a) Extension of Concurrent Receipt Authority to Retirees With 
Service-Connected Disabilities Rated Less Than 50 Percent.--Subsection 
(a) of section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Compensation'' in the subsection heading 
        and all that follows through ``Subject'' and inserting 
        ``Compensation.--Subject''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
    (b) Repeal of Phase-In of Concurrent Receipt of Retired Pay and 
Veterans' Disability Compensation.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), as amended by subsection (a) of this 
        section, by striking the final sentence;
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 
        subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), 
        respectively; and
            (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking 
        paragraphs (3) and (4).
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--The heading for section 1414 of such 
        title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for 
              veterans' disability compensation: concurrent payment of 
              retired pay and disability compensation''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The item relating to such section 
        in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of such 
        title is amended to read as follows:

``1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for 
                            veterans' disability compensation: 
                            concurrent payment of retired pay and 
                            disability compensation.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as of January 1, 2012, and shall apply to payments for months 
beginning on or after that date.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF SERVICE ELIGIBILITY FOR COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL 
              COMPENSATION AND CONCURRENT RECEIPT.

    (a) Eligibility for TERA Retirees.--Subsection (c) of section 1413a 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``entitled to 
retired pay who--'' and all that follows through the end of paragraph 
(1) and inserting ``who--
            ``(1) is entitled to retired pay, other than a member 
        retired under chapter 61 of this title with less than 20 years 
        of service creditable under section 1405 of this title and less 
        than 20 years of service computed under section 12732 of this 
        title; and''.
    (b) Amendments To Standardize Similar Provisions.--
            (1) Clerical and conforming amendments.--Section 1413a of 
        such title is further amended--
                    (A) in the heading for paragraph (3) of subsection 
                (b), by striking ``rules'' and inserting ``rule''; and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``Subsection 
                (d)'' and inserting ``Subsection (c)''.
            (2) Specification of qualified retirees for concurrent 
        receipt purposes.--Section 1414 of such title, as amended by 
        section 3, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``a member or'' and all 
                        that follows through ``is entitled'' and 
                        inserting ``an individual who is a qualified 
                        retiree for any month is entitled''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``retired pay and 
                        veterans' disability compensation'' after 
                        ``both''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Qualified retiree.--The term `qualified retiree' 
        means a member or former member of the uniformed services who, 
        with respect to any month--
                    ``(A) is entitled to retired pay, other than in the 
                case of a member retired under chapter 61 of this title 
                with less than 20 years of service creditable under 
                section 1405 of this title and less than 20 years of 
                service computed under section 12732 of this title; and
                    ``(B) is entitled to veterans' disability 
                compensation.''.
            (3) Standardization with crsc rule for chapter 61 
        retirees.--Subsection (b) of section 1414 of such title is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Special Rules'' in the subsection 
                heading and all that follows through ``is subject to'' 
                and inserting ``Special Rule for Chapter 61 Disability 
                Retirees.--In the case of a qualified retiree who is 
                retired under chapter 61 of this title, the retired pay 
                of the member is subject to''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as of January 1, 2012, and shall apply to payments for months 
beginning on or after that date.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF SBP SURVIVOR ANNUITIES BY 
              DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.

    (a) Repeal.--
            (1) Repeal.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, 
        United States Code, is amended as follows:
                    (A) In section 1450, by striking subsection (c).
                    (B) In section 1451(c)--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
                        (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Such subchapter is further 
        amended as follows:
                    (A) In section 1450--
                            (i) by striking subsection (e); and
                            (ii) by striking subsection (k).
                    (B) In section 1451(g)(1), by striking subparagraph 
                (C).
                    (C) In section 1452--
                            (i) in subsection (f)(2), by striking 
                        ``does not apply--'' and all that follows and 
                        inserting ``does not apply in the case of a 
                        deduction made through administrative error.''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking subsection (g).
                    (D) In section 1455(c), by striking ``, 
                1450(k)(2),''.
    (b) Prohibition on Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits may be paid 
to any person for any period before the effective date provided under 
subsection (f) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a).
    (c) Prohibition on Recoupment of Certain Amounts Previously 
Refunded to SBP Recipients.--A surviving spouse who is or has been in 
receipt of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan under subchapter 
II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, that is in effect 
before the effective date provided under subsection (f) and that is 
adjusted by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) and who has 
received a refund of retired pay under section 1450(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, shall not be required to repay such refund to the 
United States.
    (d) Repeal of Authority for Optional Annuity for Dependent 
Children.--Section 1448(d)(2) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Dependent children.--'' and all that 
        follows through ``In the case of a member described in 
        paragraph (1),'' and inserting ``Dependent children.--In the 
        case of a member described in paragraph (1),''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B).
    (e) Restoration of Eligibility for Previously Eligible Spouses.--
The Secretary of the military department concerned shall restore 
annuity eligibility to any eligible surviving spouse who, in 
consultation with the Secretary, previously elected to transfer payment 
of such annuity to a surviving child or children under the provisions 
of section 1448(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect 
on the day before the effective date provided under subsection (f). 
Such eligibility shall be restored whether or not payment to such child 
or children subsequently was terminated due to loss of dependent status 
or death. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible spouse 
includes a spouse who was previously eligible for payment of such 
annuity and is not remarried, or remarried after having attained age 
55, or whose second or subsequent marriage has been terminated by 
death, divorce or annulment.
    (f) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the later of--
            (1) October 1, 2011; or
            (2) the first day of the first month that begins after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION IN CONSIDERING ACTIVE 
              DUTY AND ACTIVE SERVICE FOR EARLY ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT 
              OF NON-REGULAR SERVICE RETIRED PAY.

    (a) Consideration of 90-Day Periods of Service.--Section 
12731(f)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``below 60 years of age by three months for each aggregate of 90 days 
on which such person so performs in any fiscal year after such date, 
subject to subparagraph (C)'' and inserting ``, subject to subparagraph 
(C), below 60 years of age by three months for each aggregate of 90 
days on which such person serves on such active duty or performs such 
active service after such date''.
    (b) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect as of January 28, 2008, and as if included in the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 
110-181) as enacted.

Ex Output:
Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013.

Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age.

Prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund.

Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse.

Directs the Secretary concerned to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.

Removes the requirement that days of active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of the reserves may retire for non-regular (reserve) service must occur in the same fiscal year.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to clarify and codify the preparedness 
and response authority of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
System for Federal response to structural collapses resulting from acts 
of terrorism and other incidents as determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 522. NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM.

    ``(a) In General.--There is in the Department an emergency response 
system to be known as the `National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
System' (referred to in this section as the `System'). Through the 
System, the Secretary shall provide for a national network of 
standardized search and rescue resources to assist States and local 
governments in responding to structural collapses resulting from acts 
of terrorism and other incidents that the Secretary determines are 
appropriate.
    ``(b) Administration of System.--The Secretary shall administer the 
System as follows:
            ``(1) The Secretary shall select and designate task forces 
        to participate in the System. The Secretary shall determine the 
        criteria for such participation.
            ``(2) The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the 
        sponsoring agency of each task force with respect to the 
        participation of the task force in the System.
            ``(3) A task force may include States, local governments, 
        private non-profit organizations, and for-profit entities as 
        participating agencies, at the discretion of the sponsoring 
        agency of the task force. The sponsoring agency may also, in 
        its discretion, allow the task force to include individuals not 
        otherwise associated with the sponsoring agency or a 
        participating agency in the task force.
            ``(4) The Secretary shall maintain such management and 
        other technical teams as the Secretary determines are necessary 
        to administer the System.
    ``(c) Preparedness Cooperative Agreements.--Subject to the 
availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary shall 
enter into an annual preparedness cooperative agreement with each 
sponsoring agency. Amounts made available to a sponsoring agency under 
such a preparedness cooperative agreement shall be for the following 
purposes:
            ``(1) Training and exercises with other Federal, State, and 
        local government response entities.
            ``(2) Acquisition and maintenance of equipment, including 
        interoperable communications and personal protective equipment.
            ``(3) Medical monitoring required for responder safety, 
        security, and health.
    ``(d) Response Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary shall enter 
into a response cooperative agreement with each sponsoring agency, as 
appropriate, under which the Secretary agrees to reimburse the 
sponsoring agency for costs incurred in responding to an incident 
described in subsection (a).
    ``(e) Appointment Into Federal Service.--
            ``(1) In general.--In addition to the exercise of any other 
        authorities under this section, the Secretary may appoint a 
        System member for exercises, pre-incident staging, or major 
        disaster, emergency response, or training events sponsored or 
        sanctioned by the Agency without regard to the provisions of 
        title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
        competitive service.
            ``(2) Employment status.--Regardless of any other 
        employment status, a System member who is appointed into 
        Federal service pursuant to this subsection is deemed an 
        employee of a Federal agency for all purposes except--
                    ``(A) subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, 
                United States Code, pertaining to labor grievances, 
                appeal and review, or any applicable retirement system;
                    ``(B) chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, 
                pertaining to life insurance; and
                    ``(C) chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 
                pertaining to health insurance, or other applicable 
                health benefits system unless the System member's 
                appointment results in the loss of coverage in a group 
                health benefits plan the premium of which has been paid 
                in whole or in part by a State or local government 
                contribution.
            ``(3) Compensation.--During a period of appointment into 
        Federal service pursuant to this subsection--
                    ``(A) the Secretary shall reimburse, through the 
                sponsoring agency, the System member's pay and the 
                employer contribution to any State or local government 
                retirement, life insurance, or health benefit plans on 
                behalf of the System member. A System member shall not 
                be entitled to pay directly from the Agency; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary shall reimburse, through the 
                sponsoring agency, the pay and employer contribution to 
                any State or local government retirement, life 
                insurance, or health benefit plans of an employee who 
                fills the position normally filled by a System member 
                appointed into Federal service pursuant to this 
                subsection to the extent that those costs are in excess 
                of the costs that would have been incurred had the 
                System member not been appointed into Federal service.
            ``(4) Personal injury, illness, disability, or death.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A System member who is appointed 
                into Federal service pursuant to this subsection and 
                who suffers personal injury, illness, disability, or 
                death as a result of personal injury sustained while in 
                the performance of the member's duty during the 
                appointment into Federal service shall, for the 
                purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 
                United States Code, be treated as though the member 
                were an employee (as defined by section 8101 of such 
                title) who had sustained the injury in the performance 
                of duty.
                    ``(B) Election of benefits.--When a System member 
                (or, in the case of the death of the System member, the 
                System member's dependent) is entitled by reason of 
                injury, illness, disability, or death to benefits under 
                subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
                Code, and is also entitled to benefits from a State or 
                local government for the same injury, illness, 
                disability, or death, the System member (or such 
                dependent) shall elect which benefits the System member 
                will receive. The election shall be made not later than 
                1 year after the injury, illness, disability or death, 
                or such further time as the Secretary of Labor may 
                allow for reasonable cause shown. When made, the 
                election is irrevocable unless otherwise provided by 
                law.
                    ``(C) Reimbursement for state or local benefits.--
                In the event that a System member elects benefits from 
                a State or local government under subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary may reimburse that State or local government 
                for the value of those benefits.
            ``(5) Liability.--A System member appointed into Federal 
        service pursuant to this subsection is deemed an employee of 
        the Agency for the purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act and 
        any other Federal third party liability statute.
            ``(6) Employment and reemployment rights.--The following 
        apply with respect to a System member who is not a regular 
        full-time employee of a sponsoring agency or participating 
        agency during periods of appointment to Federal service 
        pursuant to this subsection:
                    ``(A) Service as a System member shall be deemed 
                `service in the uniformed services' for purposes of 
                chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, pertaining 
                to employment and reemployment rights of individuals 
                who have performed service in the uniformed services 
                (regardless of whether the individual receives 
                compensation for such participation). All rights and 
                obligations of such persons and procedures for 
                assistance, enforcement, and investigation shall be as 
                provided for in chapter 43 of title 38, United States 
                Code.
                    ``(B) Preclusion of giving notice of service by 
                necessity of appointment under this section shall be 
                deemed preclusion by `military necessity' for purposes 
                of section 4312(b) of title 38, United States Code, 
                pertaining to giving notice of absence from a position 
                of employment. A determination of such necessity shall 
                be made by the Secretary.
                    ``(C) Subject to the availability of 
                appropriations, the Secretary may recognize employer 
                support of the deployment of National Urban Search and 
                Rescue Response System members, and their cooperation 
                to allow System members to receive authorized training.
    ``(f) Licenses and Permits.--If a System member who is appointed 
into Federal service under this subsection holds a valid license, 
certificate, or other permit issued by any State or other governmental 
jurisdiction evidencing the member's qualifications in any 
professional, mechanical, or other skill or type of assistance required 
by the System, that System member shall be deemed to be performing a 
Federal activity when rendering aid involving such skill or assistance.
    ``(g) Advisory Subcommittee.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and 
        maintain an advisory subcommittee of the National Advisory 
        Council established under section 508 to provide expert 
        recommendations to the Secretary in order to assist the 
        Secretary in administering the System.
            ``(2) Composition.--The advisory subcommittee shall be 
        composed of members from geographically diverse areas, and 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) the chief officer or senior executive from at 
                least three sponsoring agencies;
                    ``(B) the senior emergency manager from at least 
                two States that have sponsoring agencies; and
                    ``(C) at least one representative recommended by 
                the leaders of the task forces.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, $52,000,000 
for the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. Of any amount 
made available pursuant to this subsection, not less than 80 percent of 
such amount shall be provided equally to each of the task forces to be 
used for preparedness activities.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `participating agency' means a State or 
        local government, non-profit organization, or private 
        organization that has executed an agreement with a sponsoring 
        agency to participate in the System.
            ``(2) The term `sponsoring agency' means a State or local 
        government that is the sponsor of a task force designated by 
        the Secretary to participate in the System.
            ``(3) The term `System member' means an individual who is 
        not a regular full-time employee of the Federal Government, who 
        serves on a task force or on a System management or other 
        technical team.
            ``(4) The term `task force' means an urban search and 
        rescue team designated by the Secretary to participate in the 
        System.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Applicability of title 5, united states code.--Section 
        8101(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``; and'' 
                after the semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) an individual who is a System member of the 
                National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, when 
                appointed into Federal service pursuant to section 
                522(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.''.
            (2) Inclusion as part of uniformed services for purposes of 
        userra.--Section 4303 of title 38, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (13), by adding at the end the 
                following: ``Such service also includes any authorized 
                exercises, pre-incident staging, or major disaster, 
                emergency response, or training events sponsored or 
                sanctioned by the Department of Homeland Security and 
                carried out by the National Urban Search and Rescue 
                Response System under section 522 of the Homeland 
                Security Act of 2002.''.
                    (B) in paragraph (16), by inserting after ``Public 
                Health Service,'' the following: ``, System members of 
                the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System 
                when engaged in any authorized exercise, pre-incident 
                staging, activation, or major disaster, emergency 
                response, or training event sponsored or sanctioned by 
                the Federal Emergency Management Agency,''.

Ex Output:

National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to codify provisions establishing in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, under which the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for a national network of standardized search and rescue resources to assist state and local governments in responding to structural collapses resulting from terrorist acts and other incidents.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) select and designate task forces to participate in the System and determine criteria for participation; (2) enter into an agreement with the sponsoring agency of each task force regarding participation; and (3) maintain such management and technical teams as the Secretary deems necessary. Authorizes a task force to include states, local governments, private nonprofit organizations, and for-profit entities.

Directs the Secretary (subject to specified limitations) to enter into, with each sponsoring agency: (1) an annual preparedness cooperative agreement; and (2) a response cooperative agreement, under which the Secretary agrees to reimburse agency costs incurred in responding to incidents.

Authorizes the Secretary to appoint a System member for sponsored or sanctioned exercises, pre-incident staging, or major disaster, emergency response, or training events. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) appointment into federal service, including employment status, compensation, treatment as an employee in the event of personal injury, illness, disability, or death, liability, and employment and re-employment rights; and (2) licenses and permits. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain an advisory subcommittee of the National Advisory Council.