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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Act of 2003''.

         TITLE I--REFORMED BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WATER PRICING

SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 102. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal reclamation program has been in existence 
        for over 90 years, with an estimated taxpayer investment of 
        over $70,000,000,000;
            (2) the program has had and continues to have an enormous 
        effect on the water resources and aquatic environments of the 
        western States;
            (3) irrigation water made available from Federal water 
        projects in the West is a very valuable resource for which 
        there are increasing and competing demands;
            (4) the justification for providing water at less than full 
        cost was to benefit and promote the development of small family 
        farms and exclude large corporate farms, but this purpose has 
        been frustrated over the years due to inadequate implementation 
        of subsidy and acreage limits;
            (5) below-cost water prices tend to encourage excessive use 
        of scarce water supplies in the arid regions of the West, and 
        reasonable price increases to the wealthiest western farmers 
        would provide an economic incentive for greater water 
        conservation;
            (6) the Federal Government has increasingly applied 
        eligibility tests based on income for Federal entitlement and 
        subsidy programs, measures that are consistent with the 
        historic approach of the reclamation program's acreage 
        limitations that seek to limit water subsidies to smaller 
        farms; and
            (7) including a means test based on gross income in the 
        reclamation program will increase the effectiveness of carrying 
        out the family farm goals of the Federal reclamation laws.

SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 202 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390bb) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), and 
        (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13), 
        respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``owned or operated under 
        a lease which'' and inserting ``that is owned, leased, or 
        operated by an individual or legal entity and that'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Legal entity.--The term `legal entity' includes a 
        corporation, association, partnership, trust, joint tenancy, or 
        tenancy in common, or any other entity that owns, leases, or 
        operates a farm operation for the benefit of more than 1 
        individual under any form of agreement or arrangement.
            ``(8) Operator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `operator'--
                            ``(i) means an individual or legal entity 
                        that operates a single farm operation on a 
                        parcel (or parcels) of land that is owned or 
                        leased by another person (or persons) under any 
                        form of agreement or arrangement (or agreements 
                        or arrangements); and
                            ``(ii) if the individual or legal entity--
                                    ``(I) is an employee of an 
                                individual or legal entity, includes 
                                the individual or legal entity; or
                                    ``(II) is a legal entity that 
                                controls, is controlled by, or is under 
                                common control with another legal 
                                entity, includes each such other legal 
                                entity.
                    ``(B) Operation of a farm operation.--For the 
                purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual or legal 
                entity shall be considered to operate a farm operation 
                if the individual or legal entity is the person that 
                performs the greatest proportion of the decisionmaking 
                for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on 
                land served with irrigation water.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(14) Single farm operation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `single farm operation' 
                means the total acreage of land served with irrigation 
                water for which an individual or legal entity is the 
                operator.
                    ``(B) Rules for determining whether separate 
                parcels are operated as a single farm operation.--
                            ``(i) Equipment- and labor-sharing 
                        activities.--The conduct of equipment- and 
                        labor-sharing activities on separate parcels of 
                        land by separate individuals or legal entities 
                        shall not by itself serve as a basis for 
                        concluding that the farming operations of the 
                        individuals or legal entities constitute a 
                        single farm operation.
                            ``(ii) Performance of certain services.--
                        The performance by an individual or legal 
                        entity of an agricultural chemical application, 
                        pruning, or harvesting for a farm operation on 
                        a parcel of land shall not by itself serve as a 
                        basis for concluding that the farm operation on 
                        that parcel of land is part of a single farm 
                        operation operated by the individual or entity 
                        on other parcels of land.''.
    (b) Identification of Owners, Lessees, and Operators and of Single 
Farm Operations.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following:

``SEC. 201A. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS, LESSEES, AND OPERATORS AND OF 
              SINGLE FARM OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), for each parcel of 
land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be 
delivered, the Secretary shall identify a single individual or legal 
entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.
    ``(b) Shared Decisionmaking and Supervision.--If the Secretary 
determines that no single individual or legal entity is the owner, 
lessee, or other individual that performs the greatest proportion of 
decisionmaking for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on a 
parcel of land--
            ``(1) all individuals and legal entities that own, lease, 
        or perform a proportion of decisonmaking and supervision that 
        is equal as among themselves but greater than the proportion 
        performed by any other individual or legal entity shall be 
        considered jointly to be the owner, lessee, or operator; and
            ``(2) all parcels of land of which any such individual or 
        legal entity is the owner, lessee, or operator shall be 
        considered to be part of the single farm operation of the 
        owner, lessee, or operator identified under subsection (1).''.
    (c) Pricing.--Section 205 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390ee) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Single Farm Operations Generating More Than $500,000 in Gross 
Farm Income.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), 
        and (c), in the case of--
                    ``(A) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm 
                income from a single farm operation in excess of 
                $500,000 for a taxable year; or
                    ``(B) a limited recipient that received irrigation 
                water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports 
                gross farm income from a single farm operation in 
                excess of $500,000 for a taxable year;
            irrigation water may be delivered to the single farm 
        operation of the qualified recipient or limited recipient at 
        less than full cost to a number of acres that does not exceed 
        the number of acres determined under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Maximum number of acres to which irrigation water may 
        be delivered at less than full cost.--The number of acres 
        determined under this subparagraph is the number equal to the 
        number of acres of the single farm operation multiplied by a 
        fraction, the numerator of which is $500,000 and 
the denominator of which is the amount of gross farm income reported by 
the qualified recipient or limited recipient in the most recent taxable 
year.
            ``(3) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The $500,000 amount under 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) for any taxable year beginning 
                in a calendar year after 2002 shall be equal to the 
                product of--
                            ``(i) $500,000, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the inflation adjustment factor for 
                        the taxable year.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment factor.--The term 
                `inflation adjustment factor' means, with respect to 
                any calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is 
                the GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding 
                calendar year and the denominator of which is the GDP 
                implicit price deflator for 2002. Not later than April 
                1 of any calendar year, the Secretary shall publish the 
                inflation adjustment factor for the preceding calendar 
                year.
                    ``(C) GDP implicit price deflator.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (B), the term `GDP implicit price 
                deflator' means the first revision of the implicit 
                price deflator for the gross domestic product as 
                computed and published by the Secretary of Commerce.
                    ``(D) Rounding.--If any increase determined under 
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, the 
                increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple 
                of $100.''.
    (d) Certification of Compliance.--Section 206 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ff) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 206. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--As a condition to the receipt of irrigation 
water for land in a district that has a contract described in section 
203, each owner, lessee, or operator in the district shall furnish the 
district, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, a certificate that the 
owner, lessee, or operator is in compliance with this title, including 
a statement of the number of acres owned, leased, or operated, the 
terms of any lease or agreement pertaining to the operation of a farm 
operation, and, in the case of a lessee or operator, a certification 
that the rent or other fees paid reflect the reasonable value of the 
irrigation water to the productivity of the land.
    ``(b) Documentation.-- The Secretary may require a lessee or 
operator to submit for the Secretary's examination--
            ``(1) a complete copy of any lease or other agreement 
        executed by each of the parties to the lease or other 
        agreement; and
            ``(2) a copy of the return of income tax imposed by chapter 
        1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year in 
        which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator 
        received irrigation water at less than full cost.''.
    (e) Trusts.--Section 214 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390nn) is repealed.
    (f) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Penalties.--Section 224(c) of the Reclamation Reform 
        Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(c)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) The Secretary'' and inserting 
                the following:
    ``(c) Regulations; Data Collection; Penalties.--
            ``(1) Regulations; data collection.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Penalties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary shall establish appropriate and effective 
        penalties for failure to comply with any provision of this Act 
        or any regulation issued under this Act.''.
            (2) Interest.--Section 224(i) of the Reclamation Reform Act 
        of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(i)) is amended by striking the last 
        sentence and inserting the following: ``The interest rate 
        applicable to underpayments shall be equal to the rate 
        applicable to expenditures under section 202(3)(C).''.
    (g) Reporting.--Section 228 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390zz) is amended by inserting ``operator or'' before 
``contracting entity'' each place it appears.
    (h) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 
1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 229 and 230 as sections 230 
        and 231; and
            (2) by inserting after section 228 the following:

``SEC. 229. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    ``The Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding or other 
appropriate instrument to permit the Secretary, notwithstanding section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to have access to and use of 
available information collected or maintained by the Department of the 
Treasury and the Department of Agriculture that would aid enforcement 
of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.''.

   TITLE II--TERMINATION OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE 
                            HEALTH SCIENCES

SECTION 201. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--The Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences is terminated.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Chapter 104 of title 10, United States Code, is 
        repealed.
            (2) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of 
        such title, and at the beginning of part III of such subtitle, 
        are each amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 
        104.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Termination.--The termination of the Uniformed Services 
        University of the Health Sciences under subsection (a)(1) shall 
        take effect on the day after the date of the graduation from 
        the university of the last class of students that enrolled in 
        such university on or before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Amendments.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(2) 
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        except that the provisions of chapter 104 of title 10, United 
        States Code, as in effect on the day before such date, shall 
        continue to apply with respect to the Uniformed Services 
        University of the Health Sciences until the termination of the 
        university under this section.

 TITLE III--TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION UNDER THE D5 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED 
                            MISSILE PROGRAM

SECTION 301. PRODUCTION TERMINATION.

    (a) Termination of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles under 
the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program.
    (b) Payment of Termination Costs.--Funds available on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act for obligation for the D5 submarine-
launched ballistic missile program may be obligated for production 
under that program only for payment of the costs associated with the 
termination of production under this Act.

SEC. 302. CURRENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

    Nothing in this legislation shall be construed to prohibit or 
otherwise affect the availability of funds for the following:
            (1) Production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles 
        in production on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Maintenance after the date of the enactment of this Act 
        of the arsenal of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles in 
        existence on such date, including the missiles described in 
        paragraph (1).

SOLUTION: Deficit Reduction Act of 2003 - Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 2001 (sic) - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, for each parcel of land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be delivered, to identify a single individual or legal entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.Allows irrigation water to be delivered at less than the normal per-acre cost to either: (1) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm income from a single farm operation in excess of $500,000 per taxable year; or (2) a limited recipient that received such water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports gross farm income in excess of such amount.Requires lessees (currently, only owners and operators) of an irrigation district to furnish such district a certification of compliance with the Act. Allows the Secretary to require a lessee or operator to submit for examination a copy of a tax return for any taxable year in which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator received irrigation water at less than full cost.Repeals a provision exempting from Federal reclamation ownership and cost pricing limitations district lands held in trust for a beneficiary or beneficiaries whose interests in the lands served do not exceed such limitations.Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, the Treasury, and Agriculture to enter into a memorandum of understanding to permit the Secretary of the Interior to have access to and use available information collected or maintained by either the Department of the Treasury or Agriculture that would aid in enforcement of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.Terminates the Uniformed Services University of Health Science.Requires the Secretary of Defense to terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles under the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Consumer Access to 
Generic Drugs Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES RELATED TO NEW DRUG 
              APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Conduct Prohibited.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
directly or indirectly be a party to any agreement resolving or 
settling a patent infringement claim in which--
            (1) an ANDA filer receives anything of value; and
            (2) the ANDA filer agrees not to research, develop, 
        manufacture, market, or sell, for any period of time, the drug 
        that is to be manufactured under the ANDA involved and is the 
        subject of the patent infringement claim.
    (b) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), subsection (a) 
does not prohibit a resolution or settlement of a patent infringement 
claim in which the value received by the ANDA filer includes no more 
than--
            (1) the right to market the drug that is to be manufactured 
        under the ANDA involved and is the subject of the patent 
        infringement claim, before the expiration of--
                    (A) the patent that is the basis for the patent 
                infringement claim; or
                    (B) any other statutory exclusivity that would 
                prevent the marketing of such drug; and
            (2) the waiver of a patent infringement claim for damages 
        based on prior marketing of such drug.
    (c) Enforcement.--A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated as 
an unfair and deceptive act or practice and an unfair method of 
competition in or affecting interstate commerce prohibited under 
section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45). The 
Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by 
the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as though all applicable 
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were 
incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agreement.--The term ``agreement'' means anything that 
        would constitute an agreement for purposes of section 5 of the 
        Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
            (2) Agreement resolving or settling.--The term ``agreement 
        resolving or settling'', in reference to a patent infringement 
        claim, includes any agreement that is contingent upon, provides 
        a contingent condition for, or is otherwise related to the 
        resolution or settlement of the claim.
            (3) ANDA.--The term ``ANDA'' means an abbreviated new drug 
        application for the approval of a new drug under section 505(j) 
        of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(j)).
            (4) ANDA filer.--The term ``ANDA filer'' means a party that 
        has filed an ANDA with the Food and Drug Administration.
            (5) Patent infringement.--The term ``patent infringement'' 
        means infringement of any patent or of any filed patent 
        application, extension, reissuance, renewal, division, 
        continuation, continuation in part, reexamination, patent term 
        restoration, patent of addition, or extension thereof.
            (6) Patent infringement claim.--The term ``patent 
        infringement claim'' means any allegation made to an ANDA 
        filer, whether or not included in a complaint filed with a 
        court of law, that its ANDA or drug to be manufactured under 
        such ANDA may infringe any patent.

SEC. 3. FTC RULEMAKING.

    The Federal Trade Commission may, by rule promulgated under section 
553 of title 5, United States Code, exempt certain agreements described 
in section 2 if the Commission finds such agreements to be in 
furtherance of market competition and for the benefit of consumers. 
Consistent with the authority of the Commission, such rules may include 
interpretive rules and general statements of policy with respect to the 
practices prohibited under section 2.

SEC. 4. FORFEITURE OF 180-DAY EXCLUSIVITY PERIOD UNDER THE FFDCA.

    Section 505(j)(5)(D)(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 355(j)(5)(D)(i)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I)(bb)--
                    (A) by redesignating subitem (CC) as subitem (EE); 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after subitem (BB) the following:

                                                    ``(CC) In a 
                                                declaratory judgment 
                                                action described in 
                                                subitem (AA), a court 
                                                dismisses the action 
                                                for lack of subject 
                                                matter jurisdiction, 
                                                either with or without 
                                                prejudice.

                                                    ``(DD) The 
                                                applicant files with 
                                                the Secretary a 
                                                covenant by the patent 
                                                owner that the patent 
                                                owner will not sue the 
                                                applicant for 
                                                infringement with 
                                                respect to the 
                                                patent.''; and

            (2) in subclause (V), by inserting ``section 2 of the 
        Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2007 or'' 
        after ``that the agreement has violated''.

SEC. 5. NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Notice of All Agreements.--Section 1112(c)(2) of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (21 
U.S.C. 3155 note) is amended by--
            (1) striking ``the Commission the'' and inserting ``the 
        Commission (1) the''; and
            (2) inserting before the period at the end the following: 
        ``; and (2) a description of the subject matter of any other 
        agreement the parties enter into within 30 days of an entering 
        into an agreement covered by subsection (a) or (b)''.
    (b) Certification of Agreements.--Section 1112 of such Act is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Certification.--The Chief Executive Officer or the company 
official responsible for negotiating any agreement required to be filed 
under subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall execute and file with the 
Assistant Attorney General and the Commission a certification as 
follows: `I declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true 
and correct: The materials filed with the Federal Trade Commission and 
the Department of Justice under section 1112 of subtitle B of title XI 
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 
of 2003, with respect to the agreement referenced in this 
certification: (1) represent the complete, final, and exclusive 
agreement between the parties; (2) include any ancillary agreements 
that are contingent upon, provide a contingent condition for, or are 
otherwise related to, the referenced agreement; and (3) include written 
descriptions of any oral agreements, representations, commitments, or 
promises between the parties that are responsive to subsection (a) or 
(b) of such section 1112 and have not been reduced to writing.'.''.

SOLUTION: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2007 - Prohibits, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice and an unfair method of competition in or affecting interstate commerce, any person from being a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of value; and (2) such filer agrees not to research, develop, manufacture, market or sell the generic drug. Excludes a resolution or settlement that includes no more than: (1) the right to market the generic drug before the expiration of the patent or other exclusivity period; or (2) the waiver of a patent infringement claim for damages.

Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to exempt agreements in furtherance of market competition and for the benefit of consumers.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that a generic drug applicant forfeits market exclusivity for failing to market the drug 75 days after: (1) a court dismisses a declaratory judgment action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; or (2) the applicant files with the Secretary of Health and Human Services a covenant that the patent owner will not sue the applicant for patent infringement. Deems an applicant to have forfeited market exclusivity if the applicant enters into an agreement that violates this Act.

Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to revise reporting requirements related to agreements between a generic drug applicant and a brand name drug company to include: (1) a description of the subject matter of other agreements between the parties; and (2) a certification that the materials filed represent the complete, final, and exclusive agreement between the parties.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer Healthcare Program Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    It is the purpose of this Act to provide grants to States to--
            (1) promote access to quality health and dental care for 
        the medically underserved and uninsured through the commitment 
        of volunteers; and
            (2) encourage and enable healthcare providers to provide 
        health services to eligible individuals by providing sovereign 
        immunity protection for the provision of uncompensated 
        services.

SEC. 3. GRANTS TO STATES TO ESTABLISH AND EVALUATE HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEER 
              INDEMNITY PROGRAMS.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399R. GRANTS TO STATES TO ESTABLISH AND EVALUATE HEALTHCARE 
              VOLUNTEER INDEMNITY PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award a grant to an eligible 
State to enable such State to establish a demonstration program to--
            ``(1) promote access to quality health and dental care for 
        the medically underserved and uninsured through the commitment 
        of volunteer healthcare providers; and
            ``(2) encourage and enable healthcare providers to provide 
        health services to eligible individuals, and ensure that 
        eligible individuals have the right to recover damages for 
        medical malpractice (in accordance with State law) by providing 
        sovereign immunity protection for the provision of 
        uncompensated services.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), a State shall--
            ``(1) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
        in such manner, and containing such information as the 
        Secretary may require;
            ``(2) provide assurances that the State will not permit 
        hospitals to enroll individuals seeking care in emergency 
        departments into the State program; and
            ``(3) provide assurances that the State will provide 
        matching funds in accordance with subsection (e).
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State shall use amounts received under 
        a grant under this section to establish a demonstration program 
        under which--
                    ``(A) the State will arrange for the provision of 
                health and dental care to eligible individuals (as 
                determined under subsection (d)) participating in the 
                State program;
                    ``(B) ensure that the health and dental care under 
                paragraph (1) is provided by qualified healthcare 
                providers that do not receive any form of compensation 
                or reimbursement for the provision of such care;
                    ``(C) sovereign immunity is extended to qualified 
                healthcare providers (as defined in paragraph (2)) for 
                the provision of care to eligible individuals under the 
                State program under this section;
                    ``(D) the State will agree not to impose any 
                additional limitations or restrictions on the recovery 
                of damages for negligent acts, other than those in 
                effect on date of the establishment of the 
                demonstration program;
                    ``(E) the State will use more than 5 percent of 
                amounts received under the grant to conduct an annual 
                evaluation, and submit to the Secretary a report 
                concerning such evaluation, of the State program and 
                the activities carried out under the State program.
            ``(2) Qualified healthcare providers.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified healthcare 
                provider' means a healthcare provider described in 
                subparagraph (B) that--
                            ``(i) is licensed by the State to provide 
                        the care involved and is providing such care in 
                        good faith while acting within the scope of the 
                        provider's training and practice;
                            ``(ii) is in good standing with respect to 
                        such license and not on probation;
                            ``(iii) is not, or has not been, subject to 
                        Medicare or Medicaid sanctions under title 
                        XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act; and
                            ``(iv) is authorized by the State to 
                        provide health or dental care services under 
                        the State program under this section.
                    ``(B) Provider described.--A healthcare provider 
                described in this subparagraph includes--
                            ``(i) an ambulatory surgical center;
                            ``(ii) a hospital or nursing home;
                            ``(iii) a physician or physician of 
                        osteopathic medicine;
                            ``(iv) a physician assistant;
                            ``(v) a chiropractic practitioner;
                            ``(vi) a physical therapist;
                            ``(vii) a registered nurse, nurse midwife, 
                        licensed practical nurse, or advanced 
                        registered nurse practitioner;
                            ``(viii) a dentist or dental hygienist;
                            ``(ix) a professional association, 
                        professional corporation, limited liability 
                        company, limited liability partnership, or 
                        other entity that provides, or has members that 
                        provide, health or dental care services;
                            ``(x) a non-profit corporation qualified as 
                        exempt from Federal income taxation under 
                        section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                        1986; and
                            ``(xi) a federally funded community health 
                        center, volunteer corporation, or volunteer 
                        healthcare provider that provides health or 
                        dental care services.
    ``(d) Priority.--Priority in awarding grants under this section 
shall be given the States that will provide health or dental care under 
the State program under this section, to individuals that--
            ``(1) have a family income that does not exceed 200 percent 
        of the Federal poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of 
        the Community Health Services Block Grant Act) for a family of 
        the size involved;
            ``(2) are not be covered under any health or dental 
        insurance policy or program (as determined under applicable 
        State law); and
            ``(3) are determined to be eligible for care, and referred 
        for such care, by the State department of health or other 
        entity authorized by the State for purposes of administering 
        the State program under this section.
    ``(e) Provision of Information.--A State shall ensure that prior to 
the enrollment under a State program under this section, the individual 
involved shall be fully informed of the limitation on liability 
provided for under subsection (c)(1)(C) with respect to the provider 
involved and shall sign a waiver consenting to such care.
    ``(f) Matching Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may not award a grant to a 
        State under this section unless the State agrees, with respect 
        to the costs to be incurred by the State in carrying out 
        activities under the grant, to make available non-Federal 
        contributions (in cash or in kind under paragraph (2)) toward 
        such costs in an amount equal to not less than $1 for each $3 
        of Federal funds provided in the grant. Such contributions may 
        be made directly or through donations from public or private 
        entities.
            ``(2) Determination of amount of non-federal 
        contribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Non-Federal contributions 
                required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, 
                fairly evaluated, including equipment or services (and 
                excluding indirect or overhead costs). Amounts provided 
                by the Federal Government, or services assisted or 
                subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal 
                Government, may not be included in determining the 
                amount of such non-Federal contributions.
                    ``(B) Maintenance of effort.--In making a 
                determination of the amount of non-Federal 
                contributions for purposes of paragraph (1), the 
                Secretary may include only non-Federal contributions in 
                excess of the average amount of non-Federal 
                contributions made by the State involved toward the 
                purpose for which the grant was made for the 2-year 
                period preceding the first fiscal year for which the 
                State is applying to receive a grant under this 
                section.
    ``(g) Administrative Provisions.--
            ``(1) Amount of grant.--The amount of a grant under this 
        section shall not exceed $600,000 per year for not more than 5 
        fiscal years.
            ``(2) Number of grants.--The Secretary shall not award more 
        than 15 grants under this section.
    ``(h) Evaluation.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
conduct an evaluation of the activities carried out by States under 
this section, and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report concerning the results of such evaluation.
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
            ``(2) Evaluations.--The Secretary shall use 5 percent of 
        the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for each fiscal 
        year to carry out evaluations under subsection (h).''.

SOLUTION:
Volunteer Healthcare Program Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award matching grants to states to establish demonstration programs to: (1) promote access to quality health and dental care for the medically underserved and uninsured through the commitment of volunteer health care providers; (2) encourage and enable health care providers to provide health services to eligible individuals; and (3) ensure that eligible individuals have the right to recover damages for medical malpractice by providing sovereign immunity protection for the provision of uncompensated services.

Requires individuals to be fully informed of the limitation on liability provided for under such programs.