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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Physicians' Incentives Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION LOAN INTEREST INCURRED 
              BY DOCTORS SERVING IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED RURAL AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 163(h) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disallowance of deduction for 
personal interest) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
subparagraph (D), by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph 
(F), and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) any qualified medical education loan interest 
                (within the meaning of paragraph (5)), and''.
    (b) Qualified Medical Education Loan Interest Defined.--Subsection 
(h) of section 163 of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraph 
(5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(5) Qualified medical education loan interest.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified medical 
                education loan interest' means interest--
                            ``(i) which is on a medical education loan 
                        of a physician,
                            ``(ii) which is paid or accrued by such 
                        physician, and
                            ``(iii) which accrues during the period--
                                    ``(I) such physician is providing 
                                primary care (including internal 
                                medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/
                                gynecology, family medicine, and 
                                osteopathy) to residents of a medically 
                                underserved rural area, and
                                    ``(II) such physician's principal 
                                place of abode is in such area.
                    ``(B) Medical education loan.--The term `medical 
                education loan' means indebtedness incurred to pay the 
                individual's--
                            ``(i) qualified tuition and related 
                        expenses (as defined in section 117(b)) 
                        incurred for the medical education of such 
                        individual, or
                            ``(ii) reasonable living expenses while 
                        away from home in order to attend an 
                        educational institution described in section 
                        170(b)(1)(A)(ii) for the medical education of 
                        such individual.
                    ``(C) Physician.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
                the term `physician' has the meaning given such term by 
                section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act.
                    ``(D) Medically underserved rural area.--The term 
                `medically underserved rural area' means any rural area 
                which is a medically underserved area (as defined in 
                section 330(b) or 1302(7) of the Public Health Service 
                Act).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF MEDICARE PAYMENT REDUCTIONS FOR NEW DOCTORS FOR 
              SERVICES FURNISHED IN ANY RURAL AREA.

    (a) In General.--Section 1848(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-4(a)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or services'' and inserting ``, 
        services'', and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, or services furnished in a rural area (as so 
        defined) by (or under the supervision, or incidental to 
        services, of) a physician described in section 1861(r)(1)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished after 1993.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DEFERMENTS.

    (a) Stafford Loans.--
            (1) GSL loans.--Section 428(b)(1)(M) of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the 
                end of clause (iii); and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
                clause:
                            ``(iv) during which the borrower is serving 
                        in an internship or residency program in 
                        preparation for practice in an area of primary 
                        care (including internal medicine, pediatrics, 
                        obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, and 
                        osteopathy);''.
            (2) FISL loans.--Section 427(a)(2)(C) of such Act (20 
        U.S.C. 1077(a)(2)(C)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the 
                end of clause (iii); and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
                clause:
                            ``(iv) during which the borrower is serving 
                        in an internship or residency program in 
                        preparation for practice in an area of primary 
                        care (including internal medicine, pediatrics, 
                        obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, and 
                        osteopathy);''.
    (b) Perkins Loans.--Section 464(c)(2)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1087dd(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (iii);
            (2) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of 
        clause (iv); and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause:
                            ``(v) during which the borrower is serving 
                        in an internship or residency program in 
                        preparation for practice in an area of primary 
                        care (including internal medicine, pediatrics, 
                        obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, and 
                        osteopathy);''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to on and after the date of the enactment of this Act with 
respect to loans made under the Higher Education Act of 1965 before, 
on, or after that date.

SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE SUBSTITUTE BILLING ARRANGEMENTS 
              FOR PHYSICIANS' SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Medicare Program.--
            (1) In general.--Clause (D) of section 1842(b)(6) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)) is amended to read 
        as follows: ``(D)(i) payment may be made to a physician for 
        physicians' services (and services incident to such services) 
        to be provided by a second physician on a reciprocal basis to 
        individuals who are patients of the first physician if (I) the 
        first physician is unavailable to provide the services, (II) 
        the services are not provided by the second physician over a 
        continuous period of longer than 60 days, and (III) the claim 
        form submitted to the carrier includes the second physician's 
        unique identifier (provided under the system established under 
        subsection (r)) and indicates that the claim meets the 
        requirements of this clause for payment to the first physician; 
        and (ii) payment may be made to a physician for physicians' 
        services (and services incident to such services) which that 
        physician pays a second physician on a per diem or other fee-
        for-time basis to provide to individuals who are patients of 
        the first physician if (I) the first physician is unavailable 
        to provide the services, (II) the services are not provided by 
        the second physician over a continuous period of longer than 90 
        days (or such longer period as the Secretary may provide), and 
        (III) the claim form submitted to the carrier includes the 
        second physician's unique identifier (provided under the system 
        established under subsection (r)) and indicates that the claim 
        meets the requirements of this clause for payment to the first 
        physician''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to services furnished on or after the first day of 
        the first month beginning more than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Medicaid Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1902(a)(32)(C) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(32)(C)) is amended to read as 
        follows:
                    ``(C) payment may be made to a physician for 
                services furnished by a substitute physician under the 
                circumstances described in subparagraph (D) of section 
                1842(b)(6), except that, for purposes of this 
                subparagraph, any reference in such subparagraph to `a 
                carrier' or `the system established under subsection 
                (r)' is deemed a reference to the State (or other 
                fiscal agent under the State plan) and to the system 
                established under subsection (x) of this section, 
                respectively.''.
            (2) Effective date.--(A) The amendment made by paragraph 
        (1) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
            (B) Until the first day of the first calendar quarter 
        beginning more than 60 days after the date the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services establishes the physician identifier 
        system under section 1902(x) of the Social Security Act, the 
        requirement under section 1902(a)(32)(C) of such Act that a 
        claim form submitted must include the second physician's unique 
        identifier is deemed to be satisfied if the claim form 
        identifies (in a manner specified by the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services) the second physician.
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Rural Physicians' Incentives Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction on medical education loan interest of a physician which accrues while the physician is living in and providing primary care to residents of a medically underserved rural area. 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt services furnished in a rural area from a special fee schedule applicable to new physicians. 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend beyond the normal two-year limit, for borrowers serving an internship or residency program in preparation for practice in an area of primary care, the deferral of payments on:  (1) insured student loans (Stafford Loans), including those eligible for interest subsidies; and (2) low-interest student loans (Perkins Loans). 
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions setting forth requirements concerning billing by one physician for services rendered by another physician in specified circumstances.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Government Waste 
Reduction Act of 2013''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment of Board.
Sec. 3. Duties of the Board.
Sec. 4. Powers of the Board.
Sec. 5. Board personnel matters.
Sec. 6. Congressional consideration of Board recommendations.
Sec. 7. Termination of the Board.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Independent Government 
Waste Reduction Board (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
``Board'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Appointment.--The Board shall be composed of 15 
                members appointed by the President, by and with the 
                advice and consent of Congress.
                    (B) Qualifications.--The members of the Board shall 
                include individuals with national recognition for their 
                expertise in agencies, efficiency, waste reduction, 
                finance and economics, actuarial sciences, who provide 
                a mix of different professionals, broad geographic 
                representation, and a balance between urban and rural 
                representatives.
                    (C) Ethical disclosure.--The President shall 
                establish a system for public disclosure by members of 
                the Board of financial and other potential conflicts of 
                interest relating to such members. Members of the Board 
                shall be treated as officers in the executive branch 
                for purposes of applying title I of the Ethics in 
                Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521).
                    (D) Conflicts of interest.--No individual may serve 
                as a member of the Board if that individual engages in 
                any other business, vocation, or employment.
                    (E) Consultation with congress.--In selecting 
                individuals for nominations for appointments to the 
                Board, the President shall consult with--
                            (i) the majority leader of the Senate 
                        concerning the appointment of 3 members;
                            (ii) the Speaker of the House of 
                        Representatives concerning the appointment of 3 
                        members;
                            (iii) the minority leader of the Senate 
                        concerning the appointment of 3 members; and
                            (iv) the minority leader of the House of 
                        Representatives concerning the appointment of 3 
                        members.
            (2) Term of office.--Each member shall hold office for the 
        duration of the Board.
            (3) Chairperson.--
                    (A) In general.--The Chairperson shall be appointed 
                by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 
                the Senate, from among the members of the Board.
                    (B) Duties.--The Chairperson shall be the principal 
                executive officer of the Board, and shall exercise all 
                of the executive and administrative functions of the 
                Board, including functions of the Board with respect 
                to--
                            (i) the appointment and supervision of 
                        personnel employed by the Board;
                            (ii) the distribution of business among 
                        personnel appointed and supervised by the 
                        Chairperson and among administrative units of 
                        the Board; and
                            (iii) the use and expenditure of funds.
                    (C) Governance.--In carrying out any of the 
                functions under subparagraph (B), the Chairperson shall 
                be governed by the general policies established by the 
                Board and by the decisions, findings, and 
                determinations the Board shall by law be authorized to 
                make.
                    (D) Requests for appropriations.--Requests or 
                estimates for regular, supplemental, or deficiency 
                appropriations on behalf of the Board may not be 
                submitted by the Chairperson without the prior approval 
                of a majority vote of the Board.
            (4) Removal.--Any member may be removed by the President 
        for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other 
        cause.
    (c) Vacancies; Quorum; Seal; Vice Chairperson; Voting on Reports.--
            (1) Vacancies.--No vacancy on the Board shall impair the 
        right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of 
        the Board.
            (2) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Board shall 
        constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a 
        lesser number of members may hold hearings.
            (3) Seal.--The Board shall have an official seal, of which 
        judicial notice shall be taken.
            (4) Vice chairperson.--The Board shall elect a Vice 
        Chairperson to act in the absence or disability of the 
        Chairperson or in case of a vacancy in the office of the 
        Chairperson.
            (5) Voting on proposals.--Any proposal of the Board must be 
        approved by the majority of members present.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Submission of Report.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Board shall submit to Congress and 
the President a report that advises specific implementation of the 
recommendations from the March 2011 Government Accountability Office 
report to Congress, entitled ``Opportunities to Reduce Potential 
Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance 
Revenue'' (GAO-11-318SP) and the February 2012 Government 
Accountability Office report to Congress, entitled ``Opportunities to 
Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and 
Enhance Revenue'' (GAO-12-342SP) and shall include--
            (1) a summary of the recommendations;
            (2) an explanation of each recommendation contained in the 
        report and the reasons for including such recommendation;
            (3) an opinion by the Government Accountability Office on 
        whether each recommendation is consistent with the intent of 
        such Government Accountability Office reports;
            (4) a legislative proposal that implements the 
        recommendations; and
            (5) other information determined appropriate by the Board.
    (b) Recommendations Requirements.--
            (1) Requirements.--Each recommendation in the report 
        submitted under subsection (a)--
                    (A) shall result in a decrease of overall 
                Government spending or an increase of Government 
                revenue; and
                    (B) shall not result in--
                            (i) any cut in benefits for veterans, 
                        members of the Armed Forces, or their families; 
                        or
                            (ii) any cut in benefits for seniors, 
                        including--
                                    (I) the elimination of guaranteed 
                                health insurance benefits for seniors 
                                or people with disabilities;
                                    (II) the conversion of Medicare 
                                into a voucher plan that provides 
                                limited payments to seniors or people 
                                with disabilities to purchase health 
                                care in the private health insurance 
                                market;
                                    (III) cuts in Medicaid health 
                                insurance benefits;
                                    (IV) cuts in nursing home care; or
                                    (V) privatization of Social 
                                Security benefits.
            (2) Consultation with other agencies.--The Board shall 
        consult regularly with the Government Accountability Office and 
        other agencies in making the recommendations required under 
        this section.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Hearings.--The Board may hold such hearings, sit and act at 
such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence 
as the Board considers advisable to carry out this Act.
    (b) Obtaining Official Data.--The Board may secure directly from 
any department or agency information necessary to enable it to carry 
out this section. Upon request of the Chairperson, the head of that 
department or agency shall furnish that information to the Board on an 
agreed upon schedule.
    (c) Postal Services.--The Board may use the United States mails in 
the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the 
Federal Government.
    (d) Gifts.--The Board may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of services or property.
    (e) Offices.--The Board shall maintain a principal office and such 
field offices as it determines necessary, and may meet and exercise any 
of its powers at any other place.

SEC. 5. BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.

    (a) Compensation of Members and Chairperson.--Each member of the 
Board, other than the Chairperson, shall be compensated at a rate equal 
to the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level III of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
The Chairperson shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level II of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Board shall be allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular 
places of business in the performance of services for the Board.
    (c) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Chairperson may, without regard to the 
        civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an 
        executive director and such other additional personnel as may 
        be necessary to enable the Board to perform its duties. The 
        employment of an executive director shall be subject to 
        confirmation by the Board.
            (2) Compensation.--The Chairperson may fix the compensation 
        of the executive director and other personnel without regard to 
        chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
        States Code, relating to classification of positions and 
        General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the 
        executive director and other personnel may not exceed the rate 
        payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
        5316 of such title.
    (d) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government 
employee may be detailed to the Board without reimbursement, and such 
detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege.
    (e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The 
Chairperson may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for 
individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate 
of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5316 of such title.

SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Introduction.--
            (1) In general.--On the day on which the report is 
        submitted by the Board to the Congress under section 3(a), the 
        legislative proposal (described in section 3(a)(4)) contained 
        in the report shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by 
        the majority leader of the Senate or by Members of the Senate 
        designated by the majority leader of the Senate and shall be 
        introduced (by request) in the House by the majority leader of 
        the House or by Members of the House designated by the majority 
        leader of the House.
            (2) Not in session.--If either House is not in session on 
        the day on which such legislative proposal is submitted, the 
        legislative proposal shall be introduced in that House, as 
        provided in subparagraph (A), on the first day thereafter on 
        which that House is in session.
            (3) Any member.--If the legislative proposal is not 
        introduced in either House within 5 days on which that House is 
        in session after the day on which the legislative proposal is 
        submitted, then any Member of that House may introduce the 
        legislative proposal.
            (4) Referral.--The legislation introduced under this 
        subsection in the House of Representatives shall be referred to 
        the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
        of Representatives. The legislation introduced under this 
        subsection in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
    (b) Discharge.--If the committee to which a legislative proposal 
described in subsection (a) is referred has not reported the bill 
containing such proposal by the end of the 20-day period beginning on 
the date on which the Board submits the report to Congress under 
section 3(a), such committee shall be, at the end of such period, 
discharged from further consideration of such bill, and such bill shall 
be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved.
    (c) Expedited Consideration.--
            (1) Consideration.--On or after the third day after the 
        date on which the committee to which such a bill is referred 
        has reported, or has been discharged (under subsection (b)) 
        from further consideration of, such a bill, it is in order 
        (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
        disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to move to 
        proceed to the consideration of the bill. A member may make the 
        motion only on the day after the calendar day on which the 
        Member announces to the House concerned the Member's intention 
        to make the motion, except that, in the case of the House of 
        Representatives, the motion may be made without such prior 
        announcement if the motion is made by direction of the 
        committee to which the bill was referred. The motion is highly 
        privileged in the House of Representatives and is privileged in 
        the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 
        amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to 
        proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to 
        reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
        disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
        the consideration of the bill is agreed to, the respective 
        House shall immediately proceed to consideration of the bill 
        without intervening motion, order, or other business, and the 
        bill shall remain the unfinished business of the respective 
        House until disposed of.
            (2) Debate.--Debate on the bill, and on all debatable 
        motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 
        to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided equally 
        between those favoring and those opposing the bill. An 
        amendment to the bill is not in order. A motion further to 
        limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion to 
        postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
        business, or a motion to recommit the bill is not in order. A 
        motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill is agreed to or 
        disagreed to is not in order.
            (3) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the 
        conclusion of the debate on the bill and a single quorum call 
        at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with 
        the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage 
        of the bill shall occur.
            (4) Appeals.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
        relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the 
        House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 
        relating to the bill shall be decided without debate.
    (d) Consideration by Other House.--
            (1) Before passage.--If, before the passage by one House of 
        a bill of that House described in subsection (b), that House 
        receives from the other House a bill described in subsection 
        (b), then the following procedures shall apply--
                    (A) the bill of the other House shall not be 
                referred to a committee and may not be considered in 
                the House receiving it except in the case of final 
                passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii); and
                    (B) with respect to a bill described in subsection 
                (b) of the House receiving the bill (i) the procedure 
                in that House shall be the same as if no bill had been 
                received from the other House; but (ii) the vote on 
                final passage shall be on the bill of the other House.
            (2) After passage.--Upon disposition of the bill received 
        from the other House, it shall no longer be in order to 
        consider the bill that originated in the receiving House.
    (e) Rules of the Senate and House.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a bill described in subsection (b), 
        and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
        inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
        House.
    (f) Calendar Day Defined.--In this section, the term ``calendar 
day'' means a calendar day other than one on which either House is not 
in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a date 
certain.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE BOARD.

    The Board shall terminate 120 days after the date on which the 
Board submits the report under section 3(a).
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Government Waste Reduction Act of 2013 - Establishes the Independent Government Waste Reduction Board, the membership of which shall include individuals with national recognition for expertise in agencies, waste reduction, finance and economics, and actuarial sciences. Requires the Board to submit to Congress and the President a report that advises specific implementation of the recommendations from the March 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report &quot;Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue&quot; and the February 2012 GAO report &quot;Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue.&quot; Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of the Board's recommendations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Weather Service and Related 
Agencies Authorization Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the term--
            (1) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
            (2) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

    (a) Operations, Research, and Facilities.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to carry out the Operations, Research, and 
Facilities activities of the National Weather Service $617,897,000 for 
fiscal year 2000 and $617,897,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain 
available until expended. Of such amounts--
            (1) $449,441,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $450,411,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Local Warnings and Forecasts;
            (2) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,200,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Advanced Hydrological Prediction 
        System;
            (3) $619,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $619,000 for fiscal 
        year 2001 shall be for Susquehanna River Basin Flood Systems;
            (4) $35,596,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $35,596,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Aviation Forecasts;
            (5) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $4,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) 
        Facilities Maintenance;
            (6) $37,081,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $37,081,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Central Forecast Guidance;
            (7) $3,090,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $3,090,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Atmospheric and Hydrological 
        Research;
            (8) $39,325,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $39,325,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar 
        (NEXRAD);
            (9) $7,573,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $7,573,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Automated Surface Observing 
        System (ASOS);
            (10) $38,002,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $38,002,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Advanced Weather Interactive 
        Processing System (AWIPS); and
            (11) $970,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be for two 1,000-
        watt National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather 
        Radio transmitters, to be located in Jasper and Marion 
        Counties, Illinois, and nine 300-watt National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio transmitters, to be 
        installed in appropriate locations throughout the State of 
        Illinois, and for maintenance costs related thereto.
    (b) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the Procurement, 
Acquisition, and Construction activities of the National Weather 
Service $69,632,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $70,120,000 for fiscal 
year 2001, to remain available until expended. Of such amounts--
            (1) $9,560,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $9,060,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar 
        (NEXRAD);
            (2) $4,180,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $6,125,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Automated Surface Observing 
        System (ASOS);
            (3) $22,575,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $21,525,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Advanced Weather Interactive 
        Processing System (AWIPS);
            (4) $11,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $12,835,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Computer Facilities Upgrades;
            (5) $8,350,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $8,350,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Radiosonde Replacement;
            (6) $500,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be for National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Operations Center 
        Rehabilitation; and
            (7) $13,367,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $12,225,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for Weather Forecast Office (WFO) 
        Construction.
    (c) Duties of the National Weather Service.--
            (1) In general.--To protect life and property (in all 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories), the 
        Secretary, through the National Weather Service, except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), shall be responsible for--
                    (A) forecasts and shall serve as the sole official 
                source of weather and flood warnings;
                    (B) the issuance of storm warnings;
                    (C) the collection, exchange, and distribution of 
                meteorological, hydrological, climatic, and 
                oceanographic data and information;
                    (D) the preparation of hydrometeorological guidance 
                and core forecast information; and
                    (E) the issuance of marine and aviation forecasts 
                and warnings.
            (2) Competition with private sector.--The National Weather 
        Service shall not provide, or assist other entities to provide, 
        a service if that service is currently provided or can be 
        provided by commercial enterprise, unless--
                    (A) the service provides vital weather warnings and 
                forecasts for the protection of life and property of 
                the general public; or
                    (B) the United States Government is obligated to 
                provide such service under international aviation 
                agreements to provide meteorological services and 
                exchange meteorological information.
            (3) Amendments.--The Act of October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 653) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking section 3 (15 U.S.C. 313); and
                    (B) in section 9 (15 U.S.C. 317), by striking ``, 
                and it shall be'' and all that follows, and inserting a 
                period.
            (4) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate a report detailing all National Weather Service 
        activities which do not conform to the requirements of this 
        subsection and outlining a timetable for their termination.
    (d) Closing of Local Weather Service Offices.--It is the sense of 
the Congress that the National Weather Service must fully take into 
account the dangerous and life threatening nature of weather patterns 
in Wind Zone IV, otherwise known as tornado alley, before making any 
determination on the closure of any of its local weather service 
offices.

SEC. 4. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH.

    (a) Operations, Research, and Facilities.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to carry out the Atmospheric Research 
        Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and 
        development activities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Research $173,250,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $173,250,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended.
            (2) Climate and air quality research.--Of the amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), $126,200,000 for fiscal year 
        2000 and $126,200,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Climate 
        and Air Quality Research, of which--
                    (A) $16,900,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $16,900,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for 
                Interannual and Seasonal Climate Research;
                    (B) $34,600,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $34,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Long-Term 
                Climate and Air Quality Research;
                    (C) $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Climate 
                and Global Change; and
                    (D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000 
                for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Global Learning and 
                Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE).
            (3) Atmospheric programs.--Of the amounts authorized under 
        paragraph (1), $47,050,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $47,050,000 
        for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Atmospheric Programs, of 
        which--
                    (A) $36,600,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $36,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Weather 
                Research;
                    (B) $4,350,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $4,350,000 
                for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Wind Profiler; and
                    (C) $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $6,100,000 
                for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Solar-Terrestrial 
                Services and Research.
    (b) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the Atmospheric 
Research Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction environmental 
research and development activities of the Office of Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Research $10,040,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $14,160,000 
for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended. Of such 
amounts--
            (1) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $8,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 
        Laboratory Supercomputer; and
            (2) $4,340,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $6,160,000 for 
        fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Advanced Composition Explorer 
        (ACE) Follow-On Satellite/GEOSTORM.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE.

    (a) Operations, Research, and Facilities.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to carry out the Operations, Research, and 
        Facilities environmental research and development and related 
        activities of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and 
        Information Service $103,092,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
        $103,092,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until 
        expended.
            (2) Satellite observing systems.--Of the amounts authorized 
        under paragraph (1), $59,236,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
        $59,236,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Satellite 
        Observing Systems, of which--
                    (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,000,000 
                for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Global Disaster 
                Information Network (GDIN);
                    (B) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $4,000,000 
                for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Ocean Remote Sensing; 
                and
                    (C) $53,236,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $53,236,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for 
                Environmental Observing Services.
            (3) Environmental data management systems.--Of the amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), $43,856,000 for fiscal year 
        2000 and $43,856,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for 
        Environmental Data Management Systems, of which--
                    (A) $31,521,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $31,521,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Data and 
                Information Services; and
                    (B) $12,335,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $12,335,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for 
                Environmental Data Systems Modernization.
    (b) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to carry out the Procurement, Acquisition, and 
        Construction environmental research and development and related 
        activities of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and 
        Information Service $413,657,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
        $476,183,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until 
        expended.
            (2) Systems acquisition.--Of the amounts authorized under 
        paragraph (1), $410,612,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
        $473,803,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Systems 
        Acquisition, of which--
                    (A) $140,979,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $114,594,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the 
                procurement and launch of, and supporting ground 
                systems for, Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites 
                (POES), K, L, M, N, and N';
                    (B) $80,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $113,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the 
                procurement and launch of, and supporting ground 
                systems for, the National Polar-Orbiting Operational 
                Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS); and
                    (C) $189,533,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $245,609,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the 
                procurement and launch of, and supporting ground 
                systems for, Geostationary Operational Environmental 
                NEXT follow-on Satellites (GOES N-Q).
            (3) Construction.--Of the amounts authorized under 
        paragraph (1), $3,045,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,380,000 
        for fiscal year 2001 shall be for National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration Operations Center Rehabilitation 
        Construction.

SEC. 6. FACILITIES.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the 
Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and 
development and related activities required to meet recurring 
facilities operations costs associated with the David Skaggs Research 
Center in Boulder, Colorado, $3,850,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
$3,850,000 for fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall exclude from consideration 
for grant agreements made after fiscal year 1999 by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the activities for which 
funds are authorized under this Act, any person who received funds, 
other than those described in subsection (b), appropriated for a fiscal 
year after fiscal year 1999, under a grant agreement from any Federal 
funding source for a project that was not subjected to a competitive, 
merit-based award process, except as specifically authorized by this 
Act. Any exclusion from consideration pursuant to this section shall be 
effective for a period of 5 years after the person receives such 
Federal funds.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the receipt of 
Federal funds by a person due to the membership of that person in a 
class specified by law for which assistance is awarded to members of 
the class according to a formula provided by law.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``grant 
agreement'' means a legal instrument whose principal purpose is to 
transfer a thing of value to the recipient to carry out a public 
purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United 
States, and does not include the acquisition (by purchase, lease, or 
barter) of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the 
United States Government. Such term does not include a cooperative 
agreement (as such term is used in section 6305 of title 31, United 
States Code) or a cooperative research and development agreement (as 
such term is defined in section 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).

SEC. 8. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

    The Administrator shall make available through the Internet home 
page of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the 
abstracts relating to all research grants and awards made with funds 
authorized by this Act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
require or permit the release of any information prohibited by law or 
regulation from being released to the public.

SEC. 9. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

    No funds authorized pursuant to this Act may be expended by an 
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the 
entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 
1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').

SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

    (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In the case 
of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased 
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of 
the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in 
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products.
    (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial 
assistance under this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall provide to 
each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made 
in subsection (a) by the Congress.

SEC. 11. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

    If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that 
any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to 
the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.
answer:

National Weather Service and Related Agencies Authorization Act of 1999 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 to the Secretary of Commerce to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to carry out: (1) Operations, Research, and Facilities activities of the National Weather Service (NWS); (2) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction activities of NWS; (3) Atmospheric Research Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and development activities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OOAR); (4) Atmospheric Research Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction environmental research and development activities of OOAR; (5) Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and development and related activities of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS); (6) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction environmental research and development and related activities of NESDIS; and (7) Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and development and related activities required to meet recurring facilities operations costs associated with the David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, Colorado. 
Revises requirements for the Secretary of Commerce's duties with respect to the NWS to include responsibilities for: (1) serving as the sole official source of weather and flood warnings; (2) issuing storm warnings; (3) collecting, exchanging, and distributing meteorological, hydrological, climatic, and oceanographic data and information;(4) preparing hydrometeorological guidance and core forecast information; and (5) issuing marine and aviation forecasts and warnings.  Bars the NWS from providing or assisting other entities to provide a service that is currently provided or can be provided by commercial enterprise, unless: (1) the service provides vital weather warnings and forecasts for the protection of life and property of the general public; or (2) the U.S. Government is obligated to provide such service under international aviation agreements to provide meteorological services and exchange meteorological information. 
Directs the Secretary to report to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate detailing all NWS activities which do not conform to requirements of this Act and outlining a timetable for their termination. 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that NWS must fully take into account the dangerous and life threatening nature of weather patterns in Wind Zone IV, otherwise known as tornado alley, before making any determination to close any of its local weather service offices. 
Requires the NOAA Administrator to exclude from consideration for grant agreements made after FY 1999 under the activities for which funds are authorized under this Act, any person who received funds (other than due to membership in a class specified by law for which assistance is awarded to class members according to a formula) appropriated for a fiscal year after FY 1999 under a grant agreement from any Federal funding source for a project that was not subjected to a competitive, merit-based award process.  Makes such an exclusion effective for a period of five years after receipt of such Federal funds. 
Directs the Administrator to make available through NOAA's Internet home page the abstracts relating to all research grants and awards made with funds authorized by this Act. 
Prohibits any funds authorized pursuant to this Act from being expended by an entity unless such entity agrees, in expending such assistance, to comply with the Act of March 3, 1933, known as the Buy American Act. 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that entities receiving any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act should, in expending such assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products. Requires the Secretary to provide to each recipient of such assistance a notice describing such statement. 
Prohibits any person who has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency to have intentionally affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription or any inscription with the same meaning to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, from receiving any contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act pursuant to debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures.