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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Center for Excellence in 
Research and Development Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Due to the end of the Cold War, the United States has 
        not recently conducted underground nuclear testing at the 
        Department of Energy facility known as the Nevada Test Site, 
        Nevada, and the United States does not plan to conduct such 
        testing in the foreseeable future.
            (2) Because the world political situation is ever-changing 
        and dangerous, it is imperative that the United States remain 
        strong militarily and continue to be a nuclear superpower.
            (3) It is imperative that portions of the Nevada Test Site 
        be maintained in a full state of readiness to ensure the 
        capability of the nuclear arsenal of the United States.
            (4) The Nevada Test Site is in a beneficial location for 
        activities suitable for research and development of emerging 
        technologies that will be important to the United States in the 
        21st century.
            (5) Technology development carried out at the Nevada Test 
        Site should include both private-sector and military projects.
            (6) The Nevada Test Site can support the stewardship of the 
        Nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, the nonproliferation of 
        nuclear weapons, and the technological competitiveness of the 
        United States by providing the environment for nuclear and non-
        nuclear test and demonstration experiments and projects for 
        government, industry, and academia.
            (7) The Nevada Test Site can provide the infrastructure to 
        support industrial and civilian tests of environmentally 
        demanding projects and programs in addition to maintaining its 
        readiness capability in support of the nuclear arsenal.
            (8) The Nevada Test Site can support the testing and 
        demonstration of environmental clean-up technologies by 
        government and industry.
            (9) The Nevada Test Site can support the testing of 
        alternative and renewable energy sources for environmentally 
        clean and economically competitive replacements for traditional 
        fossil energy sources and uses in many parts of Nevada and in 
        the United States as a whole.
            (10) The Nevada Test Site can provide support for 
        disarmament activities such as the demonstration of rocket 
        motor destruction technology and conventional munitions 
        destruction technology.
            (11) The Nevada Test Site can support non-proliferation 
        experiments in disablement, nuclear forensics, sensors, and 
        verification and monitoring.
            (12) The Nevada Test Site can support treaty-compliant 
        experiments for stockpile stewardship purposes.
            (13) The size and remoteness of the Nevada Test Site make 
        the Nevada Test Site well-suited for a multitude of activities 
        associated with the restructuring of the United States 
        military.
            (14) The Nevada Test Site can also support non-
        proliferation, counter-proliferation, and counter-terrorism 
        activities.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    It is the purpose of this Act--
            (1) to ensure full operational readiness of the underground 
        nuclear testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada 
        Test Site;
            (2) to ensure an appropriate level of funds for such 
        readiness to be maintained;
            (3) to create a National Test and Demonstration Center of 
        Excellence at the Nevada Test Site for the promotion of 
        disarmament, demilitarization, alternative and renewable energy 
        sources, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, counter-
        proliferation of nuclear weapons, sensor development, and 
        environmentally sensitive technologies; and
            (4) to ensure the availability of the Nevada Test Site, 
        within appropriate restrictions, for use by private-sector 
        industries seeking to make use of the inherent qualities that 
        make the Nevada Test Site the greatest outdoor laboratory in 
        the world.

SEC. 4. MAINTENANCE OF READINESS CAPABILITY OF NEVADA TEST SITE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--The amount referred to in paragraph (2) is 
        hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
        for fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter to 
        maintain the operational readiness of the underground nuclear 
        testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site.
            (2) Authorized amount.--The amount referred to in paragraph 
        (1) is not less than the amount appropriated to the Secretary 
        of Energy for fiscal year 1992 to maintain the operational 
        readiness of the underground nuclear testing facilities and 
        infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site.
    (b) Staffing Levels.--The Secretary of Energy shall maintain a 
staffing level at the Nevada Test Site that the Secretary considers 
sufficient to carry out activities under this Act in addition to any 
other activities conducted by the Department of Energy at the Nevada 
Test Site.
    (c) Infrastructure Assessments and Activities.--The Secretary of 
Energy, through the Nevada Test Site Operations Office, shall carry out 
any infrastructure assessments and activities necessary to accommodate 
new projects and initiatives at the Nevada Test Site.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL TEST AND DEMONSTRATION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the 
Department of Energy a National Test and Demonstration Center of 
Excellence (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Center''), to be 
located at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada.
    (b) Purpose.--It shall be the purpose of the Center to promote 
disarmament, demilitarization, alternative and renewable energy 
sources, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, counter-proliferation 
of nuclear weapons, sensor development, and environmentally sensitive 
technologies.
    (c) Activities Related to Alternative and Renewable Energy 
Sources.--The Center shall carry out the following testing and 
demonstration activities that are related to alternative and renewable 
energy sources:
            (1) The characterization of solar and geothermal resources 
        at the Nevada Test Site.
            (2) The development of alternative and renewable energy 
        sources, including, as a goal of the Center, the development 
        and completion of two 100-megawatt solar power plants by the 
        year 2000.
            (3) The conduct of a National Alternative-Fueled Vehicles 
        Program, the objective of which shall be to demonstrate the 
        regional use of natural gas, electricity, and hydrogen as 
        vehicle fuels.
    (d) Activities Related to Disarmament and Demilitarization.--The 
Center shall carry out testing and demonstration activities that are 
related to changes occurring in United States military as a result of 
the end of the Cold War, including activities--
            (1) that involve the demilitarization of large rocket motor 
        and conventional ordnance;
            (2) that assist in disarmament and demilitarization, 
        generally; and
            (3) that test and demonstrate the nonmilitary application 
        of technologies and resources the military application of which 
        has decreased or otherwise changed due to disarmament and 
        demilitarization.
    (e) Activities Related to Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship.--The 
Center shall carry out testing and demonstration activities related to 
the stewardship of the nuclear stockpile of the United States. Such 
activities shall include--
            (1) the conduct of experiments that assist in monitoring 
        compliance with international agreements on the 
        nonproliferation of nuclear weapons;
            (2) the provision of support to the Department of Energy 
        nuclear weapons complex;
            (3) the conduct of programs for the Department of Energy 
        and the Department of Defense to develop simulator technologies 
        for nuclear weapons design and effects, including advanced 
        hydrodynamic simulators, inertial confinement fusion test 
        facilities, and nuclear weapons effects simulators; and
            (4) the conduct of the stockpile stewardship program 
        established pursuant to section 3138 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (107 Stat. 1946; Public 
        Law 103-160).
    (f) Activities Related to Nonproliferation.--The Center shall carry 
out experiments related to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, 
including experiments with respect to disablement, nuclear forensics, 
sensors, and verification and monitoring.
    (g) Activities Related to Counter-Proliferation.--The Center shall 
carry out experiments related to the counter-proliferation of nuclear 
weapons.
    (h) Activities Related to Environmental Technologies.--The Center 
shall carry out testing and demonstration activities related to the 
development of environmental technologies, including--
            (1) the demonstration of technologies concerning the 
        remediation of toxic and hazardous chemicals; and
            (2) the conduct of training activities pertaining to 
        emergency response to hazardous and toxic accidents and 
        emergencies.
    (i) Other Activities.--The Center may carry out the testing and 
demonstration of any other technology which, in the determination of 
the Secretary of Energy, is appropriate for testing and demonstration 
at the Nevada Test Site.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Except as provided in section 4, there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for fiscal year 1997 such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1996 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY 1995 and beyond to maintain the operational readiness of the underground nuclear testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site. 
Establishes within the Department of Energy a national Test and Demonstration Center of Excellence at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, to implement testing and demonstration activities related to:  (1) certain alternative and renewable energy sources, including solar and geothermal energy, as well as natural gas, electricity, and hydrogen as components of a National Alternative-Fueled Vehicles Program; (2) certain changes in the U.S. military as a result of the end of the Cold War, including demilitarization and disarmament activities and the nonmilitary application of military technologies and resources; (3) stewardship of the Federal nuclear stockpile; (4) non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of nuclear weapons; and (5) development of certain environmental technologies, including technologies for remediation of toxic and hazardous chemicals, and activities pertaining to emergency response to hazardous and toxic accidents.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

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

SEC. 3. DRUG-FREE SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

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

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

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

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

          ``subpart 4--drug-free school demonstration programs
``4145. Drug-free school demonstration programs.''.
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Empowering Parents and Teachers for a Drug-Free Education Act of 2004 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (under provisions which are also known as the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act) to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and private schools to establish drug-free school demonstration programs that include random drug testing of students and meet other specified requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Four Rationers Repeal Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

    Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), sections 3403 and 10320 of 
such Act (including the amendments made by such sections) are repealed, 
and any provision of law amended by such sections is hereby restored as 
if such sections had not been enacted into law.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID INNOVATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1315a) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Title xviii of ssa.--Section 1899(b)(4) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395jjj(b)(4)) is amended by striking 
        ``any of the following'' and all that follows through the 
        period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``the 
        independence at home medical practice pilot program under 
        section 1866E.''.
            (2) Title xix of ssa.--Section 1902(a) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (79), by adding ``and'' after the 
                semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (80), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (81).
            (3) PHSA.--Section 933 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
        U.S.C. 299b-33) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (f); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
                (f).
            (4) PPACA.--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
        (Public Law 111-148) is amended--
                    (A) in section 2705 (42 U.S.C. 1315a note)--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking ``shall, 
                        in coordination'' and that follows through 
                        ``establish'' and inserting ``shall 
                        establish''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 
                        ``section 1115A(b)(3) of the Social Security 
                        Act (as so added)'' and inserting ``the Social 
                        Security Act''; and
                    (B) in section 10328(b) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-104 note), 
                by striking ``or to study'' and all that follows 
                through ``3021''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE 
              AUTHORITY.

    (a) Authority To Determine Benefits.--Section 2713(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1);
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``not described in 
        paragraph (1)''; and
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
        paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively.
    (b) Repeal of Community Preventive Services Task Force.--Section 
4003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148) is repealed and the provisions of the Public Health Service Act 
amended by such section are restored or revived as if such section 4003 
had not been enacted.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN USES OF DATA OBTAINED FROM COMPARATIVE 
              EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; ACCOUNTING FOR PERSONALIZED 
              MEDICINE AND DIFFERENCES IN PATIENT TREATMENT RESPONSE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services--
            (1) shall not use data obtained from the conduct of 
        comparative effectiveness research, including such research 
        that is conducted or supported using funds appropriated under 
        the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
        111-5) or authorized or appropriated under the Patient 
        Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), to 
        deny or delay coverage of an item or service under a Federal 
        health care program (as defined in section 1128B(f) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(f))); and
            (2) shall ensure that comparative effectiveness research 
        conducted or supported by the Federal Government accounts for 
        factors contributing to differences in the treatment response 
        and treatment preferences of patients, including patient-
        reported outcomes, genomics and personalized medicine, the 
        unique needs of health disparity populations, and indirect 
        patient benefits.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affecting the authority of the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the Public 
Health Service Act.
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Four Rationers Repeal Act of 2014 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider. Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal provisions establishing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to coverage of preventive health services by a group health plan or health insurance issuer, to repeal provisions that prohibit cost sharing requirements for evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of &quot;A&quot; or &quot;B&quot; in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. (Such ratings are based upon determinations of net benefit by the Task Force.) Repeals PPACA requirements that: (1) the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality convene an independent Preventive Services Task Force, and (2) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convene an independent Community Preventive Services Task Force. Restores provisions of law amended by such provisions. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from using data obtained from comparative effectiveness research, including any conducted or supported using funds appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) or authorized or appropriated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to deny or delay coverage of an item or service under a federal health care program. Requires the Secretary to ensure that comparative effectiveness research conducted or supported by the federal government accounts for factors contributing to differences in the treatment response and preferences of patients, including patient-reported outcomes, genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and indirect patient benefits.