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PROBLEM: 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.''.

SOLUTION: 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.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Health Insurance for 
Long-Term Development Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this act is to provide health insurance coverage for 
children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP). 
The INREP extends through age 3 and encompasses the period of most 
rapid neurological changes in young children. Health coverage will 
improve children's health and, through routine health supervision, 
promote parents' caregiving skills through these critical years.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) 86 percent of children with private health insurance 
        are under-insured with respect to well-child care;
            (2) because the human brain develops rapidly until the age 
        of 3, children need regular screenings and follow-up care to 
        detect neurological abnormalities and ensure normal 
        development;
            (3) regular pediatric visits enable physicians to provide 
        guidance on parental activities, such as reading, that 
        stimulate the brain development of infants; and
            (4) children deserve health care coverage that promotes 
        normal brain and nervous system development.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Beneficiary.--The term ``beneficiary'' has the meaning 
        given such term under section 3(8) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(8)).
            (2) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who is 
        age 3 or younger.
            (3) Employee health benefit plan.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``employee health benefit 
                plan'' means any employee welfare benefit plan, 
governmental plan, or church plan (as defined under paragraphs (1), 
(32), and (33) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002 (1), (32), and (33))) that provides or pays 
for health benefits (such as provider and hospital benefits) for 
participants and beneficiaries whether--
                            (i) directly;
                            (ii) through a health plan offered by a 
                        health plan issuer as defined in paragraph (6); 
                        or
                            (iii) otherwise.
                    (B) Rule of construction.--An employee health 
                benefit plan shall not be construed to be a health plan 
                or a health plan issuer.
                    (C) Arrangements not included.--Such term does not 
                include the following, or any combination thereof:
                            (i) Coverage only for accident, or 
                        disability income insurance, or any combination 
                        thereof.
                            (ii) Medicare supplemental health insurance 
                        (as defined under section 1882(g)(1) of the 
                        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(g)(1))).
                            (iii) Coverage issued as a supplement to 
                        liability insurance.
                            (iv) Liability insurance, including general 
                        liability insurance and automobile liability 
                        insurance.
                            (v) Workers' compensation or similar 
                        insurance.
                            (vi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
                            (vii) Coverage for a specified disease or 
                        illness.
                            (viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity 
                        insurance.
                            (ix) Short-term limited duration insurance.
                            (x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
                        only insurance.
                            (xi) A health insurance policy providing 
                        benefits only for long-term care, nursing home 
care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination 
thereof.
            (4) Group purchaser.--The term ``group purchaser'' means 
        any person (as defined in section 3(9) of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(9))) or 
        entity that purchases or pays for health benefits (such as 
        provider or hospital benefits) on behalf of participants or 
        beneficiaries in connection with an employee health benefit 
        plan.
            (5) Health plan.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``health plan'' means any 
                group health plan or individual health plan.
                    (B) Group health plan.--The term ``group health 
                plan'' means any contract, policy, certificate, or 
                other arrangement offered by a health plan issuer to a 
                group purchaser that provides or pays for health 
                benefits (such as provider and hospital benefits) in 
                connection with an employee health benefit plan.
                    (C) Individual health plan.--The term ``individual 
                health plan'' means any contract, policy, certificate, 
                or other arrangement offered by a health plan issuer to 
                individuals that provides or pays for health benefits 
                (such as provider and hospital benefits) and that is 
                not a group health plan.
                    (D) Arrangements not included.--Such term does not 
                include the following, or any combination thereof:
                            (i) Coverage only for accident, or 
                        disability income insurance, or any combination 
                        thereof.
                            (ii) Medicare supplemental health insurance 
                        (as defined under section 1882(g)(1) of the 
                        Social Security Act).
                            (iii) Coverage issued as a supplement to 
                        liability insurance.
                            (iv) Liability insurance, including general 
                        liability insurance and automobile liability 
                        insurance.
                            (v) Workers' compensation or similar 
                        insurance.
                            (vi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
                            (vii) Coverage for a specified disease or 
                        illness.
                            (viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity 
                        insurance.
                            (ix) Short-term limited duration insurance.
                            (x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
                        only insurance.
                            (xi) A health insurance policy providing 
                        benefits only for long-term care, nursing home 
                        care, home health care, community-based care, 
                        or any combination thereof.
                    (E) Certain plans included.--Such term includes any 
                plan or arrangement not described in any clause of 
                subparagraph (D) that provides for benefit payments, on 
                a periodic basis, for--
                            (i) a specified disease or illness; or
                            (ii) a period of hospitalization;
                without regard to the costs incurred or services 
                rendered during the period to which the payments 
                relate.
            (6) Health plan issuer.--The term ``health plan issuer'' 
        means any entity that is licensed (prior to or after the date 
        of enactment of this Act) by a State to offer a health plan.
            (7) Participant.--The term ``participant'' has the meaning 
        given such term under section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(7)).
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' unless otherwise 
        specified means the Secretary of Labor.

SEC. 5. REQUIRED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a health 
plan or an employee health benefit plan shall ensure that coverage is 
provided with respect to a child who is a beneficiary under such plan 
for all medically necessary health care and related services, 
including--
            (1) appropriate screening services at intervals that meet 
        reasonable standards of medical and dental practice;
            (2) all appropriate immunizations;
            (3) necessary case management, transportation, and 
        scheduling assistance; and
            (4) such other necessary health care, diagnostic services, 
        treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects 
        and physical and mental illnesses and conditions discovered by 
        the screening services, whether or not such services are 
        covered for participants or policyholders under the plan.
    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a health plan or an 
employee health benefit plan shall not be required to provide coverage 
for health care and related services that are not safe, are not 
effective, or are experimental.

SEC. 6. PROHIBITIONS.

    In implementing the requirements of this Act, a health plan or an 
employee health benefit plan may not use a service limitation, 
including a lifetime benefit limit, of the plan to deny medically 
necessary health care and related services described in section 4 to a 
child.

SEC. 7. NOTICE.

    (a) Employee Health Benefit Plan.--An employee health benefit plan 
shall provide conspicuous notice to each participant regarding coverage 
required under this Act not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and as part of its summary plan description.
    (b) Health Plan.--A health plan shall provide notice to each 
policyholder regarding coverage required under this Act. Such notice 
shall be in writing, prominently positioned, and be transmitted--
            (1) in a mailing made within 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act by such plan to the policyholder; and
            (2) as part of the annual informational packet sent to the 
        policyholder.

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) Construction.--
            (1) In general.--A requirement or standard imposed under 
        this Act on a health plan shall be deemed to be a requirement 
        or standard imposed on the health plan issuer. Such 
        requirements or standards shall be enforced by the State 
        insurance commissioner for the State involved or the official 
        or officials designated by the State to enforce the 
        requirements of this Act. In the case of a health plan offered 
        by a health plan issuer in connection with an employee health 
        benefit plan, the requirements or standards imposed under this 
        Act shall be enforced with respect to the health plan issuer by 
        the State insurance commissioner for the State involved or the 
        official or officials designated by the State to enforce the 
        requirements of this Act.
            (2) Limitation.--Except as provided in section 8(c), the 
        Secretary shall not enforce the requirements or standards of 
        this Act as they relate to health plan issuers or health plans. 
        In no case shall a State enforce the requirements or standards 
        of this Act as they relate to employee health benefit plans.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to affect or modify the provisions of section 514 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144).

SEC. 9. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Health Plan Issuers.--Each State shall require that each health 
plan issued, sold, renewed, offered for sale or operated in such State 
by a health plan issuer meet the standards established under this Act. 
A State shall submit such information as required by the Secretary 
demonstrating effective implementation of the requirements of this Act.
    (b) Employee Health Benefit Plans.--With respect to employee health 
benefit plans, the standards established under this Act shall be 
enforced in the same manner as provided for under sections 502, 504, 
506, and 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1132, 1134, 1136, and 1140). The civil penalties contained in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c) 
(1) and (2)) shall apply to any information required by the Secretary 
to be disclosed and reported under this section.
    (c) Failure To Enforce.--In the case of the failure of a State to 
substantially enforce the standards and requirements set forth in this 
Act with respect to health plans, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall enforce the standards 
of this Act in such State. In the case of a State that fails to 
substantially enforce the standards set forth in this Act, each health 
plan issuer operating in such State shall be subject to civil 
enforcement as provided for under sections 502, 504, 506, and 510 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132, 
1134, 1136, and 1140). The civil penalties contained in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(1) and (2)) 
shall apply to any information required by the Secretary to be 
disclosed and reported under this section.
    (d) Regulations.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, may promulgate such regulations as may be 
necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act.

SEC. 10. PREEMPTION.

    (a) In General.--The provisions of sections 4, 5, and 6 shall not 
preempt a State law or regulation--
            (1) that provides greater protections to patients or 
        policyholders than those required in this Act; or
            (2) that requires health plans to provide coverage for 
        pediatric care in accordance with guidelines established by the 
        American Academy of Pediatrics or other established 
        professional medical associations.
    (b) Employee Health Benefit Plans.--Nothing in this section affects 
the application of this Act to employee health benefit plans, as 
defined in section 2(3).

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of 
this Act shall apply as follows:
            (1) With respect to health plans, such provisions shall 
        apply to such plans on the first day of the contract year 
        beginning on or after June 1, 1997.
            (2) With respect to employee health benefit plans, such 
        provisions shall apply to such plans on the first day of the 
        first plan year beginning on or after June 1, 1997.

SOLUTION: Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 -   Requires health plans and employee health benefit plans to ensure coverage of all medically necessary health care and related services for children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP), which extends through age three and encompasses the period of most rapid neurological changes in young children. Prohibits health plans from using a service limitation, including a lifetime benefit limit, to deny medically necessary health care and related services to a child. 
Sets forth enforcement provisions.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Golf Course Preservation and 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Langston Golf Course, Rock Creek Golf Course, and East 
        Potomac Golf Course are owned by the United States and are 
        under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park 
        Service, and each golf course has a long history of service to 
        the general public as an integral part of the nation's capital, 
        including services to local and regional residents, visitors, 
        and tourists.
            (2) East Potomac Golf Course was opened in 1920 with three 
        courses to accommodate all levels of play, including an 18-hole 
        tournament level course and two 9-hole practice courses, and 
        was initially segregated, with African-Americans only permitted 
        to play on Mondays.
            (3) Rock Creek Golf Course opened in 1923 as a 9-hole 
        course, and in 1925 the course was completed as an 18-hole 
        tournament level course. This course was located in Rock Creek 
        Park, a major recreation and picnic facility for residents.
            (4) Langston Golf Course opened in 1939 as a segregated 
        golf facility for African-Americans, is listed in the National 
        Register of Historic Places, and has been the home course of 
        both the Royal Golf Club and the Wake Robin Golf Club, the 
        nation's first clubs for African-American men and women, 
        respectively. The golf course was named for John Mercer 
        Langston, the first African-American Congressman from Virginia, 
        elected in 1888.
            (5) Unlike other National Park Service facilities, golf 
        courses require unique capital investments to keep them 
        maintained and operational.
            (6) The National Park Service has continuously struggled to 
        manage and maintain each of these three courses.
            (7) Concession restrictions do not generate sufficient 
        revenue for the National Park Service or concessionaires to 
        provide affordable recreation while properly maintaining and 
        making the capital investments required for golf courses today.
            (8) Each of the three courses contains valuable historic 
        components that must be maintained.
            (9) Concessions restrictions will continue to cause 
        deterioration, disrepair, and limited public use, reducing the 
        quality of play and jeopardizing the historic preservation of 
        the courses.
            (10) These courses together constitute an undervalued and 
        underused asset that can be maintained and modernized as 
        affordable facilities for use by the general public if an 
        appropriate lease arrangement is used that encourages private 
        investment in keeping with the existing Federal procedures.
            (11) The National Park Service recently issued a request 
        for bids for continued concession operation of the Langston and 
        Rock Creek Golf Courses under one concession contract for seven 
        years; however, the capital improvement necessary to maintain 
        and modernize the courses and to prevent their deterioration is 
        not possible using a traditional concession contract.
            (12) A long-term lease for the three courses together, 
        designed outside of the constraints of concession law, will 
        encourage private investment in these courses, improve and 
        modernize the courses, ensure affordable play, and preserve the 
        historic nature of them.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF GOLF COURSES.

    (a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following 
apply:
            (1) Rock creek.--The term ``Rock Creek'' means the 
        federally owned golf course and related facilities located at 
        16th and Rittenhouse NW, Washington, DC 20011, within the 
        boundaries of 16th Street, NW to the East; Military Road, NW to 
        the South; Beach Drive NW to the West; and Sherrill Drive, NW 
        to the North.
            (2) Langston.--The term ``Langston'' means the federally 
        owned golf course and related facilities located at 26th and 
        Benning Road NE, Washington, DC 20002, within the boundaries of 
        Anacostia River to the East; Hickory Hill Road to the 
        Northeast; Valley Road NE to the Northeast; Azalea Road NE to 
        the North; Ellipse Road NE to the West; M Street NE to the 
        North; Marlyand Avenue NE to the Northwest; 22nd Street NE to 
        the West; 26th Street to the West; and Benning Road NE to the 
        South.
            (3) East potomac.--The term ``East Potomac'' means the 
        federally owned golf course and related facilities located at 
        972 Ohio Drive SW, Washington DC 20024, within the boundaries 
        of Ohio Drive to the East, South, and West; and Buckeye Drive 
        SW to the North.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
    (b) Continued Leases.--The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent 
practicable, that month-to-month concessions contracts are continued 
for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek and Langston until the 
lease in force on the date of the enactment of this Act for East 
Potomac expires, at which time the lease referred to in subsection (c) 
shall commence.
    (c) Lease.--The lease referred to in subsection (d) is a lease for 
the continued operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and 
East Potomac as golf courses. A lease entered into under this section 
shall include the 3 golf courses in one lease agreement and require 
that the golf courses be operated and maintained in a manner that--
            (1) retains the historic nature of the courses;
            (2) at least 2 of the 3 courses require fees related to use 
        of the golf courses to be affordable in light of the current 
        fee system used today at the courses;
            (3) may allow fees collected at one golf course to 
        subsidize the maintenance and operation of one or more of the 
        other golf courses; and
            (4) allows for a long-term ground lease on the 3 courses.
    (d) Requests for Proposals.--The Secretary shall solicit proposals, 
through a competitive process, to procure the lease described in 
subsection (b) and may, after such solicitation, enter into agreements 
to procure the lease. The Secretary shall solicit the request for 
proposals under this subsection in such a manner--
            (1) to provide that the lease described in subsection (c) 
        shall be entered into not later than 180 days after the 
        effective date of this Act or not later than 30 days after the 
        expiration of the concession contract for East Potomac; and
            (2) which ensures, to the greatest extent practicable, the 
        participation of disadvantaged business enterprises among the 
        equity partners of the sponsors of the proposals.
    (e) Applicability of Certain Laws.--The National Park Service 
Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5951 et seq.) 
shall not apply to requests for proposals submitted and leases and 
agreements entered into under this Act.

SOLUTION:
Golf Course Preservation and Modernization Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to ensure that month-to-month concessions contracts are continued for the operation and maintenance of the Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses until the lease in force for East Potomac expires, at which time the lease entered into pursuant to this Act for the continued operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses commences.

Requires that such lease include the three golf courses in one lease agreement, and that they be operated and maintained in a manner that: (1) retains their historic nature; (2) at least two of the courses require fees related to use of the courses to be affordable; (3) may allow fees collected at one course to subsidize the maintenance and operation of at least one of the other courses; and (4) allows for a long-term ground lease on all three courses.

Instructs the Secretary to solicit proposals, through a competitive process, to procure such lease. Authorizes the Secretary, after such solicitation, to enter into agreements to procure the lease. Specifies that the request for proposals be solicited in such a manner: (1) to provide that the lease be entered into not later than 180 days after this Act's effective date or not later than 30 days after expiration of the concession contract for East Potomac; and (2) which ensures the participation of disadvantaged business enterprises among the equity partners of the sponsors of the proposals.