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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Institute on Minority 
Health Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
            (1) heart disease and strokes lead to about 2\1/2\ times as 
        many deaths among Black Americans (between the ages of 25 and 
        44) as among White Americans;
            (2) diabetes is twice as prevalent among Mexican- and 
        Puerto Rican-Americans as among White Americans;
            (3) Black and Hispanic women account for 73 percent of the 
        reported cases of AIDS among American women, and the death rate 
        from AIDS is 9 times higher among Black women than among White 
        women;
            (4) between 1983 and 1985, when the infant mortality rate 
        among Whites was 9.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, the infant 
        mortality rate among Blacks was 18.7 and 13.9 among Native 
        Americans, with similar disparities among rates of low-
        birthweight babies;
            (5) in 1988, when the rates of death resulting from 
        homicides was 8 per 100,000 among young (ages 15 to 24) White 
        males, the rate among young Black males was 59 per 100,000, and 
        the rates for young Hispanic and Native American males was 
        roughly 2 to 3 times that of young White males;
            (6) biomedical research, including clinical trials for 
        pharmaceuticals, often has failed to include minorities in the 
        population being studied or tested, even when it is certain 
        that minorities will be among the population subject to the 
        medical condition or receiving the treatment or pharmaceutical 
        that is being studied or tested;
            (7) the percentages of medical professionals, especially 
        physicians, who are minorities are significantly lower than 
        their representation in the general population; and
            (8) the ratio of physicians to inhabitants of neighborhoods 
        that are heavily populated by minorities (or low-income 
        residents) is often much lower than the ratio of physicians to 
        inhabitants of predominantly White neighborhoods.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH.

    Part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 
et seq.), as amended by section 124 of Public Law 102-321 (106 Stat. 
364), is amended by adding at the end the following subpart:

          ``Subpart 17--National Institute on Minority Health

                         ``purpose of institute

    ``Sec. 464V. (a) The general purpose of the National Institute on 
Minority Health is the conduct and support of research, training, the 
dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to 
minority health conditions, including the advancement of opportunities 
for and recruitment of minorities for training and placement as health 
professionals.
    ``(b) For purposes of this subpart:
            ``(1) The term `health care system' means the system in the 
        United States for the delivery of health care.
            ``(2) The term `minorities' means members of minority 
        groups.
            ``(3) The term `minority health conditions' means all 
        diseases, disorders, and conditions (including conditions 
        regarding mental health)--
                    ``(A) unique to, more serious in, or more prevalent 
                in minorities;
                    ``(B) for which the factors of medical risk or 
                types of medical intervention are different for 
                minorities, or for which it is unknown whether such 
                factors or types are different for minorities; or
                    ``(C) with respect to which there has been 
                insufficient clinical research involving minorities as 
                subjects, or insufficient clinical data on minorities.
            ``(4) The term `research on minority health' means research 
        on minority health conditions.
            ``(5) The term `Institute' means the National Institute on 
        Minority Health.

                         ``certain authorities

    ``Sec. 464W. (a) In carrying out section 464V, the Director of the 
Institute shall--
            ``(1) recommend an agenda for conducting and supporting 
        research on minority health;
            ``(2) identify projects of research on minority health that 
        should be conducted or supported by the national research 
        institutes;
            ``(3) identify multidisciplinary research relating to 
        research on minority health that should be so conducted or 
        supported;
            ``(4) promote coordination and collaboration among entities 
        conducting research identified under paragraph (2) or (3);
            ``(5) encourage the conduct of research identified under 
        paragraph (2) or (3) by entities receiving funds from the 
        national research institutes;
            ``(6) ensure that minorities are appropriately represented 
        as subjects in projects of clinical research conducted or 
        supported by the national research institutes and, as 
        appropriate, encourage similar representation in research 
        conducted under other circumstances; and
            ``(7) promote the sufficient allocation of the resources of 
        the national research institutes for conducting and supporting 
        such research.
    ``(b)(1) The Director of the Institute shall monitor the health 
care system for the purpose of determining the effects of the system on 
the health of minorities, including the extent to which minorities have 
access to health care. In monitoring the system, the Director shall 
determine, with respect to such purpose, the effects of the policies 
and practices of entities that provide health benefits plans.
    ``(2) With respect to Federal proposals for reforming the health 
care system, the Director of the Institute shall, in carrying out 
paragraph (1), monitor such proposals for the purpose of determining 
whether the proposals adequately provide for the health of minorities.
    ``(c)(1) The Director of the Institute shall serve as an advocate 
regarding the health of minorities. The Director may in so serving 
carry out advocacy activities regarding the Federal Government, State 
and local governments, and private entities, including public and 
private educational entities.
    ``(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of the Institute 
shall determine the health benefits for minorities that should, at a 
minimum, be provided for in any reform of the health care system.
    ``(d) The Director of the Institute shall encourage the creation of 
opportunities for the training of minorities as health professionals 
and shall facilitate the placement of minorities trained as health 
professionals into appropriate positions.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 401(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
281(b)(1)), as amended by section 121 of Public Law 102-321 (106 Stat. 
358), is amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
            ``(Q) The National Institute on Minority Health.''.
[EX A]: National Institute on Minority Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that the National Institute on Minority Health's purpose is the conduct and support of research, training, information dissemination, and other programs regarding minority health, including the advancement of opportunities for and recruitment of minorities for training and placement as health professionals.  Adds the Institute to the list of research institutes of the National Institutes of Health.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Reduction and Energy 
Security Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') was 
        required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 
        and a 1998 consent agreement to determine whether regulation of 
        mercury from electric utility steam generating units under 
        section 112 of the Clean Air Act was appropriate and necessary.
            (2) In a December 2000, regulatory finding, the EPA 
        concluded that regulation of mercury from electric utility 
        steam generating units was appropriate and necessary.
            (3) In 2005, the EPA withdrew its 2000 regulatory finding 
        in favor of a national cap-and-trade system for mercury 
        emissions from electric utility steam generating units, the 
        Clean Air Mercury Rule (``CAMR'').
            (4) CAMR was subsequently challenged in petitions for 
        review filed by 17 States.
            (5) The United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
        Columbia Circuit vacated the rule on February 8, 2008, finding 
        that once the EPA had listed electric utility steam generating 
        units as a source of hazardous air pollutants, it was required 
        by law to proceed with Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
        (``MACT'') regulations under section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
        unless it delisted the source category, under procedures set 
        forth in section 112(c)(9).
            (6) Mercury control technologies for coal-fired electric 
        utility steam generating units have advanced rapidly in the 
        last few years.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to protect public health 
and welfare, and the environment, through mercury emission reductions 
from electric utility steam generating units.

SEC. 3. MERCURY EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

    The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new title:

                    ``TITLE VII--MERCURY REDUCTIONS

``SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Affected unit.--The term `affected unit' means a 
        coal-fired electric steam generating unit (including a 
        cogeneration unit) that--
                    ``(A) has a nameplate capacity greater than 25 
                megawatts; and
                    ``(B) generates electricity for sale.
            ``(2) Cogeneration unit.--The term `cogeneration unit' 
        means a stationary, coal-fired boiler or a stationary, coal-
        fired combustion turbine having equipment used to produce 
        electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, 
        commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential 
        use of energy that produces during the 12-month period starting 
        on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any 
        calendar year after which the unit first produces electricity--
                    ``(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit--
                            ``(i) useful thermal energy not less than 5 
                        percent of total energy output; and
                            ``(ii) useful power that, when added to 
                        one-half of useful thermal energy produced, is 
                        not less than--
                                    ``(I) 42.5 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is 15 percent or more of total energy 
                                output; or
                                    ``(II) 45 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is less than 15 percent of total energy 
                                output; and
                    ``(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, 
                useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy 
                input.
            ``(3) Inlet mercury.--The term `inlet mercury' means the 
        quantity of mercury found--
                    ``(A) in the as-fired coal used by an affected 
                unit; or
                    ``(B) for an affected unit using coal that is 
                subjected to an advanced coal cleaning technology, in 
                the as-mined coal used by the affected unit.

``SEC. 702. MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Annual Limitation for Affected Units.--Except as provided in 
subsection (f), an affected unit in operation before or after the date 
of enactment of this title shall be subject to the following emission 
limitations on an annual average calendar year basis with respect to 
mercury:
            ``(1) Calendar years 2012 through 2014.--For the period 
        beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on December 31, 2014, 
        the less stringent limitation of the following (calculated on a 
        one-year rolling average):
                    ``(A) 80 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 1.60 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
            ``(2) Calendar year 2015 and thereafter.--For calendar year 
        2015 and each calendar year thereafter, the less stringent 
        limitation of the following (calculated on a one-year rolling 
        average):
                    ``(A) 90 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 0.80 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
    ``(b) Averaging Across Units Within a Facility or State.--(1) An 
owner or operator of more than one affected unit at a single facility 
may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual average emission 
limitations under subsection (a) by averaging emissions from all 
affected units at that facility, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units.
    ``(2) An owner or operator of more than one affected unit or units 
within a State may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual 
average emission limitations under subsection (a) by averaging 
emissions from all affected units owned or operated by that owner or 
operator within such State, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units, if all affected units are owned or operated by the same 
entity.
    ``(3) If an affected unit is owned or operated by more than one 
entity, the State in which the affected unit is located shall allocate 
to each such owner or operator an appropriate portion of the generation 
from the affected unit for purposes of averaging emissions pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or (2).
    ``(c) Reference Methods for Measuring Mercury Emissions.--(1) The 
owner or operator of an affected unit shall use any of the following 
methods as a reference method to calibrate the instruments used to 
measure the mercury concentration in emissions from affected units:
                    ``(A) ASTM D6784-02, `Standard Test Method for 
                Elemental, Oxidized, Particle-Bound and Total Mercury 
                in Flue Gas Generated from Coal-Fired Stationary 
                Sources' (Ontario Hydro Method).
                    ``(B) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 29, 
                `Determination of Metals Emissions from Stationary 
                Sources'.
                    ``(C) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30A, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Stationary Sources (Instrumental Analyzer 
                Procedure)'.
                    ``(D) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30B, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Coal-Fired Combustion Sources Using Carbon Sorbent 
                Traps'.
    ``(2) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list of 
permitted methods set forth in paragraph (1) to reflect improvements or 
other developments in the measurement of mercury emissions from coal-
fired electric steam generating units.
    ``(d) Monitoring System.--(1) The owner or operator of an affected 
unit shall install and operate a continuous emissions monitoring system 
(CEMS) to measure the quantity of mercury that is emitted from each 
affected unit.
    ``(2) For purposes of complying with paragraph (1), the owner or 
operator of an affected unit may use--
            ``(A) any CEMS that meets the requirements in Performance 
        Specification 12A (PS-12A), `Specifications and Test Procedures 
        for Total Vapor-Phase Mercury Continuous Monitoring Systems in 
        Stationary Sources';
            ``(B) a mercury concentration CEMS that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 75; or
            ``(C) a sorbent trap monitoring system that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. 75.15 and 40 C.F.R. Part 75, Appendix 
        K, `Quality Assurance and Operating Procedures for Sorbent Trap 
        Monitoring Systems';
            ``(3) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list 
        of permitted monitoring systems set forth in paragraph (2) to 
        reflect improvements or other developments in mercury emissions 
        reduction technologies and mercury emissions monitoring 
        systems.
    ``(e) Excess Emissions.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), 
the owner or operator of an affected unit that emits mercury in excess 
of the applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection 
(a) shall pay an excess emissions penalty determined under paragraph 
(2).
    ``(2) The excess emissions penalty for mercury shall be an amount 
equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of the 
applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection (a). 
Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a pound.
    ``(f) Best Practices.--(1) Effective, January 1, 2015, if the owner 
or operator of any affected unit fails to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2), such owner or operator may 
notify the Administrator of such failure prior to March 1, 2015, and 
request an alternate emissions limitation for mercury with respect to 
such affected unit. Such owner or operator shall submit to the 
Administrator mercury emissions data measured by a CEMS that complies 
with subsection (d) for evaluation. If the Administrator determines 
that such owner or operator has properly installed and operated such 
CEMS and control technology designed to achieve such annual average 
emission limitation and is unable to meet such limitation, the 
Administrator may, not later than April 1, 2016, establish an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury with respect to such affected unit 
based on the optimal performance of properly installed and operated 
control technology.
    ``(2) With respect to any affected unit, for any year for which an 
alternate emissions limitation for mercury is in place for such 
affected unit, the Administrator may review such alternate emissions 
limitation and impose a more stringent emissions limitation for mercury 
for the subsequent year based on new data regarding the demonstrated 
control capabilities of the type of control technology installed and 
operated at such affected unit.
    ``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an owner or 
operator of an affected unit failing to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2) that notifies the 
Administrator of such failure and requests and alternate emissions 
limitation for mercury pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered in 
compliance with this section (and not subject to any excess emissions 
penalty) for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the 
date such an alternate emissions limitation is implemented.
    ``(B) An owner or operator described in subparagraph (A) shall pay 
an excess emissions penalty, as determined under subsection (e)(2), for 
the period described in such subparagraph, if such owner or operator 
operates or maintains the affected unit, including any associated air 
pollution control equipment, in a manner that is inconsistent with good 
air pollution control practices for the minimization of mercury 
emissions, as determined by the Administrator. In determining whether 
the owner or operator of the affected unit operates and maintains the 
affected unit in a manner that is consistent with good air pollution 
control practices for the minimization of mercury emissions, the 
Administrator may review the emissions monitoring data and operating 
and maintenance procedures of the affected unit and may inspect the 
affected unit.
    ``(4)(A) With respect to any affected unit for which an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury is in place under this subsection, the 
owner or operator of such affected unit that emits mercury in excess of 
such alternate emissions limitation shall pay an excess emissions 
penalty determined under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) The excess emissions penalty for mercury for an owner or 
operator of an affected unit described in subparagraph (A) shall be an 
amount equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of 
the alternate emissions limitation for mercury in place for such 
affected unit. Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a 
pound.
    ``(g) Sole Limitation on Mercury.--This title shall apply the sole 
emission standard or limitation under this Act with regard to the 
emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units and 
shall supersede any other such requirement under section 112 or any 
other provision of this Act.
    ``(h) Relationship to Other Law.--Except as otherwise specifically 
provided in this title, nothing in this title precludes a State or 
political subdivision of a State from adopting or enforcing any 
additional requirements for the control or abatement of mercury 
emissions, except that no State or political subdivision thereof shall 
adopt or attempt to enforce any standard relating to the reduction or 
control of mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating 
units that is less stringent than the standards provided in this 
title.''.
[EX A]: Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2014; and (2) 90% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 0.8 pounds of mercury per trillion Btu of input coal by 2015 and each year thereafter.

Specifies methods that owners or operators of affected units are required to use as reference methods in calibrating the instruments used to measure the mercury concentrations in emissions from affected units.

Establishes excess emissions penalties for mercury. Sets forth compliance provisions.

Authorizes: (1) owners or operators of affected units that fail to achieve such limitations to request an alternate emission limitation; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish alternate limitations if the Administrator determines that the owner or operator has properly installed and operated continuous emissions monitoring system and control technology designed to achieve such limitations and is unable to achieve such limitations; and (3) the Administrator, after granting alternate limitations, to impose more stringent emissions limitations in subsequent years. Makes such alternate limitations effective January 1, 2015.

Provides that this Act supersedes any other requirement in such Act with regard to the emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HazCom Simplification and 
Modernization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to assist chemical manufacturers and 
importers in preparing material safety data sheets pursuant to the 
requirements of the Hazard Communication standard published at section 
1910.1200 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, and the Hazard 
Communication standard published at part 47 of title 30, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and to improve the accuracy, consistency, and 
comprehensibility of such material safety data sheets and to establish 
a Commission for the purpose of studying and making recommendations 
regarding the implementation of the United Nations' Globally Harmonized 
System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

SEC. 3. HAZARD COMMUNICATION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Model material safety data sheets for highly hazardous 
        chemicals.--The Secretary of Labor shall develop model material 
        safety data sheets for the list of highly hazardous chemicals 
        contained in Appendix A to the Process Safety Management of 
        Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard published at section 
        1910.119 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. Such model 
        material safety data sheets shall--
                    (A) comply with the requirements of the Hazard 
                Communication standard published at section 1910.100 of 
                such title 29 and the Hazard Communication standard 
                published at part 47 of title 30, Code of Federal 
                Regulations;
                    (B) be presented in a consistent format that 
                enhances the reliability and comprehensibility of 
                information about chemical hazards in the workplace and 
                protective measures; and
                    (C) be made available to the public, including 
                through posting on the Occupational Safety and Health 
                Administration's website and the Mine Safety and Health 
                Administration's website, within 18 months after the 
                date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to--
                    (A) modify or amend the Hazard Communication 
                standard published at section 1910.1200 of title 29, 
                Code of Federal Regulations, the Process Safety 
                Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard 
                published at section 1910.119 of such title 29, the 
                Hazard Communication standard published at part 47 of 
                title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other 
                provision of law; and
                    (B) authorize the Secretary of Labor to include in 
                the model material safety data sheet developed under 
                this subsection any suggestion or recommendation as to 
                permissible or appropriate workplace exposure levels 
                for these chemicals, except as required by the Hazard 
                Communication standard published at section 1910.1200 
                of such title 29, and the Hazard Communication standard 
                published at part 47 of title 30, Code of Federal 
                Regulations.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Department of Labor such sums as may 
        be necessary to carry out this subsection.
    (b) Globally Harmonized System Commission.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, there shall be established a 
        commission, to be known as the Global Harmonization Commission 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Commission''), to 
        consider the implementation of the United Nations Globally 
        Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals 
        to improve chemical hazard communication and to make 
        recommendations to Congress.
            (2) Membership.--The Commission shall be composed of 17 
        members of whom--
                    (A) 1 shall be the Secretary of Labor (referred to 
                in this Act as the ``Secretary'');
                    (B) 1 shall be the Secretary of Transportation;
                    (C) 1 shall be the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services;
                    (D) 1 shall be the Administrator of the 
                Environmental Protection Agency;
                    (E) 1 shall be the Chairman of the Consumer Product 
                Safety Commission;
                    (F) 1 shall be the Chairman of the Chemical Safety 
                and Hazard Investigation Board (or his or her 
                designee);
                    (F) 11 shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                Labor, of whom--
                            (i) 2 shall be representatives of 
                        manufacturers of hazardous chemicals, including 
                        a representative of small businesses;
                            (ii) 2 shall be representatives of 
                        employers who are extensive users of hazardous 
                        chemicals supplied by others, including a 
                        representative of small businesses;
                            (iii) 2 shall be representatives of labor 
                        organizations;
                            (iv) 2 shall be individuals who are 
                        qualified in an occupational health or safety 
                        field by an organization whose program has been 
                        accredited by a nationally recognized private 
                        accreditation organization or by the Secretary, 
                        who have expertise in chemical hazard 
                        communications;
                            (v) 1 shall be a representative of mining 
                        industry employers;
                            (vi) 1 shall be a representative of mining 
                        industry employees; and
                            (vii) 1 shall be a safety and health 
                        professional with expertise in mining.
            (3) Chair and vice-chair.--The members of the Commission 
        shall select a chair and vice-chair from among its members.
            (4) Duties.--
                    (A) Study and recommendations.--The Commission 
                shall conduct a thorough study of, and shall develop 
                recommendations on, the following issues relating to 
                the global harmonization of hazardous chemical 
                communication:
                            (i) Whether the United States should adopt 
                        any or all of the elements of the United 
                        Nation's Globally Harmonized System of 
                        Classification and Labeling of Chemicals 
                        (referred to in this subsection and the 
                        ``Globally Harmonized System'').
                            (ii) How the Globally Harmonized System 
                        should be implemented by the Federal agencies 
                        with relevant jurisdiction, taking into 
                        consideration the role of the States acting 
                        under delegated authority.
                            (iii) How the Globally Harmonized System 
                        compares to existing chemical hazard 
                        communication laws and regulations, including 
                        the Hazard Communication standard published at 
                        section 1910.1200 of title 29, Code of Federal 
                        Regulations and the Hazard Communication 
                        standard published at part 47 of title 30, Code 
                        of Federal Regulations.
                            (iv) The impact of adopting the Globally 
                        Harmonized System on the consistency, 
                        effectiveness, comprehensiveness, timing, 
                        accuracy, and comprehensibility of chemical 
                        hazard communication in the United States.
                            (v) The impact of adopting the Globally 
                        Harmonized System on occupational safety and 
                        health in the United States.
                            (vi) The impact of adopting the Globally 
                        Harmonized System on tort, insurance, and 
                        workers compensation laws in the United States.
                            (vii) The impact of adopting the Globally 
                        Harmonized System on the ability to bring new 
                        products to the market in the United States.
                            (viii) The cost and benefits of adopting 
                        the Globally Harmonized System to businesses, 
                        including small businesses, in the United 
                        States.
                            (ix) How effective compliance assistance, 
                        training, and outreach can be used to help 
                        chemical manufacturers, importers, and users, 
                        particularly small businesses, understand and 
                        comply with the Globally Harmonized System.
                    (B) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
                submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
                report containing a detailed statement of the findings 
                and conclusions of the Commission, together with its 
                recommendations for such legislation as the Commission 
                considers appropriate.
            (5) Powers.--
                    (A) Hearings.--The Commission shall hold at least 
                one public hearing, and may hold additional hearings, 
                sit and act at such times and places, take such 
                testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission 
                considers advisable to carry out this section. The 
                Commission shall, to the maximum extent possible, use 
                existing data and research to carry out this section.
                    (B) Information from federal agencies.--The 
                Commission may secure directly from any Federal 
                department or agency such information as the Commission 
                considers necessary to carry out this section. Upon 
                request by the Commission, the head of such department 
                or agency shall promptly furnish such information to 
                the Commission.
                    (C) Postal services.--The Commission may use the 
                United States mails in the same manner and under the 
                same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
                the Federal Government.
            (6) Personnel matters.--
                    (A) Compensation; travel expenses.--Each member of 
                the Commission shall serve without compensation but 
                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 Commission.
                    (B) Staff and equipment.--The Department of the 
                Labor shall provide all financial, administrative, and 
                staffing requirements for the Commission including--
                            (i) office space;
                            (ii) furnishings; and
                            (iii) equipment.
            (7) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on the 
        date that is 90 days after the date on which the Commission 
        submits the report required under paragraph (3)(B).
            (8) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Department of Labor, such sums as may 
        be necessary to carry out this subsection.
    (c) Hazard Communication Demonstration Projects.--
            (1) In general.--Section 20(a) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 
        670(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(8) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary, 
after consultation with others, as appropriate, shall award grants to 
one or more qualified applicants in order to carry out a demonstration 
project to develop, implement, or evaluate strategies or programs to 
improve chemical hazard communication in the workplace through the use 
of technology, which may include electronic or Internet-based hazard 
communication systems.''.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
        the amendment made by paragraph (1).
[EX A]:
HazCom Simplification and Modernization Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop model material safety data sheets for the list of highly hazardous chemicals contained in Appendix A to the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard published in the Code of Federal Regulations. Sets forth requirements for these model material safety data sheets.

Establishes a Global Harmonization Commission to: (1) consider the implementation of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals to improve chemical hazard communication; and (2) make recommendations to Congress.

Amends requirements for training and employee education under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary to award demonstration project grants to develop, implement, or evaluate strategies or programs to improve chemical hazard communication in the workplace through the use of technology.