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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hereditary Disorders Newborn 
Screening Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF STATES TO PROVIDE NEWBORN AND 
              CHILD SCREENING FOR HERITABLE DISORDERS.

    Part A of title XI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300b-1 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1108. IMPROVED NEWBORN AND CHILD SCREENING FOR HERITABLE 
              DISORDERS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants 
to eligible entities to enhance, improve or expand the ability of State 
and local public health agencies to provide screening, counseling or 
preventive care services to newborns and children having or at risk for 
heritable disorders.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts provided under a grant awarded under 
subsection (a) shall be used to--
            ``(1) establish, expand, or improve systems or programs to 
        provide screening, counseling, testing or specialty services 
        for newborns and children at risk for heritable disorders;
            ``(2) establish, expand, or improve programs or services to 
        reduce mortality or morbidity from heritable disorders;
            ``(3) establish, expand, or improve systems or programs to 
        provide information and counseling on available therapies for 
        newborns and children with heritable disorders;
            ``(4) improve the access of medically underserved 
        populations to screening, counseling, testing and specialty 
        services for newborns and children having or at risk for 
        heritable disorders; or
            ``(5) conduct such other activities as may be necessary to 
        enable newborns and children having or at risk for heritable 
        disorders to receive screening, counseling, testing or 
        specialty services, regardless of income, race, color, 
        religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
    ``(c) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a) an entity shall--
            ``(1) be a State or political subdivision of a State, or a 
        consortium of 2 or more States or political subdivisions of 
        States; and
            ``(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an application 
        that includes--
                    ``(A) a plan to use amounts awarded under the grant 
                to meet specific health status goals and objectives 
                relative to heritable disorders, including attention to 
                needs of medically underserved populations;
                    ``(B) a plan for the collection of outcome data or 
                other methods of evaluating the degree to which amounts 
                awarded under this grant will be used to achieve the 
                goals and objectives identified under subparagraph (A);
                    ``(C) a plan for monitoring and ensuring the 
                quality of services provided under the grant;
                    ``(D) an assurance that amounts awarded under the 
                grant will be used only to implement the approved plan 
                for the State;
                    ``(E) an assurance that the provision of services 
                under the plan is coordinated with services provided 
                under programs implemented in the State under titles V, 
                XVIII, XIX, XX, or XXI of the Social Security Act 
                (subject to Federal regulations applicable to such 
                programs) so that the coverage of services under such 
                titles is not substantially diminished by the use of 
                granted funds; and
                    ``(F) such other information determined by the 
                Secretary to be necessary.
    ``(d) Limitation.--An eligible entity may not use amounts received 
under this section to--
            ``(1) provide cash payments to or on behalf of affected 
        individuals;
            ``(2) provide inpatient services;
            ``(3) purchase land or make capital improvements to 
        property; or
            ``(4) provide for proprietary research or training.
    ``(e) Voluntary Participation.--The participation by any individual 
in any program or portion thereof established or operated with funds 
received under this section shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be 
a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or 
assistance from, or to participation in, another Federal or State 
program.
    ``(f) Supplement Not Supplant.--Funds appropriated under this 
section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, 
State, and local public funds provided for activities of the type 
described in this section.
    ``(g) Publication.
            ``(1) In general.--An application submitted under 
        subsection (c)(2) shall be made public by the State in such a 
        manner as to facilitate comment from any person, including 
        through hearings and other methods used to facilitate comments 
        from the public.
            ``(2) Comments.--Comments received by the State after the 
        publication described in paragraph (1) shall be addressed in 
        the application submitted under subsection (c)(2).
    ``(h) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide to 
entities receiving grants under subsection (a) such technical 
assistance as may be necessary to ensure the quality of programs 
conducted under this section.
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2011.

``SEC. 1109. EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEWBORN AND CHILD 
              SCREENING PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to eligible 
entities to provide for the conduct of demonstration programs to 
evaluate the effectiveness of screening, counseling or preventive care 
services in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by heritable 
disorders in newborns and children.
    ``(b) Demonstration Programs.--A demonstration program conducted 
under a grant under this section shall be designed to evaluate and 
assess, within the jurisdiction of the entity receiving such grant--
            ``(1) the effectiveness of screening, counseling, testing 
        or specialty services for newborns and children at risk for 
        heritable disorders in reducing the morbidity and mortality 
        associated with such disorders;
            ``(2) the effectiveness of screening, counseling, testing 
        or specialty services in accurately and reliably diagnosing 
        heritable disorders in newborns and children; or
            ``(3) the availability of screening, counseling, testing or 
        specialty services for newborns and children at risk for 
        heritable disorders.
    ``(c) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a) an entity shall be a State or political subdivision of a 
State, or a consortium of 2 or more States or political subdivisions of 
States.

``SEC. 1110. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HERITABLE DISORDERS IN NEWBORNS AND 
              CHILDREN.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an advisory 
committee to be known as the `Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders 
in Newborns and Children' (referred to in this section as the `Advisory 
Committee').
    ``(b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall--
            ``(1) provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
        concerning grants and projects awarded or funded under section 
        1108;
            ``(2) provide technical information to the Secretary for 
        the development of policies and priorities for the 
        administration of grants under section 1108; and
            ``(3) provide such recommendations, advice or information 
        as may be necessary to enhance, expand or improve the ability 
        of the Secretary to reduce the mortality or morbidity from 
        heritable disorders.
    ``(c) Membership.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall appoint not to 
        exceed 15 members to the Advisory Committee. In appointing such 
        members, the Secretary shall ensure that the total membership 
        of the Advisory Committee is an odd number.
            ``(2) Required members.--The Secretary shall appoint to the 
        Advisory Committee under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
                Services Administration;
                    ``(B) the Director of the Centers for Disease 
                Control and Prevention;
                    ``(C) the Director of the National Institutes of 
                Health;
                    ``(D) the Director of the Agency for Healthcare 
                Research and Quality;
                    ``(E) medical or scientific professionals with 
                special expertise in heritable disorders, or in 
                providing screening, counseling, testing or specialty 
                services for newborns and children at risk for 
                heritable disorders;
                    ``(F) members of the public having special 
                expertise about or concern with heritable disorders; 
                and
                    ``(G) representatives from such Federal agencies, 
                public health constituencies, and medical professional 
                societies as determined to be necessary by the 
                Secretary, to fulfill the duties of the Advisory 
                Committee, as established under subsection (b).''.
answer:
Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to provide for the conduct of demonstration programs to evaluate the effectiveness of screening, counseling or preventive care services in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by heritable disorders in newborns and children.
Direct the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to be known as the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) It is in the highest strategic interest of the United 
        States to field a fully operational missile defense system to 
        defend against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles 
        (ICBMs) of rogue nations, including North Korea and Iran.
            (2) In the past year, the Democratic People's Republic of 
        Korea tested a nuclear weapon and an intercontinental ballistic 
        missile and has made claims that it now possesses the ability 
        to miniaturize a nuclear warhead.
            (3) The ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element of the 
        ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) is one of the most 
        critical capabilities needed to defend the United States 
        against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles, 
        conventional and nuclear.
            (4) The test program of the Missile Defense Agency provides 
        vital data to demonstrate the operational effectiveness, 
        suitability, and survivability of the ballistic missile defense 
        system, and it contributes to United States nonproliferation 
        goals by sending a very credible message to the international 
        community on the ability of the United States to defeat 
        ballistic missiles in flight, thus reducing their value to 
        potential adversaries.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY OF GROUND-BASED 
              MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Testing Required.--Except as provided in subsection (c), not 
less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency shall administer an intercept flight test of the ground-
based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense 
system.
    (b) Requirements.--The Director shall ensure that each test carried 
out under subsection (a) provides, when possible, for one or more of 
the following:
            (1) Validation of the operational effectiveness of the 
        ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile 
        defense system.
            (2) Use of assets in their operational configuration 
        against an inventory of targets to assess all aspects of 
        ground-based midcourse defense elements of the ballistic 
        missile defense system performance in a variety of flight test 
        regimes.
            (3) Use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints.
            (4) Evaluation of new concepts of operations and exercising 
        tactics, techniques, and procedures.
            (5) Mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the 
        Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse 
        defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, its 
        hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its inherent operational 
        capability.
    (c) Exceptions.--
            (1) Nonintercept test.--The Director may forgo a test under 
        subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with the Director, determines that conducting the 
        test would--
                    (A) jeopardize national security;
                    (B) not be successful due to specific ground-based 
                midcourse defense components needing a nonintercept 
                test; and
                    (C) likely lead to failure due to impractical time 
                considerations.
            (2) Funding.--The Director may forgo a test under 
        subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with the Director, determines that the test is not 
        sufficiently funded.
            (3) National security waiver.--
                    (A) In general.--The Director may forgo a test 
                under subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary 
                of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the 
                Missile Defense Agency, Director of National 
                Intelligence, and the Commander of United States 
                Northern Command (NORTHCOM), determines that the 
                provision of testing as described in that subsection is 
                detrimental to the national security interests of the 
                United States.
                    (B) Notice required.--
                            (i) In general.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after forgoing a test pursuant to subparagraph 
                        (A), the Secretary shall submit to the 
                        congressional defense committees notice 
                        regarding the foregone test.
                            (ii) Elements.--Notice submitted under 
                        clause (i) shall include the following:
                                    (I) The rationale for forgoing the 
                                test.
                                    (II) The national security 
                                interests of the United States 
                                preventing the test.
                                    (III) A plan to complete the 
                                intercept test in the following fiscal 
                                year, which does not affect testing in 
                                following fiscal years.
                            (iii) Form.--Each notice under clause (ii) 
                        shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but 
                        may include a classified annex.
    (d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) Missile Defense Agency to administer an intercept flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system at least once each fiscal year.  Each test shall provide for:   validation of the defense element's operational effectiveness; use of assets in their operational configuration against an inventory of targets to assess performance in a variety of flight test regimes;  use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints;  evaluation of new concepts of operations, tactics, and techniques; and  mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse defense element, its hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its operational capability.   The Agency may forgo a test if:   it would jeopardize national security, not be successful due to specific ground-based midcourse defense components needing a non-intercept test, and likely fail due to impractical time considerations; or  funding is insufficient.  The Agency also may forgo a test if DOD determines that the testing is detrimental to U.S. national security interests and provides notice to Congress.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The unpaid volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol 
        (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``CAP'') during World 
        War II provided extraordinary humanitarian, combat and national 
        services during a critical time of need for the Nation.
            (2) During the war, CAP members used their own aircraft to 
        perform a myriad of essential tasks for the military and the 
        Nation within the United States including attacks on enemy 
        submarines off the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the 
        United States.
            (3) This extraordinary national service set the stage for 
        the post-war CAP to become a valuable nonprofit, public service 
        organization chartered by Congress and designated the Auxiliary 
        of the United States Air Force that provides essential 
        emergency, operational, and public services to communities, 
        States, the Federal Government, and the military.
            (4) The CAP was established, initially as a part of the 
        Office of Civil Defense, by air-minded citizens one week before 
        the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 1, 
        1941, out of the desire of civil airmen of the country to be 
        mobilized with their equipment in the common defense of the 
        Nation.
            (5) Within days of the start of the war, the German Navy 
        started a massive submarine offensive, known as Operation 
        Drumbeat, off the east coast of the United States against oil 
        tankers and other critical shipping that threatened the overall 
        war effort.
            (6) Neither the Navy nor the Army had enough aircraft, 
        ships, or other resources to adequately patrol and protect the 
        shipping along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the 
        United States, and many ships were torpedoed and sunk, often 
        within sight of civilians on shore, including 52 tankers sunk 
        between January and March 1942.
            (7) At that time General George Marshall remarked that 
        ``[t]he losses by submarines off our Atlantic seaboard and in 
        the Caribbean now threaten our entire war effort''.
            (8) From the beginning CAP leaders urged the military to 
        use its services to patrol coastal waters but met with great 
        resistance because of the nonmilitary status of CAP civilian 
        pilots.
            (9) Finally, in response to the ever-increasing submarine 
        attacks, the Tanker Committee of the Petroleum Industry War 
        Council urged the Navy Department and the War Department to 
        consider the use of the CAP to help patrol the sea lanes off 
        the coasts of the United States.
            (10) While the Navy initially rejected this suggestion, the 
        Army decided it had merit, and the Civil Air Patrol Coastal 
        Patrol began in March 1942.
            (11) Oil companies and other organizations provided funds 
        to help pay for some CAP operations, including vitally needed 
        shore radios that were used to monitor patrol missions.
            (12) By late March 1942, the Navy also began to use the 
        services of the CAP.
            (13) Starting with three bases located in Delaware, 
        Florida, and New Jersey, CAP aircrews (ranging in age from 18 
        to over 80) immediately started to spot enemy submarines as 
        well as lifeboats, bodies, and wreckage.
            (14) Within 15 minutes of starting his patrol on the first 
        Coastal Patrol flight, a pilot had sighted a torpedoed tanker 
        and was coordinating rescue operations.
            (15) Eventually 21 bases, ranging from Bar Harbor, Maine, 
        to Brownsville, Texas, were set up for the CAP to patrol the 
        Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, with 
        40,000 volunteers eventually participating.
            (16) The CAP used a wide range of civilian-owned aircraft, 
        mainly light-weight, single-engine aircraft--manufactured by 
        Cessna, Beech, Waco, Fairchild, Stinson, Piper, Taylorcraft, 
        and Sikorsky, among others--as well as some twin engine 
        aircraft such as the Grumman Widgeon.
            (17) Most of these aircraft were painted in their civilian 
        prewar colors (red, yellow, blue, etc.) and carried special 
        markings (a blue circle with a white triangle) to identify them 
        as CAP aircraft.
            (18) Patrols were conducted up to 100 miles off shore, 
        generally with 2 aircraft flying together, in aircraft often 
        equipped with only a compass for navigation and a single radio 
        for communication.
            (19) Due to the critical nature of the situation, CAP 
        operations were conducted in bad weather as well as good, often 
        when the military was unable to fly, and in all seasons 
        including the winter, when ditching an aircraft in cold water 
        would likely mean certain death to the aircrew.
            (20) Personal emergency equipment was often lacking, 
        particularly during early patrols where inner tubes and kapok 
        duck hunter vests were carried as flotation devices since ocean 
        worthy wet suits, life vests, and life rafts were unavailable.
            (21) The initial purpose of the Coastal Patrol was to spot 
        submarines, report their position to the military, and force 
        them to dive below the surface, which limited their operating 
        speed and maneuverability and reduced their ability to detect 
        and attack shipping because attacks against shipping were 
        conducted while the submarines were surfaced.
            (22) It immediately became apparent that there were 
        opportunities for CAP pilots to attack submarines, such as when 
        a Florida CAP aircrew came across a surfaced submarine that 
        quickly stranded itself on a sand bar. However, the aircrew 
        could not get any assistance from armed military aircraft 
        before the submarine freed itself.
            (23) Finally, after several instances when the military 
        could not respond in a timely manner, a decision was made by 
        the military to arm CAP aircraft with 50- and 100-pound bombs, 
        and to arm some larger twin-engine aircraft with 325-pound 
        depth charges.
            (24) The arming of CAP aircraft dramatically changed the 
        mission for these civilian aircrews and resulted in more than 
        57 attacks on enemy submarines.
            (25) While CAP volunteers received $8 a day flight 
        reimbursement for cost incurred, their patrols were 
        accomplished at a great economic cost to many CAP members who--
                    (A) used their own aircraft and other equipment in 
                defense of the Nation;
                    (B) paid for much of their own aircraft maintenance 
                and hangar use; and
                    (C) often lived in the beginning in primitive 
                conditions along the coast, including old barns and 
                chicken coops converted for sleeping.
            (26) More importantly, the CAP Coastal Patrol service came 
        at the high cost of 26 fatalities, 7 serious injuries, and 90 
        aircraft lost.
            (27) At the conclusion of the 18-month Coastal Patrol, the 
        heroic CAP aircrews would be credited with the following:
                    (A) 2 submarines possibly damaged or destroyed;
                    (B) 57 submarines attacked;
                    (C) 82 bombs dropped against submarines;
                    (D) 173 radio reports of submarine positions (with 
                a number of credited assists for kills made by military 
                units);
                    (E) 17 floating mines reported;
                    (F) 36 dead bodies reported;
                    (G) 91 vessels in distress reported;
                    (H) 363 survivors in distress reported;
                    (I) 836 irregularities noted;
                    (J) 1,036 special investigations at sea or along 
                the coast;
                    (K) 5,684 convoy missions as aerial escorts for 
                Navy ships;
                    (L) 86,685 total missions flown;
                    (M) 244,600 total flight hours logged; and
                    (N) more than 24,000,000 total miles flown.
            (28) It is believed that at least one high-level German 
        Navy Officer credited CAP as one reason that submarine attacks 
        moved away from the United States when he concluded that ``[i]t 
        was because of those damned little red and yellow planes!''.
            (29) CAP was dismissed from coastal missions with little 
        thanks in August 1943 when the Navy took over the mission 
        completely and ordered CAP to stand down.
            (30) While the Coastal Patrol was ongoing, CAP was also 
        establishing itself as a vital wartime service to the military, 
        States, and communities nationwide by performing a wide range 
        of missions including among others--
                    (A) border patrol;
                    (B) forest and fire patrols;
                    (C) military courier flights for mail, repair and 
                replacement parts, and urgent military deliveries;
                    (D) emergency transportation of military personnel;
                    (E) target towing (with live ammunition being fired 
                at the targets and seven lives being lost) and 
                searchlight tracking training missions;
                    (F) missing aircraft and personnel searches;
                    (G) air and ground search and rescue for missing 
                aircraft and personnel;
                    (H) radar and aircraft warning system training 
                flights;
                    (I) aerial inspections of camouflaged military and 
                civilian facilities;
                    (J) aerial inspections of city and town blackout 
                conditions;
                    (K) simulated bombing attacks on cities and 
                facilities to test air defenses and early warning;
                    (L) aerial searches for scrap metal materials;
                    (M) river and lake patrols including aerial surveys 
                for ice in the Great Lakes;
                    (N) support of war bond drives;
                    (O) management and guard duties at hundreds of 
                airports;
                    (P) support for State and local emergencies such as 
                natural and manmade disasters;
                    (Q) predator control;
                    (R) rescue of livestock during floods and 
                blizzards;
                    (S) recruiting for the Army Air Force;
                    (T) initial flight screening and orientation 
                flights for potential military recruits;
                    (U) mercy missions including the airlift of plasma 
                to central blood banks;
                    (V) nationwide emergency communications services; 
                and
                    (W) a cadet youth program which provided aviation 
                and military training for tens of thousands.
            (31) The CAP flew more than 500,000 hours on these 
        additional missions, including, for example--
                    (A) 20,500 missions involving target towing (with 
                live ammunition) and gun/searchlight tracking which 
                resulted in 7 deaths, 5 serious injuries, and the loss 
                of 25 aircraft;
                    (B) a courier service involving 3 major Air Force 
                Commands over a 2-year period carrying more than 
                3,500,000 pounds of vital cargo and 543 passengers;
                    (C) southern border patrol flying more than 30,000 
                hours and reporting 7,000 unusual sightings including a 
                vehicle (that was apprehended) with 2 enemy agents 
                attempting to enter the country;
                    (D) a week in February 1945 during which CAP units 
                rescued seven missing Army and Navy pilots; and
                    (E) a State in which the CAP flew 790 hours on 
                forest fire patrol missions and reported 576 fires to 
                authorities during a single year.
            (32) On April 29, 1943, the CAP was transferred to the Army 
        Air Forces, thus beginning its long association with the United 
        States Air Force.
            (33) Hundreds of CAP-trained women pilots joined military 
        women's units including the Women's Air Force Service Pilots 
        (WASP) program.
            (34) Many members of the WASP program joined or rejoined 
        the CAP during the post-war period because it provided women 
        opportunities to fly and continue to serve the Nation that were 
        severely lacking elsewhere.
            (35) Due to the exceptional emphasis on safety, unit and 
        pilot training and discipline, and the organization of the CAP, 
        by the end of the war a total of only 64 CAP members had died 
        in service and only 150 aircraft had been lost (including its 
        Coastal Patrol losses from early in the war).
            (36) It is estimated that up to 100,000 civilians 
        (including youth in its cadet program) participated in CAP in 
        wide range of staff and operational positions and that CAP 
        aircrews flew a total of approximately 750,000 hours during the 
        war, most of which was in their own personal aircraft and often 
        at risk to their lives.
            (37) After the war, at a CAP dinner for Congress, a quorum 
        of both Houses attended with the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives and the President thanking CAP for its service.
            (38) While air medals were issued for some of those 
        participating in the Coastal Patrol, little other recognition 
        was forthcoming for the myriad of services CAP volunteers 
        provided during the war.
            (39) Despite some misguided efforts to end CAP at the end 
        of the war, the organization had proved its capabilities to the 
        Nation and strengthened its ties with the Air Force and 
        Congress.
            (40) In 1946, Congress chartered the CAP as a nonprofit, 
        public service organization and in 1948 made CAP the Auxiliary 
        of the United States Air Force.
            (41) Today the CAP conducts many of the same missions it 
        performed during World War II, including a vital role in 
        homeland security.
            (42) CAP's wartime service was highly unusual and 
        extraordinary due to the unpaid civilian status of its members, 
        the use of privately-owned aircraft and personal funds by many 
        of its members, the myriad of humanitarian and national 
        missions flown for the Nation, and the fact that for 18 months, 
        during a time of great need for the United States, CAP flew 
        combat-related missions in support of military operations off 
        the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award.--
            (1) Authorized.--The President pro tempore of the Senate 
        and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make 
        appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, 
        of a single gold medal of appropriate design in honor of the 
        World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol collectively, in 
        recognition of the military service and exemplary record of the 
        Civil Air Patrol during World War II.
            (2) Design and striking.--For the purposes of the award 
        referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and 
        inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Smithsonian institution.--
                    (A) In general.--Following the award of the gold 
                medal referred to in paragraph (1) in honor of all of 
                the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol, the 
                gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian 
                Institution, where it shall be displayed as appropriate 
                and made available for research.
                    (B) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
                that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold 
                medal received under this paragraph available for 
                display elsewhere, particularly at other locations 
                associated with the Civil Air Patrol.
    (b) Duplicate Medals.--Under such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover 
the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of 
machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.
    (c) National Medals.--Medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, an 
amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medals 
authorized under section 2.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 2(b) shall be deposited in the United 
States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor collectively the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in recognition of their military service and exemplary record during World War II.  Requires the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the CAP. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals.