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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Readjustment Counseling Service 
Amendments of 1995''.

SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE READJUSTMENT COUNSELING SERVICE IN THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7305 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
        paragraph (7):
            ``(7) A Readjustment Counseling Service.''.
    (b) Organization.--The Readjustment Counseling Service shall have 
the organizational structure and administrative structure of that 
service as such structures were in existence on January 1, 1993.
    (c) Revision of Organizational Structure.--(1) The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may not alter or revise the organizational structure 
or the administrative structure of the Readjustment Counseling Service 
until--
            (A) the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
        report containing a full and complete statement of the proposed 
        alteration or revision; and
            (B) a period of 60 days has elapsed after the date on which 
        the report is received by the committees.
    (2) In the computation of the 60-day period under paragraph (1)(B), 
there shall be excluded any day on which either House of Congress is 
not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 calendar days 
to a day certain.
    (d) Budget Information Relating to the Service.--Each budget 
submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall set forth the amount requested in the budget 
for the operation of the Readjustment Counseling Service in the fiscal 
year covered by the budget and shall set forth separately the amount 
requested for administrative oversight of the activities of the service 
(including the amount requested for funding of the Advisory Committee 
on Readjustment of Veterans).

SEC. 3. DIRECTOR OF THE READJUSTMENT COUNSELING SERVICE.

    (a) Director.--Section 7306(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (3) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) one shall be a person who (A)(i) is a qualified 
        psychiatrist, (ii) is a qualified psychologist holding a 
        diploma as a doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology 
        from an authority approved by the American Psychological 
        Association and has successfully undergone an internship 
        approved by that association, (iii) is a qualified holder of a 
        master in social work degree, or (iv) is a registered nurse 
        holding a master of science in nursing degree in psychiatric 
        nursing or any other mental-health related degree approved by 
        the Secretary, and (B) has at least 3 years of clinical 
        experience and 2 years of administrative experience in the 
        Readjustment Counseling Service or other comparable mental 
        health care counseling service (as determined by the 
        Secretary), who shall be the director of the Readjustment 
        Counseling Service.''.
    (b) Status of Director.--Section 7306(a)(3) of such title is 
amended by striking out ``eight'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``nine''.
    (c) Organizational Requirement.--The Director of the Readjustment 
Counseling Service shall report to the Under Secretary for Health of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs through the Associate Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health for Clinical Programs.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR READJUSTMENT COUNSELING AND 
              CERTAIN RELATED COUNSELING SERVICES.

    (a) Readjustment Counseling.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 1712A 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1)(A) Upon the request of any veteran referred to in 
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall furnish 
counseling to the veteran to assist the veteran in readjusting to 
civilian life.
    ``(B) A veteran referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 
is any veteran who--
            ``(i) served on active duty during the Vietnam era; or
            ``(ii) served on active military, naval, or air service in 
        a theater of combat operations (as determined by the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Secretary of Defense) during a period 
        of war or in any other area during a period in which 
        hostilities (as defined in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph) 
        occurred in such area.
    ``(C) Upon the request of any veteran other than a veteran referred 
to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary may furnish 
counseling to the veteran to assist the veteran in readjusting to 
civilian life.
    ``(D) For the purposes of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the 
term `hostilities' means an armed conflict in which the members of the 
Armed Forces are subjected to danger comparable to the danger to which 
members of the Armed Forces have been subjected in combat with enemy 
armed forces during a period of war, as determined by the Secretary in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense.
    ``(2) The counseling referred to in paragraph (1) shall include a 
general mental and psychological assessment of a covered veteran to 
ascertain whether such veteran has mental or psychological problems 
associated with readjustment to civilian life.''.
    (2) Subsection (c) of such section is repealed.
    (b) Other Counseling.--Such section is further amended by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary shall provide the counseling services 
described in section 1701(6)(B)(ii) of this title to the surviving 
parents, spouse, and children of any member of the Armed Forces who is 
killed during service on active military, naval, or air service in a 
theater of combat operations (as determined by the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense) during a period of war or 
in any other area during a period in which hostilities (as defined in 
subsection (a)(1)(D) of this section) occurred in such area.
    ``(2) The Secretary may provide the counseling services referred to 
in paragraph (1) to the surviving parents, spouse, and children of any 
member of the Armed Forces who dies while serving on active duty or 
from a condition (as determined by the Secretary) incurred in or 
aggravated by such service.''.
    (c) Authority To Contract for Counseling Services.--Subsection (e) 
of such section is amended by striking out ``subsections (a) and (b)'' 
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsections (a), 
(b), and (c)''.

SEC. 5. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE READJUSTMENT OF VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1712B the 
following:
``Sec. 1712C. Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans
    ``(a)(1) There is in the Department the Advisory Committee on the 
Readjustment of Veterans (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
`Committee').
    ``(2) The Committee shall consist of not more than 18 members 
appointed by the Secretary from among veterans who--
            ``(A) have demonstrated significant civic or professional 
        achievement; and
            ``(B) have experience with the provision of veterans 
        benefits and services by the Department.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall seek to ensure that members appointed to 
the Committee include persons from a wide variety of geographic areas 
and ethnic backgrounds, persons from veterans service organizations, 
and women.
    ``(4) The Secretary shall determine the terms of service and pay 
and allowances of the members of the Committee, except that a term of 
service may not exceed 2 years. The Secretary may reappoint any member 
for additional terms of service.
    ``(b)(1) The Secretary shall, on a regular basis, consult with and 
seek the advice of the Committee with respect to the provision by the 
Department of benefits and services to veterans in order to assist 
veterans in the readjustment to civilian life.
    ``(2)(A) In providing advice to the Secretary under this 
subsection, the Committee shall--
            ``(i) assemble and review information relating to the needs 
        of veterans in readjusting to civilian life;
            ``(ii) provide information relating to the nature and 
        character of psychological problems arising from service in the 
        Armed Forces;
            ``(iii) provide an on-going assessment of the effectiveness 
        of the policies, organizational structures, and services of the 
        Department in assisting veterans in readjusting to civilian 
        life; and
            ``(iv) provide on-going advice on the most appropriate 
        means of responding to the readjustment needs of veterans in 
        the future.
    ``(B) In carrying out its duties under subparagraph (A), the 
Committee shall take into special account veterans of the Vietnam era, 
and the readjustment needs of such veterans.
    ``(c)(1) Not later than March 31 of each year, the Committee shall 
submit to the Secretary a report on the programs and activities of the 
Department that relate to the readjustment of veterans to civilian 
life. Each such report shall include--
            ``(A) an assessment of the needs of veterans with respect 
        to readjustment to civilian life;
            ``(B) a review of the programs and activities of the 
        Department designed to meet such needs; and
            ``(C) such recommendations (including recommendations for 
        administrative and legislative action) as the Committee 
        considers appropriate.
    ``(2) Not later than 90 days after the receipt of each report under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a copy of 
the report, together with any comments and recommendations concerning 
the report that the Secretary considers appropriate.
    ``(3) The Committee may also submit to the Secretary such other 
reports and recommendations as the Committee considers appropriate.
    ``(4) The Secretary shall submit with each annual report submitted 
to the Congress pursuant to section 529 of this title a summary of all 
reports and recommendations of the Committee submitted to the Secretary 
since the previous annual report of the Secretary submitted pursuant to 
that section.
    ``(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the 
activities of the Committee under this section.
    ``(2) Section 14 of such Act shall not apply to the Committee.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such 
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1712B 
the following:

``1712C. Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans.''.
    (b) Original Members.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of 
section 1712C of such title (as added by subsection (a)), the members 
of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War 
Veterans on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be the original 
members of the advisory committee recognized under such section.
    (2) The original members shall so serve until the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs carries out appointments under such subsection (a)(2). 
The Secretary shall carry out such appointments as soon after such date 
as is practicable. The Secretary may make such appointments from among 
such original members.

SEC. 6. PLAN FOR EXPANSION OF VIETNAM VETERAN RESOURCE CENTER PILOT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Requirement.--(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a plan for the expansion of the Vietnam Veteran 
Resource Center program established pursuant to the amendment made by 
section 105 of the Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 
1985 (Public Law 99-166; 99 Stat. 944). The plan shall include a 
schedule for, and an assessment of the cost of, the implementation of 
the program at or through all Department of Veterans Affairs 
readjustment counseling centers.
    (2) The Secretary shall submit the plan not later than 4 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Department of Veterans 
Affairs readjustment counseling centers'' has the same meaning given 
the term ``center'' in section 1712A(i)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code.

SEC. 7. REPORT ON COLLOCATION OF VET CENTERS AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS OUTPATIENT CLINICS.

    (a) Requirement.--(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report on the feasibility and desirability of the 
collocation of Vet Centers and outpatient clinics (including rural 
mobile clinics) of the Department of Veterans Affairs as current leases 
for such centers and clinics expire.
    (2) The Secretary shall submit the report not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Covered Matters.--The report under this section shall include 
an assessment of the following:
            (1) The results of any collocation of Vet Centers and 
        outpatient clinics carried out by the Secretary before the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, including the effects of such 
        collocation on the quality of care provided at such centers and 
        clinics.
            (2) The effect of such collocation on the capacity of such 
        centers to carry out their primary mission.
            (3) The extent to which such collocation will impair the 
        operational independence or administrative integrity of such 
        centers.
            (4) The feasibility of combining the services provided by 
        such centers and clinics in the course of the collocation of 
        such centers and clinics.
            (5) The advisability of the collocation of centers and 
        clinics of significantly different size.
            (6) The effect of the locations (including urban and rural 
        locations) of the centers and clinics on the feasibility and 
        desirability of such collocation.
            (7) The amount of any costs savings to be achieved by 
        Department as a result of such collocation.
            (8) The desirability of such collocation in light of plans 
        for the provision of health care services by the Department 
        under national health care reform.
            (9) Any other matters that the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.

SEC. 8. VET CENTER HEALTH CARE PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out 
a pilot program for the provision of health-related services to 
eligible veterans at readjustment counseling centers. The Secretary 
shall carry out the pilot program in accordance with this section.
    (b) Services.--(1) In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary 
shall provide the services referred to in paragraph (2) at not less 
than 10 readjustment counseling centers in existence on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (2) The Secretary shall provide basic ambulatory services and 
health care screening services by such personnel as the Secretary 
considers appropriate at each readjustment counseling center under the 
pilot program. The Secretary shall assign not less than one-half of a 
full-time employee equivalent at each such center in order to provide 
such services under the pilot program.
    (3) In determining the location of the readjustment counseling 
centers at which to provide services under the pilot program, the 
Secretary shall select centers that are located in a variety of 
geographic areas and that serve veterans of a variety of economic, 
social, and ethnic backgrounds.
    (c) Period of Operation.--(1) The Secretary shall commence the 
provision of health-related services at readjustment counseling centers 
under the pilot program not later than 4 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (2) The pilot program shall terminate 2 years after the date on 
which the Secretary commences the provision of services under paragraph 
(1).
    (d) Report.--(1) The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the pilot program established under this section. The report shall 
include the following:
            (A) A description of the program, including information 
        on--
                    (i) the number of veterans provided basic 
                ambulatory services and health care screening services 
                under the pilot program;
                    (ii) the number of such veterans referred to 
                Department of Veterans Affairs general health-care 
                facilities in order to provide such services to such 
                veterans; and
                    (iii) the cost to the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs of the pilot program.
            (B) An analysis of the effectiveness of the services 
        provided to veterans under the pilot program.
            (C) The recommendations of the Secretary for means of 
        improving the pilot program, and an estimate of the cost to the 
        Department of implementing such recommendations.
            (D) An assessment of the desirability of expanding the type 
        or nature of services provided under the pilot program in light 
        of plans for the provision of health care services by the 
        Department under national health care reform.
            (E) An assessment of the extent to which the provision of 
        services under the pilot program impairs the operational or 
        administrative independence of the readjustment counseling 
        centers at which such services are provided.
            (F) An assessment of the effect of the location of the 
        centers on the effectiveness for the Department and for 
        veterans of the services provided under the pilot program.
            (G) Such other information as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (2) The Secretary shall submit the report not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``Department of Veterans Affairs general 
        health-care facility'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 1712A(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``eligible veteran'' means any veteran 
        eligible for outpatient services under paragraph (1), (2), or 
        (3) of section 1712(a) of such title.
            (3) The term ``readjustment counseling center'' has the 
        same meaning given the term ``center'' in section 1712A(i)(1) 
        of such title.
                                 
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Readjustment Counseling Service Amendments of 1995 - Includes a Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) as part of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from altering or revising the organizational structure of RCS until the Secretary has notified specified congressional committees and 60 days have elapsed since such notification.  Requires RCS budget information to be included annually in the President's budget submitted to the Congress. 
Outlines eligibility requirements for one of the Assistant Under Secretaries for Health in the Department, including at least three years of clinical experience and two years of administrative experience in RCS or other comparable mental health care counseling service.  Makes such a qualified person the director of RCS. 
Increases from eight to nine the authorized number of Assistant Under Secretaries for Health. 
Directs the Secretary to furnish readjustment counseling to any veteran who:  (1) served on active duty during the Vietnam era; or (2) served on active duty in a theater of combat during a period of war (currently, only after May 7, 1975) in any area in which hostilities occurred.  Authorizes the Secretary to furnish such assistance to any other veteran upon request.   Directs the Secretary to provide counseling to survivors and dependents of members of the armed forces killed while performing such duty.  Allows the Secretary to provide such counseling to the survivors and dependents of other members killed during active duty or from a condition incurred in or aggravated by such service. 
Establishes in the Department the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans to perform advisory services with respect to veterans' readjustment, taking into special account Vietnam era veterans.  Requires specified reports from the Advisory Committee and the Secretary. 
Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional veterans' affairs committees: (1) a plan for the expansion of the Vietnam Veteran Resource Center program; and (2) on the feasibility and desirability of the collocation of Vet Centers and outpatient clinics of the Department as current leases for such centers and clinics expire. 
Directs the Secretary to carry out and report to the Congress on a pilot program for the provision of health-related services to eligible veterans at readjustment counseling centers.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Federal Lands Management 
Demonstration Project''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
        U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) established new and expanded units of the 
        National Park System and the National Wildlife System in many 
        areas of Alaska. The purposes of these conservation system 
        units were, among other purposes, to protect habitat for fish 
        and wildlife, to conserve fish and wildlife populations in 
        their natural state, to provide continued opportunity for 
        subsistence uses by local residents, and to protect 
        archaeological sites associated with Native cultures.
            (2) Many rural Alaskan communities are in close proximity 
        to conservation system lands, and the purposes of these units 
        are uniquely relevant to the culture and ways of Native 
        Alaskans and other residents of rural Alaskan communities. 
        Congress recognized this close relationship in sections 1306, 
        1307 and 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
        Conservation Act, which directed the Secretary of Interior to 
        establish programs whereby Native lands were given preference 
        for the siting of conservation service unit facilities, Native 
        corporations and local residents were given preference for the 
        provision of visitor services, and local residents were given 
        preferences for employment. Despite these provisions, little 
        progress has been made in increasing related employment 
        opportunities for Native Alaskan and other local residents.
            (3) In much of rural Alaska, Indian tribes and tribal 
        organizations have a long history of contracting to operate 
        Federal programs and provide Federal services to resident 
        Alaskan Natives and have demonstrated the capacity to provide 
        other kinds of Federal programs and services.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this demonstration project are to 
design innovative management strategies that will lead to greater 
efficiency in conservation system unit management, expand Native 
contracting opportunities, increase local employment, and further the 
unique purposes of these units as they relate to subsistence practices, 
Alaska Native cultures, and the preservation of fish and wildlife 
habitat and populations.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall, for a period not to exceed 5 
years following the date of the enactment of this Act, conduct an 
Alaska Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project.

SEC. 4. ALASKA FEDERAL LANDS MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Participation.--The Secretary shall select, upon request and in 
a manner to achieve geographic representation, not less than 6 eligible 
Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations per year to participate in 
the Demonstration Project in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the 
Demonstration Project, each Indian tribe or tribal organization shall--
            (1) request participation by resolution or other official 
        action of the governing body of the tribal organization;
            (2) demonstrate financial and management stability and 
        capability;
            (3) demonstrate significant use of or dependency upon the 
        relevant conservation system unit or other public land unit for 
        which programs, functions, services, and activities are 
        requested to be placed under contract;
            (4) where the Secretary receives a request to contract 
        specific conservation system unit programs, services, 
        functions, and activities, or portions thereof, from more than 
        1 Indian tribe or tribal organization meeting the criteria set 
        forth in paragraphs (1) through (3), the Secretary shall apply 
        the priority selection criteria applied by the Juneau Area 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs for contracting pursuant to the Indian 
        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. If, after 
        applying such criteria, there remains more than one eligible 
        participant and such participants have overlapping requests to 
        negotiate and contract for the same programs, services, 
        functions, and activities, or portions thereof, the Secretary 
        may require such Indian tribes or organizations to agree which 
        entity shall have the ability to contract, or to submit a joint 
        request prior to entering into negotiations.
    (c) Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Upon request, the Secretary shall 
        negotiate and enter into a contract with each participating 
        Indian tribe or tribal organization to plan, conduct and 
        administer requested programs, services, functions and 
        activities, or portions thereof, related to the administration 
        of a conservation system unit or other public land unit that is 
        substantially located within the geographic region of the 
        respective Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (2) Technical support.--Contracts authorized by this Act 
        shall include, at the request of the Indian tribe or tribal 
        organization, the operation and support of the regional 
advisory councils, biological research, harvest monitoring, and other 
technical research related to conservation and allocation actions by 
the regional councils, and such other programs, functions, services, 
and activities reasonably necessary to carry out title VIII of the 
Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act.
            (3) Time limitation for negotiation of contracts.--Not 
        later than 90 days after selection by the Secretary of 
        participating Indian tribes or tribal organizations, the 
        Secretary shall initiate and conclude negotiations, unless an 
        alternative negotiation and implementation schedule is 
        otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. The declination 
        and appeals provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act, including section 110 of such Act, 
        shall apply to contracts and agreements requested and 
        negotiated under this Act.
    (d) Contract Administration.--
            (1) Inclusion of certain terms.--At the request of the 
        contracting Indian tribe or tribal organization, the benefits, 
        privileges, terms, and conditions of agreements entered into 
        pursuant to titles I and IV of the Indian Self-Determination 
        and Education Assistance Act shall be available for inclusion 
        in a contract entered into under this Act. If any provisions of 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act are 
        incorporated they shall have the same force and effect as if 
        set out in full in this Act and shall apply notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law. The parties may include such other 
        terms and conditions as are mutually agreed to and not 
        otherwise contrary to law.
            (2) Audit.--Contracts entered into under this Act shall 
        provide for a single-agency audit report to be filed as 
        required by chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code.
            (3) Transfer of employees.--Any career Federal employee 
        employed at the time of the transfer of an operation or program 
        to an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall not be 
        separated from Federal service by such transfer. 
        Intergovernmental Personnel Actions may be used to transfer 
        supervision of such employees to the contracting Indian tribe 
        or tribal organization. Such transferred employees shall be 
        given priority placement for any available position within 
        their respective agency, notwithstanding any priority 
        reemployment lists, directives, rules, regulations or other 
        orders from the Department of the Interior, the Office of 
        Management and Budget, or other Federal agencies.
    (e) Available Funding; Payment.--Under the terms of a contract 
negotiated pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide each 
Indian tribe or tribal organization funds in an amount not less than 
the Secretary would have otherwise provided for the operation of the 
requested programs, services, functions, and activities. Contracts 
entered into under this Act shall provide for advance payments to the 
tribal organizations in the form of annual or semiannual installments.
    (f) Timing.--Indian tribes and tribal organizations selected to 
participate shall be entitled to begin implementation of any requested 
contracts no later than the first fiscal year following the year in 
which the Indian tribe or tribal organization is selected for 
participation, unless the Indian tribe or tribal organization and the 
Secretary, by mutual agreement, shall agree to an alternate 
implementation schedule.
    (g) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the close of fiscal years 
2000 and 2001 and the end of this Demonstration Project, the Secretary 
shall present to the Congress detailed reports, including a narrative, 
findings, and conclusions on the costs and benefits of the 
Demonstration Project. The reports shall identify remaining 
institutional and legal barriers to the contracting of conservation 
system unit management to Alaska Native entities and shall contain 
suggestions for improving, continuing, and expanding the Demonstration 
Project. The reports shall be authored jointly with, and shall include 
the separate views of, all participating Alaska Native tribes and 
tribal organizations.
    (h) Limitations.--
            (1) Revenue producing visitor services.--Contracts 
        authorized under this Act shall not include revenue producing 
        visitor services unless an agreement is reached with the most 
        directly affected Alaskan Native corporations to allow such 
        services to be included in the contract. Such contracts shall 
        not otherwise repeal, alter, or otherwise modify the any other 
        existing provision of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska 
        National Interests Lands Conservation Act.
            (2) Denali national park.--The Denali National Park shall 
        not be subject to any of the provisions of this Act.
    (i) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Upon application, the Secretary shall 
        award a planning grant in the amount of $100,000 to any 
        participating Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization to 
plan for the contracting of programs, functions, services, and 
activities authorized under this Act.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $600,000 in each of the 2 fiscal years 
        immediately following the date of the enactment of this Act to 
        fund planning grants authorized under this subsection.

SEC. 5. ANILCA SECTION 1307 AND 1308 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives a 
report detailing the progress that the Department of the Interior has 
made in the implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 
of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act. The report 
shall--
            (1) include a detailed action plan on the future 
        implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of 
        that Act;
            (2) describe in detail the measures and actions that will 
        be taken to implement such sections, along with a description 
        of the anticipated results to be achieved during the 3 fiscal 
        years following the submission of the report;
            (3) address any laws, rules, regulations, and policies 
        which limit or deter the goal of Alaska Native hiring or 
        contracting to perform and conduct activities and programs of 
        Department agencies and bureaus other than those currently 
        available through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    (b) Funding.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
completed within existing appropriations.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.--

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Conservation system unit.--The term ``conservation 
        system unit'' shall have the meaning given that term in section 
        102(4) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' shall have the 
        meaning given that term in subsection 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization'' 
        shall have the meaning given that term in subsection 4(l) of 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) select not less than six eligible Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations per year to participate in the Project in FY 2000 and 2001; and (2) negotiate and enter into a contract with each participant to plan, conduct, and administer requested programs and services related to the administration of a conservation system unit or other public land unit substantially located within the respective Indian tribe's or tribal organization's geographic region.
Requires contracts to include, at the participant's request, the operation and support of the regional advisory councils, biological research, harvest monitoring, and other technical research related to conservation and allocation actions by the regional councils and such other programs and services reasonably necessary to carry out title VIII of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Makes available the benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of agreements entered into pursuant to titles I and IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for inclusion in the contract, at the request of the contracting tribe or tribal organization.
Prohibits the separation of any career Federal employee employed at the time of the transfer of an operation or program from Federal service to a tribe or tribal organization. Directs the Secretary to provide each tribe or tribal organization funds that would have otherwise been provided for the operation of the requested programs and services.
Specifies that contracts shall not include revenue producing visitor services unless an agreement is reached with the most directly affected Alaska Native corporations.
Exempts Denali National Park from the provisions of this Act.
Requires the Secretary, upon application, to award a planning grant to any participating Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization to plan for the contracting of programs and services authorized under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.
Requires transmittal by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional committees of a report on the progress that the Department of the Interior has made in the implementation of ANILCA provisions concerning: (1) the continuation of existing visitor services in areas established as or added to a conservation system unit; and (2) establishment of a program for hiring individuals who, by reason of having lived or worked in or near public lands, have special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural or cultural resources of public lands, without regard to certain civil service training requirements, employment preferences, or numerical limitations.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Microbicide Development Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Sexually transmitted diseases (``STDs'') and the human 
        immunodeficiency virus (``HIV'') are producing serious and 
        costly epidemics of infectious disease in populations 
        worldwide.
            (2) This year, 15,400,000 people in the United States will 
        acquire a new STD.
            (3) Globally, 36,100,000 people are infected with HIV, with 
        more than 15,000 new infections occurring daily.
            (4) Racial and ethnic minorities have been 
        disproportionately infected with STDs, especially HIV. For 
        example, although together African American and Latina women 
        represent roughly 25 percent of the total U.S. female 
        population, they account for 77 percent of all reported female 
        HIV cases.
            (5) STDs cause serious, costly, even deadly conditions for 
        women and their children: infertility, pregnancy complications, 
        cervical cancer, infant mortality, and higher risk of 
        contracting HIV.
            (6) Estimated annual costs of STDs and their complications 
        in the United States range from $8,400,000,000 in direct 
        medical costs to nearly $20,000,000,000, including out-of-
        pocket costs and lost productivity.
            (7) Microbicides are a promising new technology for STD and 
        HIV prevention.
            (8) Microbicides are user-controlled products that could 
        kill or inactivate the bacteria and viruses that cause STDs and 
        HIV.
            (9) Microbicides would fill a critical gap in the array of 
        STD-prevention technologies, first as an important backup or 
        alternative to the condom, and second, as a technology that, 
        unlike most vaccines, could offer protection against various 
        STDs, not just HIV.
            (10) Several potential microbicides are poised for 
        successful development; more than 20 products are in clinical 
        trials and nearly 35 promising compounds exist that could be 
        investigated further.
            (11) Studies into the market potential for microbicides 
        indicate that they would have broad appeal. One nationally 
        representative survey indicated that at least 21,000,000 
        sexually active women in the United States would be interested 
        in such products, if they were available.
            (12) Federal support for microbicide research and 
        development is crucial.
            (13) At present, there appear to be insufficient perceived 
        economic incentives for pharmaceutical companies to become 
        actively engaged in microbicide research and development.
            (14) Numerous small biotechnology companies and university 
        researchers are actively engaged in microbicide research, but 
        they are almost totally dependent on public-sector grants to 
        continue their work and test their products.
            (15) Despite public health need and tremendous scientific 
        opportunity, microbicide research and development currently 
        receives less than 1 percent of the Federal HIV research 
        budget--not nearly enough to keep pace with the raging STD and 
        HIV epidemics.
            (16) Existing public sector grants for microbicides are too 
        small and too short-term to move product leads forward, and the 
        availability of clinical trial sites is limited by funding 
        constraints.
            (17) There is a backlog in the research and development 
        pipeline, so that innovative and promising product concepts are 
        languishing, while infection rates are growing.
            (18) For significant progress to be made, the current 
        amount of Federal investment needs to increase to $75,000,000 
        in fiscal year 2002, to $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, with 
        $100,000,000 yearly in the successive out-years as required, in 
        order to sustain multiyear funding at a productive level.

   TITLE I--MICROBICIDE RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

SEC. 101. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES; 
              PROGRAM REGARDING MICROBICIDES FOR PREVENTING 
              TRANSMISSION OF HIV AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
              DISEASES.

    Subpart 6 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
section:

 ``microbicides for preventing transmission of hiv and other sexually 
                          transmitted diseases

    ``Sec. 447C. (a) Expansion and Coordination of Activities.--The 
Director of the Institute shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the 
activities of the Institute with respect to research on the development 
of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually 
transmitted diseases (in this section referred to as `microbicide 
research').
    ``(b) Coordination With Other Institutes.--The Director of the 
Institute shall coordinate the activities under subsection (a) among 
all appropriate institutes and components of the National Institutes of 
Health to the extent such institutes and components have 
responsibilities that are related to the development of microbicides.
    ``(c) Research Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the Institute, acting in 
        consultation with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
        shall develop a comprehensive research plan for the conduct and 
        support of research and development of microbicides (in this 
        section referred to as the `Research Plan'), and shall annually 
        review and as appropriate revise the plan.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The Research Plan shall--
                    ``(A) identify current microbicide research and 
                development activities conducted or supported by the 
                National Institutes of Health, including a description 
                of each current grant and contract mechanism explicitly 
                designed to facilitate microbicide research, including 
                support for preclinical product development and 
                clinical trial capacity; and
                    ``(B) describe microbicide research and development 
                opportunities for the five year period beginning six 
                months after the date of the enactment of the 
                Microbicide Development Act of 2001, including 
                professional judgment funding projections, description 
                of objectives with respect to microbicide research, 
                description of the institutes involved and their role 
                in microbicide research, plans for enhancing the 
                capacity of such institutes to carry out the research 
                opportunities, including staffing and resources 
                necessary for carrying out the activities of this 
                section, and discussion of plans for increasing number 
                of investigators in this area of research.
            ``(3) Consultation.--In developing the Research Plan, the 
        Director of the Institute shall work in close consultation with 
        all appropriate institutes and components at the National 
        Institutes for Health that have responsibilities that are 
        related to the development of microbicides, with the 
        microbicide research community, and with health advocates.
            ``(4) Submission of initial plan to president and 
        congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The initial Research Plan shall 
                be developed not later than six months after the date 
                of the enactment of the Microbicide Development Act of 
                2001. The Director of the Institute shall transmit such 
                Plan to the Director of NIH, who shall submit the Plan 
                to the President and the Congress.
                    ``(B) Relation to requirement of biennial nih 
                report.--Subparagraph (A) shall be carried out 
                independently of the process of reporting that is 
                required in section 403.
    ``(d) Program for Microbicide Development.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
        Director of the Institute shall establish a program to support 
        research to develop microbicides that can substantially reduce 
        transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. 
        Activities under such program shall provide for an expansion 
        and intensification of the conduct and support of--
                    ``(A) basic research on the initial mechanisms of 
                infection by sexually transmitted pathogens;
                    ``(B) development of appropriate animal models for 
                evaluating safety and efficacy of microbicides;
                    ``(C) development of formulation and delivery 
                approaches;
                    ``(D) research on targeted designs of microbicides;
                    ``(E) manufacture of candidate products for testing 
                in animals and humans;
                    ``(F) conduct of HIV incidence and microbicide 
                feasibility studies;
                    ``(G) evaluation of microbicides in clinical 
                trials, both domestically and internationally; and
                    ``(H) behavioral research on use, acceptability, 
                and adherence to microbicides.
            ``(2) Research branch.--The Director of the Institute shall 
        establish, within the Vaccine and Prevention Research Program 
        of the Division of AIDS in the Institute, an organizational 
        unit to be known as the Microbicide Research Branch. Such 
        Branch shall carry out the program under this subsection.
    ``(e) Construction of Facilities.--The Director of the Institute 
may make awards of grants and contracts to public and nonprofit private 
entities for the construction of facilities to conduct microbicide 
research, including clinical trials.
    ``(f) Centers for Microbicide Research and Development.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the Institute, after 
        consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, and 
        in consultation with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
        Research, shall make awards of grants or contracts to public 
        and nonprofit private entities for the development and 
        operation of not less than four multidisciplinary research 
        centers to conduct microbicide research.
            ``(2) Requirements.--Each center assisted under this 
        subsection shall--
                    ``(A) use the facilities of a single institution, 
                or be formed from a consortium of cooperating 
                institutions, meeting such requirements as may be 
                prescribed by the Director of the Institute; and
                    ``(B) conduct basic research on muscosal 
                transmission to design novel microbicide strategies for 
                the prevention of HIV and STD infection, including 
                research into HIV and STD pathogenesis, reproductive 
                tract biology and toxicology, concept testing in animal 
models, and formulation and delivery design.
    ``(g) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the initial submission of the Research Plan under subsection (c)(1), 
and annually thereafter, the Director of the Institute shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the 
Senate a report that describes the activities of the Institute 
regarding microbicide research. Each such report shall include--
            ``(1) an updated Research Plan, including professional 
        judgment funding projections;
            ``(2) an assessment of the implementation of such plan;
            ``(3) a description and evaluation of the progress made, 
        during the period for which such report is prepared, in the 
        research on microbicides;
            ``(4) a summary and analysis of expenditures made, during 
        the period for which the report is made, for activities with 
        respect to microbicides research conducted and supported by the 
        National Institutes of Health, including the number of full-
        time equivalent employees; and
            ``(5) such comments and recommendations as the Director of 
        the Institute considers appropriate.
    ``(h) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--The Director of 
the Institute shall consult with the Director for the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Agency for 
International Development in developing the Research Plan that takes 
into consideration research on HIV and other sexually transmitted 
diseases and microbicides carried out at the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the United States Agency for International 
Development.
    ``(i) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `HIV' 
means the human immunodeficiency virus. Such term includes acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of 
carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 
2004.''.

 TITLE II--MICROBICIDE RESEARCH AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 
                               PREVENTION

SEC. 201. MICROBICIDES FOR PREVENTING TRANSMISSION OF HIV AND OTHER 
              SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317P the following 
section:

 ``microbicides for preventing transmission of hiv and other sexually 
                          transmitted diseases

    ``Sec. 317Q. (a) Expansion and Coordination of Microbicide Research 
Activities.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand, intensify, and 
coordinate the activities of such Centers with respect to research on 
microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually 
transmitted diseases.
    ``(b) Grants Regarding Microbicide Research.--In order to 
contribute to the rapid evaluation of safe and effective microbicides 
for the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, the 
Secretary may in carrying out subsection (a) make grants to public and 
nonprofit private entities for the purpose of--
            ``(1) laboratory research in preparation for, and support 
        of, clinical microbicide trials;
            ``(2) conducting behavioral research in preparation for, 
        and support of, clinical microbicide trials;
            ``(3) developing and characterizing domestic populations 
        and international cohorts appropriate for Phase I, II, and III 
        clinical trials of candidate topical microbicides;
            ``(4) conducting Phase I and II clinical trials to assess 
        the safety and acceptability of candidate microbicides;
            ``(5) conducting Phase III clinical trials to assess the 
        efficacy of candidate microbicides;
            ``(6) provide technical assistance to, and consultation 
        with, a wide variety of domestic and international entities 
        involved in developing and evaluating topical microbicides, 
        including health agencies, extramural researchers, industry, 
        health advocates, and non-profit organizations; and
            ``(7) developing and evaluating the diffusion and effects 
        of implementation strategies for use of effective topical 
        microbicides.
    ``(c) Selection of Agents and Trial Designs; Coordination With 
Other Agencies.--In coordination and collaboration with the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the Secretary shall select 
agents and trial designs, develop clinical trial capacity as described 
in subsection (b), share experience, and avoid duplication of effort.
    ``(d) Annual Reports.--Not later than six months after the date of 
the enactment of the Microbicide Development Act of 2001, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy and Commerce 
Committee in the House of Representatives and the Health, Education, 
Labor and Pensions Committee in the Senate a report on the activities 
carried out under this section by the Secretary. Each such report shall 
include--
            ``(1) description of research with respect to microbicide 
        research and development;
            ``(2) description and evaluation of the progress made, 
        during the period for which such report is prepared, in the 
        research on microbicides; and
            ``(3) summary and analysis of expenditures made, during the 
        period for which the report is made, for activities with 
        respect to microbicides conducted and supported by the Centers 
        for Disease Control and Prevention.
    ``(e) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term `HIV' 
means the human immunodeficiency virus. Such term includes acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of 
carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 
2004.''.

Microbicide Development Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to research on the development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of such Centers with respect to research on microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.