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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fostering Our Future Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO COURTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 13712(b) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 629b) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(b) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible for a grant under this 
section:
            ``(1) Application.--A highest State court shall submit to 
        the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and 
        including such information and assurances as the Secretary 
        shall require.
            ``(2) Measures of court performance.--There shall be in 
        effect in the State such laws and procedures as are necessary 
        to ensure that the courts of the State measure the following 
        with respect to children under the jurisdiction of the courts:
                    ``(A) The percentage of children who do not have a 
                subsequent petition of maltreatment filed in court 
                after the initial such petition is filed.
                    ``(B) The percentage of children who are the 
                subject of additional allegations of maltreatment 
                within 12 months after the original petition was 
                closed.
                    ``(C) The percentages of children who reach legal 
                permanency within 6 months after removal, within 12 
                months thereafter, within 18 months thereafter, and 
                within 24 months thereafter.
                    ``(D) The percentage of children who do not reach 
                permanency in the foster care system.
                    ``(E) The percentages of children who re-enter 
                foster care pursuant to court order within 12 months 
                after being returned to their families, and within 24 
                months thereafter.
                    ``(F) The percentages of children who return to 
                foster care pursuant to court order within 12 months 
                after being adopted or placed with an individual or 
                couple who are permanent guardians, and within 24 
                months thereafter.
                    ``(G) The percentages of children who are 
                transferred among 1, 2, 3, or more placements while 
                under court jurisdiction, distinguishing, where 
                possible, between placements in and out of a child's 
                own home from multiple placements in a variety of 
                environments.
                    ``(H) The percentage of cases in which both parents 
                receive written service of process within the required 
                time standards or where notice of hearing has been 
                waived by parties.
                    ``(I) The percentage of cases in which there is 
                documentation that timely and proper notice is given to 
                parties in advance of the next hearing.
                    ``(J) The percentage of cases in which children who 
                have attained 10 years of age receive notice of the 
                legal proceedings in their dependency case; the 
                percentage of cases in which children who have attained 
                10 years of age are present in court and afforded an 
                opportunity to be heard in their own cases; and the 
                percentage of cases in which children have legal 
                representation.
                    ``(K) The percentage of cases in which the court 
                reviews case plans within established time guidelines.
                    ``(L) The percentage of children receiving legal 
                counsel, guardians ad litem, or court-appointed special 
                advocates before the preliminary protective hearing or 
                equivalent, with separate measures of the percentages 
                of each type of representation and of whether the 
                representation was received within established time 
                guidelines, within 5 days after the adoption petition 
                is filed, within 6 through 10 days after the filing, 
                and within more than 10 days after the filing.
                    ``(M) The percentage of cases in which counsel for 
                parents are appointed before the preliminary protective 
                hearing or equivalent, with separate measures of the 
                percentages in which such appointments are made within 
                established time guidelines, within 5 days after the 
                adoption petition is filed, within 6 through 10 days 
                after the filing, and within more than 10 days after 
                the filing.
                    ``(N) The percentage of cases in which legal 
                counsel for children is appointed on or before the 
                first court appearance, and the percentage of cases in 
                which legal counsel for children changes, and the 
                number of changes involved.
                    ``(O) The percentage of cases in which legal 
                counsel for parents changes, and the number of changes 
                involved.
                    ``(P) The percentage of cases in which legal 
                counsel for parents, children, and agencies are present 
                at each hearing.
                    ``(Q) The percentages of children for whom all 
                hearings are heard by 1 or more judicial officers, and 
                the number of judicial officers hearing the case.
                    ``(R) The average and median times from filing the 
                original petition to adjudication.
                    ``(S) The average and median times from filing the 
                original petition to disposition.
                    ``(T) The percentages of cases that are adjudicated 
                within 30 days after the filing of the dependency 
                petition, within 60 days thereafter, and within 90 days 
                thereafter.
                    ``(U) The percentages of cases that receive a 
                disposition within 10 days after the dependency 
                adjudication, within 30 days thereafter, and within 90 
                days thereafter.
                    ``(V) The percentage of cases where children are 
                successfully served in the home and not detained; the 
                average and median times to reunification; and the 
                percentage of cases where children are not successfully 
                reunified.
                    ``(W) The average and median times from the filing 
                of the original petition to permanent placement.
                    ``(X) The average and median times from the filing 
                of the original petition to finalized termination of 
                parental rights.
                    ``(Y) The percentages of cases for which the 
                termination petition is filed within 3 months after the 
                dependency disposition, within 6 months thereafter, 
                within 12 months thereafter, and within 18 months 
                thereafter.
                    ``(Z) The percentage of cases that receive a 
                termination order within 30 days after the filing of 
                the termination petition, within 90 days thereafter, 
                within 120 days thereafter, and within 180 days 
                thereafter.
                    ``(AA) The percentages of cases for which an 
                adoption petition is filed within 1 month after the 
                termination order, within 3 months thereafter, and 
                within 6 months thereafter.
                    ``(BB) The percentages of cases for which the 
                adoption is finalized within 1 month after the adoption 
                petition is filed, within 3 months thereafter, within 6 
                months thereafter, and within 12 months thereafter.
                    ``(CC) The percentage of hearings (by hearing type) 
                not completed within timeframes set forth in statute or 
                court rules, including, where possible, the reason for 
                noncompletion.''.
    (b) Student Loan Repayment for Family Law, Dependency, and Domestic 
Relations Attorneys.--
            (1) In general.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 is 
        amended by inserting after section 428K (20 U.S.C. 1078-11) the 
        following new section:

``SEC. 428L. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR FAMILY LAW, DEPENDENCY, AND DOMESTIC 
              RELATIONS ATTORNEYS.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to encourage 
qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as family law, 
dependency, and domestic relations attorneys.
    ``(b) Loan Forgiveness.--
            ``(1) Loan forgiveness authorized.--The Secretary is 
        authorized to forgive, in accordance with this section and the 
        agreement described in subsection (e), the student loan debt of 
        an eligible borrower in the amount specified in subsection (d) 
        and for the period specified in such agreement.
            ``(2) Method of loan forgiveness.--To provide the loan 
        forgiveness authorized in paragraph (1), the Secretary is 
        authorized to carry out a program--
                    ``(A) through the holder of the loan, to assume the 
                obligation to repay a qualified loan amount for a loan 
                made under part B of this title; and
                    ``(B) to cancel a qualified loan amount for a loan 
                made under part D of this title.
    ``(c) Eligible Borrower.--The Secretary is authorized to provided 
loan forgiveness under this section to any individual who--
            ``(1) is employed full-time as a family law, dependency, or 
        domestic relations attorney; and
            ``(2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower 
        seeks forgiveness.
    ``(d) Loan Forgiveness Amount.--The Secretary may, from funds 
appropriated under subsection (l), forgive the loan obligation of an 
eligible borrower in accordance with such terms, limitations, and 
conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by such borrower and the 
Secretary in the agreement described in subsection (e), except that the 
amount paid by the Secretary under this section shall not exceed--
            ``(1) $6,000 in any calendar year for any borrower; or
            ``(2) $50,000 in the aggregate for any borrower.
    ``(e) Loan Forgiveness Agreement.--
            ``(1) Terms of agreement.--The Secretary shall not provide 
        loan forgiveness to an eligible borrower unless the borrower 
        enters into a written agreement with the Secretary which 
        provides that--
                    ``(A) the borrower shall remain employed full-time 
                as a family law, dependency, or domestic relations 
                attorney for a period of service specified in the 
                agreement (but not less than 3 years), unless 
                involuntarily separated from that employment;
                    ``(B) if the borrower is involuntarily separated 
                from the employment described in subparagraph (A) on 
                account of misconduct, or voluntarily separates from 
                that employment, before the end of the period specified 
                in the agreement, the borrower shall repay the 
                Secretary the amount of any benefits received by such 
                borrower under this section;
                    ``(C) if the borrower is required to repay an 
                amount to the Secretary under subparagraph (B) and 
                fails to repay such amount, a sum equal to such amount 
                shall be recoverable by the Government from the 
                borrower (or such borrower's estate, if applicable) by 
                such method as is provided by law for the recovery of 
                amounts owing to the Government;
                    ``(D) the Secretary may waive, in whole or in part, 
                a right of recovery under this subsection if it is 
                shown that recovery would be against equity and good 
                conscience or against the public interest; and
                    ``(E) the Secretary shall provide loan forgiveness 
                under this section for the period of the agreement, 
                subject to the availability of appropriations.
            ``(2) Agreement renewal.--Upon completion by an eligible 
        borrower of the period of service required under the agreement 
        described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may renew such 
        agreement with the eligible borrower for a successive period of 
        service to be specified in the renewed agreement (which may be 
        less than 3 years).
    ``(f) Repayments by Borrowers.--Any amount repaid by, or recovered 
from, a borrower (or a borrower's estate) under subsection (e)(1)(B) 
shall be credited to the appropriation account from which the loan 
forgiveness amount involved was originally paid. Any amount so credited 
shall be merged with other sums in such account and shall be available 
for the same purposes and period, and subject to the same limitations 
(if any), as the sums with which the amount was merged.
    ``(g) Application for Loan Forgiveness.--An eligible borrower 
desiring loan forgiveness under this section shall submit a complete 
and accurate application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(h) Priority.--The Secretary shall provide loan forgiveness under 
this section on a first-come, first-served basis, and subject to the 
availability of appropriations.
    ``(i) Regulations.--The Secretary is authorized to issue such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
section.
    ``(j) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
authorize the refunding of any repayment of any loan made by a borrower 
prior to the date on which the Secretary entered into an agreement with 
the borrower under subsection (e).
    ``(k) Definition.--In this section the term `family law, 
dependency, or domestic relations attorney' means an attorney who works 
in the field of family law, dependency, or domestic relations, 
including juvenile justice, truancy, child abuse or neglect, adoption, 
domestic relations, child support, paternity, and other areas which 
fall under the field of family law, dependency, or domestic relations 
law as determined by State law.
    ``(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years.''.
            (2) Cancellation of loans.--
                    (A) Amendment.--Section 465(a)(2)(F) of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)(2)(F)) is 
                amended by inserting ``, or as a full-time family law, 
                dependency, or domestic relations attorney (as defined 
                in section 428L)'' after ``agencies''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by this 
                paragraph shall apply to--
                            (i) eligible loans made before, on, or 
                        after the date of enactment of this Act; and
                            (ii) service as a family law, dependency, 
                        or domestic relations attorney that is provided 
                        on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (C) Construction.--Nothing in this paragraph shall 
                be construed to authorize the refunding of any 
                repayment of a loan made by a borrower prior to the 
                date on which the borrower became eligible for 
                cancellation under section 465(a) of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)).
    (c) GAO Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United 
        States shall conduct a study that compares States with respect 
        to each of the following:
                    (A) The legal representation provided for children.
                    (B) Children's participation in their own cases.
                    (C) Preparation of dependency court judges.
                    (D) Case tracking and performance measurement.
                    (E) Statewide collaborative foster care councils.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
        a written report that contains the results of the study 
        required by paragraph (1).
    (d) Sense of the Congress With Respect to Court Accountability for 
Improved Child Outcomes.--It is the sense of the Congress that State 
judicial leadership should use the measures of court performance 
described in section 13712(b)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1993 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) to ensure 
accountability by every court for improved outcomes for children, and 
to inform decisions about allocating resources across the court system.
    (e) Sense of the Congress With Respect to the Organization of State 
Dependency Courts.--It is the sense of the Congress that State courts 
should be organized to enable children and parents to have legal 
representation and participate in a meaningful way in their own court 
proceedings.
    (f) Sense of the Congress With Respect to Building the Pool of 
Attorneys Qualified to Handle Cases in Dependency Courts.--It is the 
sense of the Congress that law schools, bar associations, and law firms 
should help build the pool of qualified attorneys available to children 
and parents in dependency courts.
    (g) Sense of the Congress With Respect to Training, Caseloads, and 
Compensation of Attorneys for Children.--It is the sense of the 
Congress that attorneys for children should have adequate training, 
reasonable caseloads, and receive reasonable and adequate compensation.
[EX A]: Fostering Our Future Act of 2006 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require, for grants to the highest state courts for foster care proceedings, that the state in which the courts are located has laws and procedures in effect that will ensure that the courts measure their performance with respect to children under the court's jurisdiction.

 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to forgive the student loan debt of a borrower who: (1) enters a written agreement with the Secretary to remain employed full-time as a family law, dependency, or domestic relations attorney for at least three years; and (2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness. Limits the amount that the Secretary may pay to no more than $6,000 in any year for any borrower or $50,000 in the aggregate for any borrower. Authorizes the Secretary to renew such agreements.

 Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a comparative study of state dependency courts and foster care systems.

 Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) court accountability for improved child outcomes; (2) the organization of state dependency courts; (3) building the pool of attorneys qualified to handle cases in dependency courts; and (4) training, caseloads, and compensation of attorneys for children.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Automobile.--Section 32901(a)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``4-wheeled''; and
            (2) by striking ``, and rated at--'' and all that follows 
        and inserting a period.
    (b) Medium-Duty Truck.--Section 32901(a) of such title is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), and (16) as 
        paragraphs (15), (16), and (17), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:
            ``(14) `medium-duty truck' means a truck (as defined in 
        section 30127) with a gross vehicle weight between 10,000 and 
        26,000 pounds.''.
    (c) Passenger Automobile.--Section 32901(a)(17) of such title, as 
redesignated by subsection (b)(1), is amended by striking ``decides by 
regulation--'' and all that follows through the period and inserting 
``determines by regulation, to have a significant feature (except 4-
wheel drive) designed for off-highway operation.''.
    (d) Fuel Economy Information.--Section 32908(a) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Definitions'' 
        and inserting ``Definition''; and
            (2) by striking ``section--'' and all that follows through 
        ``(2)'' and inserting ``section, the term''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL INCREASE IN AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.

    (a) Fuel Efficiency Standards.--
            (1) In general.--Section 32902 of title 49, United States 
        Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) through (c) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months before the beginning of 
each model year beginning with model year 2012, the Secretary of 
Transportation, shall prescribe, by regulation, average fuel economy 
standards for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for that model 
year in accordance with subsection (b). The Secretary of Transportation 
shall prescribe separate average fuel economy standards for different 
classes of automobiles. The Secretary shall establish average fuel 
economy standards for medium-duty trucks that are consistent with the 
projected benefits of hybridization.
    ``(b) Annual Increases in Fuel Economy Standards.--
            ``(1) For model year 2012.--For model year 2012, the 
        average fuel economy standard for each class of automobiles 
        shall be the average combined highway and city miles per gallon 
        performance of all automobiles within that class of automobiles 
        in 2011 (rounded to the nearest \1/10\ mile per gallon).
            ``(2) For model years after model year 2012.--For each 
        model year beginning with model year 2013 and ending with model 
        year 2030, the average fuel economy attained by the fleet of 
        automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States shall be 
        at least 4 percent greater than the average fuel economy 
        standard for the fleet in the previous model year (rounded to 
        the nearest \1/10\ mile per gallon).
    ``(c) Amending Fuel Economy Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), 
        the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe an average fuel 
        economy standard for a class of automobiles in a model year 
        that is lower than the standard required under subsection (b) 
        if the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the 
        National Academy of Sciences, determines that the average fuel 
        economy standard prescribed in accordance with subsections (a) 
        and (b) for that class of automobiles in that model year--
                    ``(A) is not technologically achievable;
                    ``(B) cannot be achieved without materially 
                reducing the overall safety of automobiles manufactured 
                or sold in the United States and no offsetting safety 
                improvements can be practicably implemented for that 
                model year; or
                    ``(C) is shown not to be cost effective.
            ``(2) Maximum standard.--Any average fuel economy standard 
        prescribed for a class of automobiles in a model year under 
        paragraph (1) shall be the maximum standard that--
                    ``(A) is technologically achievable;
                    ``(B) can be achieved without materially reducing 
                the overall safety of automobiles manufactured or sold 
                in the United States; and
                    ``(C) is cost effective.
            ``(3) Considerations in determination of cost 
        effectiveness.--In determining cost effectiveness under 
        paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary of Transportation shall take 
        into account the total value to the United States of reduced 
        petroleum use, including the value of reducing external costs 
        of petroleum use, using a value for such costs equal to 50 
        percent of the value of 1 gallon of gasoline saved or the 
        amount determined in an analysis of the external costs of 
        petroleum use that considers--
                    ``(A) value to consumers;
                    ``(B) economic security;
                    ``(C) national security;
                    ``(D) foreign policy;
                    ``(E) the impact of oil use--
                            ``(i) on sustained cartel rents paid to 
                        foreign suppliers;
                            ``(ii) on long-run potential gross domestic 
                        product due to higher normal-market oil price 
                        levels, including inflationary impacts;
                            ``(iii) on import costs, wealth transfers, 
                        and potential gross domestic product due to 
                        increased trade imbalances;
                            ``(iv) on import costs and wealth transfers 
                        during oil shocks;
                            ``(v) on macroeconomic dislocation and 
                        adjustment costs during oil shocks;
                            ``(vi) on the cost of existing energy 
                        security policies, including the management of 
                        the Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
                            ``(vii) on the timing and severity of the 
                        oil peaking problem;
                            ``(viii) on the risk, probability, size, 
                        and duration of oil supply disruptions;
                            ``(ix) on the strategic behavior of the 
                        Organization of the Petroleum Exporting 
                        Countries and long-run oil pricing;
                            ``(x) on the short term elasticity of 
                        energy demand and the magnitude of price 
                        increases resulting from a supply shock;
                            ``(xi) on oil imports, military costs, and 
                        related security costs, including intelligence, 
                        homeland security, sea lane security and 
                        infrastructure, and other military activities;
                            ``(xii) on oil imports, diplomatic and 
                        foreign policy flexibility, and connections to 
                        geopolitical strife, terrorism, and 
                        international development activities;
                            ``(xiii) all relevant environmental hazards 
                        under the jurisdiction of the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency; and
                            ``(xiv) on well-to-wheels urban and local 
                        air emissions of pollutants and their 
                        uninternalized costs;
                    ``(F) the impact of the oil or energy intensity of 
                the United States economy on the sensitivity of the 
                economy to oil price changes, including the magnitude 
                of gross domestic product losses in response to short 
                term price shocks or long term price increases;
                    ``(G) the impact of United States payments for oil 
                imports on political, economic, and military 
                developments in unstable or unfriendly oil-exporting 
                countries;
                    ``(H) the uninternalized costs of pipeline and 
                storage oil seepage, and for risk of oil spills from 
                production, handling, and transport, and related 
                landscape damage; and
                    ``(I) additional relevant factors, as determined by 
                the Secretary.
            ``(4) Minimum valuation.--When considering the value to 
        consumers of a gallon of gasoline saved, the Secretary of 
        Transportation may not use a value less than the greatest of--
                    ``(A) the average national cost of a gallon of 
                gasoline sold in the United States during the 12-month 
                period ending on the date on which the new fuel economy 
                standard is proposed;
                    ``(B) the most recent weekly estimate by the Energy 
                Information Administration of the Department of Energy 
                of the average national cost of a gallon of gasoline 
                (all grades) sold in the United States; and
                    ``(C) the gasoline prices projected by the Energy 
                Information Administration for the 20-year period 
                beginning in the year following the year in which the 
                standards are established.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Title 49, United States Code, 
        is amended--
                    (A) in section 32902--
                            (i) in subsection (d) by striking 
                        ``subsection (b) or (c) of this section'' and 
                        inserting ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)'';
                            (ii) by striking subsection (f);
                            (iii) in subsection (g)--
                                    (I) by striking ``subsection (a) or 
                                (d)'' and inserting ``this section''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``(and submit the 
                                amendment to Congress when required 
                                under subsection (c)(2) of this 
                                section)''; and
                            (iv) in subsection (h) by striking 
                        ``subsections (c), (f), and (g) of this 
                        section'' and inserting ``subsections (c) and 
                        (g)'';
                    (B) in section 32903--
                            (i) by striking ``section 32902(b)-(d) of 
                        this title'' each place it occurs and inserting 
                        ``subsections (a) through (d) of section 
                        32902''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
                        ``section 32902(a) of this title'' and 
                        inserting ``subsections (a) through (d) of 
                        section 32902''; and
                    (C) in section 32904--
                            (i) in subsection (a)--
                                    (I) by striking ``subject to--'' 
                                and all that follows through ``(B) 
                                section 32902(a)-(d) of this title'' 
                                and inserting ``subject to subsections 
                                (a) through (d) of section 32902''; and
                                    (II) by redesignating clauses (i) 
                                and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
                                respectively.
    (b) Repeal of Credit for Dual Fueled Automobiles.--
            (1) In general.--Section 32905 of title 49, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Dual Fueled Automobiles.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall measure the fuel economy for any 
model of dual fueled automobile manufactured in model year 2012 and any 
model year thereafter, in accordance with section 32904.''; and
                    (B) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Gaseous Fuel Dual Fueled Automobiles.--The Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall measure the fuel economy for 
any model of gaseous fuel dual fueled automobile manufactured in model 
year 2012 and any model year thereafter, in accordance with section 
32904.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 32905 of such title is 
        further amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (f); and
                    (B) redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
                subsections (f) and (g), respectively.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.

    Section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by 
section 3, is further amended by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following:
    ``(f) Requirement for Annual Increase in Duel Fueled Automobiles.--
Each manufacturer shall ensure that the percentage of automobiles 
manufactured by such manufacturer in each of model years 2012 through 
2022 that are dual fueled automobiles is not less than 10 percent 
greater than the percentage of automobiles manufactured by such 
manufacturer in the previous model year that are dual fueled 
automobiles.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall--
            (1) take effect on January 1, 2010; and
            (2) apply to automobiles manufactured for model year 2012 
        and for each subsequent model year.
[EX A]: Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007 - Amends corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) provisions to revise the definition of: (1) "automobile" to mean any vehicle that is propelled by fuel, or by alternative fuel, and is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (currently, four-wheeled vehicles that are so propelled and manufactured for such use and that are up to 6,000 pounds and certain vehicles between 6,000 and 10,000 pounds); and (2) "passenger automobile" to eliminate the exception for 4-wheel drive automobiles and vehicles weighing more than 6,000 pounds. Defines "medium-duty truck" as a truck with a gross vehicle weight between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) prescribe separate increased minimum CAFE standards for different classes of automobiles manufactured beginning for model year 2012, but adds an increase of 4% per year in such standard for model years 2013 through 2030; and (2) establish CAFE standards for medium-duty trucks that are consistent with hybridization beginning for model year 2012.

Revises the calculation of fuel economy standards for dual fueled automobiles and gaseous fuel dual fueled automobiles manufactured in model year 2012 and beyond to require using the same calculation provisions as used for gas or diesel fueled vehicles. Repeals provisions allowing the Department of Transportation (DOT) to extend manufacturing credits for such automobiles.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Personal Access to Continued 
Education Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. HOPE SCHOLARSHIP CREDIT MADE REFUNDABLE; REPEAL OF LIFETIME 
              LEARNING CREDIT.

    (a) Hope Credit To Be Refundable.--Section 25A of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Hope and Lifetime Learning credits) 
is hereby moved to subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of 
such Code (relating to refundable credits) and inserted after section 
35.
    (b) Repeal of Lifetime Learning Credit.--Subsection (a) of section 
36 of such Code (as moved by subsection (a) and redesignated by 
subsection (c)) is amended by striking ``the sum of--'' and all that 
follows and inserting `` the Hope Scholarship Credit.''.
    (c) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Section 36 of such Code is redesignated as section 37.
            (2) Section 25A of such Code (as moved by subsection (a)) 
        is redesignated as section 36.
            (3) Section 36 of such Code (as redesignated by paragraph 
        (2)) is amended as follows:
                    (A) Such section is amended by striking subsection 
                (c) and redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as 
                subsections (c) through (h), respectively.
                    (B) Subsection (f)(2)(A) of such section (as 
                amended by subparagraph (A)) is amended by striking 
                ``(b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting ``(b) and (c)''.
                    (C) Subsection (g)(2)(A) of such section (as 
                amended by subparagraph (A)) is amended by striking 
                ``subsection (d)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                (c)(2)''.
            (4) Paragraph (1) of section 36(a) of such Code (as 
        redesignated by paragraph (2)) is amended by striking ``this 
        chapter'' and inserting ``this subtitle''.
            (5) Subparagraph (B) of section 72(t)(7) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``section 25A(g)(2)'' and inserting 
        ``section 36(f)(2)''.
            (6) Subparagraph (A) of section 135(d)(2) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``section 25A'' and inserting ``section 
        36''.
            (7) Section 221(e) of such Code is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``section 
                25A(g)(2)'' and inserting ``section 36(f)(2)'' and by 
                striking ``section 25A(f)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                36(e)(2)'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 
                25A(b)(3)'' and inserting ``section 36(b)(3)''.
            (8) Section 222 of such Code is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(2)(A) by striking ``section 
                25A'' and inserting ``36'', and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 25A(f)'' and 
                        inserting ``section 36(e)'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``section 25A(g)(2)'' and 
                        inserting ``36(f)(2)''.
            (9) Section 529 of such Code is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(v)(I) by striking 
                ``section 25A(g)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                36(f)(2)'',
                    (B) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(v)(II) by striking 
                ``section 25A'' and inserting ``section 36'', and
                    (C) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(i) by striking 
                ``section 25A(b)(3)'' and inserting ``section 
                36(b)(3)''.
            (10) Section 530(d) of such Code is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(i)(I) by striking ``section 
                25A(g)(2)'' and inserting ``section 36(f)(2)'',
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(C)(i)(II) by striking 
                ``section 25A'' and inserting ``section 36'', and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(B)(iii) by striking ``section 
                25A(g)(2)'' and inserting ``section 36(f)(2)''.
            (11) Subsection (e) of section 6050S of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``section 25A (without regard to subsection 
        (g)(2) thereof)'' and inserting ``section 36 (without regard to 
        subsection (f)(2) thereof)''.
            (12) Subparagraph (J) of section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``section 25A(g)(1)'' and inserting 
        ``section 36(f)(1)''.
            (13) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code, is amended by inserting ``or 36'' after ``section 
        35''.
            (14) The heading for section 36 of such Code is amended to 
        read as follows:

``SEC. 36. HOPE SCHOLARSHIP CREDIT.''.

            (15) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
        is amended by striking the item relating to section 36 and 
        inserting the following:

                              ``Sec. 36. Hope and Lifetime Learning 
                                        credits.
                              ``Sec. 37. Overpayments of tax.''
            (16) The table of sections for subpart A of such part IV is 
        amended by striking the item relating to section 25A.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF HOPE SCHOLARSHIP CREDIT.

    (a) Eligible Student.--Paragraph (3) of section 36(b) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended by section 2) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(3) Eligible student.--For purposes of this section--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the term `eligible student' means, 
                with respect to any academic period, a student who 
                meets the requirements of section 484(a)(1) of the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(1)), as 
                in effect on the date of the enactment of this section.
                    ``(B) Special rule for job skills courses.--In the 
                case of any course of instruction at an eligible 
                educational institution to acquire or improve job 
                skills of the individual, such term means the 
                individual.''.
    (b) Repeal of Limitations Relating to Credit Allowed Only for First 
2 Years of Postsecondary Education and Convictions for Certain 
Offenses.--Paragraph (2) of section 36(b) of such Code (as amended by 
section 2) is amended by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D).
    (c) Increase in Credit Amount.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 36(b) of such 
        Code (as amended by section 2) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``$1,000'' and 
                inserting ``$1,500'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``applicable 
                limit'' and inserting ``$2,500''.
            (2) Inflation adjustment.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
        36(h)(1) of such Code (as amended by section 2) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2005'', 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``$1,000'' and inserting 
                ``dollar''.
    (d) Hope Scholarship Credit Not Reduced by Federal Pell Grants and 
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.--Subsection (f) of section 
36 of such Code (as amended by section 2) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Pell and seog grants.--For purposes of the Hope 
        Scholarship Credit, paragraph (2) shall not apply to amounts 
        paid for an individual as a Federal Pell Grant or a Federal 
        supplemental educational opportunity grant under subparts 1 and 
        3, respectively, of part A of title IV of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a and 1070b et seq., 
        respectively).''.
    (e) Qualified Tuition and Related Expenses Expanded to Include 
Books, Supplies, Equipment, and Job Skill Courses.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 36(e) of such 
        Code (as amended by section 2)) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) Additional expenses allowed for hope 
                scholarship credit.--For purposes of the Hope 
                Scholarship Credit, such term shall include fees, 
                books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of 
                instruction at the eligible educational institution.
                    ``(E) Job skills courses.--Such term shall include 
                expenses described in subparagraph (A) (determined 
                after the application of subparagraphs (B) and (C)) 
                with respect to any course of instruction at an 
                eligible educational institution to acquire or improve 
                job skills of the individual.''.
            (2) Expanded hope expenses not subject to information 
        reporting requirements.--Subsection (e) of section 6050S of 
        such Code (as amended by section 2) is amended by striking 
        ``subsection (f)(2)'' and inserting ``subsections (e)(1)(D) and 
        (e)(2)''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.
[EX A]:
Personal Access to Continued Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the Lifetime Learning Credit; (2) make the Hope Credit refundable; (3) increase the Hope Credit; (4) specify that such credit shall not be reduced by either Pell grants or supplemental educational opportunity grants; and (5) allow additional qualifying expenses for such credit, including job skills courses.