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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Essential Air Service Modernization 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 41742(a)(2) is amended by striking ``$15,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$75,000,000''.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION NOTICE.

    Section 41733 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following--
    ``(f) Termination Notice.--If the Secretary decides to terminate 
basic essential service to an eligible place, the Secretary shall 
notify the affected community not less than 90 days before such service 
is to be terminated.''.

SEC. 4. JOINT PROPOSALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 41740 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary shall 
facilitate and assist in establishing negotiations between major and 
national air carriers and air carriers that provide essential air 
service to an eligible place in order to determine equitable joint 
fares.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 12 months after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress regarding the 
progress and effectiveness of implementation of the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 5. COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL CHOICE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41745. Community and regional choice program
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
establish an alternate essential air service program in accordance with 
the requirements of this section.
    ``(b) Compensation to Eligible Places.--In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary, instead of paying compensation to an air 
carrier to provide essential air service to an eligible place, may pay 
compensation directly to a unit of local government having jurisdiction 
over the eligible place or a State within the boundaries of which the 
eligible place is located.
    ``(c) Use of Compensation.--A unit of local government or State 
receiving compensation for an eligible place under the program shall 
use the compensation for any of the following purposes:
            ``(1) To provide assistance to an air carrier to provide 
        scheduled air service to and from the eligible place, without 
        being subject to the requirements of 41732(b).
            ``(2) To provide assistance to a person to provide 
        scheduled or on-demand air taxi service to and from the 
eligible place and a non-hub or a small, medium, or large hub.
            ``(3) To provide assistance to a person to provide 
        scheduled or on-demand surface transportation to and from the 
        eligible place and a non-hub or a small, medium, or large hub.
            ``(4) In combination with other units of local government 
        in the same region, to provide transportation services to and 
        from all the eligible places in that region at an airport or 
        other transportation center that can serve all the eligible 
        places in that region.
    ``(d) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--A unit of local government or State 
        seeking to participate in the program for an eligible place 
        shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Required information.--At a minimum, the application 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) a statement of the amount of compensation 
                required; and
                    ``(B) a description of how the compensation will be 
                used.
    ``(e) Participation Requirements.--An eligible place for which 
compensation is received under the program in a fiscal year shall not 
be eligible to receive in that fiscal year the essential air service 
that it would otherwise be entitled to under this subchapter.
    ``(f) Subsequent Participation.--A unit of local government 
participating in the program under this section in a fiscal year shall 
not be prohibited from participating in the basic essential air service 
program under this chapter in a subsequent fiscal year if such unit is 
otherwise eligible to participate in such basic program.
    ``(g) Funding.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
carry out the essential air service program under this subchapter shall 
be available to carry out this section.
``Sec. 41746. Compensation for units of local government
    ``Of the amounts made available under section 41742(a) the 
Secretary shall pay directly to a unit of local government having 
jurisdiction over the eligible place not less than $5,000 for such 
fiscal year to promote public use of the air service or transportation 
for which compensation is being paid.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 41744 the following:

``41745. Community and regional choice program.
``41746. Compensation for units of local government.''.
[EX A]: Essential Air Service Modernization Act of 2003 - Increases the authorization of appropriations to carry out the essential air service program.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify an affected community at least 90 days before the basic essential service to that community is terminated: (2) facilitate and assist in negotiations between major and national air carriers and carriers that provide essential air service in order to determine equitable joint fares; (3) establish an alternate essential air service program which would provide compensation directly to local governments, instead of to air carriers, to use to obtain air service, to obtain surface transportation to and from air hubs, or to participate with other local governments in providing regional transportation services to airports; and (4) pay $5,000 to local governments to promote public use of air service or transportation for which compensation is received under the program.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Center for Social Work 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Social workers focus on the improvement of individual 
        and family functioning and the creation of effective health and 
        mental health prevention and treatment interventions in order 
        for individuals to become more productive members of society.
            (2) Social workers provide front line prevention and 
        treatment services in the areas of school violence, aging, teen 
        pregnancy, child abuse, domestic violence, juvenile crime, and 
        substance abuse, particularly in rural and underserved 
        communities.
            (3) Social workers are in a unique position to provide 
        valuable research information on these complex social concerns, 
        taking into account a wide range of social, medical, economic 
        and community influences from an interdisciplinary, family-
        centered and community-based approach.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH.

    Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.), 
as amended by title I of Public Law 106-525, is amended--
            (1) in section 401(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 281(b)(2)), by adding 
        at the end the following:
            ``(H) The National Center for Social Work Research.''; and
            (2) in part E (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.), by adding at the end 
        the following:

         ``Subpart 7--National Center for Social Work Research

``SEC. 485J. PURPOSE OF CENTER.

    ``The general purpose of the National Center for Social Work 
Research (referred to in this subpart as the `Center') is the conduct 
and support of, and dissemination of targeted research on social work 
methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern. 
The Center shall promote research and training designed to inform 
social work practice, thus increasing the knowledge base which promotes 
a healthier America. In addition, the Center shall provide policymakers 
with empirically-based research information to better understand 
complex social issues and make informed funding decisions about service 
effectiveness and cost efficiency.

``SEC. 485K. SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--To carry out the purpose described in section 
485J, the Director of the Center may provide research training and 
instruction and establish, in the Center and in other nonprofit 
institutions, research traineeships and fellowships in the study and 
investigation of the prevention of disease, health promotion, the 
association of socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity, age, and 
geographical location and health, the social work care of persons with 
and families of individuals with acute and chronic illnesses, child 
abuse, neglect, and youth violence, and child and family care to 
address problems of significant social concern especially in 
underserved populations and underserved geographical areas.
    ``(b) Stipends and Allowances.--The Director of the Center may 
provide individuals receiving training and instruction or traineeships 
or fellowships under subsection (a) with such stipends and allowances 
(including amounts for travel and subsistence and dependency 
allowances) as the Director determines necessary.
    ``(c) Grants.--The Director of the Center may make grants to 
nonprofit institutions to provide training and instruction and 
traineeships and fellowships under subsection (a).

``SEC. 485L. ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    ``(a) Duties.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an 
        advisory council for the Center that shall advise, assist, 
        consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary and the 
        Director of the Center on matters related to the activities 
carried out by and through the Center and the policies with respect to 
such activities.
            ``(2) Gifts.--The advisory council for the Center may 
        recommend to the Secretary the acceptance, in accordance with 
        section 231, of conditional gifts for study, investigations, 
        and research and for the acquisition of grounds or 
        construction, equipment, or maintenance of facilities for the 
        Center.
            ``(3) Other duties and functions.--The advisory council for 
        the Center--
                    ``(A)(i) may make recommendations to the Director 
                of the Center with respect to research to be conducted 
                by the Center;
                    ``(ii) may review applications for grants and 
                cooperative agreements for research or training and 
                recommend for approval applications for projects that 
                demonstrate the probability of making valuable 
                contributions to human knowledge; and
                    ``(iii) may review any grant, contract, or 
                cooperative agreement proposed to be made or entered 
                into by the Center;
                    ``(B) may collect, by correspondence or by personal 
                investigation, information relating to studies that are 
                being carried out in the United States or any other 
                country and, with the approval of the Director of the 
                Center, make such information available through 
                appropriate publications; and
                    ``(C) may appoint subcommittees and convene 
                workshops and conferences.
    ``(b) Membership.--
            ``(1) In general.--The advisory council shall be composed 
        of the ex officio members described in paragraph (2) and not 
        more than 18 individuals to be appointed by the Secretary under 
        paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Ex officio members.--The ex officio members of the 
        advisory council shall include--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
                the Director of NIH, the Director of the Center, the 
                Chief Social Work Officer of the Veterans' 
                Administration, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
                Health Affairs, the Associate Director of Prevention 
                Research at the National Institute of Mental Health, 
                the Director of the Division of Epidemiology and 
                Services Research, the Assistant Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services for the Administration for Children 
                and Families, the Assistant Secretary of Education for 
                the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the 
                Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
                for Community Planning and Development, and the 
                Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice 
                Programs (or the designees of such officers); and
                    ``(B) such additional officers or employees of the 
                United States as the Secretary determines necessary for 
                the advisory council to effectively carry out its 
                functions.
            ``(3) Appointed members.--The Secretary shall appoint not 
        to exceed 18 individuals to the advisory council, of which--
                    ``(A) not more than two-thirds of such individual 
                shall be appointed from among the leading 
                representatives of the health and scientific 
                disciplines (including public health and the behavioral 
                or social sciences) relevant to the activities of the 
                Center, and at least 7 such individuals shall be 
                professional social workers who are recognized experts 
                in the area of clinical practice, education, policy, or 
                research; and
                    ``(B) not more than one-third of such individuals 
                shall be appointed from the general public and shall 
                include leaders in fields of public policy, law, health 
                policy, economics, and management.
        The Secretary shall make appointments to the advisory council 
        in such a manner as to ensure that the terms of the members do 
        not all expire in the same year.
            ``(4) Compensation.--Members of the advisory council who 
        are officers or employees of the United States shall not 
        receive any compensation for service on the advisory council. 
        The remaining members shall receive, for each day (including 
        travel time) they are engaged in the performance of the 
        functions of the advisory council, compensation at rates not to 
        exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for an 
        individual at grade GS-18 of the General Schedule.
    ``(c) Terms.--
            ``(1) In general.--The term of office of an individual 
        appointed to the advisory council under subsection (b)(3) shall 
        be 4 years, except that any individual appointed to fill a 
        vacancy on the advisory council shall serve for the remainder 
        of the unexpired term. A member may serve after the 
expiration of the member's term until a successor has been appointed.
            ``(2) Reappointments.--A member of the advisory council who 
        has been appointed under subsection (b)(3) for a term of 4 
        years may not be reappointed to the advisory council prior to 
        the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date on 
        which the prior term expired.
            ``(3) Vacancy.--If a vacancy occurs on the advisory council 
        among the members under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall 
        make an appointment to fill that vacancy not later than 90 days 
        after the date on which the vacancy occurs.
    ``(d) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the advisory council shall 
be selected by the Secretary from among the members appointed under 
subsection (b)(3), except that the Secretary may select the Director of 
the Center to be the chairperson of the advisory council. The term of 
office of the chairperson shall be 2 years.
    ``(e) Meetings.--The advisory council shall meet at the call of the 
chairperson or upon the request of the Director of the Center, but not 
less than 3 times each fiscal year. The location of the meetings of the 
advisory council shall be subject to the approval of the Director of 
the Center.
    ``(f) Administrative Provisions.--The Director of the Center shall 
designate a member of the staff of the Center to serve as the executive 
secretary of the advisory council. The Director of the Center shall 
make available to the advisory council such staff, information, and 
other assistance as the council may require to carry out its functions. 
The Director of the Center shall provide orientation and training for 
new members of the advisory council to provide such members with such 
information and training as may be appropriate for their effective 
participation in the functions of the advisory council.
    ``(g) Comments and Recommendations.--The advisory council may 
prepare, for inclusion in the biennial report under section 485M--
            ``(1) comments with respect to the activities of the 
        advisory council in the fiscal years for which the report is 
        prepared;
            ``(2) comments on the progress of the Center in meeting its 
        objectives; and
            ``(3) recommendations with respect to the future direction 
        and program and policy emphasis of the center.
The advisory council may prepare such additional reports as it may 
determine appropriate.

``SEC. 485M. BIENNIAL REPORT.

    ``The Director of the Center, after consultation with the advisory 
council for the Center, shall prepare for inclusion in the biennial 
report under section 403, a biennial report that shall consist of a 
description of the activities of the Center and program policies of the 
Director of the Center in the fiscal years for which the report is 
prepared. The Director of the Center may prepare such additional 
reports as the Director determines appropriate. The Director of the 
Center shall provide the advisory council of the Center an opportunity 
for the submission of the written comments described in section 
485L(g).

``SEC. 485N. QUARTERLY REPORT.

    ``The Director of the Center shall prepare a quarterly report to 
Congress with a summary of findings and policy implications from 
research conducted or supported through the Center.

``SEC. 485O. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 
through 2006.''.
[EX A]: National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research (and a related advisory council) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern.Sets forth reporting requirements.

[EX Q]: FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Systemic Resolution 
Fund, which the Corporation shall--
            (1) maintain and administer;
            (2) use to facilitate the resolution of a covered financial 
        company, as provided in subsection (b), or take such other 
        actions as are authorized for the Corporation; and
            (3) invest in accordance with section 13(a) of the Federal 
        Deposit Insurance Act.
    (b) Uses of the Fund.--The Fund shall be available to the 
Corporation for use with respect to a covered financial company--
            (1) to cover the costs incurred by the Corporation, 
        including as receiver, in exercising its rights, authorities, 
        and powers and fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities;
            (2) to repay initial capitalization appropriations under 
        this section; and
            (3) to cover the costs of systemic stabilization purposes.
    (c) Prohibitions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
amounts in the Fund may not be used to convert or maintain a financial 
company that is insolvent or in receivership, except to the extent 
necessary to insure systemic stabilization in the resolution of such 
financial company.
    (d) Deposits to the Fund.--All amounts assessed against a financial 
company under this section shall be deposited into the Fund.

SEC. 4. ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) Minimum Size of the Fund.--The Corporation shall, by rule, 
establish the minimum size of the Fund, consistent with subsections (a) 
and (b), but amounts maintained in the Fund shall in no case exceed an 
amount equal to 1 percent of the gross domestic product of the United 
States.
    (b) Assessments To Maintain Fund.--The Corporation shall impose 
assessments on financial companies in such amounts and in such manner, 
and subject to such terms and conditions as the Corporation, by 
regulation, determines are necessary for the amount in the Fund to be 
maintained at not less than the minimum size established pursuant to 
subsection (a).
    (c) Assessments To Replenish the Fund.--If the Fund falls below the 
minimum size established pursuant to subsection (a) the Corporation 
shall impose assessments on financial companies, in such amounts and 
such manner, and subject to consideration of the factors set forth in 
subsection (e), as are necessary for the Fund to meet or exceed the 
minimum size established pursuant to subsection (a) before the end of 
the 8-year period beginning on the date on which the Fund first fell 
below the minimum amount (or such longer period as the Corporation may 
determine to be necessary due to extraordinary circumstances).
    (d) Minimum Assessment Threshold.--The Corporation may not impose 
an assessment under this subsection on any financial company that the 
Corporation determines does not pose a systemic risk to the United 
States financial system.
    (e) Reallocation Required.--The Corporation shall, by rule, 
establish a mechanism whereby the systemic risk regulator reallocates 
the assessments for the fund annually among all the systemically risky 
financial companies, to include the authority to refund contributions, 
as necessary or appropriate in the determination of the Corporation.
    (f) Factors for Consideration.--In taking actions and making 
determinations under this subsection, the Corporation shall seek to 
prevent sharp swings in the assessment rates for financial companies, 
and shall take into account--
            (1) the actual or expected risk of losses to the Fund;
            (2) economic conditions generally affecting financial 
        companies, so as to allow assessments and the Fund to increase 
        during more favorable conditions and to decrease during less 
        favorable economic conditions;
            (3) any assessments imposed on a financial company or a 
        subsidiary or affiliate of a financial company that is--
                    (A) an insured depository institution, subject to 
                assessments under section 7 or 13(c)(4)(G) of the 
                Federal Deposit Insurance Act;
                    (B) a member of the Securities Investor Protection 
                Corporation, subject to assessments under section 4 of 
                the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970; or
                    (C) an insurance company, subject to assessments 
                pursuant to applicable State law to cover (or reimburse 
                payments made to cover) the costs of the 
                rehabilitation, liquidation, or other State insolvency 
                proceeding with respect to one or more insurance 
                companies;
            (4) the risks presented by the financial company to the 
        financial system and the extent to which the financial company 
        has, or likely would, benefit from the resolution of a 
        financial company;
            (5) any off-balance-sheet activities of the financial 
        company; and
            (6) such other factors as the Corporation may determine to 
        be appropriate.
    (g) Permissible Distinctions for Assessments.--In establishing the 
assessment system for the Fund, the Corporation, by regulation, may 
differentiate among financial companies based on size, complexity of 
operations or organization, relationships, transactions, direct or 
indirect activities, and any other factors that the Corporation may 
deem appropriate.
    (h) Initial Capitalization.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, such 
sums as may be necessary to initially capitalize the Fund in accordance 
with this section.
[EX A]:
Ending Taxpayer Bailouts by Making Wall Street Pay Act of 2010 - Establishes the Systemic Resolution Fund, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), to: (1) cover the costs of the FDIC, including as receiver, in exercising its rights, authorities, and powers, and in fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities; (2) repay initial capitalization appropriations; and (3) cover the costs of systemic stabilization purposes.

Prohibits the use of amounts in the Fund to convert or maintain a financial company that is insolvent or in receivership, except to the extent necessary to insure systemic stabilization in the company's resolution.

Requires all amounts assessed against a financial company under this Act to be deposited into the Fund.

Directs the FDIC to: (1) impose assessments on financial companies for Fund maintenance and, if need be, replenishment; and (2) establish a mechanism whereby the systemic risk regulator reallocates annually the assessments for the Fund among all the systemically risky financial companies.

Prohibits the FDIC from imposing an assessment on any financial company which it determines does not pose a systemic risk to the U.S. financial system.