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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America's Law Enforcement and Mental 
Health Project''.

SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION COURTS.

    (a) Amendment.--Part V of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended to read as follows:

                ``PART V--MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION COURTS

``SEC. 2201. GRANT AUTHORITY.

    ``The Attorney General may make grants to States, State courts, 
local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, 
acting directly or through agreements with other public or nonprofit 
entities, for 25 programs that involve--
            ``(1) continuing judicial supervision, including periodic 
        review at least every 45 days, over preliminarily qualified 
        offenders with mental illness, mental retardation, or co-
        occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders who are 
        charged with nonviolent misdemeanors, for a period not to 
        exceed 1 year; and
            ``(2) the integrated administration of services, which 
        includes--
                    ``(A) specialized training of law enforcement and 
                judicial personnel to identify and address the unique 
                needs of a mentally ill or mentally retarded offender;
                    ``(B) voluntary diversion into outpatient or 
                inpatient mental health treatment that carries with it 
                the possibility of prosecution of the original criminal 
                charge if the mentally ill or mentally retarded 
                defendant is noncompliant with program requirements;
                    ``(C) centralized case management involving the 
                consolidation of all of a mentally ill or mentally 
                retarded defendant's misdemeanor cases, including 
                violations of misdemeanor probation, and the 
                coordination of all treatment plans of mental health 
                and social service providers; and
                    ``(D) life skills training, such as housing 
                placement, vocational training, education, job 
                placement, health care, and relapse prevention for each 
                participant who requires such services.

``SEC. 2202. DEFINITION.

    ``In this part the term `preliminarily qualified offender with 
mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental and 
substance abuse disorders' means a person who--
            ``(1)(A) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a 
        qualified mental health professional as having a mental 
        illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental illness and 
        substance abuse disorders; or
            ``(B) manifests obvious signs of mental illness, mental 
        retardation, or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 
        disorders during arrest or confinement or before any court; and
            ``(2) is deemed eligible for diversion by designated 
        judges.

``SEC. 2203. ADMINISTRATION.

    ``(a) Consultation.--The Attorney General shall consult with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other appropriate 
officials in carrying out this part.
    ``(b) Use of Components.--The Attorney General may utilize any 
component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out 
this part.
    ``(c) Regulatory Authority.--The Attorney General shall issue 
regulations and guidelines necessary to carry out this part which 
include, but are not limited to, the methodologies and outcome measures 
proposed for evaluating each applicant program.
    ``(d) Applications.--In addition to any other requirements that may 
be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under 
this part shall--
            ``(1) include a long-term strategy and detailed 
        implementation plan;
            ``(2) explain the applicant's inability to fund the program 
        adequately without Federal assistance;
            ``(3) certify that the Federal support provided will be 
        used to supplement, and not supplant, State, Indian tribal, and 
        local sources of funding that would otherwise be available;
            ``(4) identify related governmental or community 
        initiatives which complement or will be coordinated with the 
        proposal;
            ``(5) certify that there has been appropriate consultation 
        with all affected agencies and that there will be appropriate 
        coordination with all affected agencies in the implementation 
        of the program;
            ``(6) certify that participating offenders will be 
        supervised by one or more designated judges with responsibility 
        for the mental health diversion court program;
            ``(7) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and 
        continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of 
        Federal support; and
            ``(8) describe the methodology and outcome measures that 
        will be used in evaluating the program.

``SEC. 2204. APPLICATIONS.

    ``To request funds under this part, the chief executive or the 
chief justice of a State or the chief executive or chief judge of a 
unit of local government or Indian tribal government shall submit an 
application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.

``SEC. 2205. FEDERAL SHARE.

    ``The Federal share of a grant made under this part may not exceed 
75 percent of the total costs of the program described in the 
application submitted under section 2205 for the fiscal year for which 
the program receives assistance under this part, unless the Attorney 
General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching 
contribution under this section. The use of the Federal share of a 
grant made under this part shall be limited to new expenses 
necessitated by the proposed diversion program, including the 
development of treatment services and the hiring and training of 
personnel. In-kind contributions may constitute a portion of the non-
Federal share of a grant.

``SEC. 2206. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.

    ``The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the extent 
practicable, an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards is 
made that considers the special needs of rural communities, Indian 
tribes, and Alaska Natives.

``SEC. 2207. REPORT.

    ``A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government 
that receives funds under this part during a fiscal year shall submit 
to the Attorney General a report in March of the following year 
regarding the effectiveness of this part.

``SEC. 2208. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Attorney General may 
provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the 
purposes of this part.
    ``(b) Evaluations.--In addition to any evaluation requirements that 
may be prescribed for grantees, the Attorney General may carry out or 
make arrangements for evaluations of programs that receive support 
under this part.
    ``(c) Administration.--The technical assistance, training, and 
evaluations authorized by this section may be carried out directly by 
the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative 
arrangements with other entities.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of contents of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et 
seq.), is amended by inserting after part U the following:

                ``Part V--Mental Health Diversion Courts

``Sec. 2201. Grant authority.
``Sec. 2202. Definition.
``Sec. 2203. Administration.
``Sec. 2204. Applications.
``Sec. 2205. Federal share.
``Sec. 2206. Geographic distribution.
``Sec. 2207. Report.
``Sec. 2208. Technical assistance, training, and evaluation.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3793(a)), is amended by inserting after paragraph (19) the following:
    ``(20) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part V, 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.''.
[EX A]: America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through agreements with other public or nonprofit entities, for 25 programs that involve: (1) continuing judicial supervision, including periodic review at least every 45 days, over preliminarily qualified offenders with mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders who are charged with non-violent misdemeanors, for a period not to exceed one year; and (2) the integrated administration of services, which includes specialized training of law enforcement and judicial personnel to identify and address the unique needs of a mentally ill or mentally retarded offender, voluntary diversion into outpatient or inpatient mental health treatment that carries with it the possibility of prosecution of the original criminal charge if the mentally ill or mentally retarded defendant is noncompliant with program requirements, centralized case management involving the consolidation of all of a mentally ill or mentally retarded defendant's misdemeanor cases (including violations of misdemeanor probation) and the coordination of all treatment plans of mental health and social service providers, and life skills training. 
Defines "preliminarily qualified offender with mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders" to mean a person who: (1) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as having a mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders or who manifests obvious signs of mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders during arrest or confinement or before any court; and (2) is deemed eligible for diversion by designated judges. 
Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations and guidelines necessary to carry out this Act, including the methodologies and outcome measures proposed for evaluating each applicant program. 
Sets forth provisions regarding application requirements, the Federal cost share (75 percent), geographic distribution of grants, reporting requirements, and technical assistance, training, and evaluation.  Authorizes appropriations.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Charitable Giving 
Protection Act of 1995''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
               TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES LAWS

Sec. 101. Amendment to the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Sec. 102. Amendment to the Securities Act of 1933.
Sec. 103. Amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Sec. 104. Amendment of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Sec. 105. Effective dates and applicability.
               TITLE II--CLARIFICATION OF ANTITRUST LAWS

Sec. 201. Exemption from antitrust laws.
Sec. 202. Effective date and applicability.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) charities have served a unique and essential role in 
        meeting the needs of the American people;
            (2) charities have healed the sick, fed the hungry, 
        sheltered the needy, and educated our children;
            (3) in order to ensure that charities can continue to meet 
        the needs of the American people, the Federal Government should 
        do everything possible to encourage charitable giving;
            (4) charities should be able to raise funds and invest 
        funds, both on their own and collectively with other charities, 
        without excessive Government intervention or unnecessary legal 
        or regulatory requirements;
            (5) the Congress, in passing the Technical Corrections Act 
        of 1988, differentiated between charitable gift annuities and 
        annuities issued by commercial organizations for profit; and
            (6) unlike commercial annuities, charitable gift annuities 
        are not issued for profit, and their issuance, maintenance, and 
        investment by charities is not subject to the anticompetitive 
        prohibitions of the Federal antitrust laws.

               TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES LAWS

SEC. 101. AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940.

    Section 3(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-
3(c)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(7)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a pooled income fund, 
        or any collective trust fund, collective investment fund, or 
        similar fund maintained by a charitable organization 
        exclusively for the collective investment and reinvestment of--
                    ``(i) the general endowment fund or other funds of 
                one or more charitable organizations;
                    ``(ii) assets of a pooled income fund;
                    ``(iii) assets contributed to a charitable 
                organization in exchange for the issuance of charitable 
                gift annuities;
                    ``(iv) assets of a charitable remainder trust or of 
                any other trust, the remainder interests of which are 
                irrevocably dedicated to any charitable organization;
                    ``(v) assets of a charitable lead trust; or
                    ``(vi) assets of a trust not described in clauses 
                (i) through (v), the remainder interests of which are 
                revocably dedicated to a charitable organization.
            ``(B) A fund described in subparagraph (A), and any 
        charitable organization that maintains such a fund, shall be 
        excluded from treatment as an investment company in accordance 
        with this subsection only if--
                    ``(i) each contributor to a pooled income fund and 
                each settlor of a trust described in clause (iv), (v), 
                or (vi) of subparagraph (A) is provided with written 
                information describing the material terms of the 
                instruments governing the operation of the pooled 
                income fund, in the case of a contributor to such fund, 
                or of the fund in which any assets of such pooled 
                income fund or such a trust are invested, by the later 
                of June 30, 1996, or the date of investment in such 
                fund; and
                    ``(ii) each person soliciting gifts, as described 
                in subparagraph (A), that will be administered in any 
                collective trust fund, collective investment fund, or 
                similar fund maintained by a charitable organization is 
                either a volunteer or is employed in the overall 
                fundraising activities of a charitable organization and 
                receives no commissions or other special compensation 
                based on the amount of gifts transferred to such fund.
            ``(C) The exemption provided by subparagraph (A)(vi) shall 
        terminate on December 31, 1998.
            ``(D) For purposes of this paragraph--
                    ``(i) a trust or fund is `maintained' by a 
                charitable organization that serves as a trustee or 
                administrator of the trust or fund or that has the 
                power to remove the trustees or administrators of the 
                trust or fund and to designate new trustees or 
                administrators;
                    ``(ii) the term `pooled income fund' has the same 
                meaning as in section 642(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986;
                    ``(iii) the term `charitable organization' means an 
                organization described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
                section 170(c) or section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(iv) the term `charitable lead trust' means a 
                trust described in section 170(f)(2)(B), 2055(e)(2)(B), 
                or 2522(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(v) the term `charitable remainder trust' means a 
                charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable 
                remainder unitrust, as those terms are defined in 
                section 664(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
                and
                    ``(vi) the term `charitable gift annuity' means an 
                annuity issued by a charitable organization that is 
                described in section 501(m)(5) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986.''.

SEC. 102. AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.

    Section 3(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77c(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(13) Any security issued by or any interest or 
        participation in any pooled income fund, collective trust fund, 
        collective investment fund, or similar fund that is deemed not 
        to be an investment company under section 3(c)(7) of the 
        Investment Company Act of 1940.''.
SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

    (a) Exempted Securities.--Section 3(a)(12)(A) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(12)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(v) any security issued by or any 
                        interest or participation in any pooled income 
                        fund, collective trust fund, collective 
                        investment fund, or similar fund that is deemed 
                        not to be an investment company under section 
                        3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; 
                        and''.
    (b) Exemption From Broker-Dealer Provisions.--Section 3(a) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(c)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(54) Charitable organizations.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this title, a charitable organization, as defined 
        in section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or 
        any trust- 
        ee, director, officer, employee, or volunteer of such a 
        charitable organization acting within the scope of such 
        person's employment or duties, shall not be deemed to be a 
        `broker', `dealer', `municipal securities broker', `municipal 
        securities dealer', `government securities broker', or 
        `government securities dealer' for purposes of this title 
        solely because such organization or person buys, holds, sells, 
        or trades in securities for its own account in its capacity as 
        trustee or administrator of, or otherwise on behalf of or for 
        the account of--
                    ``(A) such a charitable organization;
                    ``(B) a fund that is exempt from the provisions of 
                the Investment Company Act of 1940 under section 
                3(c)(7) of that Act; or
                    ``(C) a trust or other donative instrument, the 
                assets of which may be contributed to or invested in 
                such funds in accordance with section 3(c)(7) of the 
                Investment Company Act of 1940, or the settlors (or 
                potential settlors) or beneficiaries of any such trust 
                or other instrument.''.

SEC. 104. AMENDMENT OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940.

    Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 
U.S.C. 80b-2(a)(11)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``does not include (A) a bank'' and 
        inserting ``does not include--
                    ``(A) a bank'';
            (2) by striking ``(B) any lawyer'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) any lawyer'';
            (3) by striking ``(C) any broker'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(C) any broker'';
            (4) by striking ``(D) the publisher'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(D) the publisher'';
            (5) by striking ``(E) any person'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(E) any person'';
            (6) by striking ``or (F) such other'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(G) such other''; and
            (7) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(F) any charitable organization, as defined in 
                section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, 
                or any trustee, director, officer, employee, or 
                volunteer of such a charitable organization acting 
                within the scope of the employment or duties of such 
                person, whose advice, analyses, or reports are provided 
                only to--
                            ``(i) any such charitable organization;
                            ``(ii) a fund that is exempt from the 
                        Investment Company Act of 1940 under section 
                        3(c)(7) of that Act, or the trustees or 
                        administrators of such fund; or
                            ``(iii) a trust or other donative 
                        instrument, the assets of which may be 
                        contributed to or invested in such fund in 
                        accordance with section 3(c)(7) of the 
                        Investment Company Act of 1940, or the 
                        trustees, administrators, settlors (or 
                        potential settlors), or beneficiaries of any 
                        such trust or other instrument; or''.

SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATES AND APPLICABILITY.

    This title and the amendments made by this title shall apply in all 
administrative and judicial actions pending on or commenced after the 
date of enactment of this Act, as a defense to any claim that any 
person, security, interest, or participation of the type described in 
this title and the amendments made by this title is subject to the
 provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Advisers 
Act of 1940, except as otherwise specifically provided in those Acts.

SEC. 106. PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.

    (a) Registration Requirements.--A security issued by or any 
interest or participation in any pooled income fund, collective trust 
fund, collective investment fund, or similar fund that is exempt from 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 under section 3(c)(7) of that Act, 
and the offer or sale thereof, shall be exempt from any law of a State 
that requires registration or qualification of securities.
    (b) Treatment of Charitable Organizations.--No charitable 
organization, or any trustee, director, officer, employee, or volunteer 
of a charitable organization acting within the scope of such person's 
employment or duties, shall be required to register as, or be subject 
to regulation as, a dealer, broker, agent, or investment adviser under 
the laws of any State solely because such organization or person buys, 
holds, sells, or trades in securities for its own account in its 
capacity as trustee or administrator of, or otherwise on behalf of or 
for the account of--
            (1) a charitable organization;
            (2) a fund that is exempt from the Investment Company Act 
        of 1940 under section 3(c)(7) of that Act; or
            (3) a trust or other donative instrument, the assets of 
        which may be contributed to or invested in such funds in 
        accordance with section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act 
        of 1940, or the settlors (or potential settlors) or 
        beneficiaries of any such trusts or other instruments.
    (c) State Action.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), during 
the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, a 
State may enact a statute that specifically refers to this section and 
provides prospectively that this section shall not preempt the laws of 
that State referred to in this section.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``charitable organization'' means an 
        organization described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 
        170(c) or section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986;
            (2) the term ``security'' has the same meaning as in 
        section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
            (3) the term ``State'' means each of the several States of 
        the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
        of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

               TITLE II--CLARIFICATION OF ANTITRUST LAWS

SEC. 201. EXEMPTION FROM ANTITRUST LAWS.

    (a) In General.--The activities of a charitable organization 
relating to the issuance, maintenance, or investment of a charitable 
gift annuity are exempt from the application of the antitrust laws.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``antitrust laws'' means--
                    (A) the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.);
                    (B) the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.);
                    (C) the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 
                et seq.); and
                    (D) any State law that is similar to the Acts 
                referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
            (2) the term ``charitable organization'' means an 
        organization described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 
        170(c) or section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986;
            (3) the term ``charitable gift annuity'' means an annuity 
        issued by a charitable organization that is described in 
        section 501(m)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
            (4) the term ``State'' means each of the several States of 
        the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
        of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (c) State Action.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), during 
the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, a 
State may enact a statute that specifically refers to this section and 
provides prospectively that this section shall not preempt the laws of 
that State referred to in this section.

SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.

    The exemption provided for in section 201 shall apply in any 
judicial or administrative action pending on or commenced after the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall serve as a defense to any claim 
that the sale or issuance of a charitable gift annuity is subject to 
any provision of antitrust laws.
[EX A]: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  Amendments to the Securities Laws 
     Title II:  Clarification of Antitrust Laws 
Charitable Giving Protection Act of 1995 - 
Title I:  Amendments to the Securities Laws
 - Exempts from the jurisdiction of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 any security issued by or any interest or participation in any pooled income fund, collective trust fund, collective investment fund, or similar fund deemed not to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (charitable gift annuities). 
Preempts State law to extend the charitable gift annuities exemption from its jurisdiction over:  (1) securities registration or qualification requirements; and (2) any charitable organization regulation. 
Permits a State to enact a statute that specifically refers to this Act and provides prospectively that it does not preempt its laws. 
Title II:  Clarification of Antitrust Laws
 - Exempts charitable gift annuities from application of the antitrust laws.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Area Health and 
Environmental Monitoring Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A DISASTER 
              AREA.

    Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act is amended by inserting after section 408 (42 U.S.C. 
5174) the following:

``SEC. 409. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A 
              DISASTER AREA.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Individual.--The term `individual' includes--
                    ``(A) a worker or volunteer who responds to a 
                disaster, including--
                            ``(i) a police officer;
                            ``(ii) a firefighter;
                            ``(iii) an emergency medical technician;
                            ``(iv) any participating member of an urban 
                        search and rescue team; and
                            ``(v) any other relief or rescue worker or 
                        volunteer that the President determines to be 
                        appropriate;
                    ``(B) a worker who responds to a disaster by 
                assisting in the cleanup or restoration of critical 
                infrastructure in and around a disaster area;
                    ``(C) a person whose place of residence is in a 
                disaster area;
                    ``(D) a person who is employed in or attends 
                school, child care, or adult day care in a building 
                located in a disaster area; and
                    ``(E) any other person that the President 
                determines to be appropriate.
            ``(2) Program.--The term `program' means a program 
        described in subsection (b) that is carried out for a disaster 
        area.
            ``(3) Substance of concern.--The term `substance of 
        concern' means a chemical or other substance that is associated 
        with potential acute or chronic human health effects, the risk 
        of exposure to which could potentially be increased as the 
        result of a disaster, as determined by the President.
    ``(b) Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the President determines that 1 or 
        more substances of concern are being, or have been, released in 
        an area declared to be a disaster area under this Act, the 
        President may carry out a program for the protection, 
        assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of 
        individuals to ensure that--
                    ``(A) the individuals are adequately informed about 
                and protected against potential health impacts of any 
                substance of concern and potential mental health 
                impacts in a timely manner;
                    ``(B) the individuals are monitored and studied 
                over time, including through baseline and followup 
                clinical health examinations, for--
                            ``(i) any short- and long-term health 
                        impacts of any substance of concern; and
                            ``(ii) any mental health impacts;
                    ``(C) the individuals receive health care referrals 
                as needed and appropriate; and
                    ``(D) information from any such monitoring and 
                studies is used to prevent or protect against similar 
                health impacts from future disasters.
            ``(2) Activities.--A program under paragraph (1) may 
        include such activities as--
                    ``(A) collecting and analyzing environmental 
                exposure data;
                    ``(B) developing and disseminating information and 
                educational materials;
                    ``(C) performing baseline and followup clinical 
                health and mental health examinations and taking 
                biological samples;
                    ``(D) establishing and maintaining an exposure 
                registry;
                    ``(E) studying the short- and long-term human 
                health impacts of any exposures through epidemiological 
                and other health studies; and
                    ``(F) providing assistance to individuals in 
                determining eligibility for health coverage and 
                identifying appropriate health services.
            ``(3) Timing.--To the maximum extent practicable, 
        activities under any program established under paragraph (1) 
        (including baseline health examinations) shall be commenced in 
        a timely manner that will ensure the highest level of public 
        health protection and effective monitoring.
            ``(4) Participation in registries and studies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Participation in any registry or 
                study that is part of a program under paragraph (1) 
                shall be voluntary.
                    ``(B) Protection of privacy.--The President shall 
                take appropriate measures to protect the privacy of any 
                participant in a registry or study described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(5) Cooperative agreements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The President may carry out a 
                program under paragraph (1) through a cooperative 
                agreement with a medical institution, including a local 
                health department, or a consortium of medical 
                institutions.
                    ``(B) Selection criteria.--To the maximum extent 
                practicable, the President shall select to carry out a 
                program under paragraph (1) a medical institution or a 
                consortium of medical institutions that--
                            ``(i) is located near--
                                    ``(I) the disaster area with 
                                respect to which the program is carried 
                                out; and
                                    ``(II) any other area in which 
                                there reside groups of individuals that 
                                worked or volunteered in response to 
                                the disaster; and
                            ``(ii) has appropriate experience in the 
                        areas of environmental or occupational health, 
                        toxicology, and safety, including experience 
                        in--
                                    ``(I) developing clinical protocols 
                                and conducting clinical health 
                                examinations, including mental health 
                                assessments;
                                    ``(II) conducting long-term health 
                                monitoring and epidemiological studies;
                                    ``(III) conducting long-term mental 
                                health studies; and
                                    ``(IV) establishing and maintaining 
                                medical surveillance programs and 
                                environmental exposure or disease 
                                registries.
            ``(6) Involvement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In establishing and maintaining 
                a program under paragraph (1), the President shall 
                involve interested and affected parties, as 
                appropriate, including representatives of--
                            ``(i) Federal, State, and local government 
                        agencies;
                            ``(ii) groups of individuals that worked or 
                        volunteered in response to the disaster in the 
                        disaster area;
                            ``(iii) local residents, businesses, and 
                        schools (including parents and teachers);
                            ``(iv) health care providers; and
                            ``(v) other organizations and persons.
                    ``(B) Committees.--Involvement under subparagraph 
                (A) may be provided through the establishment of an 
                advisory or oversight committee or board.
            ``(7) Privacy.--The President shall carry out each program 
        under paragraph (1) in accordance with regulations relating to 
        privacy promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health 
        Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
        1320d-2 note; Public Law 104-191).
    ``(c) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the establishment of a 
program under subsection (b)(1), and every 5 years thereafter, the 
President, or the medical institution or consortium of such 
institutions having entered into a cooperative agreement under 
subsection (b)(5), shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on programs and studies carried out 
under the program.''.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON DISASTER AREA HEALTH AND 
              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MONITORING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly enter into a contract 
with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and prepare a 
report on disaster area health and environmental protection and 
monitoring.
    (b) Expertise.--The report under subsection (a) shall be prepared 
with the participation of individuals who have expertise in--
            (1) environmental health, safety, and medicine;
            (2) occupational health, safety, and medicine;
            (3) clinical medicine, including pediatrics;
            (4) toxicology;
            (5) epidemiology;
            (6) mental health;
            (7) medical monitoring and surveillance;
            (8) environmental monitoring and surveillance;
            (9) environmental and industrial hygiene;
            (10) emergency planning and preparedness;
            (11) public outreach and education;
            (12) State and local health departments;
            (13) State and local environmental protection departments;
            (14) functions of workers that respond to disasters, 
        including first responders; and
            (15) public health and family services.
    (c) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall provide advice 
and recommendations regarding protecting and monitoring the health and 
safety of individuals potentially exposed to any chemical or other 
substance associated with potential acute or chronic human health 
effects as the result of a disaster, including advice and 
recommendations regarding--
            (1) the establishment of protocols for the monitoring of 
        and response to chemical or substance releases in a disaster 
        area for the purpose of protecting public health and safety, 
        including--
                    (A) chemicals or other substances for which samples 
                should be collected in the event of a disaster, 
                including a terrorist attack;
                    (B) chemical- or substance-specific methods of 
                sample collection, including sampling methodologies and 
                locations;
                    (C) chemical- or substance-specific methods of 
                sample analysis;
                    (D) health-based threshold levels to be used and 
                response actions to be taken in the event that 
                thresholds are exceeded for individual chemicals or 
                other substances;
                    (E) procedures for providing monitoring results 
                to--
                            (i) appropriate Federal, State, and local 
                        government agencies;
                            (ii) appropriate response personnel; and
                            (iii) the public;
                    (F) responsibilities of Federal, State and local 
                agencies for--
                            (i) collecting and analyzing samples;
                            (ii) reporting results; and
                            (iii) taking appropriate response actions; 
                        and
                    (G) capabilities and capacity within the Federal 
                Government to conduct appropriate environmental 
                monitoring and response in the event of a disaster, 
                including a terrorist attack; and
            (2) other issues as specified by the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 4. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

    Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2003'' and inserting ``September 30, 2006''.
[EX A]:
Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2004 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of individuals if chemicals or substances associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects (substances of concern) are being or have been released in a disaster area.

Makes participation in any registry or study that is part of the program voluntary. Requires the President to take appropriate measures to protect the privacy of registry or study participants.

Authorizes the President to carry out such a program through a cooperative agreement with a medical institution (including a local health department) or a consortium of medical institutions. Requires the President to carry out such a program in accordance with certain privacy regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter jointly into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report on disaster area health and environmental protection and monitoring.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to extend through September 30, 2006, the President's authority to establish a program to provide technical and financial assistance to State and local governments for the implementation of cost-effective predisaster hazard mitigation measures.