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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bus Utility and Safety in School 
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) school transportation issues remain a concern for 
        parents, local educational agencies, lawmakers, the National 
        Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National 
        Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
            (2) millions of children face potential future health 
        problems because of exposure to noxious fumes emitted from 
        older school buses;
            (3) many rural local educational agencies are operating 
        outdated, unsafe school buses that are failing inspection, 
        resulting in a depletion of the school bus fleets of the local 
        educational agencies; and
            (4) many rural local educational agencies are unable to 
        afford newer and safer buses.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish within the 
Department of Education a Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural 
local educational agencies with older, unsafe school bus fleets in 
purchasing newer, safer school buses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Rural local educational agency.--The term ``rural local 
        educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as 
        defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with respect to which--
                    (A) each county in which a school served by the 
                local educational agency is located has a total 
                population density of fewer than 10 persons per square 
                mile;
                    (B) all schools served by the local educational 
                agency are designated with a school locale code of 7 or 
                8, as determined by the Secretary of Education; or
                    (C) all schools served by the local educational 
                agency have been designated, by official action taken 
                by the legislature of the State in which the local 
                educational agency is located, as rural schools for 
                purposes relating to the provision of educational 
                services to students in the State.
            (2) School bus.--The term ``school bus'' means a vehicle 
        the primary purpose of which is to transport students to and 
        from school or school activities.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available under subsection (e) 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive 
basis, to rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of 
the cost of purchasing new school buses.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Each rural local educational agency that 
        seeks to receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the 
        Secretary for approval an application at such time, in such 
        manner, and accompanied by such information (in addition to 
        information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may 
        require.
            (2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall include--
                    (A) documentation that, of the total number of 
                school buses operated by the rural local educational 
                agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses 
                are in need of repair or replacement;
                    (B) documentation of the number of miles that each 
                school bus operated by the rural local educational 
                agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic 
                year;
                    (C) documentation that the rural local educational 
                agency is operating with a reduced fleet of school 
                buses;
                    (D) a certification from the rural local 
                educational agency that--
                            (i) authorizes the application of the rural 
                        local educational agency for a grant under this 
                        Act; and
                            (ii) describes the dedication of the rural 
                        local educational agency to school bus 
                        replacement programs and school transportation 
                        needs (including the number of new school buses 
                        needed by the rural local educational agency); 
                        and
                    (E) an assurance that the rural local educational 
                agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost of 
                the purchase of new school buses under this Act from 
                non-Federal sources.
    (c) Priority.--
            (1) In general.--In providing grants under this Act, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to rural local educational 
        agencies that, as determined by the Secretary--
                    (A) are transporting students in a bus manufactured 
                before 1977;
                    (B) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; 
                or
                    (C) serve a school that is required, under section 
                1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide 
                transportation to students to enable the students to 
                transfer to another public school served by the rural 
                local educational agency.
    (d) Payments; Federal Share.--
            (1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each rural local 
        educational agency having an application approved under this 
        section the Federal share described in paragraph (2) of the 
        cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is 
        specified in the approved application.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
        purchasing a new school bus under this Act shall be 75 percent.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act--
            (1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 
        2007 through 2011.

SOLUTION: Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare 
Payment Modernization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(i)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i)(1) Payment shall be made under this part in the amount 
specified under paragraph (2) for facility services furnished to an 
individual in an ambulatory surgical center in connection with any 
outpatient surgical procedure covered under this part as a hospital 
outpatient department service, except for those procedures that the 
Secretary designates, in consultation with appropriate trade and 
professional organizations (including those having direct experience 
with ambulatory surgical centers) as posing a significant safety risk 
or requiring an overnight stay when performed in ambulatory surgical 
centers. Not less frequently than once every two years the Secretary 
shall review and, may, after public comment, make appropriate 
adjustments to this list of procedures excluded from coverage when 
performed in ambulatory surgical centers as the Secretary deems 
necessary.
    ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount of 
payment to be made under this subsection for facility services 
furnished to an individual in an ambulatory surgical center in 
accordance with paragraph (1) shall be equal to 75 percent of the fee 
schedule amount determined under paragraph (3)(A) of subsection (t) for 
payment of the same service furnished in hospital outpatient 
departments, as adjusted under paragraphs (4)(A), (6), and (15) of such 
subsection, less a 20 percent beneficiary copayment.
    ``(B) For covered ambulatory surgical center services furnished on 
or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2012, for which the 
ambulatory surgical center payment amount payable under this subsection 
in 2007 (in this subsection referred to as the `2007 ASC payment 
amount') is less than 75 percent of the hospital OPD fee schedule 
amount under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount 
of payment under this subsection shall be calculated as follows:
            ``(i) For services furnished during 2008, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 80 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount, as 
                increased by the percentage increase in the consumer 
                price index for all urban consumers (United States city 
                average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month 
                period ending with December 31, 2006; and
                    ``(II) 20 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2008.
            ``(ii) For services furnished during 2009, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 60 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clause (i)(I) and as further increased 
                by the percentage increase in the consumer price index 
                for all urban consumers (United States city average) as 
                estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month period 
                ending with December 31, 2007; and
                    ``(II) 40 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2009.
            ``(iii) For services furnished during 2010, the amount 
        shall be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 40 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I) and as 
                further increased by the percentage increase in the 
                consumer price index for all urban consumers (United 
                States city average) as estimated by the Secretary for 
                the 12-month period ending with December 31, 2008; and
                    ``(II) 60 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2010.
            ``(iv) For services furnished during 2011, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 20 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clauses (i)(I), (ii)(I), and (iii)(I) 
                and as further increased by the percentage increase in 
                the consumer price index for all urban consumers 
                (United States city average) as estimated by the 
                Secretary for the 12-month period ending with December 
                31, 2009; and
                    ``(II) 80 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2011.
    ``(C) For covered ambulatory surgical center services for which the 
2007 ASC payment amount is--
            ``(i) greater than 75 percent, but less than 100 percent, 
        of the hospital OPD fee schedule amount under subsection (t) in 
        2007 for the same services, the amount of payment under this 
        subsection shall be the greater of the 2007 ASC payment amount 
        or--
                    ``(I) for services furnished in 2008, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(i);
                    ``(II) for services furnished in 2009, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(ii);
                    ``(III) for services furnished in 2010, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(iii);
                    ``(IV) for services furnished in 2011, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(iv); or
                    ``(V) in 2012 and subsequent years, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (A),
        but in no case in excess of the then applicable hospital OPD 
        fee schedule amount; or
            ``(ii) greater than the hospital OPD fee schedule amount 
        under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount 
        of payment under this subsection--
                    ``(I) for services furnished during 2008, is equal 
                to the midpoint between the 2007 ASC payment amount and 
                100 percent of such 2007 hospital OPD fee schedule 
                amount; or
                    ``(II) for services furnished in a subsequent year 
                is equal to the greater of the 2007 hospital OPD fee 
                schedule amount or the payment amount specified under 
                subclause (I) through (V) of clause (i) for the year 
                involved, but but in no case in excess of the then 
                applicable hospital OPD fee schedule amount.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1832(a)(2)(F)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395k(a)(2)(F)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``section 1833(i)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``the standard overhead amount as 
                determined under section 1833(i)(2)(A)'' and inserting 
                ``the amount determined under section 1833(i)(2)''; and
                    (C) by striking all that follows ``as full payment 
                for such services'' and inserting ``, or''.
            (2) Section 1833(a)(1)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395l(a)(1)(G)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``for services furnished 
                beginning'' and all that follows through ``subsection 
                (i)(2)(D)''; and
                    (C) by striking ``such revised payment system'' and 
                inserting ``under subsection (i)(2)''.
            (3) Section 1833(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(4)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) of 
                subsection (i)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)(1)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to ambulatory surgical center services furnished on or after 
January 1, 2008.

SOLUTION: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the requirements and the formula for payments for services furnished to individuals in ambulatory surgical centers.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Matewan Flood Control Excess Project 
Land Disposal Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF EXCESS PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--The United States shall convey by quit claim deed 
to the Town of Matewan, West Virginia, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to four parcels of land deemed excess by 
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, to the structural project for flood control 
constructed by the Corps of Engineers along the Tug Fork River pursuant 
to section 202 of Public Law 96-367.
    (b) Property Description.--The parcels of land referred to in 
subsection (a) are as follows--
            (1) A certain parcel of land in the State of West Virginia, 
        Mingo County, Town of Matewan, and being more particularly 
        bounded and described as follows:
                    Beginning at a point on the southerly right-of-way 
                line of a 40-foot-wide street right-of-way (known as 
                McCoy Alley), having an approximate coordinate value of 
                N228,695, E1,662,397, in the line common to the land 
                designated as U.S.A. Tract No. 834, and the land 
                designated as U.S.A. Tract No. 837, said point being 
                South 51 deg.52' East 81.8 feet from an iron pin and 
                cap marked M-12 on the boundary of the Matewan Area 
                Structural Project, on the north right-of-way line of 
                said street, at a corner common to designated U.S.A. 
                Tracts Nos. 834 and 836; thence, leaving the right-of-
                way of said street, with the line common to the land of 
                said Tract No. 834, and the land of said Tract No. 837,
                    South 14 deg.37' West 46 feet to the corner common 
                to the land of said Tract No. 834, and the land of said 
                Tract No. 837; thence, leaving the land of said Tract 
                No. 837, severing the lands of said Project,
                    South 14 deg.37' West 46 feet,
                    South 68 deg.07' East 239 feet,
                    North 26 deg.05' East 95 feet to a point on the 
                southerly right-of-way line of said street; thence, 
                with the right-of-way of said street, continuing to 
                sever the lands of said Project,
                    South 63 deg.55' East 206 feet; thence, leaving the 
                right-of-way of said street, continuing to sever the 
                lands of said Project,
                    South 26 deg.16' West 63 feet; thence, with a curve 
                to the left having a radius of 70 feet, a delta of 
                33 deg.58', an arc length of 41 feet, the chord 
                bearing,
                    South 09 deg.17' West 41 feet; thence, leaving said 
                curve, continuing to sever the lands of said Project,
                    South 07 deg.42' East 31 feet to a point on the 
                right-of-way line of the floodwall; thence, with the 
                right-of-way of said floodwall, continuing to sever the 
                lands of said Project,
                    South 77 deg.04' West 71 feet,
                    North 77 deg.10' West 46 feet,
                    North 67 deg.07' West 254 feet,
                    North 67 deg.54' West 507 feet,
                    North 57 deg.49' West 66 feet to the intersection 
                of the right-of-way line of said floodwall with the 
                southerly right-of-way line of said street; thence, 
                leaving the right-of-way of said floodwall and with the 
                southerly right-of-way of said street, continuing to 
                sever the lands of said Project,
                    North 83 deg.01' East 171 feet,
                    North 89 deg.42' East 74 feet,
                    South 83 deg.39' East 168 feet,
                    South 83 deg.38' East 41 feet,
                    South 77 deg.26' East 28 feet to the point of 
                beginning, containing 2.59 acres, more or less. The 
                bearings and coordinate used herein are referenced to 
                the West Virginia State Plane Coordinate System, South 
                Zone.
            (2) A certain parcel of land in the State of West Virginia, 
        Mingo County, Town of Matewan, and being more particularly 
        bounded and described as follows:
                    Beginning at an iron pin and cap designated Corner 
                No. M2-2 on the southerly right-of-way line of the 
                Norfolk and Western Railroad, having an approximate 
                coordinate value of N228,755 E1,661,242, and being at 
                the intersection of the right-of-way line of the 
                floodwall with the boundary of the Matewan Area 
                Structural Project; thence, leaving the right-of-way of 
                said floodwall and with said Project boundary, and the 
                southerly right-of-way of said Railroad,
                    North 59 deg.45' East 34 feet,
                    North 69 deg.50' East 44 feet,
                    North 58 deg.11' East 79 feet,
                    North 66 deg.13' East 102 feet,
                    North 69 deg.43' East 98 feet,
                    North 77 deg.39' East 18 feet,
                    North 72 deg.39' East 13 feet to a point at the 
                intersection of said Project boundary, and the 
                southerly right-of-way of said Railroad, with the 
                westerly right-of-way line of State Route 49/10; 
                thence, leaving said Project boundary, and the 
                southerly right-of-way of said Railroad, and with the 
                westerly right-of-way of said road,
                    South 03 deg.21' East 100 feet to a point at the 
                intersection of the westerly right-of-way of said road 
                with the right-of-way of said floodwall; thence, 
                leaving the right-of-way of said road, and with the 
                right-of-way line of said floodwall,
                    South 79 deg.30' West 69 feet,
                    South 78 deg.28' West 222 feet,
                    South 80 deg.11' West 65 feet,
                    North 38 deg.40' West 14 feet to the point of 
                beginning, containing 0.53 acre, more or less. The 
                bearings and coordinate used herein are referenced to 
                the West Virginia State Plane Coordinate System, South 
                Zone.
            (3) A certain parcel of land in the State of West Virginia, 
        Mingo County, Town of Matewan, and being more particularly 
        bounded and described as follows:
                    Beginning at a point on the southerly right-of-way 
                line of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, having an 
                approximate coordinate value of N228,936 E1,661,672, 
                and being at the intersection of the easterly right-of-
                way line of State Route 49/10 with the boundary of the 
                Matewan Area Structural Project; thence, leaving the 
                right-of-way of said road, and with said Project 
                boundary, and the southerly right-of-way of said 
                Railroad,
                    North 77 deg.49' East 89 feet to an iron pin and 
                cap designated as U.S.A. Corner No. M-4,
                    North 79 deg.30' East 74 feet to an iron pin and 
                cap designated as U.S.A. Corner No. M-5-1; thence, 
                leaving the southerly right-of-way of said Railroad, 
                and continuing with the boundary of said Project,
                    South 06 deg.33' East 102 to an iron pipe and cap 
                designated U.S.A. Corner No. M-6-1 on the northerly 
                right-of-way line of State Route 49/28; thence, leaving 
                the boundary of said Project, and with the right-of-way 
                of said road, severing the lands of said Project,
                    North 80 deg.59' West 171 feet to a point at the 
                intersection of the Northerly right-of-way line of said 
                State Route 49/28 with the easterly right-of-way line 
                of said State Route 49/10; thence, leaving the right-
                of-way of said State Route 49/28 and with the right-of-
                way of said State Route 49/10,
                    North 03 deg.21' West 42 feet to the point of 
                beginning, containing 0.27 acre, more or less. The 
                bearings and coordinate used herein are referenced to 
                the West Virginia State Plane Coordinate System, South 
                Zone.
            (4) A certain parcel of land in the State of West Virginia, 
        Mingo County, Town of Matewan, and being more particularly 
        bounded and described as follows:
                    Beginning at a point at the intersection of the 
                easterly right-of-way line of State Route 49/10 with 
                the right-of-way line of the floodwall, having an 
                approximate coordinate value of N228,826 E1,661,679; 
                thence, leaving the right-of-way of said floodwall, and 
                with the right-of-way of said State Route 49/10,
                    North 03 deg.21' West 23 feet to a point at the 
                intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of said 
                State Route 49/10 with the southerly right-of-way line 
                of State Route 49/28; thence, leaving the right-of-way 
                of said State Route 49/10 and with the right-of-way of 
                said State Route 49/28,
                    South 80 deg.59' East 168 feet,
                    North 82 deg.28' East 45 feet to an iron pin and 
                cap designated as U.S.A. Corner No. M-8-1 on the 
                boundary of the Western Area Structural Project; 
                thence, leaving the right-of-way of said State Route 
                49/28, and with said Project boundary,
                    South 08 deg.28' East 88 feet to an iron pin and 
                cap designated as U.S.A. Corner No. M-9-1 point on the 
                northerly right-of-way line of a street (known as McCoy 
                Alley); thence, leaving said Project boundary and with 
                the northerly right-of-way of said street,
                    South 83 deg.01' West 38 feet to a point on the 
                right-of-way line of said floodwall; thence, leaving 
                the right-of-way of said street, and with the right-of-
                way of said floodwall,
                    North 57 deg.49' West 180 feet,
                    South 79 deg.30' West 34 feet to a point of 
                beginning, containing 0.24 acre, more or less. The 
                bearings and coordinate used herein are referenced to 
                the West Virginia State Plane Coordinate System, South 
                Zone.

SOLUTION:
Matewan Flood Control Excess Project Land Disposal Act of 1999 - Directs the United States to convey to the Town of Matewan, West Virginia, four specified parcels of land deemed excess by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to the structural project for flood control constructed by the Corps along the Tug Fork River.