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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security and Medicare 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) fiscal pressures will mount as an aging population 
        increases the Government's obligations to provide retirement 
        income and health services;
            (2) Social Security and Medicare surpluses should be 
        reserved for strengthening and preserving the Social Security 
        trust funds; and
            (3) preserving Social Security and Medicare surpluses would 
        restore confidence in the long-term financial integrity of 
        Social Security and Medicare.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to prevent the Social 
Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds from being used 
for any purpose other than providing retirement and health security.

SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE SURPLUSES.

    (a) Protection of Social Security and Medicare Surpluses.--Title 
III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:

   ``protection for social security and hospital insurance surpluses

    ``Sec. 316.  (a) Protection for Social Security and Hospital 
Insurance Surpluses.--
            ``(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the 
                House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
                concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amendment 
                thereto or conference report thereon, that would set 
                forth a surplus for any fiscal year that is less than 
                the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
                Fund for that fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Exception.--(i) Subparagraph (A) shall not 
                apply to the extent that a violation of such 
                subparagraph would result from an assumption in the 
                resolution, amendment, or conference report, as 
                applicable, of an increase in outlays or a decrease in 
                revenue relative to the baseline underlying that 
                resolution for social security reform legislation or 
                medicare reform legislation for any such fiscal year.
                    ``(ii) If a concurrent resolution on the budget, or 
                an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 
                would be in violation of subparagraph (A) because of an 
                assumption of an increase in outlays or a decrease in 
                revenue relative to the baseline underlying that 
                resolution for social security reform legislation or 
                medicare reform legislation for any such fiscal year, 
                then that resolution shall include a statement 
                identifying any such increase in outlays or decrease in 
                revenue.
            ``(2) Spending and tax legislation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the 
                House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
                bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
                conference report if--
                            ``(i) the enactment of that bill or 
                        resolution, as reported;
                            ``(ii) the adoption and enactment of that 
                        amendment; or
                            ``(iii) the enactment of that bill or 
                        resolution in the form recommended in that 
                        conference report,
                would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by 
                the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
                the budget to be less than the surplus of the Federal 
                Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                to social security reform legislation or medicare 
                reform legislation.
    ``(b) Enforcement.--
            ``(1) Budgetary levels with respect to concurrent 
        resolutions on the budget.--For purposes of enforcing any point 
        of order under subsection (a)(1), the surplus for any fiscal 
        year shall be--
                    ``(A) the levels set forth in the later of the 
                concurrent resolution on the budget, as reported, or in 
                the conference report on the concurrent resolution on 
                the budget; and
                    ``(B) adjusted to the maximum extent allowable 
                under all procedures that allow budgetary aggregates to 
                be adjusted for legislation that would cause a decrease 
                in the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the 
                concurrent resolution on the budget (other than 
                procedures described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)).
            ``(2) Current levels with respect to spending and tax 
        legislation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of enforcing 
                subsection (a)(2), the current levels of the surplus 
                for any fiscal year shall be--
                            ``(i) calculated using the following 
                        assumptions--
                                    ``(I) direct spending and revenue 
                                levels at the baseline levels 
                                underlying the most recently agreed to 
                                concurrent resolution on the budget; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) for the budget year, 
                                discretionary spending levels at 
                                current law levels and, for outyears, 
                                discretionary spending levels at the 
                                baseline levels underlying the most 
                                recently agreed to concurrent 
                                resolution on the budget; and
                            ``(ii) adjusted for changes in the surplus 
                        levels set forth in the most recently agreed to 
                        concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 
                        procedures in such resolution that authorize 
                        adjustments in budgetary aggregates for updated 
                        economic and technical assumptions in the mid-
                        session report of the Director of the 
                        Congressional Budget Office.
                Such revisions shall be included in the first current 
                level report on the congressional budget submitted for 
                publication in the Congressional Record after the 
                release of such mid-session report.
                    ``(B) Budgetary treatment.--Outlays (or receipts) 
                for any fiscal year resulting from social security or 
                medicare reform legislation in excess of the amount of 
                outlays (or less than the amount of receipts) for that 
                fiscal year set forth in the most recently agreed to 
                concurrent resolution on the budget or the section 
                302(a) allocation for such legislation, as applicable, 
                shall not be taken into account for purposes of 
                enforcing any point of order under subsection (a)(2).
            ``(3) Disclosure of hi surplus.--For purposes of enforcing 
        any point of order under subsection (a), the surplus of the 
        Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a fiscal year shall 
        be the levels set forth in the later of the report accompanying 
        the concurrent resolution on the budget (or, in the absence of 
        such a report, placed in the Congressional Record prior to the 
        consideration of such resolution) or in the joint explanatory 
        statement of managers accompanying such resolution.
    ``(c) Additional Content of Reports Accompanying Budget Resolutions 
and of Joint Explanatory Statements.--The report accompanying any 
concurrent resolution on the budget and the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on each such resolution shall 
include the levels of the surplus in the budget for each fiscal year 
set forth in such resolution and of the surplus or deficit in the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, calculated using the assumptions 
set forth in subsection (b)(2)(A).
    ``(d) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            ``(1) The term `medicare reform legislation' means a bill 
        or a joint resolution to save Medicare that includes a 
        provision stating the following: `For purposes of section 
        316(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this Act 
        constitutes medicare reform legislation.'.
            ``(2) The term `social security reform legislation' means a 
        bill or a joint resolution to save social security that 
        includes a provision stating the following: `For purposes of 
        section 316(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
        Act constitutes social security reform legislation.'.
    ``(e) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended 
in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in 
the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 
of order raised under this section.
    ``(f) Effective Date.--This section shall cease to have any force 
or effect upon the enactment of social security reform legislation and 
medicare reform legislation.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 316 in the 
table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 316. Protection for Social Security and hospital insurance 
                            surpluses.''.

SEC. 4. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    (a) Protection of Social Security and Medicare Surpluses.--If the 
budget of the Government submitted by the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, recommends a surplus for any 
fiscal year that is less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year, then it shall include a 
detailed proposal for social security reform legislation or medicare 
reform legislation.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall cease to have any force 
or effect upon the enactment of social security reform legislation and 
medicare reform legislation as defined by section 316(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

A: Social Security and Medicare Protection Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or related measure) that would set forth a surplus for any fiscal year less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year.

Creates an exception to such point of order if a violation of it would result from an assumption in the measure of an increase in outlays or a decrease in revenue relative to the baseline underlying the measure for Social Security or Medicare reform legislation for any such year.

Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any (spending or tax) measure if its enactment would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to budget resolution to be less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year. Creates an exception to such point of order similar to the other one.

Declares that, if the President's budget recommends an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year, then it shall include a detailed proposal for Social Security or Medicare reform legislation.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disability Insurance Reform Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. REFORM OF MONTHLY INSURANCE BENEFITS BASED ON DISABILITY 
              INVOLVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 225 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
425) is amended--
            (1) by striking the heading and inserting the following:

      ``additional rules relating to benefits based on disability

                      ``Suspension of Benefits'';

            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) the following new 
        heading:

       ``Continued Payments During Rehabilitation Program''; and

            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

         ``Nonpayment of Benefits by Reason of Substance Abuse

    ``(c)(1)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no 
benefit based on disability under this title shall be paid to any 
individual for any month during any period of consecutive months 
beginning with a month in which such individual is medically determined 
to be a drug addict or an alcoholic and ending with a month as of the 
end of which--
            ``(i) the person, through an outpatient rehabilitation 
        program, has subsequently undergone treatment appropriate for 
        such condition for 3 months at an institution or facility 
        approved by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection, and 
        has complied with the terms, conditions, and requirements of 
        such treatment and with the requirements imposed under 
        paragraph (4); and
            ``(ii) the Secretary determines that--
                    ``(I) the person has made progress towards 
                recovery, or has recovered; or
                    ``(II) if the person has not made progress towards 
                recovery, the person meets such requirements 
                established in regulations as the Secretary deems 
                appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this title.
    ``(B) In any case in which an individual's disability is based in 
whole or in part on a medical determination that the individual is a 
drug addict or alcoholic, such individual's benefits based on 
disability under this title which are otherwise payable for any month 
preceding the month in which application for such benefits is made 
(pursuant to section 202(j)(1) or the last sentence of section 223(b)) 
shall be payable only pursuant to a certification of such payment to a 
representative payee of such individual pursuant to section 205(j).
    ``(2) If, after the 3-month treatment period referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary determines that the person has not 
recovered from the condition treated, then, as a condition of receiving 
benefits based on disability under this title for any month after such 
period, the person must continue to comply with the terms, conditions, 
and requirements of such treatment and with the requirements imposed 
under paragraph (4), until the month in which the Secretary determines 
that the person has recovered from such condition.
    ``(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in the 
case of a person who fails to continue treatment as required by 
paragraph (2), no benefit based on disability shall be paid under this 
title for any month ending after such failure and before the person has 
completed 2 weeks of such treatment.
    ``(B) In the case of a person to whom a benefit based on disability 
under this title becomes payable for any month after a month for which 
such benefit was not payable under subparagraph (A), and who thereafter 
fails to continue treatment as required by paragraph (2), no benefit 
based on disability shall be paid under this title for any month ending 
after such failure and before the person has completed 2 months of such 
treatment.
    ``(C) In the case of a person to whom a benefit based on disability 
under this title becomes payable for any month after a month for which 
such benefit was not payable under subparagraph (B), and who thereafter 
fails to continue treatment as required by paragraph (2), no benefit 
based on disability shall be paid under this title for any month ending 
after such failure.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `benefit based on 
disability' of an individual means a disability insurance benefit of 
such individual under section 223 or a child's, widow's, or widower's 
insurance benefit of such individual under section 202 based on the 
disability of such individual.
    ``(5) Monthly insurance benefits under this title which would be 
payable to any individual (other than the disabled individual to whom 
benefits are not payable by reason of this subsection) on the basis of 
the wages and self-employment income of such a disabled individual but 
for the provisions of paragraph (1), shall be payable as though such 
disabled individual were receiving such benefits which are not payable 
under this subsection.
    ``(6) The Secretary shall provide for the monitoring and testing of 
all individuals who are receiving benefits under this title and who as 
a condition of such benefits are required to be undergoing treatment 
and complying with the terms, conditions, and requirements thereof as 
described in the preceding provisions of this subsection, in order to 
assure such compliance and to determine the extent to which the 
imposition of such requirements is contributing to the achievement of 
the purposes of this title. The Secretary may retain jurisdiction in 
the case of a hearing before the Secretary under this title to the 
extent the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the preceding 
sentence. The Secretary shall annually submit to the Congress a full 
and complete report on the Secretary's activities under this paragraph.
    ``(7) The Secretary, in consultation with drug and alcohol 
treatment professionals, shall develop standards for drug and alcohol 
treatment programs, and in consultation with States, shall develop 
guidelines to be used to review and evaluate the progress of 
participants in such programs.''.
    (b) Preservation of Medicare Benefits.--Section 226 of such title 
(42 U.S.C. 426) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) For purposes of this section, each person to whom a benefit 
for any month is not payable by reason of section 225(c) shall be 
treated as entitled to such benefit for such month if such person would 
be entitled to such benefit for such month in the absence of such 
section.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to benefits payable for months beginning 90 or more days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION OF FUTURE REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES TO GOVERNMENT 
              AGENCIES, STATE-LICENCED OR CERTIFIED FACILITIES, OR 
              STATE-BONDED OR LICENSED COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT SOCIAL 
              SERVICE AGENCIES.

    (a) Restriction to Qualified Organizations.--Section 205(j) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``another individual, or 
        an organization,'' and inserting ``a qualified organization'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ``the person'' and 
        inserting ``the qualified organization'', and by striking 
        ``such person'' and inserting ``representatives of such 
        qualified organization'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ``person'' each 
        place it appears in subclause (I) and inserting ``qualified 
        organization'', by striking ``person's social security account 
        number (or employer identification number)'' in subclause (II) 
        and inserting ``qualified organization's employer 
        identification number'', by striking ``such person'' in 
        subclause (III) and inserting ``such qualified organization'', 
        and by striking ``such person'' each place it appears in 
        subclause (IV) and inserting ``such qualified organization''; 
        and
            (4) by striking paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by redesignating 
        paragraph (2)(B)(i) (as amended by paragraph (3)) as paragraph 
        (2)(B), and by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), (III), and 
        (IV) of paragraph (2)(B) (as redesignated) as clauses (i), 
        (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively.
    (b) Qualified Organization Defined.--
            (1) In general.--Section 205(j)(2)(C)(i) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 405(j)(2)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ``Benefits of an 
        individual may not be certified for payment to any other person 
        pursuant to this subsection if--'' and inserting ``For purposes 
        of this subsection, the term `qualified organization' means an 
        agency or instrumentality of a State or a political subdivision 
        of a State, a nonprofit facility that is licensed or certified 
        as a care facility under the law of a State or a political 
        subdivision of a State, and, in connection with services 
        provided as a representative payee under this subsection in any 
        State, a community-based nonprofit social service agency which 
        is bonded or licensed in such State. Except as otherwise 
        provided in this subsection, such term does not include any 
        person if--''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 205(j)(2)(C) of such 
        Act is further amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (B)(i)(III)'' in 
                clause (i)(I) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'', 
                and by striking ``subparagraph (B)(i)(IV)'' in clause 
                (i)(II) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)(iv)'';
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking subclauses (I) and 
                (IV), by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), and (V) 
                as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and 
                by striking ``an individual'' in subclause (III) (as 
                redesignated) and inserting ``a person''; and
                    (C) in clause (iv), by striking ``individual'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``person''.
    (c) Authorization for Fees.--Section 205(j)(4) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(j)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(4)(A) A qualified organization may collect from an individual a 
monthly fee for expenses (including overhead) incurred by such 
organization in providing services performed as such individual's 
representative payee pursuant to this subsection if such fee does not 
exceed 10 percent of the monthly benefit involved. Any agreement 
providing for a fee in excess of the amount permitted under this 
subparagraph shall be void and shall be treated as misuse by such 
organization of such individual's benefits.'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B) 
        and, in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``qualified organization'' and inserting ``person''; and
            (4) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to certifications of payments to representative 
payees made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 
205(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)) as in effect 
immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue 
to apply, in the case of any person who is then a representative payee 
under such section with respect to benefits for which certification of 
payment to such person under such section is then in effect, until such 
certification ceases to be effective under such section as then in 
effect.

A: Disability Insurance Reform Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits based on disability to any individual who is a drug addict or alcoholic until such individual:  (1) undergoes appropriate substance abuse treatment at an approved facility; (2) has complied with the terms of such treatment; and (3) either recovers or makes progress towards recovery, with benefits terminated if the individual fails to continue treatment. 
Requires lump sum disability payments to be made only through a qualified governmental or nonprofit care facility or community-based social service agency representative payees.  Makes other changes with regard to representative payees, including allowing them to collect monthly fees for expenses in providing service. 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a monitoring and testing program to ensure individual compliance with treatment requirements.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gasoline Availablity Stabilization 
(GAS) Reserves Act''.

SEC. 2. GASOLINE AVAILABILITY STABILIZATION RESERVE.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) Authority.--The Secretary shall establish a Gasoline 
        Availability Stabilization Reserve (in this section referred to 
        as the ``GAS Reserve'') system with a total capacity of 
        20,000,000 barrels of regular unleaded gasoline.
            (2) Reserve sites.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine a site for 
        one GAS Reserve each in the Northeast and Midwest regions of 
        the United States, and one in California. Such reserve sites 
        shall be operational within 2 years after the date of enactment 
        of this Act. The Secretary may establish two additional GAS 
        Reserve sites at locations selected by the Secretary.
            (3) Security.--In establishing the GAS Reserve under this 
        section, the Secretary shall obtain the concurrence of the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to physical design 
        security and operational security.
    (b) Transportation Plan.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Governor of each State in 
which a reserve will be sited a plan for the transportation of the 
contents of the GAS Reserve under this section to consumers in the 
event of an emergency sale under subsection (d).
    (c) Fill Date.--The Secretary shall complete the process of filling 
the GAS Reserve under this section by March 1, 2006.
    (d) Emergency Sale Authorization.--The Secretary shall sell 
gasoline from the GAS Reserve if--
            (1) the Governor of a State transmits to the Secretary a 
        written request for GAS Reserve emergency sales assistance 
        which--
                    (A) cites a physical disruption in the system 
                supplying gasoline to the Governor's State; and
                    (B) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
                Secretary that such disruption is likely to result in 
                price volatility for retail gasoline markets in the 
                Governor's State; and
            (2) the Secretary determines that--
                    (A) GAS Reserve emergency sales would mitigate 
                gasoline price volatility in the Governor's State;
                    (B) GAS Reserve emergency sales would not have an 
                adverse effect on the long-term economic viability of 
                retail gasoline markets in the Governor's State and 
                adjacent States;
                    (C) the physical disruption described in paragraph 
                (1)(A) is likely to result in general economic 
                disruption in the Governor's State and adjacent States; 
                and
                    (D) GAS Reserve emergency sales would serve to 
                stabilize gasoline prices, not suppress prices below 
                long-term market trend levels.
    (e) Procedure.--
            (1) Secretary's response.--The Secretary shall respond to a 
        request transmitted under subsection (d)(1) within 10 days of 
        receipt of a request by--
                    (A) approving the request;
                    (B) denying the request; or
                    (C) requesting additional supporting information.
            (2) Approval.--If the Secretary approves a request, the 
        Secretary shall provide to the Governor a written notice of 
        approval that includes--
                    (A) a description of the GAS Reserve emergency sale 
                plan; and
                    (B) an explanation of the Secretary's decision.
            (3) Denial.--If the Secretary denies a request, the 
        Secretary shall provide to the Governor a written notice of 
        denial that includes an explanation of the Secretary's 
        decision.
            (4) Additional information.--If the Secretary requests 
        additional information and the Governor does not respond for a 
        period of 10 days, the Governor's request shall be denied. If 
        the Governor provides all requested additional information in 
        timely manner, the Secretary shall approve or deny the request 
        within 10 days after receipt of such information.
    (f) Maintenance Transactions.--The Secretary is authorized to 
conduct purchases and sales of gasoline at wholesale for maintenance of 
the GAS Reserve system. In conducting maintenance transactions, the 
Secretary shall ensure that--
            (1) the GAS Reserve is available to respond to emergencies 
        during periods of the annual gasoline market cycle when the 
        Secretary expects demand to be highest;
            (2) the GAS Reserve does not contain gasoline for a period 
        of time so long as to jeopardize its quality; and
            (3) maintenance transactions are timed so as to minimize 
        their impact on the retail price of gasoline.
    (g) Reports.--Not later than November 1 of each year, the Secretary 
shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate a report on the GAS Reserve program, describing the physical 
status of GAS Reserve facilities, the program's financial outlook, and 
the disposition of any emergency sales request received and any 
emergency sales conducted since the last report, and recommending any 
additional appropriations or technical changes appropriate to improve 
the program's operation.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for 
construction and operation of the GAS Reserve for fiscal years 2004 
through 2009.

A:
Gasoline Availablity Stabilization (GAS) Reserves Act - Directs the Secretary [of Energy] to: (1) establish a Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve (GAS Reserve) system with a total capacity of 20 million barrels of regular unleaded gasoline; and (2) determine a site for one GAS Reserve each in the Northeast and Midwest regions and one in California, to be operational within two years after the date of enactment of this Act.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to Congress, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Governor of each State in which a reserve will be sited a plan for the transportation of the contents of the GAS Reserve to consumers in the event of an emergency sale; and (2) complete the process of filling the GAS Reserve by March 1, 2006.

Prescribes procedural guidelines for emergency sales by the Secretary from the GAS Reserve upon written request from the Governor of a State for GAS Reserve emergency sales assistance owing to a physical disruption in the gasoline supplies that is likely to result in price volatility for retail gasoline in the Governor's State.

Authorizes the Secretary to conduct purchases and sales of gasoline at wholesale for maintenance of the GAS Reserve system.
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