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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Orphan Works Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REMEDIES IN CASES INVOLVING ORPHAN WORKS.

    (a) Limitation on Remedies.--Chapter 5 of title 17, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 514. Limitation on remedies in cases involving orphan works
    ``(a) Limitation on Remedies.--
            ``(1) Conditions.--Notwithstanding sections 502 through 
        505, in an action brought under this title for infringement of 
        copyright in a work, the remedies for infringement shall be 
        limited under subsection (b) if the infringer sustains the 
        burden of proving, and the court finds, that--
                    ``(A) before the infringing use of the work began, 
                the infringer, a person acting on behalf of the 
                infringer, or any person jointly and severally liable 
                with the infringer for the infringement of the work--
                            ``(i) performed and documented a reasonably 
                        diligent search in good faith to locate the 
                        owner of the infringed copyright; but
                            ``(ii) was unable to locate the owner; and
                    ``(B) the infringing use of the work provided 
                attribution, in a manner reasonable under the 
                circumstances, to the author and owner of the 
                copyright, if known with a reasonable degree of 
                certainty based on information obtained in performing 
                the reasonably diligent search.
            ``(2) Definitions; requirements for searches.--
                    ``(A) Owner of infringed copyright.--For purposes 
                of paragraph (1), the `owner' of an infringed copyright 
                in a work is the legal or beneficial owner of, or any 
                party with authority to grant or license, an exclusive 
                right under section 106 applicable to the infringement.
                    ``(B) Requirements for reasonably diligent 
                search.--(i) For purposes of paragraph (1), a search to 
                locate the owner of an infringed copyright in a work--
                            ``(I) is `reasonably diligent' only if it 
                        includes steps that are reasonable under the 
                        circumstances to locate that owner in order to 
                        obtain permission for the use of the work; and
                            ``(II) is not `reasonably diligent' solely 
                        by reference to the lack of identifying 
                        information with respect to the copyright on 
                        the copy or phonorecord of the work.
                    ``(ii) The steps referred to in clause (i)(I) shall 
                ordinarily include, at a minimum, review of the 
                information maintained by the Register of Copyrights 
                under subparagraph (C).
                    ``(iii) A reasonably diligent search includes the 
                use of reasonably available expert assistance and 
                reasonably available technology, which may include, if 
                reasonable under the circumstances, resources for which 
                a charge or subscription fee is imposed.
                    ``(C) Information to guide searches.--The Register 
                of Copyrights shall receive, maintain, and make 
                available to the public, including through the 
                Internet, information from authoritative sources, such 
                as industry guidelines, statements of best practices, 
                and other relevant documents, that is designed to 
                assist users in conducting and documenting a reasonably 
                diligent search under this subsection. Such information 
                may include--
                            ``(i) the records of the Copyright Office 
                        that are relevant to identifying and locating 
                        copyright owners;
                            ``(ii) other sources of copyright ownership 
                        information reasonably available to users;
                            ``(iii) methods to identify copyright 
                        ownership information associated with a work;
                            ``(iv) sources of reasonably available 
                        technology tools and reasonably available 
                        expert assistance; and
                            ``(v) best practices for documenting a 
                        reasonably diligent search.
    ``(b) Limitations on Remedies.--The limitations on remedies in a 
case to which subsection (a) applies are the following:
            ``(1) Monetary relief.--
                    ``(A) General rule.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                an award for monetary relief (including actual damages, 
                statutory damages, costs, and attorney's fees) may not 
                be made, other than an order requiring the infringer to 
                pay reasonable compensation for the use of the 
                infringed work.
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--(i) An order requiring the 
                infringer to pay reasonable compensation for the use of 
                the infringed work may not be made under subparagraph 
                (A) if--
                            ``(I) the infringement is performed without 
                        any purpose of direct or indirect commercial 
                        advantage and primarily for a charitable, 
                        religious, scholarly, or educational purpose, 
                        and
                            ``(II) the infringer ceases the 
                        infringement expeditiously after receiving 
                        notice of the claim for infringement,
                unless the copyright owner proves, and the court finds, 
                that the infringer has earned proceeds directly 
                attributable to the infringement.
                    ``(ii) If the infringer fails to negotiate in good 
                faith with the owner of the infringed work regarding 
                the amount of reasonable compensation for the use of 
                the infringed work, the court may award full costs, 
                including a reasonable attorney's fee, against the 
                infringer under section 505, subject to section 412.
            ``(2) Injunctive relief.--
                    ``(A) General rule.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                the court may impose injunctive relief to prevent or 
                restrain the infringing use, except that, if the 
                infringer has met the requirements of subsection (a), 
                the relief shall, to the extent practicable, account 
                for any harm that the relief would cause the infringer 
                due to its reliance on having performed a reasonably 
                diligent search under subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Special rule for new works.--In a case in 
                which the infringer recasts, transforms, adapts, or 
                integrates the infringed work with the infringer's 
                original expression in a new work of authorship, the 
                court may not, in granting injunctive relief, restrain 
                the infringer's continued preparation or use of that 
                new work, if the infringer--
                            ``(i) pays reasonable compensation to the 
                        owner of the infringed copyright for the use of 
                        the infringed work; and
                            ``(ii) provides attribution to the owner of 
                        the infringed copyright in a manner that the 
                        court determines is reasonable under the 
                        circumstances.
                    ``(C) Treatment of parties not subject to suit.--
                The limitations on remedies under this paragraph shall 
                not be available to an infringer that asserts in an 
                action under section 501(b) that neither it nor its 
                representative acting in an official capacity is 
                subject to suit in Federal court for an award of 
                damages to the copyright owner under section 504, 
                unless the court finds that such infringer has-- 
                            ``(i) complied with the requirements of 
                        subsection (a) of this section;
                            ``(ii) made a good faith offer of 
                        compensation that was rejected by the copyright 
                        owner; and
                            ``(iii) affirmed in writing its willingness 
                        to pay such compensation to the copyright owner 
                        upon the determination by the court that such 
                        compensation was reasonable under paragraph (3) 
                        of this subsection.
                    ``(D) Construction.--Nothing in subparagraph (C) 
                shall be deemed to authorize or require, and no action 
                taken pursuant to subparagraph (C) shall be deemed to 
                constitute, an award of damages by the court against 
                the infringer.
                    ``(E) Rights and privileges not waived.--No action 
                taken by an infringer pursuant to subparagraph (C) 
                shall be deemed to waive any right or privilege that, 
                as a matter of law, protects such infringer from being 
                subject to suit in Federal court for an award of 
                damages to the copyright owner under section 504.
            ``(3) Reasonable compensation.--In establishing reasonable 
        compensation under paragraph (1) or (2), the owner of the 
        infringed copyright has the burden of establishing the amount 
        on which a reasonable willing buyer and a reasonable willing 
        seller in the positions of the owner and the infringer would 
        have agreed with respect to the infringing use of the work 
        immediately before the infringement began.
    ``(c) Preservation of Other Rights, Limitations, and Defense.--This 
section does not affect any right, limitation, or defense to copyright 
infringement, including fair use, under this title. If another 
provision of this title provides for a statutory license when the 
copyright owner cannot be located, that provision applies in lieu of 
this section.
    ``(d) Copyright for Derivative Works.--Notwithstanding section 
103(a), the infringing use of a work in accordance with this section 
shall not limit or affect the copyright protection for a work that uses 
the infringed work.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 5 of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``514. Limitation on remedies in cases involving orphan works''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply only to infringing uses that commence on or after June 1, 2008.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON AMENDMENTS.

    The Register of Copyrights shall, not later than December 12, 2014, 
report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate on the 
implementation and effects of the amendments made by section 2, 
including any recommendations for legislative changes that the Register 
considers appropriate.

SEC. 4. INQUIRY ON REMEDIES FOR SMALL COPYRIGHT CLAIMS.

    (a) In General.--The Register of Copyrights shall conduct an 
inquiry with respect to remedies for copyright infringement claims 
seeking limited amounts of monetary relief, including consideration of 
alternatives to disputes currently heard in the United States district 
courts. The inquiry shall cover infringement claims to which section 
514 of title 17, United States Code (as added by section 2 of this 
Act), apply, and other infringement claims under title 17, United 
States Code.
    (b) Procedures.--The Register of Copyrights shall publish notice of 
the inquiry under subsection (a), providing a period during which 
interested persons may submit comments on the inquiry, and an 
opportunity for interested persons to participate in public roundtables 
on the inquiry. The Register shall hold the public roundtables at such 
times as the Register considers appropriate.
    (c) Report to Congress.--The Register of Copyrights shall, not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, prepare 
and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a 
report on the inquiry conducted under this section, including such 
recommendations that the Register considers appropriate.
[A]: Orphan Works Act of 2006 - Limits the remedies available in a copyright infringement action if the infringer proves that: (1) the infringer performed and documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith to locate the copyright owner before using the work, but was unable to locate the owner; and (2) the infringing use of the work provided attribution to the author and owner of the copyright, if known.

Requires the Register of Copyrights to make information available from authoritative sources to assist users in conducting and documenting a reasonably diligent search.

Permits an award of reasonable compensation for the use of the infringed work, except if: (1) the infringement is performed without any commercial advantage and for primarily a charitable, religious, scholarly, or educational purpose; and (2) the infringer ceases the infringement expeditiously after receiving notice of the claim for infringement.

Allows the court to impose injunctive relief to prevent or restrain the infringing use, but such relief shall account for harm caused to the infringer due to reliance on having performed a reasonably diligent search. Prohibits the court from imposing injunctive relief that restrains the continued preparation or use of a new work that recasts, transforms, adapts, or integrates the infringed work with the infringer's original expression in a new work of authorship if the infringer pays reasonable compensation and provides attribution to the copyright owner.

Requires the Register of Copyrights to conduct an inquiry with respect to remedies for copyright infringement claims seeking limited amounts of monetary relief, including consideration of alternatives to disputes currently heard in the U.S. district courts.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Each Executive agency'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive 
        agency''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
            ``(1) Hiring freeze.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        during fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year for 
        which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in 
        such manner as the Director determines to be appropriate) 
        projects a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive 
        agency may not appoint any individual to a position in the 
        agency.
            ``(2) Permitting appointments from federal workforce hiring 
        pool.--
                    ``(A) Establishment of pool.--The President shall 
                establish a Federal workforce hiring pool consisting of 
                positions which may be allocated among all Executive 
                agencies.
                    ``(B) Procedures.--The head of an Executive agency 
                may appoint an individual to a position in the agency 
                if--
                            ``(i) there is a position available in the 
                        Federal workforce hiring pool;
                            ``(ii) the head of the Executive agency 
                        submits a request to the President for the 
                        allocation of a position in the Federal 
                        workforce hiring pool to the agency for 
                        purposes of making an appointment; and
                            ``(iii) the President approves the request.
                    ``(C) Process and criteria for approving 
                requests.--The President shall promulgate regulations--
                            ``(i) setting forth the process by which 
                        the head of an Executive agency may make a 
                        request under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) setting forth the criteria by which 
                        the President shall determine on a competitive 
                        basis whether to approve a request by the head 
                        of an Executive agency under this subsection.
                    ``(D) Number of positions in pool.--
                            ``(i) Initial number.--As of the first day 
                        of fiscal year 2011, the number of positions in 
                        the Federal workforce hiring pool shall equal 
                        zero.
                            ``(ii) Changes to initial number.--After 
                        the first day of fiscal year 2011, the number 
                        of positions in the Federal workforce hiring 
                        pool--
                                    ``(I) shall increase by .50 for 
                                each full-time-equivalent position in 
                                any Executive agency which subsequently 
                                becomes vacant; and
                                    ``(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for 
                                each request for a full-time equivalent 
                                position which is approved by the 
                                President under this subsection.
            ``(3) Waiver in case of emergency or need to protect 
        national security.--The President may waive this subsection 
        with respect to the hiring of an employee for a position upon a 
        determination by the President that--
                    ``(A) the existence of a state of war or other 
                national security concern so requires; or
                    ``(B) the existence of an extraordinary emergency 
                threatening life, health, safety, or property so 
                requires.
            ``(4) Action through opm.--The President shall carry out 
        this subsection through the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management, who shall consult with the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget.
            ``(5) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President 
                shall provide Congress with a report containing a list 
                of each appointment approved by the President under 
                this subsection during the quarter, broken down by 
                executive agency.
                    ``(B) Information included.--The list contained in 
                a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include a description of the position associated 
                with each approved appointment, but shall not provide 
                any information that may be used to identify the 
                individual appointed to the position.
                    ``(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall 
                make each report provided to Congress under 
                subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the 
                report on the official public website of the Executive 
                Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and 
                downloadable manner.
            ``(6) Exclusion of certain executive agencies.--This 
        subsection does not apply to--
                    ``(A) the Department of Defense;
                    ``(B) the Department of Homeland Security; or
                    ``(C) the Department of Veterans' Affairs.''.
[A]: Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency.

Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property.

 Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Oceans and Human Health Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The rich biodiversity of marine organisms provides 
        society with an essential biomedical resource, a promising 
        source of novel compounds with therapeutic potential, and a 
        potentially important contribution to the national economy.
            (2) The diversity of ocean life and research on the health 
        of marine organisms, including marine mammals and other 
        sentinel species, helps scientists in their efforts to 
        investigate and understand human physiology and biochemical 
        processes, as well as providing a means for monitoring the 
        health of marine ecosystems.
            (3) The oceans drive climate and weather factors causing 
        severe weather events and shifts in temperature and rainfall 
        patterns that affect the density and distribution of disease-
        causing organisms and the ability of public health systems to 
        address them.
            (4) The oceans act as a route of exposure for human disease 
        and illnesses through ingestion of contaminated seafood and 
        direct contact with seawater containing toxins and disease-
        causing organisms.
            (5) During the past two decades, the incidence of harmful 
        blooms of algae and hypoxia has increased in United States 
        coastal waters, including the Great Lakes, and around the 
        world, contaminating shellfish, causing widespread fish kills, 
        threatening marine environmental quality and resulting in 
        substantial economic losses to coastal communities.
            (6) Existing Federal programs and resources support 
        research in a number of these areas, but gaps in funding, 
        coordination, and outreach have impeded national progress in 
        addressing ocean health issues.
            (7) National investment in a coordinated program of 
        research and monitoring would improve understanding of marine 
        ecosystems, allow prediction and prevention of marine public 
        health problems and assist in realizing the potential of the 
        oceans to contribute to the development of effective new 
        treatments of human diseases and a greater understanding of 
        human biology.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to provide for--
            (1) Presidential support and coordination of interagency 
        ocean science programs; and
            (2) development and coordination of a comprehensive and 
        integrated United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 
        research and monitoring program that will assist this Nation 
        and the world to understand, use and respond to the role of the 
        oceans in human health.

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    (a) Coordination.--The President, through the National Science and 
Technology Council, shall coordinate and support a national research 
program to improve understanding of the role of the oceans in human 
health.
    (b) Implementation Plan.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the National Science and Technology Council, through the 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall develop 
and submit to the Congress a plan for coordinated Federal activities 
under the program. Nothing in this subsection is intended to duplicate 
or supersede the activities of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful 
Algal Blooms and Hypoxia established under section 603 of the Harmful 
Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
1451 note). In developing the plan, the Committee will consult with the 
Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. Such plan 
will build on and complement the ongoing activities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science 
Foundation, and other departments and agencies and shall--
            (1) establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year 
        it is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal research 
        which most effectively advance scientific understanding of the 
        connections between the oceans and human health, provide usable 
        information for the prediction of marine-related public health 
        problems and use the biological potential of the oceans for 
        development of new treatments of human diseases and a greater 
        understanding of human biology;
            (2) describe specific activities required to achieve such 
        goals and priorities, including the funding of competitive 
        research grants, ocean and coastal observations, training and 
        support for scientists, and participation in international 
        research efforts;
            (3) identify and address, as appropriate, relevant programs 
        and activities of the Federal agencies and departments that 
        would contribute to the program;
            (4) consider and use, as appropriate, reports and studies 
        conducted by Federal agencies and departments, the National 
        Research Council, the Ocean Research Advisory Panel, the 
        Commission on Ocean Policy and other expert scientific bodies;
            (5) make recommendations for the coordination of program 
        activities with ocean and human health-related activities of 
        other national and international organizations; and
            (6) estimate Federal funding for research activities to be 
        conducted under the program.
    (c) Program Scope.--The program may include the following 
activities related to the role of oceans in human health:
            (1) Interdisciplinary research among the ocean and medical 
        sciences, and coordinated research and activities to improve 
        understanding of processes within the ocean that may affect 
        human health and to explore the potential contribution of 
        marine organisms to medicine and research, including--
                    (A) vector- and water-borne diseases of humans and 
                marine organisms, including marine mammals and fish;
                    (B) harmful algal blooms and hypoxia (through the 
                Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and 
                Hypoxia);
                    (C) marine-derived pharmaceuticals;
                    (D) marine organisms as models for biomedical 
                research and as indicators of marine environmental 
                health;
                    (E) marine environmental microbiology;
                    (F) bioaccumulative and endocrine-disrupting 
                chemical contaminants; and
                    (G) predictive models based on indicators of marine 
                environmental health or public health threats.
            (2) Coordination with the National Ocean Research 
        Leadership Council (10 U.S.C. 7902(a)) to ensure that any 
        integrated ocean and coastal observing system provides 
        information necessary to monitor and reduce marine public 
        health problems including health-related data on biological 
        populations and detection of contaminants in marine waters and 
        seafood.
            (3) Development through partnerships among Federal 
        agencies, States, or academic institutions of new technologies 
        and approaches for detecting and reducing hazards to human 
        health from ocean sources and to strengthen understanding of 
        the value of marine biodiversity to biomedicine, including--
                    (A) genomics and proteomics to develop genetic and 
                immunological detection approaches and predictive tools 
                and to discover new biomedical resources;
                    (B) biomaterials and bioengineering;
                    (C) in situ and remote sensors used to detect, 
                quantify, and predict the presence and spread of 
                contaminants in marine waters and organisms and to 
                identify new genetic resources for biomedical purposes;
                    (D) techniques for supplying marine resources, 
                including chemical synthesis, culturing and 
                aquaculturing marine organisms, new fermentation 
                methods and recombinant techniques; and
                    (E) adaptation of equipment and technologies from 
                human health fields.
            (4) Support for scholars, trainees and education 
        opportunities that encourage an interdisciplinary and 
        international approach to exploring the diversity of life in 
        the oceans.
    (d) Annual Report.--Beginning with the first year occurring more 
than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National 
Science and Technology Council, through the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall prepare and submit to the President 
and the Congress not later than January 31st of each year an annual 
report on the activities conducted pursuant to this Act during the 
preceding fiscal year, including--
            (1) a summary of the achievements of Federal oceans and 
        human health research, including Federally supported external 
        research, during the preceding fiscal year;
            (2) an analysis of the progress made toward achieving the 
        goals and objectives of the plan developed under subsection 
        (b), including identification of trends and emerging trends;
            (3) a copy or summary of the plan and any changes made in 
        the plan;
            (4) a summary of agency budgets for oceans and human health 
        activities for that preceding fiscal year; and
            (5) any recommendations regarding additional action or 
        legislation that may be required to assist in achieving the 
        purposes of this title.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION OCEANS AND 
              HUMAN HEALTH INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--As part of the interagency program planned and 
coordinated under section 3, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to 
establish an Oceans and Human Health Initiative to coordinate and 
implement research and activities of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration related to the role of the oceans, the 
coasts, and the Great Lakes in human health. In carrying out this 
section, the Secretary shall consult with other Federal agencies 
conducting integrated oceans and human health research and research in 
related areas, including the National Science Foundation. The Oceans 
and Human Health Initiative is authorized to provide support for--
            (1) centralized program and research coordination;
            (2) an advisory panel;
            (3) one or more National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration national centers of excellence;
            (4) research grants; and
            (5) distinguished scholars and traineeships.
    (b) Advisory Panel.--The Secretary is authorized to establish an 
oceans and human health advisory panel to assist in the development and 
implementation of the Oceans and Human Health Initiative. Membership of 
the advisory group shall provide for balanced representation of 
individuals with multi-disciplinary expertise in the marine and 
biomedical sciences. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the oceans and human health advisory panel.
    (c) National Centers.--(1) The Secretary is authorized to identify 
and provide financial support through a competitive process to develop, 
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for one or 
more centers of excellence that strengthen the capabilities of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out its 
programs and activities related to the oceans' role in human health.
    (2) The centers shall focus on areas related to agency missions, 
including use of marine organisms as indicators for marine 
environmental health, ocean pollutants, marine toxins and pathogens, 
harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, seafood testing, drug discovery, and 
biology and pathobiology of marine mammals, and on disciplines 
including marine genomics, marine environmental microbiology, 
ecological chemistry and conservation medicine.
    (3) In selecting centers for funding, the Secretary will give 
priority to proposals with strong interdisciplinary scientific merit 
that encourage educational opportunities and provide for effective 
partnerships among the Administration, other Federal entities, State, 
academic, medical, and industry participants.
    (d) Extramural Research Grants.--(1) The Secretary is authorized to 
provide grants of financial assistance to the scientific community for 
critical research and projects that explore the relationship between 
the oceans and human health and that complement or strengthen programs 
and activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
related to the ocean's role in human health. Officers and employees of 
Federal agencies may collaborate with, and participate in, such 
research and projects to the extent requested by the grant recipient. 
The Secretary shall consult with the oceans and human health advisory 
panel established under subsection (b) and may work cooperatively with 
other agencies participating in the interagency program under section 3 
to establish joint criteria for such research and projects.
    (2) Grants under this subsection shall be awarded through a 
competitive peer-reviewed, merit-based process that may be conducted 
jointly with other agencies participating in the interagency program 
established in section 3 or under the National Oceanographic 
Partnership Program under section 7901 of title 10, United States Code.
    (e) Distinguished Scholars and Traineeships.--(1) The Secretary is 
authorized to designate and provide financial assistance to support 
distinguished scholars from academic institutions, industry, State 
governments, or other Federal agencies for collaborative work with 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and 
facilities.
    (2) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish a program 
to provide traineeships, training, and experience to pre-doctoral and 
post-doctoral students and to scientists at the beginning of their 
careers who are interested in the oceans in human health research 
conducted under the NOAA initiative.

SEC. 5. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND OUTREACH.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
other appropriate Federal agencies shall design and implement a 
national information and outreach program on potential ocean-related 
human health risks, including health hazards associated with the human 
consumption of seafood. Under such program, the Secretary shall--
            (1) collect information on the incidence and locations of 
        ocean-related health hazards and illnesses;
            (2) disseminate such information to any appropriate Federal 
        or State agency, involved industries, and other interested 
        persons; and
            (3) assess and make recommendations for observing systems 
        to support the program.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oceans and Human Health 
Initiative established under section 4, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $20,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2007 and 2008. Not less than 50 percent of the amounts 
appropriated to carry out the initiative for each fiscal year shall be 
utilized to support the programs described in subsections (d) and (e) 
of section 4.
    (b) Public Information.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary to carry out the public information and outreach program 
established under section 5, $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2007.

            Passed the Senate March 24, 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.
[A]:
Oceans and Human Health Act - (Sec. 2) Provides for coordination and support of Federal interagency ocean science programs, including research on and monitoring of the role of oceans in human health.

(Sec. 3) Directs the President, through the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), to coordinate and support a national interagency oceans in human health research program to improve understanding of the role of oceans in human health.

Directs the NSTC to submit to Congress a plan for coordinated action under the national research program. Requires the NSTC to report annually to the President and Congress on program activities.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), as part of the interagency program , to establish an Oceans and Human Health Initiative to coordinate and implement NOAA research and activities related to the role of the oceans, the coasts, and the Great Lakes in human health. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an advisory panel. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to: (1) one or more national centers of excellence to strengthen NOAA's oceans and human health programs and activities; and (2) support distinguished scholars from academic institutions, industry, State governments, or other Federal agencies for collaborative work with NOAA scientists and facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide grants for critical research and projects on oceans and human health; and (2) establish an oceans in human health traineeship program for scientists at the beginning of their careers.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to design and implement a national information and outreach program on potential ocean-related human health risks, including those associated with seafood.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for: (1) FY 2005 through 2008, for the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative; and (2) FY 2005 through 2007, for the public information and outreach program on potential ocean-related human health risks.