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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Encouraging Work Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT AND WELFARE-TO-WORK 
              CREDIT.

    (a) Credit Made Permanent.--
            (1) Subsection (c) of section 51 of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (4) (relating to 
        termination).
            (2) Section 51A of such Code is amended by striking 
        subsection (f).
    (b) Eligibility of Ex-Felons Determined Without Regard to Family 
Income.--Paragraph (4) of section 51(d) of such Code is amended by 
adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ``, and'' at 
the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and by striking all 
that follows subparagraph (B).
    (c) Increase in Maximum Age for Eligibility of Food Stamp 
Recipients.--Clause (i) of section 51(d)(8)(A) of such Code is amended 
by striking ``25'' and inserting ``40''.
    (d) Increase in Maximum Age for Designated Community Residents.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 51(d) of such 
        Code is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Designated community residents.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `designated community 
                resident' means any individual who is certified by the 
                designated local agency--
                            ``(i) as having attained age 18 but not age 
                        40 on the hiring date, and
                            ``(ii) as having his principal place of 
                        abode within an empowerment zone, enterprise 
                        community, or renewal community.
                    ``(B) Individual must continue to reside in zone or 
                community.--In the case of a designated community 
                resident, the term `qualified wages' shall not include 
                wages paid or incurred for services performed while the 
                individual's principal place of abode is outside an 
                empowerment zone, enterprise community, or renewal 
                community.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (D) of section 
        51(d)(1) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(D) a designated community resident,''.
    (e) Clarification of Treatment of Individuals Under Individual Work 
Plans.--Subparagraph (B) of section 51(d)(6) of such Code (relating to 
vocational rehabilitation referral) is amended by striking ``or'' at 
the end of clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) 
and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
                            ``(iii) an individual work plan developed 
                        and implemented by an employment network 
                        pursuant to subsection (g) of section 1148 of 
                        the Social Security Act with respect to which 
                        the requirements of such subsection are met.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2005.

SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT WITH WELFARE-TO-WORK 
              CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of 
subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (H) 
and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(I) a long-term family assistance recipient.''.
    (b) Long-Term Family Assistance Recipient.--Subsection (d) of 
section 51 of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (12) as paragraphs (11) through (13), respectively, and by 
inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) Long-term family assistance recipient.--The term 
        `long-term family assistance recipient' means any individual 
        who is certified by the designated local agency--
                    ``(A) as being a member of a family receiving 
                assistance under a IV-A program (as defined in 
                paragraph (2)(B)) for at least the 18-month period 
                ending on the hiring date,
                    ``(B)(i) as being a member of a family receiving 
                such assistance for 18 months beginning after August 5, 
                1997, and
                    ``(ii) as having a hiring date which is not more 
                than 2 years after the end of the earliest such 18-
                month period, or
                    ``(C)(i) as being a member of a family which ceased 
                to be eligible for such assistance by reason of any 
                limitation imposed by Federal or State law on the 
                maximum period such assistance is payable to a family, 
                and
                    ``(ii) as having a hiring date which is not more 
                than 2 years after the date of such cessation.''.
    (c) Increased Credit for Employment of Long-Term Family Assistance 
Recipients.--Section 51 of such Code is amended by inserting after 
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Credit for Second-Year Wages for Employment of Long-Term 
Family Assistance Recipients.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to the employment of a 
        long-term family assistance recipient--
                    ``(A) the amount of the work opportunity credit 
                determined under this section for the taxable year 
                shall include 50 percent of the qualified second-year 
                wages for such year, and
                    ``(B) in lieu of applying subsection (b)(3), the 
                amount of the qualified first-year wages, and the 
                amount of qualified second-year wages, which may be 
                taken into account with respect to such a recipient 
                shall not exceed $10,000 per year.
            ``(2) Qualified second-year wages.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `qualified second-year wages' means 
        qualified wages--
                    ``(A) which are paid to a long-term family 
                assistance recipient, and
                    ``(B) which are attributable to service rendered 
                during the 1-year period beginning on the day after the 
                last day of the 1-year period with respect to such 
                recipient determined under subsection (b)(2).
            ``(3) Special rules for agricultural and railway labor.--If 
        such recipient is an employee to whom subparagraph (A) or (B) 
        of subsection (h)(1) applies, rules similar to the rules of 
        such subparagraphs shall apply except that--
                    ``(A) such subparagraph (A) shall be applied by 
                substituting `$10,000' for `$6,000', and
                    ``(B) such subparagraph (B) shall be applied by 
                substituting `$833.33' for `$500'.''.
    (d) Repeal of Separate Welfare-to-Work Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Section 51A of such Code is hereby 
        repealed.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart 
        F of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 
        amended by striking the item relating to section 51A.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2005.
[A]: Encouraging Work Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate and modify provisions of the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax credit and make the consolidated tax credit permanent. Expands eligibility for the consolidated tax credit by: (1) determining eligibility of ex-felons without regard to family income; and (2) raising the age ceiling for food stamp recipients from 25 to 40. Includes a "designated community resident" (in lieu of "high risk youth") and "long-term family assistance recipient" as members of the targeted group eligible for the consolidated tax credit. Provides for an increased tax credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.

Repeals the separate welfare-to-work tax credit.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contractors and Federal Spending 
Accountability Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DATABASE FOR CONTRACTING OFFICERS AND SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT 
              OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the authority, direction, and control 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Administrator of General Services shall establish and maintain a 
database of information regarding integrity and performance of persons 
awarded Federal contracts and grants for use by Federal officials 
having authority over contracts and grants.
    (b) Persons Covered.--The database shall cover any person awarded a 
Federal contract or grant if any information described in subsection 
(c) exists with respect to such person.
    (c) Information Included.--With respect to a person awarded a 
Federal contract or grant, the database shall include information (in 
the form of a brief description) for at least the most recent 5-year 
period regarding--
            (1) any civil or criminal proceeding, or any administrative 
        proceeding to the extent that such proceeding results in both a 
        finding of fault on the part of the person and the payment of 
        restitution to a government of $5,000 or more, concluded by the 
        Federal Government or any State government against the person, 
        and any amount paid by the person to the Federal Government or 
        a State government;
            (2) all Federal contracts and grants awarded to the person 
        that were terminated in such period due to default;
            (3) all Federal suspensions and debarments of the person in 
        that period;
            (4) all Federal administrative agreements entered into by 
        the person and the Federal Government in that period to resolve 
        a suspension or debarment proceeding and, to the maximum extent 
        practicable, agreements involving a suspension or debarment 
        proceeding entered into by the person and a State government in 
        that period; and
            (5) all final findings by a Federal official in that period 
        that the person has been determined not to be a responsible 
        source under either subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 4(7) of 
        the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
        403(7)).
    (d) Requirements Relating to Information in Database.--
            (1) Direct input and update.--The Administrator shall 
        design and maintain the database in a manner that allows the 
        appropriate officials of each Federal agency to directly input 
        and update in the database information relating to actions it 
        has taken with regard to contractors or grant recipients.
            (2) Timeliness and accuracy.--The Administrator shall 
        develop policies to require--
                    (A) the timely and accurate input of information 
                into the database;
                    (B) notification of any covered person when 
                information relevant to the person is entered into the 
                database; and
                    (C) an opportunity for any covered person to append 
                comments to information about such person in the 
                database.
    (e) Availability.--
            (1) Availability to all federal agencies.--The 
        Administrator shall make the database available to all Federal 
        agencies.
            (2) Availability to the public.--The Administrator shall 
        make the database available to the public by posting the 
        database on the General Services Administration website.
            (3) Limitation.--This subsection does not require the 
        public availability of information that is exempt from public 
        disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF DATABASE.

    (a) Requirement to Review Database.--Prior to the award of a 
contract or grant, an official responsible for awarding a contract or 
grant shall review the database established under section 2.
    (b) Requirement to Document Present Responsibility.--In the case of 
a prospective awardee of a contract or grant against which a judgment 
or conviction has been rendered more than once within any 3-year period 
for the same or similar offences, if each judgment or conviction is a 
cause for debarment, the official responsible for awarding the contract 
or grant shall document why the prospective awardee is considered 
presently responsible.

SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE IN APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, Federal regulations shall be amended to require 
that in applying for any Federal grant or submitting a proposal or bid 
for any Federal contract a person shall disclose in writing information 
described in section 2(c).
    (b) Covered Contracts and Grants.--This section shall apply only to 
contracts and grants in an amount greater than the simplified 
acquisition threshold, as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401(11)).

SEC. 5. ROLE OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Requirement.--The Interagency Committee on Debarment and 
Suspension shall--
            (1) resolve issues regarding which of several Federal 
        agencies is the lead agency having responsibility to initiate 
        suspension or debarment proceedings;
            (2) coordinate actions among interested agencies with 
        respect to such action;
            (3) encourage and assist Federal agencies in entering into 
        cooperative efforts to pool resources and achieve operational 
        efficiencies in the Governmentwide suspension and debarment 
        system;
            (4) recommend to the Office of Management and Budget 
        changes to Government suspension and debarment system and its 
        rules, if such recommendations are approved by a majority of 
        the Interagency Committee;
            (5) authorize the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
        guidelines that implement those recommendations;
            (6) authorize the chair of the Committee to establish 
        subcommittees as appropriate to best enable the Interagency 
        Committee to carry out its functions; and
            (7) submit to the Congress an annual report on--
                    (A) the progress and efforts to improve the 
                suspension and debarment system;
                    (B) member agencies' active participation in the 
                committee's work; and
                    (C) a summary of each agency's activities and 
                accomplishments in the Governmentwide debarment system.
    (b) Definition.--The term ``Interagency Committee on Debarment and 
Suspension'' means such committee constituted under sections 4 and 5 
and of Executive Order 12549.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.

    Any agency, commission, or organization of the Federal Government 
to which Executive Order 12549 does not apply is authorized to 
participate in the Governmentwide suspension and debarment system and 
may recognize the suspension or debarment issued by an executive branch 
agency in its own procurement or assistance activities.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
General Services such funds as may be necessary to establish the 
database described in section 2.

SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall 
submit to Congress a report.
    (b) Contents of Report.--The report shall contain the following:
            (1) A list of all databases that include information about 
        Federal contracting and Federal grants.
            (2) Recommendations for further legislation or 
        administrative action that the Administrator considers 
        appropriate to create a centralized, comprehensive Federal 
        contracting and Federal grant database.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
[A]: Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Administrator of General Services, subject to the authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to establish and maintain on a General Services Administration (GSA) website a database of information regarding the integrity and performance of persons awarded federal contracts and grants for use by federal officials. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to make the database available to all federal agencies.

Requires the database to include information, for the last five years, regarding: (1) any civil or criminal proceeding, or and administrative proceeding resulting in a finding of fault and payment of restitution to a government of $5,000 or more, concluded by the federal government and state governments against such persons; and (2) federal contacts and grants terminated due to defaults by such persons; (3) federal suspensions and debarments of such persons; (4) federal and state administrative agreements to resolve suspension or debarment proceedings; and (5) final findings by a federal official that such a person has been determined not to be a responsible source under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.

Requires federal regulations to be amended to require applicants for federal grants or contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold to disclose such information in writing.

Requires the Administrator to develop policies to require: (1) notification of any covered person when information relevant to the person is entered into the database; and (2) an opportunity for any covered person to append comments to information about such person in the database.



(Sec. 3) Requires an official to: (1) review such database prior to awarding a contract or grant; and (2) document why a prospective contract or grant awardee against whom a judgment or conviction for the same offense, or similar offences, has been rendered more than once within any three-year period, if each judgment or conviction is a cause for debarment, is considered presently responsible.



(Sec. 5) Requires the Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension to: (1) resolve issues regarding determination of the lead agency responsible for initiating suspension or debarment proceedings; (2) coordinate actions among interested agencies; (3) encourage and assist federal agencies in entering into cooperative efforts to pool resources and achieve operational efficiencies in the government-wide suspension and debarment system; (4) recommend to OMB changes to such system and its rules; (5) authorize OMB to issue guidelines that implement such recommendations; (6) authorize the Committee's chair to establish subcommittees; and (7) report to Congress annually on progress and efforts to improve such system, member agencies' active participation in the committee's work, and a summary of each agency's activities and accomplishments in such system. (Sec. 6) Allows federal agencies, commissions, or organizations not currently participating in the federal suspension and debarment system to participate and to recognize suspensions or debarments issued by participating agencies.

 (Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a list of all databases that include information about federal contracting and grants; and (2) recommendations for legislation or administrative action to create a centralized, comprehensive federal contracting and grant database.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for 
        both men and women, accounting for 28 percent of all cancer 
        deaths.
            (2) The National Cancer Institute estimates that in 2010, 
        there were 222,520 new diagnoses of lung cancer and 157,300 
        deaths attributed to the disease.
            (3) According to projections published in the Journal of 
        Clinical Oncology in 2009, between 2010 and 2030, the incidence 
        of lung cancer will increase by 46 percent for women and by 58 
        percent for men. The increase in the incidence of lung cancer 
        among minority communities during that time period will range 
        from 74 percent to 191 percent.
            (4) Lung cancer causes more deaths annually than the next 4 
        leading causes of cancer deaths, colon cancer, breast cancer, 
        prostate cancer, and pancreatic cancer, combined.
            (5) The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is only 15 
        percent, while the 5-year survival rate for breast cancer is 89 
        percent, for prostate cancer 99 percent, and for colon cancer 
        65 percent. Yet in research dollars per death, lung cancer is 
        the least funded of the major cancers.
            (6) In 2001, the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the 
        National Cancer Institute stated that funding for lung cancer 
        research was ``far below the levels characterized for other 
        common malignancies and far out of proportion to its massive 
        health impact'' and it gave the ``highest priority'' to the 
        creation of an integrated multidisciplinary, multi-
        institutional research program. No comprehensive plan has been 
        developed.
            (7) While smoking is the leading risk factor for lung 
        cancer, the President's National Cancer Advisory Board Report 
        of 2010 identified radon as the second leading cause of lung 
        cancer and listed 15 other environmental contaminants strongly 
        association with lung cancer, and there is accumulating 
        evidence that hormonal and genetic factors may influence the 
        onset.
            (8) Lung cancer is the most stigmatized of all the cancers 
        and the only cancer blamed on patients, whether they smoked or 
        not.
            (9) Nearly 20 percent of lung cancer patients have never 
        smoked. Sixty percent of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer 
        are former smokers who quit, often decades ago.
            (10) Lung cancer in men and women who never smoked is the 
        sixth leading cause of cancer death. Of individuals diagnosed 
        with lung cancer who have never smoked, \2/3\ of are women.
            (11) Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in 
        the overall population and in every major ethnic grouping, 
        including White, African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Pacific 
        Islander, American Indian, and Alaskan Native, with an even 
        disproportionately higher impact on African-American males that 
        has not been addressed.
            (12) Military personnel, veterans, and munitions workers 
        exposed to carcinogens such as Agent Orange, crystalline forms 
        of silica, arsenic, uranium, beryllium, and battlefield fuel 
        emissions have increased risk for lung cancer.
            (13) Only 16 percent of lung cancer is being diagnosed at 
        an early stage and there were no targets for the early 
        detection or treatment of lung cancer included in the 
        Department of Health and Human Services's ``Healthy People 
        2010'' or ``Healthy People 2020''.
            (14) An actuarial analysis carried out by Milliman Inc. and 
        published in Population Health Management Journal in 2009 
        indicated that early detection of lung cancer could save more 
        than 70,000 lives a year in the United States.
            (15) A National Cancer Institute study in 2009 indicated 
        that while the value of life lost to lung cancer will exceed 
        $433,000,000,000 a year by 2020, a 4-percent annual decline in 
        lung cancer mortality would reduce that amount by more than 
        half.
            (16) In 2010, the National Cancer Institute released 
        initial results from the National Lung Screening Trial, a 
        large-scale randomized national trial that compared the effect 
        of low-dose helical computed tomography (``CT'') and a standard 
        chest x-ray on lung cancer mortality. The study found 20 
        percent fewer lung cancer deaths among study participants 
        screened with the CT scan.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING INVESTMENT IN LUNG CANCER 
              RESEARCH.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) lung cancer mortality reduction should be made a 
        national public health priority; and
            (2) a comprehensive mortality reduction program coordinated 
        by the Secretary of Health and Human Services is justified and 
        necessary to adequately address all aspects of lung cancer and 
        reduce lung cancer mortality among current smokers, former 
        smokers, and non-smokers.

SEC. 4. LUNG CANCER MORTALITY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399V-6. LUNG CANCER MORTALITY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2011, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Director of the National Center on 
Minority Health and Health Disparities, and other members of the Lung 
Cancer Advisory Board established under section 7 of the Lung Cancer 
Mortality Reduction Act of 2011, shall implement a comprehensive 
program to achieve a 50-percent reduction in the mortality rate of lung 
cancer by 2020.
    ``(b) Requirements.--The program implemented under subsection (a) 
shall include at least the following:
            ``(1) With respect to the National Institutes of Health--
                    ``(A) a strategic review and prioritization by the 
                National Cancer Institute of research grants to achieve 
                the goal of the lung cancer mortality reduction program 
                in reducing lung cancer mortality;
                    ``(B) the provision of funds to enable the Airway 
                Biology and Disease Branch of the National Heart, Lung, 
                and Blood Institute to expand its research programs to 
                include predispositions to lung cancer, the 
                interrelationship between lung cancer and other 
                pulmonary and cardiac disease, and the diagnosis and 
                treatment of these interrelationships;
                    ``(C) the provision of funds to enable the National 
                Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to 
                expedite the development of screening, diagnostic, 
                surgical, treatment, and drug testing innovations to 
                facilitate the potential of imaging as a biomarker and 
                reduce lung cancer mortality, such as through expansion 
                of the Quantum Grant Program and Image-Guided 
                Interventions programs of the National Institute of 
                Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering;
                    ``(D) the provision of funds to enable the National 
                Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to implement 
                research programs relative to lung cancer incidence; 
                and
                    ``(E) the provision of funds to enable the National 
                Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to 
                collaborate on prevention, early detection, and disease 
                management research, and to conduct outreach programs 
                in order to address the impact of lung cancer on 
                minority populations.
            ``(2) With respect to the Food and Drug Administration, the 
        provision of funds to enable the Center for Devices and 
        Radiologic Health to--
                    ``(A) establish quality standards and guidelines 
                for hospitals, outpatient departments, clinics, 
                radiology practices, mobile units, physician offices, 
                or other facilities that conduct computed tomography 
                screening for lung cancer;
                    ``(B) provide for the expedited revision of 
                standards and guidelines, as required to accommodate 
                technological advances in imaging; and
                    ``(C) conduct an annual random sample survey to 
                review compliance and evaluate dose and accuracy 
                performance.
            ``(3) With respect to the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention--
                    ``(A) the provision of funds to establish a Lung 
                Cancer Early Detection Program that provides low-
                income, uninsured, and underserved populations that are 
                at high risk for lung cancer access to early detection 
                services;
                    ``(B) the provision of funds to enable the National 
                Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct 
                research on environmental contaminants strongly 
                associated with lung cancer in the workplace and 
                implement measures to reduce lung cancer risk and 
                provide for an early detection program; and
                    ``(C) a requirement that State, tribal, and 
                territorial plans developed under the National 
                Comprehensive Cancer Control Program include lung 
                cancer mortality reduction measures commensurate with 
                the public health impact of lung cancer.
            ``(4) With respect to the Agency for Healthcare Research 
        and Quality, the annual review of lung cancer early detection 
        methods, diagnostic and treatment protocols, and the issuance 
        of updated guidelines.
            ``(5) The cooperation and coordination of all programs for 
        women, minorities, and health disparities within the Department 
        of Health and Human Services to ensure that all aspects of the 
        Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Program adequately address the 
        burden of lung cancer on women and minority, rural, and 
        underserved populations.
            ``(6) The cooperation and coordination of all tobacco 
        control and cessation programs within agencies of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services to achieve the goals of 
        the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Program with particular 
        emphasis on the coordination of drug and other cessation 
        treatments with early detection protocols.''.

SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services--
            (1) in developing the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction 
        Program under section 399V-6 of the Public Health Service Act, 
        as added by section 4;
            (2) in implementing the demonstration project under section 
        6 within the Department of Defense and the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs with respect to military personnel and 
        veterans whose smoking history and exposure to carcinogens 
        during active duty service has increased their risk for lung 
        cancer; and
            (3) in implementing coordinated care programs for military 
        personnel and veterans diagnosed with lung cancer.

SEC. 6. LUNG CANCER SCREENING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that a 
national computed tomography lung cancer screening demonstration 
project should be carried out expeditiously in order to assess the 
public health infrastructure needs and to develop the most effective, 
safe, equitable, and efficient process that will maximize the public 
health benefits of screening.
    (b) Demonstration Project in General.--Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary''), in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the other members of the Lung Cancer 
Advisory Board established under section 7 of the Lung Cancer Mortality 
Reduction Act of 2011, shall establish a demonstration project, to be 
known as the Lung Cancer Computed Tomography Screening and Treatment 
Demonstration Project (referred to in this section as the 
``demonstration project'').
    (c) Program Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
demonstration project--
            (1) identifies the optimal risk populations that would 
        benefit from screening;
            (2) develops the most effective, safe, equitable and cost-
        efficient process for screening and early disease management;
            (3) allows for continuous improvements in quality controls 
        for the process; and
            (4) serves as a model for the integration of health 
        information technology and the concept of a rapid learning into 
        the health care system.
    (d) Participation.--The Secretary shall select not less than 5 
National Cancer Institute Centers, 5 Department of Defense Medical 
Treatment Centers, 5 sites within the Veterans Affairs Healthcare 
Network, 5 International Early Lung Cancer Action Program sites, 10 
community health centers for minority and underserved populations, and 
additional sites as the Secretary determines appropriate, as sites to 
carry out the demonstration project described under this section.
    (e) Quality Standards and Guidelines for Licensing of Tomography 
Screening Facilities.--The Secretary shall establish quality standards 
and guidelines for the licensing of hospitals, outpatient departments, 
clinics, radiology practices, mobile units, physician offices, or other 
facilities that conduct computed tomography screening for lung cancer 
through the demonstration project, that will require the establishment 
and maintenance of a quality assurance and quality control program at 
each such facility that is adequate and appropriate to ensure the 
reliability, clarity, and accuracy of the equipment and interpretation 
of the screening scan and set appropriate standards to control the 
levels of radiation dose.
    (f) Timeframe.--The Secretary shall conduct the demonstration 
project under this section for a 5-year period.
    (g) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 
projected cost of the demonstration project, and shall submit annual 
reports to Congress thereafter on the progress of the demonstration 
project and preliminary findings.

SEC. 7. LUNG CANCER ADVISORY BOARD.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish a Lung Cancer Advisory Board (referred to in this section as 
the ``Board'') to monitor the programs established under this Act (and 
the amendments made by this Act), and provide annual reports to 
Congress concerning benchmarks, expenditures, lung cancer statistics, 
and the public health impact of such programs.
    (b) Composition.--The Board shall be composed of--
            (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
            (2) the Secretary of Defense;
            (3) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
            (4) the Director of the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Administration;
            (5) the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology; and
            (6) one representative each from the fields of clinical 
        medicine focused on lung cancer, lung cancer research, 
        radiology, imaging research, drug development, minority health 
        advocacy, veterans service organizations, lung cancer advocacy, 
        and occupational medicine to be appointed by the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    To carry out this Act (and the amendments made by this Act), there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.
[A]:
Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement a comprehensive program to achieve a 50% reduction in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2020. Requires the program to include initiatives throughout HHS, including: (1) a strategic review and prioritization by the National Cancer Institute of research grants; (2) the establishment by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of quality standards and guidelines for facilities that conduct computed tomography screening for lung cancer; and (3) the provision of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a Lung Cancer Early Detection Program that provides low-income, uninsured, and underserved populations that are at high risk for lung cancer access to early detection services.

Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to coordinate with the Secretary of HHS in implementing this Act and implementing coordinated care programs for military personnel and veterans diagnosed with lung cancer.

Requires the Secretary of HHS to establish: (1) the Lung Cancer Computed Tomography Screening and Treatment Demonstration Project; and (2) the Lung Cancer Advisory Board to monitor the programs established under this Act.