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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families 
Child Care Act of 1997''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Assistance for low-income working families.
Sec. 4. Grants for child care supply shortages.
Sec. 5. Report on access to child care by low-income working families.
Sec. 6. Effective date.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Availability and affordability of quality child care is 
        a major obstacle for working parents who struggle to remain 
        self-sufficient.
                    (A) Compared to all other income groups, the 
                working poor are the least likely to receive assistance 
                with their child care costs.
                    (B) Low-income families spend 24 percent of their 
                household income on child care, whereas middle-income 
                families spend 6 percent of their household income on 
                child care.
                    (C) 38 States have waiting lists for child care for 
                the working poor. Among those States, Georgia has 
                41,000 individuals on its waiting list, Texas has 
                36,000 individuals on its waiting list, and Illinois 
                and Alabama each have 20,000 individuals on their 
                waiting lists.
                    (D) One survey of low-income families on a waiting 
                list for subsidized child care found that of those 
                families paying for child care out of their own funds, 
                71 percent faced serious debt or bankruptcy.
                    (E) Half of the States and the District of 
                Columbia, even before the enactment of the Personal 
                Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105) during the 
                104th Congress, increased the proportion of child care 
                slots or dollars going to families on welfare, rather 
                than to working poor families.
            (2) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that there 
        will be $1,400,000,000 less expenditures of child care funds 
        for working poor families as a result of the States 
        implementing the work requirements imposed under the Personal 
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105).
            (3) Important types of child care are not available in 
        certain States including infant care, school-age care, care for 
        children with disabilities and special health care needs, and 
        child care for parents with unconventional or shifting work 
        hours.
                    (A) A 1995 State study by the Comptroller General 
                of the United States found a shortage of child care for 
                infants and children with special needs in inner 
                cities, and a shortage of all types of child care in 
                rural areas.
                    (B) Only one-third of the schools in low-income 
                neighborhoods offer school-age child care, compared 
                with 52 percent of schools in more affluent areas 
                offering such care.
                    (C) Eighth-graders who are left home alone for 11 
                or more hours a week report significantly greater use 
                of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana than eighth-
                graders who are not left home alone.
                    (D) Existing child care arrangements do not 
                accommodate the work schedules of many working women. 
                According to a 1995 statistic published by the 
                Department of Labor, 14,300,000 workers, nearly 1 in 5 
                full-time workers work nonstandard hours, and more than 
                1 in 3 of those workers are women.
                    (E) Only 10 percent of child care centers and 6 
                percent of family day care providers offer child care 
                on weekends. Yet one-third of working mothers with 
                annual incomes below the poverty level and one-quarter 
                of mothers with annual incomes above the poverty level 
                but below $25,000 work on weekends.
                    (F) Less than 30 percent of Head Start programs 
                operate on a full-time, full-year basis.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

    Section 658B of the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 658B. FUNDING OF GRANTS.

    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subchapter $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 
2002.
    ``(b) Appropriation.--The Secretary shall pay, from funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,400,000,000 for fiscal years 
1997 through 2002, through the awarding of grants to States under this 
subchapter for the purpose of providing child care services for 
families who have left the State program of assistance under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment, families 
that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program, and 
low-income working families described in section 658E(c)(3)(D). Funds 
shall be paid under this subsection to the States in the same manner, 
and subject to the same requirements and limitations, as funds are paid 
to the States under section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
618).''.

SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR CHILD CARE SUPPLY SHORTAGES.

    (a) Grants for Child Care Supply Shortages.--Section 658E(c)(3) of 
the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858c(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Child care supply shortages.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A State shall ensure 
                        that 100 percent of amounts paid to the State 
                        out of funds appropriated under section 
                        658B(a)(2) with respect to each of the fiscal 
                        years 1997 through 2002 shall be used to carry 
                        out child care activities described in clause 
                        (ii) in geographic areas within the State that 
                        have a shortage, as determined by the State, in 
                        consultation with localities, of child care 
                        services.
                            ``(ii) Child care activities described.--
                        The child care activities described in this 
                        clause include the following:
                                    ``(I) Infant care programs.
                                    ``(II) Before- and after-school 
                                child care programs.
                                    ``(III) Resource and referral 
                                programs.
                                    ``(IV) Nontraditional work hours 
                                child care programs.
                                    ``(V) Extending the hours of pre-
                                kindergarten programs to provide full-
                                day services.
                                    ``(VI) Any other child care 
                                programs that the Secretary determines 
                                are appropriate.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 658B(a) of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858(a)), as 
amended by section 2, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as provided in'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) 
        and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Child care supply shortages.--There is authorized to 
        be appropriated to carry out section 658E(c)(3)(E), 
        $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 658(c)(3)(A) of the Child Care 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)(A)) is 
amended by striking ``(D)'' and inserting ``(E)''.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON ACCESS TO CHILD CARE BY LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

    (a) State Reporting Requirement.--Section 658K(a)(2) of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following:
                    ``(F) the total number of families described in 
                section 658B(b) that were eligible for but did not 
                receive assistance under this subchapter or under 
                section 418 of the Social Security Act and a 
                description of the obstacles to providing such 
                assistance; and
                    ``(G) the total number of families described in 
                section 658B(b) that received assistance provided under 
                this subchapter or under section 418 of the Social 
                Security Act and a description of the manner in which 
                that assistance was provided;''.
    (b) Secretarial Reporting Requirement.--Section 658L of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended 
by inserting ``, with particular emphasis on access of low-income 
working families,'' after ``public''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 
2105).

SOLUTION: Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend its authorization of appropriations through FY 2002. 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from (additional) Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, to award grants to States to provide child care services for:  (1) families who have left the State program of assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment; (2) families that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program; and (3) low-income working families meeting specified criteria. 
Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for child care activities in areas of the State that have child care supply shortages.  Includes among such child care activities programs for: (1) infant care; (2) before- and after-school; (3) resources and referrals; (4) nontraditional work hours; (5) extending the hours of pre-kindergarten programs to provide full-day services; and (6) any other program the Secretary deems appropriate. 
Requires State reports to include information on access to child care by low-income working families.  Requires reports of the Secretary to place particular emphasis on such access. 
(Sec. 6) Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Urgent Counter-Terrorism 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2002, and for 
other purposes.

             TITLE I--APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS

SEC. 101. APPROPRIATION.

    In addition to the amounts provided in any other Act, there is 
hereby appropriated $6,548,000,000 to the ``Defense Emergency Response 
Fund'' only for the purpose of upgrading critical defense and 
intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and to recover 
from the attacks of September 11, 2001.

SEC. 102. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this Act, within 15 
days after the President makes an emergency designation under section 
301 for any amount specified in any section of title II, the Secretary 
of Defense shall transfer the requisite funds appropriated by section 
101 to appropriate accounts in the Treasury in accordance with the 
allocations specified in title II.

                     TITLE II--ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

SEC. 201. ANTI-TERRORISM INTELLIGENCE UPGRADES.

    To upgrade and improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism 
intelligence collection and analysis, to better protect intelligence 
resources from terrorist attack, and to accelerate the installation of 
real-time linkages between intelligence systems and military 
warfighting platforms, $2,001,000,000 of the funds appropriated in 
section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $368,000,000 shall be available only to improve 
        Department of Defense and intelligence agency human 
        intelligence collection capabilities against terrorist 
        organizations to include additional manpower, additional 
        analytical capability, and agent operation expenses.
            (2) $245,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of 
        Central Intelligence to support critical foreign counter-
        intelligence force protection requirements and to provide 
        additional counter-terrorism assistance to the Federal Bureau 
        of Investigation in accordance with law.
            (3) $80,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of 
        Central Intelligence to upgrade counter-terrorism intelligence 
        tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination 
        capabilities.
            (4) $55,000,000 shall be available only to the Secretary of 
        Defense to upgrade counter-terrorism intelligence tasking, 
        processing, exploitation, and dissemination capabilities.
            (5) $497,000,000 shall be available only to procure and 
        support the enhancement and deployment of additional 
        Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance assets in 
        support of Operation Enduring Freedom and follow-on anti-
        terrorist operations.
            (6) $159,000,000 shall be available only to enhance Navy 
        and Air Force electronic networking of assets and time critical 
        targeting capabilities.
            (7) $182,000,000 shall be available only to procure Link 16 
        systems for tactical ISR platforms to allow real time data 
        exchange between combat and command and control platforms.
            (8) $415,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of 
        Central Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Defense, for intelligence agency physical security upgrades, 
        data survivability/continuity enhancements, and satellite 
        infrastructure improvements.

SEC. 202. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.

    To upgrade and improve the ability of the United States to detect, 
prevent and respond to chemical and biological warfare terrorist 
attacks at home and abroad, $817,000,000 of the funds appropriated in 
section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $307,000,000 shall be available only for rapid 
        development and/or procurement and deployment of biological 
        weapons detection systems and chemical/biological 
        decontamination equipment at key military and civilian 
        facilities.
            (2) $82,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate 
        production of anthrax vaccines and smallpox vaccine samples, to 
        develop next generation anthrax vaccines, and to develop, test, 
        evaluate and procure new drug therapies to counter biological 
        threat agents.
            (3) $185,000,000 shall be available only to equip existing 
        Army National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support 
        teams (WMD-CST teams) with mobile analytical laboratory 
        capabilities and to establish, train and equip additional WMD-
        CST teams in the following States and territories in order to 
        complete the objective of establishing WMD-CST teams in each 
        State and territory:
                    (A) Alabama.
                    (B) Connecticut.
                    (C) Delaware.
                    (D) District of Columbia.
                    (E) Indiana.
                    (F) Kansas.
                    (G) Maryland.
                    (H) Michigan.
                    (I) Mississippi.
                    (J) Montana.
                    (K) Nebraska.
                    (L) New Hampshire.
                    (M) New Jersey.
                    (N) Nevada.
                    (O) North Carolina.
                    (P) North Dakota.
                    (Q) Oregon.
                    (R) Rhode Island.
                    (S) South Dakota.
                    (T) Tennessee.
                    (U) Utah.
                    (V) Vermont.
                    (W) West Virginia.
                    (X) Wisconsin.
                    (Y) Wyoming.
                    (Z) American Samoa.
                    (AA) Guam.
                    (BB) Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
            (4) $40,000,000 shall be available only for biological 
        weapons proliferation prevention activities under the 
        Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Of such funds, 
        $30,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Department of State--
        Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related 
        Programs'' only for the purpose of supporting expansion of the 
        Biological Weapons Redirect and International Science and 
        Technology Centers programs to prevent former Soviet weapons 
        experts from emigrating to proliferant States and to 
        reconfigure former Soviet biological weapons production 
        facilities for peaceful uses.
            (5) $68,000,000 shall be available only to support and 
        equip Marine Corps and Army chemical/biological warfare 
        response teams, including the procurement of additional mobile 
        decontamination units for these teams.
            (6) $25,000,000 shall be available only for the Army 
        Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program for State and 
        Federal technical assistance projects to ensure public safety 
        at chemical weapons storage facilities in the following States:
                    (A) Alabama.
                    (B) Arkansas.
                    (C) Colorado.
                    (D) Illinois.
                    (E) Indiana.
                    (F) Maryland.
                    (G) Kentucky.
                    (H) Oregon.
                    (I) Utah.
                    (J) Washington.
            (7) $60,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of interoperable communications equipment to enable Army 
        emergency response teams to communicate with local emergency 
        response personnel.
            (8) $50,000,000 shall be available only to implement short-
        term facility repairs and improvements at the biocontainment 
        research laboratories of the Army Medical Research Institute of 
        Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the 
        facilities of the Army Institute of Pathology (AFIP) at the 
        Walter Reed Medical Center for the purpose of improving quick 
        response to demands for confirmatory and diagnostic testing of 
        potential biological threats and to accelerate the development 
        of treatments and vaccines against biological agents.

SEC. 203. SPECIAL FORCES COUNTER-TERRORISM CAPABILITY.

    To upgrade and improve the ability of Special Forces to 
successfully operate in Operation Enduring Freedom and future anti-
terrorist operations, $755,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 
101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $50,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of AN/PRC 112B survival radios for SOF rescue/extraction teams 
        to provide geo-location and low probability of intercept/
        detection communications capability.
            (2) $90,000,000 shall be available only to procure common 
        missile warning systems and improved conventional munitions 
        dispensers for the MH-47 and MH-60 aircraft to enhance rotary 
        wing survivability.
            (3) $125,000,000 shall be available only to support 
        counter-terrorism full mission profile training to increase the 
        probability of mission success and decrease the possibility of 
        fratricide and to provide for shortfalls in flying hours 
        necessary to conduct such training and operations.
            (4) $125,000,000 shall be available only to support 
        survivability and mission enhancement upgrades for C-130, MH-
        53, and other SOF aircraft.
            (5) $165,000,000 shall be available only to procure 
        nonstandard weapons and ammunition, unconventional equipment 
        and supplies, and other SOF unique counter-terrorism 
        enhancements to current capabilities.
            (6) $200,000,000 shall be available only for SOCOM 
        equipment sustainment and refurbishment, and for procurement of 
        additional equipment.

SEC. 204. MUNITIONS AND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT REPLENISHMENT AND UPGRADES.

    To ensure an adequate supply of precision guided weapons and other 
weapons and munitions to fully prosecute Operation Enduring Freedom and 
future potential anti-terrorist operations, and to provide for the 
rapid development and deployment of promising anti-terrorist weapons, 
WMD defense capabilities, and added support to key tactical warfare 
systems, $912,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 101 shall be 
allocated as follows:
            (1) $250,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate the 
        development and procurement of the tactical tomahawk cruise 
        missile.
            (2) $180,000,000 shall be available only for the 
        procurement of laser-guided bomb kits.
            (3) $125,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of 
        Army and Marine Corps small arms, small arms ammunition, and 
        night vision equipment.
            (4)(A) $250,000,000 shall be available only to 
        ``Operational Rapid Response Transfer Fund'', to remain 
        available for obligation until September 30, 2002, only for the 
        accelerated research, development, test, evaluation, 
        procurement, or deployment of military technologies, systems, 
        or other equipment necessary for improving the capability to 
        fight terrorism, protect the force, prepare for and respond to 
        terrorist attacks, or improve the capabilities of key tactical 
        systems.
            (B) The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds under this 
        paragraph only to operation and maintenance accounts, 
        procurement accounts, or research, development, test and 
        evaluation accounts.
            (C) Of the funds under this paragraph, $75,000,000 shall be 
        available only to support quick reaction activities to develop 
        and deploy promising new weapons and other WMD defense 
        capabilities that are recommended by the Department of Defense 
        Combating Terrorism Technology Task Force.
            (D) The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
written notification to the congressional defense committees prior to 
the transfer of any amount under this paragraph in excess of $5,000,000 
to a specific program, project, or activity.
            (E) None of the funds under this paragraph may be obligated 
        for new start projects without prior notification to the 
        congressional defense committees in conformance with normal 
        reprogramming procedures and guidelines.
            (5) $107,000,000 shall be available only to improve secure 
        communications capabilities of the Army Reserve components by 
        providing hardening, redundancy, storage, and information 
        assurance for network infrastructure.

SEC. 205. FORCE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY ACTIVITIES.

    To upgrade physical security at Department of Defense and 
intelligence agency installations, and to accelerate efforts to repair, 
reconstruct, and renovate the Pentagon Reservation, $966,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1)(A) $800,000,000 shall be available only to finance 
        accelerated building renovation activities for military command 
        centers and related activities at the Pentagon Reservation in 
        order to accelerate completion of the Pentagon renovation 
        project by at least 4 years from the current estimated 
        completion date of 2014.
            (B) None of the funds under this paragraph shall be 
        obligated until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense has 
        submitted to the Congress a revised Pentagon renovation plan to 
        include estimated total costs by year and by function, a 
        comprehensive construction schedule, an assessment of the 
        security and operational benefits derived from an accelerated 
        schedule, and a certification that it is the Secretary's best 
        estimate that expenditure of such funds will accelerate the 
        final completion of the Pentagon renovation by at least 4 
        years.
            (2) $45,000,000 shall be available only to procure patrol 
        boat equipment in support of enhanced Navy capabilities to 
        maintain threat standoff distances in foreign ports.
            (3) $30,000,000 shall be available only to procure security 
        equipment identified by the Navy to be necessary to increase 
        the security of military sealift ships.
            (4) $25,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade 
        firefighting self contained breathing equipment on Navy surface 
        ships.
            (5) $31,000,000 shall be available only for Navy and Air 
        Force anti-access equipment.
            (6) $25,000,000 shall be available only for Army anti-
        access equipment.
            (7) $10,000,000 shall be available only to modernize the 
        USS Comfort and USS Mercy hospital ships.

SEC. 206. ESSENTIAL AIRCRAFT UPGRADES.

    To make essential upgrades and improvements in aircraft 
capabilities for operating in the Central Asia region, $602,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $88,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of additional decoys, armor, and other self-protection upgrades 
        for Air Force aircraft.
            (2) $55,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of additional laser detecting sets and other self protection 
        and engine upgrades for Army (including SOCOM) helicopters.
            (3) $48,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of crashworthy UH-60 helicopter extended range fuel tanks.
            (4) $129,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate 
        planned electronic self protection, communications, navigation, 
        and engine upgrade modifications to combat search and rescue 
        helicopters.
            (5) $67,000,000 shall be available only to procure 
        additional Litening targeting pods for AV-8B Harrier aircraft.
            (6) $70,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade 
        strategic communications systems for the national airborne 
        command post.
            (7) $145,000,000 shall be available only to improve the 
        reliability of B-52 electronics and the maintainability of B-2 
        surfaces.

SEC. 207. OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM OPERATIONAL COSTS.

    To ensure that the military services are not required to make 
reductions in essential training, readiness, equipment maintenance, 
quality of life, or research and development programs in order to pay 
for the unbudgeted and unpredictable operational costs of Operation 
Enduring Freedom, and to ensure that the aging equipment being used in 
Operation Enduring Freedom is properly maintained, $495,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $220,000,000 shall be available only to supplement the 
        defense working capital funds for increased fuel, base 
        operations, and training costs.
            (2) $200,000,000 shall be available only for additional 
        spare parts to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
            (3) $75,000,000 shall be available only for increased depot 
        maintenance requirements resulting from Operations Noble Eagle 
        and Enduring Freedom.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    The entire amount specified in any section of title II--
            (1) is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and
            (2) shall be available only if an official budget request 
        for the entire amount contained in such section, that includes 
        designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as 
        defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
        Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

SEC. 302. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    Within 15 days after the President makes an emergency designation 
under section 301 for the amount specified in any section of title II, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Congress a report 
specifying the accounts to which the funds involved are to be 
transferred and project level budget justifications for each transfer.

SEC. 303. MERGER OF AMOUNTS.

    Funds transferred under this Act shall be merged with, and shall be 
available for the same time period as, the appropriations to which the 
funds are transferred.

SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

    Funds transferred under this Act to accounts for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414).

SOLUTION: Urgent Counter-Terrorism Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 - Appropriates additional funds for FY 2002 to the Defense Emergency Response Fund solely for upgrading critical defense and intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and recover from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Allocates such funds to the following categories: (1) anti-terrorism intelligence upgrades, including funds for the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) chemical and biological warfare defense capabilities, including funds for detection systems, vaccines, mobile laboratories, and public safety at chemical weapons storage facilities; (3) special forces counter-terrorism capability, including for survival radios, common missile warning systems, and nonstandard and unconventional weapons and equipment; (4) munitions and essential equipment replenishment and upgrades; (5) force protection and recovery activities, including renovations of the Pentagon Reservation; (6) essential aircraft upgrades; and (7) Operation Enduring Freedom operational costs.Designates all such funds as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, limiting their availability unless Congress receives a presidential budget request for the entire amount in such category.

PROBLEM: TITLE IX--MEDICAID, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND OTHER HEALTH PROVISIONS

                    Subtitle A--Medicaid Provisions

SEC. 901. NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known 
as the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid (in 
this section referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Duties of the Commission.--The Commission shall--
            (1) review and analyze the long-term financial condition of 
        the medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);
            (2) identify the factors that are causing, and the 
        consequences of, increases in costs under the medicaid program, 
        including--
                    (A) the impact of these cost increases upon State 
                budgets, funding for other State programs, and levels 
                of State taxes necessary to fund growing expenditures 
                under the medicaid program;
                    (B) the financial obligations of the Federal 
                government arising from the Federal matching 
                requirement for expenditures under the medicaid 
                program; and
                    (C) the size and scope of the current program and 
                how the program has evolved over time;
            (3) analyze potential policies that will ensure both the 
        financial integrity of the medicaid program and the provision 
        of appropriate benefits under such program;
            (4) make recommendations for establishing incentives and 
        structures to promote enhanced efficiencies and ways of 
        encouraging innovative State policies under the medicaid 
        program;
            (5) make recommendations for establishing the appropriate 
        balance between benefits covered, payments to providers, State 
        and Federal contributions and, where appropriate, recipient 
        cost-sharing obligations;
            (6) make recommendations on the impact of promoting 
        increased utilization of competitive, private enterprise models 
        to contain program cost growth, through enhanced utilization of 
        private plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and other methods 
        currently being used to contain private sector health-care 
        costs;
            (7) make recommendations on the financing of prescription 
        drug benefits currently covered under medicaid programs, 
        including analysis of the current Federal manufacturer rebate 
        program, its impact upon both private market prices as well as 
        those paid by other government purchasers, recent State efforts 
        to negotiate additional supplemental manufacturer rebates and 
        the ability of pharmacy benefit managers to lower drug costs;
            (8) review and analyze such other matters relating to the 
        medicaid program as the Commission deems appropriate; and
            (9) analyze the impact of impending demographic changes 
        upon medicaid benefits, including long term care services, and 
        make recommendations for how best to appropriately divide State 
        and Federal responsibilities for funding these benefits.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be 
        composed of 17 members, of whom--
                    (A) four shall be appointed by the President;
                    (B) six shall be appointed by the Majority Leader 
                of the Senate, in consultation with the Minority Leader 
of the Senate, of whom not more than 4 shall be of the same political 
party;
                    (C) six shall be appointed by the Speaker of the 
                House of Representatives, in consultation with the 
                Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, of 
                whom not more than 4 shall be of the same political 
                party; and
                    (D) one, who shall serve as Chairman of the 
                Commission, appointed jointly by the President, 
                Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 
                House of Representatives.
            (2) Deadline for appointment.--Members of the Commission 
        shall be appointed by not later than December 1, 2002.
            (3) Terms of appointment.--The term of any appointment 
        under paragraph (1) to the Commission shall be for the life of 
        the Commission.
            (4) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of its 
        Chairman or a majority of its members.
            (5) Quorum.--A quorum shall consist of 8 members of the 
        Commission, except that 4 members may conduct a hearing under 
        subsection (e).
            (6) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled 
        in the same manner in which the original appointment was made 
        not later than 30 days after the Commission is given notice of 
        the vacancy and shall not affect the power of the remaining 
        members to execute the duties of the Commission.
            (7) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall receive 
        no additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their 
        service on the Commission.
            (8) Expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall receive 
        travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence in 
        accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
    (d) Staff and Support Services.--
            (1) Executive director.--
                    (A) Appointment.--The Chairman shall appoint an 
                executive director of the Commission.
                    (B) Compensation.--The executive director shall be 
                paid the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
                Schedule.
            (2) Staff.--With the approval of the Commission, the 
        executive director may appoint such personnel as the executive 
        director considers appropriate.
            (3) Applicability of civil service laws.--The staff of the 
        Commission shall be appointed without regard to the provisions 
        of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
        competitive service, and shall be paid without regard to the 
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
        such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay 
        rates).
            (4) Experts and consultants.--With the approval of the 
        Commission, the executive director may procure temporary and 
        intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (5) Physical facilities.--The Administrator of the General 
        Services Administration shall locate suitable office space for 
        the operation of the Commission. The facilities shall serve as 
        the headquarters of the Commission and shall include all 
        necessary equipment and incidentals required for the proper 
        functioning of the Commission.
    (e) Powers of Commission.--
            (1) Hearings and other activities.--For the purpose of 
        carrying out its duties, the Commission may hold such hearings 
        and undertake such other activities as the Commission 
        determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
            (2) Studies by gao.--Upon the request of the Commission, 
        the Comptroller General shall conduct such studies or 
        investigations as the Commission determines to be necessary to 
        carry out its duties.
            (3) Cost estimates by congressional budget office and 
        office of the chief actuary of hcfa.--
                    (A) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
                or the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & 
                Medicaid Services, or both, shall provide to the 
                Commission, upon the request of the Commission, such 
                cost estimates as the Commission determines to be 
                necessary to carry out its duties.
                    (B) The Commission shall reimburse the Director of 
                the Congressional Budget Office for expenses relating 
                to the employment in the office of the Director of such 
                additional staff as may be necessary for the Director 
                to comply with requests by the Commission under 
                subparagraph (A).
            (4) Detail of federal employees.--Upon the request of the 
        Commission, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to 
        detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such 
        agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying 
        out its duties. Any such detail shall not interrupt or 
        otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the 
        Federal employee.
            (5) Technical assistance.--Upon the request of the 
        Commission, the head of a Federal agency shall provide such 
        technical assistance to the Commission as the Commission 
        determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
            (6) Use of mails.--The Commission may use the United States 
        mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
        Federal agencies and shall, for purposes of the frank, be 
        considered a commission of Congress as described in section 
        3215 of title 39, United States Code.
            (7) Obtaining information.--The Commission may secure 
        directly from any Federal agency information necessary to 
        enable it to carry out its duties, if the information may be 
        disclosed under section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
        Upon request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of 
        such agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
            (8) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of 
        the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall 
        provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such 
        administrative support services as the Commission may request.
            (9) Printing.--For purposes of costs relating to printing 
        and binding, including the cost of personnel detailed from the 
        Government Printing Office, the Commission shall be deemed to 
        be a committee of the Congress.
    (f) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2004, the Commission shall 
submit a report to the President and Congress which shall contain a 
detailed statement of only those recommendations, findings, and 
conclusions of the Commission.
    (g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the 
date of submission of the report required in subsection (f).
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $1,500,000 to carry out this section.

SOLUTION:
Title IX (sic): Medicaid, Public Health, and Other Health Provisions - Subtitle A: Medicaid Provisions - Establishes the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid to: (1) review and analyze the long-term financial condition of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA); (2) identify the factors that are causing, and the consequences of, increases in costs under the Medicaid program; (3) analyze potential policies that will ensure both the financial integrity of the Medicaid program and the provision of appropriate benefits; (4) make recommendations for establishing incentives and structures to promote enhanced efficiencies and ways of encouraging innovative State policies; (5) make recommendations for establishing the appropriate balance between benefits covered, payments to providers, State and Federal contributions and, where appropriate, recipient cost-sharing obligations; (6) make recommendations on the impact of promoting increased utilization of competitive, private enterprise models to contain program cost growth, through enhanced utilization of private plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and other methods currently being used to contain private sector health-care costs; (7) make recommendations on the financing of prescription drug benefits currently covered under Medicaid programs, including analysis of the current Federal manufacturer rebate program, its impact upon both private market prices as well as those paid by other government purchasers, recent State efforts to negotiate additional supplemental manufacturer rebates and the ability of pharmacy benefit managers to lower drug costs; (8) review and analyze such other matters relating to the Medicaid program as the Commission deems appropriate; and (9) analyze the impact of impending demographic changes upon Medicaid benefits, including long term care services, making recommendations for how best to appropriately divide State and Federal responsibilities for funding these benefits.