In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Mammography Quality Standards Act''.

SEC. 2. MAMMOGRAPHY QUALITY STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 73 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 7319. Mammography quality standards
    ``(a) A mammogram may not be performed at a Department facility 
unless that facility is accredited for that purpose by a private 
nonprofit organization designated by the Secretary. An organization 
designated by the Secretary under this subsection shall meet the 
standards for accrediting bodies established under section 354(e) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263b(e)).
    ``(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, shall prescribe quality assurance and quality 
control standards relating to the performance and interpretation of 
mammograms and use of mammogram equipment and facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs consistent with the requirements of 
section 354(f)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. Such standards 
shall be no less stringent than the standards prescribed by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 354(f) of the 
Public Health Service Act.
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary, to ensure compliance with the standards 
prescribed under subsection (b), shall provide for an annual inspection 
of the equipment and facilities used by and in Department health care 
facilities for the performance of mammograms. Such inspections shall be 
carried out in a manner consistent with the inspection of certified 
facilities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 
354(g) of the Public Health Service Act.
    ``(2) The Secretary may not provide for an inspection under 
paragraph (1) to be performed by a State agency.
    ``(d) The Secretary shall ensure that mammograms performed for the 
Department under contract with any non-Department facility or provider 
conform to the quality standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services under section 354 of the Public Health Service Act.
    ``(e) For the purposes of this section, the term `mammogram' has 
the meaning given such term in paragraph (5) of section 354(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263b(a)).''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7318 the 
following new item:

``7319. Mammography quality standards.''.
    (b) Deadline for Prescribing Standards.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall prescribe standards under subsection (b) of section 7319 
of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later 
than the end of the 120-day period beginning on the later of--
            (1) the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services prescribes quality standards under section 354(f) of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263b(f)); or
            (2) the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Transition.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 7319 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
the date on which standards are prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs under subsection (b) of that section.
    (2) During the transition period, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may waive the requirement of subsection (a) of section 7319 of title 
38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), to any facility of 
the Department. The Secretary may provide such a waiver in the case of 
any facility only if the Secretary determines, based upon the 
recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, that during the period such a waiver is in effect for 
such facility (including any extension of the waiver under paragraph 
(3)) the facility will be operated in accordance with standards 
prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (b) of such section to 
assure the safety and accuracy of mammography services provided.
    (3) The transition period for purposes of this section is the six-
month period beginning on the date specified in paragraph (1). The 
Secretary may extend such period for a period not to exceed 90 days in 
the case of any Department facility. Any such extension may be made 
only if the Under Secretary for Health determines that--
            (A) without the extension access of veterans to mammography 
        services in the geographic area served by the facility would be 
        significantly reduced; and
            (B) appropriate steps will be taken before the end of the 
        transition period (as extended) to obtain accreditation of the 
        facility as required by subsection (a) of section 7319 of title 
        38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
    (d) Implementation Report.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report on the Secretary's implementation of 
section 7319 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a). The report shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the Secretary prescribes the quality standards required 
under subsection (b) of that section.
Example Output: Department of Veterans Affairs Mammography Quality Standards Act - Prohibits a mammogram from being performed at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility unless the facility is accredited for such purpose by a private nonprofit organization designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Requires any such organization to meet the standards for accrediting bodies established under the Public Health Service Act (the Act). 
Directs the Secretary to prescribe quality assurance and control standards relating to performance and interpretation of mammograms and the use of Department mammogram equipment and facilities consistent with requirements of the Act.  Requires the Secretary to provide for an annual inspection of Department mammogram equipment and facilities. Requires any Department mammograms contracted to a non-Department facility or provider to conform to the standards of the Act.  Provides for:  (1) a deadline for the prescribing of standards; (2) transition provisions covering mammograms performed prior to the enactment of this Act; and (3) an implementation report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Information Privacy Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``covered person'' means a person that is 
        subject to the jurisdiction of any of the Federal financial 
        regulatory authorities; and
            (2) the term ``Federal financial regulatory authorities'' 
        means--
                    (A) each of the Federal banking agencies, as that 
                term is defined in section 3(z) of the Federal Deposit 
                Insurance Act; and
                    (B) the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC. 3. PRIVACY OF CONFIDENTIAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION.

    (a) Rulemaking.--The Federal financial regulatory authorities shall 
jointly issue final rules to protect the privacy of confidential 
customer information relating to the customers of covered persons, not 
later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act (and shall 
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking not later than 150 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act), which rules shall--
            (1) define the term ``confidential customer information'' 
        to be personally identifiable data that includes transactions, 
        balances, maturity dates, payouts, and payout dates, of--
                    (A) deposit and trust accounts;
                    (B) certificates of deposit;
                    (C) securities holdings; and
                    (D) insurance policies;
            (2) require that a covered person may not disclose or share 
        any confidential customer information to or with any affiliate 
        or agent of that covered person if the customer to whom the 
        information relates has provided written notice, as described 
        in paragraphs (4) and (5), to the covered person prohibiting 
        such disclosure or sharing--
                    (A) with respect to an individual that became a 
                customer on or after the effective date of such rules, 
                at the time at which the business relationship between 
                the customer and the covered person is initiated and at 
                least annually thereafter; and
                    (B) with respect to an individual that was a 
                customer before the effective date of such rules, at 
                such time thereafter that provides a reasonable and 
                informed opportunity to the customer to prohibit such 
                disclosure or sharing and at least annually thereafter;
            (3) require that a covered person may not disclose or share 
        any confidential customer information to or with any person 
        that is not an affiliate or agent of that covered person unless 
        the covered person has first--
                    (A) given written notice to the customer to whom 
                the information relates, as described in paragraphs (4) 
                and (5); and
                    (B) obtained the informed written or electronic 
                consent of that customer for such disclosures or 
                sharing;
            (4) require that the covered person provide notices and 
        consent acknowledgments to customers, as required by this 
        section, in separate and easily identifiable and 
        distinguishable form;
            (5) require that the covered person provide notice as 
        required by this section to the customer to whom the 
        information relates that describes what specific types of 
        information would be disclosed or shared, and under what 
        general circumstances, to what specific types of businesses or 
        persons, and for what specific types of purposes such 
        information could be disclosed or shared;
            (6) require that the customer to whom the information 
        relates be provided with access to the confidential customer 
        information that could be disclosed or shared so that the 
        information may be reviewed for accuracy and corrected or 
        supplemented;
            (7) require that, before a covered person may use any 
        confidential customer information provided by a third party 
        that engages, directly or indirectly, in activities that are 
        financial in nature, as determined by the Federal financial 
        regulatory authorities, the covered person shall take 
        reasonable steps to assure that procedures that are 
        substantially similar to those described in paragraphs (2) 
        through (6) have been followed by the provider of the 
        information (or an affiliate or agent of that provider); and
            (8) establish a means of examination for compliance and 
        enforcement of such rules and resolving consumer complaints.
    (b) Limitation.--The rules prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) 
may not prohibit the release of confidential customer information--
            (1) that is essential to processing a specific financial 
        transaction that the customer to whom the information relates 
        has authorized;
            (2) to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory 
        authority having jurisdiction over the covered financial entity 
        for examination, compliance, or other authorized purposes;
            (3) to a court of competent jurisdiction;
            (4) to a consumer reporting agency, as defined in section 
        603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for inclusion in a 
        consumer report that may be released to a third party only for 
        a purpose permissible under section 604 of that Act; or
            (5) that is not personally identifiable.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in this section or the rules prescribed 
under this section shall be construed to amend or alter any provision 
of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Example Output: Financial Information Privacy Act of 1999 - Directs the Federal financial regulatory authorities (banking regulatory agencies and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)) to jointly issue final rules to protect the privacy of confidential information relating to customers of institutions under their respective jurisdictions (covered institution). 
Mandates that such rules: (1) prohibit a covered institution from disclosing or sharing confidential customer information with any affiliate or agent if the customer has provided a written notice which forbids such disclosure; (2) prohibit a covered institution from disclosing or sharing confidential customer information with a non-affiliate or non-agent unless the customer has provided written or electronic consent; (3) require the covered institution to disclose to the customer the specific type of information disclosed or shared, under what circumstances, to what specific types of businesses, and for what types of purposes; (4) require customer access to information that could be disclosed so that it may be reviewed for accuracy and supplementation; and (5) establish a compliance and enforcement mechanism that includes consumer complaint resolution. 
Cites circumstances under which such information may be released.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Empowerment Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDED AUTHORITY OF CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AND 
              EXPANDED FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.

    (a) Expanded Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 10501 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``joint bureau 
        of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air 
        Force'' and inserting ``joint activity of the Department of 
        Defense''.
            (2) Purpose.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by 
        striking ``between'' and all that follows and inserting 
        ``between--
            ``(1)(A) the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of 
        Staff, and the commanders of the combatant commands of the 
        United States, and (B) the Department of the Army and the 
        Department of the Air Force; and
            ``(2) the several States.''.
    (b) Enhancements of Position of Chief of National Guard Bureau.--
            (1) Advisory function on national guard matters.--
        Subsection (c) of section 10502 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting ``to the Secretary of Defense, to 
        the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,'' after ``principal 
        adviser''.
            (2) Member of joint chiefs of staff.--(A) Such section is 
        further amended--
                    (i) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
                subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
                    (ii) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
                following new subsection (d):
    ``(d) Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff.--The Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau shall perform the duties prescribed for him or her as a 
member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of this title.''.
            (B) Section 151(a) of such title is amended by adding at 
        the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau.''.
            (3) Grade.--Subsection (e) of such section, as redesignated 
        by paragraph (2)(A)(i) of this subsection, is further amended 
        by striking ``lieutenant general'' and inserting ``general''.
            (4) Annual report to congress on validated requirements.--
        Section 10504 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(c) Annual Report on Validated Requirements.--Not later than 
December 31 each year, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
submit to Congress a report on the following:
            ``(1) The requirements validated under section 10503a(b)(1) 
        of this title during the preceding fiscal year.
            ``(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) for 
        which funding is to be requested in the next budget for a 
        fiscal year under section 10544 of this title.
            ``(3) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) for 
        which funding will not be requested in the next budget for a 
        fiscal year under section 10544 of this title.''.
    (c) Enhancement of Functions of National Guard Bureau.--
            (1) Development of charter.--Section 10503 of title 10, 
        United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 
                of the Air Force shall jointly develop'' and inserting 
                ``The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air 
                Force, shall develop''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (12), by striking ``the 
                Secretaries'' and inserting ``the Secretary of 
                Defense''.
            (2) Additional general functions.--Such section is further 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (12), as amended by 
                paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, as paragraph (13); 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following 
                new paragraph (12):
            ``(12) Facilitating and coordinating with other Federal 
        agencies, and with the several States, the use of National 
        Guard personnel and resources for and in contingency 
        operations, military operations other than war, natural 
        disasters, support of civil authorities, and other 
        circumstances.''.
            (3) Military assistance for civil authorities.--Chapter 
        1011 of such title is further amended by inserting after 
        section 10503 the following new section:
``Sec. 10503a. Functions of National Guard Bureau: military assistance 
              to civil authorities
    ``(a) Identification of Additional Necessary Assistance.--The Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau shall--
            ``(1) identify gaps between Federal and State capabilities 
        to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and
            ``(2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on 
        programs and activities of the National Guard for military 
        assistance to civil authorities to address such gaps.
    ``(b) Scope of Responsibilities.--In meeting the requirements of 
subsection (a), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall, in 
coordination with the adjutants general of the States, have 
responsibilities as follows:
            ``(1) To validate the requirements of the several States 
        and Territories with respect to military assistance to civil 
        authorities.
            ``(2) To develop doctrine and training requirements 
        relating to the provision of military assistance to civil 
        authorities.
            ``(3) To acquire equipment, materiel, and other supplies 
        and services for the provision of military assistance to civil 
        authorities.
            ``(4) To assist the Secretary of Defense in preparing the 
        budget required under section 10544 of this title.
            ``(5) To administer amounts provided the National Guard for 
        the provision of military assistance to civil authorities.
            ``(6) To carry out any other responsibility relating to the 
        provision of military assistance to civil authorities as the 
        Secretary of Defense shall specify.
    ``(c) Assistance.--The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
assist the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in carrying out 
activities under this section.
    ``(d) Consultation.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
carry out activities under this section in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force.''.
            (4) Budgeting for training and equipment for military 
        assistance to civil authorities and other domestic missions.--
        Chapter 1013 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 10544. National Guard training and equipment: budget for 
              military assistance to civil authorities and for other 
              domestic operations
    ``(a) In General.--The budget justification documents materials 
submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President for a 
fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31) shall specify separate amounts for 
training and equipment for the National Guard for purposes of military 
assistance to civil authorities and for other domestic operations 
during such fiscal year.
    ``(b) Scope of Funding.--The amounts specified under subsection (a) 
for a fiscal year shall be sufficient for purposes as follows:
            ``(1) The development and implementation of doctrine and 
        training requirements applicable to the assistance and 
        operations described in subsection (a) for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) The acquisition of equipment, materiel, and other 
        supplies and services necessary for the provision of such 
        assistance and such operations in such fiscal year.''.
            (5) Limitation on increase in personnel of national guard 
        bureau.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent 
        practicable, ensure that no additional personnel are assigned 
        to the National Guard Bureau in order to address administrative 
        or other requirements arising out of the amendments made by 
        this subsection.
    (d) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Conforming amendment.--The heading of section 10503 of 
        title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter''.
            (2) Clerical amendments.--(A) The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 10503 and inserting the following 
        new items:

``10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter.
``10503a. Functions of National Guard Bureau: military assistance to 
                            civil authorities.''.
            (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1013 
        of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        item:

``10544. National Guard training and equipment: budget for military 
                            assistance to civil authorities and for 
                            other domestic operations.''.

SEC. 3. PROMOTION OF ELIGIBLE RESERVE OFFICERS TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL 
              AND VICE ADMIRAL GRADES ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, whenever 
officers are considered for promotion to the grade of lieutenant 
general, or vice admiral in the case of the Navy, on the active duty 
list, officers of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are 
eligible for promotion to such grade should be considered for promotion 
to such grade.
    (b) Proposal.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
proposal for mechanisms to achieve the objective specified in 
subsection (a). The proposal shall include such recommendations for 
legislative or administrative action as the Secretary considers 
appropriate in order to achieve that objective.
    (c) Notice Accompanying Nominations.--The President shall include 
with each nomination of an officer to the grade of lieutenant general, 
or vice admiral in the case of the Navy, on the active-duty list that 
is submitted to the Senate for consideration a certification that all 
reserve officers who were eligible for consideration for promotion to 
such grade were considered in the making of such nomination.

SEC. 4. PROMOTION OF RESERVE OFFICERS TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL GRADE.

    (a) Treatment of Service as Adjutant General as Joint Duty 
Experience.--
            (1) Directors of army and air national guard.--Section 
        10506(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and 
                (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following new subparagraph (C):
    ``(C) Service of an officer as adjutant general shall be treated as 
joint duty experience for purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii).''.
            (2) Other officers.--The service of an officer of the Armed 
        Forces as adjutant general, or as an officer (other than 
        adjutant general) of the National Guard of a State who performs 
        the duties of adjutant general under the laws of such State, 
        shall be treated as joint duty or joint duty experience for 
        purposes of any provisions of law required such duty or 
        experience as a condition of promotion.
    (b) Reports on Promotion of Reserve Major Generals to Lieutenant 
General Grade.--
            (1) Review required.--The Secretary of the Army and the 
        Secretary of the Air Force shall each conduct a review of the 
        promotion practices of the military department concerned in 
        order to identify and assess the practices of such military 
        department in the promotion of reserve officers from major 
        general grade to lieutenant general grade.
            (2) Reports.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the 
        Secretary of the Air Force shall each submit to the 
        congressional defense committees a report on the review 
        conducted by such official under paragraph (1). Each report 
        shall set forth--
                    (A) the results of such review; and
                    (B) a description of the actions intended to be 
                taken by such official to encourage and facilitate the 
                promotion of additional reserve officers from major 
                general grade to lieutenant general grade.
            (3) Congressional defense committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``congressional defense committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committees on Armed Services and 
                Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committees on Armed Services and 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT THAT POSITION OF DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE UNITED 
              STATES NORTHERN COMMAND BE FILLED BY A QUALIFIED NATIONAL 
              GUARD OFFICER.

    (a) In General.--The position of Deputy Commander of the United 
States Northern Command shall be filled by a qualified officer of the 
National Guard who is eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant 
general.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the requirement in subsection (a) is 
to ensure that information received from the National Guard Bureau 
regarding the operation of the National Guard of the several States is 
integrated into the plans and operations of the United States Northern 
Command.

SEC. 6. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO PREPARE ANNUAL PLAN FOR 
              RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND TERRORIST EVENTS.

    (a) Requirement for Annual Plan.--Not later than March 1, 2007, and 
each March 1 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the commander of the United States Northern Command and the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau, shall prepare and submit to Congress a plan 
for coordinating the use of the National Guard and members of the Armed 
Forces on active duty when responding to natural disasters, acts of 
terrorism, and other man-made disasters as identified in the national 
planning scenarios described in subsection (e).
    (b) Information To Be Provided to Secretary.--To assist the 
Secretary of Defense in preparing the plan, the National Guard Bureau, 
pursuant to its purpose as channel of communications as set forth in 
section 10501(b) of title 10, United States Code, shall provide to the 
Secretary information gathered from Governors, adjutants general of 
States, and other State civil authorities responsible for homeland 
preparation and response to natural and man-made disasters.
    (c) Two Versions.--The plan shall set forth two versions of 
response, one using only members of the National Guard, and one using 
both members of the National Guard and members of the regular 
components of the Armed Forces.
    (d) Matters Covered.--The plan shall cover, at a minimum, the 
following:
            (1) Protocols for the Department of Defense, the National 
        Guard Bureau, and the Governors of the several States to carry 
        out operations in coordination with each other and to ensure 
        that Governors and local communities are properly informed and 
        remain in control in their respective States and communities.
            (2) An identification of operational procedures, command 
        structures, and lines of communication to ensure a coordinated, 
        efficient response to contingencies.
            (3) An identification of the training and equipment needed 
        for both National Guard personnel and members of the Armed 
        Forces on active duty to provide military assistance to civil 
        authorities and for other domestic operations to respond to 
        hazards identified in the national planning scenarios.
    (e) National Planning Scenarios.--The plan shall provide for 
response to the following hazards:
            (1) Nuclear detonation, biological attack, biological 
        disease outbreak/pandemic flu, the plague, chemical attack-
        blister agent, chemical attack-toxic industrial chemicals, 
        chemical attack-nerve agent, chemical attack-chlorine tank 
        explosion, major hurricane, major earthquake, radiological 
        attack-radiological dispersal device, explosives attack-bombing 
        using improvised explosive device, biological attack-food 
        contamination, biological attack-foreign animal disease and 
        cyber attack.
            (2) Any other hazards identified in a national planning 
        scenario developed by the Homeland Security Council.

SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD 
              EQUIPMENT.

    Section 10541 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Each report under this section concerning equipment of the 
National Guard shall also include the following:
            ``(1) A statement of the accuracy of the projections 
        required by subsection (b)(5)(D) contained in earlier reports 
        under this section, and an explanation, if the projection was 
        not met, of why the projection was not met.
            ``(2) A certification from the Chief of the National Guard 
        Bureau setting forth an inventory for the preceding fiscal year 
        of each item of equipment--
                    ``(A) for which funds were appropriated;
                    ``(B) which was due to be procured for the National 
                Guard during that fiscal year; and
                    ``(C) which has not been received by a National 
                Guard unit as of the close of that fiscal year.''.
Example Output:
National Guard Empowerment Act of 2007 - Expands the: (1) authority of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Bureau) to include membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (and raises the grade of the Chief from lieutenant general to general); and (2) functions of the Bureau to include facilitating and coordinating, with other federal agencies and the states, the use of Guard personnel and resources for, and in, contingency operations, military operations other than war, natural disasters, and support of civil authorities.

Directs the Chief to: (1) identify gaps between federal and state capabilities to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and (2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on Guard programs and activities to address such gaps.

Requires annual Department of Defense (DOD) budget justification documents to include separate amounts for Guard training and equipment for military assistance to civil authorities and other domestic operations.

Expresses the sense of Congress calling for consideration of eligible reserve officers for promotion to the grades of lieutenant general or vice admiral on the active duty list.

Treats service as a Bureau adjutant general as joint duty experience.

Requires the position of Deputy Commander of the U.S. Northern Command to be filled by a qualified Guard officer eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general.

Requires an annual plan for the use of the Armed Forces and National Guard for responding to disasters and acts of terrorism.