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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Invest in Energy Security Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.

    (a) Petroleum Acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.--
Section 301(e)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 6240 
note) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, as expeditiously as 
        practical, without incurring excessive cost or appreciably 
        affecting the price of petroleum products to consumers, acquire 
        petroleum in quantities sufficient to fill the available 
        capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, subject to the 
        following limitations:
                    ``(A) Suspension of royalty-in-kind transfers to 
                the strategic petroleum reserve.--No later than 
                September 30, 2008, the Secretary shall sell 13,000,000 
                barrels of petroleum received under the royalty-in-kind 
                program. Beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary shall 
                suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic 
                Petroleum Reserve under the Royalty-In-Kind program, 
                subject to resumption as provided in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Resumption of petroleum acquisition for the 
                strategic petroleum reserve.--The Secretary may resume 
                acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum 
                Reserve 30 days after notification to Congress that--
                            ``(i)(I) the Secretary projects that the 
                        United States will fall short of its 
                        commitments under the International Energy 
                        Program within a period of 24 months from the 
                        date of the projection; or
                            ``(II) the weighted average price of 
                        petroleum for the most recent 90 day period is 
                        at least 25 percent less than the 24-month 
                        historical average price; and
                            ``(ii) that resumption of Strategic 
                        Petroleum Reserve fill will not have an 
                        appreciable effect on the price of petroleum 
                        products to consumers within the following 12-
                        month period after the resumption of 
                        acquisition.
                    ``(C) Future suspension of strategic petroleum 
                reserve petroleum acquisition.--During any period in 
                which the Secretary is acquiring petroleum for the 
                Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Secretary shall 
                suspend acquisition activities if--
                            ``(i) the monthly weighted average price of 
                        petroleum increases by more than 20 percent 
                        over any period of 6 months or less; or
                            ``(ii) the Secretary determines that 
                        continued Strategic Petroleum Reserve fill may 
                        have an appreciable impact on prices of 
                        petroleum products in future months.''.
    (b) Revised Procedures.--No later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish revised 
procedures under section 301(e)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
consistent with the provisions contained in the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 3. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Treasury of 
the United States the ``Energy Independence and Security Fund'' 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as ``the Fund'').
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary of Energy shall be responsible 
for administering the Fund for the purpose of carrying out this 
section.
    (c) Deposits.--All proceeds from sales of petroleum from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as authorized in section 301(e)(1) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (as amended by section 2 of this Act), after 
deduction of the direct administrative costs associated with such 
sales, shall be deposited in the Fund.
    (d) Distribution of Funds.--The Secretary shall make available for 
obligation, without further appropriation and without fiscal year 
limitation, the following amounts from the Fund:
            (1) Advanced research projects agency--energy.--For fiscal 
        year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $100,000,000 to the 
        ``Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund'', as authorized in 
        section 5012(m) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 
        16538(m)), to remain available until expended. Of the funds 
        transferred, the Secretary shall further allocate the amounts 
        made available for obligation as follows:
                    (A) $50,000,000 shall be available for university-
                based research projects.
                    (B) $10,000,000 shall be available for program 
                direction expenses.
            (2) Rural wind energy.--For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary 
        shall transfer $15,000,000 to the account ``Energy Efficiency 
        and Renewable Energy'', to remain available until expended, for 
        necessary expenses for a program to support the development of 
        infrastructure necessary for deployment of wind energy systems 
        in rural areas, as authorized in section 931(f)(1) of the 
        Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(f)(1)).
            (3) Solar energy research and development.--For fiscal year 
        2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 to the account 
        ``Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to remain available 
        until expended, for necessary expenses for a program to 
        accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and 
        deployment of solar energy technologies, as authorized by 
        section 931(a)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
        U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(A)).
            (4) Low income weatherization.--For fiscal year 2008, the 
        Secretary shall transfer $100,000,000 to the account 
        ``Weatherization Assistance Program'', to remain available 
        until expended, for necessary expenses for a program to 
        weatherize low income housing, as authorized by section 411 of 
        the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
        110-140).
            (5) Marine and hydrokinetic renewable electric energy.--For 
        fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 to 
        the account ``Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to 
        remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for a 
        program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, 
        and deployment of ocean and wave energy, including hydrokinetic 
        renewable energy, as authorized by section 931 of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231) and section 636 of the 
        Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-
        140).
            (6) Industrial energy efficiency research and 
        development.--For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall 
        transfer $110,000,000 to the account ``Energy Efficiency and 
        Renewable Energy'', to remain available until expended, for 
        necessary expenses for a program to accelerate the research, 
        development, demonstration, and deployment of new technologies 
        to improve the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas 
        emissions from industrial processes, as authorized in section 
        911(a)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
        16191(a)(2)(C)) and in section 452 of the Energy Independence 
        and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
            (7) Building energy efficiency research and development.--
        For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $70,000,000 
        to the account ``Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to 
        remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for a 
        program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, 
        and deployment of new technologies to improve the energy 
        efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, 
        as authorized in section 422 of the Energy Independence and 
        Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
            (8) Energy storage for transportation and electric power 
        applications.--For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall 
        transfer $30,000,000 to the account ``Energy Efficiency and 
        Renewable Energy'', to remain available until expended, for 
        necessary expenses for a program to accelerate the research, 
        development, demonstration, and deployment of new materials for 
        improving the energy efficiency of transportation, electric 
        power and other technologies, as authorized by section 641 of 
        the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
        110-140).
            (9) Geothermal energy development.--(A) For fiscal year 
        2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 to the account 
        ``Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to remain available 
        until expended, for necessary expenses for a program for 
        geothermal research and development activities to be managed by 
        the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, as authorized by 
        section 931(a)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
        U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(C)); and
            (B) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer 
        $30,000,000 to the account ``Fossil Energy Research and 
        Development'', to remain available until expended, for 
        necessary expenses for a program of advanced geothermal 
        drilling and resource characterization to be managed by the 
        National Energy Technology Laboratory.
            (10) Carbon capture and storage.--For fiscal year 2008, the 
        Secretary shall transfer $385,000,000 to the account ``Fossil 
        Energy Research and Development'', to remain available until 
        expended, for necessary expenses for a program of demonstration 
        projects of carbon capture and storage, as authorized by 
        sections 702 and 703 of the Energy Independence and Security 
        Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140). Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, one of the demonstration projects shall be a 
        component of the FutureGen project.
            (11) Nonconventional domestic natural gas and petroleum 
        production and environmental research.--
                    (A) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall 
                transfer $50,000,000 to the ``Ultra-Deepwater and 
                Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research 
                Fund'', to remain available until expended, as 
                authorized by section 999H(e) of the Energy Policy Act 
                of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16378(e)).
                    (B) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall 
                transfer $15,000,000 to the account ``Fossil Energy 
                Research and Development'', to remain available until 
                expended, for necessary expenses for a program of 
                environmental research in support of small producers of 
                domestic petroleum and natural gas, for regulatory 
                analysis and for support for the stripper well 
                consortium.
            (12) Hydrogen research and development.--For fiscal year 
        2008, the Secretary shall transfer $5,000,000 to the account 
        ``Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to remain available 
        until expended, for necessary expenses for the Department's H-
        Prize Program, as authorized by section 654 of the Energy 
        Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
    (e) Amendments.--(1) Section 999F of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16376) is amended by striking ``2014'' and inserting 
``2017''.
    (2) Section 999B(e) of that Act (42 U.S.C.16372(e)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish in the 
        Federal Register the annual plan, along with any written 
        comments received under paragraph (2)(A) and (B).''.
    (3) Section 999H(b) of that Act (42 U.S.C.16378(b)) is amended by 
inserting ``, and shall be exempt from subchapter II of chapter 15 of 
title 31, United States Code'' after ``available until expended''.
    (f) Transfer Procedures.--The Secretary shall make an initial 
transfer from the Fund no later than 30 days after the initial deposit 
of monies into the Fund. The Secretary shall make additional transfers 
no later than 30 days after subsequent deposits, until the full amounts 
authorized for fiscal 2008 have been transferred. To the extent that 
any transfer in fiscal 2008 is less than the authorized total, the 
transfers shall be made on a pro rata basis.
    (g) Management and Oversight.--
            (1) Additionality of fiscal year 2008 transfers.--All 
        amounts transferred under subsection (d)(1) shall be in 
        addition to, and shall not be substituted for, any funds 
        appropriated for the same or similar purposes in the 
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.
            (2) Program plans and performance measures.--The Secretary 
        shall prepare and publish in the Federal Register a plan for 
        the proposed use of all funds authorized in subsection (d). The 
        plan also shall identify how the use of these funds will be 
        additive to, and not displace annual appropriations. The plans 
        also shall identify performance measures to assess the 
        additional benefits that may be realized from the application 
        of the additional funding provided under this section. The 
        initial plan shall be published in the Federal Register within 
        90 days from enactment of this section, and shall be updated 
        annually and submitted to Congress together with the 
        President's budget.
            (3) Congressional oversight and review.--Nothing in this 
        section shall limit or restrict the review and oversight of 
        program plans by the appropriate committees of Congress. 
        Nothing in this section shall limit or restrict the authority 
        of Congress to set alternative spending limitations in annual 
        appropriations Acts.
            (4) Apportionment.--All transactions of the Fund shall be 
        exempt from apportionment under the provisions of subchapter II 
        of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code.
            (5) Use of other transactions authority.--(A) Any 
        solicitation for research, development, or demonstration 
        project proposals to be funded under this section shall provide 
        for and encourage the use of Other Transactions Authority, 
        including Technology Investment Agreements as authorized by 
        section 646(g) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
        U.S.C. 7256) and Part 603 of the Department of Energy 
        Acquisition Regulation.
            (B) Any solicitation for a commercial demonstration project 
        under this section shall require the use of Other Transactions 
        Authority, including Technology Investment Agreements, as 
        authorized by section 646(g) of the Department of Energy 
        Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7256) and Part 603 of the 
        Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation.

Answer: Invest in Energy Security Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 governing petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) sell specified quantities of petroleum received under the royalty-in-kind program; and (2) suspend petroleum acquisition for the SPR under such program.

Authorizes the Secretary to resume such acquisition upon notifying Congress that specified circumstances exist, and to suspend acquisition again if certain other circumstances arise.



Establishes the Energy Independence and Security Fund to receive all proceeds from sales of SPR petroleum.

Allocates amounts from such Fund for: (1) the Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund for university-based research projects and program direction expenses; (2) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account for rural wind energy systems; (3) solar energy technologies; (4) weatherization assistance for low-income housing; (5) ocean and wave energy, including hydrokinetic renewable energy; (6) technologies to improve the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes and from buildings; (7) improvements to the energy efficiency of transportation and electric power; (8) geothermal research and development managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; (9) advanced geothermal drilling and resource characterization managed by National Energy Technology Laboratory; (10) carbon capture and storage; (11) Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund; (12) environmental research in support of small producers of domestic petroleum and natural gas, for regulatory analysis and for support for the stripper well consortium; and (13) the H-Prize Program of the Department of Energy.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pension Assistance and Counseling 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PENSION COUNSELING PROGRAMS.

    Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subtitle C as subtitle D;
            (2) by redesignating sections 761 through 764 as sections 
        791 through 794, respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subtitle B the following:

                    ``Subtitle C--Pension Counseling

``SEC. 761. PENSION COUNSELING PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Pension and other retirement benefits.--The term 
        `pension and other retirement benefits' means private, civil 
        service, and other public pensions and retirement benefits, 
        including benefits provided under--
                    ``(A) the Social Security program carried out under 
                title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 
                seq.);
                    ``(B) the railroad retirement program carried out 
                under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 
                231 et seq.);
                    ``(C) the government retirement benefits programs 
                carried out under--
                            ``(i) the Civil Service Retirement System 
                        set forth in subchapter III of chapter 83 of 
                        title 5, United States Code;
                            ``(ii) the Federal Employees Retirement 
                        System set forth in chapter 84 of title 5, 
                        United States Code;
                            ``(iii) title 10, United States Code; or
                            ``(iv) any other government retirement 
                        system, including any Government pension plan 
                        as such term is defined under section 9502 of 
                        title 31, United States Code; or
                    ``(D) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
                of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
            ``(2) Pension counseling program.--The term `pension 
        counseling program' means a program described in subsection 
        (c).
    ``(b) Establishment.--The Assistant Secretary shall establish and 
carry out pension counseling projects. In carrying out the projects, 
the Assistant Secretary shall award grants under subsection (c) and 
(d).
    ``(c) Pension Counseling Programs.--
            ``(1) Use of funds.--In carrying out the projects specified 
        in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall award grants 
        to eligible entities to establish programs that create or 
        continue a sufficient number of pension assistance and 
        counseling projects to provide outreach, information, 
        counseling, referral, and other assistance regarding pension 
        and other retirement benefits, and rights related to such 
        benefits, to individuals throughout the United States.
            ``(2) Award of grants.--
                    ``(A) Type of entity.--The Assistant Secretary 
                shall award under this subsection--
                            ``(i) grants to State agencies or area 
                        agencies on aging; and
                            ``(ii) grants to nonprofit organizations 
                        with a proven record of providing--
                                    ``(I) services related to 
                                retirement of older individuals; or
                                    ``(II) specific pension counseling.
                    ``(B) Panel.--In awarding grants under this 
                subsection, the Assistant Secretary shall use a citizen 
                advisory panel that shall include representatives of 
                business, labor, national senior advocates, and 
                national pension rights advocates.
                    ``(C) Criteria.--In awarding grants under this 
                subsection, the Assistant Secretary, after consultation 
                with the panel, shall use as criteria--
                            ``(i) evidence of commitment of an agency 
                        or organization to carry out a proposed pension 
                        counseling program;
                            ``(ii) the ability of the agency or 
                        organization to perform effective outreach to 
                        affected populations, particularly populations 
                        identified as in need of special outreach;
                            ``(iii) reliable information that the 
                        population to be served by the agency or 
                        organization has a demonstrable need for the 
                        services proposed to be provided under the 
                        program; and
                            ``(iv) evidence of ability of the agency or 
                        organization to provide services under the 
                        program on a statewide or regional basis.
            ``(3) Application.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a 
                grant under this subsection, an entity shall submit an 
                application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in 
                such manner, and containing such information as the 
                Assistant Secretary may require, including, at a 
                minimum--
                            ``(i) a plan for the establishment of a 
                        pension counseling program to serve a specific 
                        geographic area; and
                            ``(ii) an assurance that staff members 
                        (including volunteer staff members) have no 
                        conflict of interest in providing the services 
                        described in the plan.
                    ``(B) Plan.--The plan described in subparagraph (A) 
                shall provide for a program that--
                            ``(i) establishes or continues a State or 
                        area pension counseling service;
                            ``(ii) provides counseling (including 
                        direct counseling and assistance to individuals 
                        needing information) and information that may 
                        assist individuals in establishing rights to, 
                        obtaining, and filing claims or complaints 
                        related to, pension and other retirement 
                        benefits;
                            ``(iii) provides information on sources of 
                        pension and other retirement benefits, 
                        including the benefits under programs described 
                        in subsection (a)(1);
                            ``(iv) makes referrals to legal services 
                        and other advocacy programs;
                            ``(v) establishes a system of referral to 
                        Federal, State, and local departments or 
                        agencies related to pension and other 
                        retirement benefits;
                            ``(vi) provides a sufficient number of 
                        staff positions (including volunteer positions) 
                        to ensure information, counseling, referral, 
                        and assistance regarding pension and other 
                        retirement benefits;
                            ``(vii) provides training programs for 
                        staff members, including volunteer staff 
                        members of the programs described in subsection 
                        (a)(1);
                            ``(viii) makes recommendations to the 
                        Administration, the Department of Labor, and 
                        other Federal, State, and local agencies 
                        concerning issues for older individuals related 
                        to pension and other retirement benefits; and
                            ``(ix) establishes or continues to provide 
                        projects to provide outreach, information, 
                        counseling, referral, and other assistance 
                        regarding pension and other retirement 
                        benefits, with particular emphasis on outreach 
                        to women, minorities, and low-income retirees.
    ``(d) Training and Technical Assistance Program.--
            ``(1) Use of funds.--In carrying out the projects described 
        in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall award a grant 
        to an eligible entity to establish a training and technical 
        assistance program to provide--
                    ``(A) information and technical assistance to the 
                staffs of entities operating pension counseling 
                programs; and
                    ``(B) assistance to the entities, including 
                assistance in designing program evaluation tools.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--Entities eligible to receive grants 
        under this subsection include nonprofit private organizations 
        with records of providing national information, referral, and 
        advocacy in matters related to pension and other retirement 
        benefits.
            ``(3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the 
        Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may 
        require.
    ``(e) Pension Assistance Hotline and Interagency Coordination.--The 
Assistant Secretary shall enter into interagency agreements for the 
establishment and operation of, and dissemination of information about, 
a telephone hotline for individuals seeking outreach, information, 
counseling, referral, and assistance regarding pension and other 
retirement benefits, and rights related to such benefits. The Assistant 
Secretary shall also enter into agreements with the Secretary of Labor 
and with the heads of other Federal agencies that regulate the 
provision of pension and other retirement benefits, as the Assistant 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, in order to carry out this 
subsection and to develop a nationwide public-private pension 
assistance system.
    ``(f) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) Preparation.--The Assistant Secretary shall prepare a 
        report that--
                    ``(A) summarizes the distribution of funds 
                authorized for grants under this section and the 
                expenditure of such funds;
                    ``(B) summarizes the scope and content of training 
                and assistance provided under a program carried out 
                under this section and the degree to which the training 
                and assistance can be replicated;
                    ``(C) outlines the problems that individuals 
                participating in programs funded under this section 
                encountered concerning rights related to pension and 
                other retirement benefits; and
                    ``(D) makes recommendations regarding the manner in 
                which services provided in programs funded under this 
                section can be incorporated into the ongoing programs 
                of State agencies, area agencies on aging, multipurpose 
                senior centers, and other similar entities.
            ``(2) Submission.--Not later than 30 months after the date 
        of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary shall 
        submit the report described in paragraph (1) to the Committee 
        on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
        the Senate.
    ``(g) Administrative Expenses.--Of the funds appropriated under 
subsection (h) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not more 
than $100,000 may be used by the Administration for administrative 
expenses in carrying out this section.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Repealer.--Section 429J of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3035r) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 794 of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (as redesignated in section 2(2)) is 
amended by striking ``entities described in section 751(c)'' and 
inserting ``persons and entities described in section 793(b)''.

Answer: Specifies that such grants shall be awarded to: (1) State agencies or area agencies on aging; (2) nonprofit organizations with a proven record of providing services related to retirement of older individuals or specific pension counseling; and (3) an eligible entity to establish a training and technical assistance program to provide information and technical assistance to the staffs of entities operating pension counseling programs and assistance to such entities, including assistance in designing program evaluation tools. Makes nonprofit private organizations with records of providing national information, referral, and advocacy in matters related to pension and other retirement benefits eligible to receive training and technical assistance grants.
Requires the Assistant Secretary to enter into: (1) interagency agreements for the establishment and operation of, and dissemination of information about, a telephone hotline for individuals seeking outreach, information, counseling, referral, and assistance regarding pension and other retirement benefits, and rights related to such benefits; and (2) agreements with the Secretary of Labor and with the heads of other Federal agencies that regulate the provision of pension and other retirement benefits, as appropriate, in order to carry out this Act and to develop a nationwide public-private pension assistance system.
Authorizes appropriations.
Repeals provisions of the Act that establish pension rights demonstration projects.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Access to Reconstructive 
Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF MINOR CHILD'S CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY 
              OR DISORDER.

    (a) Group Health Plans.--
            (1) Public health service act amendments.--(A) Subpart 2 of 
        part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2707. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR MINOR CHILD'S 
              CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER.

    ``(a) Requirements for Reconstructive Surgery.--
            ``(1) In general.--A group health plan, and a health 
        insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, that 
        provides coverage for surgical benefits shall provide coverage 
        for outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a minor 
        child's congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
        injury. A minor child shall include any individual through 21 
        years of age.
            ``(2) Requirements.--Any coverage provided under paragraph 
        (1) shall be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification 
        as required by the plan or issuer, and such coverage shall 
        include any surgical treatment which, in the opinion of the 
        treating physician, is medically necessary to approximate a 
        normal appearance.
            ``(3) Treatment defined.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In this section, the term 
                `treatment' includes reconstructive surgical procedures 
                (procedures that are generally performed to improve 
                function, but may also be performed to approximate a 
                normal appearance) that are performed on abnormal 
                structures of the body caused by congenital defects, 
                developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors, 
                or disease, including--
                            ``(i) procedures that do not materially 
                        affect the function of the body part being 
                        treated; and
                            ``(ii) procedures for secondary conditions 
                        and follow-up treatment.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include 
                cosmetic surgery performed to reshape normal structures 
                of the body to improve appearance or self-esteem.
    ``(b) Notice.--A group health plan under this part shall comply 
with the notice requirement under section 714(b) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements 
of this section as if such section applied to such plan.''.
            (B) Section 2723(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-23(c)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 2704'' and inserting ``sections 
        2704 and 2707''.
            (2) ERISA amendments.--(A) Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle 
        B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
        1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 714. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR MINOR CHILD'S CONGENITAL 
              OR DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER.

    ``(a) Requirements for Reconstructive Surgery.--
            ``(1) In general.--A group health plan, and a health 
        insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, that 
        provides coverage for surgical benefits shall provide coverage 
        for outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a minor 
        child's congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
        injury. A minor child shall include any individual who has not 
        attained age 22.
            ``(2) Requirements.--Any coverage provided under paragraph 
        (1) shall be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification 
        as required by the plan or issuer, and such coverage shall 
        include any surgical treatment which, in the opinion of the 
        treating physician, is medically necessary to approximate a 
        normal appearance.
            ``(3) Treatment defined.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this section, 
                the term `treatment' includes reconstructive surgical 
                procedures (procedures that are generally performed to 
                improve function, but may also be performed to 
                approximate a normal appearance) that are performed on 
                abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital 
                defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma, 
                infection, tumors, or disease, including--
                            ``(i) procedures that do not materially 
                        affect the function of the body part being 
                        treated; and
                            ``(ii) procedures for secondary conditions 
                        and follow-up treatment.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include 
                cosmetic surgery performed to reshape normal structures 
                of the body to improve appearance or self-esteem.
    ``(b) Notice Under Group Health Plan.--The imposition of the 
requirements of this section shall be treated as a material 
modification in the terms of the plan described in the last sentence of 
section 102(a), for purposes of assuring notice of such requirements 
under the plan; except that the summary description required to be 
provided under the fourth sentence of section 104(b)(1) with respect to 
such modification shall be provided by not later than 60 days after the 
first day of the first plan year in which such requirements apply.''.
            (B) Section 731(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191(c)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 711'' and inserting ``sections 
        711 and 714''.
            (C) Section 732(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191a(a)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 711'' and inserting ``sections 
        711 and 714''.
            (D) The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is 
        amended by inserting after the item relating to section 713 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 714. Standards relating to benefits for minor child's congenital 
                            or developmental deformity or disorder.''.
            (3) Internal revenue code amendments.--
                    (A) In general.--Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
                the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9813. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR MINOR CHILD'S 
              CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER.

    ``(a) Requirements for Reconstructive Surgery.--
            ``(1) In general.--A group health plan, and a health 
        insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, that 
        provides coverage for surgical benefits shall provide coverage 
        for outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a minor 
        child's congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
        injury. A minor child shall include any individual who has not 
        attained age 22.
            ``(2) Requirements.--Any coverage provided under paragraph 
        (1) shall be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification 
        as required by the plan or issuer, and such coverage shall 
        include any surgical treatment which, in the opinion of the 
        treating physician, is medically necessary to approximate a 
        normal appearance.
            ``(3) Treatment defined.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this section, 
                the term `treatment' includes reconstructive surgical 
                procedures (procedures that are generally performed to 
                improve function, but may also be performed to 
                approximate a normal appearance) that are performed on 
                abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital 
                defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma, 
                infection, tumors, or disease, including--
                            ``(i) procedures that do not materially 
                        affect the function of the body part being 
                        treated; and
                            ``(ii) procedures for secondary conditions 
                        and follow-up treatment.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include 
                cosmetic surgery performed to reshape normal structures 
                of the body to improve appearance or self-esteem.''.
                    (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for 
                such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the 
                following new item:

``Sec. 9813. Standards relating to benefits for minor child's 
                            congenital or developmental deformity or 
                            disorder.''.
    (b) Individual Health Insurance.--(1) Part B of title XXVII of the 
Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 2752 
the following new section:

``SEC. 2753. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR MINOR CHILD'S 
              CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER.

    ``(a) Requirements for Reconstructive Surgery.--
            ``(1) In general.--A group health plan, and a health 
        insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, that 
        provides coverage for surgical benefits shall provide coverage 
        for outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a minor 
        child's congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
        injury. A minor child shall include any individual through 21 
        years of age.
            ``(2) Requirements.--Any coverage provided under paragraph 
        (1) shall be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification 
        as required by the plan or issuer, and such coverage shall 
        include any surgical treatment which, in the opinion of the 
        treating physician, is medically necessary to approximate a 
        normal appearance.
            ``(3) Treatment defined.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In this section, the term 
                `treatment' includes reconstructive surgical procedures 
                (procedures that are generally performed to improve 
                function, but may also be performed to approximate a 
                normal appearance) that are performed on abnormal 
                structures of the body caused by congenital defects, 
                developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors, 
                or disease, including--
                            ``(i) procedures that do not materially 
                        affect the function of the body part being 
                        treated; and
                            ``(ii) procedures for secondary conditions 
                        and follow-up treatment.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include 
                cosmetic surgery performed to reshape normal structures 
                of the body to improve appearance or self-esteem.
    ``(b) Notice.--A health insurance issuer under this part shall 
comply with the notice requirement under section 714(b) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements 
referred to in subsection (a) as if such section applied to such issuer 
and such issuer were a group health plan.''.
    (2) Section 2762(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-62(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``section 2751'' and inserting ``sections 2751 and 
2753''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to group health plans for plan years beginning 
on or after January 1, 2008.
    (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply with respect 
to health insurance coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, 
or operated in the individual market on or after such date.
    (d) Coordinated Regulations.--Section 104(1) of Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is amended by striking 
``this subtitle (and the amendments made by this subtitle and section 
401)'' and inserting ``the provisions of part 7 of subtitle B of title 
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the 
provisions of parts A and C of title XXVII of the Public Health Service 
Act, and chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986''.

Answer:

assistant: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that cover surgical benefits to also cover outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or injury of a minor child (defined as child under the age of 22).

Requires that such coverage: (1) be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification requirements of the plan or issuer; and (2) include any surgical treatment deemed by the treating physician to be medically necessary to approximate a normal appearance. Defines "treatment" to include reconstructive surgical procedures that are performed on abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital defects, abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors, or disease, including: (1) procedures that do not materially affect the function of the body part being treated; and (2) procedures for secondary conditions and follow-up treatment. Excludes cosmetic surgery performed to reshape normal structures of the body to improve appearance or self-esteem.