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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Soledad Canyon Mine Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Transit Mix Concrete Corporation holds two valid
Federal contracts, numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901, issued under
the Materials Act of 1947, for the extraction of approximately
56,000,000 tons of sand and gravel from the Federal mineral
estate in lands located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to the city
of Santa Clarita, California.
(2) It is in the best interest of the citizens of
California and the Federal Government to cancel the Contracts
and prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon area of
California.
(3) TMC should receive as just compensation for such
cancellation the fair market value of the Contracts and all
costs, fees, and covered liabilities incurred by TMC in good
faith in its efforts to develop the Contracts.
(4) A site-specific solution that is fair to TMC and that
seeks to protect the environment and minimize impacts on local
transportation systems is in the best interest of the Nation.
(5) Considerable sums of money have been expended by TMC
and the city of Santa Clarita on legal and other services in
trying to ensure their interests are protected with respect to
Contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To provide to the Bureau of Land Management the
authority to cancel contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and
prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon.
(2) To provide a means for TMC to recover as just
compensation for the cancellation of the Contracts the fair
market value of, and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities
pursuing the development of, the Contracts.
(3) To provide the Bureau of Land Management tools to
verify expenses incurred by TMC and provide relief.
(4) To provide timelines for the verification of costs
incurred by TMC and the determination of just compensation, and
to provide a dispute resolution process.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Contracts.--The term ''Contracts'' means Bureau of Land
Management mineral contracts numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901.
(2) Covered liabilities.--The term ''covered liabilities''
includes any court-ordered or court-approved payment,
settlement, or other liability on the part of TMC for damages,
costs, compensation, or reimbursement to any third party for
agreements entered into by TMC in good faith prior to January
1, 2008, in order to exercise rights under the Contracts.
(3) Materials act of 1947.--The term ''Materials Act of
1947'' means the Act of July 31, 1947, (chapter 406; 61 Stat.
681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604).
(4) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(5) TMC.--The term ''TMC'' means the Transit Mixed Concrete
Corporation and its successors in interest, including CEMEX
USA.

SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF THE CONTRACTS.

(a) Contract Cancellations.--The Secretary shall cancel Bureau of
Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw
those areas that were subject to the Contracts from further mineral
entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the
Secretary, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Compensation.--
(1) In general.--As compensation for the cancellation of
the Contracts, TMC shall receive fair market value of the
Contracts and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities in
trying to bring the Contracts into commercial production. As
such compensation, the Secretary shall provide to TMC surface
and mineral interests and additional value in accordance with
subsection (d) having a total value equal to the amount
described in paragraph (3). All such expenditures must have
been incurred by TMC in good faith in connection with its
efforts to bring the Contracts into commercial production:
Provided, however, that compensation for covered liabilities
may be paid to TMC under this section for up to 15 years
following the effective date of this Act.
(2) Increase in adjusted basis of contract upon
cancellation.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, the adjusted basis of any contract to which section 4(a)
applies shall be increased (immediately before the cancellation
of such contract under such section) by the excess (if any)
of--
(A) the fair market value of such contract
(determined immediately before such cancellation), over
(B) the adjusted basis of such contract (as
determined immediately before the application of this
section).
(3) Value described.--The compensation provided for in
paragraph (1) is equal to the sum of the following:
(A) All amounts paid to the United States by TMC
with respect to the Contracts as bonus bids or other
prepayments.
(B) Interest on amounts referred to in subparagraph
(A), from the date of payment of such amounts to the
United States, at a rate determined by the Secretary.
(C) Amounts expended by TMC in securing the
contracts and trying to bring them into production,
including--
(i) all actual costs, including fees,
associated with the engineering and
environmental studies, and permitting
proceedings, that were incurred in good faith
in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted
under the Contract terms; and
(ii) all actual legal costs, including fees
and covered liabilities, incurred in good faith
in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted
in the Contracts, including all fees and costs
associated with securing permits and
entitlements, litigation to compel, secure, or
defend permits or entitlements, and litigation
in connection with disputes relating to mineral
and surface estate rights to the property that
is the subject of the Contracts.
(D) The fair market value of the Contracts.
(4) Determination of fair market value.--The Secretary
shall, within six months after the date of enactment of this
Act, determine by mineral appraisal the fair market value of
the contracts at the time of such determination for purposes of
paragraph (3)(D), determine by mineral appraisal or other
generally accepted applicable appraisal techniques the fair
market value of the surface and mineral estate identified in
the map referred to in subsection (d), and notify TMC of those
determinations. In determining the fair market value of the
Contracts, the Secretary shall assume that--
(A) TMC has obtained all permits and entitlements
necessary to mine, produce, process, and sell sand and
gravel from the Contracts;
(B) mining operations under the Contracts have
commenced at the time of the determination, with
maximum annual production volumes that--
(i) are based on the projected supply and
demand outlook at the time of determination;
and
(ii) reflect depletion of the reserves of
the Contracts within the effective periods of
the Contract;
(C) the fair market value of the Contracts includes
the present value of expected future net cash flows to
be derived from the mining, producing, processing, and
sale of the sand and gravel contained in the Contracts
over the minimum time necessary to mine, produce,
process, and sell such sand and gravel, taking into
consideration--
(i) the material deposit contained in the
contract sites and its quality, volume,
minability, and reclamation requirements;
(ii) the proximity of the contract sites to
markets;
(iii) the type of market that could be
served from the contract sites, including
future supply, demand, and probable price
increases based upon construction material data
developed by the State of California;
(iv) the cost of mining, producing,
processing, and selling the material reserved
in the contract sites;
(v) the types and costs of transportation
for such production from the contract sites to
markets;
(vi) royalties, taxes, and fees to mine and
sell the production from the contract sites;
(vii) similar market sales of materials the
area or region of the contract sites; and
(viii) the net present values of expected
future cash flows from proposed mining
operations of the Contract sites taking into
consideration, at a minimum, the matters
referred to in clauses (i) through (viii).
(c) Submission of Expenses Incurred.--
(1) In general.--To assist in the verification of the
amounts expended referred to in subsection (b)(3)(C), TMC shall
submit to the Secretary within 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act an itemized list of such amounts, with
enough detail and supporting documentation so the Secretary can
determine that the expenses are associated with the Contracts.
(2) Arbitration.--The Secretary shall issue the
determination of the amounts expended referred to in subsection
(b)(3)(C) within 60 days after receipt of the itemized list
required under paragraph (1). If the Secretary disapproves such
list, the Secretary shall, upon request of TMC, determine the
economic value invested for purposes of subsection (b)(3)
through arbitration in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter
5 of title 5, United States Code.
(d) Return of Value Opportunities for TMC.--
(1) In general.--Within six months after the completion of
the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary
shall provide to TMC the following:
(A) Surface and mineral estate interests and
additional value under subsection (b)(1) using the
surface and mineral estate as described and delineated
as Area A on the map entitled ''Cemex USA and City of
Victorville, California Land Disposal and Acquisition
Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, consisting
of approximately 5,000 acres.
(B) If the fair market value of the surface and
mineral estate used under subparagraph (A) is less than
the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional
mineral or surface estate under subsection (b)(1) using
the surface and mineral estate as described and
delineated as Area B on the map entitled ''Cemex USA
and City of Victorville, California Land Disposal and
Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary,
consisting of approximately 3,000 acres as is necessary
so that the sum of the values provided under
subparagraph (A) and this subparagraph does not exceed
the sum described in subsection (b)(3).
(C) If the sum of the fair market values of the
surface and mineral estates and additional value
provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) is less that
the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional
value as is necessary so that the sum of the values
provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) and this
subparagraph does not exceed the sum described in
subsection (b)(3), in the form of one or more of the
following that are mutually agreed to by the Secretary
and TMC:
(i) Credits that may be applied against
future royalties, bonus bids, or rental fees
for Federal lands administered by the Secretary
and located within the State of California,
including leases for all submerged lands of the
outer Continental Shelf.
(ii) Interest in the mineral estate in
Federal lands in the State of California that
are available for sale under the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or other
law administered by the Secretary.
(iii) Interests in the surface estate in
Federal lands in the State of California that
are under the administrative jurisdiction of
the Secretary and that are available for
disposal.
(e) Treatment of Credits.--
(1) Term.--Credits provided under subsection (d) shall
expire at the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date
the credits are issued by the Secretary.
(2) Assignment.--TMC may assign credits provided to TMC
under subsection (d) to any person who satisfies the same
requirements to hold the Contracts as those that applied to TMC
under the Materials Act of 1947.
(f) Referral to Court of Claims.--
(1) Referral.--If within 12 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and TMC do not reach
agreement under subsections (b), (c), and (d) regarding the
financial and mineral production opportunities to be provided
by the Secretary to TMC under subsection (b)(1), or, if within
3 months after TMC receives notice in accordance with
subsection (b)(4) of the fair market value determined by the
Secretary of the surface and mineral estate identified in the
maps referred to in subsection (d) TMC or the city of
Victorville, California, notifies the Secretary that it
disagrees with the Secretary's determination, the Secretary
shall refer the issues upon which TMC, or the city of
Victorville, California, and the Secretary are not in agreement
with respect to such an agreement or fair market value to the
United States Court of Federal Claims for resolution
(2) Resolution by court.--In any referral under this
subsection, the court shall--
(A) determine de novo the values described in
subsection (b) and (d), including the fair market
values of the surface and mineral estates as described
and delineated on the maps referred to in subsection
(d)(1); and
(B) determine and order the Secretary to provide
financial and mineral production opportunities
consistent with subparagraph (A), for purposes of
subsections (b)(1) and (d).

SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON FUTURE LEASING FOR LAND OR MINERAL ESTATE IN THE
VICTOR VALLEY AREA OF CALIFORNIA.

Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, prior to any
lease, transfer, or other disposition of land or any mineral or surface
estate for any area that is located in the city of Victorville,
California, the city of Victorville's sphere of influence, or the city
of Victorville's proposed sphere of influence, all as delineated on the
map entitled ''Cemex USA and City of Victorville, California Land
Disposal and Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary,
the Secretary shall--
(1) consult with the city of Victorville, California, and
surface owners in that area; and
(2) prohibit mining in that area.

Output: Soledad Canyon Mine Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw from further mineral entry the areas subject to them, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.

Requires Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation to receive, as compensation for cancellation of the contracts, their fair market value and its expenditures and covered liabilities in trying to bring the contracts into commercial production.

Increases the adjusted basis of the contracts upon cancellation for federal tax purposes.

Directs the Secretary, before any disposition of land, mineral or surface estate for any area located in the city of Victorville, California, to: (1) consult with the city and surface owners; and (2) prohibit mining in such area.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. JUDICIAL EDUCATION FUND.

(a) Establishment.--Chapter 42 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''Sec. 630. Judicial Education Fund
''(a) In this section, the term--
''(1) 'institution of higher education' has the meaning
given under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a));
''(2) 'private judicial seminar'--
''(A) means a seminar, symposia, panel discussion,
course, or a similar event that provides continuing
legal education to judges; and
''(B) does not include--
''(i) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by, and on the campus of, an
institute of higher education;
''(ii) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations for the benefit
of the bar association membership; or
''(iii) seminars of any length conducted
by, and on the campus of an institute of higher
education or by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations, where a judge
is a presenter and at which judges constitute
less than 25 percent of the participants;
''(3) 'national bar association' means a national
organization that is open to general membership to all members
of the bar; and
''(4) 'State or local bar association' means a State or
local organization that is open to general membership to all
members of the bar in the specified geographic region.
''(b) There is established within the United States Treasury a fund
to be known as the 'Judicial Education Fund' (in this section referred
to as the 'Fund').
''(c) Amounts in the Fund may be made available for the payment of
necessary expenses, including reasonable expenditures for
transportation, food, lodging, private judicial seminar fees and
materials, incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private
judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center.
Necessary expenses shall not include expenditures for recreational
activities or entertainment other than that provided to all attendees
as an integral part of the private judicial seminar. Any payment from
the Fund shall be approved by the Board.
''(d) The Board may approve a private judicial seminar after
submission of information by the sponsor of that private judicial
seminar that includes--
''(1) the content of the private judicial seminar
(including a list of presenters, topics, and course materials);
and
''(2) the litigation activities of the sponsor and the
presenters at the private judicial seminar (including the
litigation activities of the employer of each presenter) on the
topic related to those addressed at the private judicial
seminar.
''(e) If the Board approves a private judicial seminar, the Board
shall make the information submitted under subsection (d) relating to
the private judicial seminar available to judges and the public by
posting the information on the Internet.
''(f) The Judicial Conference shall promulgate guidelines to ensure
that the Board only approves private judicial seminars that are
conducted in a manner so as to maintain the public's confidence in an
unbiased and fair-minded judiciary.
''(g) There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit in the
Fund $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, to
remain available until expended.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 42 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

''630. Judicial Education Fund.''.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE JUDICIAL SEMINAR GIFTS PROHIBITED.

(a) Definitions.--In this section, the term--
(1) ''institution of higher education'' has the meaning
given under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a));
(2) ''private judicial seminar''--
(A) means a seminar, symposia, panel discussion,
course, or a similar event that provides continuing
legal education to judges; and
(B) does not include--
(i) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by, and on the campus of, an
institute of higher education;
(ii) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations for the benefit
of the bar association membership; or
(iii) seminars of any length conducted by,
and on the campus of an institute of higher
education or by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations, where a judge
is a presenter and at which judges constitute
less than 25 percent of the participants;
(3) ''national bar association'' means a national
organization that is open to general membership to all members
of the bar; and
(4) ''State or local bar association'' means a State or
local organization that is open to general membership to all
members of the bar in the specified geographic region.
(b) In General.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Judicial Conference of the United States
shall promulgate regulations to apply section 7353(a) of title 5,
United States Code, to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of
anything of value in connection with a private judicial seminar.
(c) Exception.--The prohibition under the regulations promulgated
under subsection (b) shall not apply if--
(1) the judge participates in a private judicial seminar as
a speaker, panel participant, or otherwise presents
information;
(2) Federal judges are not the primary audience at the
private judicial seminar; and
(3) the thing of value accepted is--
(A) reimbursement from the private judicial seminar
sponsor of reasonable transportation, food, or lodging
expenses on any day on which the judge speaks,
participates, or presents information, as applicable;
(B) attendance at the private judicial seminar on
any day on which the judge speaks, participates, or
presents information, as applicable; or
(C) anything excluded from the definition of a gift
under regulations of the Judicial Conference of the
United States under sections 7351 and 7353 of title 5,
United States Code, as in effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. RECUSAL LISTS.

Section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
''(g)(1) Each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States
shall maintain a list of all financial interests that would require
disqualification under subsection (b)(4).
''(2) Each list maintained under paragraph (1) shall be made
available to the public at the office of the clerk for the court at
which a justice, judge, or magistrate is assigned.''.

Output: Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) establish within the Treasury a Judicial Education Fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center; and (2) require each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States to maintain a list (to be made available to the public) of all financial interests that would require disqualification in any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate regulations to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of anything in value in connection with a private judicial seminar, with specified exceptions.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Joseph H. Seall Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF 5-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR BENEFITS BASED ON
DISABILITY IN CASES OF TERMINALLY ILL BENEFICIARIES.

(a) Disability Insurance Benefits.--Section 223(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
''(3) The Commissioner of Social Security may waive the application
of the individual's waiting period under clause (i) in the first
sentence of paragraph (1) if the Commissioner determines that such
individual would otherwise be entitled to disability insurance benefits
under this section, that such individual is terminally ill, and that
the application of the waiting period would work an undue hardship on
such individual (as determined on the basis of criteria established by
the Commissioner). In the case of any such waiver granted by the
Commissioner with respect to an individual, notwithstanding clauses (i)
and (ii) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), the individual shall
be entitled to disability insurance benefits for each month, beginning
with the first month during all of which such individual is under a
disability and in which such individual would become so entitled to
such insurance benefits under such sentence but for such waiting
period, and ending as provided in paragraph (1). For purposes of this
paragraph, an individual is considered to be 'terminally ill' if the
individual has a medical prognosis that the individual's life
expectancy is 6 months or less.''.
(b) Widow's Insurance Benefits Based on Disability.--Section
202(e)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
''(C) The Commissioner of Social Security may waive the application
of the individual's waiting period under paragraph (1)(F)(i) if the
Commissioner determines that she would otherwise be entitled to widow's
insurance benefits under this section, that she is terminally ill, and
that such application of the waiting period would work an undue
hardship on her (as determined on the basis of criteria established by
the Commissioner). In the case of any such waiver granted by the
Commissioner with respect to an individual, notwithstanding clauses (i)
and (ii) of paragraph (1)(F), she shall be entitled to widow's
insurance benefits for each month, beginning with the first month
during all of which she is under a disability and in which she would
become so entitled to such insurance benefits under paragraph (1) but
for such waiting period, and ending as provided in paragraph (1). For
purposes of this subparagraph, an individual is considered to be
'terminally ill' if the individual has a medical prognosis that the
individual's life expectancy is 6 months or less.''.
(c) Widower's Insurance Benefits Based on Disability.--Section
202(f)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(6)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
''(C) The Commissioner of Social Security may waive the application
of the individual's waiting period under paragraph (1)(F)(i) if the
Commissioner determines that he would otherwise be entitled to
widower's insurance benefits under this section, that he is terminally
ill, and that such application would work an undue hardship on him (as
determined on the basis of criteria established by the Commissioner).
In the case of any such waiver granted by the Commissioner with respect
to an individual, notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph
(1)(F), he shall be entitled to widower's insurance benefits for each
month, beginning with the first month during all of which he is under a
disability and in which he would become so entitled to such insurance
benefits under paragraph (1) but for such waiting period, and ending as
provided in paragraph (1). For purposes of this subparagraph, an
individual is considered to be 'terminally ill' if the individual has a
medical prognosis that the individual's life expectancy is 6 months or
less.''.
(d) Commencement of Period of Disability.--Section 216(i)(2)(A) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ''(i)'' after ''(2)(A)'';
(2) by inserting ''(I)'' after ''but only if'';
(3) by inserting ''(II)'' after ''duration or''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
''(ii) The Commissioner of Social Security may waive the
application of the five-month requirement under clause (i)(I) if the
Commissioner determines that such individual would otherwise be
entitled to a period of disability under this paragraph, that such
individual is terminally ill, and that the application of such five-
month requirement would work an undue hardship on such individual (as
determined on the basis of criteria established by the Commissioner).
For purposes of this clause, an individual is considered to be
'terminally ill' if the individual has a medical prognosis that the
individual's life expectancy is 6 months or less.''.
(e) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply only with respect to benefits under section 223 of the Social
Security Act, or under section 202 of such Act on the basis of the
wages and self-employment income of an individual entitled to benefits
under such section 223, for months beginning after 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act. The amendments made by subsections
(b) and (c) shall apply only with respect to benefits based on
disability under subsection (e) or (f) of section 202 of the Social
Security Act for months after 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act. The amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply only
with respect to applications for disability determinations filed under
title II of the Social Security Act after 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. STUDY REGARDING DISABILITY CLAIMS PROCESSING.

(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall
undertake a study regarding the processing of claims for disability
insurance benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act, other
benefits based on disability under section 202 of such Act, periods of
disability under section 216(i) of such Act, and supplemental security
income benefits based on disability under title XVI of such Act.
(b) Matters To Be Studied.--In carrying out the study required
under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall--
(1) analyze the methods and procedures currently employed
in making determinations regarding claims described in
subsection (a), including methods and procedures employed by
State agencies and the Social Security Administration under
section 221 of such Act, and
(2) compare such methods and procedures to the methods and
procedures currently employed by other Federal and State
agencies and disability benefit providers in the private sector
regarding claims for disability benefits under programs
administered by such agencies and providers.
(c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall report to the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate the Commissioner's recommendations regarding
possible improvements in the methods and procedures referred to in
subsection (b)(1) (including methods and procedures that would expedite
the disability determination process as a means of remedying the
current backlog in the processing of claims described in subsection
(a)) based on the comparisons made pursuant to subsection (b)(2),
together with such recommendations for legislative changes as the
Commissioner may consider necessary or appropriate to facilitate such
improvements.
Output: Joseph H. Seall Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the five-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill benefiaries.

Requires the Commissioner to study and report to specified congressional committees on possible improvements in disability claims processing.