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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Protecting Student Athletes From
Concussions Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.

Part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7881 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

''Subpart 6--State Requirements for the Prevention and Treatment of
Concussions

''SEC. 8581. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.

''(a) In General.--Beginning fiscal year 2019, as a condition of
receiving funds under this Act for a fiscal year, a State shall, not
later than July 1 of the preceding fiscal year, certify to the
Secretary in accordance with subsection (b) that the State has in
effect and is enforcing a law or regulation that, at a minimum,
establishes the following requirements:
''(1) Local educational agency concussion safety and
management plan.--Each local educational agency in the State
(including each charter school that is considered a local
educational agency under State law), in consultation with
members of the community in which the local educational agency
is located, shall develop and implement a standard plan for
concussion safety and management for public schools served by
the local educational agency that includes--
''(A) the education of students, parents, and
school personnel about concussions, including--
''(i) the training of school personnel on
evidence-based concussion safety and
management, including on prevention,
recognition, risk, academic consequences, and
response for both initial and any subsequent
concussions; and
''(ii) using, maintaining, and
disseminating to students and parents release
forms, treatment plans, observation,
monitoring, and reporting forms, recordkeeping
forms, and post-injury and prevention fact
sheets about concussions;
''(B) supports for each student recovering from a
concussion, including--
''(i) guiding the student in resuming
participation in school-sponsored athletic
activities and academic activities with the
help of a multidisciplinary concussion
management team, which shall include--
''(I) a health care professional,
the parents of such student, and other
relevant school personnel; and
''(II) an individual who is
assigned by the public school in which
the student is enrolled to oversee and
manage the recovery of the student;
''(ii) providing appropriate academic
accommodations aimed at progressively
reintroducing cognitive demands on such a
student; and
''(iii) if the student's symptoms of
concussion persist for a substantial period of
time--
''(I) evaluating the student in
accordance with section 614 of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 1414) to determine
whether the student is eligible for
services under part B of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); or
''(II) evaluating whether the
student is eligible for services under
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); and
''(C) best practices designed to ensure, with
respect to concussions, the uniformity of safety
standards, treatment, and management, including--
''(i) disseminating information on
concussion safety and management to the public;
and
''(ii) applying best practice and uniform
standards for concussion safety and management
to all students enrolled in the public schools
served by the local educational agency.
''(2) Posting of information on concussions.--Each public
school in the State shall post on school grounds, in a manner
that is visible to students and school personnel, and make
publicly available on the school website, information on
concussions that--
''(A) is based on peer-reviewed scientific evidence
or consensus (such as information made available by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention);
''(B) shall include--
''(i) the risks posed by sustaining a
concussion or multiple concussions;
''(ii) the actions a student should take in
response to sustaining a concussion, including
the notification of school personnel; and
''(iii) the signs and symptoms of a
concussion; and
''(C) may include--
''(i) the definition of a concussion under
section 8582(1);
''(ii) the means available to the student
to reduce the incidence or recurrence of a
concussion; and
''(iii) the effects of a concussion on
academic learning and performance.
''(3) Response to a concussion.--If any school personnel of
a public school in the State suspect that a student has
sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored athletic
activity or other school-sponsored activity--
''(A) the student shall be--
''(i) immediately removed from
participation in such activity; and
''(ii) prohibited from resuming
participation in school-sponsored athletic
activities--
''(I) on the day the student
sustained the concussion; and
''(II) until the day the student is
capable of resuming such participation,
according to the student's written
release, as described in paragraph (4);
''(B) the school personnel shall report to the
concussion management team--
''(i) that the student may have sustained a
concussion; and
''(ii) all available information with
respect to the student's injury; and
''(C) the concussion management team shall confirm
and report to the parents of the student--
''(i) the type of injury, and the date and
time of the injury, suffered by the student;
and
''(ii) any actions that have been taken to
treat the student.
''(4) Return to athletics.--If a student enrolled in a
public school in the State sustains a concussion, before the
student resumes participation in school-sponsored athletic
activities, the relevant school personnel shall receive a
written release from a health care professional, that--
''(A) may require the student to follow a plan
designed to aid the student in recovering and resuming
participation in such activities in a manner that--
''(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with
periods of cognitive and physical rest while
symptoms of a concussion persist; and
''(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical
demands on the student on a progressive basis
so long as such increases in exertion do not
cause the reemergence or worsening of symptoms
of a concussion; and
''(B) states that the student is capable of
resuming participation in such activities once the
student is asymptomatic.
''(5) Return to academics.--If a student enrolled in a
public school in the State has sustained a concussion, the
concussion management team (as described under paragraph
(1)(B)(i)) of the school shall consult with and make
recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to
ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic
supports, including--
''(A) providing for periods of cognitive rest over
the course of the school day;
''(B) providing modified academic assignments;
''(C) allowing for gradual reintroduction to
cognitive demands; and
''(D) other appropriate academic accommodations or
adjustments.
''(b) Certification Requirement.--The certification required under
subsection (a) shall be in writing and include a description of the law
or regulation that meets the requirements of subsection (a).

''SEC. 8582. DEFINITIONS.

''In this subpart:
''(1) Concussion.--The term 'concussion' means a type of
mild traumatic brain injury that--
''(A) is caused by a blow, jolt, or motion to the
head or body that causes the brain to move rapidly in
the skull;
''(B) disrupts normal brain functioning and alters
the physiological state of the individual, causing the
individual to experience--
''(i) any period of observed or self-
reported--
''(I) transient confusion,
disorientation, or altered
consciousness;
''(II) dysfunction of memory around
the time of injury; or
''(III) disruptions in gait or
balance; and
''(ii) symptoms that may include--
''(I) physical symptoms, such as
headache, fatigue, or dizziness;
''(II) cognitive symptoms, such as
memory disturbance or slowed thinking;
''(III) emotional symptoms, such as
irritability or sadness; or
''(IV) difficulty sleeping; and
''(C) occurs--
''(i) with or without the loss of
consciousness; and
''(ii) during participation--
''(I) in a school-sponsored
athletic activity; or
''(II) in any other activity
without regard to whether the activity
takes place on school property or
during the school day.
''(2) Health care professional.--The term 'health care
professional' means a physician (including a medical doctor or
doctor of osteopathic medicine), nurse, athletic trainer,
physical therapist, neuropsychologist, or other qualified
individual--
''(A) who is registered, licensed, certified, or
otherwise statutorily recognized by the State to
provide medical treatment; and
''(B) whose scope of practice and experience
includes the diagnosis and management of traumatic
brain injury among a pediatric population.
''(3) Public school.--The term 'public school' means a
public elementary school or public secondary school.
''(4) School personnel.--The term 'school personnel'
includes teachers, principals, administrators, counselors,
social workers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, coaches and
athletic trainers, and other support staff who are employed by
a school or who perform services for the school on a
contractual basis.
''(5) School-sponsored athletic activity.--The term
'school-sponsored athletic activity' means--
''(A) any physical education class or program of a
public school;
''(B) any athletic activity authorized by a public
school that takes place during the school day on the
school's property;
''(C) any activity of an extra-curricular sports
team, club, or league organized by a public school; and
''(D) any recess activity of a public school.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 8574 the following:

''subpart 6--state requirements for the prevention and treatment of
concussions

''Sec. 8581. Minimum State requirements.
''Sec. 8582. Definitions.''.

SOLUTION: Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2017 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each state's receipt of ESEA funds, beginning in FY2019, on the state's enforcement of specifiedminimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions. Each local educational agency must develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) specified supports for each student recovering from a concussion; and (3) best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management. Each public school must post on school grounds andpublish on the school website specified informationabout concussions. If any public school personnel suspects that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity, the student must be immediately removed from participation in that activity and prohibited from participating in any school-sponsored athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional. Furthermore, the school personnel mustreport all available information regarding the injury to a concussion management team that will confirm and reportdetails of the injuryto the student's parents. The school's concussion management team shall consult with and make recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic supports.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Review EPA's Language on Agriculture
and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013'' or the ''RELATE with
the Farm Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

(a) Review of Regulatory Agenda.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall review publications that may give notice that the Environmental
Protection Agency is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance,
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability
and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial
number of agricultural entities, including--
(1) any regulatory agenda of the Environmental Protection
Agency published pursuant to section 602 of title 5, United
States Code;
(2) any regulatory plan or agenda published by the
Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Management and
Budget pursuant to an Executive order, including Executive
Order 12866; and
(3) any other publication issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency or the Office of Management and Budget that
may reasonably be foreseen to contain notice of plans by the
Environmental Protection Agency to prepare any guidance,
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general
applicability and future effect that may have a significant
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.
(b) Information Gathering.--For a publication item reviewed under
subsection (a) that the Secretary determines may have a significant
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities, the Secretary
shall--
(1) solicit from the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency any information the Administrator may provide
to facilitate a review of the publication item;
(2) utilize the Chief Economist of the Department of
Agriculture to produce an economic impact statement for the
publication item that contains a detailed estimate of potential
costs to agricultural entities;
(3) identify individuals representative of potentially
affected agricultural entities for the purpose of obtaining
advice and recommendations from such individuals about the
potential impacts of the publication item; and
(4) convene a review panel for analysis of the publication
item that includes the Secretary, any full-time Federal
employee of the Department of Agriculture appointed to the
panel by the Secretary, and any employee of the Environmental
Protection Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget that accepts
an invitation from the Secretary to participate in the panel.
(c) Duties of the Review Panel.--A review panel convened for a
publication item under subsection (b)(4) shall--
(1) review any information or material obtained by the
Secretary and prepared in connection with the publication item,
including any draft proposed guidance, policy, memorandum,
regulation, or statement of general applicability and future
effect;
(2) collect advice and recommendations from agricultural
entity representatives identified by the Administrator after
consultation with the Secretary;
(3) compile and analyze such advice and recommendations;
and
(4) make recommendations to the Secretary based on the
information gathered by the review panel or provided by
agricultural entity representatives.
(d) Comments.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date the
Secretary convenes a review panel pursuant to subsection
(b)(4), the Secretary shall submit to the Administrator
comments on the planned or proposed guidance, policy,
memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability
and future effect for consideration and inclusion in any
related administrative record, including--
(A) a report by the Secretary on the concerns of
agricultural entities;
(B) the findings of the review panel;
(C) the findings of the Secretary, including any
adopted findings of the review panel; and
(D) recommendations of the Secretary.
(2) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the comments
in the Federal Register and make the comments available to the
public on the public Internet website of the Department of
Agriculture.
(e) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive initiation of the review
panel under subsection (b)(4) as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(f) Definition of Agricultural Entity.--In this section, the term
''agricultural entity'' means any entity involved in or related to
agricultural enterprise, including enterprises that are engaged in the
business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of
livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related
industries.

SOLUTION: Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities. Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item. Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds as follows:
(1) In July 1999, the Public Health Service and the
American Academy of Pediatrics issued a joint statement, which
was later endorsed by the American Academy of Family
Physicians, proclaiming: ''[The] Public Health Service, the
American Academy of Pediatrics, and vaccine manufacturers agree
that thimerosal-containing vaccines should be removed as soon
as possible. Similar conclusions were reached this year in a
meeting attended by European regulatory agencies, the European
vaccine manufacturers, and the US FDA which examined the use of
thimerosal-containing vaccines produced or sold in European
countries.''.
(2) In July 2000, the Public Health Service, the Advisory
Commission on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of
Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians
issued a joint statement, providing: ''The AAFP, [the] AAP, and
the PHS in consultation with the ACIP reaffirm the goal set in
July 1999 to remove or greatly reduce thimerosal from vaccines
as soon as possible for the following reasons: 1) the removal
or substantial reduction of thimerosal from vaccines is
feasible, 2) the progress in removal which has been made to
date is substantial, 3) the discussions between the Food and
Drug Administration and the vaccine manufacturers in removing
thimerosal are ongoing, and 4) the public concern about the use
of mercury of any sort remains high. Based on information from
the FDA and manufacturers, the PHS projects that the United
States will complete its transition to a secure routine
pediatric vaccine supply free of thimerosal as a preservative
(i.e. at least two vaccine products each for Hep B, Hib, and
DTaP) by the first quarter of 2001.''.
(3) The Institute of Medicine's Immunization Review
Committee concluded that significant reasons existed for
continued public health attention to concerns about thimerosal
exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders and recommended the
removal of thimerosal from vaccines administered to children
and pregnant women.
(4) Federal regulatory agencies and manufacturers have
taken positive steps to remove thimerosal from some medical
products, most notably routinely administered childhood
vaccines.
(5) Considerable progress has been made in reducing mercury
exposures from childhood vaccines, yet 5 years after the July
1999 statement, thimerosal remains in several nonroutinely
administered childhood vaccines and many pediatric and adult
influenza vaccines.
(6) There is no law or regulation to prohibit the
reintroduction of thimerosal into any products from which it
has been removed, leaving open the possibility that it may be
reintroduced at some point in the future in new vaccines or
vaccines from which it has already been removed.
(7) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that
as many as 1 in 6 infants are born with a blood mercury level
that exceeds the Agency's safety threshold.
(8) Cumulative exposures to mercury, a neurotoxin, are
known to cause harm, particularly in young children and
pregnant women.
(9) Taking steps to reduce mercury exposures through
vaccines is an important way to reduce direct exposures to
mercury and mercury compounds.

SEC. 3. BANNED MERCURY-CONTAINING VACCINES.

(a) Prohibition.--Section 501 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
''(j) If it is a banned mercury-containing vaccine under section
351B of the Public Health Service Act.''.
(b) Amendment to PHSA.--Title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 351A the
following:

''SEC. 351B. BANNED MERCURY-CONTAINING VACCINES.

''(a) In General.--For purposes of section 501(j) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and subject to subsection (b), a vaccine
is a banned mercury-containing vaccine under this section if 1 dose of
the vaccine contains 1 or more micrograms of mercury in any form.
''(b) Public Health Emergency Exception.--
''(1) Exception.--Subsection (j) of section 501 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall not apply to a
vaccine during the effective period of a declaration issued by
the Secretary for such vaccine under this subsection.
''(2) Declaration.--The Secretary may issue a declaration
concluding that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or
other actual or potential public health emergency makes
advisable the administration of a vaccine described in
subsection (a) notwithstanding the mercury content of such
vaccine.
''(3) Limitation.--The Secretary--
''(A) shall specify in any declaration under this
section the beginning and ending dates of the effective
period of the declaration; and
''(B) may not specify any such effective period
that exceeds 12 months.
''(4) Renewals.--At the end of the effective period of any
declaration under this section, the Secretary, subject to
paragraph (3), may issue another declaration for the same
incident or public health emergency.
''(5) Publication.--The Secretary shall promptly publish
each declaration under this section in the Federal Register.
''(c) Effective Dates.--This section applies only to the
introduction, or delivery for introduction, of a banned mercury-
containing vaccine into interstate commerce on or after the earlier of
the following:
''(1) July 1, 2006, if the vaccine is listed in the
January-June 2005 version of the recommended childhood and
adolescent immunization schedule of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (other than an influenza vaccine).
''(2) January 1, 2009.''.

SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON ADMINISTRATION OF MERCURY-CONTAINING INFLUENZA
VACCINES TO CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN.

(a) Application.--This section applies only to a vaccine that--
(1) is a banned mercury-containing vaccine (as that term is
defined in section 351B(a) of the Public Health Service Act (as
amended by section 3));
(2) is an influenza vaccine; and
(3) is manufactured for use in the 2006-2007 influenza
season or any subsequent period.
(b) Restrictions on Administration of Vaccine to Children.--Any
approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of a biologics
license under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
262) for any vaccine described in subsection (a) shall provide that
such vaccine is being approved as a biological product subject to
subpart H of part 314 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any
successor regulations). Under such subpart H, the Secretary shall
establish the following restrictions on the distribution of the
vaccine:
(1) Effective July 1, 2006, the vaccine shall not be
administered to any child under the age of 3 years old.
(2) Effective July 1, 2006, if the vaccine contains
thimerosal, the vaccine shall not be administered to any
pregnant woman.
(3) Effective July 1, 2007, the vaccine shall not be
administered to any child under the age of 6 years old.
(c) Transitional Provision.--In the case of a biologics license
under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) that
was approved before the date of the enactment of this Act for a vaccine
described in subsection (a)--
(1) at the request of the holder of the license, the
Secretary shall modify the license to include the restrictions
described in subsection (b); or
(2) if the holder of the license fails to submit such a
request, the Secretary shall revoke the license as applied to
vaccines manufactured for use in the 2006-2007 influenza season
or any subsequent period.
(d) Public Health Emergency Exception.--This section shall not
apply to a vaccine during the effective period of a declaration issued
by the Secretary for such vaccine under section 351B(b) of the Public
Health Service Act (as amended by section 3).

SEC. 5. INFORMATION ON MERCURY CONTENT.

Section 2126 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa-26)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Mercury Content.--Not later than 2 months after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall revise the
vaccine information materials developed and disseminated under this
section to ensure that, in the case of any vaccine described in
subsection (a) that contains mercury, the materials include--
''(1) a statement indicating the presence of mercury in the
vaccine;
''(2) information on the availability of any mercury-free
or mercury-reduced alternative vaccine and instructions on how
to obtain such alternative vaccine; and
''(3) a recommendation against administration of any
mercury-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.''.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention should include, in any information
disseminated by the Centers to the public or to health care providers
relating to the administration of vaccines, a recommendation against
administration of any thimerosal-containing vaccine to a pregnant
woman.

SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall
submit a report to the Congress annually on the progress of the
Commissioner in removing mercury from vaccines.

SOLUTION:
Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a banned mercury-containing vaccine to be adulterated. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that a vaccine is a banned mercury-containing vaccine if one dose of the vaccine contains 1 or more micrograms of mercury in any form.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to declare that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or other public health emergency makes the administration of such vaccines advisable for a specified period.

Requires the Secretary to prohibit the distribution of banned mercury-containing influenza vaccines that are approved as biological products to: (1) any child under the age of three years old (effective July 1, 2006); (2) pregnant women if the vaccine contains thimerosal (effective July 1, 2006); and (3) any child under the age of six (effective July 1, 2007).

Requires the Secretary to revise the vaccine information included with mercury-containing vaccines to include: (1) a statement that indicates the presence of mercury in the vaccine; (2) information on the availability of any mercury-free or mercury-reduced alternative vaccine and instructions on how to obtain such an alternative vaccine; and (3) a recommendation against administration of any mercury-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should disseminate, with any vaccine-related information, a recommendation against administration of any thimerosal-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.