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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Center for Social Work
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Social workers focus on the improvement of individual
and family functioning and the creation of effective health and
mental health prevention and treatment interventions in order
for individuals to become more productive members of society.
(2) Social workers provide front line prevention and
treatment services in the areas of school violence, aging, teen
pregnancy, child abuse, domestic violence, juvenile crime, and
substance abuse, particularly in rural and underserved
communities.
(3) Social workers are in a unique position to provide
valuable research information on these complex social concerns,
taking into account a wide range of social, medical, economic
and community influences from an interdisciplinary, family-
centered and community-based approach.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH.

Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.),
as amended by title I of Public Law 106-525, is amended--
(1) in section 401(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 281(b)(2)), by adding
at the end the following:
''(H) The National Center for Social Work Research.''; and
(2) in part E (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.), by adding at the end
the following:

''Subpart 7--National Center for Social Work Research

''SEC. 485J. PURPOSE OF CENTER.

''The general purpose of the National Center for Social Work
Research (referred to in this subpart as the 'Center') is the conduct
and support of, and dissemination of targeted research on social work
methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern.
The Center shall promote research and training designed to inform
social work practice, thus increasing the knowledge base which promotes
a healthier America. In addition, the Center shall provide policymakers
with empirically-based research information to better understand
complex social issues and make informed funding decisions about service
effectiveness and cost efficiency.

''SEC. 485K. SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES.

''(a) In General.--To carry out the purpose described in section
485J, the Director of the Center may provide research training and
instruction and establish, in the Center and in other nonprofit
institutions, research traineeships and fellowships in the study and
investigation of the prevention of disease, health promotion, the
association of socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity, age, and
geographical location and health, the social work care of persons with
and families of individuals with acute and chronic illnesses, child
abuse, neglect, and youth violence, and child and family care to
address problems of significant social concern especially in
underserved populations and underserved geographical areas.
''(b) Stipends and Allowances.--The Director of the Center may
provide individuals receiving training and instruction or traineeships
or fellowships under subsection (a) with such stipends and allowances
(including amounts for travel and subsistence and dependency
allowances) as the Director determines necessary.
''(c) Grants.--The Director of the Center may make grants to
nonprofit institutions to provide training and instruction and
traineeships and fellowships under subsection (a).

''SEC. 485L. ADVISORY COUNCIL.

''(a) Duties.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an
advisory council for the Center that shall advise, assist,
consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary and the
Director of the Center on matters related to the activities
carried out by and through the Center and the policies with respect to
such activities.
''(2) Gifts.--The advisory council for the Center may
recommend to the Secretary the acceptance, in accordance with
section 231, of conditional gifts for study, investigations,
and research and for the acquisition of grounds or
construction, equipment, or maintenance of facilities for the
Center.
''(3) Other duties and functions.--The advisory council for
the Center--
''(A)(i) may make recommendations to the Director
of the Center with respect to research to be conducted
by the Center;
''(ii) may review applications for grants and
cooperative agreements for research or training and
recommend for approval applications for projects that
demonstrate the probability of making valuable
contributions to human knowledge; and
''(iii) may review any grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement proposed to be made or entered
into by the Center;
''(B) may collect, by correspondence or by personal
investigation, information relating to studies that are
being carried out in the United States or any other
country and, with the approval of the Director of the
Center, make such information available through
appropriate publications; and
''(C) may appoint subcommittees and convene
workshops and conferences.
''(b) Membership.--
''(1) In general.--The advisory council shall be composed
of the ex officio members described in paragraph (2) and not
more than 18 individuals to be appointed by the Secretary under
paragraph (3).
''(2) Ex officio members.--The ex officio members of the
advisory council shall include--
''(A) the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
the Director of NIH, the Director of the Center, the
Chief Social Work Officer of the Veterans'
Administration, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, the Associate Director of Prevention
Research at the National Institute of Mental Health,
the Director of the Division of Epidemiology and
Services Research, the Assistant Secretary of Health
and Human Services for the Administration for Children
and Families, the Assistant Secretary of Education for
the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for Community Planning and Development, and the
Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice
Programs (or the designees of such officers); and
''(B) such additional officers or employees of the
United States as the Secretary determines necessary for
the advisory council to effectively carry out its
functions.
''(3) Appointed members.--The Secretary shall appoint not
to exceed 18 individuals to the advisory council, of which--
''(A) not more than two-thirds of such individual
shall be appointed from among the leading
representatives of the health and scientific
disciplines (including public health and the behavioral
or social sciences) relevant to the activities of the
Center, and at least 7 such individuals shall be
professional social workers who are recognized experts
in the area of clinical practice, education, policy, or
research; and
''(B) not more than one-third of such individuals
shall be appointed from the general public and shall
include leaders in fields of public policy, law, health
policy, economics, and management.
The Secretary shall make appointments to the advisory council
in such a manner as to ensure that the terms of the members do
not all expire in the same year.
''(4) Compensation.--Members of the advisory council who
are officers or employees of the United States shall not
receive any compensation for service on the advisory council.
The remaining members shall receive, for each day (including
travel time) they are engaged in the performance of the
functions of the advisory council, compensation at rates not to
exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for an
individual at grade GS-18 of the General Schedule.
''(c) Terms.--
''(1) In general.--The term of office of an individual
appointed to the advisory council under subsection (b)(3) shall
be 4 years, except that any individual appointed to fill a
vacancy on the advisory council shall serve for the remainder
of the unexpired term. A member may serve after the
expiration of the member's term until a successor has been appointed.
''(2) Reappointments.--A member of the advisory council who
has been appointed under subsection (b)(3) for a term of 4
years may not be reappointed to the advisory council prior to
the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date on
which the prior term expired.
''(3) Vacancy.--If a vacancy occurs on the advisory council
among the members under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall
make an appointment to fill that vacancy not later than 90 days
after the date on which the vacancy occurs.
''(d) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the advisory council shall
be selected by the Secretary from among the members appointed under
subsection (b)(3), except that the Secretary may select the Director of
the Center to be the chairperson of the advisory council. The term of
office of the chairperson shall be 2 years.
''(e) Meetings.--The advisory council shall meet at the call of the
chairperson or upon the request of the Director of the Center, but not
less than 3 times each fiscal year. The location of the meetings of the
advisory council shall be subject to the approval of the Director of
the Center.
''(f) Administrative Provisions.--The Director of the Center shall
designate a member of the staff of the Center to serve as the executive
secretary of the advisory council. The Director of the Center shall
make available to the advisory council such staff, information, and
other assistance as the council may require to carry out its functions.
The Director of the Center shall provide orientation and training for
new members of the advisory council to provide such members with such
information and training as may be appropriate for their effective
participation in the functions of the advisory council.
''(g) Comments and Recommendations.--The advisory council may
prepare, for inclusion in the biennial report under section 485M--
''(1) comments with respect to the activities of the
advisory council in the fiscal years for which the report is
prepared;
''(2) comments on the progress of the Center in meeting its
objectives; and
''(3) recommendations with respect to the future direction
and program and policy emphasis of the center.
The advisory council may prepare such additional reports as it may
determine appropriate.

''SEC. 485M. BIENNIAL REPORT.

''The Director of the Center, after consultation with the advisory
council for the Center, shall prepare for inclusion in the biennial
report under section 403, a biennial report that shall consist of a
description of the activities of the Center and program policies of the
Director of the Center in the fiscal years for which the report is
prepared. The Director of the Center may prepare such additional
reports as the Director determines appropriate. The Director of the
Center shall provide the advisory council of the Center an opportunity
for the submission of the written comments described in section
485L(g).

''SEC. 485N. QUARTERLY REPORT.

''The Director of the Center shall prepare a quarterly report to
Congress with a summary of findings and policy implications from
research conducted or supported through the Center.

''SEC. 485O. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

''For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there is authorized
to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002
through 2006.''.
National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research (and a related advisory council) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern.Sets forth reporting requirements.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Health Equity and Accountability
through Research Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES.

(a) Redesignation.--
(1) In general.--Title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 401(b)(24), by striking ''National
Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities'' and
inserting ''National Institute for Minority Health and
Health Disparities''; and
(B) in subpart 6 of part E--
(i) in the subpart heading, by striking
''Center'' and inserting ''Institute'';
(ii) in the headings of sections 485E and
485H, by striking ''center'' and inserting
''institute''; and
(iii) by striking (other than in section
485E(i)(1)) the term ''Center'' each place it
appears and inserting ''Institute''.
(2) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities shall
be deemed to be a reference to the National Institute for
Minority Health and Health Disparities.
(b) Duties; Authorities; Funding.--Section 485E of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287c-31) is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
''(e) Duties of the Director.--
''(1) Interagency coordination of minority health and
health disparity activities.--With respect to minority health
and health disparities, the Director of the Institute shall
plan, coordinate, and evaluate research and other activities
conducted or supported by the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health. In carrying out the preceding
sentence, the Director of the Institute shall evaluate the
minority health and health disparity activities of each of such
institutes and centers and shall provide for the periodic
reevaluation of such activities. Such institutes and centers
shall be responsible for providing information to the
Institute, including data on clinical trials funded or
conducted by these institutes and centers.
''(2) Consultations.--The Director of the Institute shall
carry out this subpart (including developing and revising the
plan and budget required by subsection (f) in consultation with
the heads of the institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health, the advisory councils of such institutes
and centers, and the advisory council established pursuant to
subsection (j).
''(3) Coordination of activities.--The Director of the
Institute--
''(A) shall act as the primary Federal official
with responsibility for coordinating all research and
activities conducted or supported by the National
Institutes of Health on minority or other health
disparities;
''(B) shall represent the health disparities
research program of the National Institutes of Health,
including the minority health and other health
disparities research program, at all relevant executive
branch task forces, committees, and planning
activities; and
''(C) shall maintain communications with all
relevant agencies of the Public Health Service,
including the Indian Health Service, and various other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government to
ensure the timely transmission of information
concerning advances in minority health disparities
research and other health disparities research among
these various agencies for dissemination to affected
communities and health care providers.'';
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
''(f) Strategic Plan.--
''(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this
section and other applicable law, the Director of the
Institute, in consultation with the Director of NIH, the
Directors of the other institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health, and the advisory council established
pursuant to subsection (j), shall--
''(A) annually review and revise a strategic plan
(referred to in this section as 'the plan') and budget
for the conduct and support of all minority health
disparity research and other health disparity research
activities of the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health that include time-based
targeted objectives with measurable outcomes and assure
that the annual review and revision of the plan uses an
established trans-National Institutes of Health process
subject to timely review, approval, and dissemination;
''(B) ensure that the plan and budget establish
priorities among the health disparities research
activities that such agencies are authorized to carry
out;
''(C) ensure that the plan and budget establish
objectives regarding such activities, describe the
means for achieving the objectives, and designate the
date by which the objectives are expected to be
achieved;
''(D) ensure that all amounts appropriated for such
activities are expended in accordance with the plan and
budget;
''(E) annually submit to Congress a report on the
progress made with respect to the plan; and
''(F) create and implement a plan for the systemic
review of research activities supported by the National
Institutes of Health that are within the mission of
both the Institute and other institutes and centers of
the National Institutes of Health, including by
establishing mechanisms for--
''(i) tracking minority health and health
disparity research conducted within the
institutes and centers assessing the
appropriateness of this research with regard to
the overall goals and objectives of the plan;
''(ii) the early identification of
applications and proposals for grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
supporting extramural training, research, and
development, that are submitted to the
institutes and centers that are within the
mission of the Institute;
''(iii) providing the Institute with the
written descriptions and scientific peer review
results of such applications and proposals;
''(iv) enabling the institutes and centers
to consult with the Director of the Institute
prior to final approval of such applications
and proposals; and
''(v) reporting to the Director of the
Institute all such applications and proposals
that are approved for funding by the institutes
and centers.
''(2) Certain components of plan and budget.--With respect
to health disparities research activities of the agencies of
the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the
Institute shall ensure that the plan and budget under paragraph
(1) provide for--
''(A) basic research and applied research,
including research and development with respect to
products;
''(B) research that is conducted by the agencies;
''(C) research that is supported by the agencies;
''(D) proposals developed pursuant to solicitations
by the agencies and for proposals developed
independently of such solicitations; and
''(E) behavioral research and social sciences
research, which may include cultural and linguistic
research in each of the agencies.
''(3) Minority health disparities research.--The plan and
budget under paragraph (1) shall include a separate statement
of the plan and budget for minority health disparities
research.'';
(3) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
''(h) Research Endowments.--
''(1) In general.--The Director of the Institute shall
carry out a program to facilitate minority health and health
disparities research and other health disparities research by
providing research endowments at--
''(A) centers of excellence under section 736; and
''(B) centers of excellence under section 485F.
''(2) Eligibility.--The Director of the Institute shall
provide for a research endowment under paragraph (1) only if
the institution involved meets the following conditions:
''(A) The institution does not have an endowment
that is worth in excess of an amount equal to 50
percent of the national average of endowment funds at
institutions that conduct similar biomedical research
or training of health professionals.
''(B) The application of the institution under
paragraph (1) regarding a research endowment has been
recommended pursuant to technical and scientific peer
review and has been approved by the advisory council
established pursuant to subsection (j).
''(C) The institution at any time was deemed to be
eligible to receive a grant under section 736 and at
any time received a research endowment under paragraph
(1).''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
''(k) Funding.--
''(1) Full funding budget.--
''(A) In general.--With respect to a fiscal year,
the Director of the Institute shall prepare and submit
directly to the President, for review and transmittal
to Congress, a budget estimate for carrying out the
plan for the fiscal year, after reasonable opportunity
for comment (but without change) by the Secretary, the
Director of the National Institutes of Health, the
directors of the other institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health, and the advisory council
established pursuant to subsection (j). The budget
estimate shall include an estimate of the number and
type of personnel needs for the Institute.
''(B) Amounts necessary.--The budget estimate
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall estimate the
amounts necessary for the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health to carry out all minority
health and health disparities activities determined by
the Director of the Institute to be appropriate,
without regard to the probability that such amounts
will be appropriated.
''(2) Alternate budgets.--
''(A) In general.--With respect to a fiscal year,
the Director of the Institute shall prepare and submit
to the Secretary and the Director of the National
Institutes of Health the budget estimates described in
subparagraph (B) for carrying out the plan for the
fiscal year. The Secretary and such Director shall
consider each of such estimates in making
recommendations to the President regarding a budget for
the plan for such year.
''(B) Description.--With respect to the fiscal year
involved, the budget estimates referred to in
subparagraph (A) for the plan are as follows:
''(i) The budget estimate submitted under
paragraph (1).
''(ii) A budget estimate developed on the
assumption that the amounts appropriated will
be sufficient only for--
''(I) continuing the conduct by the
institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health of existing
minority health and health disparity
activities (if approved for
continuation), and continuing the
support of such activities by the
institutes and centers in the case of
projects or programs for which the
institutes or centers have made a
commitment of continued support; and
''(II) carrying out activities that
are in addition to activities specified
in subclause (I), only for which the
Director determines there is the most
substantial need.
''(iii) Such other budget estimates as the
Director of the Institute determines to be
appropriate.
''(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to carry out
this section.''.
Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. Revises and expands the duties of the Director of such Institute relating to coordination of research activities conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and review of a strategic plan and budget for minority health disparity research.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ensuring Meaningful Petition
Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018'' or the
''EMPOWERS Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. GREATER COUNTY AND STATE INVOLVEMENT.

(a) County and State Consultation on Petitions.--Section 4(b)(3) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
''(E) Listing petition review requirements.--
''(i) Not later than 30 days before
submitting to the Secretary a petition to list,
delist, or reclassify a species that occurs in
the United States, or to revise a designation
of critical habitat of such a species, the
petitioner shall provide to the chief executive
of each county and State in which the species
is located a notice of intent to submit such
petition.
''(ii) The Secretary shall, upon finding
that a petitioned action to list a species as a
threatened species or endangered species may be
warranted, solicit from the chief executive of
each county and State in which the species is
located--
''(I) information regarding
threats to the species and
efforts by the county or State,
respectively, to protect the
species;
''(II) information about
the anticipated effects of the
action requested in the
petition in that county or
State, respectively; and
''(III) the advice of the
chief executive on whether the
status of the species merits
the action requested in the
petition, including information
in support of such advice.
''(iii) The Secretary may verify by field
testing the information presented in a petition
asserting that a species is a threatened
species or endangered species.
''(iv) If a chief executive advises under
clause (ii)(III) that the petitioned-for action
is not warranted, the Secretary may not proceed
with the action unless the Secretary
demonstrates that information submitted in
support of such advice by the chief executive
is incorrect and that the action is
warranted.''.
(b) Regulations To Implement Determinations.--Section 4(b)(5) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(5)) is amended to
read as follows:
''(5) Notice required.--With respect to any regulation
proposed by the Secretary to implement a determination referred
to in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall--
''(A) not less than 90 days before the effective
date of the regulation--
''(i) publish a general notice and the
complete text of the proposed regulation in the
Federal Register;
''(ii) provide notice of the proposed
regulation (including the complete text of the
regulation) to the chief executive of county
and State in which the species is located, and
invite such chief executive to submit to the
Secretary a determination as to whether the
proposed regulation is warranted; and
''(iii) if the chief executive notifies the
Secretary that the proposed regulation is not
warranted, provide to the chief executive a
record of decision for such determination,
including information made available to the
Secretary that did not support the
determination and in writing the reasons for
the determination;
''(B) in cooperation with the Secretary of State,
provide notice of the proposed regulation to each
foreign nation in which the species is located or whose
citizens harvest the species on the high seas, and
invite the comment of such nation thereon;
''(C) provide notice of the proposed regulation
to--
''(i) each person who requests such notice;
''(ii) each person who has submitted
additional data on the proposed regulation;
''(iii) each county, State, and local
government within the jurisdiction of which the
species is located or that is likely to
experience any effects of any measures to
protect the species under this Act; and
''(iv) such professional scientific
organizations as the Secretary considers
appropriate;
''(D) publish a summary of the proposed regulation
on the internet; and
''(E) promptly hold one public hearing on the
proposed regulation if any person files a request for
such a hearing within 45 days after the date of
publication of general notice.''.
(c) Consultation on Final Determination.--Section 4(i) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(i)) is amended to read
as follows:
''(i) Written Justification.--If the Secretary adopts a final
regulation in conflict with advise submitted by the chief executive of
a county or State or fails to adopt a regulation pursuant to an action
petitioned for by such a chief executive under subsection (b)(3), the
Secretary shall submit to the chief executive--
''(1) a separate written justification explaining the
failure of the Secretary to adopt regulations consistent with
the advise or petition of the chief executive;
''(2) any determination referred to in subsection (a)(1)
relating to the regulation; and
''(3) all comments received by the Secretary that disagreed
with all or part of the regulation.''.
(d) FACA.--Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(9) FACA.--Consultation with counties and States
regarding petitions and proposed regulations under this
subsection shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).''.
Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2018 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process for listing, delisting, or reclassifying a species under the Act. Before submitting to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species, the petitioner must notify each county and state in which the species is located of the intent to submit a petition. Upon finding that the petition may be warranted, the appropriate department must solicit advice from each county and state in which the species is located. If a state or county advises that the listing is not warranted, then the appropriate department may not proceed with the listing unless the department demonstrates that the information submitted in support of the advice is incorrect and that the listing is warranted. The bill expands requirements regarding providing notice of a proposed regulation that determines whether a species is endangered or threatened, including by requiring the appropriate department to provide notice to each person who requests a notice. The appropriate department must justify a final regulation that conflicts with the advice of a state or county.