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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Teacher and Nurse Support Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the National Center for Education
Statistics, over the next 10 years, the United States will need
more than 2,000,000 new teachers to replace the teachers who
are retiring or leaving the classroom for other careers.
(2) The Hart-Rudman National Security Report on education
recommended that the President direct the Department of
Education to work with the States to devise a comprehensive
plan to avert a looming shortage of high-quality teachers.
(3) According to the National Center for Education
Statistics, 20 percent of all new teachers leave the teaching
profession within 3 years. Providing loan forgiveness or loan
cancellation is one step that would help retain high-quality
teachers in schools that need teachers.
(4) The American Hospital Association has reported more
than 118,000 unfilled registered nurse positions in hospitals
in the United States. Additionally, the National Commission on
Nursing Workforce for Long-Term Care released a report in May,
2005, stating that there are nearly 100,000 vacant nursing
positions in long-term care facilities on any given day, and
the nurse turnover rate exceeds 50 percent. The shortage is
costing long-term care facilities an estimated $4 billion a
year in recruitment and training expenses.
(5) College loans are more of a burden than ever for
students and families. According to a recent United States
Public Interest Research Group report, average student loan
debt almost doubled from $9,200 in 1992-1993 to $16,928 in
1999-2000.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to improve access to, and
the delivery of, high-quality educational and health services
throughout the United States by reducing the shortage of qualified
teachers and nurses.

SEC. 3. LOAN FORGIVENESS.

(a) Loan Forgiveness.--Section 428J of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10) is amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 428J. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS AND NURSES.

''(a) Statement of Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to
encourage individuals to enter and continue in the teaching and nursing
professions.
''(b) Program Authorized.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a program
to forgive, in accordance with this section, the student loan
debt of any borrower who has one or more loans described under
paragraph (2) made on or after October 1, 1998, and who--
''(A) has been employed--
''(i) as a full-time teacher--
''(I) in a school that qualifies
under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan
cancellation for Perkins loan
recipients who teach in those schools;
''(II) if employed as a secondary
school teacher, is teaching a subject
area that is relevant to the borrower's
academic major as certified by the
chief administrative officer of the
public or nonprofit private secondary
school in which the borrower is
employed; and
''(III) if employed as an
elementary school teacher, has
demonstrated, as certified by the chief
administrative officer of the public or
nonprofit private elementary school in
which the borrower is employed,
knowledge and teaching skills in
reading, writing, mathematics, and
other areas of the elementary school
curriculum; or
''(ii) as a full-time eligible nurse--
''(I) in a clinical setting; or
''(II) as a member of the nursing
faculty at an accredited school of
nursing (as those terms are defined in
section 801 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296)); and
''(B) is not in default on a loan for which the
borrower seeks forgiveness.
''(2) Method of loan forgiveness.--To provide the loan
forgiveness authorized in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall,
subject to paragraph (3), carry out a program--
''(A) through the holder of the loan, to assume the
obligation to repay a qualified loan amount (as
determined under subsection (c)) for a loan made under
section 428 or 428H of this part; and
''(B) to cancel a qualified loan amount (as so
determined) for a Federal Direct Stafford Loan or a
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan made under
part D of this title;
''(3) Treatment of consolidation loans.--A loan amount for
a loan made under section 428C or section 455(g) may be a
qualified loan amount for the purposes of paragraph (2) only to
the extent that such loan amount was used to repay a loan made
under section 428 or 428H, a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, or a
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan for a borrower who
meets the requirements of paragraph (1), as determined in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
''(c) Qualified Loan Amount.--
''(1) In general.--
''(A) Aggregate amount.--The Secretary shall, in
installments in accordance with subparagraph (B),
forgive under this section not more than $17,500 in the
aggregate of the student loan obligation of a borrower.
''(B) Annual installments.--The Secretary shall
forgive the student loan obligation of a borrower in
annual installments after each of 5 years of service
described in clause (i) or (ii) of subsection
(b)(1)(A)(i) in an amount not to exceed the lesser of
the remaining outstanding obligation of the borrower
or--
''(i) $2,000 at the completion of the first
year of such service;
''(ii) $2,500 at the completion of the
second year of such service;
''(iii) $3,500 at the completion of the
third year of such service;
''(iv) $4,500 at the completion of the
fourth year of such service; and
''(v) $5,000 at the completion of the fifth
year of such service.
''(2) Forbearance on qualified loan amount.--A holder of a
loan on which a borrower is seeking forgiveness under this
section--
''(A) shall grant forbearance, at the request of
the borrower, in annual increments for each of the
years of qualifying service if the holder believes, at
the time of the borrower's annual request, that the
amount expected to be forgiven under this section at
the completion of the period of qualifying service will
satisfy the anticipated remaining outstanding balance
on the loan; and
''(B) may offer other forbearance options to the
borrower.
''(d) Regulations.--The Secretary is authorized to issue such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section.
''(e) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize any refunding of any repayment of a loan.
''(f) List of Schools.--If the list of schools in which a teacher
may perform service pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) is not
available before May 1 of any year, the Secretary may use the list for
the year preceding the year for which the determination is made to make
the service determination.
''(g) Additional Eligibility Provisions.--
''(1) Continued eligibility for teachers.--Any teacher who
performs service in a school that--
''(A) meets the requirements of subsection
(b)(1)(A)(i)(I) in any year during such service; and
''(B) in a subsequent year fails to meet the
requirements of that subsection,
may continue to teach in the school and shall be eligible for
loan forgiveness pursuant to subsection (b).
''(2) Prevention of double benefits.--No borrower may, for
the same service, receive a benefit under both this subsection
and--
''(A) subtitle D of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et
seq.); or
''(B) section 846 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 297n).
''(h) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Eligible nurse.--The term 'eligible nurse' means a
nurse who meets all of the following:
''(A) The nurse graduated from--
''(i) an accredited school of nursing (as
those terms are defined in section 801 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296));
''(ii) a nursing center; or
''(iii) an academic health center that
provides nurse training.
''(B) The nurse holds a valid and unrestricted
license to practice nursing in the State in which the
nurse practices in a clinical setting.
''(C) The nurse holds 1 or more of the following:
''(i) A graduate degree in nursing or
equivalent degree.
''(ii) A nursing degree from a collegiate
school of nursing (as defined in section 801 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296)).
''(iii) A nursing degree from an associate
degree school of nursing (as defined in section
801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
296)).
''(iv) A nursing degree from a diploma
school of nursing (as defined in section 801 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296)).
''(2) Year.--The term 'year', where applied to service as a
teacher (or service as a member of the nursing faculty at an
accredited school of nursing (as those terms are defined in
section 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296))),
means an academic year as defined by the Secretary.''.
(b) Repeal of Loan Cancellation Provision.--Section 460 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j) is repealed.

SEC. 4. PHASE OUT OF CURRENT PROGRAM.

An individual who began the required period of teaching described
in section 428J(b)(1) or 460(b)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10 and 1087j) as such sections were in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall--
(1) be eligible to receive loan forgiveness or loan
cancellation in the amount described in, and in accordance with
the requirements of, such sections as in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) not be eligible to receive loan forgiveness under
section 428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as in effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.
Teacher and Nurse Support Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase to a maximum of $17,500 the aggregate student loan obligation eligible for forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs for teachers who serve full-time in certain elementary or secondary schools that enroll a high proportion of disadvantaged students.

Includes, under these student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve in a clinical setting or as a member of the nursing faculty at an accredited school of nursing. Directs the Secretary of Education to repay such loan obligation in annual installments up to specified maximum amounts after each of five years of such service.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Domestic Offshore Energy Security
Act of 2008'' or the ''DOES Act''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND INVENTORY OF CERTAIN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
RESOURCES.

(a) Definition of United States Person.--In this section, the term
''United States person'' means--
(1) any United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence in the United States; and
(2) any person other than an individual, if 1 or more
individuals described in paragraph (1) own or control at least
51 percent of the securities or other equity interest in the
person.
(b) Authorization of Activities and Exports Involving Hydrocarbon
Resources by United States Persons.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law (including a regulation), United States persons
(including agents and affiliates of those United States persons) may--
(1) engage in any transaction necessary for the exploration
for and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of
any foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the
exclusive economic zone of the United States; and
(2) export without license authority all equipment
necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon
resources described in paragraph (1).
(c) Travel in Connection With Authorized Hydrocarbon Exploration
and Extraction Activities.--Section 910 of the Trade Sanctions Reform
and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209) is amended by
inserting after subsection (b) the following:
''(c) General License Authority for Travel-Related Expenditures by
Persons Engaging in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction
Activities.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall,
authorize under a general license the travel-related
transactions listed in section 515.560(c) of title 31, Code of
Federal Regulations, for travel to, from or within Cuba in
connection with exploration for and the extraction of
hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime
Exclusive Economic Zone that is contiguous to the United
States' Exclusive Economic Zone.
''(2) Persons authorized.--Persons authorized to travel to
Cuba under this section include full-time employees,
executives, agents, and consultants of oil and gas producers,
distributors, and shippers.''.
(d) Moratorium of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the Gulf
of Mexico.--
(1) In general.--Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law
109-432) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (1);
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ''125 miles'' and
inserting ''45 miles'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ''100 miles''
each place it appears and inserting ''45 miles''; and
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
(2) Regulations.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior
shall promulgate regulations that establish appropriate
environmental safeguards for the exploration and
production of oil and natural gas on the outer
Continental Shelf.
(B) Minimum requirements.--At a minimum, the
regulations shall include--
(i) provisions requiring surety bonds of
sufficient value to ensure the mitigation of
any foreseeable incident;
(ii) provisions assigning liability to the
leaseholder in the event of an incident causing
damage or loss, regardless of the negligence of
the leaseholder or lack of negligence;
(iii) provisions no less stringent than
those contained in the Spill Prevention,
Control, and Countermeasure regulations
promulgated under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(iv) provisions ensuring that--
(I) no facility for the exploration
or production of resources is visible
to the unassisted eye from any shore of
any coastal State; and
(II) the impact of offshore
production facilities on coastal vistas
is otherwise mitigated;
(v) provisions to ensure, to the maximum
extent practicable, that exploration and
production activities will result in no
significant adverse effect on fish or wildlife
(including habitat), subsistence resources, or
the environment; and
(vi) provisions that will impose seasonal
limitations on activity to protect breeding,
spawning, and wildlife migration patterns.
(3) Conforming amendment.--Section 105 of the Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-54; 119 Stat. 521) (as amended by
section 103(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432)) is amended by
inserting ''and any other area that the Secretary of the
Interior may offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related
activity under section 104 of that Act'' after ''2006)''.
(e) Inventory of Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas
Resources Off Southeastern Coast of the United States.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this subsection as the ''Secretary'') may conduct an
inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters
of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) off of the
coast of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, or Georgia in accordance with this subsection.
(2) Best available technology.--In conducting the
inventory, the Secretary shall use the best technology
available to obtain accurate resource estimates.
(3) Request by governor.--The Secretary may conduct an
inventory under this subsection off the coast of a State
described in paragraph (1) only if the Governor of the State
requests the inventory.
(4) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress and
the requesting Governor a report on any inventory conducted
under this subsection.
(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
subsection.
(f) Enhanced Oil Recovery.--Section 354(c)(4)(B) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15910(c)(4)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ''; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(v) are carried out in geologically
challenging fields.''.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF PETROLEUM ACQUISITION FOR STRATEGIC PETROLEUM
RESERVE.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, during calendar year 2008--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior shall suspend acquisition
of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the
royalty-in-kind program; and
(2) the Secretary of Energy shall suspend acquisition of
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other
acquisition method.
(b) Resumption.--Not earlier than 30 days after the date on which
the President notifies Congress that the President has determined that
the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the
most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior may resume acquisition of
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the
royalty-in-kind program; and
(2) the Secretary of Energy may resume acquisition of
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other
acquisition method.
Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act of 2008, or the DOES Act - Permits United States persons to: (1) engage in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of any foreign exclusive economic zone contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States; and (2) export without license authority all pertinent equipment for such activity.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone contiguous to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Identifies as persons authorized to travel to Cuba any full-time employees, executives, and agents and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) repeal the moratorium on oil and gas leasing east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) decrease to 45 miles within the coastline of Florida the moratorium on oil and gas leasing.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations that establish environmental safeguards for oil and natural gas exploration and production on the outer Continental Shelf.

Authorizes such Secretary to inventory the oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, only if the respective state governor requests it.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy, in evaluating applications for enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injection, to grant priority consideration to applications carried out in geologically challenging fields.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy (Secretaries) to suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during calendar 2008. Authorizes the Secretaries to resume such acquisition after the President notifies Congress that the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Trade Complaint and Litigation
Accountability Improvement Measures Act'' or the ''Trade CLAIM Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF DETERMINATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE BY THE COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

Section 1581 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (i)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ''subsections (a)-(h)'' and inserting
''subsections (a)-(h) and (k)''; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ''subsections
(a)-(h)'' and inserting ''subsections (a)-(h) and
(k)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(k) The Court of International Trade shall have exclusive
jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting
that the United States Trade Representative take action under section
301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) to review de novo any
determination, finding, or action of the United States Trade
Representative under section 301(a), 302(a)(2), 304(a)(1),
305(a)(2)(A)(ii), 306(b), or 307(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2411(a), 2412(a)(2), 2414(a)(1), 2415(a)(2)(A)(ii), 2416(b), and
2417(a)(1)).''.

SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION BY THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE OF
PETITIONS TO ENFORCE UNITED STATES TRADE RIGHTS.

(a) Actions by United States Trade Representative.--Section 301 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1) in the flush text at the end,
by striking '', subject to the specific direction, if
any, of the President regarding any such action,''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ''in any case in which'' and
inserting ''if'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by
striking ''; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
''(B) the foreign country has--
''(i) agreed to imminently eliminate the
act, policy, or practice, or
''(ii) agreed to a solution to imminently
relieve the burden or restriction on United
States commerce resulting from the act, policy,
or practice;
''(C) the Trade Representative finds that it is
impossible for the foreign country to achieve the
results described in subparagraph (B), but the foreign
country agrees to provide to the United States
compensatory trade benefits that are equivalent in
value to the burden or restriction on United States
commerce resulting from the acts, policy, or practice;
''(D) in extraordinary cases, the Trade
Representative finds that the taking of action under
this subsection would have an adverse impact on the
United States economy substantially out of proportion
to the benefits of such action, taking into account the
impact of not taking such action on the credibility of
the provisions of this chapter; or
''(E) the Trade Representative finds that the
taking of action under this subsection would cause
serious harm to the national security of the United
States.''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(D)--
(A) by amending clauses (i) and (ii) to read as
follows:
''(i) imminently eliminate the act, policy,
or practice that is the subject of the action
to be taken under subsection (a) or (b),
''(ii) imminently relieve the burden or
restriction on United States commerce resulting
from the act, policy, or practice, or''; and
(B) by amending subclause (I) of clause (iii) to
read as follows:
''(I) are equivalent in value to
the burden or restriction on United
States commerce resulting from the act,
policy, or practice, and''.
(b) Initiation of Investigations.--Section 302 of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2412) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the period and
inserting ''based on whether the petitioner has alleged facts
that, if assumed to be true, would meet the criteria set forth
in section 301(a)(1).''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ''(a) or''.
(c) Consultations.--Section 303 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2413) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ''mutually acceptable
resolution'' and inserting ''resolution acceptable to the Trade
Representative, the foreign country, and the petitioner (if
any)''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ''after consulting
with'' and inserting ''with the consent of''.
(d) Implementation of Actions.--Section 305(a)(1) of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2415(a)(1)) is amended by striking '', subject to
the specific direction, if any, of the President regarding any such
action,''.
(e) Monitoring of Foreign Compliance.--Section 306(b) of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ''the Trade
Representative considers'' and inserting ''the Trade
Representative or the petitioner (if any) considers''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ''the Trade
Representative considers'' and inserting ''the Trade
Representative or the petitioner (if any) considers''.
(f) Modification and Termination of Action.--Section 307(a)(1) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2417(a)(1)) is amended by striking '',
subject to the specific direction, if any, of the President with
respect to such action,''.
Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act or the Trade CLAIM Act - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting de novo review of a U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) decision concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights with respect to presidential authority and the responsibility of the USTR.

Permits the USTR to take further action to enforce U.S. rights, based on the USTR's monitoring, when a petitioner considers that the actions of a foreign country in implementing a measure have not been satisfactory.