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Question: 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.

Answer: 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.

Question: SECTION 1. ENCOURAGING THE PREPARATION OF TANF RECIPIENTS FOR HIGH-
SKILL, HIGH-DEMAND JOBS.

(a) In General.--Section 407(c)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows:
''(D) Limitation on number of persons who may be
treated as engaged in work by reason of participation
in educational activities.--
''(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), for purposes of paragraphs
(1)(B)(i) and (2)(B) of subsection (b), not
more than 30 percent of the number of
individuals in all families in a State who are
treated as engaged in work for a month may
consist of individuals who are--
''(I) determined to be engaged in
work for the month by reason of
participation in vocational educational
training (but only with respect to such
training that does not exceed 12 months
with respect to any individual); or
''(II) deemed to be engaged in work
for the month by reason of subparagraph
(C) of this paragraph.
''(ii) Exception for education in
preparation for sector-specific, high-skill
occupations to meet employer demand.--
''(I) In general.--Notwithstanding
clause (i) and subsection (d)(8), for
purposes of determining monthly
participation rates under paragraphs
(1)(B)(i) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)
with respect to an individual who is
enrolled, in preparation for a sector-
specific, high-skill occupation to meet
employer demand (as defined in
subclause (II)), in a postsecondary 2-
or 4-year degree program or in
vocational educational training--
''(aa) the State may count
the number of hours per week
that the individual attends
such program or training for
purposes of determining the
number of hours for which a
family is engaged in work for
the month without regard to the
30 percent limitation under
clause (i); and
''(bb) the individual shall
be permitted to complete the
requirements of the degree
program or vocational
educational training within the
normal time frame for full-time
students seeking the particular
degree or completing such
vocational educational
training.
''(II) Sector-specific, high-skill
occupation to meet employer demand
defined.--In subclause (I), the term
'sector-specific, high-demand, high-
skill occupation to meet employer
demand' means an occupation--
''(aa) that has been
identified by the State
workforce investment board
established under section 111
of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2821) as
within the needs of the State
with regard to current and
projected employment
opportunities in specific
industry sectors or that has
been defined by the State
agency administering the State
program funded under this part
as within the needs of the
State with regard to current
and projected employment
opportunities in specific
industry sectors and is
consistent with high demand
jobs identified in the State
plan in accordance with section
402(a)(1)(A)(vii);
''(bb) that requires
occupational training; and
''(cc) that provides a wage
of at least 75 percent of the
State median hourly wage, as
calculated by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics on the basis
of the most recent Occupational
Employment and Wage Survey.''.
(b) Conforming State Plan Amendment.--Section 402(a)(1)(B) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
''(vii) The document shall describe any
strategies and programs the State plans to use
to address employment placement, retention, and
advancement for recipients of assistance under
the program, including placement into high-
demand jobs and whether such jobs are
identified using labor market information.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on October 1, 2005.

Answer: Revises the mandatory work requirements of part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to the limitation on the number of persons in a state who may be treated as engaged in work by reason of participation in educational activities. Removes two-parent families from the formula for such limitation. Creates an exception to the limitation for education in preparation for sector-specific, high-skill occupations to meet employer demand.

Defines sector-specific, high-demand, high-skill occupation to meet employer demand as an occupation that: (1) has been identified by the state workforce investment board or by the state agency administering the state TANF program as within state needs with regard to current and projected employment opportunities in specific industry sectors; (2) requires occupational training; and (3) provides a wage of at least 75 percent of the state median hourly wage.

Question: TITLE IX--MEDICAID, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND OTHER HEALTH PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Medicaid Provisions

SEC. 901. NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID.

(a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid (in
this section referred to as the ''Commission'').
(b) Duties of the Commission.--The Commission shall--
(1) review and analyze the long-term financial condition of
the medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);
(2) identify the factors that are causing, and the
consequences of, increases in costs under the medicaid program,
including--
(A) the impact of these cost increases upon State
budgets, funding for other State programs, and levels
of State taxes necessary to fund growing expenditures
under the medicaid program;
(B) the financial obligations of the Federal
government arising from the Federal matching
requirement for expenditures under the medicaid
program; and
(C) the size and scope of the current program and
how the program has evolved over time;
(3) analyze potential policies that will ensure both the
financial integrity of the medicaid program and the provision
of appropriate benefits under such program;
(4) make recommendations for establishing incentives and
structures to promote enhanced efficiencies and ways of
encouraging innovative State policies under the medicaid
program;
(5) make recommendations for establishing the appropriate
balance between benefits covered, payments to providers, State
and Federal contributions and, where appropriate, recipient
cost-sharing obligations;
(6) make recommendations on the impact of promoting
increased utilization of competitive, private enterprise models
to contain program cost growth, through enhanced utilization of
private plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and other methods
currently being used to contain private sector health-care
costs;
(7) make recommendations on the financing of prescription
drug benefits currently covered under medicaid programs,
including analysis of the current Federal manufacturer rebate
program, its impact upon both private market prices as well as
those paid by other government purchasers, recent State efforts
to negotiate additional supplemental manufacturer rebates and
the ability of pharmacy benefit managers to lower drug costs;
(8) review and analyze such other matters relating to the
medicaid program as the Commission deems appropriate; and
(9) analyze the impact of impending demographic changes
upon medicaid benefits, including long term care services, and
make recommendations for how best to appropriately divide State
and Federal responsibilities for funding these benefits.
(c) Membership.--
(1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be
composed of 17 members, of whom--
(A) four shall be appointed by the President;
(B) six shall be appointed by the Majority Leader
of the Senate, in consultation with the Minority Leader
of the Senate, of whom not more than 4 shall be of the same political
party;
(C) six shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, in consultation with the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, of
whom not more than 4 shall be of the same political
party; and
(D) one, who shall serve as Chairman of the
Commission, appointed jointly by the President,
Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Deadline for appointment.--Members of the Commission
shall be appointed by not later than December 1, 2002.
(3) Terms of appointment.--The term of any appointment
under paragraph (1) to the Commission shall be for the life of
the Commission.
(4) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of its
Chairman or a majority of its members.
(5) Quorum.--A quorum shall consist of 8 members of the
Commission, except that 4 members may conduct a hearing under
subsection (e).
(6) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled
in the same manner in which the original appointment was made
not later than 30 days after the Commission is given notice of
the vacancy and shall not affect the power of the remaining
members to execute the duties of the Commission.
(7) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall receive
no additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their
service on the Commission.
(8) Expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall receive
travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence in
accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
States Code.
(d) Staff and Support Services.--
(1) Executive director.--
(A) Appointment.--The Chairman shall appoint an
executive director of the Commission.
(B) Compensation.--The executive director shall be
paid the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive
Schedule.
(2) Staff.--With the approval of the Commission, the
executive director may appoint such personnel as the executive
director considers appropriate.
(3) Applicability of civil service laws.--The staff of the
Commission shall be appointed without regard to the provisions
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the
competitive service, and shall be paid without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay
rates).
(4) Experts and consultants.--With the approval of the
Commission, the executive director may procure temporary and
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
States Code.
(5) Physical facilities.--The Administrator of the General
Services Administration shall locate suitable office space for
the operation of the Commission. The facilities shall serve as
the headquarters of the Commission and shall include all
necessary equipment and incidentals required for the proper
functioning of the Commission.
(e) Powers of Commission.--
(1) Hearings and other activities.--For the purpose of
carrying out its duties, the Commission may hold such hearings
and undertake such other activities as the Commission
determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
(2) Studies by gao.--Upon the request of the Commission,
the Comptroller General shall conduct such studies or
investigations as the Commission determines to be necessary to
carry out its duties.
(3) Cost estimates by congressional budget office and
office of the chief actuary of hcfa.--
(A) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office
or the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, or both, shall provide to the
Commission, upon the request of the Commission, such
cost estimates as the Commission determines to be
necessary to carry out its duties.
(B) The Commission shall reimburse the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office for expenses relating
to the employment in the office of the Director of such
additional staff as may be necessary for the Director
to comply with requests by the Commission under
subparagraph (A).
(4) Detail of federal employees.--Upon the request of the
Commission, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to
detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such
agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying
out its duties. Any such detail shall not interrupt or
otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the
Federal employee.
(5) Technical assistance.--Upon the request of the
Commission, the head of a Federal agency shall provide such
technical assistance to the Commission as the Commission
determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
(6) Use of mails.--The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as
Federal agencies and shall, for purposes of the frank, be
considered a commission of Congress as described in section
3215 of title 39, United States Code.
(7) Obtaining information.--The Commission may secure
directly from any Federal agency information necessary to
enable it to carry out its duties, if the information may be
disclosed under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
Upon request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of
such agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
(8) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of
the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall
provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such
administrative support services as the Commission may request.
(9) Printing.--For purposes of costs relating to printing
and binding, including the cost of personnel detailed from the
Government Printing Office, the Commission shall be deemed to
be a committee of the Congress.
(f) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2004, the Commission shall
submit a report to the President and Congress which shall contain a
detailed statement of only those recommendations, findings, and
conclusions of the Commission.
(g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the
date of submission of the report required in subsection (f).
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $1,500,000 to carry out this section.

Answer:
Title IX (sic): Medicaid, Public Health, and Other Health Provisions - Subtitle A: Medicaid Provisions - Establishes the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid to: (1) review and analyze the long-term financial condition of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA); (2) identify the factors that are causing, and the consequences of, increases in costs under the Medicaid program; (3) analyze potential policies that will ensure both the financial integrity of the Medicaid program and the provision of appropriate benefits; (4) make recommendations for establishing incentives and structures to promote enhanced efficiencies and ways of encouraging innovative State policies; (5) make recommendations for establishing the appropriate balance between benefits covered, payments to providers, State and Federal contributions and, where appropriate, recipient cost-sharing obligations; (6) make recommendations on the impact of promoting increased utilization of competitive, private enterprise models to contain program cost growth, through enhanced utilization of private plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and other methods currently being used to contain private sector health-care costs; (7) make recommendations on the financing of prescription drug benefits currently covered under Medicaid programs, including analysis of the current Federal manufacturer rebate program, its impact upon both private market prices as well as those paid by other government purchasers, recent State efforts to negotiate additional supplemental manufacturer rebates and the ability of pharmacy benefit managers to lower drug costs; (8) review and analyze such other matters relating to the Medicaid program as the Commission deems appropriate; and (9) analyze the impact of impending demographic changes upon Medicaid benefits, including long term care services, making recommendations for how best to appropriately divide State and Federal responsibilities for funding these benefits.