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Ex Input:
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.

Ex Output:
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.

Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Breast and Cervical Cancer
Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM.

Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k et seq.)
is amended--
(1) in section 1501(d)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ''2000'' and
inserting ''2020''; and
(B) by striking ''by the year 2000'' and inserting
''by the year 2020'';
(2) in section 1503, by adding at the end the following:
''(d) Waiver of Services Requirement on Division of Funds.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a
demonstration project under which the Secretary, acting through
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
may waive the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (4) of
subsection (a) for not more than 5 States, if--
''(A)(i) the State involved will use the waiver to
leverage private funds to supplement each of the
services or activities described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) of section 1501(a); or
''(ii) the application of such requirement would
result in a barrier to the enrollment of qualifying
women;
''(B) the State involved provides assurances that
the State will, on an annual basis, demonstrate to the
Secretary the manner in which the State will use such
waiver to maintain or expand the level of screening and
follow-up services provided immediately prior to the
waiver, and provide documentation of compliance with
such maintenance or expansion requirement;
''(C) the State involved submits to the Secretary a
plan for maintaining the level of activities carried
out under the waiver after the expiration of the
waiver;
''(D) the Secretary finds that granting such a
waiver to a State will not reduce the number of women
in the State that receive each of the services or
activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 1501(a), including making available screening
procedures for both breast and cervical cancers; and
''(E) the Secretary finds that granting such a
waiver to a State will not adversely affect the quality
of each of the services or activities described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1501(a).
''(2) Duration of waiver.--
''(A) In general.--In granting waivers under
paragraph (1), the Secretary--
''(i) shall grant such waivers for a period
of 2 years; and
''(ii) upon request of a State, may extend
a waiver for an additional 2-year period in
accordance with subparagraph (B).
''(B) Additional period.--The Secretary, upon the
request of a State that has received a waiver under
paragraph (1), shall, at the end of the 2-year waiver
period described in subparagraph (A), review
performance under the waiver and may extend the waiver
for an additional 2-year period if the Secretary
determines that--
''(i)(I) without an extension of the
waiver, there will be a barrier to the
enrollment of qualifying women; or
''(II) the State requesting such extended
waiver will use the waiver to leverage private
funds to supplement the services or activities
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
1501(a);
''(ii) the waiver has not, and will not,
reduce the number of women in the State that
receive the services or activities described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1501(a);
''(iii) the waiver has not, and will not,
result in lower quality in the State of the
services or activities described in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of section 1501(a); and
''(iv) the State has maintained the average
annual level of State fiscal expenditures for
the services and activities described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1501(a) for
the 2 years for which the waiver was granted at
a level that is not less than the level of the
State fiscal expenditures for such services and
activities for the year preceding the first
year for which the waiver is granted.
''(3) Reporting requirements.--The Secretary shall include
as part of the evaluations and reports required under section
1508, the following:
''(A) A description of the total amount of dollars
leveraged annually from private entities in States
receiving a waiver under paragraph (1) and how these
amounts were used.
''(B) With respect to States receiving a waiver
under paragraph (1), a description of the percentage of
the grant that is expended on providing each of the
services or activities described in--
''(i) paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
1501(a); and
''(ii) paragraphs (3) through (6) of
section 1501(a).
''(C) A description of the number of States
receiving waivers under paragraph (1) annually.
''(D) With respect to States receiving a waiver
under paragraph (1), a description of--
''(i) the number of women receiving
services under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
section 1501(a) in programs before and after
the granting of such waiver; and
''(ii) the average annual level of State
fiscal expenditures for the services and
activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)
of section 1501(a) for the year preceding the
first year for which the waiver was granted.
''(4) Limitation.--Amounts to which a waiver applies under
this subsection shall not be used to increase the number of
salaried employees.
''(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
''(A) Indian tribe.--The term 'Indian tribe' has
the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).
''(B) Tribal organization.--The term 'tribal
organization' has the meaning given the term in section
4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
''(C) State.--The term 'State' means each of the
several States of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau,
an Indian tribe, and a tribal organization.'';
(3) in section 1508--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ''evaluations of
the extent to which'' and all that follows through the
period and inserting: ''evaluations of--
''(1) the extent to which States carrying out such programs
are in compliance with section 1501(a)(2) and with section
1504(c); and
''(2) the extent to which each State receiving a grant
under this title is in compliance with section 1502, including
identification of--
''(A) the amount of the non-Federal contributions
by the State for the preceding fiscal year,
disaggregated according to the source of the
contributions; and
''(B) the proportion of such amount of non-Federal
contributions relative to the amount of Federal funds
provided through the grant to the State for the
preceding fiscal year.''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ''not later than
1 year after the date on which amounts are first
appropriated pursuant to section 1509(a), and annually
thereafter'' and inserting ''not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of the National Breast
and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Reauthorization of 2006, and annually thereafter''; and
(4) in section 1510(a)--
(A) by striking ''and'' after ''$150,000,000 for
fiscal year 1994,''; and
(B) by inserting '', $225,000,000 for fiscal year
2007, $245,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $250,000,000
for fiscal year 2009, $255,000,000 for fiscal year
2010, and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2011'' before
the period at the end.

Passed the House of Representatives December 9 (legislative
day, December 8), 2006.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.

Ex Output:
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to change from 2000 to 2020 the target year for achieving the objectives established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for reductions in the rate of mortality from breast and cervical cancer in the United States for the committee coordinating Public Health Service activities.

Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project which allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to waive requirements for awarding breast and cervical cancer grants that require 60% of grant funds to be spent on screening and referrals for medical treatments and no more than 40% to be spent on other activities for not more than five states, if: (1) the state involved will use the waiver to leverage private funds to supplement screening and referral services or the application of such requirements would result in a barrier to the enrollment of women; (2) the state involved provides assurance that the state will annually demonstrate how it will use the waiver to maintain or expand the level of screening and follow-up services provided; (3) the state involved submits to the Secretary a plan for maintaining the level of activities carried out under the waiver after the expiration of the waiver; (4) the Secretary finds that granting such a waiver to a state will not reduce the number of women in the state who receive such services, including screening for both breast and cervical cancers; and (5) the Secretary finds that granting such a waiver to a state will not adversely affect the quality of such services. Requires the Secretary to grant such waivers for a period of two years. Allows the Secretary to extend a waiver, upon request of a state, for additional two-year periods if the Secretary reviews performance under the waiver and finds that the waiver requirements are and have been met.

Requires the Secretary to include as part of the evaluations of the activities carried out pursuant to breast and cervical cancer grants: (1) the total amount of dollars leveraged annually from private entities in states receiving a waiver and how these amounts were used; (2) for states receiving a waiver, the percentages of the grant expended on screening and referral services and on other services or activities; (3) the number of states receiving waivers annually; (4) the number of women receiving screening and referral services in programs before and after the granting of a waiver; (5) the average annual level of state fiscal expenditures for such services for the year preceding the grant of the waiver; and (6) the amount of non-federal contributions by the state according to source and the proportion of non-federal funds to federal funds. Prohibits the use of amounts to which a waiver applies to increase the number of salaried employees.

Authorizes appropriations for breast and cervical cancer grants from FY2007-FY2011.

Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Rural Nursing Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NURSE DISTANCE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
conjunction with the Secretary of Education, shall establish a Nurse
Distance Education Pilot Program through which grants may be awarded
for the conduct of activities to increase accessibility to nursing
education.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Nurse Distance Education Pilot
Program established under subsection (a) shall be to increase
accessibility to nursing education to--
(1) provide assistance to individuals in rural areas who
want to study nursing to enable such individuals to receive
appropriate nursing education;
(2) promote the study of nursing at all educational levels;
(3) establish additional slots for nursing students at
existing nursing education programs; and
(4) establish new nursing education programs at
institutions of higher education.
(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under the Pilot
Program under subsection (a), an entity shall submit to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services an application at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. INCREASING THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF NURSES AND PHYSICAL
THERAPISTS.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2008, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, in conjunction with the Secretary of Education, shall--
(1) submit to Congress a report concerning the source of
newly licensed nurses and physical therapists in each State,
that shall include--
(A) for the most recent 3-year period for which
data is available--
(i) separate data relating to teachers at
institutions of higher education for each
related occupation who have been teaching for
not more than 5 years; and
(ii) separate data relating to all teachers
at institutions of higher education for each
related occupation regardless of length of
service;
(B) for the most recent 3-year period for which
data is available, separate data for each related
occupation and for each State;
(C) a description of the barriers to increasing the
supply of nursing faculty, domestically trained nurses,
and domestically trained physical therapists;
(D) separately identify those individuals receiving
their initial nursing license and those individuals
licensed by endorsement from another State;
(E) with respect to those individuals receiving
their initial nursing license in each year, a
description of the number of individuals who received
their professional education in the United States and
the number of individuals who received such education
outside the United States;
(F) to the extent practicable, a description, by
State of residence and country of education, of the
number of nurses and physical therapists who were
educated in any of the 5 countries (other than the
United States) from which the most nurses and physical
therapists arrived;
(G) recommendations of strategies to be utilized by
Federal and State governments that would be effective
in removing the barriers described in subparagraph (C),
including strategies that address barriers to
advancement to become registered nurses for other
health care workers, such as home health aides and
nurses assistants;
(H) recommendations for amendments to Federal laws
that would increase the supply of nursing faculty,
domestically trained nurses, and domestically trained
physical therapists;
(I) recommendations for Federal grants, loans, and
other incentives that would provide increases in nurse
educators and nurse training facilities, and other
measures to increase the domestic education of new
nurses and physical therapists;
(J) identify the effects of nurse emigration on the
health care systems in their countries of origin; and
(K) recommendation for amendments to Federal law
that would minimize the effects of health care
shortages in the countries of origin from which
immigrant nurses arrived;
(2) enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine of
the National Academy of Sciences for the conduct of a study,
and submission of a report, to determine the level of Federal
investment under titles VII and VIII of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 and 296 et seq.) that is necessary
to eliminate the domestic nursing and physical therapist
shortage by the date that is not later than 7 years after the
date on which the report is submitted; and
(3) collaborate with the heads of other Federal agencies,
as appropriate, in working with ministers of health or other
appropriate officials of the 5 countries from which the most
nurses and physical therapists arrived into the United States,
to--
(A) address health worker shortages caused by
emigration; and
(B) ensure that there is sufficient human resource
planning or other technical assistance needed to reduce
further health worker shortages in such countries.

SEC. 4. SHORTAGE OCCUPATIONS.

(a) Exception to Direct Numerical Limitations.--Section 201(b)(1)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
''(F)(i) During the period beginning on the date of
the enactment of the Rural Nursing Promotion Act and
ending on September 30, 2017, an alien--
''(I) who is described in section
203(b); and
''(II) who is seeking admission to
the United States to perform labor in
shortage occupations designated by the
Secretary of Labor for certification
under section 212(a)(5)(A) due to the
lack of sufficient United States
workers able, willing, qualified, and
available for such occupations and for
which the employment of aliens will not
adversely affect the terms and
conditions of similarly employed United
States workers.
''(ii) During the period described in
clause (i), the spouse or dependent of an alien
described in clause (i), if accompanying or
following to join such alien.''.
(b) Exception to Nondiscrimination Requirements.--Section
202(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1152(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ''201(b)(2)(A)(i)'' and inserting
''201(b)''.
(c) Exception to Per Country Levels for Family-Sponsored and
Employment-Based Immigrants.--Section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)), is amended by inserting '',
except for aliens described in section 201(b),'' after ''any fiscal
year''.
(d) Procedure for Granting Immigrant Status.--Section 204 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
''(l) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a process
for reviewing and making a determination upon a petition filed with
respect to an alien described in section 201(b)(1)(F) not later than 30
days after the date a completed petition has been filed for such
alien.''.

Ex Output:
Rural Nursing Promotion Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Nurse Distance Education Pilot Program through which grants may be awarded for activities to increase accessibility to nursing education in order to: (1) provide assistance to individuals in rural areas who want to study nursing to enable such individuals to receive appropriate nursing education; (2) promote the study of nursing at all educational levels; (3) establish additional slots for nursing students at existing nursing education programs; and (4) establish new nursing education programs at institutions of higher education.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) report to Congress on the source of newly licensed nurses and physical therapists in each state; (2) contract with the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine to determine the necessary level of federal investment under the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the domestic nursing and physical therapist shortage; and (3) collaborate with other agencies in working with the five countries from which the most nurses and physical therapists arrived to address health worker shortages caused by emigration.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt aliens seeking U.S. entry to perform labor in shortage occupations from worldwide and per-country numerical limitations through September 30, 2017. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for a process to review and make a determination upon a petition filed for immigrant status for such an alien within 30 days.