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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Bus Utility and Safety in School
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) school transportation issues remain a concern for
parents, local educational agencies, lawmakers, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National
Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(2) millions of children face potential future health
problems because of exposure to noxious fumes emitted from
older school buses;
(3) many rural local educational agencies are operating
outdated, unsafe school buses that are failing inspection,
resulting in a depletion of the school bus fleets of the local
educational agencies; and
(4) many rural local educational agencies are unable to
afford newer and safer buses.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish within the
Department of Education a Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural
local educational agencies with older, unsafe school bus fleets in
purchasing newer, safer school buses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Rural local educational agency.--The term ''rural local
educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with respect to which--
(A) each county in which a school served by the
local educational agency is located has a total
population density of fewer than 10 persons per square
mile;
(B) all schools served by the local educational
agency are designated with a school locale code of 7 or
8, as determined by the Secretary of Education; or
(C) all schools served by the local educational
agency have been designated, by official action taken
by the legislature of the State in which the local
educational agency is located, as rural schools for
purposes relating to the provision of educational
services to students in the State.
(2) School bus.--The term ''school bus'' means a vehicle
the primary purpose of which is to transport students to and
from school or school activities.
(3) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--From amounts made available under subsection (e)
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive
basis, to rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of
the cost of purchasing new school buses.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each rural local educational agency that
seeks to receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the
Secretary for approval an application at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information (in addition to
information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may
require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) documentation that, of the total number of
school buses operated by the rural local educational
agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses
are in need of repair or replacement;
(B) documentation of the number of miles that each
school bus operated by the rural local educational
agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic
year;
(C) documentation that the rural local educational
agency is operating with a reduced fleet of school
buses;
(D) a certification from the rural local
educational agency that--
(i) authorizes the application of the rural
local educational agency for a grant under this
Act; and
(ii) describes the dedication of the rural
local educational agency to school bus
replacement programs and school transportation
needs (including the number of new school buses
needed by the rural local educational agency);
and
(E) an assurance that the rural local educational
agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost of
the purchase of new school buses under this Act from
non-Federal sources.
(c) Priority.--
(1) In general.--In providing grants under this Act, the
Secretary shall give priority to rural local educational
agencies that, as determined by the Secretary--
(A) are transporting students in a bus manufactured
before 1977;
(B) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses;
or
(C) serve a school that is required, under section
1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide
transportation to students to enable the students to
transfer to another public school served by the rural
local educational agency.
(d) Payments; Federal Share.--
(1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each rural local
educational agency having an application approved under this
section the Federal share described in paragraph (2) of the
cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is
specified in the approved application.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
purchasing a new school bus under this Act shall be 75 percent.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act--
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
2007 through 2011.
[EX A]: Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ''Fair Treatment for Experienced
Pilots Act''.
SEC. 2. AGE STANDARDS FOR PILOTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''Sec. 44729. Age standards for pilots
''(a) In General.--Subject to the limitation in subsection (c), a
pilot may serve in multicrew covered operations until attaining 65
years of age.
''(b) Covered Operations Defined.--In this section, the term
'covered operations' means operations under part 121 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations.
''(c) Limitation for International Flights.--
''(1) Applicability of icao standard.--A pilot who has attained
60 years of age may serve as pilot-in-command in covered operations
between the United States and another country only if there is
another pilot in the flight deck crew who has not yet attained 60
years of age.
''(2) Sunset of limitation.--Paragraph (1) shall cease to be
effective on such date as the Convention on International Civil
Aviation provides that a pilot who has attained 60 years of age may
serve as pilot-in-command in international commercial operations
without regard to whether there is another pilot in the flight deck
crew who has not attained age 60.
''(d) Sunset of Age 60 Retirement Rule.--On and after the date of
enactment of this section, section 121.383(c) of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations, shall cease to be effective.
''(e) Applicability.--
''(1) Nonretroactivity.--No person who has attained 60 years of
age before the date of enactment of this section may serve as a
pilot for an air carrier engaged in covered operations unless--
''(A) such person is in the employment of that air carrier
in such operations on such date of enactment as a required
flight deck crew member; or
''(B) such person is newly hired by an air carrier as a
pilot on or after such date of enactment without credit for
prior seniority or prior longevity for benefits or other terms
related to length of service prior to the date of rehire under
any labor agreement or employment policies of the air carrier.
''(2) Protection for compliance.--An action taken in
conformance with this section, taken in conformance with a
regulation issued to carry out this section, or taken prior to the
date of enactment of this section in conformance with section
121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect
before such date of enactment), may not serve as a basis for
liability or relief in a proceeding, brought under any employment
law or regulation, before any court or agency of the United States
or of any State or locality.
''(f) Amendments to Labor Agreements and Benefit Plans.--Any
amendment to a labor agreement or benefit plan of an air carrier that
is required to conform with the requirements of this section or a
regulation issued to carry out this section, and is applicable to
pilots represented for collective bargaining, shall be made by
agreement of the air carrier and the designated bargaining
representative of the pilots of the air carrier.
''(g) Medical Standards and Records.--
''(1) Medical examinations and standards.--Except as provided
by paragraph (2), a person serving as a pilot for an air carrier
engaged in covered operations shall not be subject to different
medical standards, or different, greater, or more frequent medical
examinations, on account of age unless the Secretary determines
(based on data received or studies published after the date of
enactment of this section) that different medical standards, or
different, greater, or more frequent medical examinations, are
needed to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight.
''(2) Duration of first-class medical certificate.--No person
who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot of an air
carrier engaged in covered operations unless the person has a
first-class medical certificate. Such a certificate shall expire on
the last day of the 6-month period following the date of
examination shown on the certificate.
''(h) Safety.--
''(1) Training.--Each air carrier engaged in covered operations
shall continue to use pilot training and qualification programs
approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, with specific
emphasis on initial and recurrent training and qualification of
pilots who have attained 60 years of age, to ensure continued
acceptable levels of pilot skill and judgment.
''(2) Line evaluations.--Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this section, and every 6 months thereafter, an air
carrier engaged in covered operations shall evaluate the
performance of each pilot of the air carrier who has attained 60
years of age through a line check of such pilot. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence, an air carrier shall not be required to
conduct for a 6-month period a line check under this paragraph of a
pilot serving as second-in-command if the pilot has undergone a
regularly scheduled simulator evaluation during that period.
''(3) GAO report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report concerning the effect, if
any, on aviation safety of the modification to pilot age standards
made by subsection (a).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 447 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

''44729. Age standards for pilots.''.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
[EX A]: Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act - Amends federal transportation law to allow a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65, provided that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as pilot-in-command on international flights only if there is another pilot in the flight crew who has not yet attained 60 years of age.

Prohibits subjecting pilots to different medical examinations and standards on account of age unless to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight, except that no person who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot unless such person has a first-class medical certificate.

Requires air carriers to: (1) continue to provide FAA-approved training to pilots, with specific emphasis on initial and recurring training and qualification of pilots who have attained 60 years of age; and (2) evaluate, every six months, the performance of pilots who have attained 60 years of age through a line check of such pilot.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effect of the modification of pilot age requirements, if any, on aviation safety.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Health Care Reform Assessment Act of
1994''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING IMPACT OF HEALTH CARE
REFORM.

(a) In General.--Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to
enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine of the National
Academy of Sciences (or another nonprofit, nongovernmental organization
or consortium of institutions) to study and report on the impact of
health care reform legislation at the national, regional, and State
levels.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the study under this section is to
develop a detailed framework, using a prospective, longitudinal study
design, to assess the impact of health care reforms on national goals,
such as the goals of assuring security of coverage, promoting
simplicity of administration, achieving health care savings,
encouraging individual responsibility, improving quality of care,
promoting choice, and improving health status.
(c) Report.--The Secretary shall require the organization
conducting the study under this section to submit to the Secretary and
the Congress a report within 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act. The report shall include recommendations regarding each of
the following:
(1) What are appropriate indicators of national progress
towards meeting the national goals referred to in subsection
(b).
(2) What are appropriate study designs that would assess
the impact of health care reform on these indicators and that
could take into account different approaches to health care
reform that may be used in different States and regions (or by
different Federal agencies), as well as by foreign countries.
(3) What are data elements and public and private sources
of information for measuring such indicators. With respect to
such elements:
(A) What special requirements or authorities are
needed to permit access to confidential data (and to
assure continued confidentiality of such data) needed
to measure such indicators.
(B) What methods for obtaining these data elements
that are not currently in use would be useful.
(C) What are the approaches to establishing a core
set of primary data as part of a national health care
reform collection effort that could overlap with the
evaluation of health care reform.
(D) What should be the relationship between
Federal, State, and local agencies to gather, report,
and share information on health care reform and its
assessment.
(4) What are the nature, scope, and frequency of reports
that would best serve the Secretary and the Congress for
evaluating health reform efforts.
(5) What are the overall cost estimates associated with
obtaining and evaluating this information on the impact of
health care reform.
(6) What are the ways that health care reform assessment
findings could be used by various groups, such as patients,
providers, insurers, employers, taxpayers, and various
government agencies.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the study under this section.

SEC. 3. DEVELOPING BASELINE FOR EVALUATING HEALTH CARE REFORM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
seek to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences (or another nonprofit, nongovernmental
organization or consortium of institutions) to develop and report on
baseline information to measure access to, and quality and cost of,
health care and the individual and public health status of permanent
residents of the United States.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the study under this section is to
establish a benchmark for assessing the short-term and long-term impact
of health care reform efforts at the national, regional, and State
level.
(c) Relation to Other Study.--
(1) Design.--The baseline information to be collected under
this section shall be based, to the extent reasonable, on the
study designs, data sources, and indicators likely to be
included in recommendations made under section 2(c).
(2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall seek, to the extent
reasonable, to enter into an agreement under this section with
the same organization that is conducting the study under
section 2, in order to facilitate the maximum cooperation and
coordination in the performance of both studies.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall require the
organization conducting the study under this section to submit
to the Secretary and the Congress a report within 30 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall
include information and assessments regarding the following (as
of the date of the enactment of this Act or prior to
implementation of health care reform):
(A) The levels of access to health care services.
(B) The levels of quality of care of those
services.
(C) The cost of the care provided, based on
measures such as cost of services, the cost of treating
various conditions, and the average and marginal cost
of maintaining and improving health.
(D) The health status of the public, as a whole and
by population subgroups.
(2) Basis.--The information described in paragraph (1)
shall be reported in a manner that permits separate evaluation
of--
(A) health care services in the public and private
sectors, and
(B) different types of services, including
institutional services, ambulatory services, acute
services, long-term care services, mental health
services, and population-based services in the public
and private sectors.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out the study under this section.
[EX A]:
Health Care Reform Assessment Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (or another nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or consortium of institutions) to study and report on the impact of health care reform legislation at the national, regional, and State levels.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the purpose of the study (to develop a detailed framework to assess the impact of health care reforms on national goals, such as assuring security of coverage, promoting simplicity of administration, achieving health care savings, encouraging individual responsibility, improving quality of care, promoting choice, and improving health status); and (2) reporting requirements (including recommendations regarding appropriate indicators of national progress towards meeting such goals, appropriate study designs, data elements and public and private sources of information for measuring such indicators, the nature, scope, and frequency of reports that would best serve in evaluating health reform efforts, overall cost estimates associated with obtaining and evaluating this information, and ways that health care reform assessment findings could be used by various groups). Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary to seek to enter into such agreement to develop and report on baseline information to measure access to, and quality and cost of, health care and the individual and public health status of permanent residents of the United States. Authorizes appropriations.