[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3576-3582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. CAMPBELL:
  S. 2172. A bill to make technical amendments to the provisions of the 
Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act relating to 
contract support costs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, today I am pleased to introduce the 
Tribal Contract Support Cost Technical Amendments of 2004, a much-
needed bill that strengthens the highly successful policy of tribal 
contracting and compacting under the Indian Self Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975, Public Law 93-638.
  Beginning in 1970, with President Nixon's now-famous Special Message 
to Congress on Indian Affairs and the 1975 enactment of the Indian Self 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, Public Law 93-638, 
Congress has systematically devolved to Indian tribes the authority and 
responsibility to manage Federal programs and reassume control over 
their own affairs.
  For good reason, tribal contracting and compacting has been embraced 
and expanded by Congress and the Executive by repeatedly amending the 
1975 Act in 1984, 1988, 1994 and 2000.
  Contracting and compacting has resulted in a reduction in the Federal 
bureaucracy and an improvement in the quality of services delivered to 
tribal members. Instead of Federal micro-management, the tribes can 
tailor programs to unique local conditions and better serve their 
members.
  Unfortunately, the ability of Indian tribes to continue to contract 
programs and services is severely hampered by the chronic under-funding 
of contract support costs.
  Without such funding, tribes are forced to cut back on services to 
pay for their administrative costs.
  The bill I am introducing today will require the Indian Health 
Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide the funds for 
contract support costs which those agencies negotiated and contracted 
to pay to their tribal contractors.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important bill.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2172

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Contract Support Cost 
     Technical Amendments of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENT DETAILING CALCULATION AND PAYMENT OF 
                   CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS.

       The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     is amended by inserting after section 106 (25 U.S.C. 450j-1) 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 106A. CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS.

       ``(a) Other Federal Agencies.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided by law, an 
     Indian tribe or tribal organization administering a contract 
     or compact under this Act shall be entitled to recover its 
     full indirect costs associated with any other Federal funding 
     received by the Indian tribe or tribal organization in 
     accordance with an indirect cost rate agreement between the 
     Indian tribe or tribal organization and the appropriate 
     Federal agency.
       ``(2) No entitlement.--The right of recovery under 
     paragraph (1) does not confer on an Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization an entitlement to be paid additional amounts 
     associated with other Federal funding described in that 
     paragraph.
       ``(b) Allowable Uses of Funds.--
       ``(1) Definition of secretary.--In this subsection, the 
     term `Secretary' means the Secretary or head of any Federal 
     agency providing funds to an Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization.
       ``(2) Use of funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law (including a regulation), an Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization that is administering a contract or compact 
     under this Act and that employs an indirect cost pool that 
     includes funds paid under this Act and other Federal funds 
     shall be entitled to use or expend all Federal funds in the 
     indirect cost pool of the Indian tribe or tribal organization 
     without the approval of the Secretary in the same manner as 
     is permitted under section 106(j).''.

     SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS CLARIFYING CONTRACT SUPPORT COST 
                   ENTITLEMENT.

       (a) Amount of Contracts.--Section 105(c)(1) of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450j(c)(1)) is amended by striking the second sentence.
       (b) Reductions and Increases.--Section 106(b) of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450j-1(b)) is amended in the matter following paragraph (5)--
       (1) by striking ``the provision of funds under this Act is 
     subject to the availability of appropriations and''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``In any case in 
     which contract support costs are not provided for, there are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
     pay those costs.''.
       (c) Contract Model.--Subsection (c) of section 108 of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450l(c)) is amended in section 1(b)(4) of the model 
     contract set forth in that subsection by striking ``Subject 
     to the availability of appropriations, the'' and inserting 
     ``The''.
       (d) Applicability to Agreements With the Secretary of the 
     Interior.--Section 408 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458hh) is amended by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: 
     ``(including such sums as are necessary to pay contract 
     support costs, when not otherwise provided for)''.
       (e) Applicability to Agreements With the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.--Section 519 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa-
     18) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``the provision of funds 
     under this title shall be subject to the availability of 
     appropriations'' and inserting ``the provision of funds under 
     this title (excluding contract support costs) shall be 
     subject to the availability of appropriations''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Necessary Contract Support Costs.--In any case in 
     which contract support costs are not provided for, there are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
     pay those costs.''.

     SEC. 4. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
     Act and the amendments made by this Act supersede any 
     conflicting provisions of law (including any conflicting 
     regulations) in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b) Exception.-- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
     alter in any manner the ruling of the United States Court of 
     Appeals for the Federal Circuit rendered on July 2, 2003, in 
     Thompson v. Cherokee Nation, 334 F.3d. 1075 (July 3, 2003).
                                 ______
                                 
      By Mr. CAMPBELL:
  S. 2173. A bill to further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000; to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, today I take great pride in introducing 
the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2004, a 
bill to establish the Sand Creek National Historic Site in Kiowa 
County, CO.
  The bill I am introducing today follows the Sand Creek National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000, Public Law 106-465, which 
recognized the tragic events of November 28, 1868 and made it clear 
that America has the strength and resolve to face its past and learn 
the painful lessons that come with intolerance.
  Much has been written about the horrors visited upon the plains 
Indians in the territories of the Western United States in the latter 
half of the 19th century. However, what has been lost for more than a 
century is a comprehensive understanding of the events of that day in a 
grove of cottonwood trees along Sand Creek.
  This bill I am introducing today builds upon the Act of 2000 and 
authorizes the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma to take the land 
on which these tragic events took place into trust for traditional, 
cultural, and historical purposes only.
  The indisputable facts are these: 700 members of the Colorado 
Militia, commanded by Colonel John Chivington struck at dawn that 
November day, attacking an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapho Indians 
settled under the U.S. flag and a white flag which the Indian Chiefs 
Black Kettle and White Antelope were told by the U.S. would protect 
them from military attack.
  By day's end, almost 150 Indians, many of them women, children and 
the elderly, lay dead. Chivington's men reportedly desecrated the 
bodies of the dead after the massacre, and newspaper reports from 
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the troops displaying Indian body parts in a gruesome display as they 
rode through the streets of Colorado's largest city following the 
attack.
  The 2000 legislation authorized the National Park Service to enter 
into negotiations with willing sellers only in an attempt to secure 
property inside a boundary which encompasses approximately 12,470 acres 
as identified by the National Park Service for a lasting memorial to 
events of that fateful day.
  The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site has come into being 
because all of those involved have exhibited an extraordinary ability 
to put aside their differences, look with equal measure at the 
scientific evidence and the oral traditions of the Tribes, and come up 
with a plan that equally honors the memory of those killed and the 
rights of the private property owners who have been faithful and 
responsible stewards of this site.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2173

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Sand Creek Massacre National 
     Historic Site Trust Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.

       To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National 
     Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 
     Public Law 106-465), this Act authorizes the United States to 
     take certain land in Kiowa County, Colorado, owned by the 
     Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, into trust.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Cheyenne and 
     Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, a federally recognized Indian 
     tribe.
       (3) Trust property.--The term ``trust property'' means the 
     property described in section 4(b).

     SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE CHEYENNE AND 
                   ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA.

       (a) Land Held in Trust for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes 
     of Oklahoma.--
       (1) Conveyance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Tribe shall convey title to the 
     trust property to the United States.
       (2) Trust.--All right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to the trust property, including all 
     improvement on the trust property and appurtenances to the 
     trust property and rights to all minerals, are declared to be 
     held by the United States in trust for the Tribe.
       (b) Land Description.--The trust property is the property 
     formerly known as the ``Dawson Ranch'', consisting of 
     approximately 1,465 total acres presently under the 
     jurisdiction of the Tribe, situated within Kiowa County, 
     Colorado, and more particularly described as follows:
       (1) The portion of sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., Colorado 
     Principal Meridian, that is the Eastern half of the NW 
     quarter, the SW quarter of the NE quarter, the NW quarter of 
     the SE quarter, Colorado Principal Meridian.
       (2) All of sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., Colorado Principal 
     Meridian.
       (3) All of sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 45 W., Colorado Principal 
     Meridian.

     SEC. 5. SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE; PUBLICATION OF DESCRIPTION.

       (a) Survey of Boundary Line.--To accurately establish the 
     boundary of the trust property, the Secretary shall, not 
     later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     cause a survey to be conducted by the Office of Cadastral 
     Survey of the Bureau of Land Management of the boundary lines 
     described in section 4(b).
       (b) Publication of Land Description.--
       (1) In general.--On completion of the survey under 
     subsection (a), and acceptance of the survey by the 
     representatives of the Tribe, the Secretary shall cause the 
     full metes and bounds description of the lines, with a full 
     and accurate description of the trust property, to be 
     published in the Federal Register.
       (2) Effect.--The descriptions shall, on publication, 
     constitute the official descriptions of the trust property.

     SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--The trust property is declared to be part 
     of the Indian reservation of the Tribe.
       (b) Administration.--The trust property shall be 
     administered in perpetuity by the Secretary in accordance 
     with the law generally applicable to property held in trust 
     by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes and in 
     accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic 
     Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public 
     Law 106-465).

     SEC. 7. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL USES.

       (a) In General.--The trust property shall be used only for 
     historic, religious, or cultural uses that are compatible 
     with the use of the land as a national historic site.
       (b) Duty of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall take such 
     action as is necessary to ensure that the trust property is 
     used only in accordance with this section.
                                 ______
                                 
      By Mr. BUNNING (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
   S. 2174. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians 
services under the medicaid program; to the Committee on Finance.
   Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a very 
important piece of legislation with Senator Mikulski from Maryland. Our 
bill will ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries in all States have access 
to the services of top-quality podiatric physicians.
   Podiatrists play a vital roll in keeping feet and ankles healthy. 
This is critical to keeping people mobile and productive, which is a 
key to good long-term health.
   Proper foot care is particularly important for individuals with 
diabetes, which is a severe problem in my State. According to the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 18.2 million people--
or 6.3 percent of the population--have diabetes in this country, and it 
is the sixth leading cause of death. If not managed properly, diabetes 
can cause several severe health problems, including blindness, kidney 
disease and heart disease. Too often, diabetes can lead to foot 
complications, including foot ulcers and even amputations.
   In fact, the CDC estimate that ``more than 60 percent of 
nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur among people with diabetes,'' 
which equals about 82,000 amputations a year.
   These numbers are startling.
   Podiatrists, however, can play a vital role in recognizing and 
correcting foot problems among diabetics to help avoid amputations and 
other complications.
   Our bill is fairly simple. It amends the Medicaid's definition of 
``physicians'' to include podiatric physicians. This will ensure that 
Medicaid beneficiaries have access to foot care from those most 
qualified to provide it.
   Under Medicaid, podiatry is considered an optional benefit. However, 
just because it is optional, doesn't mean that the need for these 
services is eliminated or that the services aren't performed by other 
providers. Instead, Medicaid beneficiaries will have to receive foot 
care from other providers who may not be as well trained as a 
podiatrist in treating lower extremities.
   According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, 43 States 
currently recognize and reimburse podiatrists under their Medicaid 
problems. Also, podiatrists are considered physicians under the 
Medicare program, which allows seniors and disabled individuals to 
receive appropriate care.
   I urge my colleagues to give careful consideration to this important 
bill and to support it. It will help many Medicaid beneficiaries across 
the country have the guaranteed access to podiatrists that they need.
   Finally, I want to thank the Senator from Maryland for helping me 
introduce this legislation today. I hope that by working together we 
can see this important change made.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise to join Senator Bunning to 
introduce this important bill to make sure that Medicaid patients have 
access to care provided by podiatrists.
  This bill ensures that Medicaid patients across the country can get 
services provided by podiatrists. This is a simple, common sense bill. 
This legislation includes podiatric physicians in Medicaid's definition 
of physician. This means that the services of podiatrists will be 
covered by Medicaid, just like they are in Medicare. Podiatrists are 
considered physicians under Medicare. They should be under Medicaid. 
Medicaid covers necessary foot and ankle care services. Medicaid should 
allow podiatrists who are trained specifically in foot and ankle care 
to provide these services and be reimbursed for them.
  Currently, the services of podiatrists are considered optional under 
Medicaid. The Medicaid programs in 43

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States, including Maryland, recognize and reimburse podiatrists for 
providing foot and ankle care to their beneficiaries. During times of 
tight budgets, States may cut back on these optional services. Last 
year Connecticut, Michigan, Utah and Texas discontinued podiatric 
services. Even though podiatrist services are considered optional, 
Medicaid patients need foot and ankle care regardless. If podiatrists 
do not provide the care, patients will see providers who may not be as 
well trained in the care of the lower extremities as podiatrists. I 
want the over 560,000 Medicaid patients in Maryland to have access to 
the services provided by over 400 podiatrists in Maryland.
  Podiatrists receive special training on the foot, ankle and lower 
leg. They play an important role in the recognition of systemic 
diseases like diabetes, and in the recognition and treatment of 
peripheral neuropathy, a frequent cause of diabetic foot wounds that 
can often lead to preventable lower extremity amputations. Over 18 
million people in this country have diabetes, but an estimated more 
than 5 million of these people are not aware that they have the 
disease.
  Ensuring Medicaid patient access to podiatrists could save Medicaid 
funds in the long term. According to the American Podiatric Medical 
Association, 75 percent of Americans will experience some type of foot 
health problem during their lives. Foot disease is the most common 
complication of diabetes leading to hospitalization. About 82,000 
people have diabetes-related leg, foot or toe amputations each year. 
Foot care programs with regular examinations and patient education 
could prevent up to 85 percent of these amputations. Podiatrists are 
important providers of this care.
  This bill will make sure that Medicaid patients across the country 
have access to care provided by podiatrists. It has the support the 
American Podiatric Medical Association. I urge my colleagues to 
cosponsor this important legislation.
                                 ______
                                 
      By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Reid):
  S. 2175. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to support the 
planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities 
involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention 
strategies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I rise today to speak on an important issue 
that holds great meaning to me--the issue of youth suicide in our 
country.
  Youth suicide is both a public and mental health tragedy--an acute 
crisis that knows no geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, or 
socioeconomic boundaries. According to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), over 3,000 young people take their lives each 
year, making suicide the third overall cause of death between the ages 
of 10 and 24. Young people under the age of 25 accounted for 15 percent 
of all suicides completed in 2000. In fact, more children and young 
adults died from their own hand than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, 
birth defects, stroke and chronic lung disease combined.
  Equally alarming are the numbers of young people who consider taking 
or attempt to take their lives. Recent CDC figures estimate that almost 
three million high school students, or twenty percent of young adults 
between the ages of 15 and 19, consider suicide every year. And over 
two million children and young adults actually attempt suicide. I find 
these figures to be staggering and simply unacceptable.
  And, sadly, we rarely find these facts disseminated widely amongst 
public audiences. We rarely read them in newspapers or hear them on 
television. We know that youth suicide is intricately linked to mental 
health issues like depression and substance abuse. Yet, we also know 
all too well that both youth suicide and children's mental health 
continue to carry an unfortunate stigma--a stigma that all too often 
keeps these crucial issues unspoken and discourages children and young 
adults from seeking the help they so desperately need.
  We have a societal obligation to break through the stigma attached to 
youth suicide and children's mental health. We have an obligation to 
reach out to our young people--to help them understand that whatever 
difficulties or illnesses they might be experiencing are only temporary 
and treatable in a comfortable setting. And, most importantly, we have 
an obligation to instill in our young people a sense of value, self-
worth, and resilience. All too often, children and young adults 
considering suicide lose sight of themselves, their talents, and their 
potential in life. All too often they lose sight of the love their 
families, friends, and communities have for them.
  I am pleased that our Nation has already taken several positive steps 
toward better understanding the tragedy of youth suicide and its 
emotional and behavioral risk factors. Several recent reports like the 
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, the National 
Strategy for Suicide Prevention, and the Surgeon General's Call to 
Action To Prevent Suicide have made youth suicide a top national public 
and mental health priority. Today, hundreds of community-based programs 
across the country offer a variety of early intervention and prevention 
services to thousands of children and young adults--services that 
include comprehensive screening, assessment, and individualized 
counseling. Nearly thirty states, including my home State of 
Connecticut, have developed or already implemented statewide youth 
suicide early intervention and prevention strategies that coordinate 
appropriate services in schools, juvenile justice systems, foster care 
systems, mental health programs, substance abuse programs, and other 
youth-oriented settings. Furthermore, the Federal Government has 
stepped up its role in both supporting these community-based activities 
and conducting relevant research and data collection. Several mental 
and public health agencies have shown a growing interest in youth 
suicide, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, the Health Resources Services Administration, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institute 
of Mental Health.
  However, despite these important gains, we still face significant 
challenges. Today, a large number of states and localities are finding 
themselves with unprecedented budget deficits--making the establishment 
of new services and the retention of existing services increasingly 
more difficult. Statewide strategies are often underfunded or 
understaffed to be properly effective. And while a number of Federal 
agencies have supported youth suicide activities, there has been no 
comprehensive inter-agency strategy implemented to share data, 
disseminate research, or evaluate the efficacy of youth suicide early 
intervention and prevention programs.
  Today, I am introducing bipartisan legislation with my colleagues 
Senator DeWine and Senator Smith. The Youth Suicide Early Intervention 
and Prevention Act of 2004 will further support the good work being 
done on the community level, the State level, and the Federal level 
with regards to youth suicide. This legislation will support, through 
new grant initiatives, the further development and expansion of 
statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies 
and the community-based services they seek to coordinate. It will 
encourage greater Federal support in the planning, implementation, and 
evaluation of these strategies and services. And it will create a new 
inter-agency collaboration that will focus on research, policy 
development, and the dissemination of data specifically pertaining to 
youth suicide.
  Finding concrete, comprehensive and effective remedies to the 
epidemic of youth suicide cannot be done by lawmakers on Capitol Hill 
alone. Those remedies must also come from individuals--doctors, 
psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, nurses, teachers, advocates, 
survivors, and affected families--who are dedicated to this issue or 
spend each day with children and young adults that suffer from 
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related to suicide. I feel that we have made an important first step 
with this legislation today. However, I also know that our work is not 
done. I hope that, as a society, we can continue working collectively 
to both better understand the tragedy of youth suicide and develop 
innovative and effective public and mental health initiatives that 
reach every child and young adult in this country--compassionate 
initiatives that give them encouragement, hope, and above all, life.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2175

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Suicide Early 
     Intervention and Prevention Expansion Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) More children and young adults die from suicide each 
     year than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, 
     stroke, and chronic lung disease combined.
       (2) Over 4,000 children and young adults tragically take 
     their lives every year, making suicide the third overall 
     cause of death between the ages of 10 and 24. According to 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suicide is the 
     third overall cause of death among college-age students.
       (3) According to the National Center for Injury Prevention 
     and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, children and young adults accounted for 15 
     percent of all suicides completed in 2000.
       (4) From 1952 to 1995, the rate of suicide in children and 
     young adults has tripled.
       (5) From 1980 to 1997, the rate of suicide among young 
     adults ages 15 to 19 increased 11 percent.
       (6) From 1980 to 1997, the rate of suicide among children 
     ages 10 to 14 increased 109 percent.
       (7) According to the National Center of Health Statistics, 
     suicide rates among Native Americans range from 1.5 to 3 
     times the national average for other groups, with young 
     people ages 15 to 34 making up 64 percent of all suicides.
       (8) Congress has recognized that youth suicide is a public 
     health tragedy linked to underlying mental health problems 
     and that youth suicide early intervention and prevention 
     activities are national priorities.
       (9) Youth suicide early intervention and prevention have 
     been listed as urgent public health priorities by the 
     President's New Freedom Commission in Mental Health (2002), 
     the Institute of Medicine's Reducing Suicide: A National 
     Imperative (2002), the National Strategy for Suicide 
     Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action (2001), and the 
     Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent Suicide (1999).
       (10) Many States have already developed comprehensive youth 
     suicide early intervention and prevention strategies that 
     seek to provide effective early intervention and prevention 
     services.

     SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ACT.

       Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 399O. SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.

       ``(a) Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention 
     Strategies.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants or 
     cooperative agreements to eligible entities to--
       ``(A) develop and implement statewide youth suicide early 
     intervention and prevention strategies in schools, 
     educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance 
     abuse programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, 
     and other child and youth support organizations;
       ``(B) collect and analyze data on statewide youth suicide 
     early intervention and prevention services that can be used 
     to monitor the effectiveness of such services and for 
     research, technical assistance, and policy development; and
       ``(C) assist States, through statewide youth suicide early 
     intervention and prevention strategies, in achieving their 
     targets for youth suicide reductions under title V of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
       ``(2) Eligible Entity Defined.--In this subsection, the 
     term `eligible entity' means a State, political subdivision 
     of a State, Federally-recognized Indian tribe, tribal 
     organization, public organization, or private nonprofit 
     organization actively involved in youth suicide early 
     intervention and prevention activities and in the development 
     and continuation of statewide youth suicide early 
     intervention and prevention strategies.
       ``(3) Preference.--The Secretary shall give preference to 
     eligible entities that--
       ``(A) provide early intervention services to youth in, and 
     that are integrated with, school systems, educational 
     institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance abuse 
     programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, and 
     other child and youth support organizations;
       ``(B) demonstrate collaboration among early intervention 
     and prevention services or certify that entities will engage 
     in future collaboration;
       ``(C) employ or include in their applications a commitment 
     to engage in an evaluative process the best evidence-based or 
     promising youth suicide early intervention and prevention 
     practices and strategies adapted to the local community;
       ``(D) provide for the timely assessment of youth who are at 
     risk for emotional disorders which may lead to suicide 
     attempts;
       ``(E) provide timely referrals for appropriate community-
     based mental health care and treatment of youth in all child-
     serving settings and agencies who are at risk for suicide;
       ``(F) provide immediate support and information resources 
     to families of youth who are at risk for emotional behavioral 
     disorders which may lead to suicide attempts;
       ``(G) offer equal access to services and care to youth with 
     diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds;
       ``(H) offer appropriate postvention services, care, and 
     information to families, friends, schools, educational 
     institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance abuse 
     programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, and 
     other child and youth support organizations of youth who 
     recently completed suicide;
       ``(I) offer continuous and up-to-date information and 
     awareness campaigns that target parents, family members, 
     child care professionals, community care providers, and the 
     general public and highlight the risk factors associated with 
     youth suicide and the life-saving help and care available 
     from early intervention and prevention services;
       ``(J) ensure that information and awareness campaigns on 
     youth suicide risk factors, and early intervention and 
     prevention services, use effective communication mechanisms 
     that are targeted to and reach youth, families, schools, 
     educational institutions, and youth organizations;
       ``(K) provide a timely response system to ensure that 
     child-serving professionals and providers are properly 
     trained in youth suicide early intervention and prevention 
     strategies and that child-serving professionals and providers 
     involved in early intervention and prevention services are 
     properly trained in effectively identifying youth who are at 
     risk for suicide;
       ``(L) provide continuous training activities for child care 
     professionals and community care providers on the latest best 
     evidence-based youth suicide early intervention and 
     prevention services practices and strategies; and
       ``(M) work with interested families and advocacy 
     organizations to conduct annual self-evaluations of outcomes 
     and activities on the State level, according to standards 
     established by the Secretary.
       ``(b) Technical Assistance, Data Management, and 
     Research.--
       ``(1) Technical assistance and data management.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award technical 
     assistance grants and cooperative agreements to State 
     agencies to conduct assessments independently or in 
     collaboration with educational institutions related to the 
     development of statewide youth suicide early intervention and 
     prevention strategies.
       ``(B) Authorized activities.--Grants awarded under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be used to establish programs for the 
     development of standardized procedures for data management, 
     such as--
       ``(i) ensuring the quality surveillance of youth suicide 
     early intervention and prevention strategies;
       ``(ii) providing technical assistance on data collection 
     and management;
       ``(iii) studying the costs and effectiveness of statewide 
     youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies in 
     order to answer relevant issues of importance to State and 
     national policymakers;
       ``(iv) further identifying and understanding causes of and 
     associated risk factors for youth suicide;
       ``(v) ensuring the quality surveillance of suicidal 
     behaviors and nonfatal suicidal attempts;
       ``(vi) studying the effectiveness of statewide youth 
     suicide early intervention and prevention strategies on the 
     overall wellness and health promotion strategies related to 
     suicide attempts; and
       ``(vii) promoting the sharing of data regarding youth 
     suicide with Federal agencies involved with youth suicide 
     early intervention and prevention, and statewide youth 
     suicide early intervention and prevention strategies for the 
     purpose of identifying previously unknown mental health 
     causes and associated risk-factors for suicide in youth.
       ``(2) Research.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a program of 
     research and development on the efficacy of new and existing 
     youth suicide early intervention techniques and

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     technology, including clinical studies and evaluations of 
     early intervention methods, and related research aimed at 
     reducing youth suicide and offering support for emotional and 
     behavioral disorders which may lead to suicide attempts.
       ``(B) Disseminating research.--The Secretary shall promote 
     the sharing of research and development data developed 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A) with the Federal agencies 
     involved in youth suicide early intervention and prevention, 
     and entities involved in statewide youth suicide early 
     intervention and prevention strategies for the purpose of 
     applying and integrating new techniques and technology into 
     existing statewide youth suicide early intervention and 
     strategies systems.
       ``(c) Coordination and Collaboration.--
       ``(1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary shall collaborate and consult with--
       ``(A) other Federal agencies and State and local agencies, 
     including agencies responsible for early intervention and 
     prevention services under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the State Children's Health 
     Insurance Program under title XXI of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), programs funded by grants under 
     title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), 
     and programs under part C of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and the 
     National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Federal Steering 
     Group;
       ``(B) local and national organizations that serve youth at 
     risk for suicide and their families;
       ``(C) relevant national medical and other health and 
     education specialty organizations;
       ``(D) youth who are at risk for suicide, who have survived 
     suicide attempts, or who are currently receiving care from 
     early intervention services;
       ``(E) families and friends of youth who are at risk for 
     suicide, who have survived suicide attempts, who are 
     currently receiving care from early intervention and 
     prevention services, or who have completed suicide;
       ``(F) qualified professionals who possess the specialized 
     knowledge, skills, experience, and relevant attributes needed 
     to serve youth at risk for suicide and their families; and
       ``(G) third-party payers, managed care organizations, and 
     related commercial industries.
       ``(2) Policy development.--The Secretary shall coordinate 
     and collaborate on policy development at the Federal and 
     State levels and with the private sector, including consumer, 
     medical, suicide prevention advocacy groups, and other health 
     and education professional-based organizations, with respect 
     to statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention 
     strategies.
       ``(e) Rule of Construction; Religious Accommodation.--
     Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any 
     State law, including any State law that does not require the 
     suicide early intervention for youth whose parents or legal 
     guardians object to such early intervention based on the 
     parents' or legal guardians' religious beliefs.
       ``(f) Evaluation.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
     evaluation to analyze the effectiveness and efficacy of the 
     activities conducted with grants under this section.
       ``(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the 
     results of the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).
       ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Best evidence-based.--The term `best evidence-based' 
     with respect to programs, means programs that have undergone 
     scientific evaluation and have proven to be effective.
       ``(2) Early intervention.--The term `early intervention' 
     means a strategy or approach that is intended to prevent an 
     outcome or to alter the course of an existing condition.
       ``(3) Educational institution.--The term `educational 
     institution' means a high school, vocational school, or an 
     institution of higher education.
       ``(4) Prevention.--The term `prevention' means a strategy 
     or approach that reduces the likelihood or risk of onset, or 
     delays the onset, of adverse health problems or reduces the 
     harm resulting from conditions or behaviors.
       ``(5) School.--The term `school' means a nonprofit 
     institutional day or residential school that provides an 
     elementary, middle, or secondary education, as determined 
     under applicable State law, except that such term does not 
     include any education beyond the 12th grade.
       ``(6) Youth.--The term `youth' means individuals who are 
     between 6 and 24 years of age.
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) Statewide youth suicide early intervention and 
     prevention strategies.--For the purpose of carrying out 
     subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated 
     $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 
     2005, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 
     be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
       ``(2) Technical assistance, data management, and 
     research.--For the purpose of carrying out subsection (b), 
     there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2003, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $5,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2005, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
     subsequent fiscal year.''.

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, today I join my good friends and 
colleagues Senator Chris Dodd and Senator Gordon Smith in introducing 
the Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention Expansion Act of 
2004. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services, I recently held a hearing on youth suicide. At that 
hearing, it became painfully clear that we need thorough and actionable 
plans to deal with this tragic issue.
  Statistics tell us that approximately every 2 hours a person under 
the age of 25 commits suicide. We also know that from 1952 to 1995, the 
rate of suicide in children and young adults has tripled and that 
between 1980 and 1997, alone, the rate of suicide in 15 to 19 year olds 
increased by 11 percent. According to the National Institute of Mental 
Health, suicide was the 11th leading cause overall for death in the 
United States in 2001. However, it was the 3rd leading cause of death 
for youth ages 15 to 24. We also know that more boys are killing 
themselves than girls at a ratio of 5 to 1 in the 15 to 19 year old age 
group and at a ratio of 7 to 1 in the 20 to 24 year old age group. 
However, while boys are dying at a higher rate, girls in these age 
groups are attempting at a much higher rate. Estimates suggest that 
there may be from 8 to 25 attempts made for every suicide death.
  These alarming numbers emphasize the need for early intervention and 
prevention efforts. Too often, the signs may be subtle or hidden until 
it is too late. While research has created improved medications and 
methods for helping those with mental health problems to recover, there 
is still much work to be done in the identifying those who need help.
  A great deal of study has focused on identifying and categorizing the 
risk factors related to suicide. In children and youth, these risk 
factors include depression, alcohol or drug use, physical or sexual 
abuse, and disruptive behavior. Of people who die from and who attempt 
suicide, many suffer from co-occurring mental health and substance 
abuse disorders. Children with these risk factors, as well as children 
who are know to be in situations at risk for acquiring them, should be 
included in comprehensive state plans. Children and youth specifically 
addressed in State plans should include those who attend school, 
including colleges and universities, those already receiving substance 
abuse or mental health services, those involved in the juvenile justice 
system, and foster children.
  As a result of the need for increased attention to the problem of 
suicide and access to help, I am pleased to join Senators Dodd and 
Smith in introducing the Youth Suicide Early Intervention and 
Prevention Expansion Act of 2004. With the establishment of a $25 
million grant initiative, this bill would encourage the development of 
statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies 
that coordinate agencies and non-profits in providing mental health 
services to and screening of youth in a variety of settings. The 
settings would include schools, substance abuse and mental health 
service programs, the juvenile justice system, and foster care 
programs. The bill would also provide $5 million for relevant technical 
assistance and research.
  Candidly, State plans for suicide intervention and prevention need to 
be created and expanded to help stop these heartbreaking losses. We 
commend the States that already have created such plans and encourage 
all states to take this important step. I thank Senators Dodd and Smith 
for their leadership on this issue, as well as others like Senator Jack 
Reed, who is dedicated to helping increase and improve much-needed 
mental health services for our Nation's youth.
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      By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Alexander):

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  S. 2176. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a 
program of research and development to advance high-end computing; to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce, along with 
Senator Alexander, the High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004. 
High-end computing, also known as high performance computing or 
supercomputing, is a critical component to the scientific advances, 
defense capabilities, and commercial competitiveness of the United 
States in the 21st century. Several recent developments in high-end 
computing have stimulated a re-examination of current U.S. policies and 
approaches. These developments include: 1. the deployment of Japan's 
Earth System Simulator, which now occupies the number one position on 
the Top 500 list of the world's fastest computers; 2. concerns about 
the difficulty in achieving substantial fractions of peak hardware 
computational performance on high-end systems; and 3. the ongoing 
complexity of developing, debugging, and optimizing applications for 
high-end systems. In addition, there is growing recognition that a new 
set of scientific and engineering discoveries could be catalyzed by 
access to very-large-scale computer systems--those in the 100-teraflop 
to petaflop range. Lastly, the National Academies of Sciences and 
Engineering, the Office of Science and Technology Policy's High End 
Computing Revitalization Task Force, and the national security 
community have each released interim or final comprehensive reports 
expressing serious concern over the current U.S. position in high-end 
computing research. Without government support, market forces are 
unlikely to drive sufficient innovation in high-end computing, because 
the private sector would not capture the full value of its innovations 
on a short enough time scale.
  In supercomputing, innovation is important in architecture, in 
software, and in application strategies and solution methods. The 
coupling of these aspects is equally important. Major architecture 
challenges stem from the uneven performance scaling of different 
components. In particular, as the gap between processor speeds, memory 
bandwidth, and memory and network latency increases, new ideas are 
needed to increase bandwith and mitigate latency. Additionally, as new 
mechanisms are introduced to address those issues, there is a need for 
ways to supply a stable software interface that facilitates exploiting 
hardware performance improvements while the changes in mechanism. A new 
large-scale computer system exceeding the capability of Japan's Earth 
Simulator would provide an excellent test-bed for promising new 
advancements in these areas as well as provide science, industry, and 
defense with an extraordinarily powerful new tool for advancing the 
interests of the United States.
  The need for software innovation is motivated by its role as an 
intermediary between the application, the problem being addressed, and 
the architectural platform. Innovation is needed in the ways that 
system software manages the use of hardware resources, such as network 
communication. New approaches are needed for ways in which the 
applications programmer can express parallelism at a level high enough 
to reflect the application solution and without platform-specific 
details. Novel tools are needed to help application-level software 
designers development their solutions at a more abstract and problem-
specific level. Software technology is also needed to lessen future 
dependence on legacy codes. Enough must be invested in the creation of 
advanced tool and environment support for new language approaches so 
that users can more readily adopt new software technology.
  Importantly, advances in algorithms can sometimes improve performance 
much more than architectural and other software advances do. A center 
for high-end computing software would aid immensely in spurring 
innovation in this underdeveloped research area, an aid in coordinating 
the federal government's efforts with industry, academia, and between 
its national laboratories.
  The department of Energy (DOE) and its Office of Science research 
programs are uniquely qualified to lead research in these fields. They 
have played an important role in the development of high-end computing, 
networking, and information technology. These capabilities have been 
readily accessible to the U.S. scientific community for a diverse set 
of grand challenge scientific computational problems. Contributions by 
the DOE include pioneering the concept of remote, interactive access to 
supercomputers (developing the first interactive operating system for 
supercomputers, establishing the first national supercomputer center); 
developing the mathematical foundations for high performance computing 
with numerical linear algebra libraries used worldwide; leading the 
transition to massively parallel supercomputing by developing software 
to allow processors to communicate with each other; and contributing to 
the development of the Internet with software that dramatically speeds 
up the transmission of messages.
  Many challenges are associated with modeling complex physical, 
chemical, and biological phenomena, especially on massively parallel 
computers with peak speeds in hundreds of teraflops. These challenges 
include the management and analysis of petabyte-scale data sets. A 
program to address these challenges will require multi-disciplinary 
collaborations between theoretical and computational scientists, 
computer scientists, and applied mathematicians at universities, 
national laboratories, and industry. Such a program will enhance the 
ability of the DOE to meet its mission goals and advance the state of 
the art for the U.S. economic and industrial base in the fields of 
energy, genetics, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, chemical processing, 
electronics, geology, and transportation. This bill will be a major 
step toward addressing today's greatest needs and, to creating the 
high-wage jobs of the future.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2176

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``High-End Computing 
     Revitalization Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) high-end computing is a critical component of the 
     scientific advances, defense capabilities, and commercial 
     competitiveness of the United States in the 21st century;
       (2) with the deployment of the Earth System Simulator in 
     Japan, the United States no longer has a clear lead in high-
     end computing worldwide;
       (3)(A) promising new architectures should be developed that 
     increase memory and network bandwidth, minimize latency, and 
     coordinate the architectures' various components to maximize 
     application performance; and
       (B) it is recognized that different architectures may be 
     better suited to different applications;
       (4)(A) software that improves efficiency on and 
     accessibility to high-end systems should be developed; and
       (B) this development effort should include research in 
     optimal algorithms, programming environments, tools, 
     languages, and operating systems for high-end computing, in 
     collaboration with architecture development efforts;
       (5) without government support, market forces are unlikely 
     to drive sufficient innovation in high-end computing, because 
     the private sector would not capture the full value of its 
     innovations on a short enough time frame; and
       (6) having played an important role in the development of 
     high-end computing, networking, and information technology, 
     the Department of Energy, and the research programs of the 
     Office of Science of the Department, are particularly 
     qualified to lead research in those fields.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) High-end computing system.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``high-end computing system'' 
     means a computing system with performance that substantially 
     exceeds commonly available systems.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``high-end computing system'' 
     includes a system described

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     in subparagraph (A) that is based on a variety of 
     architectures, including vector, reconfigurable logic, 
     streaming, processor-in-memory, and multithreading 
     architectures.
       (2) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy, acting through the Director of the Office of 
     Science of the Department of Energy.
       (4) Ultrascale scientific computing capability.--The term 
     ``ultrascale scientific computing capability'' means a 
     computing capability supporting open scientific research in 
     the United States that is at least 100 times such computing 
     capability in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 4. HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to any other authority 
     provided by law, the Secretary shall carry out a program of 
     research and development (involving software and hardware) to 
     advance high-end computing systems.
       (b) Duties.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (1) support both individual investigators and 
     multidisciplinary teams of investigators;
       (2) conduct research in multiple architectures, including 
     vector, reconfigurable logic, streaming, processor-in-memory, 
     and multithreading architectures;
       (3) conduct research in software development on optimal 
     algorithms, programming environments, tools, languages, and 
     operating systems for high-end computing systems, in 
     collaboration with architecture development efforts;
       (4) in accordance with subsection (c), develop, plan, 
     construct, acquire, or operate equipment or facilities for 
     the use of investigators conducting research and development 
     on an ultrascale scientific computing capability;
       (5) support technology transfer to the private sector and 
     others in accordance with applicable law; and
       (6) ensure that the program is coordinated with relevant 
     activities in industry and other Federal agencies, including 
     the National Nuclear Security Administration, the National 
     Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
     Agency, and the National Security Agency.
       (c) Ultrascale Scientific Computing Capability.--
       (1) In general.--As part of the program carried out under 
     this Act, the Secretary shall develop, plan, construct, 
     acquire, or operate a coordinated set of facilities for 
     investigators to develop an ultrascale scientific computing 
     capability for--
       (A) scientific research and development using high-end 
     computing systems; and
       (B) developing potential advancements in high-end computing 
     system architecture and software.
       (2) Administration.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) support multiple high-end computing system 
     architectures; and
       (B) conduct research on the basis of proposals (including 
     proposals that are submitted by industry, institutions of 
     higher education, national laboratories, or any Federal 
     agency) for research on problems that would particularly 
     benefit from large computing power, even as the reliability 
     of new hardware and software components are being evaluated.
       (d) High-End Software Development Center.--
       (1) In general.--As part of the program carried out under 
     this Act, the Secretary shall develop, plan, construct, 
     acquire, or operate at least 1 High-End Software Development 
     Center.
       (2) Duties.--A Center shall concentrate efforts to develop, 
     test, maintain, and support optimal algorithms, programming 
     environments, tools, languages, and operating systems for 
     high-end computing systems.
       (3) Staff.--A Center shall include--
       (A) a regular research staff, to create a centralized 
     knowledge-base for high-end software development; and
       (B) a rotating staff of researchers from other institutions 
     and industry to assist in the coordination of research 
     efforts and promote technology transfer to the private 
     sector.
       (4) Use of expertise.--The Secretary shall use the 
     expertise of a Center to assess research and development in 
     high-end computing system architecture.
       (5) Location.--The location of a Center shall be determined 
     by a competitive proposal process administered by the 
     Secretary.
       (e) Peer Review.--Each grant, contract, cooperative 
     agreement, and financial assistance awarded under this 
     section shall be made only after independent peer review.
       (f) Classified Research or Facilities.--No funds under this 
     section may be used to directly support classified research 
     or facilities.

     SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available for 
     high-end computing systems under other provisions of law, 
     there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
     carry out this Act--
       (1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
       (2) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
       (3) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
       (4) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
       (5) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
       (b) Ultrascale Scientific Computing Capability.--Of the 
     funds made available under subsection (a), $100,000,000 is 
     authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year to carry 
     out section 4(c).
       (c) High-End Software Development Center.--Of the funds 
     made available under subsection (a), $10,000,000 is 
     authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year to carry 
     out section 4(d).

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